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So, you want to get the most out of your Galaxy Nexus by rooting? (If you don’t know what rooting does, see Why Root My Android Smartphone.)
UPDATE: This root method works for all Gingerbread, ICS, and Jelly Bean!!! (and also works for latest Android 4.2/4.2.1!)
Well, whether you have a GSM Galaxy Nexus from Europe/Asia/USA, Verizon Galaxy Nexus, or even Sprint Galaxy Nexus, you can use this simple root method to root your Galaxy Nexus on any Windows, Mac, or Linux computer.
There are great 1-click tools out now but they usually only work on Windows and you can learn much more about the inner-workings of the Galaxy Nexus by following my root method outlined here.
Before we begin, please note, we will do simply 3 things:
1. Unlock the bootloader on the Galaxy Nexus – This will erase EVERYTHING on your Galaxy Nexus so make a backup before!
2. Install ClockworkMod or TWRP Recovery – We will not be using insecure boot images for this root method, so it will be compatible for Galaxy Nexus on Android 4.0.3, 4.0.4, and so on to 5.0.5. (Yes, this root method will work regardless of Android version you have. ) Galaxy Nexus has a separate recovery partition, meaning it’s separate from the phone’s OS. This is the most fail-safe root method that will last years and will keep working forever and ever.
3. Once we have unlocked the bootloader and installed Recovery, we can simply flash Superuser/SU binaries from Recovery which will give us root without messing with the boot image, kernel, and etc…(which can cause bootloops when Android is upgraded).
So, let’s begin. Take a deep breath and if you follow step-by-step, you should have a fully rooted Galaxy Nexus in about 20 minutes.
Step 1. Let’s put your Galaxy Nexus into fastboot mode. Take the back cover off, take the battery out then in.
Step 2. WHILE holding down Volume Up and Volume Down buttons together, hold down the Power button. You will hear a little “bleep” vibration and enter the fastboot mode.
Step 3. While in fastboot mode, connect a micro-USB cable from your Galaxy Nexus to your computer. Also note that it says “LOCK STATE – LOCKED”.
Step 4. Download GalaxyNexusRootNew.zip and unzip to your Downloads directory.
(Don’t have unzipping program? Download and install 7Zip first.)
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You will find everything you need here to root your Galaxy Nexus on Windows, Mac, and Linux. I’ve included ADB, Fastboot tools, Recoveries for GSM/Verizon/Sprint, and Superuser/SU zip file so you don’t have to install Android SDK yourself.
Step 5. For Windows, you will need USB drivers installed. (Mac and Linux users can skip this step.)
Go to Device Manager and check that you have “Samsung Android ADB Interface”. If you don’t see that, download Samsung USB drivers program and run it.
After installing the drivers, if you still don’t see “Samsung Android ADB Interface” and see something like “Android 1.0″ with exclamation mark, manually update the driver.
Step 6. Next, open up a command prompt or terminal and type:
cd Downloads
cd GalaxyNexusRootNew
fastboot oem unlock
(For Mac, replace “fastboot” with “./fastboot-mac” and Linux, replace with “./fastboot-linux”)
Step 7. Go to your Galaxy Nexus, hit Volume Up button to choose “Yes” and hit the Power button.
Step 8. Next, we will flash ClockworkMod Recovery for GSM/Verizon Galaxy Nexus and TWRP recovery for Sprint Galaxy Nexus.
For GSM Galaxy Nexus, type:
fastboot flash recovery optimus_prime-touch-v5.5.0.4-6-GSM.img
For Verizon Galaxy Nexus, type:
fastboot flash recovery optimus_prime-touch-v5.5.0.4-6-toro-VERIZON.img
For Sprint Galaxy Nexus, type:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-toroplus-2.1.2-SPRINT.img
(For Mac, replace “fastboot” with “./fastboot-mac” and Linux, replace with “./fastboot-linux”)
Step 9. Reboot your Galaxy Nexus and connect to your computer. Copy the file “CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip” to the internal storage of your Galaxy Nexus.
Step 10. We will need to reboot into Recovery so take the battery out and in again, then WHILE holding down Volume Up and Volume Down buttons, hold down Power button.
Step 11. In fastboot mode, you will notice that your phone now says, “LOCK STATE – UNLOCKED”.
Step 12. Use the Volume buttons to choose “Recovery mode” and hit the Power button. This will enter you into ClockworkMod Recovery for GSM/Verizon Galaxy Nexus and TWRP Recovery for Sprint Galaxy Nexus.
Step 13. For GSM/Verizon Galaxy Nexus, choose “Install zip from sdcard”. Sprint Galaxy Nexus users skip to Step 17.
Step 14. Then choose “choose zip from sdcard”.
Step 15. Then choose “CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip”.
Step 16. You should get the following message that you have successfully installed SuperSU.
Step 17. For Sprint Galaxy Nexus, choose “Install”.
Step 18. Choose “CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip”.
Step 19. Swipe to flash the file.
Step 20. You should see successful message.
Step 21. Reboot your Galaxy Nexus and you will find SuperSU app in your app drawer. Congratulations! You’ve successfully rooted your Galaxy Nexus!
Step 22. You can run rooted apps like Wifi Tether and see Superuser request pop up.
FAQ
Q: I can’t get into recovery, just shows Android robot.
A: If you can’t get into recovery, try re-flashing recovery (Step 
then go straight into recovery. What happens is that stock Android OS has a security measure that overwrites your custom recovery upon reboot. If this happens to you, simply re-flash recovery(Step and boot into recovery right away without reboot.
Q: I get “cannot mount sdcard” error in Recovery!
A: Reboot your phone once into system, then reboot into recovery.
Once you’ve rooted your phone, you can always just flash recovery using ROM Manager app (free on Play Store) and boot into recovery.
If you install a custom ROM, this problem will go away.
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Hi, thanks for a great tutorial.
I have a GSM Galaxy Nexus bought in Brazil. It has Android 4.0.2. Build number is ICL53F.I9250UILA2 and
Baseband version is I9250UIKL3.
Do you know if I am good to go with this tutorial? After rooting I would like to install Franco Kernel with AOKP.
Yes will work fine. This guide works for all Galaxy Nexus.
Question, I used this for sprint and it’s seemingly working fine. I flashed twrp and the phone works. However, when I select “start recovery” now, I get the red exclamation point. What is going on with this? One more question, will I be able to get the OTA update to jelly bean after having flashed twrp?
Thanks
i’m stuck there too, have you figured out how to get past that yet?
reflash recovery and enter recovery right away.
tried reflashing recovery still not working also I can’t use the zipped files to copy into my GNex I had to use the unzipped does that matter?
Hey Max, what about J question regarding OTA updates? Do you think if is it possible?
Yes, if you unroot to 4.0.4 you can OTA to jb.
how do i get google play back
after root? should be working.
will your method work with verizon gnex 4.2.2? to ?
Hi,
Great material you provided and I thank you for your efforts. I followed your tutorials for my SGS2 and now I am doing so with my GN. Question, can the GN be unrooted and Re-locked (Bootloader wise) so that if it was sent to Samsung they wouldn’t void my warranty. I know it was possible for the SGS2 but don’t know about the GN. Your help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Yes gnex is even easier!
Download link not working, pls help
should be working fine, look for download link between the ads.
Hi, Developers
i have Gsm Galaxy Nexus, i recently update to jelly bean 4.1.1..
Its rooted device, But Recovery mode not working (There is green android with red in top).
Pls help me to get recovery mode from fastboot bootloder..
Reflash recovery.
hey man i have the same issue when i press recovery mode, it shows the android with a red triangle above it and u said reflash recovery, what do u mean by that
After you copy the CMW.zip file to your SD card as explained in the video (step 9), you need to reflash recovery (step
in order to prevent the android with the exclamation mark from popping up. I myself had this problem and it took me a few tries before I understood exactly what all the lingo meant.
What this means is that you need to REPEAT step 8 I believe (which is where you put your phone into fastboot mode) and through command line prompt type the “fastboot flash recovery optimus… blah blah.img” command. Once you have reflashed recovery again you DO NOT boot your device, you simply select recovery mode right away from the fastboot menu.
I hope this helps clarify your question. I know how exciting and confusing rooting is the first few times.
Best,
Paul S
Paul S.
Thank you so much for your explanation of the lingo. I was stuck on this and beginning to worry i wasn’t going to get it done. Did what you said and it worked just fine. Maybe the website should put the adding that file to your device earlier on so you don’t have to boot up then back.
Again thanks so much,
Jacob
thanks from stockholm – idiotic this is not written in instructions!
Hey dude my phone is stuck at the google page restarting over and over again any help please!
On which step?
i actually happen to fix it, the system wasnt letting me run on unlocked boot loader, but i restored it and put the original image back on it!
I am also experiencing some problems at this point, On a mac and all. Bootloader is unlocked but once I try to reboot i get stuck in a boot loop. I keep going back over it to see if I missed something but I didnt.
you have to manually update android 1.0, do a right click then do update drivers you should be able to find adb driver and make it work.
HOW DID YOU FIX IT?
I’m on a Mac and have a Verizon GNEX and didn’t have any problems going through the first 11 Steps (skipped Step 5 for Windows drivers).
I’m stuck on Step 12. After holding down the volume and the power buttons, I am able to go up/down to select Recovery Mode but then the Android is laying down with an “!” icon in red above it. Did I miss something?
Same thing with me. Is there any way to fix it, or another way to do it?
You have to reflash recovery, sometimes if you reboot into system between flashing recovery, the stock ROM will write over the custom recovery until you flash a custom ROM. So, just reflash recovery (fastboot flash recovery part) right before you get into it.
Thanks… this helped!
this did the trick for me too. If you adb push the file onto your sd card first, then you do not have to reboot and get stuck on the clockwork recovery mod. Thanks for the great tutorial, it was waaaay easier than setting up the sdk in fedora 64bit.
how do u do that?
http://galaxynexusroot.com/galaxy-nexus-recovery/how-to-install-clockworkmod-recovery-on-rooted-galaxy-nexus/
Then continue onward. I had the same problem now i’m ready to go =)
Same here on Android 4.0.4
I am stuck on Step 12 as well, I was able to flash the recovery in Fasboot without any error message. But when I access the Recovery mode ClockWorkMod doesn’t show up; the stock recovery is still there.
