Pay for Root of Pixel XL - NYC

[keithjinternet]

apologies if this is being put in the wrong forums, but I'm wondering if I could at all pay one of you folk who are more knowledgable in rooting than I am. I'd gladly pay for your time and expertise.. ideally someone in the New York City area.

Cheers.

 

[xocomaox]

We can do this for you for free. What kind of Pixel XL do you have? Did you buy it from the Google Store online or from Verizon?

 

[jdpro22]

You'll never learn by having someone else do it for you. It's not too difficult if someone gives you some step by step advice and you follow it precisely

 

[CZ Eddie]

https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/guide-how-to-unlock-root-flash-pixel-xl-t3507886

 

[ahunter]

Root

We can do this for you for free. What kind of Pixel XL do you have? Did you buy it from the Google Store online or from Verizon?

I have a Google store online XL. I am interested in what you have to say. I just got mine but due to commitments have not had time to sift through all of the information available here. I've had Nexus 4 & 5x rooted w/custom roms but Idon't feel comfortable diving into the XL yet. Most of all I am afraid I will miss some thing on page 20 of a multi-page thread that will cause me pain later on.
Thanks

 

[xocomaox]

I have a Google store online XL. I am interested in what you have to say. I just got mine but due to commitments have not had time to sift through all of the information available here. I've had Nexus 4 & 5x rooted w/custom roms but Idon't feel comfortable diving into the XL yet. Most of all I am afraid I will miss some thing on page 20 of a multi-page thread that will cause me pain later on.
Thanks

This thread will be the guide you'll want to follow, which assumes you have a Windows PC to connect the phone to:

https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/guide-how-to-unlock-root-flash-pixel-xl-t3507886

Here is my own condensed version of it:

You'll first want to download and install the SDK for the correct tools from here: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip

Then you should probably turn on USB Debugging from Developer Settings on the phone, and connect it to your computer. Check to see if it is talking to your phone correctly by opening a command prompt from the folder your fastboot/ADB installed to (typically C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\Android SDK\Platform-Tools\) and type: adb devices and hit enter. You should get your device listed.

Next, type adb reboot bootloader and hit enter. Your phone should reboot to the Android guy laying down with his chest open.

The following step ERASES the whole phone!!!
Now type fastboot flashing unlock. This will unlock the bootloader. I would never recommend re-locking this again.

Now type fast boot reboot and your phone will be back to the OS, but if you did it right you get a warning each time you boot up before the boot animation.

Now you can install TWRP. This is easy. Download both the .IMG and the zip from here and put the IMG in that fastboot/ADB folder and put the zip on your phone in the download directory: https://dl.twrp.me/marlin/

Make sure you get the ones that say RC1.

Keep the phone connected after downloading those files, type adb reboot bootloader again to get back to the Android guy.

Then type the following and hit enter: fastboot boot twrp-3.0.2-0-RC1-fastboot-marlin.img

This will boot up TWRP and get you to the menu.

Go to install and browse to the zip you put on the phone and install the TWRP zip. It will do it's thing and complete. You can then reboot to make sure you get into the OS okay. You can disconnect the phone from the PC since you can do everything from TWRP alone.

Now you can root. Just DL the SuperSU zip found here on your phone and put it in the download directory again. https://download.chainfire.eu/1021/SuperSU/SR3-SuperSU-v2.79-SR3-20170114223742.zip

You can now do a restart on your phone and once the screen goes black HOLD the volume down button. You should see the android guy again. You can let go, then cycle thru the options with the volume key until you see recovery on the right in red. Press power to get to TWRP. Then Install, search for SuperSU zip you downloaded, install and reboot.

It will reboot on it's own several times. Just wait a few minutes until you get to the OS again. Congrats you're now rooted.

You can get the kernel of your liking and install the same way as you did with SuperSU.

Hope this helps.

 

[imnuts]

If you can't be bothered to read a thread on rooting, where 99.9% of the important stuff is on the first page and/or post, then you probably can't read the do's and don'ts of using the phone rooted. That just makes me think that you're going to end up with a paperweight at some point that you have zero clue how to fix.

Sent from my Pixel XL

 

[ahunter]

If you can't be bothered to read a thread on rooting, where 99.9% of the important stuff is on the first page and/or post, then you probably can't read the do's and don'ts of using the phone rooted. That just makes me think that you're going to end up with a paperweight at some point that you have zero clue how to fix.

Sent from my Pixel XL

I have rooted and used my paper weights successfully previously and will continue to do so. I can recognize when I need and am willing to ask for help.

 

[VerucaSalt]

Now type fastboot flashing unlock. This will unlock the bootloader. I would never recommend re-locking this again.

This should be in bold and caps. Having the bootloader kept unlocked may help you out of a bind in the future if you add further tweaks.
Please do not re-lock the bootloader.

 

[bush911]

It seems that the OP has money instead of patience, he has alreaday gone leaving every warm-hearted guys behind.