yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S General] LiuAnshan:
Thanks, those are already the files I had been using. It turned out I hadn't actually updated my CWM. Once I got that updated it all went smoothly.
[Nexus S General] applefanboylol:
Had a question about this..what if my ns4g updates to lets say 2.4 or 2.3.5? Would i still be able to change everything back to stock(unroot) by using this same exact method?
[Nexus S General] luckylui:
Yes you will

Evo 4G --> Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] dalvarez7:
I got this in Quadrant today running Pete's ASOP and Netarchy's 3.1.0.1 kernel.
[Nexus S General] dkotoric:
Which kernel do i use for this rom Natarchy's stock or universal
[Nexus S General] styckx:
Is Quadrant still highly inaccurate and easy to manipulate higher scores? I stopped paying attention to quadrant scores a while ago because of that.
[Nexus S General] dalvarez7:
I know what you mean. I don't know which benchmarks is the best. I guess the best benchmarks is how it feels lol.
[Nexus S General] dalvarez7:
I used the stock one.
[Nexus S General] styckx:
I still use the straight stock until someone writes a clean kernel specifically for the NS4G.. I had random reboot issues using Netarchys kernel with any of the roms available. I prefer stable and efficient. :D
[Nexus S General] robmiller:
Has anyone had any luck with flashing petes asop rom? I'm rooted and reflashed clockwork recovery and every time I try to flash it just hangs on nexus boot animation. I've tired through rom manager and off sd same result.
[Nexus S General] dalvarez7:
Make sure you recovery is at 3.1.0.1.
[Nexus S General] robmiller:
It is. That why I'm confused. After I rooted and flashed recovery i downloaded rom manager and re flashes recovery through rom manager now when i try to flash rom it just hangs. please help
[Nexus S General] dalvarez7:
I had problems updating the recovery via Rom Manager, my phone did the exact same thing. I had to flash it via fastboot. Might give that a try.
[Nexus S General] robmiller:
The recovery or rom?
[Nexus S General] dalvarez7:
Update the recovery via fastboot.

Download Recovery and with ADB shell type... "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-3.1.0.1-crespo4g.img"

Instructions on the first page. :)
[Nexus S General] robmiller:
I did still no luck. Ugh. I did flash a camera mod apk. It worked
[Nexus S General] mntbkr:
What worked for me was doing a full wipe. As in wiping data, not just cache and dalvic.
[Nexus S General] K@ng2011:
Noob nightmare scenario

How To: Root Nexus S 4G

1. Download GRJ22 Stock Rooted ROM from above

2. Download CWM Recovery

3. Open a terminal and use the following commands:

HELP WTF IS A TERMINAL? How do I open one?

Coming from Rooted HTC HERO and Rooted ACS Epic 4G 1.3GHZ where everything is one click root or so. HEEELLLLLPPPP!:mad::mad::mad::eek::confused:
[Nexus S General] K@ng2011:
Noob nightmare scenario 2

Not more steps, I cant even get to root........ :mad::mad::mad::mad::eek::eek::confused:

Where is the guide for rooting for absolute idiots? I will make one when I figure it out. What is open terminal?
[Nexus S General] Paleryder:
Make sure you update CWM recovery to the new one posted in OP 3.1.0.1
[Nexus S General] debh945:
It's the Command Line. Go to a command line on your pc and enter the commands exactly as typed.
[Nexus S General] trismegistos:
Hi pete, i am building a rom for Nexus s users and whanted to build it for Nexus 4G to. Currently i am using the aosp code. Am I right that I must only replace the firmware files for the 4G and compile again? Is that all? Thx for the help, br Thomas
[Nexus S General] mntbkr:
termimal=command line in windows
[Nexus S General] dalvarez7:
Make sure your Android SDK path is set in your environment.
[Nexus S General] robmiller:
I think my problem was I did not do a data wipe. Soon as I did that it booted fine. I should have known that coming from an evo.
[Nexus S General] BuglessPete:
Updated the rooting instructions and removed the AOSP ROM until I can find time to fix the Sprint Menu FC.
[Nexus S General] luckylui:
Good thing I got it before ya took it down :)

Evo 4G --> Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] jp22382:
Awesome thread. Just put my NS4G back to stock since I can't get a damn signal inside my apartment and might be returning it unless there is a fix within the 30 day window.
[Nexus S General] SeanFL:
I have the same signal issue in our home. Call them and see if they'll get you an airave free (hooks up to your internet and broadcasts a cell signal around the house).

