Last Updated on October 9, 2022 by Mathew Diekhake

Opening up the Samsung Galaxy Nexus GT-I9250 on official firmware is a great idea, it opens up lots of doors to lots of possibilities.  We won’t get into that now because we could be here for hours.

However, I did write up a quick post on what to do after you root your Android device. By all means, go ahead and check it out. We will also be covering how to flash the Galaxy Nexus GT-I9250 firmware after we complete this. Hit up our firmware section for the latest.

Details of Note

  • Make sure you have the Samsung Galaxy USB drivers. It is possible you have this already if you use the device regularly, in which case you can skip this step. This is necessary to connect the device to the computer, in order to upgrade the official firmware.
  • You will also need to have USB debugging mode enabled in order to complete this guide. You can follow the link that I provided and find out how to do that if you don’t know already.

How to Root Galaxy Nexus GT-I9250

Step 1. Download the CF-Auto-Root file for Galaxy Nexus I9250 ( CF-Auto-Root-maguro-takju-galaxynexus.zip) and also the Odin 3.07.

Step 2. Go ahead and extract the ODIN zip file.

Step 3. Turn off the Galaxy Nexus GT-I9250.

Step 4. Turn the device back on and put it into download mode. If you don’t know how to do this simply press home, power, and volume down simultaneously. Once you are inside, make sure you are running ODIN 3.07 as administrator. You will need administrator permission to get this job done.

Step 5. With the USB cable supplied, connect the Galaxy Nexus GT-I9250 to the Windows PC. You will know if it has been successful by looking for an “added” message appearing inside ODIN> If it was not successful try again. Subsequently, you can install the USB drivers again as this may be the issue.

Step 6. Inside ODIN click the PDA button and insert the CF-Auto-Root-maguro-takju-galaxynexus.tar.md5 file. Please ensure that the Auto Reboot and F. Reset buttons are checked.

Inside ODIN sill be a start button. You can press start now to begin the flashing process. Wait patiently for it to finish. You will know it has finished when the phone reboots automatically. Upon reboot, your device will now have root access.

Now that you’re finished, you can instantly download rooted apps. Furthermore, you may be interested in checking our custom ROMs.