Rooting your phone is always a good option though it is filled with risks. You get access to unlimited apps and you can even load some custom ROMs that will increase the performance of your phone. However, the risk factor is that the user loses the warranty for the device. One of the newest phones in the market is the all-powerful Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Rooting the Nexus is not a huge task. You just need to follow these steps.
Before rooting the Nexus, the user should get ADB (Android Debug Bridge) recognize the phone. Moreover, rooting would also result in deletion of all data. So users are advised to back up all data before rooting.
The steps are as follows:
- Download Modaco’s Superboot files and save it to a computer. Once downloaded, the user is required the extract the files to folder.
- On the phone, the user has to go to settings, followed by Developer options and then turn USB debugging on.
- The phone is plugged to the computer with the help of the USB cable.
- Open the suberboot folder, hold the shift key on the keyboard and right click on any blank space. The open command window is selected. In the command prompt, type the following:adb-windows reboot bootloader (wait for device to reboot)
fastboot-windowsoem unlock. - Once it runs, the phone will display a screen asking the user to confirm. The phone will go back to the bootloader screen.
The following steps are the part of rooting the phone. - The user has to go back to the folder in the computer and click on install superboot-windows,
You have successfully rooted your Galaxy Nexus and now have access to the apps that require root permissions.
It is advisable to load a custom ROM to make the most out of the rooted phone.
The superboot method listed above is a good one as it is simpler and works for both GSM and LTE versions of the phone. The only disadvantage is that the user needs to use fastboot to unlock the bootloader.
The clockwormod method is a decent way too and is actually one of the fastest, in the opinions of many people. This too works on both GSM and LTE versions of the phone. Moreover, this does not require a special (insecure) booting file as in the above method.
Rooting the phone is always a good decision as it opens your phone to many facilities that would have been otherwise impossible to have.
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