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[Nexus S General] Jonathon Grigg:
Try this then:

cd c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools

adb devices

That should work, if it doesnt, check that your sdk directory is aactually android-sdk-windows. If not, change the command to use the correct directory.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
The command not found means that you haven't cd to the proper folder where the adb and fastboot executables are located.

To make things easy, you'll want to just copy every file you're going to need into one location, otherwise you're going to have to worry about paths.

Also, I think it works on Windows (I'm a Mac/Linux guy) like on a Mac where you can just drag and drop files into the command window.

Another thing to check for, but Jonathon's post suggests it's not the case is to make sure that in your sdk the actual name of the adb and fastboot apps are that. In the sdk I downloaded once upon a time it was actually adb-windows and adb-mac.
[Nexus S General] moordown66:
The first glimmer of hope for days! Pointed it at platform-tools, ran the command and got the following message - *daemon started succesfully* List of devices attached - then lists my phone serial number.

So it's seeing it. That's the good news. Not entirely sure what step to take next though.
[Nexus S General] dccxviii:
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[Nexus S General] distortedloop:
Is that in adb or fastboot?

Try the same in fastboot now, do the exact same steps as you did with adb.
[Nexus S General] xdahd2:
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[Nexus S General] jayvo:
I knew I should've left this Root stuff alone. I followed the guide to a "T". Got all the way to putting the Super User file on my SD card and tried to boot into recovery......no-go! I keep getting this little android with the triangle "caution". I went back and re-downloaded the recovery image (from somewhere else since the one on the first page isn't working) and still the same thing. Whenever I try to go into recovery to do the Super User, I get the little "caution" sign with the Android guy.

Wish I would've never even thought about fooling around with this stuff. Should'nt be this difficult :mad:
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
i don't think you are getting the correct CW recovery 3.0.0.5 image

if you got back to the first page, there's a mirror on the 2nd message for the CW recovery 3.0.0.5
[Nexus S General] jayvo:
hmmm, I'll try it when I get off work. Should I also rename this to "recovery.img" once I download it?

EDIT: Nevermind. After downloading and extracting it, I see that its already the correct name.
[Nexus S General] afilopou:
Hi,

Just bought my nexus S (coming from sammy i9000) and i would like to know if the method on first page works for me

I9023 2.3.3 baseband i9023xxkb3 and build GRI54.

Thanks alot guys
[Nexus S General] jayvo:
Still nothing. I made sure to download the correct image and everything. I still get the little "caution" sign.

EDIT: Nevermmind once again, I don't know what I did, but it works now :rock:
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
yes it still works, Google have no made any major changes yet
[Nexus S General] thebowers131:
Hey how did you get it to work, im having the exact same problem. using the mirror on the 2nd post and flashing the recovery.img via fastboot works fine but once i turn it off/reboot/ or even just try to go to recovery without a reboot and nothing has worked.

if anyone had some clarification on this that would be much appreciated!

EDIT:

okay i got it to work, for some reason the recovery.img i got from the 2nd post wasnt working for me. i tried the one on unlocker.com and it work perfectly with the same process.
[Nexus S General] zorak950:
It's touchy for me; but I find pressing volume up and power together immediately after the exclamation mark shows up usually throws me into the recovery menu.
[Nexus S General] moordown66:
I successfully got the bootloader unlocked and got the phone rooted in the end. I went to the folder I had originally downloaded sdk to, and copied everything from <platform-tools> into <tools> and it worked. It was really easy once I actually managed to get started too.

As for recovery mode with clockwork mod, it worked for me with the direct attached zip file in one of the early posts. Ran the command twice.
[Nexus S General] johnkim0011:
I made it as far as booting into Bootloader Interface.

After I opened up the device manager, I get the following exclamation mark:

I'm guessing the image above is the reason why it's not working as your instruction.

I downloaded USBDeview but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do. Could you tell me what exactly I need to? Do I need to enable/disable/uninstall any drivers?

point it to where you downloaded the Android SDK 2.3 (..\android-sdk-windows\google-usb_driver)

In regards to this step, I don't find a folder named gooogle-usb_driver inside of android-sdk-windows on both links you have. So I cannot find Android Bootloader Interface on Device Manager.