Sean
[Nexus S General] housry23:
I had this problem with my Evo and called Sprint about it and they sent me an AirRave for free and now my signals are great, GPS is great and 3G speeds are great right here in my apartment when I used to miss calls, drop calls and constantly stay on wifi. Give them a call, they really didn't hesitate to offer this to me free of charge which is good because I think they cost like $129 + $4.99 extra a month and they waived everything.
[Nexus S General] nmoreman:
I cannot get into this. I "bricked" my phone last week using Superboot to unlock, probably a GSM download. I was able to use Samsung Simple DL to get it back up and running, everything functions fine, on GRJ22.

I have read and tried everything, deleted sdk and all programs, reloaded, and tried again. My phone is recognized as Andoid 1.0.

But I cannot get into anything on cmd - have used cd c:- - -, tried just typing in directions into cmd, spent hours equaling days. I always get "not recognized as internal command, batch, file" for adb, fastboot. In other words, I am stuck.

Is it possible to just use Odin (love this, very familiar and comfortable with this coming from Day 1 user of Epic) and just load the Deodexed GRJ22 onto my phone? I do not want to break it and start over, just wondered if using Samsung above did something to programs so its not recognized correctly for these commands.

I feel totally incompetent, now taking it as a challenge to get this done:confused:
[Nexus S General] Csquared:
Returning to stock NS4G

Can someone verify a few things about going back to stock on my NS4G. I have been having some issues with the different CWM recoverys versions and I just wanted to go back to stock for a little while. The instructions posted on page 1 are:

How To: Return Nexus S 4G To Stock

1. Download the GRJ22 Images from above

2. Open a terminal and use the following commands:

Code:

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash userdata userdata.img

fastboot erase cache

fastboot oem lock

Questions:

1. What do I do with the GRJ22 image? Do I flash that first and then go into terminal for the rest?

2. I want to go back to the standard recovery image. Is that already in the Android/tools folder? I ask because I do not have access to that from work.
[Nexus S General] n1kki6:
Is anything like this available for the NS GSM. I would like to unroot and go back to stock?
[Nexus S General] housry23:
Okay guys I am stuck. I have successfully installed adb drivers and unlocked the bootloader via fastboot oem unlock command. When I try to flash recovery and yes I have downloaded the updated 3.1.0.1 version it says "error cannot load 'recovery-clockwork-3.1.0.1-crespo4g.img' and I cannot flash recovery. I am not a noob to rooting, but for some reason this is not working for me. Yes the image is in my tools folder in C:Android. Yes I have Android Path set in environmental variables and yes I have tried redownloading the recovery img 2 times. So basically I can unlock my bootloader via fastboot command in Windows command prompt which proves drivers are installed correctly, but I cannot flash recovery img. I have tried running command prompt as administrator and without. I have basically tried everything I can think of. If anyone has any help for me or if more info is needed let me know. Please help. Stock isn't bad on this, but rooted is much better and now that CM has nightlies for NS4G, I really want to run them.

I am thinking about installing Wubi so I can try in Ubuntu and see if that helps.

nvrmd, I just successfully flashed recovery using this guide which installs and older recovery then updates it later. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1088494 Thanks all! Lovin the Nexus S 4G coming from my Evo.
[Nexus S General] debh945:
1. Don't flash the GR22 Images .zip. You would unzip/extract all of the images inside and place them in your android tools folder.

2. The zip includes the standard recovery image. When you "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img", you go back to standard recovery.
[Nexus S General] jblazea50:
Is it possible to unroot the NS4G without using a computer?
[Nexus S General] K@ng2011:
Props

Thanks for having the patience to help this nooooooooobbbbbber!:D
[Nexus S General] Csquared:
Thanks

Worked perfect. I extracted the GRJ22 images (from 1st post) and placed them all into the C:/android/tools folder. Then opened a cmd prompt and navigated to: (This assumes you installed the sdk to root of C:)

cd /

cd android

cd tools

Your cmd should show C:\android\tools>

I then put my phone into bootloader and attached to my computer via usb cable and ran the following:

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash userdata userdata.img

fastboot erase cache

fastboot oem lock

I'm now back to a locked stock Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] K@ng2011:
Noob nightmare scenario

