Hello list,
I have been trying to root my Nexus S with the 2.3.3 update but I've been unsuccessful. I have tried "Allgamer's" GRH78 and a couple of others on youtube but I think the problem is my laptop (windows 7 32-bit) wont recognize the phone. Is there something I'm missing? Has anyone rooted their 2.3.3 phone, and if so can you send a link or PM me so I can figure this out? I eventually want to flash the Cyanogenmod 7 so any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
When I had my HD2 I installed HSPL and flashed all types of ROM's without issue. My Nexus S is acting like my ex......
Thanks,
Rich
Madmax0609 said:
Hello list,
I have been trying to root my Nexus S with the 2.3.3 update but I've been unsuccessful. I have tried "Allgamer's" GRH78 and a couple of others on youtube but I think the problem is my laptop (windows 7 32-bit) wont recognize the phone. Is there something I'm missing? Has anyone rooted their 2.3.3 phone, and if so can you send a link or PM me so I can figure this out? I eventually want to flash the Cyanogenmod 7 so any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
When I had my HD2 I installed HSPL and flashed all types of ROM's without issue. My Nexus S is acting like my ex......
Thanks,
Rich
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try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875875
Will that work with 2.3.3? And what the hell am I doing wrong that I cant get my laptop to recognize my phone???
Madmax0609 said:
Will that work with 2.3.3? And what the hell am I doing wrong that I cant get my laptop to recognize my phone???
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Well, you can try to install this driver: http://mazodude.comze.com/files/drivers.rar
That link takes me to a blank page....??? Have you rooted your Nexus and was it at 2.3.3 when you started?
Thanks, and sorry for all the questions.....I'm just trying to get this resolved.
Madmax0609 said:
That link takes me to a blank page....??? Have you rooted your Nexus and was it at 2.3.3 when you started?
Thanks, and sorry for all the questions.....I'm just trying to get this resolved.
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Did you install the Android SDK? If so, I apologize as I'm not familiar with the shortcut commands for windows but you should try this:
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*File path to your android sdk/tools folder*\fastboot devices
If you get a result like
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################# fastboot
then your phone is being recognized, if not other troubleshooting stepsmight have to be taken.
Havent tried that yet. I will give it a shot.
Thanks!
was having the same issue with fastboot, use these drivers from pda.net
http://www.junefabrics.com/android/download.php
Having the same problem. I've tried PDAnet and am currently updating (again) SDK, but I can't get the fastboot or adb to recognize the device, no matter how hard I try. For what it's worth, my bootloader was unlocked when I upgraded to 2.3.3 (via Clockword Mod), and the unlock status seems to have been preserved. It still says "unlocked," and boots with the open padlock.
Sorry for the double post, but I posted as I was working on it. What worked for me: I had a 2.3.3 stock image booted from Clockwork. I didn't have root permissions with the stock.
The new stock (is it technically a ROM, or is a ROM just Cyanogen, Bionix, etc., like awesome developers create?) preserved the unlocked bootloader (which I've not re-locked, because I never cared about the padlock boot), but not the root. So I was left with a stock 2.3.3 with an unlocked bootloader.
I tried everything to get my phone recognized via USB under the SDK/adb, but couldn't. I adbed and fastbooted devices, uninstalled and reinstalled PDAnet, even deleted and then redownloaded and reinstalled java, SDK, *and* drivers. To no avail.
The first time I rooted, though, I used the one-click method in the MoDaCo forums, by . . . Paul(?). I think that's his name. It's a simple zip file. So I unzipped to my desktop. Which gave me a folder with the GRI40 Nexus S superboot. I disconnected my phone, shut it off, then held the volume up and power keys until it booted into the fastboot bit. Once it was in fastboot (with the green Android and the orange text up top and the blue text options along the side), I reconnected the USB, then just double-clicked the .bat file in the superboot folder.
That gave me root. I verified via rootchecker, and the moment I confirmed root, I went to Clockwork, reflashed Clockwork Mod Recovery, and did a complete back-up. That's where I am now. Not sure where I'm going from here, but I have 2.3.3 GRI40 root with baseband i9020xxb1, and that's how I did it.
willentrekin said:
Sorry for the double post, but I posted as I was working on it. What worked for me: I had a 2.3.3 stock image booted from Clockwork. I didn't have root permissions with the stock.
The new stock (is it technically a ROM, or is a ROM just Cyanogen, Bionix, etc., like awesome developers create?) preserved the unlocked bootloader (which I've not re-locked, because I never cared about the padlock boot), but not the root. So I was left with a stock 2.3.3 with an unlocked bootloader.
I tried everything to get my phone recognized via USB under the SDK/adb, but couldn't. I adbed and fastbooted devices, uninstalled and reinstalled PDAnet, even deleted and then redownloaded and reinstalled java, SDK, *and* drivers. To no avail.
The first time I rooted, though, I used the one-click method in the MoDaCo forums, by . . . Paul(?). I think that's his name. It's a simple zip file. So I unzipped to my desktop. Which gave me a folder with the GRI40 Nexus S superboot. I disconnected my phone, shut it off, then held the volume up and power keys until it booted into the fastboot bit. Once it was in fastboot (with the green Android and the orange text up top and the blue text options along the side), I reconnected the USB, then just double-clicked the .bat file in the superboot folder.
