yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S General] DaX05:
Haha me too!! This one worked great!!

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Thank you so much for the su-install.zip!! That version did the trick!
[Nexus S General] funkiefresh:
Confirmed has root access but su app not requesting permissions
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
yeah finally able to restore all my backups from Ti
[Nexus S General] :
Works on my I9020A

Thanks
[Nexus S General] SoMeOnEnUlL:
Thank you. It work on I9023XXKI1. ;)

I can't find the "Thank you" button, so I am thanking here. :D
[Nexus S General] marcelnn:
Agreed. Wish it was mentioned by the OP in the first place.

Well, reflashing stock and will run unrooted for a while.
[Nexus S General] Charleszan:
Working great! Thanks!
[Nexus S General] BiOMECHANiK:
Same here su don't ask for permissions.

Root access works great on I9023 with root explorer, titanium backup and adfree.

Thank you.
[Nexus S General] :
It works, but my wifi keeps disconnecting.
[Nexus S General] Azygos1:
Worked for i9023 and didn't wipe the sd... THX!
[Nexus S General] SalsaForte:
Can I say I love you! ;)
[Nexus S General] vviper:
Isn't the point of the superuser app to notify you when an app wants root permissions as a form of security! lol.
[Nexus S General] tohg2:
This method worked great for me. I always had problems getting the drivers to set up and run fast boot on windows. The PDAnet drivers and the .bat file made things very simple. Thanks a lot for this
[Nexus S General] dan96815:
I guess my issue is u flashed stock i9023a and not I 9023
[Nexus S General] bmaa:
When I flash back to 2.3.6, do I have to fastboot look or just leave it unlock? Thank you.
[Nexus S General] anirudh.pullela:
Updated OP. Sorry for not mentioning before! :)
[Nexus S General] rguz:
Thanks for finding a way to fix this. Currently restoring my old apps+data via Titanium Backup.

Cheers from the Philippines.
[Nexus S General] jroid:
On step 5, there is no need to rename the script, just remove it since it will no longer be in use after you rename it.

rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
[Nexus S General] jeffkhlam:
Same here. Million thanks.
[Nexus S General] anirudh.pullela:
Was just following the old rooting guide in which it was mentioned to rename. Thanks for the heads-up though. :)
[Nexus S General] emjayes:
Thanks, this worked like a charm.

If you, like me had an issue that if you tried to go to the recovery from fastboot and had a black screen, it's easy to fix:

After successfully rooting your phone, just open Rom manager and flash Clockworkmod recovery again. (even if the current and latest versions are equal)

After that you can go to recovery as usual and actually see what you are doing.
[Nexus S General] nicholasbgr:
Thanks for the file.
[Nexus S General] alexs77:
Stock 2.3.6 - where?

Could someone please post a link to a download of the Stock 2.3.6 for the I9023?
[Nexus S General] DumbUglyDragon:
I see I wasn't the only one lol

On second thought, I'll wait for a SU that prompts for permission.

I was able to restore using Titanium by installing it after i went back to 2.3.6 and rooted, then used OTA protecter, then updated, then restored lol
[Nexus S General] nadiros:
Eh - Link is a few pages back

-peace-
[Nexus S General] nolook:
does this wipe your phone? im completely stock never unlocked bootloader before, etc...just updated to ICS last night but want root without reinstalling everything..
[Nexus S General] eric884:
can I do this if i have never rooted/done anything to my phone? i've played around with my old htc magic, but not the NS. so i'm not completely new to this.
[Nexus S General] jordivf:
Thanks a lot!

Finally ICS with a visible, stable non-disappearing recovery and root.

No frills about the permaroot and no prompt as I trust the developers from the apps I use.
[Nexus S General] Zor Omega:
Just curious as to why there's no cwm. Zip available. Back when I had my epic 4g the devs had a flashable. Zip file up within like 2 hours of an update

! :-*. Lol. Seriously. Though great job devs, can't wait till the ns 4g gets some love!

From Degobah
[Nexus S General] rguz:
My recovery was still broken after following this guide, but I managed to find a way around it by flashing the latest Clockworkmod recovery using ROM Manager, even if the current version is the same.
[Nexus S General] kewlguru:
I just took the root.zip from the script and updated!

Works like a charm. Thanks a bunch

Yeah there is no prompt for su access. I can live with it for the moment.
[Nexus S General] buachaille:
OP - Thanks very much. I have fully rooted ICS with up to date CWM that sticks after reboot.

