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Thanks for the vote of confidence!!!

Whilst on subject of rooting, is there an easy step by step guide for dummies like me? I presume I lose all my data and apps etc, so do I need to download all my apps again?

I've got nexus toolkit so can I use that?

Sorry for all the stupid questions!
 
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Thanks for the vote of confidence!!!

Whilst on subject of rooting, is there an easy step by step guide for dummies like me? I presume I lose all my data and apps etc, so do I need to download all my apps again?

I've got nexus toolkit so can I use that?

Sorry for all the stupid questions!

youll use the nexus toolkit to unlock and root.

UNLOCKING YOUR TABLET WILL FORMAT YOUR TABLET - YOU WILL LOOSE EVERYTHING!!!

then all you have to do is root it. the toolkit is quite simple and self explanitory :) first you want to unlock then you want to root. that simple :)
 
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youll use the nexus toolkit to unlock and root.

UNLOCKING YOUR TABLET WILL FORMAT YOUR TABLET - YOU WILL LOOSE EVERYTHING!!!

then all you have to do is root it. the toolkit is quite simple and self explanitory :) first you want to unlock then you want to root. that simple :)
Thanks again for taking your time to help! At risk of going wildly off topic from my original post(!) if unlocking/rooting will wipe my tablet then is there any way I can back up my apps etc beforehand and is there a way of reinstalling my apps without downloading from the play store?
 
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honestly im not really sure of non root methods of backing up. i know that after you root and sign in to your google account the tablet will automatically re download everything that it had on it before - as long as you check the box to allow backup to my Google account -

btw im gonna move you over to the root section as were starting to dive into the root aspect of the tablet (and dont worry about being off topic - its your thread after all ;))
 
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honestly im not really sure of non root methods of backing up. i know that after you root and sign in to your google account the tablet will automatically re download everything that it had on it before - as long as you check the box to allow backup to my Google account -

btw im gonna move you over to the root section as were starting to dive into the root aspect of the tablet (and dont worry about being off topic - its your thread after all ;))

Thanks for the help and the useful pm you sent me advising me of the change of forum!

I'm gonna have a look at the guides and around this forum a bit more!!!!
 
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Thanks again for taking your time to help! At risk of going wildly off topic from my original post(!) if unlocking/rooting will wipe my tablet then is there any way I can back up my apps etc beforehand and is there a way of reinstalling my apps without downloading from the play store?

If I'm correct, wugs nexus toolkit has a way of flashing a temp recovery and backing up your complete system image before unlocking, you can then restore it and root. It's all explained within the program if I remember right.
 
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If I'm correct, wugs nexus toolkit has a way of flashing a temp recovery and backing up your complete system image before unlocking, you can then restore it and root. It's all explained within the program if I remember right.

Yep, the backup takes a while, but it does all apps and the associated data.

Wugs toolkit makes it mega simple too.
 
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Yep, the backup takes a while, but it does all apps and the associated data.

Wugs toolkit makes it mega simple too.
thanks for the advice - just a stupid question now.... i've read lots of post about custom installs/roms etc - do I need to do that as part of rooting or is rooting just unlocking the bootloader which in turn allows me "superuser" access?

Well if you do root its in /system/media/audio/ui and you'll see unlock sound file or something like that and then put a file from a different device and it should change
Thanks!!
 
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