Where is the Android tools folder located? Do you just place on the SD card? Do I need to do something extra to open it? Please help!:confused:
[Nexus S General] Csquared:
The c:/android/tools folder is located on your computer. This assumes that you installed the sdk to c: directly rather than someplace else on your computer. If you did install someplace else on your computer you just need to navigate to that location within cmd.
[Nexus S General] jdh10475:
Just flashed the odexed rom thanks for the work of putting this thread together. I did not wipe, being that this rom is mostly stock I did not see the need to. If I should have done a wipe due to something I did not know please respond.
[Nexus S General] nmoreman:
For those of you stuck, Read and go to thread in post 137 - I have spent a week trying to get around the root process problems. Using the info in this thread and that one, I was able to do it

Its basically a process of being sure sdk is open, you have the drivers (pda if necessary) to recognize the phone, the adb and fastboot exe files in the right places as well as the recovery file for access.

I had moved, renamed, and my key was opening the cmd (terminal) in the right place - tools. I was using the standard Windows and that does not work.

So read, and re=read
[Nexus S General] wild1z:
A little tip on opening cmd in the proper location in vista/7. If you can navigate to where the tools folder is on the PC, hold shift then right click. There will be an option to "Open command window here" ;)
[Nexus S General] Paleryder:
Need help real quick

i did a fastboot flash boot boot.img from Petes stock images file (hoping to get stock splash screen back) and got a ton of FCloses on CM7 instead. when I battery pulled and reflashed ROM I now have a boot loop, any fast fix here?
[Nexus S General] wild1z:
Could it be, just by chance that you have 2 image files in the your tools folder? I am thinking it's doing it's job but picking the wrong ROM. I mean, your goal is to go back to stock right? Not CM7. Good luck mate. ;)
[Nexus S General] awesomeindeed:
You need to wipe everything and start over. You flashed a stock boot image and not one that's CM7 compatible.
[Nexus S General] Maximilian Mary:
I wonder if this would work:

- If you had renamed /etc/install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.old, change it back, then power off & back on, so the phone restores the stock recovery.

- Reboot into recovery, and let it do it's thing.

If you did not <fastboot oem lock> after you rooted, you would still need a computer to relock the bootloader.
[Nexus S General] lopezpm:
BuglessPete, your

Worked perfectly for me and couldn't be any easier to follow. No problems what so ever. Awesome, thank you so much.
[Nexus S General] Paleryder:
Pete any time for a kernel yet were anxiously awaiting for something :)
[Nexus S General] jgalan14:
rooted activated :P thanks so much for the files, now let's play with android all over again ha ha i like this phone more then my evo and now root is even better :D
[Nexus S General] K@ng2011:
One-Click Root NS4G

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1096384
[Nexus S General] johnxjets:
i have all of my drivers installed correctly...but when i try to do something in fastboot nothing happens. my computer recognizes the phone but when sending a command it does nothing.
[Nexus S General] aronslusa:
when you do a device check (adb devices) does it display the phone found?

I know when I just got done doing mine today.... oh boy was it good.

I updated the android sdk and found out that all my stuff was moved from my "tools" folder to "platform-tools."

After I found that it, it was a cakewalk... had to move over the fastboot file from "tools" to "platform-tools" though.

One quick question though.... When I start up my phone, I have a greyed out padlock at the bottom of my screen. Is this normal?
[Nexus S General] wild1z:
Padlock is a good thing. You are unlocked. To lock up your bootloader adb the lock command if you so desire.
[Nexus S General] dogcmp6:
Alright so, I rooted using this method, everything installed correctly, and works fine, except for my phone wont recieve or send texts, I put it back to stock, and I still cant recieve or send texts
[Nexus S General] jgalan14:
Update profile and update prl if you can you might have to reset your device

*#*#786#*#*

Press reset and enter msl

If you don't know msl make sure you rooted get terminal from the market and type

su

(Give permission)

getprop ril.MSL

And it should give your msl
[Nexus S General] dogcmp6:
ok, Im back up and running, mucho thanks
[Nexus S General] jgalan14:
Np work great for me too, and back to business :D
[Nexus S General] housry23:
Thanks for this easy and simple way to return to stock. Not that I needed to, but I just wanted to try just in case I have to return to Sprint. Now to root again customize!
[Nexus S General] texas83:
This worked for me too! Brilliant!
[Nexus S General] s3v3nXDA:
I noticed you said this was stocked 2.3.4. However the deoxed version has an updated MMS.APK I believe.. I mean I don't care, but I thought others might care to know if it matters to them.
[Nexus S General] info[]box1:
Would someone mine clarifying the difference between Deodexed & Odexed roms please. I have seen this before but hadn't research it cause it wasn't involved in my rooting decision (evo).