GOOD JOB :D

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Eh???? I have never had any app ask for root access that I have had to deny, and I've been running as root for a year. Unless you do some things with your phone that mean you are liable to come across dodgy root level apps, why are you worried.
[Nexus S General] TrueYears:
interesting thanks
[Nexus S General] jackeylei:
Rogers/at&t 9020a

Flash recovery, install root.zip, fix permission.

Root success!

Thanks slot.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] jeffkhlam:
just one question, is there a better way to get to cwm recovery? i need to use volume up and power to get to fastboot first, then choose recovery to get to cwm. i used to use roms with reboot into recovery option so i forgot if its supposed to be a two step process or is there a one step way?

thanks in advance.
[Nexus S General] robrob777:
Found it. it is very easy and keeps CWR

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=875630
[Nexus S General] DaX05:
Oh man! I went and updated the superuser using Superuser Fixer, and I lost root lol. Now I have to wait until I get home to use fast boot again.

I was trying to see if I could get the prompt for root access.

Beamed from my Nexus S using XDA Premium App
[Nexus S General] rub1k:
I'm a control freak and I even firewall things that shouldn't have Internet access, etc. :p

To each their own. I'm not saying you'd be stupid to run it without confirmations or anything like that.

As long as people are aware (thanks OP for editing the first post to mention it) and can make their own decisions if they're OK with running it that way, that's great!
[Nexus S General] Serious_Beans:
After flashing the zip and changing the install recovery.sh file the vibrate on my phone is really weak, I need to reboot to fix it but after the phone being on for a while it becomes very weak again...idk what recovery and root have to do with vibration settings but its messed up lol.
[Nexus S General] netarchy:
Working su binary for official ICS OTA

If you lost your ability to su (the binary only, not the app) with the ICS OTA, flash this in recovery. That is all. Superuser.apk appears to not request permission still, although any apps that were previously allowed *should* continue to be allowed.

working su for official ICS

su binary courtesy of cyanogenmod.
[Nexus S General] Chamb':
Request for permission works ?

EDIT: doesn't work, no root access.
[Nexus S General] netarchy:
hrmm, it would appear I spoke a little too soon, the su binary def works, but req for permission doesn't appear to be working for me now. doh
[Nexus S General] buachaille:
I used to be like that on my pc come to think of it. I must be getting more laid back in my old age :)

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You sure that isn't a coincidence. There surely can't be a link between these 2 functions - can there??
[Nexus S General] SalsaForte:
Am I the only one : su doesn't ask for permissions. All apps get root access?
[Nexus S General] ghost_301:
Thanks OP! It really works on my i9023!

Though I have spend quite some time figuring out why I cannot execute fastboot, turn out that the SDK from R14 onwards have it removed, which is a bug.

Anyhow, thanks again for the instruction!

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I don't think it has anything to do with this. In the kwiboo alpha ICS ROM I already have this problem for a few times, though after a while it seems to be gone. Perhaps a bug in ICS for Nexus S.
[Nexus S General] baolongn:
tried it. installation aborted due to verification. going to redownload and try again.
[Nexus S General] Ricky`:
I followed this guide and i've rooted my phone successully.

BTW looks like my phone doesn't have (or doesn't show me the recovery).

After flashing the recovery img (cwm 5.0.3) i used it for flashing the su-install and for fixing permissions but now if boot into recovery mode i see for a second a kind of android picture and after that just black screen. I tried to boot into recovery with "adb reboot recovery" and turing on the phone pressing volume up. Any idea?
[Nexus S General] alexxdj:
Hi, i don't have stock recovery but cwm v4.0.1.4 with stock 2.3.6 root and unlocked boot loader. Can i use the guide of the 1st page? Thanks!.
[Nexus S General] mayankchopra:
lol doesnt work :(
[Nexus S General] Hamletiano:
Exactly the same as me.

Any ideas?

My CWM disappears after every reboot. :(
[Nexus S General] TRIUMF:
I've noticed it once having unrooted stock ICS. So CWM or root doesn't have anything to do with vibrate.
[Nexus S General] Jabaculemos:
Is there any way to make Superuser ask for permission when an app needs root access? It doesn't show which apps are allowed either...
[Nexus S General] Realtyem:
script request

Ok here's an easy one that I can't seem to get working, a simple flashable script to remove the install-recovery.sh file from /system/etc. Seems redundant, doesn't it...but would make it a little simpler to keep stock and still have a custom recovery.
[Nexus S General] AsianXL:
After following this guide, and successfully rooted my phone. Installed Rom Manager, restarted my phone, now CWM is corrupted.
[Nexus S General] mindwalkr:
hey guys,

just flashed su-install.zip and booted up. Trying to use Titanium to restore my old apps but it stay forever restoring any single app so I'm doubting I really have complete root ? Did I miss something ?

