https://paapereira.xyz/tags/carbonrom/Recent content in Tags/CarbonROM on paapereira.xyzHugoen-US<a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>©</a> 2008-2026 / <a href='https://gitlab.com/paapereira/paapereira.gitlab.io' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>source code</a>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:17:00 +0100https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2013/04/nexus-4-bootloader-unlocking-rooting/Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:17:00 +0100https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2013/04/nexus-4-bootloader-unlocking-rooting/<p>I just got a Nexus 4 :)</p> <p><img src="https://paapereira.xyz/blog/2013/2013-04-04-nexus-4-bootloader-unlocking-rooting/nexus_4.png" alt="Nexus 4 (mako)"></p> <p>Time to unlock the bootloader, install a new recovery, get root and install a new ROM.</p> <h2 id="android-sdk">Android SDK</h2> <p>Download the Android SDK from <a href="http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html#ExistingIDE">here</a> and uncompress the zip file. I will be using the Linux version.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">1</span><span>mkdir ~/Android </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">2</span><span>cd ~/Android </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">3</span><span>unzip adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20130219.zip </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="usb-debugging">USB Debugging</h2> <p>In Android go to Settings&gt;About&gt;Build Number and click seven times to unlock the Developer Options. Then go to Settings&gt;Developer Options and check USB Debugging.</p>