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[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
nothing except the drivers is needed, which they are included :D

earlier as in when? its only recently that i fixed it all up
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] pyropup55:
I want to say monday, haven't tried it since. I'll give it another shot tonight. Thanks for making this!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] DiNoise:
I'm sorry if it was mentioned somewhere else,

but is there any other way to root NS4G without resetting/erasing the phone?

Thanks.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] K@ng2011:
NO! If there is a text message too important to erase then please wait until you write it down.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Maximilian Mary:
No. There was	a method for rooting without wipe for previous versions of the Nexus S, but that does not work on Gingerbread 2.3.3 and later.

fastboot oem unlock

is a required step in rooting the ns4g (whether using a script or doing it manually), and it will wipe everything on the phone, including the sd card. Google calls it a security feature, or something like that.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] DiNoise:
Thanks for replying and explaining, I've been so busy lately that I just dont have time to read thru bunch of posts to find out, my Epic4G could be rooted without erasing phone's memory so I just wanted to make sure.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] DiNoise:
u mad? thanks for replying
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] dreamsforgotten:
My backup root will take care of this easily
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Maximilian Mary:
Am I correct in assuming that this app does not require root? A backup program that requires root might not be too useful for backing up files that will get wiped in the rooting process.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] davpel:
Has anyone tried to use this script on a Mac with Parallels or VM Fusion?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] pyropup55:
ok, I tried this again tonight. I downloaded the file in the first link, re-installed the pda-net drivers, when I got to the point where it reboot my phone, (i'm assuming into recovery) without pressing any buttons it would continue and then came up with a msg that adb.exe is not a recognized internal or external command. Did I do something wrong or did I download the wrong file?

Thanks
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] blizzake:
Thanks Shabby $15 headed you way as soon as the transfer goes through i know its not much but anything helps i figure. Keep up the good work
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] spx_trader:
Thanks for this!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] nate735:
This worked great for me... thanks!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
im glad everyone is enjoying it, thanks for all the support. i have plans to improve it just been busy helping the samsung prevail guys (boost) with root and getting some nice tasty roms :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] unomedmen1:
Is the recovery supposed to stick? I got into recovery initially but now when i go into recovery i get a little triangle with an exclamation point and a little android.

What went wrong?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
sorry it should have stuck ill look into it over the next few days, should have rooted you even still.. can use rom manager to make it stick
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] unomedmen1:
oh yes it did root me and im all good on that but I honestly don't know how to make it stick thru rom manager. Any advice? Sorry guys I come from a fully rooted and customized moment and phone is so easy to customize.

thanks
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] chewbz:
Download from rom manager and they also can flash it for you. Or you can do it the long way and set up adb and fastboot flash recovery ********.img lol

Sent from my Sexy Nexy 4 GIZZLE!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] unomedmen1:
I think I figured it out lol. I;m able to go into recovery now and no bootloop so I think I'm good. I appreciate all the advice and guys, thanks
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] unomedmen1:
I just realized that I no longer have the "old school tv" effect when I lock my phone. All I did not install any ROM or anything like that, just unlocked and recovery. Is anyone else experiencing the same? I really liked that effect too.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] dreamsforgotten:
spare parts turns it off if you have animations set to fast
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Maximilian Mary:
There seem to be a lot of reports of recovery not working. The problem might be cwm3101. From what I've read, 3024 is the latest stable version for the ns4g.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] unomedmen1:
oh sweet! that did it. thanks bro
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] unomedmen1:
Yeah I thought my recovery was sticking but I just attempted to go into recovery and I'm getting the triangle with the !
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Maximilian Mary:
To get the recovery to stick, rename /etc/install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.bak. Then reflash the recovery using fastboot or ROM Manager. The stock rom uses this file to restore the stock recovery when you boot normally. (Personally, I kind of like this option. My old LG Axis still has a broken recovery, with no way to fix it. If I'm right, it also makes it stupidly simple to unroot & restore to stock.)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] unomedmen1:
You know what, you make a good point. I will leave as is. All I wanted root for is to block and get rid of those darn ads all over the apps.

thanks
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] herbthehammer:
This script, no. Other things, yes. It didn't work out very well for me when I tried. I don't know why it was happening or not happening but if I had to guess, it would be that the process of unlocking and rooting and adb was making the phone connect and disconnect to many times in a short amount of time. I found that just making a partition on my drive and installing xp and not letting it get out on the net. I never had problems with any phones doing it that way.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] herbthehammer:
On the contrary, I found 3101 to be the first version that everything seems to work. Yeah you could use the old version. I did when that was the only one available in the beginning when I rooted it. There wasn't a script back then, you had to do it manually, which wasn't that big of a deal. I've done other phones manually that were many times more difficult or involved than this one.

