This tutorial will teach you how to install a custom boot animation on your Nexus One. It’s a very simple process… First of all, pick a boot animation you like and download the zip file. You can find a few at DroidBoots.com. I’ve included a very nice Bios Boot animation below. It’s nice and small so it’s very smooth. Download: Bios-bootanimation (48) Rename the zip file to bootanimation.zip and place that on...

How to Install Pre-Requisite: Have ADB Setup already. If you don’t, please read ADB 4 Dummies. Copy Recovery-RA-nexus-v1.8.0.1 (17) to a location where fastboot can find it. Your desktop would be the easiest place. Open a command prompt or terminal window and cd desktop Boot your phone into fastboot mode (power on while holding the trackball) Connect your phone via usb to your pc/mac/linux type: fastboot devices (to make sure that...

Unlocking the Nexus One bootloader is easy. Google actually wants you to be able to Unlock their phone. Beware of the consequences though as this will void your warranty. Keep in mind if your phone has any HARDWARE damage that was NOT YOUR FAULT, HTC will still replace your phone as long as it’s still under the manufactures warranty. Instructions: Make sure you have ADB setup. Read ADB 4 Dummies for instructions. (Most things...