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Root 2.3.7???

Hey guys need some help. Has anyone been able to root Sprint Nexus S 2.3.7 yet???
Got a new phone & it came preloaded with 2.3.7. I really want to root it but I haven't found anything about it. Many thanks if anyone can help me.
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I'm pretty sure the one click still works if your feeling lazy.
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Are u speaking about the app or on pc?
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treezy26 said:
Hey guys need some help. Has anyone been able to root Sprint Nexus S 2.3.7 yet???
Got a new phone & it came preloaded with 2.3.7. I really want to root it but I haven't found anything about it. Many thanks if anyone can help me.
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Please understand how *all* Nexus devices work. You are free to unlock the boot loader at ANY time and flash whatever you want. All the "One Click Root" scripts do is automate the following process:
1.) Unlock the boot loader (fastboot oem unlock)
2.) Flash custom recovery (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img)
3.) Boot into recovery and flash the su zip package (installs the su binary into /system/xbin and chmod's it appropriately)
No update will *ever* break this process. With an unlocked boot loader you can flash whatever the hell you want (boot, userdata, system, recovery) and there's nothing at the OS level preventing that.
These "one click root" scripts just prevent anyone from learning what is actually happening (when it's actually quite simple) and lead to 20 threads like this each time an OTA drops.

krohnjw said:
Please understand how *all* Nexus devices work. You are free to unlock the boot loader at ANY time and flash whatever you want. All the "One Click Root" scripts do is automate the following process:
1.) Unlock the boot loader (fastboot oem unlock)
2.) Flash custom recovery (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img)
3.) Boot into recovery and flash the su zip package (installs the su binary into /system/xbin and chmod's it appropriately)
No update will *ever* break this process. With an unlocked boot loader you can flash whatever the hell you want (boot, userdata, system, recovery) and there's nothing at the OS level preventing that.
These "one click root" scripts just prevent anyone from learning what is actually happening (when it's actually quite simple) and lead to 20 threads like this each time an OTA drops.
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Sadly 2.3.3 DID break root without unlocking the bootloader for those people who didn't want to have to deal with having their SD Card wiped.

Ive used one click root before just never for the nexus. I am new to this phone & just want to get everything right.
So i can use one click root on 2.3.7 with no problems?
I am very familiar with root on my previous phone (evo).
Like i said i just want to get all the angles down pat before i attempt this. Thank you for your time.
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kenvan19 said:
Sadly 2.3.3 DID break root without unlocking the bootloader for those people who didn't want to have to deal with having their SD Card wiped.
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That was never an intended function of fastboot for the device (to be able to boot a recovery) - it was a loophole that was closed. Unlocking the boot loader (and subsequently being able to flash whatever you want) is not going to be prevented.

treezy26 said:
Ive used one click root before just never for the nexus. I am new to this phone & just want to get everything right.
So i can use one click root on 2.3.7 with no problems?
I am very familiar with root on my previous phone (evo).
Like i said i just want to get all the angles down pat before i attempt this. Thank you for your time.
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Yes, it should - at least look here (from the sticky in the NS4G development forum) so you know what it's going to do: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078213
There aren't too many angles other than unlock your boot loader using fastboot (one command), flash a custom recovery (download it and flash it using one command) and then flash the su binary package. All downloads are in that thread.

krohnjw said:
That was never an intended function of fastboot for the device (to be able to boot a recovery) - it was a loophole that was closed. Unlocking the boot loader (and subsequently being able to flash whatever you want) is not going to be prevented.
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Yes, it was a loophole but it was a nice loophole but you are correct. Nexus devices are the embodiment of Google's ideals for Android. There have been a number of google blog posts which state that Nexus devices are meant to be easy to unlock and install custom 3rd party software.

