Ok.. I bought my Nexus S with 2.3.1 installed. I rooted it shortly after deciding I would keep the phone for awhile. According to all the guides I looked through, Clockwork Recovery won't stick unless that one file is renamed..
Well, come to find out, when I tried accepting the OTA update for 2.3.4, I somehow lost stock recovery and have Clockwork still installed. I've been running the stock software, stock kernel, with the bootloader unlocked and superuser installed. I never renamed the file in order to keep my stock recovery, just in case, but somehow still lost it.
I want to update my phone from 2.3.1 to 2.3.4 but I don't want to lose my app data and whatnot so I want to know if it is possible to install the OTA updates via Clockwork.. I managed to find the zip file for the update that will bring my phone from 2.3.1 to 2.3.3 and then the zip file for 2.3.3 to 2.3.4 from Google.
I don't want to flash a ROM, just looking to keep everything mostly stock but with root. I've searched for an answer but must be looking up the wrong terms, as I can't seem to find any info on doing this under the circumstances
Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance!!
Phone: i9020t
Android: 2.3.1
Baseband: I9020XXJK8
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-g7f1638a / [email protected] #1
Build: GRH78
hkt03 said:
Ok.. I bought my Nexus S with 2.3.1 installed. I rooted it shortly after deciding I would keep the phone for awhile. According to all the guides I looked through, Clockwork Recovery won't stick unless that one file is renamed..
Well, come to find out, when I tried accepting the OTA update for 2.3.4, I somehow lost stock recovery and have Clockwork still installed. I've been running the stock software, stock kernel, with the bootloader unlocked and superuser installed. I never renamed the file in order to keep my stock recovery, just in case, but somehow still lost it.
I want to update my phone from 2.3.1 to 2.3.4 but I don't want to lose my app data and whatnot so I want to know if it is possible to install the OTA updates via Clockwork.. I managed to find the zip file for the update that will bring my phone from 2.3.1 to 2.3.3 and then the zip file for 2.3.3 to 2.3.4 from Google.
I don't want to flash a ROM, just looking to keep everything mostly stock but with root. I've searched for an answer but must be looking up the wrong terms, as I can't seem to find any info on doing this under the circumstances
Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance!!
Phone: i9020t
Android: 2.3.1
Baseband: I9020XXJK8
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-g7f1638a / [email protected] #1
Build: GRH78
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Yes, you can install the OTA with CWM.
Why don't you just install a stock, rooted rom.
It is just the stock rom, rooted and packed in zip ready to be flashed in clockwork rec.
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deeren said:
Why don't you just install a stock, rooted rom.
It is just the stock rom, rooted and packed in zip ready to be flashed in clockwork rec.
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Don't really feel like setting up my phone again and losing my app data.. I didn't mind too much with my G1, but I've got so much junk on my NS that I don't want to lose. Just want to update like normal..
i guess you have two options update:
1 - you could flash original ota from cwm, but you will lose the root and cwm recovery, then you will need to root again, but to root in 2.3.4, you will need to unlock booloader, and that gonna make you lose everything...
2 - you also could try to flash stock, deodexed and rooted zip, but i really don't know if it gonna work (although i don't see why it wouldn't)...
thiagodark said:
i guess you have two options update:
1 - you could flash original ota from cwm, but you will lose the root and cwm recovery, then you will need to root again, but to root in 2.3.4, you will need to unlock booloader, and that gonna make you lose everything...
2 - you also could try to flash stock, deodexed and rooted zip, but i really don't know if it gonna work (although i don't see why it wouldn't)...
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My bootloader has been unlocked, flashing the ota doesn't lock it back up does it? I always thought I only lost root access, but not lock up the bootloader
hkt03 said:
My bootloader has been unlocked, flashing the ota doesn't lock it back up does it? I always thought I only lost root access, but not lock up the bootloader
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well, if your bootloader is unlocked you don't have any problem at all! =o)
since you said that you rooted in 2.3.1, i thought you followed the guide to make it without unlocking bootloder.
with unlocked bootloader, that's what i would do:
- reboot in recovery (cwm recovery)
- nandroid backup
- wipe cache / dalvik-cache
- flash official zip OTA for your specific model. you can find it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056062
- boot and see if everything is okay
after that, you will lose root and cwm recovery! now you have to root just like you had done before (flashing cwm from bootload and applying su file).
hope it can helps!
When i bought my NS, I had Stock 2.3.4 GB and a different baseband.
I immediately unlock the bootloader, rooted it and flash CWM. And I did a CWM Backup of the stock 2.3.4 Rooted.
I decided to use the warranty, and i'd like to RELOCK the bootloader.
I reverted back to the stock 2.3.4 Rooted.
I Think the procedure to return to factory model is the following:
1flash the previous baseband in CWM;
2go to fastboot mode, type ADB RELOCK BOOTLOADER and reboot.
My fear is that, with the rom rooted, It won't boot up!!!
Any alternatives?
ciaosimo said:
When i bought my NS, I had Stock 2.3.4 GB and a different baseband.
I immediately unlock the bootloader, rooted it and flash CWM. And I did a CWM Backup of the stock 2.3.4 Rooted.
I decided to use the warranty, and i'd like to RELOCK the bootloader.
I reverted back to the stock 2.3.4 Rooted.
I Think the procedure to return to factory model is the following:
1flash the previous baseband in CWM;
2go to fastboot mode, type ADB RELOCK BOOTLOADER and reboot.
My fear is that, with the rom rooted, It won't boot up!!!
Any alternatives?
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with the right recovery it will boot up
http://prestongeekup.co.uk/?p=156
Here's a real straight-forward guide for n00bs. if you've got an idea of what your doing, which it sounds like, then I'll try to explain it.
first, you need to flash an OTA stock ROM because this is what will overwrite CWM with stock recovery.
then you need to do a factory reset
then reboot into fastboot and connect to your pc
I don't want to type out every version here, but skip to step 16 of that guide and it will have the cmd prompts for each platform (Windows/Mac/Linux)
I'm sure you can do it from there.
ok have a rooted Nexus S I9020XXKD1 GRJ22 running [email protected] #9 kernel.
rooted and bootloader unlocked.
I'd like to finally upgrade to Jelly Bean stock or custom rom and I am a little unsure if I'll need to first revert back to 2.3.6 stock then goto ICS then goto Jelly Bean...ect.
What is the easiest way to go from 2.3.4 -> JellyBean?
so I guess this is a GT-I9020T (3G) so I could essentially just flash the stock image located at
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
choosing Jellybean from
Factory Images "soju" for Nexus S (worldwide version, i9020t and i9023)
if I wanted straight stock which would probably lose root and clockwork ect.. anyone confirm this?
or I could find a modded rom and just flash that instead to retain root?
You can do what you want.
Flash a rom with a root already.
Flash the stock images with fastboot. Flash or boot custom recovery and flash supersu or su.zip and have stock rooted.
You have a unlocked nexus. You don't "lose" root period
I currently have 4.0.3 on my nexus s device and it is rooted with a unlocked bootloader. If i want to upgrade to jellybean do I have to unroot and lock the bootloader again? thanks
have you flashed custom recovery image like clockworkmod recovery? if not then do so... there are tutorials in the dev section and you can also search them up on google if you want to flash a custom rom otherwise you want an official update then i have no ideas lol :highfive:
Need to do an exchange. The only stock roms that I've been able to find have root and I need one without root.
I know that I need to do the follow
1) Flash stock rom
2) flash stock recovery
3) disable red text
4) relock bootloader
Never mind. I fixed it all.
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