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
• For more info check out this post

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.

Check out these great video tutorials on theunlockr.com for step by step walk through's:

• How to root the Samsung Galaxy Nexus - One Click Method; LTE and GSM Versions
  
• How to unroot the Samsung Galaxy Nexus - One Click Method; LTE and GSM Versions

- Please not that these vidoes are not recorded in real time.. and that they are edited to skip through all the wait time

Check out this great video tutorial on thedroiddemos:

• How to root the Galaxy Nexus

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 information on Devcon.exe with 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! ~

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[Sponsor]

[psychotic_penguin]

Nicely done Wug....thanks

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From WugFresh: You are welcome penguin! ~ Now I hope you don't mind if I hijack the bottom of your post. ^_^

COMPLETE MANUAL DRIVER INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HAVING PROBLEMS:

Part 1: Configuring your adb drivers

1. Turn your device completely on, enable USB debugging, and connect your device via USB
   • To enable USB debugging: on your phone, settings > developer options > check USB debugging
2. Open device manager: Start > type devmgmt.msc
3. Look for anything that resembles your device: it could say Galaxy, it could say Android device... whatever..
   • If you can't figure out which one is your device:
     • Unplug your phone and then replug it while watching device manager
     • This will help you find out which one it is, even if the computer thinks its something else
4. Uninstall this device!
   • Right click the device > Uninstall
   • If it prompt you about removing software associated with it, check the box and hit OK
5. Now refresh your devices by hitting the "Scan for hardware changes" button
   • It looks like a little computer with a magnifying glass over it.
6. You will now see the device with a yellow exclamation mark next to it
   • If your computer automatically reconfigured it and its not right driver:
     • You want it to say Android adb Device or Samsung adb device, if it says this move on to part 2.
   • Then you can disable automatic driver configuration (on windows 7) by opening cmd prompt and typing:

     • rundll32.exe newdev.dll,DeviceInternetSettingUi 2

     • Pressing enter, and then changing the setting.
7. Now you wan't to install the correct drivers...
   • Right click the device and choose "Update Driver Software..."
   • Now select "Browse my computer for driver software" (hotkey: Alt+r)
   • Now in the "Search for driver software in this location:" enter:

     • %HOMEDRIVE%\Wugs_GnexRootToolkit\data\drivers

   • Now Hit enter, agree to the security warning and wait for the driver to configure..
   • ...It could take a few minutes... then tada!

• Alternatively (this method only works on some computers), if you already installed the Samsung drivers

• ...which you probably did since its bundled into my toolkit, then you can try using:
  • "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer" (Hotkey: Alt+L)
  • Browsing for "Samsung Devices" and selecting Next...
  • Then choosing "SAMSUNG Mobile ADB Device"
  • Then selecting next, waiting for it to configure, and tada!

1. Now you wan't to test to make sure the drivers are working correctly:
   • Open cmd promt (Start > cmd.exe > enter) and type:

   • adb devices

   • If your device is listed (string of numbers and letters) then you are good!
   • Now go onto part 2

Part 2: Configuring your fastboot drivers

1. Boot your phone into bootloader mode, there are two ways to do this:
   1. Opening cmd prompt (Start > cmd.exe > enter) and typing:

      • adb reboot bootloader

        and press enter. or...
   2. With your phone in a completely powered off state, turn it back on by:
      • Holding both up and down volumes buttons and the power button
2. Connect your device via USB
3. Repeat steps 2 through 7 from Part 1
   • ...unless you see that the drivers are already configured as a working adb device, then go onto step 4.
   • ​The only difference you will experience this time, is that when you get to the part with the un-configured device...
     • It will most likely be listed as: "Android 1.0"
4. Once you get the un-configured "Android 1.0" device configured and listed as an adb device, then test it:
   • Open cmd prompt (Start > cmd.exe > enter) and type:

   • fastboot reboot-bootloader

     • If it reboots your bootloader and says "Okay" then you are 100% good to go at this point.
5. You can now reboot your phone and go onto to unlocking and rooting your phone.
   • To reboot your phone from bootloader mode, you have two options:
     1. If you see the big green start, then just press the power button.
     2. Or...you can be a nerd and do it from cmd line:

        • fastboot reboot

6. Driver configuration complete!

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Changelog:


LATEST RELEASE DETAILS - VERSION 1.3 (1-22-2012)

• Removed "SDK+Files" button; the program no longer is dependent on the SDK being set up. This significantly reduced the file size.
• All files the program needs are now localized to extracted directory upon installing [%HOMEDRIVE%\Wugs_GnexRootToolkit]
• Added the "System Variables" button, (optional feature) updates the systems path variable so you can use adb and fastboot cmds globally from the cmd line
• Enabled a more dynamic file backup system. User can now create their own custom file name for their backups, (defaults to current date and time)
• Restore feature will now automatically default to look in the users last backup location and fill in the file name of the users last backup
• Added additional warnings/information about backing up system app + data in the backup script, to ensure the end user adequately preserves their important data
• Added automated driver installation with devcon and pnputil (depending on your system type); manual instructions still included in case that doesn't work
• Fixed the permanent CWM automated adb shell script to successfully change "recovery-from-boot.p" to "recovery-from-boot.p.bak" (rather than "recover-from-boot.p without the "y"... doh!)
• Added more communication to the CWM automated adb shell script so the end user would be more aware as to what was going on.
• No longer use UPX compression for any of my exe files in the package to prevent false positives from antivirus programs like Avast
• Reworked the quick tools button to prevent a small glitch I noticed where one of the buttons would stop working temporarily
• Fixed issues people were having who had solid state hard drives with a different letter (not C:\) as their primary system directory
• Fixed issues people were having who stored their backups in locations where the path had spaces in it.
• Fixed issues people were having who tried flashing img files with spaces in the file name or path
• Other minor bug fixes, and a few minor augmented feature improvements.

