Google Nexus 4 receives a toolkit for Rooting, Unlocking bootloader and more

The Google Nexus 4 by LG has been in the Google Play Store for just a short time, but the developer have been modding an altering the device for a couple of weeks now. Rooting gives the user several users advantages including backing up your device and installing custom ROMs and we recently posted guides on unlocking the bootloader and rooting your Nexus 4.

Now a new Toolkit has been released which allows you to backup your data, flash ROMs, root, unroot and much more on your device. Version 1.0.0 of the tool has been released and it is now available to download.

To get started Download the ToolKit and install it on your computer. The Google Nexus 4 Toolkit version 1.0.0 has the following features:

• Install correct adb/fastboot drivers automatically on Windows xp/vista/7/8 32bit+64bit
• Backup/Restore a single package or all apps, user data and Internal Storage
• Backup your /data/media (virtual SD Card) to your PC for a Full Safe backup of data
• Unlock/Re-Lock your Bootloader
• Root Stock Jelly Bean builds (upto 4.2.0 JOP40C)
• 1-Click For All to Unlock, Root, Rename the Restore File
• Perform a FULL NANDROID Backup of your system (Boot, Cache, Data, Recovery and System) via adb and save in Custom Recovery format on your PC which can be Restored via CWM Recovery
• Pull /data and /system folders, compress to a .tar file and save to your PC
• Dump selected Phone Partitions, compress to a .zip file with md5 and save to your PC
• Install BusyBox on your phone
• Extras, Tips and Tricks section available to all ToolKit Donators
• Auto Update ToolKit to latest pushed version at startup (donator feature)
• Program up to 10 Quickpic slots and run them very quickly (donator feature)
• Mods section to automatically perform certain tasks on your phone
• Download Google Stock Image directly to correct ToolKit folder for extracting and flashing (no need to move it manually anymore)
• Flash Google Stock Image to phone
• Rename the Recovery Restore File present on some Stock Roms
• Boot into CWM Touch Recovery without Flashing it
• Boot or Flash .img Files directly from your PC
• Install a single apk or multiple apk's to your phone
• Push Files from your PC to your phone
• Pull Files from your phone to your PC
• Dump selected LogCat buffers to your PC
• Dump BugReport to your PC
• Set Files Permissions on your phone
• Open new Command Prompt for manual input
• Reboot Phone to Fastboot Mode or Android from fastboot mode
• Reboot Phone to Fastboot Mode, Recovery, Android or Download Mode from adb mode

The only thing the device is unable to do at this point is to flash custom recovery. This is due to the fact that secured boot stops the Nexus 4 from booting a flashed recovery. However we expect to have flashing custom recovery as an option in future releases of this ToolKit.

For more information, questions or download mirrors, you can head over to the source link below.


source – XDA Developers