How to root your phone ? - Nexus 4

Basically you just need to run some commands called "super su".  As phones do not have keyboard, we have group those commands into a file called supersu.zip  All you need to do is to run this file in your phone.  This is called "Flashing" a zip file in your phone.

1) Boot into recover mode ( OFF then hold Power + Down )
2) Flash SuperSU zip file

http://download.chainfire.eu/370/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.80.zip

DONE !!

If your device is NEW then you may NOT have a recover option yet.  In that case, you will need to install this recovery function to your phone first.  And you will have to do this from your PC ( the first time ).


1.  Make sure your phone can be connected to your PC.  ( the correct driver )

2.  Copy superSU zip file to the phone

3.  Download the Recovery function file to your PC

by Team Win : http://teamw.in/project/twrp2

by ClockMod : http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager

4. Download and extract Android SDK to your PC

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

5.  Looks for adb.exe and fastboot.exe commands.  Usually at ...sdk/platform-tools

5a. Reboot phone to bootloader ( OFF then hold Power + Down )
5b. On PC, run CMD as Administrator.  type fastboot devices to make sure the device is connected

5c. type fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-mako.img
5d. type fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-mako.img

more info on fastboot
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_fastboot_intro

6.  this should boot into recovery mode.  Now you can flash supersu zip file