It is intimidating at first but if you follow the directions, you'll see it wasn't as hard as you thought it would be.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] info[]box1:
Quick question : is it okay to wipe the dalvik cache on original cwm recovery?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
cwm 3.0.2.x was for the nexus s, cwm 3.1.x.x was teh first ns4g cwm. version 3.1.0.0 was broken

why does it matter? if you have a rom (like cyanogenmod) that uses get prop to find out what phone your on, it will say you have a nexus s, and refuse to flash the rom. same goes likewise for any nexus s owners who used this script.. it will root them but should they try to flash a zip that uses that command it will fail..
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] i4g3t143:
Sorry I remember seeing this somewhere but between work and the fire Co. I don't really have much time to find it again but I just rooted my phone the other day using this method. It was quick and easy. But how do I get it to charge past 95%? Or should I just recalibrate my battery?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] dreamsforgotten:
You really shouldn't try to that is intended. The smartphones batteries shouldn't be charged or drained 100%
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] i4g3t143:
Oh OK.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] dreamsforgotten:
Its a safety measure to preserve the longevity of the battery and keep heating issues to a minimum, you can hack it to get the last 5 prevent but I personally feel its unnecessary.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] dizbstretch:
Works like a charm, thanks - great thread
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Maximilian Mary:
I been a bit wary ever since ROM Manager took a crap in the recovery partition of my LG Axis, and refused to clean it up. (That phone still has no working recovery.)

Thank you for the clarification.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Bobbywatts:
Damn that was easy, Thanks Bro!

Edit: Cant get CWM to stick
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] markbrown:
Shabby, thanks for putting together the script, worked like a charm.

I am experiencing one annoying issue since rooting. Some apps I had installed prior to rooting from the market were no longer showing up in the market. Among the apps I could no longer find in the market were Epicurious, Fidelity Investments and Prey.

What is interesting is that if I did a google search of the app, google would show me android app results, and the link would take me to the market app page for the app and allow me to install it. But even after I installed the app if I go to the market app and search for the app I won't find it available in the market.

Why are many programs not showing up in my market?

I am not running a custom rom - all I did was root using shabby's one click.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] hellcatt:
so i have read this whole thread and my ns4g is coming tomorrow. so i ask:

1. just exactly which link is the most up to date?

2. should i activate the phone first or root it first?

3. has the issue ive seen about CMW not sticking been resolved?

4. im downloading ubuntu 10.04LTS right now would that make things easier?

i think thats it for now. coming over from an evo.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] bonao1851:
I just got my nexus tod

ay and I'm going to root it now, ill keep you posted
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
the original link is fine, dont use the mirror.

doesnt much matter

not atm, this will however still get you rooted so you can use things like rom manager to flash it

windows only for now

sorry guys been busy with the samsung prevail, they are on boost so xda doesnt support em and they had nothing going on so now they are rooted with a custom rom :D

i didnt forget about everyone tho ;)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] bonao1851:
man this was easy thanks for your great work ill donate:D:D
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] JamesR2677:
Rooting the Ns4g

Whats up guys.. I am new to the rooting department.. so bear with me pls. I did the whole rooting process and sucessfully had PDAnet installed on my phone.. so it didnt do anything afterwards. just was running the pda program. I finally decided to just go ahead and disconnect the phone and reboot it. after so i did download the root checker and it came back as not being rooted.. am i missing anything? what to do after pdanet is installed and running on my phone? help pls. Thanks for your time.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] dreamsforgotten:
Pda net is a program for your pc not the phone and its an exe so I doubt its running in your phone. It installs the necessary drivers for your phone
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] JamesR2677:
im lookin at it on my phone.. it says pdanet connected.. bytes 326k/1.32m activities 10/0 Battery 93%. What im asking is what do i do after pdanet is installed and running? Was that the one click root itself? I installed the root checker and its saying there is no root configured. THanks
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Maximilian Mary:
Pdanet is an app for sharing your phone's internet connection with pc. There is an app for your computer, and a complementary app for your phone.

For rooting, you do not need the phone app. You just install the Pdanet for windows on your computer. All we are using it for is to install the correct drivers so the computer will recognize your phone.

Open the PdanetA300 app that was included in the One-Click package.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] hellcatt:
damn this was easier then when i did my evo. so all the pdanet stuff can be deleted now right?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
yes it can
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] sunder74:
Great job on putting this together. But for anyone completely new to rooting I would still recommend doing the manual method its only a couple steps (it gets no easier than a Nexus device). Plus you get familiar with fastboot and adb. But for "advanced users" who know the what's and why's of rooting I think its a great tool. Again good job.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ripplecm:
So I ran the script, and had absolutely no problems. I don't understand how people are having problems. All you do is follow the readme, and then flash the recovery. Not much simpler than that.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] bnitty:
i just got my S4G today so bare with me, but i can't seem to get it to work. when i run run.bat it doesn't see my device, but i know I have drivers bkuz i've saved my sd on my PC. help...
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] dreamsforgotten:
install the pda net software in the folder with the one click you might have massstorage drivers but not adb composite and fastboot drivers
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] bnitty:
i'm having an issue. i ran & installed PDaNet64 but when i run the run.bat it doesn't recognize me device. any suggestions?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] bnitty:
thanks i finally got it to work & i'm rooted!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] noodle0506:
need help by tomarrow i need to return this phone.

