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Rooting

"How to Root Your Nexus 7 in Less Than Two Minutes—Without a Computer" cover image
Jul 26, 2014

Rooting your Nexus 7 tablet is now easier than ever. Previous rooting methods required connecting your tablet to a computer and using any one of a number of programs and/or ADB commands. Now, it's as ...

Rooted logo featuring a stylized tree design.
Jul 17, 2014

Whether you have the original Nexus 7, or the 2013 Nexus 7 tablet, rooting it will give you access to tomorrow's features, today. Sure, without root there's lots you can use it for. It's helped me get ...

Black Nexus tablet on a laptop keyboard.
Jun 24, 2014

Just because you have a Mac doesn't mean you can't root your Nexus 7 tablet. In fact, rooting Android 4.4 KitKat on both the 2013 and original 2012 N7 models is easy, if not easier than rooting it usi ...

"How to Easily Root Your Nexus 7 Tablet Running Android 4.3 Jelly Bean (Windows Guide)" cover image
Feb 8, 2014

The new Jelly Bean is out in the wild, but if you've installed Android 4.3 from stock, you'll notice rooting is now not possible. If you miss the ad-blocking capabilities of AdBlock Plus, how Seeder m ...

Black Nexus tablet placed beside a silver Apple logo on a laptop.
Aug 8, 2013

The new Android 4.3 Jelly Bean has been out for a while already, and most of you already have it installed on your Nexus 7 tablets. Many of you softModders have also probably rooted your tablet so you ...

Tablet displaying a computer programming interface.
Mar 21, 2013

Rooting, bootloaders, custom ROMs, CyanogenMod, ClockworkMod... it's all pretty confusing, isn't it? You're not the only one having trouble with this. Many users in the Nexus 7 SoftModder forum have b ...

Unlocked tablet with a Google search bar on the screen.
Aug 2, 2012

Google's Nexus 7 tablet has just been released, and for only $199, it seems like a great deal. Now, some of you are probably immediately thinking that you're going to want to root this thing as soon a ...