I was looking at the other methods as well and connected to Bootloader Interface and typed fastboot devices command on command prompt but I did not get any message nor error. When I typed fastboot oem unlock, it is stuck at << waiting for devices>>

I currently have stock 2.3.3 and I've never flashed a ROM or kernel.

Please help me out!
[Nexus S General] moordown66:
Did you select google usb drivers v4 as one of your download options when you opened sdk?
[Nexus S General] johnkim0011:
This right?

After I installed Google USB Driver, Android 1.0 on Device Manager still has exclamation mark.

When I went to look for directory, this is what I see..

However, when I select android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver and search and press 'Let me pick from...', I don't see Android Bootloader Interface.
[Nexus S General] appie4u:
Thnx 4 the great tut. !

Ap
[Nexus S General] ranapratab:
When I go to "recovery" after dropping the "su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed" I only see Google and the unlocked icon!!!

•Boot the SNS into the Bootloader Interface, by holding Volume UP & Power button

•select Recovery

•then it should boot into this screen, if not then repeat the steps to download the image[/I]

I am stuck over here, can someone help?

Quote:

Originally Posted by droidmage

So all you guys who are having trouble getting root inside the rom, When your in recovery before you flash the superuser.zip file select -- mounts and storage -- then --mount /system -- then flash the .zip file and reboot

??? have to do this maybe? but dont know how, can someone push!! Thanks

REALLY NEED HELP, Brains are hurting so much information
[Nexus S General] afilopou:
I am on 2.3.3 gri54 and I successfully unlocked the bootloader and root my device,but... when I first went to cwm recovery I have a lot of failed messages as you can see from the screenshot(I still have these messages and I tried to mount /cashe but it says failed).Also i always have cwm recovery(i mean i don't lost it after reboot) and I also check in /etc and I can't find the file that removes cwm after reboot(.sh file I don't remember the exact name).Can anyone help?

Thanks a lot guys
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
that's very interesting, first time i see those error messages

never seen them before.

is your phone working properly?
[Nexus S General] afilopou:
Yes, i dont know how but yes.Actually i just managed with odin to flash back to stock,so for now no root just bootloader unlocked.As i also wrote i didnt loose the cwm after reboot because there isnt in /etc the file install-recovery.sh .I read in another thread that in i9023 this file does not exist.Is it strange?

Ok also found another guy with the same problem. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=992114
[Nexus S General] kursk:
Hi,

i've followed youre tutorial to the end.

I'm now trying to use the ClockworkMod Recovery (recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img) backup functionnality to get a backup of my rooted-stock rom before anything else.

But im getting a :

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't find misc
E:Failed to find "cache" partition to mount at "/cache"
SD Card space free: 13540MB
Backing up boot...
Error while dumping boot img!

I have a SCLCD Nexus S (aka GT-i9023) could it be the problem ?
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
it's possible the i9023 (SLCD) is different than the i9020 (SAMOLED)

you guys might need a different CW recovery image for the last part
[Nexus S General] afilopou:
Just see my post above your post.
[Nexus S General] Netconn:
I've been working on this for two days but I'm getting to a dead end every time. I've downloaded SDK, Google 4 USB drivers and PDAnet.

I set it all up as the instructions say. When I run adb devices it shows my serial number. I put the NS into fastboot, plug it in, change to tools and run fastboot oem unlock and all I get is waiting for device.

I look on the device manager and I've got Android ADB Inteface under Android Phone. I've tried changing drivers in google_usb_drivers and there's no options there. I see an ini file but the device manager won't load it.

I've tried different USB ports, reloaded everything and it's the same every time. Waiting for Device.

It's driving me nuts....
[Nexus S General] afilopou:
You must have "android bootloader interface" instead of

Android ADB Inteface .do a right click under Android ADB Inteface and select to update driver.Then select the option "I have disk" in windows.I think after that its going to give u the option for android bootloader interface.