I have the GN purchased few days ago from the Google Play store.
hi, thnx for this tutorial , i want to ask u if this is better than use galaxy nexus tool kit? cause it seems to be easier than this. thnx for reading
‘ERROR: could not get pipe properties’
Getting this message when I try to flash recovery (verizon). I’m on a mac. What should I do?
Probably an issue with fastboot. Sometimes it happens. Do you have another computer to try with? Maybe I will make another video with OSX.
Yeah, I used my PC and it worked alright. Thanks!
Yo it would be awesome if you could make a Mac video. I feel like that would really clear things up for me. You do awesome and interesting work keep it up.
I’m having trouble getting back into CWM recovery after I installed SU to make my system backup, Android is laying down with an “!” icon in red above it like the issue others had in step 12, I had the same problem but I got past it by going straight to recovery after flashing CWM, should I flash it again go straight to recovery before i boot up make a backup then reboot? Or am i missing something?
Yes, this worked for me.. I *think* you have to do these few steps a few times in that you need the image loaded (the fastboot-linux flash recover twrp….img command in my case), and reboot normally so that you can load the su binaries onto your flash card (or doit via adb I guess – I’m on linux)… Then install the .img again, using fastboot, and when it’s finished, hit the up/down keys until you see “recovery mode” and hit the power button.. I think correctly end up at step 17 and I can install the su binaries.. Marching on
Thx, works fine with my german nexus, too.
Hi Max
Thank you for this tutorial. I will be getting my Galaxy Nexus hspa+ GSM from Google today. It’s the unlocked version. Can I use the same steps to root this?
(http://www.google.com/nexus/)
Joe
Thanks for the great tutorial. Just a comment and a question. My phone has recently run into some serious lag issues which I couldn’t troubleshoot. The problems were so bad that couldn’t get the driver to work on my phone (I tried the Samsung link and even installed PDAnet). My wife’s Galaxy Nexus connected fine. The only solution I was able to find was to perform a hard reset. After re-booting, the phone connected fine. I followed the instructions just fine thru step 12 but couldn’t get into the ClockworkMod Recovery (I got an android laying down with a red exclamation mark). The only mistake I made up until that point is that in step 8, I initially flashbooted the GSM img. Before rebooting (step 9), I simply used entered in the flashboot command for the verizon image. Could this be my problem? I ended up doing another factory wipe (samsung’s hard reset) which didn’t fix the issue. I even tried to delete /system/reboot-from-recovery.p using ES File Explorer (enabling “up to root” browsing) but the program wouldn’t let me. Any suggestions on what to try next? The only other think I could think of was to install Clockwork Mod and Flash CWM Recovery from the program. However doing this produced the CWM error “An error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!”. Any help or suggestions would be very much appreciated at this point. Thanks.
Ok – so with the help of some of these comments I figured out what I was doing wrong. I believe that the recovery image get’s re-written if you reboot. I would suggest folks copy over the SU binaries after unlocking the bootloader but before flashing ClockworkMod Recovery (step 8). Once you flash CWM recovery, just push the volume down button until recovery mode is selected and push the power button (to select). Hope this helps folks who are struggling like I was…
Thank youuuu!!!!!!1 it worked for me…after reflashing like 7 times….this actually helped! thnks man…
the superuser app doesn’t seem to get installed. All the steps succeeded, and on reboot I was expecting the see the SU app. any ideas that I could try?
I’m trying to get a coredump from an app that is segfaulting in NDK native code. I was hoping that rooting the device would let me get a core dump, but I don’t see a core dump in the /system folder. again, any ideas here would be much appreciated.
thx much!
-J
Awesome! Easy to follow, simple instructions!!
Worked first time around on my Verizon Galaxy Nexus, using MacBook Pro.
Thnx for this!
I Too get stuck at the recovery stage 12 with the dead android with a ! over him . I see where you indicate
“You have to reflash recovery, sometimes if you reboot into system between flashing recovery, the stock ROM will write over the custom recovery until you flash a custom ROM. So, just reflash recovery (fastboot flash recovery part) right before you get into it.”
Could you clarify this, I’m not able to rerun step 8 the cmd prompt says “waiting for device” and never reflashes the recovery? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
I get stuck at step 6 on both windows and linux.
sallen@base 585> fastboot-linux oem unlock
I get stuck at step 6 on both windows and linux.
base> fastboot-linux oem unlock
Device is visible:
base> lsusb
:::
Bus 005 Device 007: ID 18d1:4e30 Google Inc.
This is cdma/sprint galaxy nexus, which just started shipping a week or so ago, so it appears that sprint has changed something to break this… Zionks….
Dang html :O After the “fastbook” command it says “waiting for device” surrounded by angle brackets…
Steve i think you should review Max’s video on “How to install/Unroot Galaxy Nexus GSM to Android 4.0.4 OTA”. I’m having the same problem i’m stuck at the “waiting for the device” prompt for unlocking, like Max suggested in reply to my question update Android 1.0 and click on ” Android USB Devices”—Next—Samsung ADB interface. I’ll try that maybe tonight, though i’ve one concern that if Google update this version 4.0.4, do i’ve to do that “unroot” process just to get latest OS.
Also use different USB port if available, i think it made a difference just a hunch..
Thanks for the comments.. I’ll try running it as root, as suggested elsewhere also…
Indeed.. You have to run “fastboot-linux” as super user (or su to root) ie “sudo fastboot-linux oem unlock”
Getting “dangerously close”
I think I’ve managed to reflash the recovery image, then go directly to recovery (no reboot), and hit “install from SD card” (it’s a sprint phone), and install the jelly .zip from my download directories.. It installed successfully (so it says), and I’ve rebooted..
Now I see a new splash screen on bootup, rather than all the colorful boxes, I now see a google multicolored “X” with the colors morphing around a little bit (indicating it’s doing something I guess)… But it’s been on this screen now for 5 minutes.. I’ll leave it a bit longer, but it looks like it’s hung booting right now…
Does everyone else see the google “X” on boot?? So at least I know I’ve gotten that far ??
Hmm, so I finally got past the “X”… Some hints from the threads here I *think* were correct, except that I’ll add this: I have a gnex on sprint, and you should wipe *everything*, meaning all caches, do a factory reset, (and I think I saw some other clean button, but I don’t remember now).. And after running “fastboot”, I wiped the dalvick cache again… I also tried to load a few other stock images, but they failed (because I was trying to load .zip files not .img files I guess), so I don’t know if that worked or not..
But now I see I am running 4.1.. Phew.. I guess it would be great to have a button that cleans “everything”….
I too found that fastboot-linux oem unlock hung on “waiting for device”. Running the command as root, however, did the trick.
As Max commented above, it was also necessary to reflash the recovery image after copying the zip file onto the sdcard, otherwise I saw the dead android icon.
But all in all, it took only 20mins to root the phone, which is much less than some previous phones I’ve had!
Thanks! your comment is what I needed to fix my problem.
My Verizon SGN 4.0.4 is having the same “waiting for device” error on Step 6. I am a neophyte but read everybody’s notes including where Ian says: Running the command as root, however, did the trick. But I don’t know what that means…Anybody know how to get past this? Tx
hi you say this works on any android version but you started with ics 4.0.3 onwards, and I have 4.0.2? just to confirm if this still works before i get into this rooting mess. thanks
Worked great on my sprint galaxy nexus! Only problem I had was getting win xp to recognize my phone while in fast boot mode. I downloaded PdaNetA300 for android and installed it on my computer and it recognized it after I rebooted. Other than that my phone runs great.
Thank you so much for the help.
u made my day man … i was deppressed for 1 week that i coudlnt do anything with my phone cuz fast boot in my phone was currepted and couldnt recognized my phone in fast boot .. but after pda now every thing is great now … thank u so much … so so so sos ……….much and
thank u this site finnally end my nighmares
X2 thanks a lot I was also stuck gonna try n root now
You say that I need to backup my phone before I unlock the boot loader, but how do I backup the phone, when it is not rooted?
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Max, i’m running win 7 64bit, installed samsung driver as sugested but on Device Manager i only see Samsung Phone ADB when i connect the Nexus in regular on mode, i don’t see ADB device as shows on your screen. Anyhow driver installed fine no excalamation mark, but when i put my phone in safe mode my computer doesn’t recognize device and all i see in Device Manager is ADB 1.0, anyhow pressing forward i tried to do ” fastboot oem unlock” and all i’m sitting at ” waiting for device” prompt and nothing is happening, do i’ve to install the whole Android sdk?…
You have to update the ADB 1.0, just manually update to Samsung ADB interface.
Manual update not working for me
same here..:-(
how to manually update? I have Win 7 Pro. installed the usb drivers from samsung site. But the system does not recog the device! the samsung bozos gave a file with a zillion drivers when the download was from a support link specifically for the GNex! WTF!
anyway…would appreciate any insight on the ‘manual’ step repeatedly mentioned here…which file under that SAMSUG/USB drivers/ to select?
update: am on VZ.
ok, another update: hope this helps others:
(maybe i missed it) enable USB debugging under Developer Options on regular boot of your device, connect and voila! you should see the device drivers installed correctly.
Then you can continue the steps…will update again, if anything goes wrong.
thanks for the detailed steps above…
Hi folks !!! here at high on Android, i’ve just Unlocked and rooted my Galaxy Nexus GT-I9250 which i purchased from Google play 10 days ago. As you guys can see from my post i’d run into some speed bump right in the begining of “unlocking” process where the ADB just hung on “waiting for device” i then checked in my Device Manager and saw Android 1.0 in my other device instead of Samsung Android ADB Interface so i hit update deriver then select Samsung Android Phone” in “your device ‘s type list”—next—Samsung Android ADB interface version 2.9.1**** — voilaa windows updated device driver and i gone ahead and finished the rest of the process…just put that super user zip file inside google nexus download folder first before you flash that recovery—-then just flash recovery and go right in install that super user file so you don’t have to fastboot recovery again…. enjoy….One very strange thing happened when i unlocked my phone and flash that recovery and reboot I DID NOT LOST ANY SETTINGS AND DATA !!!! everything thing is there as was before rooting … strange !!!.?. I do have one question ? ” will my phone update to new version of google ICS when available like it did after i bought it to 4.0.4? automatically??..
