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[Nexus S General] jwhistler:
I'm trying to get phone back to pure stock 2.3.7. I've unrooted and flashed back to 2.3.4 but phone won't pull the OTA's from here.

I originally unlocked and rooted using the "How To: Root Nexus S 4G" instructions in the OP. I was running CM7 straight out of the box. Didn't flash any kernels, etc. Was having dropped calls issues so thought it best to go back to stock to test things out.

To return to stock, I used the "How To: Return Nexus S 4G To Stock" instructions in the OP. I downloaded the "GRJ22 Software Images" from the OP page and ran the command lines listed.

At one point - I think it was flashing the boot.img, the phone locked up... I don't recall really, 'cause I kind of freaked and thought I bricked the phone.

I pulled the battery and started over and everything went flawlessly from there.

Bootloader shows:

PRODUCT NAME - HERRING

HW VERSION - REV34

BOOTLOADER VERSION D720SPRKE1

BASEBAND VERSIOIN - D720SPRKE5

CARRIER INFO - SPR

LOCK STATE - LOCKED

Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-ge382d80 android-build@apa28 #1

Build number: GRJ22

Phone is running fine except it won't pull the OTA updates. I am running Launcher Pro as my launcher, but that shouldn't matter...should it?

Hope this information is more helpful, and thank you!
[Nexus S General] MrDrumngun:
You probably have to be on grj90 to get the new gwk OTA. Or you could just flash it...
[Nexus S General] jwhistler:
Yea... I flashed it. All good now on 2.3.7. Thanks!
[Nexus S General] OldCoastie:
Does anyone have the GWK74 software images? I just want them on hand in case I need to return my phone to Sprint for service.

Thanks.
[Nexus S General] euklid:
Hi guys,

I'm not new to xda developers and flashing phones in general, but I am new to the NEXUS S 4G, got it 2 days ago and I'm loving it so far. I have flashed Cm7 latest nightly, but I get inconsistent signal bars anywhere I go, this was with stock rom as well. I want to upgrade the radio to see if that helps. My current radio is D720SPRKD8, my question is which of the ones listed in OP is latest? Also my sprint prl is 60681, I'd like to know also if this is the latest, I already tried prl update from phone.
[Nexus S General] GeezyAF:
KE1 is the latest radio. You also have the latest prl. Night as well update your profile too.
[Nexus S General] euklid:
update my profile? not sure what you mean, on my phone? what does it do?
[Nexus S General] GeezyAF:
Under the same menu where you update prl.
[Nexus S General] tailsthecat3:
OK, same place, so that won't help.

Settings > about phone > sprint system updates
[Nexus S General] elementur:
It may possibly just be an isolated problem, but I'll ask anyways. Has anyone experienced bad signal quality with the latest KE1 radio? Before KE1 I always had at least one bar, but now it's a very common thing to have no bars.
[Nexus S General] CLZJCasper:
Hey I'm new to the NS4G forums and I was just wondering anyone know where I can find the deodexed ROM for the 2.3.7 version and also odin for the phone as well. Thanks :)
[Nexus S General] vinconti:
have a look at the first post of this thread.
[Nexus S General] Rooster85:
Which one of the radios is the latest version?
[Nexus S General] tailsthecat3:
Ke1
[Nexus S General] kend301:
need help

tried this root , in terminal emulator all i get is access denied to adb when I type in the first code . What am I doing wrong ?
[Nexus S General] nmoreman:
I would guess that you are trying to access via cmd. Since I have no idea of

where you are accessing, you need to open the command window by highlighting Android (wherever you have it), then holding shift key and right clicking. It will bring up a menu that says open command window among the choices.
[Nexus S General] Suntar:
I just got my Nexus S 4g yesterday and rooted today. I found this link and it worked very well and easy as pie for me to do it.

http://www.androidtotal.com/root-google-nexus-s-4g-on-android-2.3.4

Give it a try I am sure it will get you rooted in 15 minutes. Good Luck
[Nexus S General] Juanito216:
I had a backup to the original rom that came with my phone, some kinda way my files in the internal storage were wiped out. What should I do, should I get files off here and return to the stock rom and back it up?
[Nexus S General] NardVa:
Are the OTA files for download in the first post rooted OTA updates are just regular OTA updates? I wanted to update a rooted Nexus S 4G on GRJ90 to the latest OTA, but the regular OTA want take because I'm rooted with CM recovery.
[Nexus S General] styckx:
Just wanted to again thank Pete for his contributions. Recently decided to ditch CM 7.1 (sick of the black screen and lit button crash) and revert back to stock.. It was pleasent knowing I knew exactly where to go to get the files I needed to make the transition fast and painless.