PS I m not in front of my PC but as far as I remember this is the steps.Hope to help
[Nexus S General] kursk:
Hi,

if you have a SCLCD version, you might need this : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1006350

I had to modifiy the ini file to get my Nexus S recognized by the drivers in fastboot mode.
[Nexus S General] Netconn:
I've done that over and over but it never shows the bootloader option, there is only one option and that's the Android ADB. I go to the google usb drivers and it doesn't show any. I can see the files are there. It shows amd64 and l386, 4 files in each, and the ini at the drivers root. When I look at driver details it shows three files.

I don't know why I'm having this problem.
[Nexus S General] Netconn:
It's the regular USA SAMOLED model...
[Nexus S General] kursk:
Bootloader device show up when you've booted the device in bootloader mode : power+level up

Who shows what ? Quickest way is to right-click on the android_winusb.inf file and choose install. This way windows will be able to file the driver by itself.

If it doesnt work, got to go to the windows device manager and uninstall all android devices manually.
[Nexus S General] BigMovi7578:
Im getting stuck in Part 1 of the process. Everything is good up until I select "let me chose from the device drivers on my comp".... Android bootloader interface is not an option. Please help?
[Nexus S General] slyst170:
HI, iam stuck like a few others on this thread

the NS is my first android device i love the phone glad i decided on a google handset but, i have followed the guide to the letter.

i have the android bootloader interface google v4 driver installed it shows my phone when its in fastboot mode(in red)

i can navigate through the android sdk directories no problem

if i turn the phone on as normal and check adb devices it show my serial(of the phone)

the problem is if i use up arrow+power to go into fastboot mode i check adb devices it show nothing

so when i try fastboot oem unlock it says waiting for devices, the phones not available so it cant access it :(

i have read through the thread, tried pdanet, removed thoses drivers and reverted back to google v4 for the sdk, BTW i have dl all the available packs through sdk

has anybody who has had the same problem as me sorted it?

can anyone help me, i would like to unlock the bootloader

great community :)

result! i copy/pasted the contents of platform-tool including lib folder into tools dir replaced all files, tried and it worked so try that for those who have trouble :)
[Nexus S General] Donofduketown:
question

is it okay if my device manager in windows shows adnroid adb interface instead of android bootloader interface, i had a screenshot to show it but i cant post links outside the forum. There is also still a uknown device listed in the list.

in short am i prepared to go to the next step?

Thanks in advance
[Nexus S General] Donofduketown:
that was the problem i had to but after using pdanet i got another driver installed resulting in the situation explained in my last post
[Nexus S General] jottosson:
What should I backup?

Ok, so I foolishly upgraded my phone from 2.3.2 (rooted without unlocking the bootloader) to 2.3.3, and of course the device was thereafter unrooted. It seems Google has sealed the option to bypass the bootloader when rooting, so I figure I need to unlock it.

However, as the phone is 3 months old and hasn't been wiped a single time, there are like two tonnes of stuff in it. Apps, apps preferences, music and photos.

1. When unlocking the bootloader, what is wiped?

2. When replacing the rom with another one (CM7 perhaps), what is wiped?

3. What should I backup prior to unlocking the bootloader and prior to flashing

3a. a rom

3b. a kernel

Once I'm rooted I seem to be able to backup my entire phone using nandroid, but now when I'm stock? I need to backup my Stupid zombie saves :D
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
1) 100% everything in the phone internal memory

2) same as 1

3) Nandroid backup will backup everything on the phone

3a) you can not backup a ROM without rooting it

3b) you can not backup a Kernel without rooting it
[Nexus S General] n1kki6:
What am I suppose to do if windows is giving me the windows failed to identify the SNS and install the correct drivers error.

I installed the drivers from the sdk manager.

I have smoled version.

Getting a windows can't find the driver when following these directions exact.

http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html#Win7
[Nexus S General] n1kki6:
This is weird, after doing this it worked. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1006350

I have a launch day phone, anyway to makes sure it's samoled?
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
windows is not user friendly at all

it will only work if it's as android bootloader interface

just manually select the driver for the phone after you go into let me select your own driver screen
[Nexus S General] Felix J:
Help. ERROR

any time i tipe fastboot flash recovery recovery.img i get an error saying:

error: cannot load recovery.img

No matter what i do, always have the same messege.

