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[Nexus S Themes and Apps] HareyCarey:
<--noob

So, this will unlock the bootloader, root and then flash the clockwork recovery mod? And then to put it back to stock I would have to follow the other guide by Bugless Pete? Let me ask a stupid one and ask if there is a guide for windows that is up to date and current to 2.3.4? BuglessPete's guide seems to be for Mac and it doesn't really state what you need other than the downloads. It is almost written for people who have more experience with their computers and with adb and fastboot, whereas I have very little experience(although I am trying to learn as much as I can each day)with my computer running command prompts and the language and where to even download adb and fastboot and/or how to use them. Am I overanalyzing this or what?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
yea its in the script..
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Maximilian Mary:
I mean if you want that line to work, wouldn't you need to put adb shell in front of it?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] chewbz:
No question is stupid, with that being saidI have unrooted my ns4g with that method while using a window PC. Basicly for bugless Pete's method you can place all the img files in the android sdk -> tools folder. Then you put the phone in fasboot. Open cmd then locate the android sdk file by typing "cd c: system x86\android\tools" note: that is just an example that I came on top of my head, your sdk folder can be somewhere else in your c drive. After that you can type the commands like "fastboot flash system system.img"

Hopefully this isn't too confusing
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] HareyCarey:
So, I can put the imgs into sdk tools folder, what about cwm? Would it need to be in the same folder as well? After I do that, I would plug my phone in(usb debug mode on, usb storage off or on?) and open a command prompt and find the sdk tools folder and use the commands listed? Will the commands from the prompt put it in fastboot or is fastboot a driver in sdk? I think I need an android/windows functionality FAQ for dummies..
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] MrDrumngun:
Does this one click root method work for the Nexus s 4g as well?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Maximilian Mary:
Yes.

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[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Evan_TechBamboo:
I have two questions. 1, does this install SU along with the root or will I have to do that separately? 2, whats the best method to unroot without factory reset?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] chewbz:
Yeah anytime you want to flash img files you just drag and drop it into sdk -> tools. But if you just shabby's one click it does everything for you.

Otherwise if you wanna root the long way, then yes you will have to manually unlock the phone, flash cmw, and through cmw flash super user.

The pros of doing it manually would be that you can make a backup of your phone without su installed and you may also be able to have a stock recovery, so unrooting would just be to restore your phone to that backup and just lock up your phone and bam done.

fastboot mode is when you turn off your phone then hold volume down then hold power mode. Here is where you type in your command prompts like; fastboot oem lock

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash systemdata systemdata.img etc.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] HareyCarey:
Thank you very much for taking the time to explain that to me. I feel much more confident in performing a root now. I will wait for the new OTA update first and see what changes. I only want a stock rooted ROM with a custom kernel with voodoo and battery life improvements, so it is time to do some more homework and see what kernels are floating around.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] MrDrumngun:
Do y'all think this will still work even after the update next week? Or should I root now and wait for somebody to post a rooted deodexed version of the update?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
yes this will indeed still work :) the bootloader is unlocked.. this will forever work :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Skimp Killah:
Used this as soon as I got my nexus, was unlocked, and rooted with cwm in five minutes. Good work.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] makotech222:
So, theres an update coming for the nexus s 4g next week. Will it work on a rooted phone? if not, is there an easy way to unroot it with this program?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] MrDrumngun:
Do you guys think we would lose root by accepting the update coming next week for the nexus s 4G?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
no, there is no way to get the ota you will forever be locked on this firmware. no one will ever make a zip and upload it to xda prerooted, and rom devs WILL NOT update their roms.. sorry guys your stuck here

that will be my answer to anyone asking on how to unroot so they can get the update.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] makotech222:
thankss the nexus s 4g is my first android phone :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ajpendo:
Will appreciate help

I followed the one click root method. However I am unable to run a boot or recovery image or back up the ROM with ROM manager.

I would greatly appreciate help (and will be happy to make a donation once problem resolved!).

At this point I get to the fastboot mode (HERRING) and unable to recover. Only options are reboot and loop back to reboot bootloader (not helpful!)

My goal is to be able to use different ROMs as they come along (improve battery life etc).

FYI. I have android SDK and PDAnet installed successfully but not sure how to proceed form here.

Alternatively is there a method to reset to stock?

Thanks
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
i can help you out via teamviewer if you wish
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] warttack:
Shabby pm me or come to irc when u have some free time. Do you still have that epic?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] firket2000:
I've been trying to use the one click root to get root on my wife's ns4g but I get the bootloader unlocked but get an error after that it says

Pushing files over

error: device not found

'mv' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

Select go back (the bottom most option) or hit the back arrow softkey

Then select option 5 from the top, (install zip from sd card)

Press any key to continue . . .

any one have any ideas what I'm doing wrong

Ive got it wprking now
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] abax44:
I went through all the steps to the end, unlocked and installed files from sd, etc... But when I try to use ROM Manager, or Titanium Backup I'm told I don't have root. :confused: Also, if I try to manually go into recovery I end up with the ! and little Android guy. I do get Clockword to work while going through the install steps.

