How To Root Nexus One 2 Ways (Bootloader Unlock + Flash A New Recovery Image)

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Are you bored Already With Your Nexus One ? Then It’s Time To Root it :)

In this Tutorial You will learn How to Root Nexus One and Have Custom ROM’s or Multitoch if you don’t have it already or maybe Sense UI on your Nexus One . Rooting Your Nexus One will Give you FULL access to the File system so please Be Very careful becoause you will be enable to edit the Nexus One Firmware as you like , Also Rooting you Nexus One Will allow you to add themes or Some Apps and Even Custom ROM’s as i said before .

I can Say that there is 2 ways to  Root Your Nexus One First One is by Downloading Superboot From Here And Follow these Instructions :

  1. Download Superboot
  2. You Should Put your device in BootLoader Mode By Turning your  Nexus One Off and Remove the battery
  3. Plug your USB Cable . Of course make sure that you Have already  Installed the USB drivers
  4. Now Put The Battery Back and Turn Your Nexus One On   And Hold Down the Trackball In same time ( You Will see FastBoot Screen Comes Up)
  5. Now You will see your Nexus One Serial Number
  6. Now Type fastboot-windows oem unlock
  7. Now Follow the screen On your Nexus One ( Select Yes) “If you got an error Just Ignore it Don’t Freak Out!)
  8. For Windows Users Click On ‘install-superboot-windows.bat’.
  9. That’s It !!! All done Your Nexus One Have Been Rooted .

If you ask me I don’t Like the First Way :/  , Second way is better but it take some time To Root Your Nexus One

Ok Lets Start :

  1. Make Sure Is Your USB Drivers is installed Correctly and Confirm  your Nexus One is recognized by ADB
  2. Back Up All your Important data from Your Nexus One
  3. Reboot Your Nexus One into FastBoot As we Did Before
  4. Open a command prompt And Go  to your Android SDK tools folder and Type ” fastboot  devices ” To Check that Nexus One Is Recognized.
  5. Now Unlock Nexus One Bootloader By Typing this Command ” fastboot oem unlock”
  6. Click on (Yes) and press Power button To confirm .
  7. You Should Download New Recovery Image For Nexus One
  8. Go To Amon_RA’s recovery image to  Download
  9. Ok Now Copy the File that you downloaded to your Android SDK tools folder
  10. Now open Command prompt and go to Android SDK tools folder
  11. Type  ” fastboot flash recovery NameOfTheFileYouDownloaded.img
  12. Now Reboot Your Nexus One
  13. In this Step You Should Enable USB debugging
  14. Go to Settings > Application settings > Development > USB debugging (enable)
  15. Now Go here and download any Custom .zip File That you want to flash
  16. Copy the .zip file that you downloaded to Your Root Directory if your Nexus One SD Card
  17. Now Open a command prompt and Go to Android SDK tools folder
  18. Type “adb reboot recovery” To reboot Your Nexus One into Recovery mode
  19. Now Use Trackball and Go to ” Flash zip from Sd Card” and then select the .zip File that you already downloaded
  20. Follow the Screen Instructions
  21. After Flash is Complete Reboot Your Nexus One
  22. That’s It !!!  Congratulations Your Nexus One Has Been Rooted
  23. Have Fun with Your Nexus One
  24. Share This Post With Friends By Clicking on Facebook Icon or twitter or even Google Buzz !

I Hope Instructions was easy for you and i didn’t make any mistakes :)

Enjoy Your Nexus One .

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