Please Help. I think i whipe my phone for nothin.
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
did you copy recovery.img to the same directory where the fastboot command is located?
[Nexus S General] jottosson:
Thank you! Where are all my saves and app preferences stored then and can I back them up prior to unlocking the bootloader? And what about the apps, will they be restored upon signing in with my google account when I've flashed with a rom and/or a custom kernel?
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
if you read the answer for you question #3

then you'll know the answer

it's like the chicken & the egg dilemma

you need to be rooted before you can backup
[Nexus S General] afilopou:
As far as i understand you want your windows to identify your phone as nexus s.correct?if yes google it to find samsung drivers (32bit or 64 bit depending your system).i remember its an exe file.After installation through device manager and with your phone connected,select to update the driver from the path that your samsung drivers installed(program files etc etc).hope to help
[Nexus S General] afilopou:
Its not weird.you must have them in order to work properly the fastboot. :-)
[Nexus S General] KidCold:
This guide helped me out a lot with the usb detection part.

http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/17/how-to-root-the-samsung-nexus-s/

especially the setup adb part because my computer didnt have the android driver installed.
[Nexus S General] chuckenfoot:
When I type the command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" it says it cannot load it...has anyone else experienced this?
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
all that stuff was pointed out in part 1 of the guide...

just need to take it slow, and be patient with windows
[Nexus S General] KidCold:
EDIT: Ok rooted. But im having trouble renaming the install-recovery.sh part. Can someone walk me through that pls.
[Nexus S General] benrees21:
Are you pointing it in the right direction/place? Where the Img file is?

Sent from my Nexus S running Stock 2.3.3 Netarchy 1.3.0.2 and OC'd to 1.2ghz (I'm not that brave lol)
[Nexus S General] benrees21:
AllGamer, quick question. If I install a rom from Rom Manager what do I lose on the phone? Root/SD card etc. Thanks.

Sent from my Nexus S running Stock 2.3.3 Netarchy 1.3.0.2 and OC'd to 1.2ghz (I'm not that brave lol)
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
yes everything

i'll suggest using the nandroid backups that are pre-rooted ;)

that saves you a bit of time, and less thing to worry about after it gets restored via CW
[Nexus S General] benrees21:
Thanks for the reply.

Sent from my Nexus S running Stock 2.3.3 Netarchy 1.3.0.2 and OC'd to 1.2ghz (I'm not that brave lol)
[Nexus S General] Xene55:
In general, this worked guide worked for me! :D

Not straight forward though, had to use USBDeview to get rid of old drivers, then install Pdanet to get the ADB to work and finally add the full paths to the tools/ and platform-tools/ directories in system variables: (guide here) for the command line to work!

By the way the link to clockwork mod is broken in your guide, I got mine here: LINK

I probably only had so many problems as I have been mucking about with quite a few different phones on this laptop :rolleyes:
[Nexus S General] tonyt3rry:
Will this work with windows 7 64bit as my main rig runs that I do have a netbook running 32bit but space is limited on it, My other laptop has more space but is a bit older that is running XP are nandroid backups ok when going back to them eg Signal and wifi all that malarky, Im scared into rooting my phone I dont really want roms but may give it a try I mainly want root access for apps like no more adverts in games
[Nexus S General] stevm:
Very good guide.Just rooted,Thank you
[Nexus S General] kmhil:
Newbie

Hi guys, I've been playing around with my Nexus S for about 2 weeks and I've decided to root it, but I have some question, hope you can help me.

First of all, when I unlocked the bootloader, what kind of data will be lost? Is there any way to back it up???
[Nexus S General] XxSilent22xX:
I have a question do we have to install recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img? i was planning on installing Clockwork 3.0.2.4 from j_r0dd and is CWM the only recovery for the nexus s? i was really hoping to armon recovery.
[Nexus S General] gamin92:
Hi peeps,

I'm having issues with clockwork recovery. I can do every step fine, but when CWM is launched it shows :

E:Can't find misc
E:failed to find "cache" partition to mount at "/cache"
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E:Can't find misc
E:failed to find "cache" partition to mount at "/cache"
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:failed to find "cache" partition to mount at "/cache"
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last-log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last-log
E:Can't find misc
E:failed to find "cache" partition to mount at "/cache"

Flashing su will work, the phone will be rooted fine.

