Nexus Toolkits - bibanon/android-development-codex GitHub Wiki
If you're new to Android modding, nice little toolkits will make things easy. If you're a bit more experienced, we do recommend that you try out the Manual method to get a taste of ADB.
A nice GUI toolkit designed to root any and all Nexus devices. Best for newbies.
Requirements:
- Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit
- Android ADB drivers (alternatively, Toolkit will guide you in installing them)
- Open up the program.
- If you haven't already installed Android drivers, click Full Driver Installation Guide or check our own guide.
- On your Nexus device, go to Settings > Developer Options and enable USB Debugging.
- Press the Backup button to save your data; in order to unlock the Nexus 7, all data will be deleted.
- Click Unlock and follow the directions to unlock your bootloader. Make sure that you've saved your data somewhere safe.
- Select the Custom Recovery option and click Root. Once that is done, your device is fully rooted.
- To go back to factory settings, click Back to Stock and select the current status of your device.
- To relock the bootloader (perhaps for warranty purposes), click OEM Lock.
While there are a ton of toolkits for the Nexus 7, this one has the most features out there.
Since updates are constant and the program literally explains itself, just get to the forum page, download the toolkit, and follow the directions.
A small bash script that automates the Manual method seen below. It also has portable adb/fastboot binaries, so you don't have to get the entire Android SDK.
Requirements:
- n7root.sh
- If you use a 64-bit system, install
ia32-libs(32-bit support)
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Download and extract the script.
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Open a terminal and use
cdto go to the directory the script is in. -
Run the script with the command below, and follow the onscreen directions.
./n7root.sh