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Lengthy Guide: Root Nexus S with Android 2.3.4

Two simple rules:

- READ the entire guide once before actually getting on to it.

- If you skip a step or happen to miss out on anything, DO NOT blame me for any damage done to your
device.

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GETTING READY:-

- Download Android SDK (http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r11-windows.zip)

- Unzip & launch "SDK Manager.exe"

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- Cancel the first popup & go to "Available packages > Third party Add-ons > Google Inc."

- Select "Google USB Driver package" & hit on "Install Selected"

- Once the installation is done, go to the SDK installation "extras\google\usb_driver" folder

- From the Open "android_winusb.inf" and add the following lines to both "[Google.NTx86]" and
"[Google.NTamd64]" sections :

;Google Nexus S GT-i9023

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E20

- Save and close the file.

- Open Device Manager (Star>Run, then type "devmgmt.msc" without quotes & hit enter) make
sure you don't see this problem (windows failed to identify the SNS and install the correct
drivers)

- In the list, you should see your device listed as - Android 1.0

- Select and right click on then to choose "Update Driver Software"

- From the popped up menu, Select "Browse my computer for driver software"

- Browse to the the Android SDK installation directory - "extras\google\usb_driver"

- Make sure to choose the option "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"

- Then from the list three choices select Android Bootloader Interface.

If the drivers are installed properly it should show up - Android Bootloader Interface in the Device Manager
window. If the drivers aren't installed properly, then everything you follow after this stage will be futile and
won't happen.

NOTE: if you encounter problems like question marks, unknown drivers, or exclamation marks eve after you
have installed the drivers, download and try the USBDeview 32/64 to remove and uninstall all the junk USB
devices from your computer/registry.

- Go to the Windows "Control Panel"

- Click on "System and Security" Or Click on "System"

- Go to "Advanced System Settings" in the left column of the window.

- Find the button called "Environment Variables" on the window that pops up.

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- Scroll down in the "System variables" box until you find "Path".

- Select "Path" and click the "Edit" button

- At the very beginning of the input field called "Variable value" enter the following:

"C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools;"

- Do not remove any of the other paths behind that text, and make sure you have a semi colon at the end of
the new path you're adding.

- Click Apply and move on.

- Download the ClockworkMod recovery image 3.0.2.4 for your device (Crespo) from here.

- Move that file to the Android SDK's "tools" folder

- Rename that recovery file to 3024-i9023.img (ensure you dont goof up with file extensions)

- Download su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip from http://bit.ly/su2361ef

- Save it to the Android SDK "platform-tools" Directory

- Copy the AdbWinApi.dll and AdbWinUSBApi.dll from "platform-tools" folder of Android

SDK to "Tools" folder.

- Turn Off your Nexus S and connect it to the PC via the USB cable

- Hold Volume UP & Power button at the same time to boot the Nexus into the Bootloader
Interface,

- On screen information of Nexus S may have following line:LOCK STATE - LOCKED

UNLOCK:-

- Open a command prompt go to run & type "CMD" & hit enter

- Switch to the directory where you unzipped the Android SDK & go to "tools"

- Type "fastboot oem unlock" & hit enter

Then you will get following text on the phone screen:

fastboot oem unlock

...

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Selecting YES will wipe EVERYTHING from the SNS, so make sure you have backed up
everything you needed to safe before you continue.

- Use the Volume up/down keys to select and Power key to apply

you should see something like this after it's done

... OKAY [435.433s]

finished. total time: 435.433s

Now back on this screen would display: LOCK STATE - UNLOCKED

FLASH CUSTOM RECOVERY:-

- Open a command prompt (Start>Run & type "CMD" & hit enter)

- Switch to the directory where you unzipped the Android SDK & go to "tools"

- Then type "fastboot flash recovery 3024-i9023.img" & hit enter

The Nexus S mobile screen should show text similar to below:

sending 'recovery' (3980 KB)... OKAY [ 0.621s]

writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 0.511s]

finished. total time: 1.132s

(If you don't see the above message then download the recovery again)

- Then go back on the Nexus S select RECOVERY

(DO NOT REBOOT or POWER OFF because the ClockWorkMod Recovery flash is
temporary and gets wiped once the device is rebooted.)

ROOT:-
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- Fire up the windows Command Prompt (Start>Run then enter "CMD" and hit enter)

- Switch to the directory where you unzipped the Android SDK & go to "platform-tools"

- Type "adb push su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip /sdcard/su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip" & hit enter

- Boot the Nexus S into the BOOTLOADER Interface, by holding Volume UP & Power button

- Select RECOVERY

- Then it should boot into RECOVERY. If it doesn't then repeat the steps above.

- Select "Install ZIP from sdcard" (power button to apply)

- Select "Choose ZIP from sdcard" (power button to apply)

- Select "su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip" (power button to apply)

- Select "Yes - su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip"

The Nexus S screen should say:

Install from sdcard complete

- select GO BACK and then select REBOOT

If you've survived this lengthy process and successfully rooted your Nexus S, then congratulations. Else, start
over from step one to see where you may have goofed up.

Credits: Inspired and modified from guide posted by AllGamer at XDA Forums.

Posted on Monday, Jun 27, 2011

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