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[Nexus S General] cardo523:
Unlock Bootloader froozen

Hey Allgamer,

My phone freezes when I hit the power button on "yes" during the "Unlock bootloader?" screen.

I don't know how to go from here.
[Nexus S General] akurttr:
This method solve your problem..:D

somebody after reboot no CWR on recovery use this solved your problem

clockworkmodrecovery rom manager find and install

open it and touch flash clockworkmod recovery(first item)

select reboot into recovery manual

mount and storage select

mount USB storage

unmount

++++ go back +++++

install from zip sdcard

find

'' super user.zip'' flash

reboot

es file explorer select setting mark root explorer and mount file system after

select phone in file explorer find ''etc'' folder select and find ''install-recovery.sh'' file and rename file for example ''install-recovery.sheski'' and

open rom manager again touch flash clockworkmod recovery(first item)

check it...

please click thanks button

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i9023

somebody after reboot no CWR on recovery use this solved your problem

clockworkmodrecovery rom manager find and install

open it and touch flash clockworkmod recovery(first item)

select reboot into recovery manual

mount and storage select

mount USB storage

unmount

++++ go back +++++

install from zip sdcard

find

'' super user.zip'' flash

reboot

es file explorer select setting mark root explorer and mount file system after

select phone in file explorer find ''etc'' folder select and find ''install-recovery.sh'' file and rename file for example ''install-recovery.sheski'' and

open rom manager again touch flash clockworkmod recovery(first item)

check it...

please click thanks button:D
[Nexus S General] tjex:
Having a problem,

I tried this, since it got re-rooted after updating to 2.3.6.

It comes back with a FAILED - already rooted

Which it isn't because Titanium backup wont work anymore.. or any of the other apps that need root.
[Nexus S General] knowthenazz:
Does this method work with 2.3.6?

HI,

Can someone confirm that this method works successfully with 2.3.6?

I just purchased a Nexus S -

GT-I9020T (Moblicity)

2.3.6

Bootloader: I9020XXKA3

Baseband: I9020XXKF1

Build: GRK39F

I just wanted confirmation that this would work on my phone. There doesn't seem to be too many people posting successes for October and November in this forum.

Thanks!
[Nexus S General] knowthenazz:
UPDATE:

Hi,

I just wanted to report back and confirm that this method does indeed work with my Nexus S (GT-I9020T (Moblicity, 2.3.6, Bootloader: I9020XXKA3, Baseband: I9020XXKF1, Build: GRK39F).

I did however run into a few problems along the way:

1. I was not able to find the proper USB driver described in Part 1. Instead. I followed the advice of a previous poster, and I downloaded the PDAnet installer at:

http://www.junefabrics.com/android/download.php

2. fastboot was mistakenly not included with android-sdk_r15-windows. I had to use a previous release, android-sdk_r06-windows

3. After successfully flashing the clockwork image, recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-crespo.img, and rebooted, my device hung on the boot up Android logo screen. I managed to fix it by re-flashing the clockwork image.

Thanks!
[Nexus S General] hilton502:
thx！！！;):):)
[Nexus S General] plipness:
sir the guide works for me very good..but like what you have said no recovery after doing root..even the stock recovery was gone..now i think my only option is to make the Clockwork stick forever but i dont get the instructions...im from an HTC desire HD and it is VERY different...could you kindly please give me specific instructions or link on how im gonna do it?

Thanks
[Nexus S General] yongxian:
learned,thanks
[Nexus S General] Si.U:
Very Easy step dude...

can i share on my blog? with your credit :D
[Nexus S General] Pixelss:
Thanks a lot !! :)
[Nexus S General] wildside84:
when updating the driver through device manager, is there a difference between android bootloader interface and android sooner single adb interface? because i cannot find any driver that just says android bootloader interface...btw my device is already rooted, but i got it this way, and i lost the recovery so i'm just trying to reflash the recovery through fastboot

edit: nevermind, i figured it out

re-edit: so i havent figured it out i guess...anyone's help is appreciated. i lost recovery after installing alpha 11 ics. in the process of trying to flash it through the terminal, but i get the error: cannot load recovery.img. i have fastboot and AdbWinApi.dll along with the recovery.img in sdk/tools.. path's have been edited in environmental variables...what am I doing wrong?