RELEASE DETAILS - VERSION 1.2.2 (1-15-2012)

• Changed the permanent root script to rename the "recover-from-boot.p" file to "recover-from-boot.p.bak" instead of just deleting it.

RELEASE DETAILS - VERSION 1.2.1 (1-15-2012)

• Fixed the support button

RELEASE DETAILS - VERSION 1.2 (1-14-2012)

• Took out the pre-extracted android factory images and made the program universal (supports both CDMA/LTE and GSM/HSPA+)
• Built a customized installer for pulling the factory images from googles servers, hash checking it, extracting it and flashing it
• Support to easily extract and flash any future android release with built in user input box governed hash checking
• Added the option to bypass the download and extract phase if the user already did that before.
• Added quick tools for easy access to tasks like rebooting your phone, rebooting it in to bootloader mode, or listing devices
• Built and included an automated adb shell script to ensure clockwork mod is permanently installed.
  • This script will open up a cmd window, enter into adb shell with SU permissions, mount system, and then delete "recovery-from-boot.p"
  • This enables the end user to gain permanent clockwork on first root without the need of an app like Root Explorer
• Added the ability to flash any img files to any partition on the phone in one click:
  • Just boot your phone into bootloader, or use the program too
  • Select the button which corresponds to the partition you want to flash to
  • The program will open up a browse to file window, in which the user can select the img file they wan't to flash
  • Press ok, and the program will take care of the rest
• Streamlined the entire driver installation/configuration process. With full detailed on screen manual instruction included
• Added lots of checks along the way to ensure the user is properly connected before attempting to do something
• Rewrote/reworked a lot of the code to fix/address all known bugs in the previous release
• Included explanatory introduction blurbs for all the processes so the end user knows what's going on and whats about to happen in each stage beforehand. This way the end user is more comfortable with and more clear on the entire process.

RELEASE DETAILS - VERSION 1.1

• Added GSM support! Woot! ^_^
• Added the ability for the end-user to select the location of their own SDK setup
• This dynamic feature is facilitated by a browse to folder window
• Relevant path variables are stored to local bat and dat files for retrieval
• Consolidated and re-wrote a majority of the original code
• End-user will experience a more logical flow of information and procedures
• Added the ability for the end-user to backup and restore their apps and data
• Each backup is automatically dated and time stamped
• Created a customized 'Browse to file' feature for selecting and restoring backups
• Removed automated driver configuration
• Replaced it with a step-by-step folder of img's for reference
• Confirmed a working driver solution on windows xp
• Extracted driver files from PDAnet for use on XP
• These same extracted driver files can be used on Win7/Vista if needed
• The driver configuration is more comprehensive now
• After drivers are configured, it prompts user with a way to test them out.
• Cleaned up and re-wrote a lot of the outputted explanation text
• Lots of minor bug fixes, especially regarding some 'current directory' problems
• Touched up the GUI a bit to accommodate for the additional buttons
• Set up a better base framework to enable easier and faster future development...

RELEASE DETAILS - VERSION 1.0

• Initial Setup, Unlock + Root, Unroot + OEM lock
• The beginning's of Galaxy Nexus Toolkit..."

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[swalker]

WugFresh did wonders on the X, now gonna be busy as ever on the Nexus...The Man!

[dwgreenstreet]

Guess we don't have to worry about me keeping you up until 3 am trying to fix this phone like we did with my X. Wug's the man.

[w0wbagger]

Before I do this, will all data/programs on my Nexus be preserved?
Thank you so much for putting this together!

[1nF3rn0]

Duh...I just went on the full process of rooting yesterday!

[psychotic_penguin]

Hey Wug, did you find a new coffee fix to keep you awake for days while compiling this last treasure?

[WugFresh]

Hahaha! Thanks guys. I have now unlocked, re-flashed stock and relocked like five million times while making this, so I am pretty confident that this phone won't give people as many problems to restore as the DX. This program is entirely automated, and should make the entire procedure very easy for the end user. I have tested this program extensively, so I am hoping that you all have similar results as me. I plan on adding some additional features to it as well. Ideally I would like to have be able to backup your data directly to your computer, and then also have to ability to push it back to your phone when you want to. It shouldn't be too difficult, it just gonna take me a little longer, and I wanted to release this asap.

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[CupCheck]

Oh God, am I glad to see you here, Wug

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[WugFresh]

Before I do this, will all data/programs on my Nexus be preserved?
Thank you so much for putting this together!

No, your data will be erased when you unlock it. It will say that explicitly on your device when you get to the unlock screen. You need to take your own steps to preserve your data, like backing up your sdcard contents to your computer, using apps like SMS backup+ for your texts.. ect. Once you are rooted though, you can use an app like ROM toolbox or Titanium backup to make full backups of your data and apps, or even better, you can use clockworkMod to make full backups or your entire device; one of the main benefits of rooting. And your welcome, ^_^ happy to help.

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