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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dragn4rce:
Not for free, he meant the ads in the game/app and Google doesn't back up game/app data.

Also with root, you can.

1. Get a kernel to

a. Change colors

b. Overclock/underlock

c. Better gaming performance

2. Get rid of ads.

3. Change boot animations

4. Change "GOOGLE" image when u first turn on the phone.

5. Change themes/hide Soft keys/add mods

6. Change the UI, Screen density, slap a new OS(currently only 3ish)

7.back up app data

Transfer app data & apps to a new phone.

8. Change Radios

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If I have helped you.... hit that sexy thanks button. ^_^
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
The primary purpose of the nexus is to provide application and software developers a stable platform which they can develop on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MikeyMike01:
I don't root anymore. I haven't since Jelly Bean came out.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kid1da:
Because Google told me to.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] josip-k:
It saves your battery while not sacrifising the performance (if you set it up properly.)and feature i just have to have,is navbar toggles,i cant live without it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] I Am Marino:
Root or bust IMO.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gagdude:
Rooting let's you do the cool stuff
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] voyager_s:
I've rooted every android I've had except this one.

Like the OP said...for the first time ever I do not feel like there's any big gain to be had by rooting. I'm so happy with stock jellybean.

Its smooth as anything. No lag! I love saying that. No lag!! :p

I don't think I will root this phone for a long time. I'm using everything stock and I've no problems.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mbroeders:
True, there is no real reason to root. However, I like to keep my phone up to date, so every now and then I compile a stock rom myself. Basically, it's just plain stock, but with a t9 dialer included. Oh, and a nice battery percentage in the status bar. I don't really like to install additional apps just for those two things, so this keeps my system clean and up to date :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crixley:
all the cool kids are doing it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CMNein:
1. Because I'm a bad ass mofo,

2. I must be rooted to run a custom ROM of my choice,

3. Useful back ups,

4. System app removal, system customization, etc...

5. My phones secondary function is a toy I can obsess over.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Android Rocks:
My phone is completely new just out of the box. I have done nothing is modification. When I first turn on the device it downloaded 155 MB update and become Jelly bean 4.1 :cool:

Now I want to add custom ROM Paranoid Android on my phone. I've no idea about modifications. What is rooting, flashing, kernels and adding ROM and other stuffs you guys do with galaxy nexus? Please tell me what to do first?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CMNein:
Start with these threads:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1812959

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1529058
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
If you're not into rooting you should uninstall this app. What are you doing in XDA?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trooperjohn:
I root to get the best out of my phone, plus its fun to do ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maddoggin:
I don't know! I just rooted cause i heard it was cool!

:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] niamul:
How about if I said because it sounds cool and everybody does it? Lol

I stayed on stock jb for 2 months and missed the hell out of custom ROMs.

Rooting isn't mandatory but opens many possibilities
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snarf.snarf:
Probably my best reason to root is for the custom recovery. If I mess up my phone I can simply restore a android and back where I was.

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Sent from my Jelly Bean powered Nexus Snarf 4G
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3.2:
Don't need root to use custom recovery.

Beamed from my Grouper.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hungmung:
So you have absolutely no ad supported apps on your phone? Let me know what you're using because even with buying mostly pay apps I end up with some ad supported ones. And as far as tethering goes it's been built in for a long time but most phone companies have software to stop it from working unless you give them more money. And the titanium backup is far different than the cloud sync Google gives you get saved state backups, settings in apps and you can backup apps that are stored on the system partition. Plus you can backup non play store apps.

Sent via moon rays...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snarf.snarf:
You are correct my apologies

Early morning for me :( Starbucks isn't working

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Sent from my Jelly Bean powered Nexus Snarf 4G
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] djrish:
Keeps you looking forward to new developments with each ROM. In a way

gives you more knowledge regarding phones and how things work too, and its fun.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] miketoasty:
No need to hate, if they don't want to root there is much more on XDA than just ROMs/Kernels/Mods. A lot of useful information is posted here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HinotoriBR:
By the way, as some people already mentioned, no need to root to use a diferent recovery and/or ROM... For that you need an unlocked bootloader (which is need to root as well, but, you might not root at all), but you do not need root.

Root, as far I'm concerned, is they way to useful backups that I can use with my phone and any other phone/tablet I have or eventually buy in the future. ADB Backup doesn't work properly (but, it is almost there) and doesn't work for everything... Also, if I want to move a game progress between different devices, how will I do that with ADB Backup if most devices doesn't support it?

Whoever said google back-up everything in the cloud, please do me a favor, clear the data for your favorite games and try to restore that cloud backup... Oops... There is no such backup....