edit; found what i was looking for, seems odexed for me. but if someone wants to chime in cool.
[Nexus S General] ahop420:
Awesome

This post is very informative and helped me a lot. Looking forward to more quality work from you.
[Nexus S General] s3v3nXDA:
Pete, is there any way to set these up for OTA updates with ROM manager when google releases an update? I know since using deodexed template probably breakes googles OTA update
[Nexus S General] dunivan:
thank you for this guide
[Nexus S General] itztuna:
is there gonna be any sense roms released for the nexus not feeling the gingerbread to much coming from and htc evo with virus's rom.. or if there is a sense from with working 4g point me in the direction.. thanks in advance
[Nexus S General] mntbkr:
Unless someone ports it, no it will not. Personally I don't miss it, but I understand some love it. Unfortunately I lack skills and time to figure it out. Maybe you can try and work with the Guy on the GSM nexus and see if he can help you out.
[Nexus S General] itztuna:
i guess your right but i have no clue on how to port roms and all..
[Nexus S General] chewbz:
WOOT NVM I just unrooted it thanks for the awesome stuff :)
[Nexus S General] herbthehammer:
I'm sorry if I'm repeating what someone else said. I'm at work and flashed grj06 and I don't think its really rooted. Yeah superuser is there but its not working. I tried moving a hosts file, running titanium, installing busybox and all of them were *****ing that there wasn't root. Fortunately I had the su file go flash in recovery and got proper root. I then installed busybox and now all is good. I just wanted to quickly report my findings because I'm supposed to be working now. Oh btw, I did full wipe, cache wipe and dalvik wipe before flashing, just so you know in case there was any question. I will add more info later as needed. I wanted to see if 06 performed better or worse for online connection and speed compared to 22. 22 pissed me off quite often in that aspect. Back to work for me!
[Nexus S General] Paleryder:
Recovery Help

IM returning back to stock via Petes method everything is working except I am trying to get into recovery and I get a triangle with an exclamation mark and it locks I have to pulll battery, any ideas??

or is this correct the new phone does the same when I try to boot into recovery from fastboot screen. I did flash recovery img from stock images zip TY

DO we need to flash the radio in the zip also?

Got it power button then volume up and down in stock rec
[Nexus S General] bnitty:
just got mines today so bare with me... how do you open up a terminal on the PC?
[Nexus S General] nmoreman:
I would suggest that you go read the stickies at the beginning, and a couple of other threads discussing this. There are a lot of details with good information that must be followed, and the steps are outlined in order.
[Nexus S General] xjufox:
THANK YOU BuglessPete

THANK YOU

i was using some other instructions on rooting and when everything was supposed to be fine, it wasn't. my nexus s 4g sprint (SPH-D720) would get stuck on the google logo (before the neXus splash screen) and it would just sit there till i pulled the battery out. i was able to get into fastboot mode and recovery would go into Clockwork Recovery but anything i did yield the same result. i even tried custom ROM the CyanogenMod 7 and all that did was got rid of google logo and now i had android on a skateboard with arrow rounding around him, it was more entertaining but was still stuck -android os didn't load.

now my phone boots, os loads and the phone seems to be rooted (the superuser app is finally there)

BTW i used the GRJ22 Stock Rooted ROM DeOdexed and CWM Recovery from OP.
[Nexus S General] tmacgarris6727:
do we put the GRJ22 Images on the phone or on our computer then follow the steps please help
[Nexus S General] mattfmartin:
Also there is two links to grj22. Do we need both?
[Nexus S General] tony1208:
i flashed the stocked rooted deoxed and i had lag issues and the keyboard was horrible...i now its stock but for some reason it was laggy for me and i neevr had that problem b4...it kept root and all but when going to cwm via rom manger on it it wouldnt even let me wipe anything at all..odd....with netarchys kernel....so now i flashed a back up and all is good..i am back to the stock rom that cam with the cell and rooted with netarchys kernel running great....i just wana deoxed and have that pertentage icon ...gotta figure out how to deoxed the stock rom..
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] XsMagical:
Did this as a request. I still have a lot of editing to do but i wanted to get some feedback before i continue.

