I thought if you unlock/root your phone all of the apps in the market would be "free" but it's not, it shows that I must purchase
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I thought if you unlock/root your phone all of the apps in the market would be "free" but it's not, it shows that I must purchase
I've been barely around the block, on what feels like a tricycle... ^_^
I'm new to root, I have windows on my pc, and it absolutely hated the samsung drivers... I have a windows work laptop, same idea... However... my personal laptop, ubuntu 11.10 Ftw! Setup adb thinger, (pardon if typo) and fastboot. Rigged it. Unlocked phone, rooted, installed miui...
Worked great, minus the 4g on my Gnex Gsm Bell Mobility Canada.
So... Found a google stock 4.0.2 gsm. Tossed it on with another guide. Naturally my root exploded. So I used your guide to re root, and... presto chango, fantastico. This is amazing. It works in the first shot. I navigated my terminal to the key folder. Confirmed ./adb devices , ./fastboot devices that my Gnex was there. Did the work via copy paste (after putting the advised files in key directories), and perfection, soooo easy.
Dude, prop's to your variety options. I went via cwm, as I may eventually use that for an alternate better rom. This is amazing. Thank you, very very much. You are phenominal.
- Le_Loup
i'm using the clockworkmod method.
once in recovery, i get the error can't mount /cache/recovery/command
and when i try to mount the sd card i get the error can't mount /sdcard/. please help. what should i do, have i bricked it?
funny thing is, i was able to push the su.zip without any problems.
./adb push su.zip /sdcard/
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
1183 KB/s (1126078 bytes in 0.929s)
I tried that before, and it didn't work. Tried once again. Success! Thank you!Pull the battery, wait a few seconds and put it back in and boot up.
I've tried that many times, but to no avail. I'll try once again, though.
Miguipigui,
I'm still not sure what's going on with the su.zip files that don't seem to work on the 4.0.4 version of Android for the GSM devices. FWIW, I've used the old su.zip files on the 4.0.4 leak for the VZW version of the phone without issue.
However, I have read / heard that this su.zip should work for you (flashable via ClockworkMod):
xda-developers - View Single Post - 4.0.4 OTA Officially Rolling Out Now (GSM-Yakju Only) Link Inside!
(here's the direct link to that post in that full thread: xda-developers - View Single Post - 4.0.4 OTA Officially Rolling Out Now (GSM-Yakju Only) Link Inside!)
Let me know for sure if this does the trick for you and I'll be sure to update the first post to reflect this.
I'm guessing that you've hit the nail on the head that its really a version of the su binary included in the su.zip files.
Try the above and see if it works for you.
By the way, I'm going to go-ahead and move your other thread from the lounge to over here and I'll reply to it in there, too.
Cheers!
Thanks for the super-ultra-mega-incredibly fast response! Seriously, do you have any notification app/program/system on your threads or I just got lucky you where signed in?
Anyways, I'm downloading and finishing up a few things here (work) and I'll give it a shot and post my results in a few min.
Thanks again!
LOL, we have email notification and such (but I am always around--more than I should be, according to my wife ).
Cheers and good luck--let me know (I'm pretty optimistic that this is your issue).
-SA
I'm very happy to say you were right. I downloaded the su.zip, flashed it with the very cool Touch ClockworkMod Recovery and worked perfectly. I now have root!
I tested for root in the terminal and root confirmed. I cheked the binary and it is the current 3.0.2. I was also able to flash recovery in ROM Manager and I'm making my backup as I write. Thanks a million!
Sweet! Great to hear!
I'll make sure to get the OP updated with the new su.zip download.
There must be something in 4.0.4 for the GSM phones that's not yet in the 4.0.4 for CDMA (leaked version).
By the way, check-out my Android Root Toolkit app if you want (free in the Market). Its got some nice features just for the Galaxy Nexus devices. I'm also planning on an update with new features this weekend.
Cheers!
Hi All,
I'm trying to manually root (via linux) my 4.0.4 GSM Galaxy Nexus (purchased from Google/Play) and the
adb root
command returns
adbd cannot run as root in production builds
I've tried rebooting several times and did a round of
fastboot oem lock/unlock and no luck.
What do I need to do?
Thanks,
scot
Hey ScaryAlien, I again must ask you a question: my phone kept complaining about a new OTA-update to 4.0.4 and I tried to install it, but the installation failed, though I thought I just lose the root-function.
Since I'm still on 4.0.2... how I install the update now? And where I can download it? These? https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/drivers#maguroimm76d
I'm totally lost now
PhinPhin, have you installed a custom recovery and/or frozen (disabled) / renamed / deleted any system applications?
Any of the above will cause an OTA to not be able to install.
I don't know what those files are in the link you provided (looks like driver files?).
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