When hacking a device, one of the first things to consider is how it can be flashed back to stock in case something bad may happen, such as a brick. This consideration is just as important to users as it is to developers. Unfortunately, official stock images are rarely ever released due to licensing and other various reasons. Sometimes the community is lucky enough to get a "leak" of these images which is even more rare. Because of this I have taken it upon myself to make my own factory images from source. These images can be flashed via fastboot either by the "update" command or by flashing each .img individually.
I put in quite a bit of work to make these images match exactly what shipped on the retail Galaxy Nexus (Maguro). The build.prop is identical, the boot.img is secure, no applications or files are missing, etc. This is as close to the real deal as it gets. Once again I will mention, so I do not get a C&D from Samsung, I made these myself, they are not a leak of official files. When the Verizon version of the Galaxy Nexus (Toro) becomes available, and its associated source is released, I will make images for it as well.
As stated earlier, quite a bit of work went into making these. If you would like to post these on other websites or forums please link to this post, and only use my bit.ly download links so I can keep track of the statistics. If these ever save you from the nightmare of sending your device back to Samsung for flashing or replacement; a donation, thank you comment, or a Like, would be a sure way of showing your appreciation.
Official support for these images can be found at RootzWiki where I have created a thread to discuss.
The download link for these images as well as other files such as stock ROMs can be found at: download.peteralfonso.com/maguro (you can +1 this page to share with friends!)
first to comment yesssss. you once again do not fail to impress me, and just to share this with you about your great work w GB, i have ur hm page as a main tile on opera. thank you, you sincerely have made my droid the best phone i ever had; i really have played w alot of phones and by far just cant seem to put my droid down no matter how many folks chat about its aesthetics, appeal and build. once i pop open the hm screen the oooohs and awwwws come out.
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eric
Thanks for all of your hard work as usual, Pete. Can you elaborate on what each of those downloads are - how they are different from each other? Is the first one just STOCK UNROOTED? If so, how are the other three "rooted" stock images different from each other.
ReplyDeletePete you're fast! Can't wait till you release the Stock Fastboot Images for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus.
ReplyDeleteHi Peter. Is this stuff available on an open GIT server? I'm patching some of my CM work into AOSP, and sick of the crippled basic build.
ReplyDeleteMartin, my entire source can be found at github.com/peteralfonso
ReplyDeleteI have been following your threads and looking for any post's you put up you are a genius. I have a stock 2.3.4 and all I have done so far is uninstall lets golf and NFS shift I am planning on rooting for the first time I would like any advice on what would be the most basic Tom to start with for pure speed I know it may be a dumb question but I'm new at this but have spent weeks well months tryingbto find the right choice and I know respect and appreciate anything you say if you were in my area I would pay you to set my phone up but in the meantime I will donate and again j thank you for your hard work.
ReplyDeletePeter, any way you can make a widget for voice search? There is no way to make the old style widgets work for us non developers. Also, what is the difference between maguro and Toro roms. Can I flash a maguro rim on my verizon gnex or is that bad?
ReplyDeleteCould you or someone else provide me with a stock 4.0.2 system partition in the form of a cwm backup? I'd like to try it in order to move from samsung 4.0.2 to google ("yakju") 4.0.2 using cwm restore instead of fastboot so that I can ultimately upgrade to 4.0.4, all of this without having to unlock the bootloader. That would be a neat way for owners of international gnexus models like me to upgrade to 4.04 without wiping of the sdcard !
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