Wug's Galaxy Nexus Root Toolkit

[WugFresh]

Unlocking, rooting, relocking and unrooting simplified!

VERSION 1.3 - This program contains all the files you need to unlock and root your device, or flash it back to stock and re-lock it. You can also use this program to backup all your user apps, system apps, and app data, and easily restore them later in one click; you can flash or boot any img files you wan't to any partition on your device; as well as flash any current or future stock android release, making updating your device as easy as can be; and now with the latest release (v1.3), you can configure the drivers automatically.

There is now one universal version that works for both Verizon (CDMA) and GSM models.



~ my goal for this project is make the entire process as smooth and simple as possible ~

Feature breakdown:

System Variables:

• Ask the end user if they want to update their systems path variable to point to adb for global use from the cmd line
• This feature is optional.

Drivers:
This will automatically:

• Install the "Verizon_Wireless_I515_Galaxy_Nexus_USB_Driver_v1. 4.6.0.exe"
• Attempt to install the drivers automatically using pnputil and devcon
• Provide the end user detailed instructions for manually configuring their drivers.
• Driver configuration is a two step manual process:
  • Your device has to be configured once when its ON and again when its in BOOTLOADER
  • You have to manually configure these drivers through device manager.
  • Follow the onscreen instructions for driver configuration, or refer to post #2 for more details.

Unlock:
This will automatically:

• This will unlock your device which will also inexorably factory reset your device.
  • Factory resting means that, ALL your user app settings and files will be erased.
  • So... please take the steps necessary to preserver your important data.
    • I recommend backing up all your picture, music files, and such manually by just:
      • Plugging your device into your computer and using drag and drop to copy them over
    • Then use the backup feature of the toolkit to make a full backup of your apps and settings
      • See "backup and restore"

Root:
This will automatically:

• Push su.zip (Superuser.apk) to your sdcard
• Flash clockwork mod (this is specific to your device model; ie CDMA version vs. GSM version)
• Provide on screen instructions for completing the rooting procedure
• Launch a script which automatically enters adb shell commands to rename the file "recover-from-boot.p" to to "recover-from-boot.p.bak to ensure permanent clockwork

Flash Stock + Unroot:
This will automatically:

• Download the latest 4.02 android release for your specific model (CDMA/LTE vs GSM/HSPA+)
• Hashcheck the resulting download once it's finished to verify the files integrity. If it passes:
• Extract the .tgz factory image package in the proper manner to a specific sub directory in your GnexToolkit folder
• Flash the stock images to your device in a highly controlled and ordered fashion.
• Allow you to bypass the download and extract phase in the future if you have already done it before
• Allow you to point the program to ANY android factory image package, and let the program take care of the rest
• This process also includes a user input box governed hashcheck verification step to ensure the files integrity.
• Has an option to start the flashstock process from bootloader mode incase the user is bricked and can't boot ups charged first!
• Flashing stock will also inexorably unroot your device.

OEM lock:
This will automatically:

• Re-lock your device back to original equipment manufacture specifications.
  • You must use the "flash stock + unroot" feature first before being able to use this option successfully.

Backup Apps + Data:
This will automatically:

• Initiate a backup of all your apps and app data
  • User will be prompted to enter a password on there device to protect their backup file
  • Once the backup is complete it will be stored on the users computer in the directory:
    • And the file name will automatically be generated as the date and time the backup was made
  • Note: this does not backup all of your SDcards contents: So its up to the end-user to backup any picture or music files they have.
    • This only backs up apps + app data
  • The user is given the option to backup system apps as well

Restore Apps + Data:
This will automatically:

• Initiates a customized browse to file window which asks you to locate the android backup files (*.ab) you would like to restore
  • This browse to file window automatically defaults to the proper location of your backups

    • \Wugs_GnexRootToolkit\nexusbackup

• Once the user selects the backup file, the program will automatically initiate a restore operation
  • User will be prompted to enter the password they set in order to restore their file
    • When the correct password is entered the file will be restore.

Quick tools:

• Provides the end user an easy one click method for rebooting their device
• Rebooting their device into bootloader mode, and checking if their device is recognized.

Flash to partition:

• Provides the end user an easy one click method for flashing any img file to any partition on their device
• Is designed to make modding on the nexus as simple as selecting the file you wan't to flash and pressing ok
• Has the option to boot img files as well, to try them out temporarily before flashing them permanently

Instructions:

• Do not plug in your device until this program prompts you too!

• Install the program by double clicking the GnexRootToolkit.sfx.exe

• • This will extract the contents to %HOMEDRIVE%\Wugs_GnexRootToolkit
  • Place a shortcuts on your Desktop
  • Launch the program for first use

• Use the "Drivers" option to make sure all your drivers get configured properly.
  • This is a crucial step. Nothing else will work otherwise, so make sure your drivers are properly configured before you try doing anything else with this program.
  • Follow the onscreen driver instructions carefully and you should have no problems.

• Use the "Backup Apps + Data" if you want to preserve your apps and settings for restoration after you unlock and root.

• Then use the "Unlock" to unlock and the "Root" to root... Tada! Enjoy your unlocked and rooted device. ^_^

• Then whenever you need to go back to square one just use the "Flash stock + Unroot" and "OEM lock" features.
  • Remember that this option can also be used if you completely brick.
  • This should bring you back to a fully locked stock factory state.

Download:

GnexRootToolkit.v1.3.sfx.exe [Mirror 1] [Mirror 2]
Checksums:
File size: 40.5 MB
CRC-32: 60173e80
MD4: ce769bb081167b821b02518f49cb9374
MD5: ae6dda67dc46026cd1684464137ecbc8
SHA-1: 20e0f5cdacd2e7a970a1a6be2d87c1d08c938c5e


Need a simple way to validate checksums? I recommend: HashCheck Shell Extension

Credits:

• Droid Life for their great instructions!
• Google for being pwn and making android.
• Koush for making Clockwork Mod
• mskip for getting Devcon.exe to work properly on XP
• copkay for his great guide on making backups
• WugFresh (thats me!) ^_^

Donate:

~ If you like my work please consider making a small donation. Help and support is greatly appreciated. Thank you! ~

{{ WugFresh }}

[tp76]

Sticky

[TeeX]

this is awesome! Thanks for all your work Wug!

Will this work on my Linux Mint machine?

[WugFresh]

this is awesome! Thanks for all your work Wug!

Will this work on my Linux Mint machine?

Your welcome I built this as a windows app with Autoit and batch script. I am not as familiar with development on linux systems.. still learning. I suppose I could re-write my batch scripts in bash and do something like that, but that wasn't on my immediate to-do list. Its a possibility that I do something like that.

{{ WugFresh }}

[WugFresh]

Sticky

Thank you!

{{ WugFresh }}

[TeeX]

Your welcome I built this as a windows app with Autoit and batch script. I am not as familiar with development on linux systems.. still learning. I suppose I could re-write my batch scripts in bash and do something like that, but that wasn't on my immediate to-do list. Its a possibility that I do something like that.

{{ WugFresh }}

no worries, I'll just borrow my son's lappy with Windows 7
If you have time and at some point can make a linux-compatible version, that would be shiny. I'm sure I'm not the only Linux user around

thanks again for this Wug!

[JSM9872]

Awesome job wug!! Thank you, this is going to make many peoples lives easier

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk

[rowdyguy124]

Sweet. Linux here too. But I'll load up windows for now.

[techinv]

Also want to say thanks to wug.

I am guessing that this stuff will not work on a mac, correct?

[GoBears]

All I can say is Wow, Thanks Wug!