Is this version able to be rooted yet? Also, do you have to unlock the bootloader to root? If I root the phone and got TB will it back up all my app data where I dont loose game data and what not as well as settings on the phone etc?
The current state of the device is locked and un-rooted. Hopefully they will come up with something to root 4.0.4 without unlocking the bootloader. Im really not interested in custom roms so much but would like Titanium Backup so I could save my stuff if I had to wipe the phone. For instance if this version of 4.0.4 isnt the final release and I had to fix everything to get the new update lol. Ive tried a couple of other programs that say it backs up app data without being rooted but none has worked yet.
Thanks for all your help.
The current state of the device is locked and un-rooted. Hopefully they will come up with something to root 4.0.4 without unlocking the bootloader. Im really not interested in custom roms so much but would like Titanium Backup so I could save my stuff if I had to wipe the phone. For instance if this version of 4.0.4 isnt the final release and I had to fix everything to get the new update lol. Ive tried a couple of other programs that say it backs up app data without being rooted but none has worked yet.
Thanks for all your help.
Scary, how did people root devices without unlocking prior to 4.0? You didnt have to unlock then to root. Guess I dont understand why its different now from then.
It seems that the way to root without unlocking the bootloader doesn't work on 4.0.4 currently - this is the XDA thread for that method: [HOW-TO] Root Galaxy Nexus without Unlocking Bootloader via exploit (for 4.0.1/4.0.2) - xda-developers
LOL, you really meant to link to my thread here at AF, right Stigy?:
http://androidforums.com/verizon-galaxy-nexus-all-things-root/499117-galaxy-nexus-root-un-root-without-unlocking-bootloader.html
which I published almost a full month before the XDA folks did .
Well I guess one of three things will happen then. Either:
1) The current update will be the one pushed and I wont have to worry with it for a while
2) The update wont be the final and Ill have to wipe it all anyway and go back to 4.0.2 and start all over
or 3) someone will figure out how to root 4.0.4 without unlocking in which case I still wont have to worry lol.
Thanks for the help guys.
In order to install a ROM you will need to unlock the bootloader. Doing so will completely wipe the device.
Untrue. I'm the prime example. I rooted 4.0.2 with the method posted a few posts back and then dl'ed titanium backup, root explorer and rom manager from market. Installed recovery through rom manager. Removed the pesky "recovery-from-boot.p" file located in /system/ with root explorer. Backed up everything with titanium, booted recovery, backed up, flashed liquid 1.25. Never looked back. And my bootloader is still locked.
I did the same thing. I updated without rooting our unlocking, like if I had got the update OTA, now there is no way that I know to root.
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