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[Q] stuck trying to root nexus s, please help

I was trying to root my Nexus S
I got to bootloader, flashed rootboot.img and clockwork. Now I'm stuck on the unlocked google reboot.
When I try mounting the sdcard via usb in clockwork I can't get it to show on my comp, so I can't drop the zip files in there to update the phone. I believe that's the last step I need to get my baby working again.
If this is the case do you have any suggestions on how I can get files in there? I thought there might be a fastboot command to move the files there but I can't seem to figure it out.
If not can you please point me in the right direction
I tried searching the forums for a solution but everything I come across does not seem to help my particular needs, I apologize if I missed the solution elsewhere but I'm at wit's end right now
All suggestions are greatly appreciated
Thanks!

I am almost having the same issue. I unlocked the bootloader and flashed recoverymod but was unable to locate the superuser zip file so I rebooted my nexus. When I tried to start over again and fastboot I'm getting an error with CMD saying its waiting for device. On the nexus when in fastboot mode at the very bottom it says fastboot failsomething or another.
Any suggestions as to how I can get fast boot working again?!
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I'm obviously no pro! but from what I gather it sounds like your phone's not being recognized. I had that problem and this guide seemed to solve it so you might find it of some help
nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-hacks/how-to-install-nexus-s-windows-usb-drivers

Thanks, it can't be a driver issue though since I was able to use fastboot to unlock the bootloader. Although it sure does seem like its not connecting properly.
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blahhhh you jinxed me. I just realized how to use ADP, figured it was the way to push the files I needed to SD card and now I'm getting your error. I'll reply with a solution if I find one, hope you do the same! two noobs are better than one after all!!

Yikes! Please do, it's driving me insane!
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Fixed it, a simple battery pull fixed my problem. Rooted it this morning!
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Think you can tell me what driver you're using? When I plug my phone in I see the following in the device manager
ADB Interface
SAMSUNG Android Composite ADB Interface
I tried your battery trick to no avail, I even had ADB running and tried the battery trick and it won't work
Also, fastboot is recognizing my device.
Any help would really be appreicated. it's day 3 with no phone now

I'm at work now till 9 and I'm in CA. Ill look it up when I get home. U have to DL the Google something or another driver in sdk. I remember 4 was at the end of it. Ill post when I get home.
Your phones not working at all?!
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vintagetonez said:
I am almost having the same issue. I unlocked the bootloader and flashed recoverymod but was unable to locate the superuser zip file so I rebooted my nexus. When I tried to start over again and fastboot I'm getting an error with CMD saying its waiting for device. On the nexus when in fastboot mode at the very bottom it says fastboot failsomething or another.
Any suggestions as to how I can get fast boot working again?!
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hi there
i'm trying to root my xperia x8 using superoneclick, ADB start OK.... waiting.... and i'm waiting more than 5 min i think.... but nothing happen...
-i've extracted/copied xrecovery into sd, phone browser but nothing happen.
- boot the phone and press "back <--" key multiple time.... but phone start as usual ...
can somebody teach me how or give link to show how to root step by step please...
i'm new here..... TT
-- sorry for english.... not my language..

yeah I just switched to the google android service 4 "something or other" not in the mindset to find it. My phone's working it's just in super retardo mode right now. All that's working is the bootloader screen and the clockwork orange screen. I've kind of abandoned all hopes of getting adb to work on it because I've tried EVERTHING (except for what will work). I'm trying to figure out how to get clockwork to work with my pc that way I can get files into the sdcard which is what I was trying to use adb for in the first place.
ps... can you send a pic of your homescreen? I miss mine

U don't need adb to transfer files to your nexus s. Make sure debugging is turned on and mount your SD. You should get a promt to transfer files to and from your device via comp. You can use cmd to transfer with fastboot. I just got home and haven't even downloaded anything for root other than free tethering so I'm not sure which app will allow screen shot capture.
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I'm relatively sure debug is still on otherwise I would not have been able to do what I already did. what's the command to transfer files to sd via fastboot? I tried "push" but that did not seem to work.

