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[Nexus 7 Android Development] digixmax:
That's good to know. If I had known this I would have gone for that Raw Driver rather than the recommended solution "Driver Solution #1" which is the PDAnet driver (I didn't care for PDAnet's behavior of automatically propagating itself and WiFi network config (SSID & password) onto any Android devices that happen to get connected to the device it is running on).
[Nexus 7 Android Development] WugFresh:
The recommend driver solution with PDAnet actually never installs PDAnet onto the device. The installation actually gets canceled but the adb driver gets installed.

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[Nexus 7 Android Development] technoglitz87:
Just unlocked and rooted with wugfresh's toolkit. It really guides you along step by step.

Hardly anyone can go wrong with this toolkit. Great stuff, i wish my xperia s was that easy haha
[Nexus 7 Android Development] androidgranny241:
I did install it. Figured it was there for a reason, like helpful at some point, so I installed it. Gonna make a full backup before I go any further.

I've been watching the ROMs but haven't really felt the right one has come along yet so I'll just stick with the stock ROM and the Glasstopia theme for now. I mostly use my N7 for watching movies when I'm out somewhere and bored. Using the Nexus media Importer app and a flash drive I haven't come across anything the stock settings couldn't play (even 1080p .mkv movies) using the hardware acceleration in Dice Player.

Love xda. Great site.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] andymihail:
I rooted my Nexus 7 using this kit, but I did not choose the recovery option.

How do I install recovery without wiping everything?

Or do I have to unroot and then root again?

I am used to CWM on my phone.

Is TWRP better to use on Nexus 7 than CWM?

Thanks.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] danny8:
It's easy and you won't lose anything. You've already rooted which is the big hurdle, as far as wiping or losing data goes.

Just fire up NRT and follow the instructions.

BTW, your Nexus came with a stock (standard) recovery program from the factory. If you install using Nexus Root Toolkit, you'll be installing a custom recovery program. TWRP most likely. CWM is another popular recovery program.

I was used to CWM too. I was skeptical about TWRP but quickly became a convert once I tried it. There's also a nice touch-based version of CWM that runs on the Nexus 7 if you gotta have CWM.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Android Development] evaradar:
One can still use stock recovery after root besides installing CWM or TWRP right?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] raywaldo:
Recovery options

You must CHOOSE which recovery you want to use. TWRP is best for most people.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] danny8:
No, you decide which recovery program you wish to install, if you choose to install a replacement for the stock recovery program.

Some people just root their phone and leave their recovery partition alone. Others go further and install a non-stock recovery such as TWRP.

You can always re-install the stock recovery program. But only one program is installed at a time.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] clago87:
I have ran into a little problem and got myself stuck in the google black screen. I am already rooted and unlocked running clean rom but the other day I think I bricked my device. I can't get into recovery or bootloader holding down the power and volume button and my PC wont recognize my device. It says on the tool kit I need to use ODIN since I cant get into the bootloader and use adb and fastboot how is this done? Thanks in advance
[Nexus 7 Android Development] troffers:
Used this today to unlock and root my new Nexus 7 and it was really easy. Props to Wug!

Awesome stuff, thanks. :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] WugFresh:
This is slightly un-related, but for those of you who have the SDK properly installed, for future android build releases on googles factory image site; you will have another easy option available for flashing stock.

Linux users are probably already familiar with the flash-all.sh script, but up until recently there was no equivalent flash-all.bat. I helped JBQ put one together, and now they will be included in future factory image packages.

From Jean-Baptiste Queru on Google+:

I still recommend using the Toolkit because it hashchecks the file for you before flashing, but this included bat may come in handy for some people who are a little more experienced, have the SDK installed, and just want to extract and flash the package themselves.

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Another note, I am working on a small update (v1.5.4) that should be ready this week, and I am also working on a new feature set that hopefully will be available in v1.6. If you have suggestions for the Toolkit, please PM me, and I will see if I can get them integrated in the next major update.

Cheers.

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[Nexus 7 Android Development] WugFresh:
Are you sure you can't get into bootloader mode. To review.. the procedure is as follows if you are stuck on a google logo:

1. Battery pull (in this circumstance it is acceptable)

2. Re-insert battery and then power on by doing the following simultaneously:

- Hold BOTH volume buttons and the power button to power up

Remember.. bootloader mode looks something like this:

Do you have Nexus 7? If so, the stuff about ODIN doesn't apply. I will make that change in the next minor release. ODIN mode is only on Samsung devices (to my knowledge). I am not sure how to restore a Nexus 7 if you can't get into bootloader mode.

