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Hey! Just got mine over the weekend, and spent four freaking hours trying to root it using the toolkit before giving up and using ADB *shudders*
Why is it so hard to root this thing compared to the SGS3?

Not sure if trolling or really dumb
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I think I spent more time Googling how to root mine than actually rooting it.

Take me just 10 min to do my nexus 7 and 5 min for my galaxy s 2 t989
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davisac said:
I think I spent more time Googling how to root mine than actually rooting it.
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Lol exactly. Spent an hour or two doing my homework before I received it but only took me 10 minutes to root
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I spent quite a bit of time researching the best way to root my N7 before I actually did it. I bricked my HP Touchpad when I hacked it to put Android on it and it took me a while to fix it. I didn't want to go through that again with my primary tablet, the Touchpad was just an impulse buy when the dropped the price.
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I am waiting to root no reason to root just yet.
DEVICES:
NEXUS 7 32GB STOCK
(NO ROOT)
T-MOBIL LG G2X (LG-P999)
STOCK (ROOTED)
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sammy.sung.me.a.song said:
Hey! Just got mine over the weekend, and spent four freaking hours trying to root it using the toolkit before giving up and using ADB *shudders*
Why is it so hard to root this thing compared to the SGS3?
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fastboot oem unlock, fastboot flash a custom recovery, flash the su binaries or a custom rom in your new recovery, then reboot and profit.
i still havent figured out what part of that is hard

simms22 said:
fastboot oem unlock, fastboot flash a custom recovery, flash the su binaries or a custom rom in your new recovery, then reboot and profit.
i still havent figured out what part of that is hard
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I've said this before and I'll say it again... drivers.
Once you get past that, yea the rest is easy. Not sure if the OP is my bud but I just walked my friend through a long driver horror fest known as rooting the N7.
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player911 said:
I've said this before and I'll say it again... drivers.
Once you get past that, yea the rest is easy. Not sure if the OP is my bud but I just walked my friend through a long driver horror fest known as rooting the N7.
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Agreed, drivers are the hardest part, be it the 7 or galaxy nexus. Windows finds the drivers that don't work with adb, then I ended up spending at least a half hour per device finding the correct ones and installing them. The actual act of unlocking it was a two minute process.
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player911 said:
I've said this before and I'll say it again... drivers.
Once you get past that, yea the rest is easy. Not sure if the OP is my bud but I just walked my friend through a long driver horror fest known as rooting the N7.
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VonEsch said:
Agreed, drivers are the hardest part, be it the 7 or galaxy nexus. Windows finds the drivers that don't work with adb, then I ended up spending at least a half hour per device finding the correct ones and installing them. The actual act of unlocking it was a two minute process.
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several years ago i used the download from the pdanet site to install the drivers for my nexus s onto my work computer. since then they worked for an og droid, my galaxy nexus, and two nexus 7. pdanet is a tethering program for android. if you do the free download on its site( http://junefabrics.com/android/ ), install it on your desktop, then follow the onscreen instructions, itll install the right drivers for you. it takes about 10 minutes.

I used pda net to get drivers into my computer to root my Nexus S.
Will these drivers work for the Nexus 7?
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sammy.sung.me.a.song said:
Hey! Just got mine over the weekend, and spent four freaking hours trying to root it using the toolkit before giving up and using ADB *shudders*
Why is it so hard to root this thing compared to the SGS3?
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It's not.
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
(enter recovery)
adb sideload superuser.zip
adb reboot

I thought Wug's toolkit made it easy, even installing the drivers. I've used adb since to root my girlfriend's Nexus 7. Both processes are easy on the N7 compared to some devices, from what I've heard.
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Safest way to root and back up nexus 7

Any tips on the safest easiest way to root my nexus 7 and also backup everything on it to windows XP
Thanks.
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Look up an app called carbon. It will allow you to backup apps from you pre rooted device. Plus, simply plug in your device and backup anything of interest like photos and downloads or music. Then root in your preferred method (wugs root tool in the nexus 7 android development stickies is quite easy). This process will unlock your bootloader (which will wipe your device back to factory state) install a rooted boot.img and custom recovery, and even take care of installing superuser into the stock rom. Once done there, you can then perform any backups within the device itself via titanium backup for user apps (system apps can cause issues). Also you can use your new custom recovery to create a full system backup called a nandroid backup (that can later be stored off device for safety of you like.

Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit :good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015467

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Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit :good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015467
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Best tool to get it done, it walks you thru it

Just used it last night. Was a breeze abd easy.
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Another vote f or Wug's NRT. Too easy.
Fire it up, backup, unlock, root, and restore.

Wug's toolkit was awesome for me as well
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Never mind this post
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hey guys im about to get my N7 in a few days (still shipping) planning on using wugs tool as well.
im planning on installing smoothmod right after is it possible doing these together as a brand new never before used device? and how? im so noob xD

MxZeal said:
hey guys im about to get my N7 in a few days (still shipping) planning on using wugs tool as well.
im planning on installing smoothmod right after is it possible doing these together as a brand new never before used device? and how? im so noob xD
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Yes it is possible. First unlock your bootloader, then root it using wugs toolkit.

MxZeal said:
hey guys im about to get my N7 in a few days (still shipping) planning on using wugs tool as well.
im planning on installing smoothmod right after is it possible doing these together as a brand new never before used device? and how? im so noob xD
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It would be better to do it right when you get it before you install apps and save data in it.

Nexus Toolkit works great, too. I haven't tried Wugs, but I'm gonna give it a try another time when I root someone else's N7.