[Q] Completely awkward behaving Nexus S

I just bought this phone yesterday and it is the i9020t (AWS version). The phone function works fine but every so often every application fails and gives an error asking to report it. I cannot manage to change the screen lock, it just comes back after reset. I only managed to remove it once. Also I cannot reset it no matter what I do, whether it is from settings or from the recovery menu. All data seems impossible to remove. How is this happening?
So Far:
-I got the boot loader unlocked (does this mean it is rooted yet?), failed to install superboot.zip
-Got the adb setup with using only part of the sdk files
(http://esausilva.com/2010/10/02/how-to-set-up-adb-android-debug-bridge-in-mac-osx/)
Now I have tried this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884093
I can't get clockworkmod on here, I don't even know what it is exactly.
I believe I need to flash the phone onto stock firmware, the current seems corrupt as I can't do any changes such as password or wipe data.
More info on phone:
Android version: 2.3.4; Baseband version: I9020XXKD1; Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-ge382d80 [email protected]#1; Build number: GRJ22;
BTW I am on Mac OS X but can access a PC if I really have to.
Anything else I need to provide?

Doesn't sound like an odd behaving phone, just that you weren't very prepared for the rooting process.
If your bootloader is unlocked you need to flash a custom recovery such as clockworkmod or twrp. To do this you will use the fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img after you have flashed the recovery you can either flash a new rom or flash the superuser.zip to achieve root on the stock rom.
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He said weeny hah but other than that he's right
Rem3Dy said:
Doesn't sound like an odd behaving phone, just that you weeny very prepared for the rooting process.
If your bootloader is unlocked you need to flash a custom recovery such as clockworkmod or twrp. To do this you will use the fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img after you have flashed the recovery you can either flash a new rom or flash the superuser.zip to achieve root on the stock rom.
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sinik420 said:
He said weeny hah but other than that he's right
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Owned by auto correct
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Rem3Dy said:
Doesn't sound like an odd behaving phone, just that you weren't very prepared for the rooting process.
If your bootloader is unlocked you need to flash a custom recovery such as clockworkmod or twrp. To do this you will use the fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img after you have flashed the recovery you can either flash a new rom or flash the superuser.zip to achieve root on the stock rom.
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It was a messed up phone. Returned it. Nothing would write onto sdcard. Which explains why it would not allow many functions that require data retention.

Locking OEM

Hi I have just recently unrooted my phone and back to stock with stock boothloader and recovery.
I did this because I am just patiently
Waiting for the ICS update.
My questing is...how do I lock the OEM on my phone? I know you could but I want to know how. And ....if I do that....WOULD IT WIPE MY PHONE?
I want to relock my OEM, but keep all my apps on my phone.
So again, if I lock my OEM, would it wipe my phone?
PS. I have 19020A
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Don't think it wipes ur phone... maybe I'm wrong but here ya go
>Fastboot Device
>Fastboot OEM Lock
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Yup it will wipe everything
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mathkid95 said:
Yup it will wipe everything
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fastboot oem lock
Locking doesn't wipe anything. Unlocking wipes.
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You don't have to lock bootloader to recieve OTA updates, unlocked bootloader just allows you to flash something via fastboot (usually CWM). Just be unrooted and have stock recovery, as I do. This way you can always flash CWM, make a nandroid backup and flash someting else...without losing any data (you don't unlock bootloader).

Ahhh damnit. Thanks krohn, had a bit of a brain freeze there.
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dan542 said:
You don't have to lock bootloader to recieve OTA updates, unlocked bootloader just allows you to flash something via fastboot (usually CWM). Just be unrooted and have stock recovery, as I do. This way you can always flash CWM, make a nandroid backup and flash someting else...without losing any data (you don't unlock bootloader).
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Yea, why lock the bootloader? It doesn't need to be.
I thought locking the bootloader DID wipe. I guess I myself am mistaken too. (It would tell you though when you go to do it.).
Lastly, don't you think it's a little earlier to be going back to stock for the ICS update when it's not even announced as far as it being done and the phone; nor, is it announced of when the phone itself will be coming out. And, it won't be sometime till after that as well.
Just my opinion.
(You also didn't need to go unroot if you were stock rooted with no modifications).

