for the few people that have Google Glass in their hands, the company is definitely encouraging them to use it and pick around inside the software. Google has held several mod sessions for its wearable computing device and has emphasized that it is up to developers to make Glass appeal to the average consumer. Lately Friday night, Google released some more tools that will make hacking and modding Glass even easier, but it does over a word of advice.
Google has released the factory images for the latest version of Glass, XE5. In addition to the set of factory image files, the search engine giant also included a rooted kernel, which makes the rooting process the easiest it has ever been. Google did warn that even though it is making the rooting process incredibly easy, do it will still void your warranty.
Rooting, unlocking, or flashing your Glass voids your warranty and can leave your device in an irrecoverable state. You will no longer receive OTA updates if you unlock or root your Glass. There is no guarantee that you will receive OTA updates even after flashing back to factory specifications. Proceed at your own risk.
In order to root your Glass, you’ll want to download the XE5 Factory System Images to your computer, as well as the rooted kernel boot image. The process of rooting your Google Glass is eerily similar to the process used on Nexus devices, so if you’ve done that before, the chances of you messing this up are incredibly slim. Inside the zip file you just downloaded are the boot.img, recovery.img, system.img and userdata.img.
From there, all you have to do is run the following commands:
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash boot boot.img
If for some reason you want to restore your device back to stock, simply run the following commands:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot erase cache
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