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Sunday 18 November 2012

How in order to unlock and root the Nexus 4.

Nexus 4 shipments are needs to arrive for the very lucky souls that made it possible to get an order in. In case you plan on unlocking your bootloader (and hereafter rooting) you Nexus 4, we recommend performing it first thing since unlocking the actual bootloader will reset and erase everything on your device. If you’re ready to travel, you’ve come to the appropriate place, just hit the break for starters.


**These instructions are straight frontward and easy, but things can get it wrong so we don’t take virtually any responsibility.

Requirements
You must have the sdk installed and also access and use adb as well as fastboot.
You must have USB debugging enabled on your Nexus 4. If this is once going into developer options on your Nexus 4, just go into “About Phone” through your settings and tap the assemble number seven times. You will now see all developer options to any extent further.

Unlocking the bootloader

**By unlocking the bootloader you may completely reset your device so you should definitely back up anything you need to keep.
Connect your Nexus 4 for your PC via the USB cable that sported it
Launch Terminal / Order Prompt
Navigate to the fastboot/adb folder which will be inside the place that the Android SDK is installed (On Home windows, it should be in D: program files (x86)androidandroid-sdkplatform-tools)
Enter the subsequent command: fastboot devices (You really should see your device ID. In case you don’t, you don’t have the appropriate driver installed and you can’t progress unless you get this reconciled. See below for help. In case you see the device ID proceed to step 5)
Enter the subsequent command: fastboot oem unlock (If you didn’t get yourself a device ID from step 4 and you also moved to this step by mistake, it will be stuck on “Waiting for Device. ” If this is the case, just hit CONTROL-C to stop it and see the under driver information)
It should say Come from the top right. Hit the power button to reboot.

**If you ever need to lock the bootloader you can just enter fastboot oem lock instead for step 5.


Gain Actual Access
Turn on USB debugging again
Download and place CWM recovery with the Nexus 4 in the fastboot folder (again this location needs to be C: program files (x86)androidandroid-sdkplatform-tools inside Windows)
Download and place SU_Busybox_Package. zip directly under /sdcard on your device
Enter the following demand: adb reboot bootloader
Enter the subsequent command: fastboot flash recovery-clockwork-6. 0. 1. 8-mako. img
Tap the volume down so it shows Recovery Mode from the top right, then hit the power button.
At this point you possibly can perform a backup from the actual “backup and restore” option just in case anything goes wrong. If you should restore this backup ever, just operate the restore option.
From the main menu, navigate to install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sdcard > SU_Busybox_Package. zip
From main menu, select machine system now
After reboot it is best to see SuperSU in your software drawer, open it and tap on continue to make certain your installation is successful.

In case you followed these instructions correctly, your Nexus 4 bootloader is now unlocked and you should have permanent root.






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