For any requests please post on this thread. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1086008

This keyboard was tested on Android ASOP 2.3.3 & 2.3.4

I will continue adding new colors, I may be a little slow as i have a very busy personal life but i will do my best to keep up.

To install the keyboard:

Download the Keyboard zip and place on the root of your SD card

Boot into recovery

Wipe cache & dalvik cache

Flash the keyboard in recovery and reboot

Enjoy

Return to Stock keyboard download here DOWNLOAD

Download GB Blue Chrome Keyboard 1.0 here DOWNLOAD

Download GB Blue Bright Chrome 1.2 Here DOWNLOAD

ScreenShot of 1.2

ScreenShot of 1.0
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Rippley05:
looking good
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] djnarcotics:
Red Chrome Please.looks dope awesome how both color pop.using a gradient ?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] XsMagical:
Today i plan on making a few different color keyboards, once i get home i will get working on it!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] bsbokc:
I absolutely hate that keyboard. Can only use ime or swype. But that looks so good I think I'll have to try it out when your done.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] bsbokc:
Wait looks like your done, testing on 2.3.4 now will let you know.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] bsbokc:
I can confirm for you that it is def working on 2.3.4. Looking good thanks.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Tiffany84:
Hey, love the keyboard but is there any chance u can do the predictions in blue? Right now there red and it doesn't really go together. Thanks. Nice job.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] vanessaem:
Looks great. Do you do swype keyboards as well?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jmurdz:
Looks really good
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] XsMagical:
Working on that right now

I don't see why not. I don't use swype but if you send me the apk ill do my best.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mfknboss:
:)

Sent from my Htc EVO 4G using mods cooked in ur mommas kitchen!!

Android OS: 2.3.4

Rom: cm7 nightly 70

Kernal: cyanogen

Theme: Dark Horse with pauldiddy transparent market,facebook and xda apps

Font pack: klingon dagger

Splash: google

Bootanimation: need for speed
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] zmag:
I was going to post a screenie of this yesterday... I customized it a little to my liking with some blue to match my theme! Looks awesome with the added blue!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] XsMagical:
That looks really good.

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G running Evo-Deck
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] sag7392:
Love the keyboard, but can you change the predictive text to white? I think white would fit the color scheme and you'd could use any other color for the word that is not predicted (the one at the far left...sometimes a misspelled word or a word not in the user dictonary).

Great job!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] XsMagical:
Updated the OP with a new keyboard. I will add more to the list soon. Keep the request coming.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mfknboss:
1.2 is sick!! great job..flashing now!! thank you.

Sent from my Htc EVO 4G using mods cooked in ur mommas kitchen!!

Android OS: 2.3.4

Rom: cm7 nightly 70

Kernal: cyanogen

Theme: Dark Horse with pauldiddy transparent market,facebook and xda apps

Font pack: klingon dagger

Splash: google

Bootanimation: need for speed
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] zmag:
ScreenShot of 1.0

Hmm, I really like the blue color of 1.2, but I think the tops of the buttons look a little funny (reminds me of a puddle would be the closest description hehe :p)

The longer cancel button looks good because its stretched out, if there's any way to use that gradient without the circle part ("puddle") at the tops it would look great. I'm digging the brighter blue, definitely keep that color.

Maybe you could try the 1.0 gradient with the 1.2 blue color? Or (the ideal option) just try to eliminate the "puddle" at the top of the key buttons somehow, like make it flat/straight at the top and you'd have an instant hit :)

Hope I explained it clear enough for you to see where I'm coming from and I hope you can fulfill my request! - zmag
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] XsMagical:
I see what you mean lol. Ill see what I can cook up tomorrow if I get time.

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G running Evo-Deck
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] zmag:
Awesome! I'm not dissing your work by any means, I've been waiting for a good keyboard for GB since it came out and none of the other ones compare lol. Thanks for giving me something to look forward to after I get out of work! Oh, and I couldn't help but notice we share the same alarm clock PNG and circle battery in the status bar, what theme are you using? (Funny cause you have good taste lol) - zmag