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HOWTO: Google Nexus One Rooting – Bootloader Unlock, Amon_RA’s Recovery Image, and CyanogenMod ROM v5.0.6
20/04/2010For some odd reason, I felt like rooting my Nexus One at around midnight last night. Thankfully I had my friend Doug who was kind enough to point me in the right direction in a matter of about 30 mins via IM..during which I asked a him ‘loads’ of n00b questions …. :-O
Step 1: Unlocking the Bootloader
Started off by performing the bootloader unlock. My N1 was first re-started to show:
I then ran the following via the Terminal on my MacBook Pro. Of course, I had previously enabled ‘USB Debugging’ on the N1.
1 2 3 4 | $ ./fastboot-mac oem unlock ... INFOErasing userdata... ERROR: usb_read failed with status e00002ed FAILED (status read failed (No such file or directory)) |
This gave me the following screen:
Bootloader unlocked! Woohoo, I just voided the warranty. Well past the point of ‘no return’, literally LOL.
Step 2: Installing the Superboot
1 2 3 | $ sudo ./install-superboot-mac.sh sending 'boot' (2164 KB)... OKAY writing 'boot'... OKAY |
…and we have root!
Step 3: Installing Amon_Ra’s Recovery Image
1 2 | $ ./fastboot-mac devices HT9CXXXXXXXX fastboot |
1 2 3 | $ ./fastboot-mac flash recovery recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0.img sending 'recovery' (3948 KB)... OKAY writing 'recovery'... OKAY |
Step 4: Creating a Nandroid Backup
Step 5: WIPE!
Performed a Factory Reset/Wipe (this clears DATA and CACHE). Also the Dalvik VM’s cache was wiped.
Step 6: Installing CyanogenMod ROM v5.0.6
Step 7: Installing Google Addons
…and we’re done! Now simply ‘reboot’ your handset via the Amon_Ra interface.
Now why did I go through all of this, and the obvious risk of (i) completely bricking my Nexus One and (ii) voiding my warranty? Simple ~ Android Scripting Environment (ASE) and WiFi/HSDPA tethering, where the latter transforms the Nexus One into an awesome “MiFI” Hot Spot!
I watched a couple clips on YouTube for about an hour and found I was doing around 800 kbps downstream. The connection was very responsive and pages loaded quite quickly; not the fastest HSDPA connection though but I believe it’s because I have gone over my quota of 1 GB transfers for this month 8)
