[GNEX TOOLKIT V11.1.0] Drivers, Backup, Unlock, Root, Recovery, Flash + MORE [GSM]

loudaccord · Dec 17, 2011

Great guide! Much appreciated!

jbdan · Dec 17, 2011

Thanks for your time mskip it is appreciated!

asdecker · Dec 17, 2011

mskip thank you so much for this guide! I unlocked first no problem, root I had trouble with so I skipped to install CWM which also worked. Bootlooped a bunch but since fastboot was still working fine I just kept trying and finally root worked. I've never unlocked, rooted, and installed anything this way before so it was an awesome learning experience. Up and running no problems now. Thanks again. Now onto custom roms!

dru06 · Dec 17, 2011

cant boot in recovery

hi,

i followed the guide and everything was perfect i unlocked the phone and rooted it. now i am sorry if this has been asked and answered i just could not find it. i wanted to load a rom and when i tried to boot in recovery it display Google for a couple of seconds then i get the standing android with his stomach open for like a split second then it would change to the android laying down with a red causation sign. again sorry if this is not the right place to post this or if it has been answered already just need a bit of guidance.

thanks in advanced.

hogowner · Dec 17, 2011

How can I tell if I extracted all the files in my c drive..

If I go to start...click on explore,...click on Local Disk c I do see the files there......is that the root?????
this is what I am doing

I installed PDaNet on my puter and my nexus.....before I unplug the USB cable...I start PDanet

I shut phone off.....open up my device manager....and I see android 1.0 with the ! (exclamation)

I update hte driver and it finds the phone....

when I go to the c drive from the command prompt,,,abd type
fastboot-windows.exe devices and hit enter

I do not get the the phones serial # or fastboot.....I only get letters giving me choices ....ie find devices...find serial # etc.....

like -s, -c etc......

what am I doing wrong???

maybe not extracting to the ROOT of the c drive???

thanks for the help

jbdan · Dec 17, 2011

Should we still use this 5.5.0.2 CWM or should we substitute the 5.5.0.4 version? Or does it matter

dru06 · Dec 17, 2011

hogowner said:
How can I tell if I extracted all the files in my c drive..

If I go to start...click on explore,...click on Local Disk c I do see the files there......is that the root?????
this is what I am doing

I installed PDaNet on my puter and my nexus.....before I unplug the USB cable...I start PDanet

I shut phone off.....open up my device manager....and I see android 1.0 with the ! (exclamation)

I update hte driver and it finds the phone....

when I go to the c drive from the command prompt,,,abd type
fastboot-windows.exe devices and hit enter

I do not get the the phones serial # or fastboot.....I only get letters giving me choices ....ie find devices...find serial # etc.....

like -s, -c etc......

what am I doing wrong???

maybe not extracting to the ROOT of the c drive???

thanks for the help

C:\ is the root of the drive and typicality if you get that message that means it did not understand your command. what you should do is go into the c drive and in an empty space hold Shift and then right click, you will then get an option of open command window here. that is to make sure that you are in the correct spot in the command window, and the command should just be fastboot-windows.exe devices. try that out.

MFD00M · Dec 17, 2011

Thanks for the tutorial, worked just as described on my shiny new gn lte.

Now here's to hoping team win releases TWRP 2.0 recovery for the GN

hogowner · Dec 17, 2011

dru06 said:
C:\ is the root of the drive and typicality if you get that message that means it did not understand your command. what you should do is go into the c drive and in an empty space hold Shift and then right click, you will then get an option of open command window here. that is to make sure that you are in the correct spot in the command window, and the command should just be fastboot-windows.exe devices. try that out.

sorry but what do you mean by "go into the c drive and in an empty space hold shift and right click."

works with windows XP?

what is the best way to go into the c drive?

and it also could be I am not extracting the files to the "root"

and just to make sure..I start PDaNet on my phone..hit usb tether..then shut off phone and go into fast boot mode and then go to device manager and make sure I see the drivers?

hogowner · Dec 17, 2011

ok..I am up to rooting my phone....

i typed
the superboot.img command and on my computer it states
downloading boot image............

my phone has the android with open stomach and it is not doing anything...

is this where I wait 10-15 min and pull battery?
on the bottom of phone it says

factory status-okay

mskip · Dec 17, 2011

hogowner said:
ok..I am up to rooting my phone....

i typed
the superboot.img command and on my computer it states
downloading boot image............

my phone has the android with open stomach and it is not doing anything...

is this where I wait 10-15 min and pull battery?
on the bottom of phone it says

factory status-okay

The wait is on the google screen so you can pull the battery as it hasnt worked.