Forgot how awesome even stock is on this phone. (With Matr1x)
[Nexus S General] JuiciusA:
Sorry if the question is too simple...

I have a previously rooted NS4G. I just applied the 2.3.7 update and lost root. I just downloaded the rooted stock ROM 2.3.7. Can I just update it again with the rooted stock ROM (my bootloader still unlocked) and regain root?
[Nexus S General] cruiser771:
is there anyway we can get the native hotspot fix for 2.3.7? seems the one posted in the first page no longer works on the latest version
[Nexus S General] strifejester:
If your bootloader is unlocked then you are fine. Does your phone still have CWM or did the OTA replace the recovery? You should be able to reflash the recovery if needed and then use the GWK74ODEXED.zip without doing a wipe over the top and not losing any of your data. But remember always make a backup first.
[Nexus S General] kend301:
OK really need help here , can't root this phone to save my life , Had my HTC done in 20 min on my old computer . Did all the same stuff , SDK can't find the phone , When I try this root on the phone using terminal emulator all I get is access denied on any message or comand I type except for fastboot but then all other commands are denied . I can view the adb info if I go to a dos prompt access the e drive and type adb . but it will not take any other comands . any takers on this problem ??

:confused:
[Nexus S General] nmoreman:
I will try to help you, I did the same thing.

This will depend on where you downloaded the Android program. Its been a while, so I will try.

I have mine listed as Android in the the C drive. Go there, look for Android. Depress the shift key and right click Android. A command prompt will come up in that menu. Use this instead of the cmd terminal for entering adb.

This is not a detailed or pretty explanation, but the best I can do off the top of my head, I'm sure others will give better explanations, but this is how I got there. Good luck.
[Nexus S General] wmdunn:
I had some of the same trouble. Finally was able to load the proper Samsung usb driver, and sdk found the phone. I zipped it up for you, because it's slightly over the xda 8mb limit ... install it to your computer, find the Nexus S in device manager, double click on the exclamation point, and follow the prompts.

http://www.mediafire.com/?249l907mzaq9box
[Nexus S General] obsydian2k7:
I'm having an issue where the boot loader is unlocked but I don't have any root permissions. I eventually locked the phone and then unlocked again but I couldn't get the recovery back. I've tried to install via ROM Manager and pushing via adb but neither method has restored my recovery
[Nexus S General] chewbz:
Did you try fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-crespo4g.img

recovery doesn't stick the first few times you first start rooting. I had to do it twice.
[Nexus S General] mrkevo3000:
The same thing has happened to me but i know that im rooted and superuser tells me that my su binary is out dated, then when I try to update it fails, and says i have no superuser permissions! But i think this is a glitch or something cause I can still flash different roms and use all my apps that require superuser permission......:confused:

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Have you tried the one click route rather than adb?
[Nexus S General] obsydian2k7:
When I tried flashing the recovery image it tells me "error: cannot load 'recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-crespo4g.img' "

I have the same issue with SU but I do not have any privileges even though the bootloader says its unlocked.

I have not tried any 1click solutions because I'm on an iMac not a windows machine.
[Nexus S General] obsydian2k7:
Mischief managed. Thanks for all your help guys!
[Nexus S General] devzzy:
thanks， i"m looking for this
[Nexus S General] samfreese:
Trying to get my phone back to stock..power button doesn't work. I got into bootloader, says fastboot mode, lock status is unlocked. Nothing happens. Try to list devices, nothing comes up. Volume up/down doesn't move anything. I'm stuck. Any ideas?
[Nexus S General] strafholm:
thanks for all your work pete. couldn't do half this without your files
[Nexus S General] slag02:
I installed the GWK74 Build from Rom manager and it doesn't seem to have EPST support

The phone isn't activated and If I wanted to Activate it I can't get into EPST

Any suggestions/tips/complaints?
[Nexus S General] mntbkr:
It should be there, these are just rooted versions of stock; unlike his gpa builds and bb builds that are source.
[Nexus S General] sobamaflyer:
I've had the same exact issues, seems to be common on our NS4gs, I'm under the impression it began with one-click root but? I've finally overcome it by learning to properly use androidSDK but I think the problem may still exist at some level.