Once you plug the phone in.and mount SD.windows will automatically recognize it and prompt what woulf you like to do. Just choose transfer files. Go to the file you want yo transfer and right click. Choose send to E. At least on my comp the nexus shows up as e drive so choose which one it shows up as.
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Thanks for all your help, I really appreciate it. It seems the phone's not being recognized by the computer when I mount it. The drivers show up in device manager when I boot to bootloader but then disappear when I go into clockwork. So I never get a chance to see it in "computer" when I try mounting the sdcard. Any thoughts?

[Completed] Have I bricked my xperia-zl?

(moderators, please put this post in the right place)
1. My Phone is xperia-zl C6502 build 10.4.1.B.0.101
2. Successfully unlocked the bootloader
3. Used Flashtool to Iinstall CWM
4. Now my phone
a. does not boot: tried all combination of switches, including the yellow button next to the SD Card
b. is not recognized by flashtool any more
c. not recognized by Sony PC companion
d. no light/indication when put to charge.
5. I cannot flash stock firmware and then reboot the device as the device is no more recognized by flashtool?
Want help, desperately.

Hi,
This is real unfortunate and it does unlikely there is a fix other then sending it in for RMA.
I would advise to ask those who have your phone and maybe there is still some hope I don't know about.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/help
Just post your same question here and hopefully someone will know a trick for you, best of luck!
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Softbrick? some custom rom advice please

Hello everyone,
I have done something utterly stupid with my Nexus 5, I wiped the internal storage and lost my roms, I really wasnt thinking.
I have tried looking at options like adb sideload but cant find a decent tutorial
Could I just get a micro usb to usb adapter and install a rom off that?
Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction with adb sideload?
Other problems are I can't get on the android SDK because the CMD box only flashes up.
Does the adb sideload option in TWRP actually do anything if you wait for it? Its been waiting for about 1 hour now and nothings happening.
Please guys any help is appreciated

osamarchie2000 said:
Hello everyone,
I have done something utterly stupid with my Nexus 5, I wiped the internal storage and lost my roms, I really wasnt thinking.
I have tried looking at options like adb sideload but cant find a decent tutorial
Could I just get a micro usb to usb adapter and install a rom off that?
Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction with adb sideload?
Other problems are I can't get on the android SDK because the CMD box only flashes up.
Does the adb sideload option in TWRP actually do anything if you wait for it? Its been waiting for about 1 hour now and nothings happening.
Please guys any help is appreciated
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Why don't you flash the factory image using fastboot?
The Cmd box you are referring to happens because you need to navigate to that directory using Cmd and run it from there. You cannot just click it.

Thanks but I cant get the SDK to work at all. Im still looking into it but at the moment it wont work

Please somebody help me with the SDK, I dont know what else to do.
I cant open the SDK manager and I cant open it through eclipse either.
Someone else must have had this problem before

Click the link in my signature and then "adb and fastboot. What is it?"
This will help you configure adb properly. It also helps you learn commands. Like adb push.
adb sideload is the same as push but you type sideload instead.
FYI as much as people round here say it, there is no such thing as a soft brick. Its brick or not brick.
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Switched off my phone and now I cant get it into recovery mode. Only the google logo which just stays there for ages
What do I do now?

osamarchie2000 said:
Switched off my phone and now I cant get it into recovery mode. Only the google logo which just stays there for ages
What do I do now?
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Show down and don't panic. Your device is easily fixed. Hold the power button for 20 seconds. This will shut down the phone. Then press and hold the vol down then press the power button. That'll bring your into the bootloader.
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osamarchie2000 said:
Switched off my phone and now I cant get it into recovery mode. Only the google logo which just stays there for ages
What do I do now?
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Power + volume down button brings you in the bootloader, from there go into recovery (navigate with volume buttons and select with power button)
In recovery follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559200.
Or flash the factory image in the bootloader. (that should work because you need to unlock your bootloader in fastboot)