Any ideas?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] firket2000:
I we getting the same problem. You didn't get to clockworkmod flashed what I ended up doing was delete the down loads to do one click mod and redownloded them then it worked fine the next time I tried
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Maximilian Mary:
Clockworkmod will get replaced by the stock recovery (the triangle) when you boot normally. If you installed the superuser zip, you should have root. The BusyBox installer should give you the additional root tools you need. (Titanium can also do this for you.) Use Root Checker to verify.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
Uploaded version 2.0

Changelog:

Added busybox install

Removed that pesky installrecovery.sh so now anyone running this will have cwm

upgraded to cwm 4.0.0.2 orange courtesy of j_r0dd

http://goo.gl/VaJmc
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] MrDrumngun:
When I try to do this it says that adb.exe is not recognized as an internal or operable command and to enable usb debugging which I did have enabled. Help please?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
are you extracting teh whole zip and running it?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] jwest452:
i just got my nexus s 4g and im trying to use your one click method and im getting stuck. when its boots into fastboot after you start the procedure where you unlock it, i dont have the option to unlock.

any ideas
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] MrDrumngun:
I extracted it and see all the files inside. I ran the pda net, it's works. I opened the read me and read that. I then put the adb and fastboot .exe's on my computer. I then ran run.bat with debugging enabled.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] abax44:
Thanks fellas. :cool:
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] abax44:
I get the unlocked lock showing, but when I installed BusyBox it tells me I don't have root. I installed all files that the OP's process stated. Even says "congratulations, you are rooted"

This program runs everything in the .zip file, no?

Sorry...new to Nexus, coming over from a Hero.

EDIT - Bah, sorry for all the q's, guys. I got it. I thought this was running the su.zip on its own, I didn't realize I needed to select it manually. Man I feel like a tool. Thanks for the help, and thanks to the OP for making this. Much appreciated.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
tahts your issue.. leave teh files where they are in the folder

if your running version 2.0 you do not need to install busybox afterwards
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] MrDrumngun:
Well before that it did not even find the files.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
O.o im talking about adb and fastboot

they need to be in the folder with teh bat file
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Ichiban Rei:
Thanks so much for this root method. I just got my Nexus yesterday, coming from the Evo. The instructions were great, and rooting was a breeze!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] MrDrumngun:
This is what I did originally. I downloaded the file and opened it. Ran PDA Net and then run.bat. No go. ?:confused:
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] blueluck77:
How exactly will this effect the OTA update to 2.3.5 that we are supposed to be getting on Monday? Will we still be able to get it?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
honestly not quite sure, as the new version installs busybox and cwm, so cant give a straightforward answer without knowing as this will be my first nexus update as well. diff phones have diff ways of doing it.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Maximilian Mary:
I think the update will fail IF it includes an update to the stock recovery or install-recovery.sh.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] blueluck77:
Any idea why it wont let me do a hard reset? I get the Android with the ! on my screen when it reboots, requires a battery pull after doing root.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] crankless:
I just installed the 2.3.5 update think I can still root using this?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] crankless:
Works just fine, weird thing is my market app updated to new version, never would before I rooted and unlocked
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] unomedmen1:
So this OneClick works to root a stock 2.3.5 NS4G? I've used it before on 2.3.4 but I just want to be safe
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
yes, as long as you use the nexus s 4g this will root it
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] unomedmen1:
Perfect! Do we still have to manually push the SU.zip?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
this one should be a lot nicer then version 1, but yes you have to flash it still
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] bigtoysrock:
Is it wise to rename the stock recovery so you dont lose CWM? If its ok to do that what was the name of it you had to change? Or if anyone could point me to that, I cant remember where that was and search is not turning it up. Keeps coming back with nothing.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] bigtoysrock:
That was easy peasy baby!! Thanks Shabby
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] snarebum:
ive been searching and to no avail im stuck. i followed the instructions to a tee and i went through everything fine. shows me unlocked and everything but now when I try to get back into the recovery its like it didnt stick. im not sure what to do now. sorry if this has been answered. im coming from a evo 3d...LONG STORY..anyway if someone could help. youd be the man or woman..you can choose.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
yea version one was for rooting, due to the number of complaints etc i expanded it, version 2 now installs busybox and cwm, redownload and run again :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] snarebum:
i re downloaded it and went through it all again..once again I got to CMW using the bat but when i try it on my own..nothing...idk why im having so much trouble...im on 2.3.5 btw and yes its a nexus s 4g. root checker said i had root but busybox wasnt installed from bat
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
you are using 2.0 correct?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] snarebum:
yes the one from the OP.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
no, the op isnt me. i need to make a new thread and plan on doing it with 3.0

the second post is where 2.0 is
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] snarebum:
i am a jackass..im really sorry..i should go back and get an eye exam...will post back if worked.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] snarebum:
THANKS! DUDE! its finally working...though it would have been working from the get go if I could learn how to read english. sorry for the confusion but thanks for your help man!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
glad to hear it worked :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] EVO in OHIO:
Do you have a ballpark time frame for 3.0 release?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
3.0 just brings some new features to it, if you need to root the process will be the same just adding in a menu etc
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] mernst2:
Hey Shabby

First I should say that my phone updated to 2.3.5 this morning. Whenever i got to the screen in cwm that is to install from sd card the su.zip file was not there. Now whenever i try to install again it says

if your phone is not displayed or it stays on waiting for device for too long then there was an error with the drivers or its not in fastboot

3630FE99F34500EC fastboot

Please look at your phone

Using Volume up and down please choose the unlock option, hit power to make the

selection

... FAILED (remote: Already Unlocked)

rebooting...

Press any key to continue . . .

What should I do to try to get it fully rooted?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] MrDrumngun:
I guess my Nexus S 4G will never be rooted because I can not get the Android SDK to install on my computer and I can't figure out how to make this work. I wish there was a yt vid showing step by step.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Maximilian Mary:
This zip includes fastboot (and adb). Extract the files, and you should be able to use one of the stickied rooting guides.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] chewbz:
Don't say that man, if you need a video ill make one, what are you stuck at? Did you get the jdk installed?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
you mean like the video in the second post >.>

?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] NexusS4ghelp:
Trouble Rooting

Thanks in advance for your patience. :-)

I downloaded everything in the very first link and unzipped it.

I am on Android version 2.3.5

I am running Windows 7 and connected my Sprint nexus S 4G to the computer with USB debugging turned off. I installed PdaNetA300x64 and eventually it told me to turn USB debugging on to complete the pda net installation. I did that and everything seemed fine. My phone showed PDA net.

Then I ran run.bat as an administrator and eventually got "error: device not found"

What am I doing wrong? Any help for this n00b would be greatly appreciated. All I'm really trying to do is get wireless tethering for root working. Please help!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
disable pdanet and ensure usb debugging is enabled
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ElCamino:
Hello Shabbypenguin,

I just purchased the Nexsus S i9020AUCKE1 and I did the unlock bootloader last night and my WiFi on the Nexsus S doesn't work anymore. It will not connect to my wireless router. It shows as connecting and then shows disabled. Any ideas why this is happening?

Also I just want to root the phone to install the Android Wireless Tether, in case I have to take it back to the store and don't want them to say it has been rooted. Thanks for any ideas.

UPDATE:

My mistake. I was using the wrong password for my router, so that's why it wasn't connecting. So now back working WiFi; which was working all this time.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
ah ok, well you used this on your phone? if so download rom manager and flash cwm, you may get away with flashing a rom for a while and being rooted but since this flashes the nexus s 4g recovery. so if a rom/kernel uses teh grep command youll get an error.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ElCamino:
Which root tool do you recommend me to use for the Nexsus S? As you know I used the One click Nexsus S-4G 2.0. Also installed Rom Manager and installed CM7 build #150. I want to make sure I have the right custom ROM for my Nexsus S and be able to upgrade down the road? Thanks for your help.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
the tool works fine for yall, just make sure to load up rom manager and choose the option to flash clockworkmod recovery for the nexus s. :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] ElCamino:
Great thanks. And yes I did do that and did a ROM backup before installing CM7 which saved me the first time. For some reason when I installed the CM7 the first time and I rebooted it just hang up on the CM7 screen. So I powered off and held volume up and power to choose recovery and picked my backup I did and booted back up and tried again and everything working so far. I only have had one lock that I had to pull the battery out last night.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
are you wiping before flashing cm7? you need to wipe cache data and dalvik before going from rom to rom (whether its stock to cm7 or miui or to aosp or to some other random crazy thing ;) )
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Jagar123:
I am having this problem too. When I try to run recovery it goes to the exclamation error screen. Like the OP I updated to 2.3.5 manually and then was going to use the su.zip to root it again but I can't even get that far. When I tried to unlock it again it says:

if your phone is not displayed or it stays on waiting for device for too long th

en there was an error with the drivers or its not in fastboot

373275C5BF3900EC fastboot

Please look at your phone

Using Volume up and down please choose the unlock option, hit power to make the

selection

... FAILED (remote: Already Unlocked)

Press any key to continue . . .

