How to unlock and root the Nexus 7

As expected, it did not take long for resourceful developers to Root Google’s latest Android OS, Jelly Bean on the Nexus 7 tablet.

 The Nexus 7 tablet is yet to be launched in the market but Google had distributed Nexus 7 tablets.Now, Rootzwiki has published a tutorial, not just to root a Nexus 7 running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, but also unlock its bootloader and flash ClockworkMod Recovery permanently. If you plan to hack your Nexus 7 tablet as soon as you lay your hands on it later this month, go ahead and save this page .

Unlocking the bootloader techniques are:-

1.Connect your Nexus 7 to your PC via USB cable.

2.Launch Terminal / Command Prompt

3.Navigate to the fastboot folder which will be inside the location where Android SDK is installed (On Windows, it should be in C:\)

4.Enter the following command: fastboot oem unlock

5.Once flashing is complete, enter: fastboot reboot

6.Download and place CWM in the fastboot folder and type in the following: fastboot flash recovery CWM-grouper-recovery.img

7.Reboot again by entering: fastboot reboot