Does the su-install.zip fix the permissions itself ? what exactly do I have to do here ? thanks a lot for the help!

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well turns out I was trying to restore the backups with an older version of Titanium cause I restored an older clean NANDdroid prior to updating to ICS. Updated Titanium backup and it can restore things now :)
[Nexus S General] DaX05:
Good! Just don't update the superuser or you'll lose root like me lol. Had to reflash again.

Waiting on an updated Superuser.apk for our ICS. This will do until then.
[Nexus S General] Lalaca:
Your wish has been granted. The attached zip is exactly that.
[Nexus S General] AnthonyAldrete:
can i do this all from my phone or do i need my pc ?
[Nexus S General] SalsaForte:
Same here!
[Nexus S General] caliban2:
Rather easy:

Delete the recovery-folder from ics-zip before flashing. Works fine. But I don't know if this works with locked bootloader - mine is unlocked.
[Nexus S General] Realtyem:
Perfect thank you so much.
[Nexus S General] rub1k:
Not until there is a fix released for it...
[Nexus S General] mkoch820:
Need pc, for the recovery part. Without root you can't flash recovery from your phone only.
[Nexus S General] Ari Gold:
I cant use fastboot while in bootloader? When my phone actually is "on" it shows my device when i type "adb devices" but in bootloader "fastboot devices" doesnt.. how can i fix this?

/E Nevermind, i fixed this.. Needed to install the Samsung Driver again manually while in fastboot mode.. Sorry guys :)
[Nexus S General] nexusphone:
@netarchy How about your kernel update?
[Nexus S General] mindwalkr:
power + volume up until you get into recovery mode. Once that happens, with the phone plugged into the PC, do fastboot boot 5023-green.img or whatever your clockwork recover file name is. That's how I do it. Obviously for this to work, you must be in the terminal in the present directory of the recovery image and fastboot must be in the PATH env variable.

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WTF guys I just unplugged my Nexus from the PC a little while ago after doing all the upgrade and I'm getting 30 mins wake time on Android OS ? My battery is draining faaaast!! Waiting a little bit more to see if it stabilizes though...
[Nexus S General] kooskoos1814:
Works perfect, thanks !
[Nexus S General] leslie.hon:
Worked

Worked on my i9023 HK Version with Stock ICS 4.0.3 (clean install OTA package and wipe anything):D

No data and setting loss after root
[Nexus S General] buachaille:
Thanks for this op. Would you like to see a video of my reaction to the success of this flash. I'll post anyway :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An8jIjr7EO4&feature=related

:D

As you can see I was pretty chuffed :)
[Nexus S General] winteum:
Error: Device not found.

I do have debugging checked!
[Nexus S General] hispeedworm:
i used the method... renamed the the install sh file .. and when i rebooted it went back to stock recovery and CWM was wiped :(
[Nexus S General] fabulous69:
hi

I used this, root is ok but wifi has a problem. I'm connected but the icon in notif bar stays grey, and i have not any internet connection at this time

retried a flash with no root: it works

root again: wifi can't connect ...

Really strange!
[Nexus S General] forcyy:
rename is good ,so we can recover it as we need.

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you are not alone.

everyone use this root method will get the same result:"all the app need root permission will get root permission without asking you"

hope ChainSDD will update the su package so that we can have permission control back.
[Nexus S General] astmacca:
"i used the method... renamed the the install sh file .. and when i rebooted it went back to stock recovery and CWM was wiped "

same same. Flashed clockwork again, after deleting hte install.sh file and all is well now.
[Nexus S General] klone96:
This is my situation.. (yesterday) i went from CM9 a13 to Stock 2.3.6 with LOCK STATE- UNLOCKED in bootloader.. obviously cant get into cwm recovery bcuz when i flashed stock i lost it.. this morning when i woke up i saw the official 4.0.3 update. downloaded it but NOW idk what to do.. i read a page back that u needed ur laptop to flash something.. im not a noob and can flash almost anything but can some one please tell me how to go from stock 4.0.3 to rooted w/ recovery this is the only thing i always have problems with.. hope im in the right thread
[Nexus S General] DaX05:
Read the first post buddy. Have to use fastboot.