I too am unlocked with SU permissions but get that outdated error. I've been leaving that outdated notice alone since I think that sent my phone on lock-down (unlocked but no SU permissions and root apps wouldn't work) last time I updated it.

Spent some time with CM 7.1 and got fed up with some regular glitches so I went back to rooted stock (thanks Pete).
[Nexus S General] Cmicasa the Great XvX:
When will the actual ICS be out for NS4G?

---------- Post added at 09:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:50 PM ----------

I am running the Kwiebo version 1 with Franco's kernal
[Nexus S General] CaptEvo:
PDA net

am I correct in assuming that you need PDA net on your phone and pc to run this process. the reason I ask is because 1) it mentions it in other unlocking instructions and 2pda net is not compatible with my NS4G in the market. so I'm wondering if any body is sure of this, or if there is a work around with out pda net? HELP
[Nexus S General] nmoreman:
I found it helpful, essential, I don't know. I fought my third one last week on a new computer, had all downloads but pda.net. Would not work, so frustrated, then remembered something about this. Downloaded from JuneFabrics, plugged in and smooth as silk.

So a good suggestion at the least if you are having issues, meaning it won't work!!
[Nexus S General] CaptEvo:
I hear what you are saying, I went to June Fabrics last night and tried to download from there but it just kept coming up as unsuccessful. This is frustrating. i messaged June Fabrics, to inquire about the compatability issue; but no response yet.

Has any body successfully unlocked the NS4G with out PDA Net?
[Nexus S General] Rimmir:
You only need pdanet on your computer because it installs the drivers required for the computer to recognize your phone. You don't have to install it on your phone, only your computer.
[Nexus S General] CaptEvo:
ok, I'm wondering because last night i looked in device manager (vista 64) and it only said android phone listed at the top, not in "other devices". so I'm a little concerned that the driver for the Nexus isn't there. is there a way to change the drivers that pda net installs, it was originally set up for my Evo. or does it just install a generic driver that should work?

all help is appreciated!
[Nexus S General] CaptEvo:
also, will this work on 2.3.7? I guess that's a pertinent question now.
[Nexus S General] Rimmir:
Have you tried rooting it with the current drivers? If I remember correctly it installs a generic driver. It should also still work on 2.3.7...
[Nexus S General] CaptEvo:
Thanks, I'll give it a try when I get home
[Nexus S General] info[]box1:
You can manually install drivers. I did through a YouTube vid instructions.
[Nexus S General] Evo_Shift:
Thank you. I purchased a used Nexus S 4G that was already rooted and had the ICS rom installed. I just wanted to get back to stock rooted to play a little since the phone is new to me and this post had the exact rom I needed. Should be stickied. I say that because I am not sure if the other stickied [REF] post with all the OTA's will keep root or not. I think not if they are indeed the actual OTA roms. I didn't want to mess with having to root again since it was already done and this allows me a clean slate to work from.

Thanks.
[Nexus S General] MrDrumngun:
Is 4G supposed to work for this ROM with the tethering fix? I can do hot spot with 3G but 4G disconnects when I turn on the hot spot.
[Nexus S General] Evo_Shift:
Would rooting a brand new phone in this method cause a phone to lose 4G for some reason? I rooted using this guide with a brand new nexus s 4g and could not get 4G to connect for the life of me. So, I unrooted back to stock also using this guide and boom, my 4G worked again but now I am not rooted. Could flashing that deodexed rom/recovery break something? I really don't understand how/why that could have happened. No matter which rom or how many times I wiped everything I could not get 4G to connect...it would get stuck at "obtaining ip address". When I flashed back using the images it worked.

(Yes, I bought one for my wife and one for me. One was new one was used both from ebay)
[Nexus S General] skyheli:
Did you do a Profile update and a PRL update after the Flashing? I know I had to do that inorder for it to work.
[Nexus S General] urmothersluvr:
When you root back up your stock rom and restore wimax after you flash the rooted rom
[Nexus S General] adamw1101:
are these modems flashable through cwm?
[Nexus S General] luckylui:
Thank you sir!
[Nexus S General] 12MaNy:
Sheer awesomeness Pete. :D
[Nexus S General] obsanity:
Awesome!

I do have a question before I flash it. Do I need to wipe or can I just flash on top. I currently have GRJ22 stock which is odexed and Netachy kernel.