re-re-edit: problem solved. a very helpful member told me to re-download the recovery and it worked this time.
[Nexus S General] MjDailey:
I am having the same issue that a few other people have been having, I cant get the Android Bootloader Driver to install. I only get Android ABD Interface driver.
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
dead links updated
[Nexus S General] gonintendo:
I had the same problem. What I did: update driver -> browse my computer -> let me pick -> android phone (don't remember the exact text, just double click on it) -> the bootloader driver will be under Google, NOT Samsung. use the latest one.
[Nexus S General] McDown:
I just used that one (Android ADB) and it worked.
[Nexus S General] jhardydj:
I am having trouble rooting my nexus s .. steps I have done:

I unlocked the boot loader via fastboot oem unlock

Then flashed recovery fastboot flash recovery recovery3101.img

Went into recovery , and selected mounts and storage , mount usb stoage

From here I am not able to copy over the SuperUser.zip , it says write protected.

Even if I reboot the device and "turn on usb storage" , it is now write proteced.

Edit: I downloaded the image from the Cyanogen Wiki , still the same thing. Write protected.

How can I fix this?
[Nexus S General] aek_of:
The step like i9023XXX
[Nexus S General] michalurban:
ICS

Is this guide still relevant after 4.0.3 update?
[Nexus S General] ranadroid:
Yes, but you have to download a rooted version of ICS so u dont lose recovery every time u reboot. I recommend NexusBeam 4.1.
[Nexus S General] Max2mus:
There is a guide how to root ICS 4.0.3 here in this forum
[Nexus S General] haddy17:
I simply renamed the stock recovery install script as mentioned in the instructions on 4.0.3 like i did in Gingerbread and it's worked fine so far.
[Nexus S General] ronnyxnyc:
even works still on android 4.0.3. Thanks
[Nexus S General] trubblemaker613:
Thank you!
[Nexus S General] miloziz:
Thank you... this was so simple to follow :D
[Nexus S General] Zouk18:
Thank you so much for this guide.
[Nexus S General] al_madd:
Any idea using this method for broken power button??:confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Nexus S General] ataranea:
this is great. thanks!!
[Nexus S General] Nebbles:
Hi can I get some guidance on installing the drivers please?

When I install the SDK linked in the first post I cannot download the google usb drivers.

There is an error message: you r l (it wont let me put U R L since I'm a new poster) h tee tee p://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/addons_list.xml, reason: File not found

When I go into available packages I cannot see anything under third party add-ons.

I then updated to SDK tools r 15 and SDK platform tools 9 to see if I could find the drivers. When I restarted the SDK manager it was there, google USB driver package revision 4. I downloaded the driver package next and was happy I would finally be able to at least get past step one...

I turned off my phone, plugged it into the USB, and turned it on in bootloader. Under devices and printers I saw an unspecified device, Android 1.0 (no question marks or X's). I right clicked, went into properties, hardware, properties, change settings, driver, update driver. I did browse for software just like the instructions say and chose:

C:\Users\User\Desktop\android-sdk-windows\extras\google\usb_driver

I clicked let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer. The next screen takes awhile but eventually only sees Android Original ADB Interface.

I also tried the PDAnet solution but just can't seem to find the Android Bootloader Interface as an option. It only ever allows Android ADB.

Can anyone advise me on how to fix this problem? It's driving me insane! :(
[Nexus S General] rosms:
this solution worked for me,had no problems following the steps
[Nexus S General] tupac19861013:
Nice to see all the ways & means people have put in to help the noobs to do this bootloader unlocking process easier and smoother...!!! :)
[Nexus S General] pani690:
Ok here goes my stupid question. My 9020 was ota'd to 4.0.3 three weeks ago. Before it was rooted. With the new install when I boot the device shows unloxked but apps don't get root rights. I tried this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1399854&page=2 but could not make it work. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong??

Thanks
[Nexus S General] al_madd:
Can i do like this?