So i ran this and it worked great for my wife but she has changed her mind and no longer wants the phone. so now i need to un root it every form i have read about unrooting this phone seems to be for the at&t version of the nexus s and not the sprint version. also since i used your script do i need to use a certain method for unrooting. or could you give me the steps or even a stock rom for sprint that i can flash then relock the boot loader as some of the forms have suggested for the at&t version. or will that even work?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] chewbz:
2 ways you can do it. Through fastboot using adb, or you can Odin it. Personally I would only use Odin if I soft bricked my phone, but since you don't have adb on your computer Odin maybe easier. If you plan on unrooting through fastboot, bugless Pete has all the img files you need. I used bugless Pete's method and it worked for me.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] noodle0506:
thanks for the quick reply so i found his stock rom but it looks as though he does use adb. if i download the android sdk 2.3.4 will that let me use command line to do adb?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] chewbz:
Okay so if your going to do it through adb you need to set up adb first. You can Google it and get the android sdk, but you will need Java Jdk installed first in order for the sdk is installed. If your down loading the sdk from Google I would get the recommended zip instead of the other. Btw wolverine's method has everything step by step on how to set up adb, I can't link it cause I'm on my phone but it should be in the sticky thread with all the guides and methods in the nexus s 4 g Dev. section. Keep us posted on your progress, setting adb is the tricky part. Actually unrooting by using it is rather easy.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] chewbz:
jaxov.com/2011/02/how-to-root-android-2-3-3-gingerbread-on-nexus-s/

Here is the link to wolverines method. I believe the first part talks about setting up adb. I did his method to the T except I installed everything on step 4.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] noodle0506:
cant seem to find a member by that name found one guy called xmens wolverine but nothing there about this kind of stuff. by the way really apreciate all of the help. or is he on another site? lol never mind. thanks again will keep you updated as i go along. going to the site now.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] chewbz:
Did the link work? Let me get on my comp real quick.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] noodle0506:
sorry yea it did work the only diffrence is it is for android sdk 2.3.3 and the nexus s 4g we have is 2.3.4 so i downloaded the sdk for that but about to start adb shell to see if i can use it if so then i will let you know. i had posted that link after you did and the not editing a post for 5 min thing made it seem like i didnt get your link lol. stupid spamers mess things up for everyone lol
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] chewbz:
Google "android sdk" if you want the lastest one. That is what I did.

Btw if you already installed the Java jdk and when you try to install the android sdk it says you don't have the jdk installed press back and install it again. It should reconize it.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] noodle0506:
this sucks im getting from the android sdk that it wont install the required tools
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] chewbz:
Try clicking all of them, the same thing happened to me. Keep continuing on with the method. Because even if it said it didn't install everything you may not need it all. Btw once you have adb set up you can check if its working by opening a command prompt(go to window scearch and type "cmd"), then turn on USB debugging on your phone(it is in applications -> development), plug USB into phone and type "adb devices" (without qoutes) a series of numbers should pop up, that is your phone id.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] noodle0506:
i have used adb before back when i got my evo when it first came out i rooted it threw adb very long process (adb push and all that stuff) but it has been a while and i dont think i had to set up anything in the path all i had to do was change the directory to the sdk tools folder but alot has changed since i did all of that. anyways it is installing some of them now after uninstalling the launcher 3 times and reinstalling it. so we will see what happens. thanks again for helping a nexus s 4g noob lol
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] chewbz:
yeah dude np, i dont want you to go through the same thing i did. Took me literally 11 hours to set the damn thing up, I did everything over like 7 times, it wasn't fun. But now at least I know the niches to help people out. And yeah dont forget the paths, **** wont work without it.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] noodle0506:
ok i have adb finaly ahhhh now back to that other post you put up.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] chewbz:
congrats dude, make sure ,you download the img files, there should be 4, boot.img, recovery.img, system.img, and userdata.img.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] noodle0506:
Chewbz Thank you so much for walking me threw this I could not have done it with out your help You are Awesome!!!! If theres anything you are haveing trouble with just let me know i may not be an expert on the nexus s but i am in the I.T. field and have been messing with computer for a very long time (ever since the 286 processer days lol) if i dont know the awnser i know someone who does. just starting to mess with android.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
sorry i didnt get here in time, but the one click comes with adb.exe >.>
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] chewbz:
Hey dude NP this is what xda is all about, helping others, I will be here in ns4g section, come back now ya hear.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
uhh course i will >.> its my one click :P;)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] chewbz:
Sorry totally jacked your thread, but hey he needed help. Can't leave the guy hanging :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
whoa whoa whoa, thats not at all what i mean.. sorry if tahts the impression you got. as a forum we should be here to help people at any time they need it
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] noodle0506:
Hey thanks but I tryed using the adb.exe file that you had in the files but could not figure out how to get it to work.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Darkness863:
HALPPPPPP