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[Nexus 7 Android Development] androidgranny241:
Thanks

Wasn't too much but, just dropped a bit of love y'alls way: 5V359820KE6101609

Grateful for the work you guys do for us.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Logic_:
I'm unable to back up my N7 JRO03D

Do I need to have all the ADB drivers etc installed? Because it's simply not shutting down my device when it says so.

EDIT: Manually rebooting doesn't help, still hangs at waiting for device to boot back up.

EDIT2: nvm, of course my pc needed the proper drivers to communicate with my nexus. Excuse my thickness, it's been 3 years since I rooted my nexus one :)

Would it be a bad idea to back up system apps? I'm only interested in unlocking and rooting and I want my device to be exactly as it was before.

EDIT3: Well that cost me a lot less time and effort then 3 years ago! Backed up, unlocked, rooted, NAND backup and apps restored all in less then an hour. Finding myself once again fascinated with the android modding community, thanks Wug!!
[Nexus 7 Android Development] FlareHeart:
Hey Wug, I love your toolkit and I have a feeling it's about to save my butt, but I'm having a weird little hiccup.

I'm trying to flash a new ROM to my Nexus 7, and I downloaded the ROM, checked the MD5 and everything, used ROM manager to send my device into recovery, wiped, and flashed, but then it got to the "Upgrading apps" screen, went all the way through, and then started bootlooping. It was stuck on the Nexus boot logo.

The weird part was, apparently I could boot into recovery (CWM) via ROM Manager, but when I tried to get to recovery via the key combo (both volume + power) it wouldn't get to recovery, it would just sit on the white Google logo.

I just finished resetting my device back to stock completely using your wonderful toolkit. I re-rooted and it seems to boot fine now. I can even use the hardware buttons to get to TWRP, where I couldn't get to CWM before.

Do you have any clue as to why I couldn't get to CWM via the hardware buttons, but I could do it via ROM Manager? To originally get root and recovery, I had used the version 1.5.2 of your kit, and it worked great, but there was the weird problem of not being able to use the buttons to get to recovery manually. I HAD to use ROM manager or it wouldn't get to recovery. I was using CWM, but it seems that with this new version you have included TWRP. I'll stick with it as it seems to co-operate more-so than CWM.

Thanks again Wug! Love your toolkit!
[Nexus 7 Android Development] landstander:
Wild guess... your N7 was not connected via USB to a computer? If that's correct, then what you encountered is a known issue with the device bootloader which affects everybody. Hopefully Google will include a fixed bootloader in the next OTA update.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] FlareHeart:
I was definitely not connected via USB to anything, so your guess is correct. It's just weird that I can do it now with TWRP but I couldn't before with CWM. Unless my un-root and stock-ifying it and then re-rooting it somehow corrected something in the bootloader to allow it to work?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] landstander:
You've got me there. I still see the issue with TWRP, but haven't tried fully flashing back to stock yet. I've seen some posts indicating that people still encounter it afterward, but perhaps there's another variable involved.

I can say this, however... whoever figures out how to squash this once and for all is going to gain a lot of friends in a big hurry! :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] danny8:
Hi FlareHeart, I'm trying to shine a light on what is the essence of the Nexus 7 bootloader bug as I understand it:

Shut down your Nexus 7. Complete cold shutdown. Disconnect any USB cable you might be using. Now try to launch your Nexus 7 into its recovery program before the normal OS launched. I bet you cannot do it. Doesn't matter if you got yer CWM or your TWRP. This the bug that bugs everyone as far as I can tell.

It's confusing because you CAN have success when a cable is connected via ADB while you hold the buttons. And you CAN successfully launch recovery any number of ways from a running OS. But never in the manner described in the previous paragraph.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] WugFresh:
+1, I am still trying to ask other devs about this who know more than me. I have no idea how one would go about correcting the bug. Hopefully somebody knows or Google will make a fix soon. Danny8, your recap of the bug is entirely correct... it's very strange though. :/

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[Nexus 7 Android Development] Kueber:
Successfully unlocked/rooted my device - and today relocked/unrooted without problems.

This should be a sticky - it's perfect for all those who are unfamiliar with ADB / rooting in general.

Click'n'go :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Flukester69:
I have used this tool, took me most of the night to unlock and root my phone due to stupid persistent drivers going in that weren't supposed too. I used this tool in the past to do my Nexus phone too. Works great! Thanks!

The only issue I seem to have is sometimes when I boot into recovery I get the droid on his back with a gear on him, like he's dead or something LOL! If I reboot and do the recovery option again I get into CWM. Weird. I have a Nexus phone so I am kinda used to the CWM etc. Never had this issue but I guess I am in tablet world now so results will differ to a degreee. The ROM I am running now runs great but it too, sometimes on reboot it will just sit at the Google screen and not go into an actual boot where I see the boot logo. Not sure if this is all known issues or not.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] makatram:
I'm on a sprint nexus s 4g..... I unlocked no problem but when I click root my phone reboots into twrp and my PC says waiting for device to reboot. It appears to me that after I click root the toolkit is pushing everything while my phone is rebooting. I can confirm that twrp 2.2.2 is on the phone though just no SU or busybox. Not sure what to try next.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] WugFresh:
Have you tried the suggestion you quoted?

