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2012 Nexus 7 Discussion Forums (1st Generation) => Nexus 7 Root, Hacks, Mods And Development => Topic started by: gp123 on August 17, 2012, 09:24:30 AM

Title: Rooting N7
Post by: gp123 on August 17, 2012, 09:24:30 AM

What does it mean to "root your N7"?
Why would I want to do this?
Any downside to this?

Title: Re: Rooting N7
Post by: radiocycle on August 17, 2012, 12:08:02 PM

You should do a search on this forum, you'll find lots of info abut this, including a step-by-step guide on rooting your N7.

radio

Title: Re: Rooting N7
Post by: S.Prime on August 17, 2012, 12:20:59 PM

You can follow this link to our Rooting Guide and it will explain the process and the advantages.

http://www.Nexus7Forum.com/index.php?topic=367.msg2092.msg#2092 (http://www.Nexus7Forum.com/index.php?topic=367.msg2092.msg#2092)

Title: Re: Rooting N7
Post by: martyh on August 17, 2012, 01:05:09 PM

I understand the whole warranty thing, but does a rooted N7 affect future Android OS updates?

-mh

Title: Re: Rooting N7
Post by: S.Prime on August 17, 2012, 01:28:38 PM

Rooting will not generally affect your ability to run updates, but updates may remove root from your device, so I always install RootKeeper. One caution though, if you choose to remove pre-installed apps, the update may look for one those apps and the update fail if it cannot find that app.

Title: Re: Rooting N7
Post by: radiocycle on August 17, 2012, 03:14:44 PM

Quote from: S.Prime on August 17, 2012, 01:28:38 PM

Rooting will not generally affect your ability to run updates, but updates may remove root from your device, so I always install RootKeeper. One caution though, if you choose to remove pre-installed apps, the update may look for one those apps and the update fail if it cannot find that app.

Yikes!!!  I hope I haven't caused myself any problems down the line....

radio

Title: Re: Rooting N7
Post by: JayJ on August 17, 2012, 03:22:38 PM

Don't worry radio, it's easy enough to flash a stock image with WugFresh's Root Toolkit.

Title: Re: Rooting N7
Post by: S.Prime on August 17, 2012, 04:04:23 PM

Quote from: JayJ on August 17, 2012, 03:22:38 PM

Don't worry radio, it's easy enough to flash a stock image with WugFresh's Root Toolkit.

True enough JayJ.

Now, for those who are not an advanced user like JayJ, "Flashing a stock image" is basically connecting your tablet to a computer, taking an external image and restoring your tablet to factory state and to quote JayJ, "It's easy enough."

S.Prime