Not that I’m complaining, but I did not lose any data either…
Everything is OK. Thanks for the guide.
Hi Max can you tell me ?how to backup my unlocked and rooted Galaxy Nexus by your method cause all i get when i try to go in safe mode is “0din” on top in red and it says downloading updates and nothing else volume up and down button doesnt work but after a little while my phone bootsup in regular mode, i already flash CWM recovery couple of time and now i just get this “0din” screen.Also please confirm that i read it on many post that i’ll not get OTA updates after this root???..and how to go back to original factory state with 4.0.4 thankyou.
Max if your answer to my above questions are same as in your Backup and Unroot videos and screen shots then just let me know.Thankyou
Worked on my Sprint Galaxy Nexus. The ADB driver had me spent for a minute but I figured it out by reading these comments.
D
damnt i need help getting crazy now .. really crazy , i did update my nexus to 4.0.4 with odin damn method and that method unlocked my bootloader by him self … my bootloader statusis unlocked ,
can i proceed with your method so i can have a good recovery mode !!!!!!
in my damn recovery mod i am getting tired of it , there is update from cache , not from sd card
…
the problme i see now is my phone doesnt recognized by pc in fastboot !!! did it because that method(odin) unlocked my bootloader ?
i am going to isntall PdaNetA300 … now
Hi. I live in France so I should flash GSM Roms I suppose. Still LTE band is curently being implemented here. Is there a way to add the LTE radio band without afecting traditional EU bands?
I am using Ubuntu and on step 6 I am getting a command not found error:
david@ubuntu:~/Downloads/GalaxyNexusRootNew$ sudo ./fastboot-linux oem unlock
[sudo] password for david:
sudo: ./fastboot-linux: command not found
david@ubuntu:~/Downloads/GalaxyNexusRootNew$
right-click on “fastboot-linux” -> Properties ->Permissions: Allow executing file as program
i tried this method now my computer wont even recognize my gn for verizon please help
I noticed this briefly with my GSM version. fastboot wouldn’t even recognize the device part way through the root, but after turning USB Debuging on (or one other time, off) it instantly recognized it. That’s it… just toggling it helped me continue. Dunno what to make of it, as I just tested it after a full root, and it works now. HTH
Thank you from Panama!
Very detailed and useful guide for rooting my Galaxy Nexus.
every time i try and go into recovery mode i just get a sleeping Android with an exclamation mark. I have to keep flashing recovery every time i want to enter recovery mode. Please help me urgently
When I type following commend ./fastboot-mac flash recovery optimus_prime-touch-v5.5.0.4-6-GSM.img
I am getting error message error : cannot determine image file name. How to resolve this.
My galaxy nexus is GSM and phone is unlocked. Thanks
If your copying the commands into the shell, type them in manually.
hey I’m stuck in step 7… i hit the volume up button but there is no yes and my comand promt only says waiting for device..i installed the samsung drivers!
Max, what is the procedure then after we root the phone when the carrier releases an OTA upgrade?
Do we ignore the OTA and upgrade manually somehow? Or can we do the OTA upgrade?
.
Yeah..I’m stuck at 8. It says “Waiting for devices”. But I can see the device with:
adb devicesManually update the driver in Device Manager, it’s probably saying Android 1.0, just update to Android ADB.
I’m stuck on this as well. Basically when my phone isn’t on fastboot the device manager says that its android ADB but when it is on fastboot it says that it’s on android 1.0. I really need help with this, I searched and I can’t find a solution.
Did you ever figure this out? I am having the same problem.
I’m stuck in step 6.
it say “The system cannot find the path specified”
I need Help!!!!
Where did you unzip the files to?
ky I found.
I went upto step 12. after I recover it didn’t work.
There is a image in my screen of a android with explanation mark.
What can I do?
Max pls reply me??
Max plz reply to my comment. I really need help
reflash recovery right before you get into recovery, the stock Android deletes recovery upon reboot, this will be gone after you flash a custom ROM.
so every time i restart my device i need to flash recovery wid stock Android 4.0.4???
Yes as long as you stay on the stock ROM.
When I reflash recovery and go straight into recovery it then just shows the Google log with the unlocked icon…….and thats it. If I reboot the phone and pull the battery and try to go into recovery it shows the Android guy laying down with the ! above is body…..not sure whats happening. I have a sprint Nexus s 4g ics 4.0.4
please any help would be great
Thanks
so every time i want to get into recovery i need to flash it???
Does this work with 4.0.2?
Yes works regardless of version number.
I need help fast. I followed the procedures up until step 9. i can’t Copy that file. my galaxy does not show up under my computer. phone says unlocked then at the bottom it states
fastboot status-okay.
please help
my lock state is unlocked…can i still root it?
PLEASE HELP….i bought it and it said lock state is unlocked..but it is not rooted yet…how should i root?
Just follow everything except skip the bootloader unlocking part.
My phone is stuck in the boot…. Google Screen with unlocked Icon at the bottom… I using the pdf form as my guide… Went through all of the steps, now it wont go past the google screen… What should I do?
Never mind, I figured it out…. Relocked…. Unlocked again… and reflashed everything… Worked like a charm
i’ve tried this a thousand times and this phone does not want to accept the recovery, if i try to reboot and go to recovery it shows the android with the red caution sign and then if I just push the recovery and try to boot into recovery it just gets stuck on the google splash screen…. any help?
Try flashing recovery then enter recovery right away.
I did and its gets stuck at the Google splash screen.. and I’m using Linux mint if it matters
Google splash screen? Then try this:
Put your phone in fastboot mode, connect to computer and do:
fastboot erase cache
Sometimes the cache gets messed up and reboots you into the splash screen over and over again.
Hmm, I tried this.. I’m still stuck at the google splash screen.. Is there a way to have it print out what it’s doing (like hitting ‘esc’ when linux boots?)…
I’m having the same problem sprint phone running windows 7
I have a GT-i9250 (GMS Unlocked) unlocked the boot loader, ran optimus_prime-touch-v5.5.0.4-6-GSM.img,
copied CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip to dounload dir. this model has no sdcard. I can only apply update from cache, how can i copy to cavhe, i cant see it from win7
SD Card in CWM is same thing as internal storage.
I can only apply update from //cache dir, how can i copy to cache, i cant see it from win7
don’t mess with cache directory, just try again from the beginning.
My dumb pebcak(screw-up). After unlocking the boot loader I forgot to turn on usb debuging. Starting over as you suggested made me think about the process in more detail. It all worked as u discribed. great site Thank you so much.
tried that and still didn’t work, i’ve followed these instructions to a tee, and it’s not boot looping it just freezes at the google screen, this is getting frustrating, do you think the old root method would work? i haven’t even looked at it yet but i saw there was one from like back in feb or something…
do “fastboot erase cache” if you keep getting google screen instead of CWM.
you already said that and i already did that and it didn’t work….
try reflashing recovery then go into recovery right away then.
i already did that as well as you instructed lol… it’s not working either… i’ve tried locking and unlocking then clearing cache then trying to push recovery and it didn’t work, i tried the old method you posted by booting the boot.img in your old “GalaxyNexusRoot” folder and that didn’t work either…
what is exactly not working? Can u get into recovery?
I’ve tried it several times, and it won’t go past step 8. it will stop and sending ‘recovery’ (filesize)
when i go to any of the menu options, (such as reboot or recovery) it gives me the message FAILED (data transfer failure (too many links))
using a sprint nexus on 4.0.4, running windows
You’ve unlocked the bootloader?
yes, bootloader is unlocked
Thanks for the article and vid, I ran the process on my GNex GSM int’l version and it went with only a little hitch or two, which I was able to get thru. Only issue now is not all apps were restored when I signed on to my google account. All the basics are there, but none of the extra ones that I added after getting the phone. Also having trouble accessing Google Market, I have to tell it to connect multiple times. Then apps that need updating won’t update. I also get an error when I try to restore My Apps. Any ideas?
Clear cache and dalvik cache.
Thanks – I cleared the cache, problem was still there, and I could figure out how to wipe the dalvik cache, so I just did a wipe/factory reset and it had the same effect. Apps updating as I type!
oops – “could” should be “couldn’t”
does it normally take over 30 minutes to update to driver?
Only took me a few minutes – 30 minutes sounds a bit long.
What the Hell! :/
I am using ubuntu 11.10
LINUX
Process aint working for me.
Please help.
When I put in oem unlock command, I get permission denied.
Please help
Run it as SUDO.
Thanks! Followed the steps and it worked perfectly on my Verizon GN, MacBook Pro
yeah the usb driver doesn’t work on my computer. Tried even the one off Samsung’s website but no go. It says it finishes after 30-60 minutes but the device manager says android 1.0 still. I think there might be something wrong with my computer. I tried manually updating the driver by pointing it to the Samsung folder under Program Files but it says it couldn’t find the files. That’s the location the .exe was pointed at supposedly when the MSS InstallWizard was chugging along. It seems the problem is with the computer…….
You can manually update Android 1.0 drivers.
got it to work you using the galaxy nexus root toolkit v1.3 and it’s trouble shoot instructions.
First of all, thanks for posting this. I’m new to Android and it’s awesome to know that I can root the Galaxy Nexus to do things like WiFi tethering and CPU throttling. Anyway, my issue is that my Galaxy Nexus (Verizon) came with 4.0.2 and your instructions worked perfectly. However, this morning I just got the 4.0.4 update announcement on my phone and I tried to update it, but when it restarts to install the update I get the Android robot that’s laying on it’s back with a red triangle with an exclamation mark in the middle of it.
I thought I read in your instructions that all updates would run on the rooted Galaxy Nexus, but it’s not working for me. Am I supposed to “unroot” the GN before installing 4.0.4? If so, how do I unroot the Galaxy Nexus that has 4.0.2 installed on it? A link or instructions would be super helpful.
Thanks for the help!
Hey Max, can you help me out? I’m stuck on 4.0.2 rooted and now I can’t go back to stock 4.0.2 image to try to upgrade to 4.0.4. Thanks!
Did you try rebooting from that?
Max… need some help here bud. I went thru all the steps untill intalling recovery, the phone booted back up and I copied hte SU ZIP to the phone. Now when I boot up and go to the recovery option, a little android guys lays flat with a red triangle on its stomach. I cant access the recovery mod.
