Just a day after downloading Android 4.3, I’m itching to root the N4. Here’s what to do.
- Make sure you disabled bootloader, back up, have enough battery etc. I’m assuming you’ve done this before.
- Download your recovery here
- I used SuperSU for root, put it in the phone
- Prepare your fastboot. We’re doing it fastboot style. This steps assumes you don’t have driver yet for adb and fastboot.
- Download the ridiculously large Android SDK.
- Unzip, run SDK Manager. Download Tools > Android SDK Platform-tools. Download Google USB Driver.
- Accept all the package, then Install.
- Once it’s finished, you plug your phone.
- On Device Manager, update my driver on Galaxy Nexus. Choose Browse my computer for driver sfotware, then Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.
- Scroll down and choose Have Disk. Browse to Android-sdk-windowsextrasgoogleusb_driver folder and select android_winusb.inf. Open.
- Opt Android ADB Interface. Yes, then Install.
- Check. Command prompt at platfrom-tools, type adb devices. It should spit some number and the word “device”. You’re done for adb
- On Device Manager, do the same for Other devices > Android Device. This time choose Android Bootloader Interface.
- Check. Command prompt at platfrom-tools, type fastboot devices. It should spit some number and the word “device”. You’re done for fastboot. (I copied this from points on adb before. Couldn’t you tell?)
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- Put recovery file in platform-tools directory.
- Type fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.5-mako.img
- Push volume down until you see Recovery Mode. Select, please. You should be in Recovery Mode now.
- Install zip, Install zip from sdcard, choose the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.43.zip. It should be under 0 folder.
- It needs reassurance. Yes, install blah blah blah.
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- That’s it. Go Back, then Reboot system now.
- You’ll see a warning. “This may flash…”. No means we’re going forward with root.
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