[Verizon] Rooted my phone a while ago, "lost" it over OTA updated to 4.0.4

[Ricekrispy10]

Long story short, I rooted my phone when it was in 4.0.2, and then it got the 4.0.4 update and my phone decided to automatically update itself. When it was done updating, I still had SuperUser and my ROM Manager, but SuperUser could give me no rights to any app that I had, so I had no way to install new ROMs or any way to restore via ROM Manager.

I have no clue what to do now, because I would like to get Jellybean, but the Galaxy Nexus root program doesn't read my phone when I plug it in, so I can't re-lock the bootloader, and doing a factory reset doesn't wipe the root off my phone.

 

[Demache]

You did flash Clockwork Mod recovery right? You should just be able to boot into that, and flash the zip for root again or a different ROM.

 

[Ricekrispy10]

It needs SuperUser permissions, which I don't have.

 

[sik00]

Can't you flash cwm using fastboot?

 

[Demache]

Can't you flash cwm using fastboot?

That's actually the only way I know how. I have no clue how you do it within the OS.

http://androidforums.com/verizon-ga...s-root-samsung-galaxy-nexus.html#clockworkmod

You need to use method two using fastboot in the Android SDK on your computer. Its pretty straightforward. This is for the Verizon Nexus by the way, so just a heads up just in case you have the GSM one.

 

[AntimonyER]

Moved this to the VZW All Things Root section, per our PMs

 

[iowabowtech]

Once you get clockwork flashed, be sure to use the su.zip mentioned in step 3 of this post (the one in the red bold print, not the first one):

http://androidforums.com/3736596-post6.html

It is compatible with 4.0.4.