Should look like this but with the latest CWM recovery.

Example of Fastboot: http://db.tt/6Qg3d50c
[Nexus S General] teodysalivia:
I can't make it work.

"pushing su." takes forever.

Please help. I ended up wiping all and locking my bootloader again.
[Nexus S General] nevarDeath:
Works on my i9020T.

"All your base are belong to us" quickly flashing off the screen at the end of the batch file is not really something someone wants to see after giving a stranger permission to run apps as admin in windows and flashing things into my phone. Thank you regardless
[Nexus S General] vulcanrav3n:
Happened to me as well. Flashed recovery again, but didn't delete teh install-recovery.sh.old. just went into recovery then made a nandroid, and recovery sticks for whyever.
[Nexus S General] Ari Gold:
I know, not the first time im doing something like this but fastboot just didnt recognize my phone. It said waiting for device and listdevices didnt show it either. Manually reinstalling my drivers on my PC over device manager when the phone was in fastboot mode solved it though.
[Nexus S General] dzo:
Attached is a working su binary (that sends the intent to the superuser app correctly), this isn't an installable zip, I'll leave that to somebody else to do.

source is here:

https://github.com/dzo/su-binary
[Nexus S General] Soy_Filipo:
Neither root or CWM worked, I mean, first time i went to CWM worked, but it didnt sticked, SU doesnt work either
[Nexus S General] hispeedworm:
anyone who is having problems with recovery not sticking.... try this method... all other Su install zips and fix permissions and delete file procedures failed for me ... after reboot and back to recovery i was coming back to stock recovery with androrid bot and exclaimation triangle till i used this method.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1396913

not only did it made the recovery stick.... the superuser permissions were also fixed (meaning new apps which you install on ICS getting SU permission..... you still dont get allow or deny option) but that would be fixed as soon as chainsDD updates superuser binary.....

this method will install 4.0.1.3 recovery... after the procedure is done you can use rom manager to install the 5.0.2.0 recovery or any other of your choice and even make nandroid backup on ICS without a hitch......

and if your bootloader is already unlocked it wont wipe your data at all....
[Nexus S General] chronikfatigue:
Worked like a charm. Thanks.
[Nexus S General] klone96:
OK i figured out whats wrong.. I DONT KNOW HOW TO FLASH WITH MY COMPUTER (ie. fastboot/androidSDK/ whatever.. i tryed using command prompt and i dont know what im doing) if anyones willing to help walk me through step-by-step TIA!

pm me and ill give whatever info needed to do this
[Nexus S General] hy3301:
It works! Thank you very much.
[Nexus S General] rub1k:
OMG, thank you SOOOO much. Superuser app finally works!

EDIT: Here's the original Superuser-3.0.7 recovery-flashable ZIP file with dzo's 'su' binary replacing ChainsDD's broken one. I re-signed the ZIP file and flashed it and it seems to work. The Superuser app prompts for Allow/Deny access and apps requiring root access seem to work well.
[Nexus S General] badfaz:
drivers

Guys...definitely need your help!

I successfully updated to ICS from OTA after unrooting. Only thing I did not do was lock bootloader - I am not sure if that is the reason that now none of the android 1.0 drivers are working.

So when I try to root it now it just gets stuck...please help me on this!

any help would be amazing!

thanks in advance people
[Nexus S General] IIIV:
Works on my I9020T...

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*Only issue is that superuser automatically accepts permissions and doesn't show any notifications.

Thanks, boykioy!
[Nexus S General] IIIV:
It worked for me as well...

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[Nexus S General] Ripthorn:
Thank you :)

Works fine on my Nexus S i9023 :D
[Nexus S General] Computar:
Does anyone else get an error message saying Superuser has stopped whenever they uninstall an app?
[Nexus S General] Paparasee:
Guys,

Am not an expert on stuff like this ... I did root my GB Nexus S and used custom roms, but that's as far as my knowledge goes!

Would really appreciate help with these questions:

a) Why do I need to use this method if I already have root access?

b) Assuming based on the answer above that I do have to do it for future use, can I follow these steps:

(i) Place the su-install.zip file attached at the end of the post on your sd card. ... Here, I would use

(ii) Flash recovery in bootloader with "fastboot flash recovery <filename>.img". I recommend CWM 5.0.2.3 found in this thread - http://xdaforums.com/show...light=recovery ... Here, I already have CWM 5.0.2.3 so would skip this step

(iii) Go to recovery, in "mounts and storage" select "mount system" and then flash su-install.zip (EDIT : Mounting system not necessary, the script does it automatically while flashing the zip, but just in case)

(iv) Fix Permissions and reboot system.