I'm looking at my Google account dashboard... Currently I have 178 apps installed across two devices... Of those 178 apps, only 11 of those apps have a cloud backup stored... Even some google apps like car home and translator do not use that cloud backup... :silly:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] t3ej4y:
Mind sharing what kernel you use? I'm sticking with stock jb too but would love that kind of screen on time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snarf.snarf:
Same here on ns4g I run matr1x which gave me that kind of screen time but no matr1x on nexus galaxy

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Sent from my Jelly Bean powered Nexus Snarf 4G
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Guiding.God:
Posted settings etc here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1834634&page=21
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Trigold:
The point is, you have got all that you need on the JB. What else can we say?:o

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BrianDigital:
Well your opinion is not everyones
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joe_sun:
At least for me, it seems the community does a better job optimizing for battery life and speed. Not sure why stock ROMs don’t.. you think they would want to.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thegtfusion:
to get the best out of your phone.

see it like this: it doesnt make any sense if you have a ferrari and you drive only 80km/h all the time. you must get the most out of your phone :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BeerChameleon:
ADBLOCK

Titanium Backup

Customization of everything on your phone!

Themes ( I don't like blue and white

Free tethering.

Fix screen contrast colors

Enough said. :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rickbosch:
To stay up to date with the very latest version of Android, currently running a build with today's updated binaries, and of course to support the fantastic devs who help get the most out of our devices.

Sent from my Nexus Prime
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Well my GSM Galaxy Nexus always has the latest version of Android ;) .

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But you do realize that custom ROMs don't just create speed and battery life out of nowhere without a tradeoff. That tradeoff is instability and bugs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Trigold:
Of course not. The opinion comes from the OP. lol:D

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ntorresla:
You stops ads with an app?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BeerChameleon:
Ya because the hosts files always get updated... :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fabriciohss:
This thread is pointless. Its like saying "Why do you eat bananas? I don't like it and can't see any reason for you and everyone else to do it"

Just turn around and be happy with your un-rooted phone (which is not a bad thing, its all about what you need on a gadget like this) while we play a little bit with ours.

aaaaaaaand: Yellow screen is bad, and Google should feel bad. My main reason to root.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PROlific666:
The best answer I've seen is because we can. If you don't want to that's fine. Honestly if I could figure out how to hide the navigation bar without rooting my phone I may not...but then button savior or LMT wouldnt work so my phone would be impossible to navigate. So you could say one reason I do it for a extra centimeter of screen. Also many of my NFC tasker profiles would be broken... and my Phonelocator Pro wouldn't install as a system app and if my phone was stolen they could just erase the app and I'd be screwed. They're a ton of reasons. If you don't feel the need to root then its your freedom to choose. That's what makes android so great is the freedom to decide.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slayr76:
If I didn't unlock my bootloader an flash stock yakju my galaxy nexus would still be stuck with ICS 4.0.4 as my carrier vodafone in Australia hasn't even released the jellybean update yet an its almost october 2012 an still no official jb here for galaxy nexus lol, an I need root to restore everything using titanium backup which is better than other non root backup methods, other than that no real reason but I like playing around with different roms an need cerberus anti theft app which requires a rooted device to be fully functional.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] indagroove:
^^ This is the reason for me. ^^

I want to be a superuser, not an average user.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FabricioGS:
Amen to that :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
No "rooting" was required to do that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rickbosch:
As does mine, JRO03R really is the knees, noticeably quicker than JRO03C. And if you flash the right ROMs, read "from reputable developers" you get all the juice without instability. I've never had a reboot, lockup, or anything bizarre happen on RasBeanJelly and I've been using it since it was released ;)

It's all about preference and my preference is to be in complete control of my device, that and blocking pesky ads.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] subxero123:
Because this is America.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slayr76:
You telling me I don't need root to use titanium backup an use ROMs ? Lol, you don't need root to flash yakju, yea I know that's why you unlock boot loader but I still prefer to flash ota updates using cwm instead of waiting for the official updates to get pushed to my device which needs root.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qortuba:
Personally, i rooted my Nexus one and i loved the idea of having the extreme usage and possibilities of your phone but now i have my Gnex and i unlocked the bootloader but not rooted, i'd like to have fun with the stock device before rooting it.