Im having problems, after i rooted using this method, I installed Rom Manager. At Rom Managers start you are told to flash clockwork mod, after doing that, i can no longer access recovery mode. Anyone experience this? or anyone know how to unroot it in order to do it all over again.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Maximilian Mary:
The phone will try to restore the stock recovery when you boot up. To get clockworkmod recovery to stick, rename /etc/install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.old. Then reflash clockworkmod.

(If you're still having problems, cold boot into recovery using volumeUp+power. Rebooting into recovery from rom manager seems to not work sometimes.)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Darkness863:
Thanks man, I checked in that folder and found nothing of the sort. I did however redownload Rom Manager and did an alternative flash, and i guess it took. Out of curiosity, how do I unroot this phone?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ptfdmedic:
We ALL benefit from this and it has only been thanked like 8 times. Show your appreciation and click the thanks button.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Maximilian Mary:
There are links in the Nexus S 4G Development stickies by bugless pete & vandam500.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ajpendo:
Problems backing up ROM with ROM manager.

I used the one click method and the device rooted. However, it hangs (Google screen with unlock icon) when I try and back up the ROM with ROM manager (after initial flash). Any suggestions how to rectify? I hope to try new ROM's (or reapply factory ROM if needed).

The Kernel is now 2.6.35.7-ge382d80 android-build@apa28 #1 and the

Baseband is D720SPRKD8

Thanks!!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
yes because clockwork mod recovery isnt truly flashed with this, i need to take teh time and actually fix it :( but alas i have been pretty busy. in rom manager flash cwm then reboot to backup
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] davidrey858:
Got it on the 2nd try...Much appreciated!

The first time around CWM did not show all available options so I tried to manually move su.zip to SD and recover but I got the ! alert. So I ran the script again and it worked like a charm. Who da man?.....you da man!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] davidrey858:
Stock Recovery..

The phone does install stock recovery for me as well...manaully flashing with clockwork mod recovery every time I install or back up a rom is no biggie for me...Thanks again!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] pyropup55:
Just wanted to say thanks! Tried our again the other night, don't know if I had gotten a bad download or an old copy, but this time it worked like a champ!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] whatsanti:
Is it possible to type in 'adb reboot bootloader' and 'fastboot oem lock' on your script? Or is it only able to grant root access? I've been looking for a way to use adb in order to relock my bootloader, but yours seems to be the only one that actually opens up, even if it isn't meant to be used to type in adb commands.
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] lucalau67:
Hi, I'm trying to change the text color in setting.apk,

but every time I try to decompile me error.

Someone has managed to do it without mistakes?

Many thanks
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] den339:
decompile:
[Atrix 4G General] smcastillo:
Ok so I got gingerblur 3.5 running on my atrix. But I have a problem, I cant get the Entertainment center to work so I can view stuff on my TV. I downloaded the gingerblur-entertainment-center-zip and applied it using the cwm recovery. But it still will not launch the entertainment center when I plug in the HDMI. I checked the file /system/build.prop and it shows hdmi.mirroring.enable=false. So that is right, but the line below it HDMI.default.app= . I am guessing that should have the dock provider or something there. When I plug into my tv, the tv screen flickers like it sees a connection but the phone never sends anything to it. I have root explorer but dont know how to edit those files, also dont know what should be there even if I did know how to edit that file. Any help would be much appreciated, even if some one would just look at there build,prop file and see what they have under the HDMI default app.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Greg11784:
This is a theme that removes the carrier logo while keeping everything else stock!

I've always removed the carrier logo as one of the first steps after updating. Sounds like lots of people have been requesting this feature.

You must be deodexed and running 1.83 or 1.57. I believe this only works on AT&T and it sounds like most AT&T things don't work on other carriers.

Also, this will remove any themes that you may have installed currently.

I've used this with Kenthepenn's deodexed files as well as GladiAtrix deodexed files without any problems.

I take no responsibility if you mess up your phone while doing this.

Download:

1.57: http://goo.gl/WTwpE

1.83: http://goo.gl/A4Feu

Directions:

0) Download the correct file!!! Double check this in About Phone if you are unsure.

1) Download to your SDCARD (Internal or External)

2) Install with CWM

3) Enjoy
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] trant01:
This wont work on .57?
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Greg11784:
I've added the 1.57 files. Had it in the archives :)