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[Verizon] Unlock GN (vzw) Bootloader using Mac?

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bmkindoll

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I have been looking around the interwebs, and can't find an answer to my question. I am getting the GN. Verizon flavored. And I am wanting to unlock the bootloader. I use a Mac, and all the tutorials I have found thusbfar have been Windows Only.

Anyone stumbled across a way to unlock bootloader/root for a Mac??

Thanks

Brandon
 
I got to the part where it says start in fastboot mode (which I did) then type "./fastboot devices"

My computer says - ./fastboot no such file or directory

I am in the extracted folder in terminal...

 
Command may be fastboot-mac... it is on mine, check in the finder to see what the file is called... I'm not home in front of mine right now, but, that is a minor difference from the instructions you'll see.
 
Orlando Bull is right.


On a mac it is fastboot-mac

If you don't have that or adb-mac in your folder then you need to download the mini-sdk to get sdk-tools from Method 1 and put those files in your adb folder.
 
Ok so I am obviously a noob, but...

I did manager to setup AndroidSDK and APKtool a while back, I just don't really know how to use them.

I don't know what the adb folder is. I created a folder called "Developer" which was in the tutorial I used. Inside it I have two folders "AndroidSDK" and "APKtool".

In AndroidSDK I have tools - addons, docs, extras, platform-tools, platforms, samples, system-images, temp, and tools.

Where should I put the files and where to I get the files to put them there?
 
Did the soft boot with boot.img...

adb devices sees my device

./adb root = "adbd cannot run as root in production builds"

??whats the problem??
 
GatorsUF said:
I got to the part where it says start in fastboot mode (which I did) then type "./fastboot devices"

My computer says - ./fastboot no such file or directory

I am in the extracted folder in terminal...

Click to expand...

type "cd " the drag your platform tools folder into terminal so it becomes something like "cd user/user/android-sdk-mac/platform-tool/ then hit enter then try.
 
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