Its just that I have lots of apps and I want to have them for when ICS comes out.
And....idk....I just figures if I am not rooted I might-as-well OEM lock just invade..if I might need to...for warenty
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Nah your good on that... while it's rooted and awaiting the OTA... give your phone some Cyber air... over clock it with an app... install a better radio.. do something =]
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BlackHawkA4 said:
Yea, why lock the bootloader? It doesn't need to be.
I thought locking the bootloader DID wipe. I guess I myself am mistaken too. (It would tell you though when you go to do it.).
Lastly, don't you think it's a little earlier to be going back to stock for the ICS update when it's not even announced as far as it being done and the phone; nor, is it announced of when the phone itself will be coming out. And, it won't be sometime till after that as well.
Just my opinion.
(You also didn't need to go unroot if you were stock rooted with no modifications).
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Yes, you can be rooted, but you'll have to have stock recovery and you'll lose root with OTA update.
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dan542 said:
Yes, you can be rooted, but you'll have to have stock recovery and you'll lose root with OTA update.
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You don't need stock recovery. Stock recovery is not checked with an assert and is not patched, it is deleted and flashed using a full image. You can flash the OTA with CWM without any issues.
You will lose root in one of two scenarios with the OTAs, it recursively chmod's /system or formats /system (full update, not incremental). At this point all you need to do it flash the su binary again though to regain root access.

krohnjw said:
You don't need stock recovery. Stock recovery is not checked with an assert and is not patched, it is deleted and flashed using a full image. You can flash the OTA with CWM without any issues.
You will lose root in one of two scenarios with the OTAs, it recursively chmod's /system or formats /system (full update, not incremental). At this point all you need to do it flash the su binary again though to regain root access.
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Ok
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[Q]How should I root my nexus s with official ICS?

Hi, I'm new here. I've searched but I think there's no answer to this question. This is my first xda thread.
So, here is the question: how should I root ns with official ICS rom?
I was using CM7 build for quite a few days. Just two hours ago, I went back to official 2.3.6 and upgraded to 4.0.3. My ns model is i9023.
I used fastboot to flash 5.0.2.0 CWM recovery to ns, and I was able to use the CWMr. Then I installed su.zip (from clockworkmod.com). After reboot I can see SuperUser there now, but still get no root access.
I think I should use a newer version of su.zip? I viewed one Galaxy Nexus rooting tutorial, in that tutorial they used the same su.zip and it worked. Any one can help?

you need to use the fastboot method as on the sticky
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AllGamer said:
you need to use the fastboot method as on the sticky
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I think the regular rooting process is:
1.Unlock the device (already unlocked)
2.Use fastboot to flash CWM recovery
3.Boot into recovery and flash su
I did all of these, so maybe su package is the problem?

Same thing here.

AllGamer said:
you need to use the fastboot method as on the sticky
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The regular root process doesn't seem to work for ICS. Depending on which version of the su package installed, you would get different error messages on the terminal when you execute $su.

this update sucks. now im stuck with a slow nexus with no root no color correction hack and no root. the nexus is now another pos phone. ot happy with this BS

You are not stuck with nothing. Your phone has a unlocked boot loader. Flash what you want.
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vabeachfc3s said:
this update sucks. now im stuck with a slow nexus with no root no color correction hack and no root. the nexus is now another pos phone. ot happy with this BS
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Grow up.. Idiot.

Try this su installer. Seems to have worked for a guy over there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396703

I need help with Nexus S rooting.

I have a GSM Nexus S on ATT running GTJ61 2.3.4 firmware.
I've been trying to root it with the Gingerbreak apk without success.
Skeptical as to whether or not I'll actually get the official ICS update so I'd rather just root and enjoy.
Please help.
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you need adb and fast boot to root nexus s, this can be done without unlocking but I recommend unlocking.
With adb and fastboot set up grab cwm 5.0.2.0 .img and in cmd with phone in bootloader type "adb fastboot boot /path/to/recovery.img" then flash the super user app and binary which can be got at androidsu.com/superuser
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That's good, unfortunately I'm not that experienced with adb commands.
Is there an easy root or one click option?
The difficulty comes from not having my own computer.
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try this, if you just wanna root do steps 1-4
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/one-click-root-and-recovery-for-all-nexus-s-models-windows-only/