To root or to not root — that’s never really been a matter for Nexus owners. Google’s purebred Android phones are by nature developer-friendly and ship with a painless ability to unlock their bootloaders . So, it comes as no great surprise that well-known modder Modaco has achieved this very feat at the Galaxy Nexus , even though it is good to this Ice Cream Sandwich flagship upholding tradition. Whatever your individual computing OS choice, the superboot image file provided on the source will give you the results you want, pushing the superuser APK for your handset and granting you administrator privileges. Retail versions of the telephone will likely come locked, so be prepared to wipe your data in the event you opt to go down this route (pun definitely intended). As always, tinkering with high-end mobile toys comes with the standard associated risks, so proceed with caution. And remember the cardinal rule — friends don’t let friends root their phones.
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