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[Nexus 7 Android Development] makatram:
Just did and it worked..... Superuser there but no busy box.... Do I install from market? If so I only jrummy free one... The one you mentioned only shows paid version.

Update: I got it... Everything worked just fine. Think the instructions might of left out adding busybox but it was there. Time to backup and flash a ROM. Thanks for the toolkit.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] milerx:
Root without deleting all data w/ Nexus Root Toolkit

Hi,

First, thanks for this great app! I have a GSM Galaxy Nexus unrooted, if i want to get root access should this toolkit delete all my user data? Or just will root the device and let my data untouch?

Thanks a lot! :good:
[Nexus 7 Android Development] mullemulle86:
Rooting will not wipe your phone but unlocking does. So if your phone is already unlocked you wont lose data.

Gesendet von meinem Galaxy Nexus mit Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 7 Android Development] ws6967:
Hello, WugFresh,

Thanks for this nicely composed software, which makes things a lot easier for a Nexus 7 newbie like me. I am about to root my Nexus 7. But when I checked the Build number of it, I noticed it was JRO03S, which is not in one of the options of " Choose your current model type and android version . . " What should I do? Do I just pick " any build"? Thanks in advance for the kind assistance
[Nexus 7 Android Development] WugFresh:
Yeah, choose "any build", I actually think that the latest build listed would work too, but the "any build" mode will work no matter what.

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[Nexus 7 Android Development] ComputersWelcome:
Thanks for this, I have used it since last version 1.5.2, and it was back then when I donated. Glad to help.

I have installed at least 5 different roms because of this, thanks again
[Nexus 7 Android Development] ws6967:
Thanks for the prompt response, WugFresh.

Now I'm gonna give it a shot.

Cheers
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Rody2k6:
WugFresh, so my parents are sending me a new Nexus 7 with some videos they recorded for me ( I am overseas) and some pictures, but I also want to root and unlock the tablet, so with this toolkit can I back up these personal things then unlock and root and restore them to the tablet? Thanks in advance
[Nexus 7 Android Development] rodem77:
Hi, thankyou for your work, I'm trying to root my Nexus S i9023 with android 4.1.1 (stock OTA update) with your tool. I've installed driver and unlocked my device, I activated USB debug again but later when I click on "root" button, my phone reboot into temporary TWRP, your tool display "waiting for your device to finish booting back up" and nothing else happens. I can manually use TWRP and I can reboot my device but I can't find any SU application. I've also tried to install it manually from market to be sure that I'm not rooted and the application said me that I've no SU privileges. What I can try to solve this problem?

When I'm in temporary TWRP, in terminal commands I can read this:

finding update package...

opening update package...

E: can't open /sdcard/!readytoflash/root_files_cw

(no such file or directory)

verify filesystem

verify partition size

E: error installing zip file /sdcard/!readytoflash/root_files_cw

I tested option 1, 2 and 3 for driver installation (all with success in final driver installation test) and tested the tool on 2 different PC one with win 7 64 bit and one with win 7 32 bit with the same final result.

I readed also this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1007782

with these indications:

1 - Download Android SDK

2 - Unzip & launch "SDK Manager.exe"

3 - Cancel the first popup & go to "Available packages" > "Third party Add-ons" > "Google Inc."

4 - Select "Google USB Driver package" & click "Install Selected"

5 - Once you're finished go to your SDK installation "extras\google\usb_driver" dir

6 - (MOD EDIT: Ignore this step for i9020A models) Open "android_winusb.inf" and add the following lines to both "[Google.NTx86]" and "[Google.NTamd64]" sections :

;

;Google Nexus S GT-i9023

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E20

I've tried to add these two lines in the file that I found in your driver tool folder (but maybe that I made some mistake) and i've tried to install again the driver with option 3 but all stop in temporary TWRP like before. At the moment I've no more ideas...

New Information: Reading an Italian forum I found another person with my phone model (nexus s 9023) and with my same issue. To solve, he manually copied superSU in his telephon internal memory and later used temporary TWRP to flash superSU. In the next days I will try this solution but if you have some ideas or if you need more information about my issue please let me know.

