The Google Nexus 10 is an impressive device from Google, it is an Android tablet developed by Google and Samsung, Nexus 10 has a 10.1-inch with 2560*1600 pixel display resolution. It was released on the end of the 2012 (November 13) and comes with two storage size models, one has 16 GB and the other one with 32 GB, it comes with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean which running on a CPU 1.7 GHz dual-core Cortex-A15 and 2 GB (12.8 GB/s LPDDR3) RAM memory.
Mali T604 GPU and multiple features like “Photo Sphere”, widgets on the lock screen, gesture typing and multiple user accounts for access in Nexus 10 tablet and so on, if you want to know more about this device you can visit the device page.
If you’re an owner for this tablet and you want enjoy of its maximum potential, you need to know how to unlock its bootloader, then to root it and to install a custom Recovery image on it. In this tutorial, we will teach you all this action in order to have all the control when you use your Nexus 10 tablet.
After you’ll install the Custom Recovery Image on your device you’ll be able to make a full backup of your existent ROM and all the data stored in your device, system data, the users data, personal data and all. Also, after you get the root access you can install and running the applications that required the root access and you’ll be able to customize your Nexus 10 device in what mode you want. But the main advantage is that you can easily replace your current Android OS with the new custom ROMs available for your device.
So, follow the next sections and be careful if you want to know how to easy unlock the bootloader, root and flash the custom recovery image in the Google Nexus 10 device.
Before to stating our tutorials you need to follow some prerequisites that are required to be applied before you begin the guides, so in the next guidelines you’ll find the prerequisites:
- Firstly you need to know that, all the instructions and information in this article must be used only for Google Nexus 10 device, model no GT-P8110. Applying this tutorial for any other device can brick them or you can damage your device.
- The instructions and all information listed here are provided only for educational and instructional purpose, and if you decide to use them for your device is only in your own risk.
- The android.sc team shall not hold any responsibility or liability if you brick your device or lose any data applying the instructions from this article.
- You need carefully read and understand all steps of the guides first, and after that you can perform the instructions.
- You’ll need a computer near of you which running Windows Operating System, and the Google Nexus 10 GT-P8110 model device.
- If you have a Linux or Mac OS PCs, then you can use our source to root your device, please visit via link at the end of article.
- Install the proper drivers and in order to make able the communication between the Nexus 10 device and your PC, then install or be sure you have a zip extractor app like WinZip or 7-Zip, WinRAR, etc.
- Make a full backup of your critical data that you have stored in your device, like SMS, Contacts, Call Logs, Internet Settings, applications, image files, video files, or any documents or file that you think are important for you. For backup methods, you can use which method you are sure is safe or you can use our tutorial to save your data in the cloud or to save in your local PC.
- Verify the Nexus’s 10 battery level and charge it to be full power because of your device doesn’t have enough power left then can take a forced shutdown in the middle of the process.
- Disable the antivirus and the firewall that you have installed on devices, your tablet and your PC. These applications can interfere with the rooting process and can interrupt it.
- I think these are all prerequisites that you need to follow before to move to then next section, so reread all the above points and don’t skip any step or the correct order for the same.
How to root the Nexus 10 devices and unlock its bootloader included – guide:
- Firstly download the CF Auto Root package for the Google Nexus 10 and save it in your computer
- Extract the downloaded file of the CF Auto Root pack on a folder on your computer; you’ll obtain 3 files and 2 sub-folders.
- Shutdown your Nexus 10 tablet completely.
- Connect your device to your PC using the original USB cord.
- Reboot your tablet into Bootloader Mode, to do this press and holding down in the same time Volume Up, Volume Down, and Power buttons, until the Bootloader Mode is displayed.
- Now, open the folder where you extracted the downloaded pack, and launch the script for starting the rooting process, to do that double-click on root-windows.bat file. You can make the same if you open a Command Prompt, then change directory when you the CF Auto Root files are extracted previously in your PC and enter: root-windows.bat command in the CMD (Command Prompt) window.
- After you entered the previous command a command prompt will appear with some warning text messages, press enter to continue.
- Now the script will begin to unlocking your Nexus’s 10 bootloader, when is done you will see a warning in the device’s display with bootloader unlocking warning message. Confirm that you want to unlock your device’s bootloader.
- After the bootloader has been unlocked, then the script will continue to root your Nexus 10 device.
- You’ll be notified with a red Android logo, and a text messages on your Nexus’s display as the rooting process goes on, and after that your Nexus 10 tablet will take a reboot.
- Now, press Enter in the CMD window to exit the script on your computer.
- Disconnect your tablet by removing the USB cable.
- That’s all in order to obtain the root access. Your tablet has been successfully rooted.
- Download and install the Root Checker from Google play store and verify if your tablet has the root access.
How to flashing the custom recovery image in Nexus 10 devices:
- Download one of the next custom recovery images: TWRP Recovery 2.4.1.0, or ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.2.3,or ClockworkMod Touch Recovery 6.0.2.3 and save it in your PC.
- Rename the custom recovery image file that you downloaded into recovery.img , that thing will help you to work with an easy name later.
- Now, transfer recovery.img file into the tools sub-folder that you extracted the rooting pack zip archive previously, the custom recovery image file need to be in the same folder with fastboot-windows.exe
- Now, reboot your Nexus 10 device to the Bootloader Mode.
- Connect your device to the PC using the USB cable.
- Open a Command Prompt (CMD) on your PC.
- Now, change directory in the path where the tools subfolder is in the main CF Auto Root pack file were extracted previously.
- Enter the following commands in the command prompt: fastboot-windows.exe flash recovery recovery.img and then fastboot-windows.exe reboot-bootloader.
- Now from the bootloader menu, select “RECOVERY MODE” using the Volume Keys, to choose it and press the power button to select it. Your Nexus 10 device will boot into Recovery Mode and will appear the menu of the custom Recovery Image that you have been installed on your device.
That’s all, now you successfully learnt how to root, unlock the boot-loader and flash a custom recovery image for the Nexus 10 device. Please let us know if the guides work for you and if you have problems with some instructions that we have listed here, describe us exactly what happens, and we will try to find the best solution for you.
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