Rooting Android

Needed debian/ubuntu packages:

aptitude install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot

• USB debugging needs to be turned on (first become developper by tapping the phone version 7 times).
• Download CWM-SuperSU-v0.97.zip, and put it on the SD card somwhere (e.g. in Download); md5sum db2f8032fd1df99c92d1bfff490a9217
• cyanogenmod instructions for Nexus 7
• note that fastboot needs to be run as root, otherwise it will just sit there with the < waiting for device > message)
• Doing the fastboot oem unlock will whipe the device. Google calls it a 'factory reset', but the android system stays at the version from before the 'factory reset'.
• This was the version of clockwork I installed; md5sum: c4bd5c94000a4e917a703583298532b4.

 sudo fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.0-grouper.img

• Right after
• Installing su: . This procedure helps somewhat.
• Then installed BusyBox
• Then installed DropBear SSH II