Does your fastboot screen say unlocked?

Can you do a fastboot-windows.exe devices to make sure your phone is connected and you get the serial number returned.

If all that is ok and its still stuck on downloading then try redownloading the zip file in the first post and try again.

What model (GSM or LTE) and original build version are you on?

MArk.

mskip · Dec 17, 2011

hogowner said:
sorry but what do you mean by "go into the c drive and in an empty space hold shift and right click."

works with windows XP?

what is the best way to go into the c drive?

and it also could be I am not extracting the files to the "root"

and just to make sure..I start PDaNet on my phone..hit usb tether..then shut off phone and go into fast boot mode and then go to device manager and make sure I see the drivers?

They mean if you open Windows Explorer and goto the C Drive (top directory where the fastboot files have been copied to) then place your mouse somewhere on that screen that doesnt have files (like at the bottom of the file list), hold down the shift button on the keyboard and right click on your mouse. You will see 'open command window here' in the list and if you select that then it will open a command prompt at that location.

Mark.

mskip · Dec 17, 2011

asdecker said:
mskip thank you so much for this guide! I unlocked first no problem, root I had trouble with so I skipped to install CWM which also worked. Bootlooped a bunch but since fastboot was still working fine I just kept trying and finally root worked. I've never unlocked, rooted, and installed anything this way before so it was an awesome learning experience. Up and running no problems now. Thanks again. Now onto custom roms!

The whole process sounds and looks very daunting for the first time user but with the knowledge you have now learned and a bit of patience you can step into the world of Android development and make your phone "YOURS"

Glad everything worked out.

Mark.

mskip · Dec 17, 2011

dru06 said:
hi,

i followed the guide and everything was perfect i unlocked the phone and rooted it. now i am sorry if this has been asked and answered i just could not find it. i wanted to load a rom and when i tried to boot in recovery it display Google for a couple of seconds then i get the standing android with his stomach open for like a split second then it would change to the android laying down with a red causation sign. again sorry if this is not the right place to post this or if it has been answered already just need a bit of guidance.

thanks in advanced.

Did you boot back into Android between flash cwm and attempting to load it?

If so then look at the FAQ in post#2 for your answer

MArk.

hogowner · Dec 17, 2011

I am fine now!!!
I had to type the commands a few times each before it worked...

but at least it did

what rom is everyone using???

Thanks again for everyone's help!!

downsay · Dec 18, 2011

mskip said:
You can flash the stock rom back to your device via fastboot which you used to unlock the bootloader.

Go to *THIS* thread and download the file, extract it to your pc and then copy the image-yakju-itl41f.zip to the same folder that you have fastboot. Enter a cmd prompt and goto your fastboot folder, then type:

fastboot-windows -w update image-yakju-itl41f.zip

(or whatever your fastboot program is named).

It will flash the 41F stock rom back to your phone including recovery so you will have to flash that again via fastboot afterwards.

BTW These instructions are for a GSM Galaxy Nexus as you didnt state what you had.

Mark.

Thanks for taking the time out to help me. Unfortunately I do have the lte version.

Sent from my BNTV250 using Tapatalk

tryceo · Dec 18, 2011

Does anyone have a stock image from Verizon lte version? I flashed it without backing up my phone first.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

JustusIV · Dec 18, 2011

Loved the guide when smooth.

My next mission is to find out the best way for backing up/restoring. I am looking to not reinstall all my apps and have my setting restored. I do own titanium backup. But i have just used that as a precaution up to this point.

Is there a guide out there?

nex1685 · Dec 18, 2011

hope you can help. flashed rom and baseband not there tried to install radio and it says it is installed but when it boots its not there.

fillyo · Dec 18, 2011

Followed guide and I am rooted, thanks!

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