Thanks guys,
It wasnt working because water damage had interfered with the volume buttons previously.
I have a micro usb to usb adapter now.
Can i put a rom on a USB drive and install that way?
Thanks guys

osamarchie2000 said:
Thanks guys,
It wasnt working because water damage had interfered with the volume buttons previously.
I have a micro usb to usb adapter now.
Can i put a rom on a USB drive and install that way?
Thanks guys
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Yeah that will work too. Water damage is never good for a phone even if it stil works after that. But that's another story

osamarchie2000 said:
Thanks guys,
It wasnt working because water damage had interfered with the volume buttons previously.
I have a micro usb to usb adapter now.
Can i put a rom on a USB drive and install that way?
Thanks guys
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Yes you can. You'll have to "tell" twrp where to find the rom zip.
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Only problem now is I cant get the SDK to work for my life. Ive spent 5 hours trying to fix my phone already today, I have the JDK installed. I open the eclipse thingy and when i try to open the SDK with eclipse it wont work either. Please somebody help with this

osamarchie2000 said:
Only problem now is I cant get the SDK to work for my life. Ive spent 5 hours trying to fix my phone already today, I have the JDK installed. I open the eclipse thingy and when i try to open the SDK with eclipse it wont work either. Please somebody help with this
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You don't need the SDK. You're not developing here
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TWRP cant find any of the files on my USB-OTG

with the CMD, it gives me my device and its serial number and says recovery for
C:\adb devices
but for C:\fastboot devices
I get nothing.
Any ideas please?

osamarchie2000 said:
with the CMD, it gives me my device and its serial number and says recovery for
C:\adb devices
but for C:\fastboot devices
I get nothing.
Any ideas please?
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Did you read my thread that I told you to read?
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osamarchie2000 said:
with the CMD, it gives me my device and its serial number and says recovery for
C:\adb devices
but for C:\fastboot devices
I get nothing.
Any ideas please?
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Here's a hint, read rootSU's sticky rollup and look for the 15 second fastboot adb installer.
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Very sorry, Ive just re-read what Im looking for
Appologies

thankyou all, phone is well and good and im on CM11.
Thanks guys, anyone who helped is the best

Can i do this without rooting , how ?

I am new and noob , i hope i am asking at the right place
So i have a galaxy note 4 verizon model , i am using a different carrier and the problem is that i cant add apn's because verizon is restricting that, i searched the web for a solution but only found solutions involving rooting which i will not risk at any cost
Until i found this post of someone explaining how to overcome this using a flashable mod and recovey mode ,
Is this possible without rooting for some claimed so ? I have uploaded his post can someone pleeeeease explain this for me and direct me to what to do
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maqqam said:
I am new and noob , i hope i am asking at the right place
So i have a galaxy note 4 verizon model , i am using a different carrier and the problem is that i cant add apn's because verizon is restricting that, i searched the web for a solution but only found solutions involving rooting which i will not risk at any cost
Until i found this post of someone explaining how to overcome this using a flashable mod and recovey mode ,
Is this possible without rooting for some claimed so ? I have uploaded his post can someone pleeeeease explain this for me and direct me to what to do
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The method 1 in the image says you to use a custom recovery. To use a custom recovery also your phone must be rooted and bootloader unlocked. So, you can't do this without rooting your phone.

Yeah, 4shreyas is right.
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maqqam said:
I am new and noob , i hope i am asking at the right place
So i have a galaxy note 4 verizon model , i am using a different carrier and the problem is that i cant add apn's because verizon is restricting that, i searched the web for a solution but only found solutions involving rooting which i will not risk at any cost
Until i found this post of someone explaining how to overcome this using a flashable mod and recovey mode ,
Is this possible without rooting for some claimed so ? I have uploaded his post can someone pleeeeease explain this for me and direct me to what to do
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Actually, your shud have asked it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-verizon
Okay, install Minimal ADB and Fastboot in PC. (Google it)
Then install your phone drivers and ADB drivers (Google it).
Download this: http://www.techerrata.com/file/twrp2/trltevzw/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.5.0-trltevzw.img
Rename it to recovery.img and place in C:/ drive
Enable USB debugging in phone and connect to PC. (Google it)
Then open 'Minimal ADB and Fastboot' shortcut in Desktop as Admin and type the following:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot recovery C:\recovery.img
Now install the mod zip file which you saw from there.
That's all. Your phone won't be rooted.