I am backup my System image via TWRP and OTG too an external hd.
My internal Files I am also backup via OTG: I am use rsync. Using the adb backup method is also possible, but for me it is very slow and a bit insecure I think... I trust TWRP.

Thanks everyone. Still deciding if I'm gonna do it or not.
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darkstarskater said:
Thanks everyone. Still deciding if I'm gonna do it or not.
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Just unlock your bootloader if anything. That's all I did. The Nexus 7 is not preloaded with useless bloatware, so I didn't feel the need to root, and proceed any further. I even got the OTG cable to work on stock ROM, and I don't really care about any custom ROMs.
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Friggin AT&T crap.

So I unlocked and rooted immediately just so I could delete the AT&T bloatware. However, everytime I delete it with TitaniumBackup, it just comes right back as an app that needs updating.
Anyone figure out how to stop this completely?

Because there's a write protection. Need to flash a custom rom
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expertzero1 said:
Because there's a write protection. Need to flash a custom rom
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Just what I figured. Looking into Android Revolution right now.

Hello,i'm new to the nexus 7

As the title says,im new here. I received my nexus 7(16GB/no 3g) yesterday as a prize from pocket change. Can you guys guide me how to root my tablet? I have the newest update. 4.2.2
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kekio84 said:
As the title says,im new here. I received my nexus 7(16GB/no 3g) yesterday as a prize from pocket change. Can you guys guide me how to root my tablet? I have the newest update. 4.2.2
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195
Everything you need is there. Just my opinion but I think staying stock is your best bet. Theres no weird errors, everything works.

Im goona stay stock. I would just like to root it. thanks
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Stock sucks, get yourself a nice custom ROM and kernel to fully enjoy the nexus. If you wanted to stay stock, you can trade it for an iPad mini. Customization is what makes android so much fun.

kekio84 said:
As the title says,im new here. I received my nexus 7(16GB/no 3g) yesterday as a prize from pocket change. Can you guys guide me how to root my tablet? I have the newest update. 4.2.2
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Checkout this thread for a relatively painless way of rooting...
[Root][JB 4.2] Root your Nexus 7 without unlocking bootloader. (djrbliss motochopper)
Rgrds,
Ged.

mrazndead said:
Stock sucks, get yourself a nice custom ROM and kernel to fully enjoy the nexus. If you wanted to stay stock, you can trade it for an iPad mini. Customization is what makes android so much fun.
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Good thing we've got these wonderful members at XDA to dictate what you should and shouldn't like. Please eat a sock and go back to your custom ROMs. If stock works for him, who are you to tell him he's wrong?
Welcome to the Nexus 7. I prefer stock too. Though I'm waiting on Chrome 28 for some faster browsing I must say it's really great over all.

mrazndead said:
Stock sucks, get yourself a nice custom ROM and kernel to fully enjoy the nexus. If you wanted to stay stock, you can trade it for an iPad mini. Customization is what makes android so much fun.
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Look we have a dictator. :sly:
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Team SXTP

No need for arguing people,please. One more question. Where the hell is the usb debugging??? I can't find it.
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Go to settings -> about tablet -> tap build number 10 times .. It will unlock the developer options.. Its in that
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Thank you very much. I downloaded it from google play before you answered me But thanks. Good to know this.
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And what is this MTP driver? My pc is asking me to install it,but i cant find it.
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If you ever find the nexus7's battery lacking, try franco's kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1823671

Thanks,i will try it later maybe. First i need to root this baby.
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kekio84 said:
And what is this MTP driver? My pc is asking me to install it,but i cant find it.
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If you just want to access files in the tablet as if it was a USB, just plug it in, no other driver needed.

christianfgs said:
If you just want to access files in the tablet as if it was a USB, just plug it in, no other driver needed.
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Strange,my PC didn't recognize it that way...
Can i root my device with the toolkit without unlocking bootloader?

kekio84 said:
Strange,my PC didn't recognize it that way...
Can i root my device with the toolkit without unlocking bootloader?
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You can root it without unlocking the bootloader.
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williamweaver said:
You can root it without unlocking the bootloader.
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Thank you Gonna try it now. Stay tuned please

I unlocked the bootloader and rooted my tablet'? Thanks a lot for everyones help.
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Congrats
kekio84 said:
I unlocked the bootloader and rooted my tablet'? Thanks a lot for everyones help.
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Now all you have to do is download GMD gesture control (the free one). I went back to stock on my nexus 7 and am not rooted. I really wanted to try it on my tablet because it is great on my phone. Try it and see what you think. I would love to live vicariously through you right now. haha

I use official AOKP rom on my Galaxy Nexus and SmoothRom on my N7. Works great however I am thinking of throwing AOKP on my N7 too just for laughs and because it tested much faster then SmoothRom.
I like Smoothrom because they only release solid builds. I don't think they've updates the rom in months. But it just works well. I think I'm using MKernel. SmoothRom includes several kernels build as well as GAPPs. Its a All-In-One package which makes things easier. Once you flash it starts a setup where you can pick and choose lots of options like installing Android Browser and/or various kernels.
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What custom recovery I should use?

What custom recovery I should use on AT&T Galaxy Note 3 - 4.4.2 - N900A?

Safe strap in the development section is the only thing you can use

So.. do you think we will ever find a way to unlock to bootloader
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zaptear said:
So.. do you think we will ever find a way to unlock to bootloader
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I read a few months back that an exploit was found that will unlock the bootloader permanently. It is supposed to be released in august some time. If I find the like I will point you to it.
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Yeah I heard about that, lets just hope its true and be able to get Custom Recoveries and be able to install PAC-MAN, CM ROMS, ect.