Root Nexus 4 is your portal for rooting and installing custom roms in your Nexus 4 device. Rooting your Nexus 4 will bring out its true potential and with the help of custom roms, you can see exactly how powerful a rooted Nexus 4 with custom roms can be.
The following are instructions on How To Root your Google Nexus 4, Nexus 7 or Nexus 10 on Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean. Open up the full article for the complete guide.
The following is a simple guide on how to install ADB onto your computer to Root the Nexus 4, 7 or 10.
Complete guide after the break.
ADB stands for Android Debug Bridge. It comes bundled with the Standard Android SDK and is basically an interface for interacting with your phone’s file system via a command line interface.
How to install ADB
Step One
Download the Android SDK from here. Extract the compressed file to the C drive in a folder named “android-sdk”.
Step Two
Browse to the folder to which you extracted the compressed file and launch the SDK Manager. The first option is ‘Android SDK Platform-tools’. Make sure it is checked, and uncheck all the supplementary packages for now. You can check/uncheck a package by clicking on its name and then selecting the Accept/Reject button.
Now simply click install and wait till the Android SDK Platform Tools are installed. If everything goes perfectly, you will see a “platform tools” folder inside your SDK folder.
Step Three
ADB is now installed into your system. But calling it in command prompt will be a hassle this way as you’ll have to enter the complete path of the SDK folder each time you want to run a command. To fix this, we will add their paths to the PATH environment Variables. Proceed directly onto Step Four if you’re fine with entering the complete path every time.
- If you’re using Windows 7, right click on the Computer icon in the start menu and select Properties. Now click “Advanced System Settings” from the options in the left pane to bring up the “System Properties” window. If you’re using Windows XP you can get to this window by simply right clicking on the My Computer icon and clicking on properties.
- Once you have the “System Properties” window open, click the “Environment Variables” button in the advanced tab.
- Find “Path” in the System Variable section and double click it. A window will open which will allow you to edit the value.
- Do not change the existing entry in the Value, just add the following string to the end of it.
;c:\android-sdk\tools;c:\android-sdk/platform-tools
Once you have added the path, reboot your system.
Step Four
Install the USB Drivers. Click here to download them.
Step Five
Now connect your phone via USB. To check if the Drivers were installed successfully nacigate to Device Manager. Your phone should be lister under “ADB Interface”.
Step Six
To ensure that adb has been set up properly, run command prompt and type ‘adb devices’ and hit enter. Your connected device should show up with a serial number.
ADB has now been installed on your phone. You can now root your phone by following THIS guide.
The following is a simple guide on how to Unlock Nexus 4, Nexus 7 or Nexus 10′s Bootloader so that you can install custom recoveries and custom ROMS,
Complete guide after the break.
What you need:
Requirements
- A Google Nexus 4 on 4.2.1. If you are on a lower firmware version simply update your phone via the OTA update.
- Google Nexus 4 Windows Drivers. Click Here.
- ADB installed on your system. If you don’t know how to do that, Click here.
Instructions:
Step One
Download and install the Nexus 4 drivers.
Step Two
Enable Android Debugging from Settings > Developer Options. (If you can’t find developer options, go to About in Settings and tap Build Number several times).
Step Three
Connect the phone to the PC.
Run command prompt and enter and then wait for your phone to enter recovery mode.
adb reboot bootloader
Step Four
Unlock the bootloader if you haven’t already using this command. WARNING: This will wipe your data.
fastboot oem unlock
Reboot your phone after the process has been completed. And that’s it. Your phone’s bootloader has now been unlocked.
To install Custom ROMS, you need to root your phone, which you can do by following THIS guide.