All I want is the same but deodexed so I can change some system apks.
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
No need to wipe, just flash on top :)
[Nexus S General] NYYFan325:
Just flashed the deodexed version. Thank you very much for this, it is much appreciated.
[Nexus S General] obsanity:
Thank you sir!
[Nexus S General] obsanity:
So it worked! I wanted the mms.apk from crespo stable because it has a lot of options and can do a black background. I replaced the existing /system/apk/mms.apk with the one I pulled from CM7 stable and rebooted to recovery to wipe the dalvic cache. When booted I had the CM7 mms app.

Just make sure you check to split messages in 160 because you'll get weird stuff.

Great stuff... now I'll be going through other stuff from that CM7 stable to see what else I can grab. BTW, the DSP Equilizer works just fine too.

What I want is the phone.apk. You think it will work?
[Nexus S General] reddv1:
Some of the google apps included in GRH22 are newer than the apps in the market just to let you know.
[Nexus S General] waverbach:
I cannot make my computer find fastboot on my nexus s4 Im a noobie on command anyone can help?
[Nexus S General] obsanity:
So this stock ROM is not really stock? I found that Google Voice was missing when I flashed the deodexed over my stock. I think it's all the same but why remove things and call it stock. Stock should be same as stock in my view.
[Nexus S General] obsanity:
I also noticed that some apks have a different names from the v.5 and Peet's. Such as Email.apk vs. GoogleEmail.apk.

What's the difference?
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
That's one feature I love about the Nexus S, Google always throws newer apps in it than what is available in the Market. :D

AOSP naming convention does not add the "Google" prefix to apps, while I was deodexing them I went ahead and used this naming convention instead, zero difference at all, I am just OCD like that lol.
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
Got a fully functional AOSP ROM coming soon, just gotta drive to the library to upload it...
[Nexus S General] M@XLOL:
This is very good news.
[Nexus S General] mikeyinid:
You my friend, are the man... Very cool.
[Nexus S General] obsanity:
Hehe, it's good to have an OCD as a developer. You know everything will be pined up to the last button LOL

Anyway, stock or not, I'm not complaining.
[Nexus S General] luckylui:
Wooooooooooooo! :D

Evo 4G --> Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
Ok, the AOSP ROM link has been added to the OP. Also, now that the correct recovery is out for the Nexus S 4G my work can be found in ROM Manager.
[Nexus S General] mrcharlesiv:
What differentiates the AOSP from the stock?

/noob
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
For now probably not much. The stock build was Fri Apr 22 and my build was done today, might include some bug fixes from Google but who knows. Eventually my ROMs will have tons of features.
[Nexus S General] dkotoric:
is there any way to add the stuff such as wife/bluetooth/data/gps to the notifcation like on CM7. I came over from evo using cm7 and really miss taht feature.
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
Yeah all that can be added with time.
[Nexus S General] mzahiri:
Don't forget to update the OP rooting instructions so that the correct recovery is pushed since the versions have changed.

Just a friendly reminder to prevent the "I can't push the recovery posts"
[Nexus S General] dkotoric:
ok sweet really loving this nexus. This screen is insane, I could just look at it all day.
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
I updated the link, forgot to update the rest lol.
[Nexus S General] luckylui:
Cannot wait to get this going! :)

Ima be compiling too soon hopefully ;)

Evo 4G --> Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] dalvarez7:
Just updated recovery and installing the rom now. Thank you so much Pete!
[Nexus S General] dkotoric:
well I downloaded todays rom and will not flash said its been aborted.
[Nexus S General] ccrosno:
I downloaded the rom through Rom Manager. Wiped data and cache, wiped dalvik. Took me out to recovery and installed rom. Finished installing rom. now stuck at google lock screen. Or does it just take a while? :D
[Nexus S General] dalvarez7:
Did you guys flash the newer recovery 3.1.0.1 before installing the ASOP rom?

1. Download CWM Recovery

2. Open a terminal and use the following commands:

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot oem unlock

fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-3.1.0.1-crespo4g.img
[Nexus S General] teshxx:
3.1.0.0 for 4G doesn't work. use the regular crespo3.0.2.4

Pete you should take that off for now from the instructions page.

hope it helps
[Nexus S General] ccrosno:
Ya but 3.1.0.1 works fine. :)
[Nexus S General] dalvarez7:
Worked for me??? He just updated it today?
[Nexus S General] luckylui:
Doesn't take long. It should take the same amount as the stock Tom and other ones.
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
Link fixed, thanks.
[Nexus S General] luckylui:
Report:

Force close on the sprint system update. Using latest 5/16 build.