I even tried to reflash recovery, here is what I did:
C:\Users>cd ..
C:\>cd GalaxyNexusRootNew
C:\GalaxyNexusRootNew>fastboot oem unlock
…
OKAY [ 23.411s]
finished. total time: 23.412s
C:\GalaxyNexusRootNew>fastboot flash recovery optimus_prime-touch-v5.5.0.4-6-toro-VERIZON.img
sending ‘recovery’ (6504 KB)…
OKAY [ 0.748s]
writing ‘recovery’…
OKAY [ 0.451s]
finished. total time: 1.200s
C:\GalaxyNexusRootNew>fastboot flash recovery optimus_prime-touch-v5.5.0.4-6-toro-VERIZON.img
sending ‘recovery’ (6504 KB)…
OKAY [ 0.720s]
writing ‘recovery’…
OKAY [ 1.897s]
finished. total time: 2.618s
C:\GalaxyNexusRootNew
Im on 4.0.4… upgraded yesterday and tried to root today.
I have the exact same behaviour on my GSM Galaxy Nexus w/android 4.0.4. At fast boot menu, the phone is stated “LOCK STATE = UNLOCKED” and have been flashed with optimus prime GSM (twice…) but when choosing recorery mode I get a layed down robot with a red triangle…
You will have this problem as long as you stay on the stock ROM. You will have to flash the IMG everytime you want to go into recovery. The best thing is to install a ROM to your SD card and then flash then go right into recovery and install the ROM, once you do that it will take you away from the stock image and the security feature and you will not have this problem anymore.
I got everything to work but when I download clockwork recovery I go to it and then when I try to go back its not their..please help
reflash recovery then enter it right away stock Android overwrites it on reboot, it’s a dumb security feature.
thanks, this worked. The second time I flashed recovery while in fastboot, it showed up as optimus prime instead of the dead robot
This, after a few drawbacks of having to reflash in recovery, TOTALLY WORKED. I, too, had issues with the step after 8, but again, after reflashing the fastboot. And honestly, what worked best was doing a ./fastboot oem lock in the terminal, and then another command to re-unlock, and THEN reflashing again. Once I did this step, I didn’t have any big issues.
I had an issue going back into recovery as I was trying to flash CWM, but I just left my phone alone for an hour, went back into recover and blam – no issues. Didn’t even reflash and it worked fine – SU access was there.
So…if you have any issues after you successfully unlock the BL, I HIGHLY suggest just relocking, unlucking, reflashing and then waiting a few mins before trying to install the CWM from zip.
This is the best guide I’ve seen for rooting a Galaxy Nexus. It caters towards users of all models of Nexus, all computer operating systems, and is the most straightforward and easy to follow. Great job!
If I root using your method if I want to go back to stock image how do I get it back. Can I copy the Sprint Image from the phone to my computer and then put it back once rooted so i can flash back to it? There is not a image out there for the Galaxy Nexus LTE Sprint 4.0.4 ice Cream Sandwhich.
guess im not going to get an answer to either question, is there a unroot process and the question above.
thanks alot for the clear instructions. realli glad.. mind if i tell you something… how can i change font on rooted galaxy nexus.. wonder if you answer me back… the font i want to change is ZawGyi_One.ttf … looking forward to your answer… thanks…
Thank you very much dude..works on my galaxy nexus 4.0.4
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I spent hours using a different process yesterday (it failed), but that process got me through the unlock phase correctly. I then applied this process BUT the Q/A at the very end would have saved me at least 30 mins had I read it first
Total expense of time and “expense” for this method: 1 – factory reset plus about 90 minutes of focused work on device. Thank You! I am very grateful, having lived for several months with an un-rooted Droid 2 Global which was so hampered by bloatware it couldn’t actually function (Verizon seems to know this is a problem; had a rooted device but needed warranty repair and they sent back Ver 2.3.4 OS which had no root exploit avail; it may now). After 4 phone calls and 3 hrs phone time with Verizon they sent me a Galaxy Nexus and kept my available upgrade– I don’t recommend this since I saw a Nexus priced below $50.00 (with contract renewal) yesterday. And, no, mine wasn’t free. I had to pay CA sales tax on full retail plus Verizon sent a battery, cover, and cable (they had planned sending a refurb) for over $50.
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When entering recovery mode, the red caution sign appears, tried the reflash it worked but how do i load the CWM trough the recovery?
first of all copy the CWM zip file to your phone, then flash the recovery and without turning it off, go to recovery mode and install CWM.
Hey, thanks done that but is there another option? Instead of flashing the phone everytime trough cmd?
You can use ROM Manager off Play Store once rooted.
or as Max said in another response…flash a custom rom and the problem is gone, i personaly reccomend the AOKP (ive used the resurrection remix for my S2 and AOKP for my GNex).
Tried that to one time rebooted and started recovery but it showed the droid with the caution sign
Great tutorial, so you can use TWRP Recovery with the GSM version? It looks more user friendly than ClockworkMod
yup.
Just wanted to say thanks. I’m totally new at this stuff and you made it all simple. Plus I learned a lot! So thanks again and look forward to your success on this ultra useful site.
Note to everyone else: if you get the dead android with the red “!” after flashing, just flash again and skip the reboot. Just navigate straight into recovery mode after flashing without rebooting the phone. That did the trick for me.
Dude i need help
“After installing the drivers, if you still don’t see “Samsung Android ADB Interface” and see something like “Android 1.0″ with exclamation mark, manually update the driver”
how do i manually update the driver? What file do i go into?
right click on android 1.0 and update drivers.
right now when i plugged it in i got an error drivers did not install
“No driver files have been loaded for this device” when i click on Driver Details
Nevermind i got it! my usb debugging was off ! Thanks though ill comment if i have anymore trouble
I have an i515 nexus. I am having a problem with my computer communication with the phone. Right now if I try to turn it on it boot loops on the Google logo. I can successfully fastboot and it comes up in device manager as Android 1.0. The bootloader shows up as locked right now. I am able to go to CWM recovery and then it shows up as Android ADB in the device manager. I have tried re-installing the drivers several times. It takes like an hour and a half for the driver to install which doesn’t seem right. Anyway, I am trying to flash the stock 4.0.4 (imm76k) images so that I can start over from the beginning but the command prompt keeps telling me that it cant find the device or it is . In CWM I tried to mount USB storage but I got the message “E:Unable to open ums lunfile (no such file or directory)”. The phone doesn’t show up as a USB device under “My Computer”. I am running Vista (btw, I’m not a fan of Vista). Anyone have any suggestions?
oops, somehow that one sentence got cut off. Should read: “Anyway, I am trying to flash the stock 4.0.4 (imm76k) images so that I can start over from the beginning but the command prompt keeps telling me that it cant find the device or it is “”.
“waiting for device”.
You have to update that Android 1.0 drivers manually, do a right click on it then select update drivers. Select “all devices” and point to drivers or you should find some Android ADB, use that.
Holy cow! thank you. I have been phoneless for 24 hours and I was starting to worry and/or contemplate defrauding Verizon’s insurance for a new phone. I had been trying to update the drivers but I was just looking in the wrong place.
I had the same problem but that didn’t work – I already have the Samsung Android ADB Interface & updated the drivers & it said I already had them updated.
Nevermind, I got it. It appears there were multiple drivers in the device mgr so I found the one that had Android on it (rather than Samsung) & pointed it to the Samsung drivers.
When i boot in recovery mode, it says “lock state – unlocked.”
I find this very interesting because I have never tried to do anything special with my Nexus. How should I go about rooting this?
Skip the unlocking bootloader, start at Step 8, you are lucky since its already unlocked you won’t lose anything while you root.
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Unlocked bootloader ok, then I flashed recovery, when I went into recovery mode, The android with the open stomach had an exclamation point on his stomach. Please help
reflash recovery then boot into recovery right away.
Hi guys,
Sorry for the dump question, but when you say reflash… what am I supposed to do? I am not a native speaker.
I am with my android with the open stomach and the exclamation point, the only thing I can do is restart removing the batery, I have done that and try again the recovery mode but again this appear, after some minutes it automatically starts the OS.
Thanks Max, it worked. So far I unlocked,rooted, flashed CM recovery and backed up.
Now I’m ready to tackle some of those custom roms. And your right, I’m learning. It’s a slow process, but I’m getting there. And to think before I started all this I was actually thinking about getting an i phone. Now I love my Nexus it runs so much better.
Thanks again
i’m stuck at step 6 it’s not appearing on the device manager plzz help the SAMSUNG ABD isn’t there
i’m on windows 7
I’m being hung at step 6 repeatedly. I have used all of the popular and available tools out there, and my phone is just outright refusing to be recognised as being in FASTBOOT mode. I have reinstalled all of the drivers countless times, uninstalled all Android, Samsung, HTC and Java software and SDKs on all 3 of my PCs. Yet to try with Linux, but I really don’t want to have to.
Do you have any suggestions as to what’s going wrong?
P.S: Baseband: I9250XXKK6
Build: ICL53F.I9250XWKL2
I have the same problem I have uninstalled and re installed multiple times tried tool kit and pdanet still no luck getting fast boot to work I have even tried another device and computer
Where exactly do I download “GalaxyNexusRootNew.zip”?
hey guys, Im stuck on step 5, my laptop with win7 never sees my phone when i in the recovery mode, when the phone is just on everything works great but wheni put it into the recovery mode my win7 shows me “Android 1.0″ with exlamation mark, i tried to follow the instruction but it didnt help ( can anybody explain me what to do next?
thank you so much !
You have to update the Android 1.0 with drivers to Android ADB.
yes i already did so and my computer sees the phone when its on but when its in fastboot mode, its invisible
Keep trin u will get it.
HAHHA thank you ! i solved it ) i plugged my phone into another usb port )
I have previously used the thread on your site to flash the stock 4.0.4 to my gsm galaxy nexus. this involved unlocking the phone. i never relocked it [as it still shows the unlock on startup]. do i need to follow all the directions above to get jelly bean, or can i jump in at a certain step? i’m relatively new to rooting and flashing roms, but have done so a few times before when provided with detailed instructions. thanks in advance for your help!
if u already have completed this you should be able to just flash the jelly bean zip through CWM.
i am stuck on step five also.