(v) Use any root explorer (i recommend ROM Toolbox, free in market) and go to /etc and either rename "installrecovery.sh" to "installrecovery.sh.old" or just delete it (its not needed).

(vi) There it is - Rooted ICS with a recovery that sticks.

Is that correct?

Would really appreciate help specially on my first query.

Cheers :)
[Nexus S General] sineer:
Thank you very much rub1k ! Your pkg works like a charm on my I9020A.
[Nexus S General] anirudh.pullela:
Mind if I use this zip in the OP?
[Nexus S General] Chamb':
You ask permission now ?

I made the first su-install.zip thanks to the dzo binary, you should at least have mentioned his name.
[Nexus S General] leo600:
hi all,

i've a mac and i cant' did it... can someone help me anyway?

thanks in advance and regards.

leo
[Nexus S General] chrisgtl:
Is first link broken?
[Nexus S General] kuen544:
Its worked!
[Nexus S General] nicollivier:
Yep the first link seems to be broken.

Anybody has an other one ?!

Cheers :)

[Edit] I've found this one: http://android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/google_crespo/VQ8PQk_V.zip
[Nexus S General] ezio84:
Great, thank you!!!
[Nexus S General] boykioy:
who erazed the 10 + pages of the thread?:confused:
[Nexus S General] Jabaculemos:
Thank you both, it works great!
[Nexus S General] Paparasee:
I have a rooted Nexus S with Ginger Bread and install custom roms often.

Can someone please tell me ...

Do I still need to do these procedures to "root access and cmw recovery in stock ics rom"?

If I update my phone to newly released ICS Rom would I need to use the above procedure?

Thanks
[Nexus S General] irizwan:
Yes ... as when you install the stock ICS it wipes bootloader/recovery and removes root
[Nexus S General] bmaa:
Thanks it works BUT you need to update you "run.bat" to include "mount /system". I now have SU & recovery 5.0.2.0 (replaced your image with latest).
[Nexus S General] alessandro_xda:
if you flash the official 4.0.3 ics rom (the ota one) you will loose both superuser and recovery.

to restore them you can use this procedure

-if you have your recovery image somewhere you can use it,

...i took it from the clockworkmod/download/... folders on sdcard,

you'll find the image if you downloaded it using rom manager).

bye
[Nexus S General] DaX05:
Awesome, dude! Now the apps actually show up in the Superuser & there's the prompt. Will do for now. :)

OP update the first post.
[Nexus S General] Paparasee:
Thanks irizwan for the reply ... but what if I do not want to install stock ICS and happy to go with custom ICS roms??? Do I still need to do those things?

Thanks again :)
[Nexus S General] irizwan:
Nope i believe custom ROMS are already rooted =] u have to wait a while for ICS based ROMS to pop up
[Nexus S General] DaX05:
Sweet!! thanks, mate!

Beamed from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] Emhalwis:
Worked like a charm for me. I installed rom manager afterwards to flash the latest cwm. Doesn't get any easier than this since I'm a regular android user.
[Nexus S General] raeef:
the ICS image link is dead

this link worked http://android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/google_crespo/VQ8PQk_V.zip
[Nexus S General] chrisgtl:
I'm trying this atm.

I've never touched the stock recovery; Is this the one when you hold volume up and on together then select recovery?

If it is then mine won't do it - I've flashed the stock 2.3.6 (through CWM on my oxygen rom)

Rebooted and put the ICS rom on my SD and renamed it to update.zip

Turn phone off and boot up holding volume up, press recovery and all I get is the Android monster with an exclamation mark.

Any advice?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] riverzhou:
They passed the test on my KindleFire.

Let me know if they work fine on your device.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Ectoplasmic:
Thanks! I have this working partially. So far I can mount my remote share from ADB. Still trying to get CifsManager to work. I'll post my notes when I have it all figured out.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] damianarnold:
I couldn't get tun.ko to establish a VPN connection, the module loads fine but nothing :(
[Kindle Fire Android Development] SwingBlade:
How fortunate that this comes up the day I'm looking into OpenVPN for my KF! Could I get a little assistance in setting this up? Would I need to install these drivers before OpenVPN and, if so, how?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] riverzhou:
Are you using openvpn ?

After the driver insmoded ,you will find a file named tun in /dev/ .

Maybe you need a guild about openvpn on android.