1.unlock bootloader

2. Flash cwm using rom manager

3. Reboot to recovery flash su

4. Install busybox

Can I?
[Nexus S General] rickwebtest:
Same problem here... it seems nexus s was left out of the drivers list in android_winusb.inf that was downloaded

The following needs to be added to the file...two places i.e. after the nexus one sections

; Google Nexus S
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E20
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E20&MI_01

Solution was reported here for the GT-i9023, works for the GT-i9020

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1006350&page=2

Hope this helps R
[Nexus S General] tankmaster90:
So i've downloaded the recovery.img and i type exactly that with the spaces and I get

"error: cannot laod 'recovery.img'

any clue??
[Nexus S General] stonebear:
I have installed the bootloader interface driver but when I do the command "fastboot oem unlock" it says waiting for device?

edit

OK this http://forums.androidcentral.com/t-...acks/49016-get-fastboot-working-win7-x64.html

helped!

Thanks for the guide OP. :)

If I now follow this guide I can go back to GB from ICS? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1062801

Edit again

Yes, it worked. I now have a stock 2.3.2 phone I can return to the shop and get my money back. I locked the bootloader again and everything is stock. :)
[Nexus S General] WindSlash:
Make sure recovery.img file is in the same directory/folder as fastboot.
[Nexus S General] mikeytehe:
Sorry if my question is kinda silly,

but I'm not sure how to proceed since after I turned on FASTBOOT mode by holding volume up and POWER, my windows 7 computer said that it failed to install the driver?...

I seriously have to no clue how to proceed with this. :(

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EDIT: I tried to troubleshoot and I found out that to get past the driver not installed thing I could just install PDAnet.

So I did, but now, after downloading the Android SDK driver update thing and updating it like the steps told me to, I now have "Android ADB Interface" underneath "Android Phone" in my Device Manager Window, which isn't what I'm supposed to have according to the instructions. X X
[Nexus S General] lanwellon:
Thank you for your info,very helpful
[Nexus S General] exiled31:
thanks for help
[Nexus S General] Oodie:
what will happen , if we lock the bootloader again after flashing recovery image ? will it lose recovery ?

Edit : relocked the BL , but recovery is still there :D
[Nexus S General] NewbDroid:
I've reflashed the recovery about 7 times now and I still get the droid guy with the triangle :(
[Nexus S General] monkeyman611:
Does this still work for 4.0.3?
[Nexus S General] kingsonwongs:
that's good

thankyou
[Nexus S General] fenrry:
From the OP I found this to be in need of modification:

Part1:

>On Device Manager u may see "Android Phone - Android Compatible ADB Interface" instead of "Android Phone - Android Bootloader Interface"

Part2:

>If ur receiving the error about "AdbWinApi.dll not found", on the same Android-Sdk folder u'll find another folder called "Platform-Tools", inside this folder u'll find 2 files that u need to COPY into the "Tools" folder.

-"AdbWinApi.dll"

-"AdbWinUsbApi.dll"

Now u can type fastboot oem unlock and hit enter.

After the Recovery was copied u turn off the phone and turn on again on Recovery by holding Power button & Volume UP, in that order (never worked for me in the opposite way...:confused:... ) and then selecting Recovery from the menu (use volume for up and down and On/Off to select).

In Recovery just mount the USB storage and upload SU so u can install it.

Just small things from my experience that I never saw on the few pages before.
[Nexus S General] Ashhong:
im sorry for this incredibly noob question, but will this work on the tmobile nexus s? i have been researching various things for hours and my head hurts. does the i9020T = Tmobile Nexus S? :(
[Nexus S General] Tautvydas:
Hey Guys,

I've sucessfuly completed steps until recovery:

1. I type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

2. Everything (sending OKAY, writing OKAY, all is fine)

3. As guides says, I power off, then turn on, but it still shows up google logo with lock

4. I try to reflash from 1st step, but choosing reboot - still shows up google logo with lock

SO the problem is, I cant get to recovery on any way, it always shows up google logo with lock, please help!
[Nexus S General] WiseManWhite:
Thank you SO SO SO SO MUCH for that screenshot in the OP (that says device manager should read the adb driver as "adb bootlader interface)!!! My computer FINALLY recognizes my NS4G now :-D
[Nexus S General] Ashhong:
Any reason why the USB drivers don't show on the SDK 13 anymore? I see no options under the add-ons sections.
[Nexus S General] INKRO:
I'm going to sound really dense because I'm new to Android and of course rooting, but I can't even get the first steps done. I feel like I'm missing something here because I've downloaded, extracted, and installed the SDK from here, but there's no google USB driver folder from what I can discern, and I can't find any of the three choices when I use the "Browse my computer for driver software" command, it just asks me to pick from either a whole list of every device that is not this phone, or it can't find anything.