I have downloaded the drivers from here, the official samsung site and a few other (what looks to be) trusted websites and I can not get past the android 1 with the exclamation mark.
When I right click it to say “update drivers” it tells me windows can not find any updates, so I direct it to where I have downloaded the versions and still nothing (I think it searches for the .zip extension).
Please can someone help me here?
I am running windows 7 home premium x64.
Dan
what does reflash recovery mean? (i’m stuck on step 12; using a mac)
So, everytime I want to go into the recovery, I get a little fallen over android with it’s stomach opened with an exclamation point. So if I re-flash the recovery, it will work that one time, then it doesn’t work anymore until I re-flash it… what’s up with that?
Stock android overwrites custom recovery until u installa custom rom.
is it normal for the driver to take like 7-8 hours to download..? it’s almost done, but nonetheless it shouldn’t take this long.. what’s wrong with my computer?
I read that to avoid stock android overwrites custom recovery everytime it is necessary to rename/delete the file /system/recovery-from-boot.p. Is this operation safe and correct?
Yes exactly!
I’m stuck at step 6, the device
manager doesn’t show the adb samsung
Plzz max help me it’s not working
Windows 7
GSM
4.0.2
Hi,
i have successfully root my Samsung galaxy nexus i9250.
thanks for the post.
Hi,
I have also update my Samsung galaxy nexus I to 4.1 jelly beam.
i have some problems, with mac and on windows
initially i tried mac, all was great until i get ‘ERROR: could not get pipe properties’, saw the comments here that maybe i should use windows instead.
worse, i can’t even see ‘Samsung Android ADB Interface’ in device manager. HELP?!
Do u see any kind of adb?
I have tried absolutely everything to download the drivers (win7) and they will not download. I have downloaded from the link above, samsung and other websites and it goes through the installation process and then says that the drivers could not be installed. I have tried on 3 different laptops using windows 7 on all of them and Im getting the same thing every time. Shows up as Android 1.0 and will not allow me to auto update or manually update. I have tried some of the things I’ve seen listed in this thread like enabling usb debugging, did nothing. I am stuck! I rooted my Sprint GS2 with no problem but my Verizon Galaxy Nexus is being a b****!
Just calm down first, then do a right click on Android 1.0, then update the driver, choose “all devices” then point to drivers. Will work.
Can’t get command prompt to except “cd GalaxyNexusRootNew” the only thing that shows is “Google Calendar-files” What am I doing wrong?
Not sure but try again slowly, it seems like you need to unzip the files first?
I did unzip. I even re unzipped which probably screwed it up further.
I give up. Thanks any way. I suck!
I think I just have to pay someone to do this for me. LOL
I’m having a problem. I’m using Ubuntu 12.04. Galaxy Nexus purchased from Google Play Store. Running Andriod 4.0.4
cd Downloads/GalaxyNexusRootNew
./fastboot-linux oem unlock
bash: ./fastboot-linux: Permission denied
sudo ./fastboot-linux oem unlock
sudo: ./fastboot-linux: command not found
I then marked it as executable and it still didn’t work. Any suggestions?
do chmod 755 *
I’m having trouble with doing the
For Verizon Galaxy Nexus, type:
fastboot flash recovery optimus_prime-touch-v5.5.0.4-6-toro-VERIZON.img
my cmd prompt says “error:cannot load ….”
How do I fix that?
Max I have used your guides to root three different android devices starting with my Nexus S! I have a mac and you don’t find too many detailed guides that give the step by step instructions AND videos on how to root!! I stumbled across your sites just by googling and the first time I tried I had sucess with no issues!!!! I wanted to say Thank You for taking your time to write up reviews, make videos and also making them not too complicated!
On another note, I just purchased a galaxy nexus for verizon and my phone does not show up on my computer so that I can transfer files to it! I downloaded an app for my mac called “android file transfer” but I wanted to know is this the only way to xfer files or am I missing something??
Thanks again Max!!!
yes you can use android file transfer. I think that’s the only way for macs. You can also use AirDroid app to transfer wirelessly.
I am on a GNEX currently with no sim card. When i put my Nexus into fastboot mode, my lock state is already unlocked. Where do I start my rooting? After step 11, or from beginning?
Thanks
Exactly skio unlocking.
Sorry, one more question. When I am in the clockworkmod, trying to install the CWM-SuperSU-v0.87, I do not have an option to install it. Only META-INF and system. Happens when I open the file in Windows Explorer too. Where did I go wrong?
Do not unzip the files.
Scince the galaxy nexus has a separate recovery partition will I have to reroot after I upgrade firmwares?
Just reflash superuser zip file in recovery if u need yo root.
Man I dont know how it happened, but I was trying to install a newer rom and deleted my recovery and wiped my phone totally. Since I cant boot my phone windows wont recognize my phone so I can copy a new rom to it. All I can acces is the bootloader and the team win recover project 2.1.2. WTH do I do now?
Can I root my GN if I have activated encryption feature?
Do I have to decrypt my phone before rooting it?
fixed it with wubs tools and the factory rom
I rooted/unlocked my Nexus and a few days later I’m now getting these weird codes (system codes) in the top right corner of my screen. Anyone know how to fix this?
I finally rooted my galaxy nexus! Used the “Wug’s Galaxy Nexus root toolkit” Instructions were VERY detailed and easy to follow.
please somebody help me i cant update my driver and the device is not getting recognize i got the driver from sdk from the link above from anywhere i could but its just not working and also i tried manually but i couldn’t find adb interface as well. arghhhhhhhhhhh
I have tried to manually update de drivers, but it is impossible to find the .inf file, where do I get the file ?
Hi. So i just tried this process on my Verizon galaxy nexus with a mac. I got until step 9, but my nexus wouldnt boot. I yanked the battery, and now it is stuck in a boot loop where it only goes until the Google sign with the lock. I can get into fastboot. Please help i dont know what to do
Make sure u flashed the verizon version can u do it again and post a screenshot of ur commands?
All of the commands went through properly, but when I unplugged the phone to reboot it, it wouldn’t get past the loading screen with all of the colors. I then pulled the battery, and its stuck in a boot loop.
You can try reflashing recovery.
fastboot flash recovery optimus_prime-touch-v5.5.0.4-6-toro-VERIZON.img
Hi, if I update to Jelly Bean could I use this same method to root it again? And is it even worth upgrading to if I already have the Jelly Bean ROM? Is there anything different?
I’m having a problem with step 5. I installed the drivers, but I get an error saying “device not recognized”. When I go to the device manager it is listed as an unknown USB device. Any ideas?
I’m having that same problem! It’s telling my “You have connected a USB device that is not recognized or has malfunctioned”…what!?
try updating drivers manually by double clicking on it and hitting update drivers.
My phone is also stuck at the black google screen with the unlock symbol at the bottom, after Step 8. I go to do the reboot but it is stuck in this screen. What do i do?
Does it work on 4.1.1 Jelly bean also.?
Yes.
Hello! I have a 4G LTE Galaxy Nexus. I just tried your steps using my Mac but am stuck on step 9, after the reboot. My phone seems to be stuck in a boot sequence loop. It keeps showing the Google screen, vibrates like it’s going to start up and then goes back to the Google screen again. I went back over the steps to make sure I didn’t miss anything and I know I haven’t. What should I do now?
i have successfully flashed recovery
CMD says OKAY AND FINISHED
But i still cant go in recovery there is a android exclamation there
Youtube video is down, could you put it back up please?
YouTube has terminated my account without clear reason, I am trying my best to get it back but in the meanwhile I am making my own YouTube, it’s not launched yet but you can sign up here at http://androidroot.org
Thanks for that!
GSM on JB 4.1.1.
I’ve made it all the way to step 12. After choosing “recovery mode,” I end up with the android with a red exclamation. I’ve already placed the CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip in the internal storage and fastboot mode states “Lock state – unlocked.” I can’t figure out how to get into Clockworkmod recovery. Please help me Max!
I restarted, starting from step 8, and I am now rooted. Thanks Max!
I have your same problem: i’m on jb 4.1.1 GSM, i keep getting the lying android with the red mark when goin into recovery mode.
Made different factory resets, restarted from step 8 like you said different times… still no luck.
Thank you Max for this guide that is making everyone happy; make also me happy and tell me what can i do!!
Reflash and boot into CWM right away, the newer Android 4.0.4 and on will overwrite recovery that is why you are seeing the stock android recovery.
Made also me happy!
Thank you!
need help. verizon galaxy nexus. when i try to go into recovery mode. it doesnt move on to step 13. red triangle with ! in it shows up. cant figure out why.
Try reflashing recovery from fastboot then enter recovery right away it will work.
Also if your upgrade to the new version of clockwork recovery then u will no longer have to flash every time u need to get into recovery
I also had to skip the reboot at step 12. But other then that, the guide work great!
Thaks alot!
I’m using a mac to try and root my Sprint GN. I have it unlocked but can’t get into recovery. I have went back into terminal many times to try and redo this step. Every time I type ./fastboot-mac I get an error. I’ve tried locking and get and error saying fastboot-mac doesn’t exist. I don’t know what I am missing.
Nevermind. I got it.
ok great!
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hi guys.. i’m stucked at the “Android 1.0″ problem.. i tried to install the samsung drivers, remove the batteries and load back again after 1min.. still cannot.. can u guys help me on this please…
Try updating Android 1.0 drivers by double-clicking on it and set to ADB.
That is the main problem.. i really can’t update it. When i plugged in my phone in normal boot mode.. it can read as Samsung ADB Device but when i switch to fast.boot mode.. it really can’t be read at all. I’ve tried deleting the drivers and reinstall but still the same
Try a different computer then.
when i try to install the flash recovery it says waiting on device and my device is connected to the coputer in fastboot what do i do?
update drivers!
Thanks it work!
Max Lee you seem to be a huge help to everyone on here. I am having a problem and I am hoping you can help me please?
I got to step 9 where I reboot after flashing the recovery but my phone will not reboot! I just keeps showing the same black screen with white “Google” written and an unlocked padlock at the bottom. I can’t figure it out, please help 
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hey maxx,
i cant see anything in the device manager..there is galaxy nexus listed but no ADB interface or driver as such…should i ignore this and root it or is there any option??
noob,,,,:(
Make sure you have enable USB Debugging, do you still see galaxy nexus?
Yes checked usb debugging…still the same..