Rooting is fun for those who like to customize everything in the device and since there is many ROMs available the costumers have many options.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] z7nz:
Stock battery life is really bad imo. I got >10%/hour listening to music. But with custom ROM and franco kernel, i only get 5%/hour
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rsswga:
why I root, great battery life
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3.2:
You charged in between..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rsswga:
are you asking?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crixley:
No telling,

the graph doesn't lie
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rsswga:
yep.about 20 mins this morning when I was on it..still good battery life
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jordanishere:
Originally I wasnt going to root my gnex. I was sick and tired of flashing custom roms on my sgs2, and just wanted functional stock android with no carrier ware.

Well low and behold google has their own forum of bloatware (currents, play books, google+, etc) which I removed after rooting, and now widget locker works properly as it can only remove soft keys via root (had i known this, i wouldnt have purchased, but whatever).

So yeah. Rooting isnt necessary, but it does free up space & enhance functionality on your device, even if you have a nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] darkdonkey:
When I bougth my gnex I thought I would have stopped flashing, after a couple of weeks I got tired by the yellowish screen and by the way too low volume, if not for these two issues I would have stayed stock.

sent by galaxy nexus running EOS 3 rom, powered by Francisco Franco
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] liangse:
WHY Y U NO ROOT?

Hehehe

I root because i want ad free, titanium backup and terminal emulator

Everything in my nexus is stock except the recovery for backup my rom if something goes wrong. Even in stock, something can go wrong. As stated by many users, why not root (& unlock) when it can easily to revert?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slayr76:
I root because I can.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
Root is the equivalent of having admin account on your windows PC. You'd never buy a computer and not have admin access. Root is the same thing literally but on your phone.

Root does not mean non-stock ROM. People confuse root meaning a custom ROM. There's no reason to not be rooted even if you stay on the stock ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] albundy2010:
I find it ironic how people on xda can say things like if you don't root, what are doing here? But the same people do not even know what root means.

How is it that people on xda ( nexus forum of all the forums) don't grasp the act that you don't need root to flash a ROM, a kernel, a mod, a recovery, do to a nandroid backup and restore? But yet give other users crap for not being rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bennyp123:
I rooted my lg optimus one so I could do better than froyo. Got used to notification toggles, t9 dialing and titanium backup. May just root my new gnex to get those back, but there are apps for notification toggles (not as nice) and in can maybe live without the rest. We'll see. Probably I'll get bored and make a go of it in a few months. So for me, the main benefit would be to increase my hobbyist cred.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] parthipanramesh:
Don't root if you don't want!! But you can do with a rooted phone more things.

Better perfomance, batterylife..

Overclock, Underclock, Undervolt..

Lots of features on the homescreens

Flashing Roms and Kernels

and al lot more.. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] InfDaMarvel:
I haven't rooted my device because I enjoy stock android. But custom ROMs like AOKP and CM10 breath extra life into a phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] funkyblue04:
Messaging is not synced with Google. I wish it was.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] IINexusII:
AdAway is my main reason, and because im a techie i like to have control of my device, but Jellybean is so refined as stock its the first time i haven't had the need to keep any custom ROMS on. battery, performance etc is just fine.

If you're just an average user and dont mind ads, then stock Jellybean is just perfect.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jimmyhook:
Besides the myriad of reasons already listed, my custom sound mods require root.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cmoore0965:
To do whatever you want. Jb on the nexus is the smoothest stock experience, period. But the spirit of android open source, is exactly what it says, open source, so that anyone and everyone can do whatever they want with it. You like stock? Run stock. Try a custom kernel, though, and try undervolting as far as you can before ui suffers. There's better battery. Overclock your dated gpu, or try a new rom and learn the joy of rom control (provided the rom has them). Bottom line is, you can't just wait for someone to hand you something that changes the way you use your phone. If you're curious enough to ask why people go this route, obviously you assume there's some kind of merit. Well the best this community can do is confirm your suspicions: there is indeed a lot of merit. But it's a largely personal experience, so try something small, try something new, try anything you want, and I promise you, you're eventually going to stumble across something that will change how you use your phone.

I777 gets it done, gnex just for fun
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CodeNameNexus:
Root = freedom. That is why I bought the Nexus.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mrofredo:
So I managed to unlock bootloader through htcdev.com, managed to root it with OneXRootOneClick and also managed to get Clockwork Mod Recovery.

However, I attempted to flash Android Revolution HD which seems to be for the Quad core solely.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1562603

Needless to say, the installation doesnt complete.

At the moment, I cannot normally boot my phone. Either I open it in bootloader, either it stays stuck on HTC logo with the following message: this build is for development purposes only do not distribute outside htc with out htc write permission failure to comply my lead to legal action.

