Nexus 4 gets root/unlock ToolKit
For those of you that love to live in the Android mod community, the Nexus 4 is getting the same treatment that the Galaxy Nexus had before it. There is a new ToolKit to help you easily do all those great things like unlocking the bootloader, rooting, and backing up your phone.
This is a full-featured ToolKit, just like you'd expect and it has all the good options, because this is a Nexus device.
This means you can:
This is a full-featured ToolKit, just like you'd expect and it has all the good options, because this is a Nexus device.
- Unlock/Re-Lock the Bootloader
- Backup/Restore Data
- Perform a Full Nandroid Backup
- Root Stock Jelly Bean builds (up to 4.2.0 JOP40C)
- Download Google Stock Image directly to correct ToolKit folder for extracting and flashing (no need to move it manually anymore)
- Flash Google Stock Image to phone
- Boot into CWM Touch Recovery without Flashing it
- Boot or Flash .img Files directly from your PC
- Install a single apk or multiple apk's to your phone
- Reboot Phone to Fastboot Mode or Android from fastboot mode
It's all command line, but it's all pretty easy to follow along. If you'd like to give it a shot, you will need to be using Windows, and you can grab it at the source.
source: XDA
Things that are NOT allowed: