[Nexus One General] Lt.Fury:
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Since the Nexus One has been updated to 2.3.4, most root applications have been patched, superoneclick root and gingerbreak dont work. However, this does (Roots to 2.3.3) without unlocking the bootloader.

First of all, huge thanks to danger-rat and Phoenix84118 on the N1 Forums and XDA for walking me through this (and holding my hand I might add)

Disclaimer: I will not be held responsible for your phone. If your phone explodes/bricks or even releases the plague, it is your fault, and your fault alone. You take all responsibility for going through with this tutorial.

Downloads you need:

You can download these before hand or just download them as you read the guide.

[step 01] http://goo.gl/fWoS6

[step 08] http://goo.gl/ajTCV (get the latest version)

(edit: the link seems to be down, you will have to regester on xda and download it from the bottom of the post, v1.9.5 should work, http://goo.gl/lFTio )

[step 12] http://goo.gl/ZN5ON , http://goo.gl/4ULk and http://db.tt/ooDaCnU

1) Download http://goo.gl/fWoS6 (UNZIP THIS, then move on)

2) Rename it to PASSIMG.zip (NOT PASSIMG.zip.zip) If you can't see the '.zip', don't type it (the download already is a .zip).

3) Plug your Nexus One into the computer and mount it (or put the SD card into a card reader). Place the zip above into the root directory of the SD card.

4) Boot your phone into bootloader mode(Power + Vol-), Hold them down until you get a white screen.

5) If PASSIMG is correctly recognized, you'll see a prompt to install it (Vol+). Follow the directions. THIS WILL ERASE ALL THE DATA ON THE PHONE (will NOT erase the SD card).

6) When it's done, the phone will reboot. (Vol+)

7) Remove/rename the PASSIMG.zip file, so it won't check for it again (delays recovery mode by minutes).

8) Now to root your N1, go here http://goo.gl/ajTCV and download the latest version.

[before you continue, ensure you have the android sdk and drivers upto date]

(edit: the link seems to be down, you will have to regester on xda and download it from the bottom of the post, v1.9.5 should work, http://goo.gl/lFTio )

9) Unzip it , hook up you N1 to a pc and open up the superoneclick root program.

10) Click root, When it says: Waiting for Device, Turn USB Debugging ON

11) Install ROM Manager, open it, and click Flash ClockworkMod Recovery.

[Note if it failed, download the Superuser app from the market to update it, then reboot and su should not work, in ROM Manager, click repair]

[Before you do this step, download these and place it on your sd card: http://goo.gl/ZN5ON , http://goo.gl/4ULk and http://db.tt/ooDaCnU ]

12) Now click reboot into clockwork recovery.

-Install .zip from sdcard

-Choose .zip from your sd card

-Yes, and let the update install

13) During this process the phone will reboot twice

The first time will show you the solid X, then go back to recovery, the second time, it will show you the solid X, here, you must pull the battery before it moves onto the animation.

Failure to do this in time means youwill have to restart the entire process, as CWM and the root is lost.

14) Now boot up the phone into recovery (power + vol-) then select recovery

15) CWM should still be on there, now install a zip from sdcard and pick su-2.3.4.1-ef-signed.zip

16) Install the Recovery-Fix.zip

17) Once complete, hit back and reboot the system!

You now have root on android 2.3.3! Congratulations!