How can I fix this issue? I wouldn't mind bringing it back to stock. Any help/assistance is appreciated.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] tomascus:
Reading from other threads where users have fallen into the trap of installing an international ROM, you've hard bricked your device. Since the /system partitions of the International and Dual-core versions differ. you might have basically screwed up your phone.

Edit: actually, read this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1755156&highlight=hard+bricked
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
it's quite likely you now have a $500 paperweight.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] omario8484:
That HTC screen you get is normal its from unlocking the bl...but as your phone ..you can't get into recovery ? When the white screen comes on hold down power of screen does go black hold down buttons to get into recovery but that probably won't work with your given situation hook it up into computer your going to want to relock your bootloader and run an RUU just search around in the many threads like your situation you'll see the fastboot commands you need to put in

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Gunnyman is probably right :(
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mrofredo:
I can get into clockwork recovery. Though im not quite sure what to flash from there
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
Wanna sell it?:)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Mentwar:
If you still have access to recovery then it could still be OK. Try formatting /system, factory reset, then flash any custom ROMs (for Dual Core, obviously) and see if it boots up. After that you can relock your phone and flash Dual Core RUU, but it's better to get your phone working first.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] omario8484:
Looks like op didn't do much research :p should be using twrp instead of cwm
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Silellak:
I think that's the least of his problems ;)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mrofredo:
I tried installing it, it wouldnt boot into recovery mode with TWRP
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] InflatedTitan:
Another one bites the dust :o
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rohan32:
EDIT: disregard...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ptesmoke:
I'll buy it for parts
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] denversc:
You could try relocking your bootloader and running an RUU. Hold the volume down key when you power on the phone to try to get to the bootloader. Then, follow the instructions in the thread below.

AT&T/ROGERS One X Resources Compilation Roll-Up

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mrofredo:
Managed to somehow fix it

Did not manage to run an RUU (Error 152: Image Update Error)

However...

Simply flashed a custom ROM: OFFICIAL ParanoidAndroid [2.14]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1889162

Thanks for your replies! Especially Mentwar

And for those who were convinced I had bricked my phone... Well I'm just glad you were wrong ;)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] gunnyman:
go buy a lottery ticket. You were incredibly lucky.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] denversc:
PA is a great ROM. Good choice :)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] htcbrazilian:
I flashed the same Rom good thing I fixed mine to
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gizumhi:
Hi all.

I'm having a little issue with my Gnex,

When silent mode is on, I can hear micro sounds from the speaker, it only happens when a sound should run in that moment (if I were using loud mode) like pressing keys or typing in keyboard.

If I disable key sounds this issue disappear but well, I don't want to modify this check everyday.

Someone with the same problem?

Running stock Gnex, JB 4.1.1

Thanks in advance

Enviado desde mi Galaxy Nexus usando Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gizumhi:
Please someone help,

I've detected also that battery stats tells that audioOut_2 is running, it stops if I disable those sounds but not If I put the Gnex on silent.

Any anyone?

Thanks so much

Enviado desde mi Galaxy Nexus usando Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iron and wine:
does it happen on all of the roms you flash?? have you tried using quiet hours instead of setting it to silent?

as for the audioOut_2 wakelock, here's a discussion link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1792081

they said that sometimes, it occurs because of apps or games continuing to run in the background like gta3 for example.

someone also posted that switching to faux's kernel got rid of the issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gizumhi:
Firstly, thanks for trying to help.

I tried some custom roms before coming back to stock, but I can't remember about this issue,

If I remember correctly, it was happening also before I perform last factory reset.

Anyway, did u understood my problem? It is quite hard to explain it

Thanks for all
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gizumhi:
Well I've tried the same with headphones connected and the "sound" still appears while the phone is silent and using my keyboard (or just clicking on send in messages)

Any idea how to fix it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amir12hbk:
hi

i have

I9300XXLE8

OR BUILD

I9300XXALE9

when my phone is will have update ?

I live in Israel if it matters
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devid801:
UP date jb firmware here http://www.hotfile.com/dl/173577508/3316be3/I9300XXDLIB_I9300OXFDLI1_XEO.zip.html

Read here http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/

Flash with odin http://www.mediafire.com/?7djd7q0o8ax82lw
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amir12hbk:
ok

but what i need to do ?

I just wait like everyone else?

Or download Rom Poland then I will update through Kies or OTV ?

If I need to install the rom of Poland

You can bring me a guide and download how to install and everything?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ultramag69:
You just got a link to everything you want...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Two choices one wait for your official update time frame unknown ask your phone vendor when .

Or join XDA and flash stock roms on release day but no KIES or OTA updates .

jje