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[Q][ROOT] Nexus S Root, Android 2.3.6

Hey folks,
First of all, I know this has probably been asked a gazillion times before, but here goes again lol.
I'm no noob when it comes to rooting, but this is the first time I'm trying to do that on a Nexus S, and I don't want to brick the phone.
This is what it says when in bootloader:
PRODUCT NAME: HERRING
HW VERSION: REV 52
BOOTLOADER VERSION: I9020XXKA3
BASEBAND VERSION: I9020XXKF1
CARRIER INFO: EUR
LOCK STATE: LOCKED (obviously lol)
Android version is 2.3.6
Build number: GRK39F
Is there a thread explaining how to root it and if so just paste the link here. You don't have to go into trouble explaining step by step.
I've read the 2 threads I could find on rooting it, but the problem is I have no idea which model it is (I9023 or other.)
Thanx a lot for your time.

check out nexusshcaks website.. he has explained everything.. with videos.. updated.. plus reviews of some gud roms as well..

Thanx a lot. I found those vids and am about to do the root. Can I flash any of the ROMs from here?
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

I have found that most of the ROMS posted here work just fine, save for a few glitches depending on what provider you're with. Happy rooting!

Ok so I rooted and backed up the ROM I currently have, installed superuser, installed latest clocworkmod recovery and now when I want to flash a ROM, I reboot into recovery and get a triangle with android, which I guess means recovery isn't working. What now?

bro i have been in your shoes when this had happened to me, i cant exactly remembered how i fixed it, but this is what i remember:
1. Get Root Explorer
2. Open that app
3. Navigate to /system/etc/
3. Find a file named “install-recovery.sh”
4. Rename it to “install-recovery.sh.bak”
if you want it more detailed i can help

With stock ICS, every reboot destroyed my precious ClockworkMod recovery. I knew that there was a fix a la allenxx's helpful post above, but I ended up just reflashing recovery with fastboot when I wanted to mess with the custom recovery until I finally flashed a custom ROM (CodeName Android), which solved the problem for me.

[Q] Am I rooted or unlocked??

Sent my phone to Square Trade before I got the 4.0.4 update (was previously on 4.0.2 with T-Mobile). They put a new "main circuit board" in my phone (sent it in for power button inop).
Well when I got my phone back the first thing I noticed was an "unlocked lock" symbol during boot up. Then I found that that it was updated to 4.0.4 and in my app drawer the Superuser app (which I updated to v3.0.7 (41)) is present.....
Here is the specs under the "about phone" section in Settings:
Build number: IMM76D
Baseband version: I9020XXKI1
Kernel version:
3.0.8-g6656123
[email protected] #1
Thu Feb 2 16:56:02 PST 2012
I've never rooted before -so I don't know how to confirm that I am. However I noticed that in the Superuser app, when I go to check for updates it says that my installed version is LEGACY -and it says a new version of SU BINARY was found. When I tap on "update" it says: CHECKING FOR BUSY BOX... NOT FOUND, and then GAINING ROOT ACCES... FAIL!
Also when attempting to try out Droid Wall and Adblock they both say that I am not rooted.
Does this mean that I am not rooted?? -even though that "unlocked lock" symbol is present at start up??
If they rooted my phone wrong, what can I do to root it correctly??
-and-
How to I return to stock un-rooted 4.0.4 if I ever need to??
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

The unlocked symbol when you start up your phone (under the Google logo, right?) just means your bootloader is unlocked, which is the first step in actually rooting the phone.
As for Superuser, even non-rooted phones can install it from the Market/Play Store (like you have), doesn't necessarily mean you're rooted.
Did you install Superuser or did they put it on the phone?

They put it on my phone. I just updated it from the Play Store when I was putting all my apps back on my phone.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA

Maybe they just wanted to see whether or not you were rooted?

So I can go ahead and follow the "how to root i9020T" guide under the stickied General section of this Nexus S forum? ....and I should be ok?
I figure that if my bootloader is already unlocked I might as well go all the way and finally root this phone, right? That or lock it up again.
My main concern is since I didn't know where they left of, I wasn't sure where to begin/pick back up in finishing the root process.
If I follow the guide from the top I should be safe though, right?
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA

MotorcycleKopp said:
So I can go ahead and follow the "how to root i9020T" guide under the stickied General section of this Nexus S forum? ....and I should be ok?
I figure that if my bootloader is already unlocked I might as well go all the way and finally root this phone, right? That or lock it up again.
My main concern is since I didn't know where they left of, I wasn't sure where to begin/pick back up in finishing the root process.
If I follow the guide from the top I should be safe though, right?
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA
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if you already have a custom recovery, just flash any of the custom roms(or kernels) and youll have root. if not, flash a custom recovery then a custom rom(or kernel). all the custom roms come with su binaries. yea, its that easy.

So I'm not sure if they put custom recovery on my phone.... how can I tell??

MotorcycleKopp said:
So I'm not sure if they put custom recovery on my phone.... how can I tell??
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power off>hold volume up+power>volume rocker to select recovery>power to select

OK, when I do that process I got what looked like a dead Android??