Does Galaxy Nexus has exclamation mark next to it?
No there is no exclamation
Its only shows GALAXY NEXUS
When in fastboot mode it said UKNOWN DEVICE
help me maxx
Try updating GALAXY NEXUS by double-clicking on it and hit update drivers, then point to ADB driver.
Hi! I am stuck at at step 6 because the USB driver does not seem to work properly. I have installed the driver multiple times and if I connect the phone when booted in Android, Windows recognises the device without any problem (“SAMSUNG Android phone”). However, if I am in fastboot mode, windows tells me it doesn’t recognise the device. Updating manually doesn’t work (no idea how to do that). I have switched debug mode on, tried several USB ports and even a different computer. I have more than one Galaxy Nexus (for work) and all have the same problem. What am I doing wrong here?
Do you see Android 1.0 or something with exclamation mark? Try manually updating, double-click on that then hit update drivers.
Thanks, I did that but I was asked for a driver location. I only have that exe file which isn’t good enough for windows.
OK for the people that don’t know how to manually update their driver, here the steps for windows.
1. Go to the device manager you should see a exclamation over thSriver
2.Right click and then click on Properties.
3. Click Drivers, then , click Update driver
4. Click Browse My Computer for Driver Software
5. Click Let Me Pick from a list if device driv.ers on my computer
6. Click find Samsung from the left List then click it.
7. Then find the Samsung ADB driver in the right column then install
You be to go through the process now
I dont’ have Samsung ADB driver in the list. WTF this is so frustrating!
oh, lol nvm I found it. You have to go into the part that said “have disk” I’m fine now, thank you.
I get to step 9 where I reboot my Galaxy Nexus after flashing the recovery. At this point my phone just shows the black screen with Google written on it and an unlocked padlock on the bottom. It will show it for a few seconds, then vibrate and go black, then show the screen again. It will keep doing this over and over again and never reboots. Someone please help me! I am using a mac and a Sprint Galaxy Nexus. Trust me I remembered to use ./fastboot and the proper file for the sprint galaxy nexus it just doesn’t seem to be working, help!
I believe you might have flashed the wrong one otherwise that can never happen, but no worries, just flash the Sprint one using fastboot, it should fix your phone.
You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Honestly, thank you very much, and please continue to do what you’re doing.
May The Force be with You.
Will this work on jellybean?
yes works!
Thanks again
Can i still get OTA updates if i root following your directions or will they not work and screw my phone
I’m stuck on step 6, I have the driver installed, in device manager it looks exactly like yours where it says Samsung Android ADB Interface. When I type the commands, the first one takes, but then when I type in “cd GalaxyNexusRootNew” it says “the system cannot find the path specified”. What does that mean?
Type “cd \” (without the quotation marks off course) then go forward from there like you would probably then type “cd users”. CD stands for change directory so its just moving through folders in a way
how do install google play store? its missing
Problem with recovery I have a red caution symbol when I try to recovery my recovery I guess im not finishing my rooted nexus can u please help me with this. I unlocked my phone but no recovery was installed I watched the video and did everything on it but need help!
Try reflashing recovery using fastboot then enter recovery without rebooting.
I dont my nexus along these step. But on step 9. i can’t reboot it and can’t copy the super SU into the internal memory .. so i stop on the half way. plz help how can i do?
reboot and copy it by connecting your phone as a disk drive.
I typed ./fastboot-linux and it said permission denied. What’s the problem?
Hi,
I am trying to upgrade to Jellybean from ICS 4.0.1.
I am from Canada and my service provider is Bell. Can I use GSM image file in the zip file?
Also, when you say the phone is “unlocked” does it mean it is OEM unlocked?
I want to know if I need to unlock my phone further after fully going over this tutorial, because at the end I need to root the phone AND do an OEM unlock.
Thanks!
yes. you have to unlock the bootloader, not SIM.
Anyone able to help me? I am stuck on Step 5 because my computer refuses to recognize my device while it’s in Fastboot mode.
Help?
Someone please help. My phone seems to be rooted, but will not run some programs such as Rom Manager with superuser access. I followed these instructions exactly, but I am not sure why some programs don’t seem to request superuser access. I performed this root about 1 hour ago. Thanks!
try reflashing the last zip file part, it might take 2 or 3 tries sometimes.
Max, i also got the red caution sign when i was going into recovery mode after flashing but i bypassed it the way you suggested. My phone is rooted now, but i am still getting the caution sign whenever i try to go to recovery mode in order to install jellybean. How do i fix this caution screen permanently so i can go to recovery mode?
what about 4.1.1 root ?
Hello, I succsesfully Unlocked the bootloader (I have the litte lock unlocked on bootup) but the problems start when I attempt to go into Recovery mode, an android lying down with its chest open and a triangle above it appear.
I can still boot the phone fine and everything works as normal but i’m not rooted, can anyone help me with this issue?
I am on Yakja, 4.1.1
Try reflashing recovery then enter it right away without reboot.
hi.. just happen this afternoon,.,, my phone is already unlocked but it became lock again.. i am reading the forum and trying to follow the steps but it seems i cant see the samsung adb,, when i upgrade the driver android 1.0.. only samsung usb.. and it is not compatible.. pls help me.. how to unlocke bootloader.. it will be a big start for me..
update the Android 1.0 manually, try googling how to install windows drivers if you have trouble.
marlon I had the same issue, you need to search around the device manager for SAMSUNG, not sure if I right clicked android 1.0 and searched to update drivers or if it showed up in portable devices. Once there click update driver, search for driver on my computer, and install the newest SAMSUNG ADB interface driver you see.
there is no ADB driver.. only USB driver.. pls somebody help me
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i am getting frustrated..
You gotta install the drivers while your in fastboot mode trying having a look at this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29044502&postcount=735
Awesome guide… works great, fast and easy mode…thanks a lot for that man! You rock!
i already sawthe ADB interface.. but when i click next,, it notifies me.. that.. “if the upgrade is not compatible it will not work” sir max.. will i gamble for it… tnx.. just a step by step procedure, i dont want to mess all things up.. that is why i always ask you
does anyone know how to unlock a verizon galaxy nexus so i can use it to another carrier? i’m new to this.
I have been able to follow steps 1-12 successfully without any hiccups. At first I had difficulties entering recovery mode for step 12 since it gave me an android with a “!” on a red triangle. So I tried reflashing the phone and entering straight into recovery mode. I have already C&P the zip file into download. When I enter recovery mode, it shows optimus prime and all the options. But it also displays in red letters, ”
E:Can’t mount /cache/recovery/command
E:Can’t mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can’t open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can’t mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can’t open /cache/recovery/last_log
I am not sure what to do now.
btw my phone is a unlocked GSM Nexus that is running on AT&T with google wallet.
Thanks Emperor Max. I just got it right after several attempts. I have to confess reading these comments/questions helped me a lot…especially the re-flashing and without rebooting thing. I was stacked there since yesterday until now. My regards.
ragazzi non riesco ad entrare in recovery mode, tutta la procedura è andata bene il boatloader risulta sbloccato ma non riesco a flashare la cwm….mi da il robot con il triangolo rosso…Aiutooooooo
ok so when i try to go into recovery mode i get the android with his stomach open and an exclamation point i already tried reflash recovery and it wont work what do i do please hellp??
reflash recovery and boot into CWM right away, newer software versions overwrite it with stock recovery upon reboot. That is why it’s happening.
my notebook do not see my phone. i install drivers. i did all right. help please!!!
———-
I am from russia.
Do you have another computer to try with?
Hi I rooted my nexus n flashed jeallybean ROM.now how do I download the paid apps for free…please help
hey max,
my glaxy nexus build num is IMM76K …. GSM model
what type of nexus can i chose?
So my computer won’t installed the ADB drivers whatsoever. I’ve tried everything. It just simply won’t. Doesn’t show any sign of the drivers in Device Manager. So technically, this is impossible for me. Thanks for making the guide though.
For those who could not install the driver, the following tutorial work for me:
http://www.dkszone.net/setup-install-adb-android-debug-bridge-windows-7
Couldn’t have been easier. I had to reflash the recovery after unlocking the bootloader as well, but you cleared that up in the comments. Thanks Max!
Hi, I’m having a slight issue. I have a verizon gnex and I have followed all the steps up to flashing the recovery img. I flashed it and I was able to successfully boot the phone back up but now when I’m connected to my pc it doesn’t recognize it as a device and I am not able to move the SU.zip to the the internal storage. I checked my drives to make sure they are correct which they are. I am attempting this on a PC but I also have a macbook which I used to try and move the file to the internal storage also but no luck.
Also when i connect my phone to my PC i get a message saying Hardware ID Missing and to please contact the manufacturer. Am i able to lock the bootloader and attempt to start over even after i have flashed the recovery?
So i tried entering recovery mode and got a red ! like other people have so as per the suggestions I reflashed the recovery img and was able to boot again but am still getting the same error? how do i flash back to the stock recovery and lock the boot loader to start over?
OK!!! i know im annoying lol but i fixed my issue where my phone wouldn’t be recognized by my PC, I uninstalled my device drivers and reconnected and it now shows back up with no ID error. BUT i still have a red ! when i attempted to boot into recovery, should i try to flash the recovery again? this will be my third attempt to flash it :/
Try using airdroid app to transfer files.
ignore ever post from before i got it finally rooted. I got the drivers working again then i placed the SU zip onto the inter storage, booted into the bootloader reflashed the recovery and went directly into recovery to flash the zip instead of rebooting first. EVERYTHING WORKS! Ty so much for the guide.
First…thank you very much for this tutorial…..worked like a charm.
Only question is how to I get rid of the transformer pic in CWR? I am used to the default pic.
I know this is trivial…I was just wondering.
Thanks again!
Thanks for the tutorial. I am attempting to root my Galaxy Nexus running JellyBelly under Linux (Ubuntu 10.04 if it matters, but probably not
). I received the following issue (running this via “sudo” on the Linux system):
$ ./fastboot-linux flash recover optimus_prime-touch-v5.5.0.4-6-GSM.img
sending ‘recover’ (6504 KB)… OKAY
writing ‘recover’… FAILED (remote: Unknown Partition)
Feedback on how to proceed from here is welcomed. Thanks in advance.
recovery not recover!
“Doh!” on my part. That seems to have done the trick for that portion.