I'd like to think of myself as moderately technically proficient normally, but I think I'm missing something here.
[Nexus S General] SalsaForte:
Is this method still works on Android 4.0.4?
[Nexus S General] Rimmir:
The SDK is supposed to have the driver, but you have to run SDK Manager.exe and choose to install the driver. After that, the rest of the steps should work.

Basically, rooting this phone has 4 main steps:

1)Install drivers for phone

2)Unlock bootloader via fastboot command

3)Flash recovery via fastboot command (recovery allows us to install custom ROMs and kernels on our devices)

4)Flash superuser via recovery

5th (optional) step is in post 2 of this guide

I don't blame you, this guide COULD use a little bit more detail...although it's the one I used so it DOES work...

You could also try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1589251
[Nexus S General] bureauandrew:
mine failed

right after the fastboot oem unlock my phone shows unlock bootloader and i click yes but when i look back at computer command prompt it says FAILED <remote: Erase Fail>

Finished. total time: 10.96s

what does this mean because i have tried to factory reset my phone for the last day but every time i do it attempts to and then shoot me to recovery mode and i click on factory data reset and clear cache partitions but when i hit reboot now it just sits in google start up looping and never getting pat google logo.
[Nexus S General] nexus14:
I am getting the same thing. The OP's link to SDK r13 doesn't have the USB driver

edit: I went here to download the missing USB driver:

http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/NexusS/rooting/ (nexussrootICS.zip)

-------------

EDIT, fixed issue:

I wish the OP revised the guide. It is not very noob friendly and has several issues:

-SDK r13 no longer has \google-usb_driver folder in it so I had to get it from the link above

-At Part 2, you need to type in CD c:/your_directory_here in other to change directories (easy for us but not for newbies)

-after downloading recovery, you need to unzip (once again, newbies are not aware that .7z is a zipped file)
[Nexus S General] Rimmir:
See link in my signature
[Nexus S General] wunderkind:
Hi, noobie to the SNS here.

I followed all the rooting procedures It says unlocked. YAY!

However I am at a point where I am installing Superuser 2.3.6.1 (Froyo/eclair version). I on JB 4.1. Should I not get a newer one?

2ndly in Recovery... well right now I can;t get into recovery. When I select Recovery in Bootloader I get this Android lying down with a exclamation (!) on its belly. After a few minutes it reboots into normal mode.

Any ideas?

Am I fully unlocked despite not able to complete installing Superuser into ROM?
[Nexus S General] wunderkind:
nvmd. The SU 2.3.6 is really old. Used latest SU. Works great. ROOT is a beautiful thing.
[Nexus S General] greemthumb:
same here please help!!!!
[Nexus S General] blacksoul985:
Help

i am not able to go into the recovery mode. when i hit recovery a sleeping android with an exclamation mark flashes for a second and the screen goes blank
[Nexus S General] ddb540:
I had that same problem. I think my fix was to make sure that the phone was connected to the USB cable before booting into Fastboot.
[Nexus S General] 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
[Nexus S General] thomasck:
Thanks for the answer, but I already tried like that.. With and without cable.. Says here after trying to install the .zip "E: signature verification failed"..

EDIT

Anyone else?

that`s what i get after select recovery
[Nexus S General] dingdonghei:
Awesome. This should be included in the guide! Thanks man.
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
added into the guide

thanks

yes i did noticed, many were having trouble understanding that step to mount the USB
[Nexus S General] Udaw:
Should i use http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img instead of 3.0.0.0 version ? What difference between crespo, supersonic and other recovery ?
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
That means it did not load properly, i've come across it a few times, just try it a couple of more times, and it loads (i think it's a bug)

try it again, or download the correct version of the recovery again
[Nexus S General] shrivelfig:
That is what I get every time I try to go to (stock) recovery. To continue, I have to press power, press volume up (while holding the power button), and then release the power button.
[Nexus S General] ryzion:
please ignore
[Nexus S General] liquelt:
I'm stuck in the part that you have to identify the driver!!! It shows for me a lot of drivers and a lot of brands and it did not show the Correct One!!!!
[Nexus S General] docsamsom:
Hi,

I am in the same boat as well. For some reason, despite me pointing it ti the google-usb driver folder, it says it cannot find the drivers.