MotorcycleKopp said:
OK, when I do that process I got what looked like a dead Android??
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ha! dead android, lol.
youll need to flash a recovery via fastboot(probably clockworkmod recovery).

Ok.... flashing recovery is ALWAYS where I get lost when I read up on rooting.
Could you/someone point me in the right direction please?? (via instructions or a link to some GOOD & CURRENT instructions and files).
Can I just follow instructions from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545 and start from the top -so that I get a feel of how to do this from the beginning????
-and if I follow the instructions from this post, will I still be running 4.0.4??
This dead android really concerns me a bit!!

That guide is perfect. If you use, it will install a custom recovery on your phone, which can then be USED to install 4.0.4 on your phone again. If you don't really want root access, I'd stay where you are right now.
Anyhow, if you DO decide to follow the guide, you can skip the part where it says to type "fastboot oem unlock" (beginning of part 2) because that command unlocks the bootloader, and your phone already has an unlocked bootloader (shown bythe unlocked lock you see when you turn your phone on).

OK.... so I'm following the guide, BUT when I go to "update driver software" I point it to where I downloaded the "android-sdk_r13-windows.zip" file, but it won't let me select it. I also tried extracting the file directly onto my C:\ drive, but it won't let me select it there either.
What am I missing here??
(running Windows XP 32 bit, by the way)

Do you have either WinZip, Winrar, or 7-zip installed on your computer? You need them to extract the file, which will give you a folder. Point the driver installer to that folder after you've extracted it

Well I got the file extracted just fine. Problem is that when it won't let me select ANYTHING when I try to update the driver (the "OK" is dulled out when I point it to where I extracted the file to).
BTW, at the current state, next to "Android 1.0" in my Device Manager it shows a yellow "question mark & exclamation mark", and it is a sub of "other devices" (with a yellow "question mark" next to that as well).
Did I miss a step????

Try picking just the folder where the extracted folder is, that might work. As for the yellow exclamation mark, it's normal. That's what the drivers you install are going to fix

Still won't let me chose anything.....
One thing I noticed is that in the instructions it says to point it to "(..\android-sdk-windows\google-usb_driver)" .....but I don't have anything that says "\google-usb_driver" at the end of the file name. I only have "android-sdk-windows" -even after I extracted the file.
All I have inside the "android-sdk-windows" folder are: add-ons, platforms, tools, SDK Manager, and SDK Readme. None of them have anything that say "google-usb_driver" in them.
Where do I find this "google-usb_driver"??

Scroll down on this page
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
Actually, it might be easier to try this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1589251

Hmmm... that one-click root method looks awesome, but since it was only uploaded yesterday I'm a little bit weary of it.
I tried to get that google-usb_driver, but with the sdk r13 it won't let me unless I update to r17. I'm thinking of just going to http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html and getting the latest sdk r17 exe file & trying to go from there. Only concern is that on the guide here on xda it says "from sdk r14 forward Google removed the fastboot command so I'd have to make the fastboot command myself" -will this be an issue or is that easily done??
(I seriously can't believe I'm running into wall after wall with this.
I REALLY appreciate all the help thus far, by the way)

See the first link from my last post for a driver
Sent from my Nexus S 4G

[Q] Custome Recovery on Huawei Honor

Hi every one,
I've Huawei Honor running ICS 4.0.3. I'm having a problem in installing custom recovery.
Here are details of my phone:
Android: 4.0.3 (Rooted through this tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28403132&postcount=799)
Baseband: 404029
Kernel: 3.0.8-perf-00061-g97a3097
Build No: U8860IV100R001C388B930
When I go to pink screen process to replace recovery.img, no drive displays in my computer. PC installs some drivers but no drive displays. Can anyone tell me what is wrong?
I'm a newbie and knows not much about these things but trying to learn hardly
As far I know after reading posts, I should have B919 rom installed to accomplish this. If I'm right, tell me and If I'm wrong, please guide me.
Thanks a lot.

faakher said:
Hi every one,
I've Huawei Honor running ICS 4.0.3. I'm having a problem in installing custom recovery.
Here are details of my phone:
Android: 4.0.3 (Rooted through this tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28403132&postcount=799)
Baseband: 404029
Kernel: 3.0.8-perf-00061-g97a3097
Build No: U8860IV100R001C388B930
When I go to pink screen process to replace recovery.img, no drive displays in my computer. PC installs some drivers but no drive displays. Can anyone tell me what is wrong?
I'm a newbie and knows not much about these things but trying to learn hardly
As far I know after reading posts, I should have B919 rom installed to accomplish this. If I'm right, tell me and If I'm wrong, please guide me.
Thanks a lot.
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U must first downgrade to b919 .. and than go update or flash recovery

[Q] HELP PLEASE! HTC One-KitKat 4.4 OTA Update not installing!