What is the typical mount point under a Linux system for this as a USB device? I am not seeing the G-Nexus coming up immediately under Nautilus (the file browser), so I am digging some now through /proc to see where this might be hiding.
TIA once again!
Found the follow link on configuring Ubuntu 10.04 for MTP mounting:
http://tech.onesto.info/2012/02/15/galaxy-nexus-and-ubuntu-10-04-mtp/
However…it seems that once I mount the Nexus, I am not able to copy of the ClockworkMod file in full though I can explore the directories here via the command line.
Will advise on this further, though thoughts and feedback are welcomed.
TIA again.
Not sure on Linux, it should come up but if you have trouble, use AirDroid app from Play Store for temporary fix.
Was able to install and use the ES File Explorer app to mount the Nexus to a network share (i.e., my Linux system ala Samba) to copy the ClockworkMod SuperSU file over. This app is indeed a nice alternative if one cannot mount the Nexus via the USB to a Linux or Mac system.
HTH someone else a bit in the event similar occurs.
Thanks for the feedback and help Max. I now have the Nexus unlocked and rooted in full! Excellent video tutorial as well once again!
Hey dude…..dah….I have a problem with my driver….it doesn’t show up abd……….it only shows like MTP…..Pls help me
Please help me…somebody………………………..Plz……………………………
when I try to the flash recovery it says failed on my computer and my fastboot status says download: 0065a000 what could this mean?
You have unlocked bootloader right?
Hi Max,
Love the instructions….flawlessly explained by the way. Quick question not asked on the forum threads. I have the galaxy etc. and upon entering cmd and finally selection yes on the phone to unlock bootloader, the process took a very long time….hours.
Then I got the message on cmd screen “Failed. >”. “finished. total time 32700.615s”.
Question, how do I resolve the error. I reviewed some other websites that suggested rebooting pc and taking battery out, but in event this does not work, I was looking for more suggestions. Thanks…….
BTW, OS: Win. Vista SP2.
Max,
I followed the guide and got to the part where you copy Superuser to the phone. Tried to get in recovery mode. When I do that, I get the Android guy laying on his back, front hatch open with an exclamation point in a red triangle. Please help.
Thank you. It worked for my Nexus =).
Cheers from Colombia, South America
Max i really need to know why is my google voice ans me back?im using galaxy nexus rooted n using codename.
answering u back???
Hi Max,
I love your website! Good job, very well explained.
I’m having problem downloading GalaxyNexusRootNew.zip and Samsung USB Drivers. It says: nginx error! on the download website.
Are those files still available? I’m really interested in trying this. Can you tell me where to get them files if they are not available on that website please?
Thank you very much.
sorry my servers are on and off tonight as we are upgrading servers, been working on it for last 2 days, just keep trying until it downloads, it should be working right now.
Sorry, nevermind the download website seem to be back online now, Thank’s anyway
SPRINT GALAXY NEXUS:
So i Rooted my Phone and i Got The Android Dude with the exclamaition mark when i tried going into recovery, so i reflashed TWRP and went straight Into Recovery and it was a success, i flashed SU and booted my Phone……Now When iTry to go into recovery it gives me the Android Guy Error Again…….
What did I do Wrong? how do i Get to TWRP and Avoid the Error Again??
thanks
Zedomax i tried flashing the recovery time and time again and it will work only once then when i remove the battery and try to get into recovery it will error out with the caution sign on the android dude
sprint phone btw
thanks so much…………
all things are realy helpfull
Is it safe to use this method to root and Australian Galaxy Nexus? More specifically, a virgin mobile one. If so, which one do i use?
Thanks. I’d really appreciate if someone replied.
Yes, that’s a GSM.
So this is my second time trying to root my galaxy nexus and I am unable to because I cannot update my drivers
. I downloaded the drivers from the link provided but none of the available options say Samsung ADB like in the video. I have several Samsung options to choose from on the Manufacturer side for some reason but the correct driver is not available…. Help? Anyone :/
Ok, I figured out how to get passed my previous problem and was able to unlock my phone. But now when I try to go into recovery mode the android dude has a red triangle with an exclamation mark? Now help me? I’M SO CLOSE!!
See the last FAQ part on this page for fix!
I’m having the same problem. I’ve been waiting for a while now. Good luck
Hey zedo was wondering if you going to downgrade the galaxy nexus from sprint to receive the OTA update today… supposedly thats what there talking bout….but if you do would you please make a video..
thanks in advance
hey i have followed your guide and it works perfect!
but im wondering if i do factory rest that will erase all data, will the supersu app be deleted too? if its deleted means im losing root access right ?
Yes will delete everything if u use cwm recovery.
Sorry i meant if u use stock recovery.
Will this work on stock sprint JB? I’m sorry if that’s extremely noobish I’m brand new to this
I was not able to download the zip file. I got my phone unlocked though. Help.
Sorry try now!
I am trying to root my verizon galaxy nexus. After unlocking the boot loader and loading the verizon optimus recovery file, i try to reboot my phone and it gets stuck at the splash screen. Why is this happening?
Nevermind on my last reply.. But now the phone will not let me start in recovery mode. I get a picture of an android with an orange triangle with a “!” in it. What is going on? Why is this so difficult?
Can you boot up your phone?
Try reflashing recovery and enter it right away, newer ICS/JB versions may overwrite custom recovery on reboot.
can you explain how to do so?
thanks, great…………………..
After step 12 (entering into recovery mode) i get a picture of an android with an orange triangle with a “!” in it.
I see Max Lee’s reply on the same issue “Try reflashing recovery and enter it right away, newer ICS/JB versions may overwrite custom recovery on reboot” but i don’t know how to perform that.
I have tried several times but i keep getting stuck on the same place……..
method will not work on 4.1.1 i have done it with WUGFRESH and it worked the first time!!!
forget this……..bye
lol funny you are.. dont listen to this newbie all of zedomax post here are workiing i tested all of them in my gsmversion. the cwm will be deleted if you reboot when you are in stock rom. so use rommanager to flash it back or the fastboot. after rooting flash custom rom right away if you dont want to experiece this
works fine on Jelly.
Just rooted with this method on a Sprint Gnex running Jelly Bean. Worked almost flawlessly. The only thing I did different which was already mentioned was flashing recovery and then going directly into recovery without rebooting. Worked like a charm. Thanks!!!
I Successfully rooted my phone but my data from phone didn’t wiped out after unlocking bootloader .Is that possible ?
it is you are lucky then.
I can’t tell you how many times I have gone through all of the steps in this tutorial. It works fine as long as I don’t restart my phone (Verizon Gnex). Why do I lose my root access all the time? Also, now that I have upgraded to 4.1 JB, my lappy won’t push files adb wise, it just says or something like that in the cmd screen. Suggestions?
Fantastic, this was detailed and gave me a good sense of what I was doing when rooting. Can’t believe I was so nervous about doing this. Thanks! Great job! Now on to flashing custom ROM’s…
Thank you so much for this great tutorial. I used it to gain root access on Android 4.1.0 and now again on 4.1.1. It worked both time like a charm.
Would you be kind enough to send me your RSS feed link please?
try http://feeds.feedburner.com/GalaxyNexusRoot
I don’t get it. It is given in the beginning that this procedure will erase everything in your phone. But after looking at the steps in detail, I see that phone is simply booted into Android OS just like before. Is it that all your /data is erased? Please give some clarity.
I had rooted an HTC Desire sometime back and nothing got erased. All my apps and associated data stayed. Will that be the same case with this procedure too?
hi i am at the part where i suppose to reboot in to cwm recovery but i get android with the red exclamation mark. i was tryin to root my gsm nexus which was on 4.1.2 stock
try reflashing recovery and enter recovery.
i tried reflash recovery, still get android with red sxclaimation mark… ;(
Did you reflash recovery and enter recovery immediately afterwards?
I’m getting the same problem, any time I try to boot into recovery I just get the red exclamation point, no matter how many reflashes and reboots I do. It boots just fine normally, I just can’t get it to boot into recovery. Is there a different recovery image I should be using? This is a Sprint GN.
Hey Max , im using windows 7 , and i currently stuck at step 5
I already installed samsung USB Driver For moblie phone
but its still shows ”android 1.0” at the device manager page
any way to figure it out ?
Did you try rebooting your computer.
Hey im having that same problem. I installed the driver but it still only shows Android 1.0 and it continues to ask to install Android 1.0 driver. Please help!
Also, I did reboot my computer and phone but still nothing happened. Even though I only have the ‘Android 1.0′ when i type fastboot oem unlock it states ‘waiting on device’
I have done it , thanks , it works =D
I’m having problems with step 5. I installed the Samsung drive but it still says Android 1.0 even after I restarted my computer.
I tried to enter in fast boot OEM command but it said, ‘waiting on device’ and nothing happened.
Is there anything else that can be done? Thank you.
Hi guys,
I’ve rooted my unlocked GN by instructions provided here. This morning I’ve recieved OTA update to 4.2 and that messed up my root. I understood that my phone will remain to be rooted eve after this kind of update?
1/ What shoudl I do to rot my phone again? Is all of the steps listed above reqired or not? Is this root method safe for unlocked GN on JB4.2?
Thanks
Just followed your tutorial on a Galaxy Nexus GSM “Takju” on Android 4.2 with unlocked bootloader.
Root worked perfectly, no data loss.
Many Thanks!
Great tutorial. I have rooted my Xoom and other tablets before. WHen you say unlocking the bootloader is going to erase everything, please elaborate. Does that mean all my installed apps are gone? If so, what type of backup do you recommend? Thanks
Yes will erase everything but there is experimental backup feature google “adb backup xda”
hey i flashed the recovery on my galaxy nexus gsm version but i am stuck on install zip from sd card it just aborts the operation please help someone everytime it jst aborts the operation please help
Max bro i have a problem with my galaxy nexus i rooted it about a month ago an flash official 4.1 jelly bean rom but now i want to flash 4.2 rom but its not loading the recovery mod what can i do now? its showing exclamation mark with red triangle
hello Max
i received ota 4.2 and i installed it. there no developper option in setting!! how can i get into debug mode???? any idea
Developer options are hidden now i 4.2 Go to “about phone” and tap 6-7 times on “build number” and you will get access to them. Do yuo have Galaxy Nexus? Let me know if everything worked well for you…
thx it works cause i wanna root my GSM nexus using wugfresh
I LOVE YOU MAN! Aside from God…..you’re my Hero! You have saved me countless hours…..We all should BUY a T-shirt from you for your outstanding service. Thankyou for all you do and stay high on Android!