Any advice, guys
[Nexus S General] omar302:
I am very new to Android, but what I did after I faced the same issue, is click next (without choosing any brand or type of devices) & choose "Have Disk", then browse to where you have the driver and install.
[Nexus S General] h46it:
Thanks droidmage!!! Yes this did it! Thanks! Got root!!! Woot!!!
[Nexus S General] docsamsom:
Thanks. That has sorted the driver issue and I have a android bootloader interface.

However, when I type in "fastboot oem unlock", i get the message "waiting for device" despite the drivers being reinstalled.

Could anyone please advise as to where I am going wrong?
[Nexus S General] omar302:
Is your device connected to usb?

Is your device in Fastboot mode (turn on with Volume up + power)?

Do you have "USB Debugging" enabled (checked)?

If all the above is yes, then I don't know what else could be wrong.
[Nexus S General] omar302:
Where do you have "recovery.img" on you PC? It should be in /Tools folder, the same folder where fasboot.exe is located.
[Nexus S General] docsamsom:
All of the above is definitely yes. Not sure what to do now
[Nexus S General] thomasck:
alright, i have done it, but i will do it again and try! cheers

yep, i noticed that.. but it does not go further.. pressing power and vol+ i get another menu in yellow, that when i select the superuser i get a certificate error..
[Nexus S General] omar302:
Are you getting any notification on your DEVICE screen?
[Nexus S General] docsamsom:
No notifications at all. I am at work right now. When I get back, I will reboot the laptop and the nexus and reinstall everything again to see if it helps.

Will keep you posted.

Thanks for your help
[Nexus S General] ShadowVlican:
thanks for the info

OP should update to clear this confusion
[Nexus S General] Rimmir:
If anyone seems to have trouble rooting their phone with this guide, I would suggest using one of two updated guides: an automated one found here or a step by step one based on the automated one here
[Nexus S General] Warren_Orange:
Hello all.

Does the OP's guide still work on Jelly Bean NS? I noticed this thread is a few years old almost.

Also, what would be better to use. This guide or an automated guide?

I really want to flash a ROM as I'm finding stock Jelly Bean rather slow.

I have rooted a Hero before, but this seems a little bit more complicated, so I would really love the most in-depth guide available.

Cheers.
[Nexus S General] Rimmir:
Check my sig for a (relatively) newer guide
[Nexus S General] ace2153:
Didn't work for me I still don't have a recovery . I put root checker on my phone still not rooted however the bootloader is unlocked. What now?

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Mv is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file? Need help:(
[Nexus S General] mrmondaynight:
anyone else ever get this error message?

I must've missed something..just dont know where
[Nexus S General] jberry87:
trouble rooting

I have been following the directions but when I try to update the drivers I did not get the android bootloader interface option. I downloaded the andoird_sdk_r_13_windows file installed and updated both the sdk and the advd managers and it still was not giving me the bootloader option so i looked on other posts and downloaded the Nexus S one click root file that has the drivers in it and attempted to install the drivers but now my phone will not mount to my pc it just charges and I have tried different usb ports but still not able to mount. kind of lost and not sure what to do if anyone can push me in the right direction Id appreciate it.
[Nexus S General] liquelt:
Now I got it...

But I will do it later because I have a lot of things o Backup and I dont wanna miss.

Thanks,
[Nexus S General] docsamsom:
Hi Guys,

I have been trying in vain to unlock my phone.

I have followed all the steps advised here...well , am stuck at the second.

I have installed the drivers and rebooted both my computer and the phone. When I run "fastboot oem unlock" , I get the message "waiting for device" and it does not progress.

I am in fastboot mode and have got USB debugging enabled. I have reinstalled everything and it still does not seem to work.

I have running Windows 7 on a 64 bit laptop ( not sure if it makes any difference)

Any advice, please.

Samsom
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
if it says "waiting for device"

then it means you did not install the windows drivers properly.

review the part 1 of the guide, and install the correct drivers to your PC