That gave me root. I verified via rootchecker, and the moment I confirmed root, I went to Clockwork, reflashed Clockwork Mod Recovery, and did a complete back-up. That's where I am now. Not sure where I'm going from here, but I have 2.3.3 GRI40 root with baseband i9020xxb1, and that's how I did it.
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Are you on a PC or a mac?
PC
Loaded up Cyanogen. Seems okay. Tried adding the Honity kernel, but that seems to bugger everything up.
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PC
Loaded up Cyanogen. Seems okay. Tried adding the Honity kernel, but that seems to bugger everything up.
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Cyanogen is nice as it adds some features but if you've been living without them you might never notice having them lol. More people need to buy macs <.< I can help anyone get root on a mac >.>
I'm noticing that. It seems like kernels are what introduce problems for me; I've run Bionix and Cyanogen without issue, but as soon as I load up a kernel, I start getting force closes in any app that requires superuser permissions. I've discovered that managing the apps to clear their data/caches can help, but I'd like to find a more stable set up.
willentrekin said:
I'm noticing that. It seems like kernels are what introduce problems for me; I've run Bionix and Cyanogen without issue, but as soon as I load up a kernel, I start getting force closes in any app that requires superuser permissions. I've discovered that managing the apps to clear their data/caches can help, but I'd like to find a more stable set up.
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When you flash the kernel run fix permissions before you reboot. For me cfs kernels.
Want to unroot my HTC Sensation so I can sell it. I cant get ADB to run on Windows XP. It flashes momentarily but never opens when selected to run? Is there a way I can just flash a zip for of stock TMO US software thus unrooting phone without ADB?
try this, i have just un-rooted my phone earlier today and it worked perfect...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1291539
So I rooted my phone with the ace hack kit a while ago, put a rom on it and all was good. Well earlier I got a galaxy s2 skyrocket and was giving my old one to a family member, I hit factory restore in the setting and it did what it was supposed to then got stuck on this black screen that says android in a shining letters. I tried rest from Hboot, soft reset(battery out), and running the original software. my computer however refuses to connect to the computer, so I can't flash the original software to it. once I get to Hboot, it just sits there.
Any ideas on what to do to fix this?
Also, I need to get rid of the root and all custom stuff. So I just need a way to connect it to my computer and flash the original software onto it.
crossfire027 said:
Also, I need to get rid of the root and all custom stuff. So I just need a way to connect it to my computer and flash the original software onto it.
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Of course when you go into hboot it will stay there. You have to use volume keys for option ex. recovery, shut down. You have to use the ace hack kit to unroot and s-on , you can not just take the official from and install it when rooted. You have to unroot phone. You can just place stock rooted rom on phone. Just place in root of sd card then boot into hboot and when it ask volume up for yes and let it do its thing then reboot when told to.
http://db.tt/Usbm7yCw
Do not rename zip
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium
crossfire027 said:
Also, I need to get rid of the root and all custom stuff. So I just need a way to connect it to my computer and flash the original software onto it.
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If you factory reseted the phone you erased the usb debugging...you won´t be able to connect it then. Just flash a RUU, and that will revert to stock rom. Then, run the Hack Kit to revert to S-ON.
ive been trying like hell to root my new s5 neo 903w canadian version, but i can NOT for the life of me get my laptop to properly recognize it in order for odin to see it, in order to flash the canadian version of the 903w root which can be found on chainfire..... ive done reading and did install the cdc android driver, but its giving me code 10 and the driver wont run.
my factory recovery allows me to install update from sd card... can i just put the root file (tar.md5) on my external sd and do it that way?? ive been busting my butt for 3 hours trying to get this darn thing to work properly.
my comptuer sees it just fine while powered on... but download mode i just get a big fat nothing. closest ive gotten is "drivers didnt install properly". windows 7 64 bit.
Help???
the whole reason i want to root is to get all the crap off that i wont use, and to avoid automatic ota updates. i cant even use wifi on it until its rooted as it automatically downloads and wants to install the update, despite dont automatically download updates being checked off in about phone software update.
nobody knows??
I'd love to know if you got this figured out or not
It's very possible I'm missing a step, but every guide that I've found has not helped. I have the stock firmware that I'm trying to flash on odin, I got the most up to date and got a sha256 is invalid error so the guide said switch to odincomsey but now I'm getting the setup connection error. first thought was that I needed to reinstall the usb drivers which I did and rebooted the computer but no change. really not sure if there's something else I need to do on the phone, but I haven't done anything with the root, so far the only thing to come from the root is not beingable to play pokemon go which is why I'm trying to revert to stock, but it's not working. I was able to do it before when I was trying to root it so I'm not sure what the problem is now. any suggestions would be helpful
I have supersu on the phone but it doesn't do anything when I try to open it, which is another issue
What all did u do so far in order to root your phone? Need more details please. Did u enable OEM UNLOCK? Did you enable USB Debugging? Did you then flash TWRP with Odin? Then flash correct SuperSU? Let us know more so we can trouble shoot with you.