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author: dhananjayishere
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comments: true
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date: 2012-12-06 18:26:00
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layout: post
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slug: rooting-a-nexus-7
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title: Rooting a nexus 7
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wordpress_id: 171074083
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categories:
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- Android
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- Programing
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- Hack
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- Rooting
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---
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Lot of posts in the web about this is just bogus, all of them want you
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to download a fat rootkit and click on the root.exe :-/
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Being a developer device, rooting nexus 7 is easy.
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1. Gain developer privilege (figure out yourself :-P)
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2. Reboot to bootloader
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```
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$ adb reboot bootloader
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```
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3. Unlock the bootloader
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```
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$ fastboot oem unlock # Might have to be the superuser.
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```
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4. Download the recovery image for device from [here](http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager)
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and flash it
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```
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$ fastboot flash recovery
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```
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5. Get the [superuser binary](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053).
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6. Reboot the device and put it in the sdcard (or any storage you have,)
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7. Reboot to the recovery and flash it.
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```
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$ adb reboot recovery
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```
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Note: People suggested using this to [keep root priviliges](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.otarootkeeper&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm9yZy5wcm9qZWN0dm9vZG9vLm90YXJvb3RrZWVwZXIiXQ..) after OTA -
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