Any ideas guys?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
hit any key to continue.....

the script will run on, your bootloader is unlocked so hence the error
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] PMDColeslaw:
Trying to use this method I get to the bootloader and the script asks me to look at my phone and select "Unlock" but I do not have an option that says unlock. I have Reboot Bootloader, Reboot, Recovery, and Power Off as the only options. What should I do from here?

I'm on the 2.3.5
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
no idea......
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Jagar123:
Well I feel sheepish.. Thanks Shabby!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] amosher13:
same here, got mine yesterday and the OTA to 2.3.5 hit it and i get the same thing, no unlock option in fastboot mode. :\ guess i'll keep looking

EDIT: ended up using the manual method as it seems there is no unlock option on the fastboot mode screen in 2.3.5. fastboot oem unlock did work, however. then just flashed new recovery via adb. installed rooted deodexed stock GRJ90 and it wouldnt boot until i flashed boot.img even though the zip says it does that. all up and running now, let me know if anyone else has problems on 2.3.5 and i can try and help.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
people if you have been rooted before then your bootloader is already unlocked, ergo the command to unlocked it wont work.. just hit any key to continue
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] caseyatbt:
I can't get CWM to stay installed. I have to use ROM Manager to reinstall it everytime so I can get into recovery. Anyone know of a way to keep it installed?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] churro7:
Is there a way to root without total data loss?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Maximilian Mary:
Rename /etc/install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.bak .
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] illatwill:
This is giving me a headache!

I have a Nexus S 4G w/ Android 2.3.5

I run PdaNet and it keeps popping up with the window "Please perform the following steps to complete USB driver installation.

1. Enable usb debugging mode

2. Connect phone

3. If prompted w/ new hardware wizard..."

I have repeated the steps about 100 times but new hardware wizard does not appear, and in device manager it says I already have the recommended drivers installed for the device (which it lists as "disk drive")

I click OK and it says "Android phone not detected..."

I'm sure disk drive is not the right driver I want installed but this is where I am stuck. I do not know how to install the correct driver or where I would even obtain it from.

Please help!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] churro7:
Any method that doesnt wipe the phone?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Maximilian Mary:
Nope.

fastboot oem unlock does a full wipe, and is the only known way to root the Nexus S.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
those arent the right drivers your looking for a bunch of ones to be installed
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] illatwill:
Where do I get the drivers and how do I get them to install then?

I'm having the worst time trying to root this, and it is supposed to be easy!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
not sure why pda net isnt doing it for you, there must be something wrong with the connection. try a new usb port, new cable, uninstalling pdanet and reinstall again. are you picking samsung as the device manufacturer when it pops up?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] illatwill:
I uninstalled and now when I go to reinstall it it pops up saying this
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
so go to task manager and kill adb.exe
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] churro7:
hopefully the built in backup n restore can restore everything
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] illatwill:
I do and then I just proceed to get the same error messages...

Plug in my phone, nothing happens, click okay and this again...

Isn't the whole point of this PdaNet to install the drivers automatically? It isn't installing anything, I do not understand what is going wrong here!?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
the backup and restore wont save your data, at best it will save your apps.

are you running pdanet as administrator?

what os are you on?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] illatwill:
Windows 7. Thank you for all your help.

Apparently it is now rooted. What a giant headache!

BIG THANKS to everyone that helped me out (shabbypenguin, jakkz, supralover72, ect.)

jakks sent me the following link: HTTP://dottech.org/tipsntricks/21534/

which seemed to help a great deal. basically just moved the files i had already installed onto the root of my c drive and they decided to work!

:D
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] jgreene1014:
Will this work on the sprint nexus s running 2.3.5?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] crankless:
Worked just fine for me on 2.3.5
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] bigtoysrock:
That's what a NS4G is, Nexus S 4G.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] technorooster:
Thanks a bunch. Worked like a charm. Had some issues were cm was uninstalling itself after every restart, but I installed root explorer and renamed the install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.bak, and it all worked out.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] dpro11:
I am having trouble getting clockwork to install. I get through all the steps fine until the phone is unlocked and reboots back into recovery mode. Once i move the volume button to hit recovery with the power button, the phone restarts and gets stuck at a screen image that shows the triangle with an exclamation point. Any ideas how i can solve this?

I am running 2.3.5

The screen on my computer says error: cannot load 'recovery.img'
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] asaetern:
Thank you for your work shabby, I just rooted and it went smoothly.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] shabbypenguin:
odd, are you extracting the whole folder? can you see a recovery.img file inside teh folder?