Comments on: How to: Unlock the Nexus 7 Bootloader

By: Guestapo

Guestapo — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:45:00 +0000

Make that “XDA”, not “ADK”.

By: Guestapo

Guestapo — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:44:00 +0000

Can’t get a driver to work on Windows 8 Consumer preview edition, 64 bit. ADK had the right driver, but it did not have a hash, Win8 wouldn’t install it, can’t override it. PDA 64 bit drivers wouldn’t install either. Any ideas?

By: David Salsburg

David Salsburg — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:24:00 +0000

Question please. Should I accept the OTA JB upgrade first (when my 7 arrives tomorrow) and THEN unlock?
If I unlock FIRST, will that then negate me from the initial OTA update?

By: EvanTheGamer

EvanTheGamer — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:39:00 +0000

Exactly!

By: Seth Forbus

Seth Forbus — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:53:00 +0000

Same problem I ran into. When I rooted my Galaxy S ll I kept all my data. =/ Wouldn’t be such a big deal if my internet didn’t suck so much. took 8 hours ot get my apps loaded.

By: jorge ruiz

jorge ruiz — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 06:04:00 +0000

i dont want to wipe my nexus 7 :C

By: jeesung

jeesung — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:52:00 +0000

odd. they just left it at my front door. no sig required

By: Nathan Patel

Nathan Patel — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:11:00 +0000

how do i root?

By: Bsody

Bsody — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:19:00 +0000

Nice work, some of the other guides out there are less detailed as they are aimed more towards the veterans among us. Looking through the comments, it appears we have quite a few new faces to the nexus crowd. Welcome, be prepared to not want to go back.

By: Bsody

Bsody — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:14:00 +0000

Im in the exact same boat…gotta love Android.

By: Bsody

Bsody — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:13:00 +0000

Im currently unlocked and rooted, but still have the stock ROM and kernel. If you are planning on modding at some time, I would unlock now before customizing your entire OS since you will loose everything.

By: Bsody

Bsody — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:13:00 +0000

It still worked for me.

By: Bsody

Bsody — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:11:00 +0000

Well you do get the nifty unlocked icon on the Google startup screen. We all know the chicks dig it…

By: Bsody

Bsody — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:08:00 +0000

Thats like saying, if you use a calculator to do calculus, you should probably stay away from math…I guess I didnt feel the need to do it manually anymore. Sorry I didnt get your permission first..

By: Panamera

Panamera — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:39:00 +0000

Great guide, however if anyone’s willing to help me out on a small issue, it’d really be appreciated:

I’m running Ubuntu 12.04 on my PC, & have already installed the Android SDK & the platform tools. I attempted to unlock my N7 bootloader following this guide, & I got as far as cd’ing into “/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools” via Terminal (where my fastboot executable is located), & I tried to run “adb reboot bootloader”, but Terminal is saying the adb command isn’t recognized.

I’m guessing some adb drivers or something aren’t installed, I can’t be sure.. Although, there is an adb executable file located in the same platform-tools folder, but I can’t seem to get it to do anything.. Apologies if I sound like a noob; this is my first time attempting this.