Thankyou
[Nexus 7 Android Development] tonyp:
I just sent a request to the mods to sticky this thread. :good:

There isn't a reason that the other toolkit thread is stickyed while this one isn't.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] raywaldo:
If you have a computer, then transfer the data to that. If not, you could save the data to Google drive or (for smaller files) send it to your self in email. Of course if you don't have a computer, then you could not use the toolkit. ;)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] shukero:
Hello, I used this program to unlock my bootloader and to root my phone, but I have a couple of questions:

1) Will I be able to accept the official jellybean update over my phone?

2) If I'm able to do that will that re-lock my bootloader?

3) I'm pretty sure if I update that way it will re-unroot my phone. Is this also the case?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] arkhan11:
In order for you to get OTA updates, all these images on your device need to match: boot, system, radio, bootloader, recovery. Unlocked or locked bootloader it's the same as OTA won't edit it. If you have just a custom recovery will be overwritten. You'll need to reflash your custom recovery. OTA removes root access. I've found some info here.

Guys if I'm wrong, please correct me :)
[Nexus 7 Android Development] shukero:
well I'm 99% sure everything should match unless rooting / unlocking bootloader alters the files. COuld you please tell me if any of these are custom so I know or not if I need to flash a jellybean rom?

MOdel number:

Galaxy Nexus

Android version:

4.0.4

Baseband version:

I515.10 V.FC04/I515.FC05

Kernel version:

3.0.8-gda6252b

android-build@vpbs1 #1

SMP PREEMPT Fri Apr 13 11:35:09 PDT 2012

Build number:

IMM76K

If any of this is wrong; basically you are telling me that I need to flash a jellybean rom through clockworkmod right?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] drSTRIFE:
Thanks for the rootkit. Just rooted my Nexus 7 in 5minutes without any problems. Will root my Nexus S with the same tool when I get a chance to.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] emylia777:
guys, the latest toolkit 1.5.3 failed to boot my device into TWRP. It stucked there stating 'booting TRWP temporarily' while my Nexus7 build JRO03S was still stucked at bootloader mode. So no root success. Any other solutions for this?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] oliwatts:
Fundamental ADB Drive issue.

Hi Guys.

Nexus 7 4.1.1 JRO03D

I'm having problems getting my Nexus 7 to associate itself with any ADB drivers. Looking at the forums i don't see this happening for others so wondered if the wise WugFresh or other guru's might have a view?

Step 1: Uninstalling Previous Drivers

- I've removed everything that looks to be a conflicting device using the USBDeview tool

- I did have a couple of Sumsung and HTC UDB devices previously.

- I did have a "04e8" device which was removed.

I've attempted all three of the drive install processes with the same results. The N7 only ever shows as a Unknown Device, windows reported the device has malfunctioning and any attempt to Update the driver using the RAW drives method fails to make any assoiciation and find no valid driver in the path.

- I've tried different UDB ports.

I do have a Asus G73 laptop but i don't believe that would necessarily be a problem.:confused:

I'm left scratching my head. I don't have another computer to attempt the installs or USB recognition. :(

Any ideas?
[Nexus 7 Android Development] WugFresh:
I recommend rebooting your comp after you uninstall everything, then proceed with the driver instructions.

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[Nexus 7 Android Development] WugFresh:
Hello, I have been kind of busy these past few days. I just looked back in this thread and it looks like a lot questions were answered already (thank you to those who are helping out with that! Most appreciated, seriously.) That said, if I missed something please just repost it and I will do my best to respond today.

News on the Toolkit. I am working on updating it for official support with the new Nexus S images google released (for now just use "Any Build" mode) a few new features which I have been working on, and some other fixes which may help. I will post back again soon once I have a real eta on that. Cheers. :)

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[Nexus 7 Android Development] ncvikingx97:
Is the correct driver I need adb? It actually appears as android phone, with adb composite, but it also still appears as nexus 7 with media device. Is there any difference if I fully install pdanet as opposed to just keeping the drive
[Nexus 7 Android Development] Sandro8771:
please need help

First of all I would like to apologize being on a nexus thread.I have a problem which I think you might be able to solive.It has got to do with SDK/adb drivers on windows xp and 7.

I own an xperia arc lt15i.Wanted to root so got me a 2nd hand. x32bit windows xp pc.Tried downloading SDK/adb,couldn't.The files were all in x64 and the bloody antivirus kept blocking download.So, went out an got me a brand new ASUS windows 7 laptop still unable to download.Even switched of the antivirus on pc but still unable to.Been up almost a day trying this.I really need help.PLEASE.
[Nexus 7 Android Development] WugFresh:
This is entirely unrelated. Please send me a PM instead. Please do a better describing the problem as well. I can't help you if I don't understand what your problem is. Try including more specifics. Explain what you did and exactly what happened. In the future I would prefer if you just pm me.

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[Nexus 7 Android Development] TheChosen28:
And my name to the list of those who have used this with great success. Thanks to the developer.