Did full wipe and everything..
[Nexus S General] dalvarez7:
Verified that as well.
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
Odd, I just opened mine fine. I'll look into it.
[Nexus S General] luckylui:
The system update works but not the sprint..

Evo 4G --> Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] NYYFan325:
My sprint system update is working fine, just did a profile and prl update no issues...
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
I see, seems to happen if you wipe. I'll look into it.
[Nexus S General] luckylui:
Kool thanx big Pete 8)

So u suggest no wipe for the mean time?

Evo 4G --> Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] dkotoric:
so should I just wipe cache/delvic cache and then this rom
[Nexus S General] NYYFan325:
I installed the deodexed ROM yesterday... didn't wipe a thing (hehe) and it's been working perfectly
[Nexus S General] dkotoric:
did you get past the google lock screen, I'm stuck on the same screen
[Nexus S General] dazednconfused:
That happened to me as well. I pulled battery, went to recovery and reflashed rom and it worked fine. The file is in clockwork/downloads.
[Nexus S General] mzahiri:
Make sure to use the updated CWM that's Version 3.1.0.

1

I had a problem with the previous version of CWM and ROM manager but everything seems okay now.
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
Ok so for now the only bug in the AOSP build is the FC on Sprint Update screen. I will not be able to look into this for a few days because I have other things I need to work on. If you need a stable ROM I recommend sticking with the GRJ22 DeOdexed Stock ROM. Can't wait to start building kernels because this stock one sucks.
[Nexus S General] ccrosno:
No, just placed it on my sdcard and flashed. Working fine. Seems like anything I did through rom manager did not work.
[Nexus S General] NYYFan325:
So really noobish question, I apologize.

I saw that you added a AOSP ROM today. I was under the impression that the Nexus phones ran AOSP android out of the box. What would be the difference between the software on the phone, and the AOSP ROM? Size, performance, drivers?
[Nexus S General] luckylui:
In this situation I would put it as, yes it is AOSP but its a project that the Dev did compared to Google. Hence its called a Android Open Source Project.. that's how I see it. I could be wrong tho.

Evo 4G --> Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] obsanity:
OK I have a question.

Why did you include Talkback.apk both in GRJ22 odexed and deodexed? This is a slow and lame keyboard. This is definitely not something that comes with stock on the NS4G.
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
LOL that is an accessibility app that comes on phones, I replaced it with the updated version from the Market. Settings > Accessibility > TalkBack
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
You are right, as I stated earlier there is essentially no difference yet until I begin to customize things.
[Nexus S General] obsanity:
Yeah, I just ripped it out with Titanium Backup LOL
[Nexus S General] lookout4theyeti:
Glad to see you on the Nexus forums Pete! You stopped into my sprint store a while back and I was talking to you about your Droid roms if you remember. Can't wait to see what you'll do here!
[Nexus S General] thepolishguy:
Bugless Nexus

Mr. Alfonso - for all you do - thanks a bunch. I'll be looking for updates through the all seeing eye (Twitter).

pulaski
[Nexus S General] LiuAnshan:
I'm relatively new to flashing roms. I downloaded the clockwork recovery image linked here, flashed it via fastboot, booted into it, wiped the caches and then flashed the rom. I seem to get stuck in the nexus boot animation. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong.
[Nexus S General] Paleryder:
Place zip on root of SD and boot into CW recovery and flash that way. Make sure you have new CWM installed 3.1.0.1 link is in OP. I would use the links Pete provides some others may be outdated, and we know these work for sure.

The CWM new version can be updated via ROM manager but several peeps including myself have been unable to flash ROM that way but have had success flashing off of SD.
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
Which one? What a small world.
[Nexus S General] joebags:
you are missing a step here....

when you "fastboot oem unlock" it erases all user data including sdcard data. the zip you reference in step 5 will no longer be there.

before you complete step 5 you must do one of the following;

mount the sdcard in CWR for usb transfer and transfer the zip

i would use the exact wording from CWR but i'm away from my phone at the moment.

some people were having trouble mounting the USB-sdcard in CWR, hopefully this problem was taken care of in 3.1.0.1 if not you can reboot your phone and mount your storage card in android or adb push it over. but you definitely need to transfer any file to your phone AFTER you 'oem unlock'
[Nexus S General] mikeyinid:
Nevermind, I'm dumb...
[Nexus S General] lookout4theyeti:
Pleasant valley plaza in parma.