GokulNC said:
Actually, your shud have asked it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-verizon
Okay,........
That's all. Your phone won't be rooted.
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I think this method also changes the system status to modified which breaks the warranty. If it doesn't then this method can be used.

4shreyas said:
I think this method also changes the system status to modified which breaks the warranty. If it doesn't then this method can be used.
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Booting doesn't break the warranty. I'm damn sure

GokulNC said:
Booting doesn't break the warranty. I'm damn sure
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Thanks so much , i am on it
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I think i got everything ready , before i proceed will this erase everything ?
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GokulNC said:
Actually, your shud have asked it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-verizon
Okay, install Minimal ADB and Fastboot in PC. (Google it)
Then install your phone drivers and ADB drivers (Google it).
Download this: http://www.techerrata.com/file/twrp2/trltevzw/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.5.0-trltevzw.img
Rename it to recovery.img and place in C:/ drive
Enable USB debugging in phone and connect to PC. (Google it)
Then open 'Minimal ADB and Fastboot' shortcut in Desktop as Admin and type the following:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot recovery C:\recovery.img
Now install the mod zip file which you saw from there.
That's all. Your phone won't be rooted.
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So i have done all these steps , after the first command the phone reboots and start with a green droid screen that shows *downloading dont turn off*
When i type the second command the adb command screen shows *waiting for phone * but nothing happens ??
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maqqam said:
So i have done all these steps , after the first command the phone reboots and start with a green droid screen that shows *downloading dont turn off*
When i type the second command the adb command screen shows *waiting for phone * but nothing happens ??
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After rebooting into bootloader, check if your phone is connected to fastboot mode properly by:
Code:
fastboot devices
If an unique device number is listed, then it means your phone is connected properly.
You can proceed.
You can also try manually going into fastboot by holding some button combination like power + volume up+ volume down while phone is switched off. (This is device specific, so better ask in your phone's forum if you can't figure out)
After going into fastboot mode, do the recovery booting as I gave command before

Help I'm new to all of this

I'm new to all of this so be patient with me. I have a ZTE Speed n9130 from boost. I've done research and have come to the conclusion there is no development on this device. I want to know information on how to use ADB, Fastboot to unlock bootloaders and root the device in a general sense; not device specific. I am using windows 7. Like I said I know there hasn't been development on the n9130. Also information on using ADB to flash ROMs and a different kernel. Thanks and once again sorry if this has already been answered I did do a few searches.

jboosie1992 said:
I'm new to all of this so be patient with me. I have a ZTE Speed n9130 from boost. I've done research and have come to the conclusion there is no development on this device. I want to know information on how to use ADB, Fastboot to unlock bootloaders and root the device in a general sense; not device specific. I am using windows 7. Like I said I know there hasn't been development on the n9130. Also information on using ADB to flash ROMs and a different kernel. Thanks and once again sorry if this has already been answered I did do a few searches.
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So as you are new here soooooo.
Great welcome to a developer world of xda.
Here we come to the problem.
To unlock bootloader.
1-- search google for universal adb and faatboot drivers.( i recommend adb 1.3.x)
2-- install it on windows 7
3-- plug in your device to pc normally.
4-- open command promt inside the adb folder.
5-- type adb devices, your device will appear.
6-- type adb reboot bootloader.
7-- device reboots into bootloader type fastboot oem unlock.
8-- device will reboot after some time and your bootloader is unlocked.
If commend promt givea an new line to enter command but device dosent boot up. Simply remove battery and boot manually.
Now to have root access.
1-- if running any version below lollipop use rootgenius software on pc to root.
2-- if using lollipop then use framaroot.
If helped hit thanks
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Cool I'm fixing to give it go a d I'll let you know if it works or any problems I run into also the speed doesnt have a removable battery. And what is the purpose of booting into FTM mode (volume up + power)

Purpose of fastboot mode is to flaah things without .zip
Like .img for recovery
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