Thanks for this rooting guide!
I bought a used Nexus on eBay and found out the power button is worn out and has to be pressed in a specific way to work. After rooting I installing PGM pro so I don’t need the button.
A quick note – step 8 much be done twice or it will not go to the menu where you choose what backup to use. Also, the list of folders did not show up so I can to click on the top folder called “” to find the list of memory folders in there.
Hey Max.
I have a question,I bought a GNex(verizon) from craigslist. Will it work with with Chinese SIM card after this rooting guide?
Thank you so much!
Hey I’m using a GSM Galaxy nexus, already unlocked boot loader to flash it with yakju, but didn’t root it, so what steps exactly should I skip in this process to root my nexus? And will I still end up erasing my memory if I attempt to root?
yeah Am also in the same situation. do advice what needs to be done in this case….
thanks.
Question,
How would one go back to the original settings after doing a root? Do you just do it from the reset feature with-in the phone, or is it a little bit more complicated?
Thanks,
Jacob
Hi.
Everything worked fine for me and my phone got rooted and i even got super su. then i rebooted once again and thats it. it has been stuck on the reboot sign forever. i did flash recovery. i even restored and wiped data. nothing seems to be working. it is just stuck on that screen. the boot screen. how can i get it switched on? is there a way i can switch my phone on like NOW.
please please help me!
thank you
Hey kannagi
I guess your only had to wipe the cache and dalvik cache….get in your recovey mode flash the rom and gapps again and make sure to wipe cache and dalvik cache and you should be good to go..
Hi Max, Thanks for the tutorial. I bought my Galaxy Nexus from UK.
my phone is already in UNLOCKED state (step-3) should i skip the step or still i need to follow?
Please advice.
Hi Guys,
I’m stuck at step 6. When I type in “cd GalaxyNexusRootNew” is can’t find the path for the file although the .zip files are in the downloads folder. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Scottie
thanks.. it works fine on my GSM galaxy nexus…
nice tutorial!
Hi guys, I need help.
I just bought a 2nd Galaxy Nexus GSM version (maguro).
Originally it already unlocked, and at JB 4.2.1 using original ROM.
I want to flash it to custom ROM but always fail to go into Recovery Mode.
When from bootloader to recovery mode, it always showing the RED triangle and ! mark.
I tried few times but still the same.
Even though i tried to flash the recovery, recovery successful but still not able go into recovery mode.
Please help!!
Tried flash RWK 6.0.2.3, still cannot.
Tried RooManager and ROM Manager, still cannot.
Es-MacBook-Air:GalaxyNexusRootNew ewei82$ ./fastboot-mac flash recovery optimus_prime-touch-v5.5.0.4-6-GSM.img
sending ‘recovery’ (6504 KB)… OKAY
writing ‘recovery’… OKAY
Es-MacBook-Air:GalaxyNexusRootNew ewei82$
hey samsung usb driver don’t showed in control panel of my computer. My computer is sony vaio i5
max after unlock my devise in fastboot mod – recovery mode there is an picture android that on the android !
For those who recovery mode there is a picture andriod having ! mark.
Please note that after you flash the recovery .img file, DO NOT reboot your phone.
Instead you just straight go into the recovery mode…
Hope it help.
hey can someone give me a link to download a next fastbooter i have to keep repeating step 8 to enter recovery mode.. thanks
My device won’t even show up in the device manager. What is wrong? I installed the drivers and it’s not even there.
Hey Max, when I got up to step 13 and I press Recovery Mode it just goes straight to the Google logo and then to the same image of the android guy by fastboot mode but with a red triangle warning sign. I’m unsure what to do, any help would be great!
Check out the step 8, maybe you didi something wrong there
I am getting the same results. My fastboot-mac flash recovery optimus_prime-touch-v5.5.0.4-6-toro-VERIZON.img failed. It looks like it’s due to there not being a “recovery” partition present. Not sure how that went away. Is there any way to get it back? Is there a tool for modifying the partition table? Can a new partition be created out of either unused space or stolen from another partition? ROM Manager doesn’t have that capability.
HI MY galaxy nexus SAYS
android version 4.1.1
baseband version 19250UGLH1
KERNEL VERSION 3.0.31-G6FB96C9
ANDROID-BUILD@VPBS1)
#1 SMP PREEMPT Thurs Jun 28 11:02 PDT 2012
BUILD NUMBER JR0O3C.19250UGLH1
AM I GOOD TO GO WITH THIS ROOTING METHOD?
I AM IN CANADA SO I FOLLOW THE GSM METHOD?
THANKS
R Cory Jung
hey there, is it possible for me to use Clockwork mod on my Galaxy Nexus? for sprint?
Yes, I am using clockwork mod recovery on mine.
thanks sooooo much
Hi,
thanks for the great tutorial!
I ran through the process once and updated to 4.2.1. This is a nightmare rom if using bluetooth and I don’t recommend it to anyone!
As a result, I now want to return to 4.1.1 and copied the zip from your site onto my phone and installed this image.
Now, after hitting “reboot” the phone just shows the multicoloured “X” and doesn’t seem to want to go any further (30 minutes).
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Phil
I unlocked the boot loader with no problem, then flashed the recovery with no problem, but when I try to reboot, it stays at the Google splash screen and never goes into the boot sequence. I can get into recovery but I cannot get into my phone. Help?
Thank you.
i followed the tutorial very closely, but after flashing and copied “CWM-SuperSU-v0.87.zip” into the phone , then entered fastboot but when i select “recovery mode” it does not take me to the clockwok mod recovery . what do i do ???
I have done all steps until step 12. then a picture showed on the screen which is an android laying horizontally and a red triangle with an exclamation mark on him..
I tried to redo all the steps and i ended with the same result
Please help, how can i proceed to root my phone!!!!!!
How can I restore root after receive an OTA update on my unlocked and rooted GN?
Thanks a lot!
use the tutorial again. simple
Same question as Pedro Liberal, just got the OTA update of 4.2.2. My phone is not rooted anymore! I thought the root will stay even after updates?
Any help here in regards with my phone getting UNROOTED after updating to 4.2.2 with OTA update?
how can i root my galaxy nexus without using USB port (broken)??
Hi, does this tutorial work with latest Android 4.2.2??? Thanks!
Wondering the same thing!
I can’t find the zip file, GalaxyNexusRoot.zip. Am I just not seeing it, or is it gone?
Sorry, the file GalaxyNexusRootNew.zip would be the correct name.
Nevermind, found what I needed on another site. Thanks for all your work though.
i have a question… at step 3.
instead of LOCK STATE – LOCKED it says LOCK STATE – UNLOCKED
can i proceed with other steps?! o.O
Thanks a lot for this method, i have rooted my gnex by this method n also got that “!” thing which i corrected by the method u suggested. Now i wanted to get back into recovery to instal new soft keys but that “!” sign is still coming…so if i redo the steps from 13 will i loose my phone data…or i can directly put in the recovery without loosing my data. Thank u.
hi,
thanks for the great rooting guide.
I have some questions below:
-my gnex recently got the 4.2.2 OTA update. Can i use this guide to root it?
-i have problem with the Samsung USB driver. After installing it, the “device manager” window writes “android 1.0″. I tried to manually update it but it cannot find any update on my PC. I think something is missing.
I run windows XP sp3.
Please help
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Max you are a G!
Great tutorial and write up… cant get any easier.
Thanks again!
The “difficult” part is finding and installing the correct drivers for XP.
Then it’s a 2-click job.
It took me 5 minutes to root.
Thanks again!!!
I unlocked and rooted my verizon galaxy nexus when I had the 4.1 software, and recently accepted the system update for 4.2. My phone is now unrooted (I think) since my tethering and other root apps aren’t working. Would I be able to follow this tutorial with no issue, or should I be cautious? I’d greatly appreciate any help!
It’s been a while, but in case anyone else is wondering: When you get and OTA and install it, you lose root, but you can easily get it back following the same last steps:
1) Flash custom recovery (In GSM’s case: fastboot flash recovery optimus_prime-touch-v5.5.0.4-6-GSM.img – step 11, I think)
2) Entering Recovery and finding and choosing the .ZIP containing the necessary files to root the phone and which you previously saved somewhere in your phone.
I have done this since 4.1.x ~4.2.2) and no problems whatsoever.
Also I like that with these steps Recovery is not permanently flashed (you can do that with an app in the Play Store) and since I haven’t installed any custom roms, I like it more this way.
This works 100% with 4.2.2!!!
I’m on stock rom with root.
OTA update is available on my nexus but when I try to install it goes to recovery asking to install it.
When I press install update.zip, it says failed to verify.Installation failed.
I’m not sure why that’s happening, but usually when an OTA update fails it’s because you have modified a system file in your phone (perhaps you removed a system app? Or replaced/removed a system file?). I had that problem after I installed the Beets drivers found in Play Store. That replaces the stock audio drivers and so the OTA failed. What I did (since I hadn’t made a backup of that file) was to flash the 4.2.2 stock image I download directly from Google through fastboot. Be aware that that completely wipes data in your phone so you should prepare accordingly.
Obrigado thankyou
i have a problem with booting back up can you help me up pls?
i had done an mistake during your tutorial, i didn’t use ClockworkMod or TWRP Recovery in some tension i skipped that step and then i did other steps pls help me up
it says in boot menu fastboot status- download 00559800
what i want to do?
Hi! Did you fix your problem? Because if you didn’t flash a custom recovery (CT) I dont’t think you made a mistake; without a CT you just can’t get into recovery and flash the .zip file to get root access. So just turning off the phone should be fine and try again (if as you said, the only step you skipped wad flashing CWM).
please sombody help im stuck at step 5 i downloaded the android driver thing but it doesnt show up in the device maneger all i get is
android 1 but no “!” so im not sure what to do somebody please help me i really want to root my phone
It took me a little to get the nuts to do this…but I did. The first thing I did was copy the .zip file to the phone first before I did all the other steps, and it worked fine. Thanks for the guide, it was scary at first but worked just fine!