But I can't make nandroid backup, and flashing a new rom will stop with error status 7.

I had to flash back stock rom via odin to get my phone booting again.

Any idea ? What goes wrong ?

EDIT: working fine with 3024v3-i9023.img recovery !
[Nexus S General] afilopou:
That happened because you have the i9023 and not the i9020
[Nexus S General] bpmortis:
I'm having the same problem -- do I just flash the i9023 recovery to fix it?
[Nexus S General] afilopou:
What model you have? 9020 or 9023?

from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=988686 download the proper .img and flash it through cwm.
[Nexus S General] gamin92:
If your phone is well unlocked, flash the good recovery (linked in my message), then in cwm wipe everything but battery stats, and flash a rom.
[Nexus S General] :
Thanks for step by step procedure.
[Nexus S General] toanek:
@Canadians the nexus s that just got released up here is the i-9020A it works with the CWM and rooting guide found in the i-9023 thread. the telus one anyway
[Nexus S General] tonyt3rry:
im trying to install the drivers via the link on the first page but it wont let me install them im on the bit where it says to install the usb but it wont let me continue I cant find the file in the rar
[Nexus S General] tonyt3rry:
Installed the sdk on my win xp pro laptop got a error saying it couldnt be installed the guide is a bit crap about installing the sdk
[Nexus S General] tonyt3rry:
I give up on rooting this crap now!
[Nexus S General] afilopou:
Its not the proper way to ask for help and of course im not even going to give you a clue.
[Nexus S General] tonyt3rry:
I really dont care if you help me or not to be honest.
[Nexus S General] XxSilent22xX:
I'll try and help you, no one even bothers to answer my last post but i figured it out anyways.

Download this SDK the one on the first page is old.

In settings click force https://

Install USB Drivers Revision 4.
[Nexus S General] afilopou:
May not work.tonyt3rry has different problem.Sdk didnt even start because the installation can not find the java on his computer.As i told him its not the proper way to ask for help,he may send a pm to Allgamer who wrote the guide or asked on better way.Also keep in mind that the guide as i can see from the screenshots it is based on win7 i think.

Also AllGamer on first page gives two options to download the sdk. The first one directs you to the last sdk10 and the second is the older one sdk8.
[Nexus S General] tonyt3rry:
I wasn't trying to be a D%%% but that was my problem there was 2 different sdks the one in the post was 8 something and the new one on the web was 10 I got to the point where I had installed the usb from the SDK but ran into problems as the device manager still did not recognise it. All I was saying was the guide isnt exactly noob friendly it didnt state what os for windows too as I was saying to another xda dev you have a good few distros eg xp, vista , 7 all with diferent versions and 64bit on 7
[Nexus S General] afilopou:
Just try to understand that its not polite to say a guide crap , because you didnt succeed the whole think.Also be sure that if you wrote "hey guys i have this version of windows, but i am stuck at this step etc etc etc" some guy from here will help you.:)

ps most of your problems are because of windows version.Please write what version you are using (win xp pro?) and what sdk error message you have
[Nexus S General] tonyt3rry:
I wasnt trying to be rude I thought it was crap because it wasnt as detailed as other guides I see, other guides usually say (tested on x x ) I installed the SDK fine it was just not showing up in my device manager and the select drivers manually didnt work for me it kept giving out errors
[Nexus S General] afilopou:
Ok so you managed to install the sdk manager.First read

this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12731117&postcount=57

and then

this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12797247&postcount=63

Let me know where you are stuck. Also check that you have installed the microsoft .net 4 client profile on your computer.If not then google it and install it.Another crucial think is that you have java installed

ps Dont replace the .inf from this post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12797247&postcount=63 because this is for the i9023 and i didnt test it on i9020.Just post a screenshot with your device manager.What kind of problem you are facing
[Nexus S General] tonyt3rry:
Im gonna try it with windows 7 as im in work in a few hours
[Nexus S General] tonyt3rry:
i managed to get the driver installed im just stuck now on trying to switch to the dir on cmd
[Nexus S General] tonyt3rry:
this aplication has failed to start because AdbWinApi.dll was not found. Re-installing the aplication may fix this problem