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Jailbreaking, Rooting, Bootloader Unlocking Phone Is NOT Illegal!
There has been tons of missinformation swarming the inter webs as of late! Tonight at dinner i over heard someone from the table behind me say to someone else at the same table “Didya know that it is now illegal to Jailbreak your phone?”. My wife also overheard it and could tell that I was a little more than uncomfortable as I was squirming trying not to turn around and let them have it. She told me that she had heard it. I then said in a fairly audible voice, “They are misinformed! Jailbreaking is not Illegal!” The Library of Congress ruled under the DMCA back in October of 2012 that it should be illegal to Unlock your phone from your carrier without their permission. They extended a 90 day grace period so that anyone would be able to unlock their phone from their carrier. This grace period has now ended. It is now Illegal to Unlock your phone from the carrier that you purchased the phone from without first getting their approval. This has nothing to do with Jailbreaking, Rooting, or Bootloader Unlocking which are all still very much LEGAL! This is still not the best news. If you want to go to another carrier even if the phone was bought out right and you own it you won’t be able to do so without first getting the approval to unlock the phone from that carrier. Also it will now be illegal to unlock your phone to use it on overseas networks. Instead you will be required to roam. This could also affect the resale value of your phone. So sound off below what are your thoughts on the Library of Congress ruling?
Via DroidModderX
CyanogenMod 10 ported to the Google Nexus 7
The Google Nexus 7 may be the first tablet to ship with Google Android 4.1 preloaded. But that hasn’t stopped independent developers from building custom ROMs for the tablet. One of the first is an unofficial build of CyanogenMod 10 for the Nexus 7.
Like the tablet’s default software, it’s based on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. But it also includes CyanogenMod enhancements including a a customizable lock screen, additional options for the power widget, and support for USB OTG — which means you can plug in a USB flash drive if you have an adapter cable.
CM10 is the first version of the popular CyanogenMod operating system to be based on Android 4.1, and the developers have only been working on the software for a few weeks.
There’s not an official build available for the Nexus 7 yet, but xda-developers form member winner00 compiled his own build based on CyangoenMod source.
If you’ve already rooted your Nexus 7 and installed ClockworkMod or TWRP custom recovery, you can download the latest version of winner00′s CM10 Kang from the xda-developers forum and flash it through your recovery app.
It’s probably a good idea to use your recovery tool to make a backup of your device first, in case anything goes wrong. While most things are working in the CM10 Kang, it is an experimental build so there’s always a chance you might want to go back to the default Android firmware.
Installing the Android SDK | Android Developers
If you are looking for help in installing Google’s Android SDK, Check it out at android.com
How to: Unroot the Galaxy Nexus, Re-lock the Bootloader and Return to a Factory State
Unlocking the bootloader and rooting your Galaxy Nexus is really only half the battle. There may come a time when you need need to lock everything back up, including that bootloader. Thanks to the Android team, we have the factory images that can not only fix a bootlooping or soft-bricked device, but make it look like you just pulled it out of the box.
Instructions:
1. Download the Android 4.0.2 factory images to your PC. [Download]
2. Unzip the file and its contents into your SDK/Tools folder (wherever your adb.exe and fastboot.exe files are).
*Make sure they are not in their own folder, but have all been extracted to Tools.
3. From within your Tools folder, open a command prompt (SHIFT + right click – “open command prompt here”):
4. Type the following commands, allowing each to finish before moving onto the next:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-toro-primekk15.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-toro-i515.ek02.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio-cdma radio-cdma-toro-i515.ek05.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot -w update image-mysid-icl53f.zip
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot oem lock
5. Reboot your phone by highlighting “Start” and pressing the lock switch.
6. It really is as simple as that. Your phone is now back to a 100% stock, unrooted and locked state.
via Droid Life.
How to: Root the Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE, Flash a Custom Recovery and Make a Backup [Verizon]
Time to root your Galaxy Nexus now that @Koush has released official Clockworkmod Recovery for the LTE version. We have gone ahead and posted the manual instructions for you, because well, if you have a Nexus you should probably know most of these standard adb and fastboot commands. It’s not hard by any means, especially knowing that you all have the SDK set up after unlocking your bootloader. Should take all of 5 minutes, maybe less.
Ready?
Rooting and flashing a custom recovery:
*Unlock your bootloader first. [Instructions]
1. Download ClockworkMod Recovery for the G-Nex. [Download]
2. Place that file in your SDK/Tools folder (same place as your adb.exe).
3. Download the superuser file aka the root file. [Download]
4. Place that file in your SDK/Tools folder.
5. Open a command prompt from within your Tools folder and type the following:
adb push su.zip /sdcard/
6. Then reboot into the bootloader:
adb reboot bootloader
7. When the boot menu loads, flash the new recovery image:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-toro.img
8. When that finishes, use the volume keys to highlight “Recovery mode,” press power to select it.
9. From recovery, scroll to “Install zip from sdcard.”
10. Then “choose zip from sdcard.”
11. Choose the “su.zip” file and install it.
12. When that finishes, back out of recovery and reboot the system.
13. Enjoy being rooted with a temporary recovery. (Permanent instructions below)
Afterwards, you will want to install ROM Manager from the market and have it re-flash recovery for you.
Make your first backup:
1. Now that you are rooted and have a custom recovery, it’s time to make your first clean backup.
2. In ROM Manager, flash Clockwork recovery again (it’s the first option up top).
3. Then tap the option to reboot into recovery just below that.
4. Once in recovery, scroll down to “backup and restore.”
5. Choose “backup” and let your phone create a backup.
6. When finished, back out of recovery and reboot the system.
If you want permanent Clockwork Recovery (via XDA):
1. Install Root Explorer from the market and delete /system/reboot-from-recovery.p – *Mount as R/W first*
2. Reboot into Fastboot Mode: Power off your device and (Power + Volume Up and Down)
3. Flash CWM (fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-toro.img)
4. Reboot into OS (fastboot reboot)
5. You now have CWM recovery permanently installed
via Droid Life.