I've just received my OTA KitKat 4.4 update on my HTC One, but it won't successfully install. i tap "install now" on my phone, the phone reboots and goes into TWRP recovery. i found the zip file, flashed it with TWRP, and it seems to have unpacked it because i now have a file with the same name as the KitKat 4.4 update zip file that contains a "META-INF" file and a "patch" file, but when i reboot system, i'm still running Android 4.3 with Sense 5.0 according to Settings>About>Software information. what is going on? am i doing something wrong? do i need to relock my bootloader? uninstall TWRP? if i do need to uninstall TWRP, then how? i don't even see it listed under Settings>Apps. i was really looking forward to running KitKat and i've been trying to update to it all night, so much so that my wife is now mad at me for spending so much time "playing" with my phone! if anyone can help me, i would greatly appreciate it. i'm a newb when it comes to TWRP, but i've had an HTC Tilt, Tilt 2, and a Vivid, all unlocked, rooted, and with custom roms. i was even trying to learn to cook my own roms for my Vivid, so i know (basically) what i'm doing, but i am familiar with using the "install from internal SD card" option in recovery, which i don't even have anymore. now when i enter my bootloader, scroll to "recovery" and select it, my phone boots up into TWRP recovery, which i'm not liking thus far. seems like more of a pain than the simple "install from internal SD" process that i'm familiar with. i'd much prefer to use the process i'm familiar with than TWRP if that is possible. if anyone can help me with any of these issues, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do so. reply to this post, pm me, or email me. doesn't make any difference to me. i'll take any help or advice i can get at this point!
Chris
HTC One
and if you need any of the following info...
Android 4.3, Sense 5.0
Software Number: 3.22.1540.1
Kernal Version: 3.4.10-g9579b75
[email protected]#1
SMP PREEMPT
Build Number: 3.22.1540.1 CL252721 release-keys
Baseband Version: 4A.17.3250.20_10.40.1150.04L

clsifford said:
I've just received my OTA KitKat 4.4 update on my HTC One, but it won't successfully install. i tap "install now" on my phone, the phone reboots and goes into TWRP recovery. i found the zip file, flashed it with TWRP, and it seems to have unpacked it because i now have a file with the same name as the KitKat 4.4 update zip file that contains a "META-INF" file and a "patch" file, but when i reboot system, i'm still running Android 4.3 with Sense 5.0 according to Settings>About>Software information. what is going on? am i doing something wrong? do i need to relock my bootloader? uninstall TWRP? if i do need to uninstall TWRP, then how? i don't even see it listed under Settings>Apps. i was really looking forward to running KitKat and i've been trying to update to it all night, so much so that my wife is now mad at me for spending so much time "playing" with my phone! if anyone can help me, i would greatly appreciate it. i'm a newb when it comes to TWRP, but i've had an HTC Tilt, Tilt 2, and a Vivid, all unlocked, rooted, and with custom roms. i was even trying to learn to cook my own roms for my Vivid, so i know (basically) what i'm doing, but i am familiar with using the "install from internal SD card" option in recovery, which i don't even have anymore. now when i enter my bootloader, scroll to "recovery" and select it, my phone boots up into TWRP recovery, which i'm not liking thus far. seems like more of a pain than the simple "install from internal SD" process that i'm familiar with. i'd much prefer to use the process i'm familiar with than TWRP if that is possible. if anyone can help me with any of these issues, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do so. reply to this post, pm me, or email me. doesn't make any difference to me. i'll take any help or advice i can get at this point!
Chris
HTC One
and if you need any of the following info...
Android 4.3, Sense 5.0
Software Number: 3.22.1540.1
Kernal Version: 3.4.10-g9579b75
[email protected]#1
SMP PREEMPT
Build Number: 3.22.1540.1 CL252721 release-keys
Baseband Version: 4A.17.3250.20_10.40.1150.04L
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If you post this question in the HTC one forum, it's more likely you get a answer HTC one Forum/AT&T HTC one/Sprint HTC one/T-Mobile HTC one/Verizon HTC one

Fantassy123 said:
If you post this question in the HTC one forum, it's more likely you get a answer HTC one Forum/AT&T HTC one/Sprint HTC one/T-Mobile HTC one/Verizon HTC one
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will do. thanks!

clsifford said:
will do. thanks!
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You need the stock recovery running and relock the boot loader with a stock rom and you will be fine, btw where are you located getting the 4.4 ota?
Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk

I completely screwed my recovery, please help.

I didn't see any post that matched this issue after searching.
Well, I wanted to install TWRP, right? I thought, "Easy enough, I'll just flash this thing and be done."
The phone works, I'm on it now. I ended up with it updating to this stupid 5.0.1 that a lot of things won't work.
I really need a recovery. I get an error to use Samsung recovery software instead.
I then have to go into download mode, then hit cancel before it'll boot.
I'll reply to this with more information on my phone, including build number and such.
Thank you guys very much ahead of time.

I did have to use kingroot to get root access with this firmware.
Baseband version
1545VRUGOF1
Kernel
version
3.4.0
[email protected]#1
Wed Jul 1516:33:03 KST 2015
Build
number
LRX22C.1545VRUGOF1

Not to bump this... Is this enough information?