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Galaxy Nexus Watering Hole

So I'm at Best Buy, looking for a case.

They only have one, and I think it's for an imaginary phone.

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:rolleyes:
 
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Anyone else try unlocking/rooting on a Mac yet? Anything wonky I should know about before giving this a shot?

I second this request. I think I'm more nervous about trying this because windows and I don't play well usually.
I did it last night on my MacBook. It took me two tries to correctly installing the SDK to unlock the bootloader, but after that it went fairly smoothly.

There's a nice easy to follow guide by AlexKP at

http://androidforums.com/galaxy-nexus-all-things-root/464427-how-unlock-bootloader-using-mac.html

I'm kind of dumb, but once I learned the terminal command of using "cd" to navigate to the correct folder it worked fine. Check out his thread and let me know if you have any problems and I'll try to help. In review, it seems its easier to root on a Mac than a PC because you don't need to download drivers.

On an off topic note (wait, that doesn't apply here does it?) hello from Lagos, Nigeria. There was a debate on our previous forum about the Nexus in Africa, but I'm betting mine is the first Verizon Nexus on the continent!
 
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Wow... I'm amazed at how much better the GPS is on this phone than it was on my Fascinate.

The Fascinate actually worked pretty well, but it was slow to lock on; took minutes outdoors, and indoors it never could get a lock at all. I tested our the Nexus earlier, and it locked on instantly, indoors! Samsung seems to have gotten it right this time.
 
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I did it last night on my MacBook. It took me two tries to correctly installing the SDK to unlock the bootloader, but after that it went fairly smoothly.

There's a nice easy to follow guide by AlexKP at

http://androidforums.com/galaxy-nexus-all-things-root/464427-how-unlock-bootloader-using-mac.html

I'm kind of dumb, but once I learned the terminal command of using "cd" to navigate to the correct folder it worked fine. Check out his thread and let me know if you have any problems and I'll try to help. In review, it seems its easier to root on a Mac than a PC because you don't need to download drivers.

On an off topic note (wait, that doesn't apply here does it?) hello from Lagos, Nigeria. There was a debate on our previous forum about the Nexus in Africa, but I'm betting mine is the first Verizon Nexus on the continent!


Thanks. I think the more you all throw around sdk and commands and such I'm just gonna wait for my next Star Wars night and bat my baby blues and say pretty please make my phone like yours. :D

Africa?? Sheesh. You don't do the little flights at all do ya? I think you should start a Captain's Log thread and post pics from places when you can.
 
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Well I'm at Verizon looking at the incipio double cover.

They won't let me try it before buying, the morons.

Does anyone have this? Does it make it much thicker?

Hey Han,
It adds more bulk than the silicone cases, of course. I got one and hated it almost instantly. The inner silicon rubber is a lint magnet. Once or twice in your pocket and it has a frosting of fuzz electrostatically attached. Hate that.
 
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