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Newbie Trying to Root and Unlock Phone

Hi,
I am a Canadian Newbie to Android and just purchased a Nexus S from Fido. I tried to Unlock and Root my phone using this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970237
As I have a Mac, but got stuck on the 5th instruction. I rebooted my phone and now can't get my data connection. I am left scratching my head what I did wrong. Thank goodness I didn't brick the phone, but I need to find a way to get this working or least take me back to where I started.
Any assistance would be great,

I got back my data connection and the phone is unlocked. I just want some assistance with the rooting process.

I don't have a MAC, so i'm not sure how you would proceed. However, if you have access to a Windows based PC, follow the instructions for the i9023 phone to unlock the i9020a version of the device.
The issue with Fastboot is related to drivers and in windows, there is a bug in the driver INF file, so read the instructions carefully.

If it is already unlocked, you should be able to reboot back into recovery, flash clockwork and install superuser (without rebooting)
I would first boot into recovery and resume from step 6 in the guide you were going through..
Basically you want to get clockwork flashed so that way you can install the superuser zip file from the SD Card...

So I need continue to follow these instructions? When I open terminal and put in step 6 nothing happens, that's why I stopped in the first place. Sorry to be a pain, but I am really new to this platform.
6) Copy/paste the following into the Terminal window:
Code:
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot flash recovery ~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img
Hit "Return" again and wait for recovery to boot.
For the following steps while in Recovery, use "Volume Down" to highlight a selection and "Power" to choose that selection:
8) Choose "mounts and storage"
9) Choose "mount USB storage". Your phone should now be mounted on the Mac as a Device called "NO NAME"
10) Move the zip file "su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip" from the "adb-fastboot" folder to the "NO NAME" Device on you computer.
11) Eject/unmount your phone in the Finder on your Mac.
12) On your phone, choose "Unmount"
13) Choose "mount /system"
14) Choose "+++++Go Back+++++"
15) Choose "install zip from sdcard"
16) Choose "choose zip from sdcard"
17) Choose "su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip"

Is there anyone on this forum who lives in Toronto and is willing to meet up to show me how to do this? Please let me know.
Thanks!

if you are running fastboot your phone must be on the bootloader menu.
so, turn off your phone. press volume up and power. don't enter recovery.
while in this state, continue with step 6:
fastboot flash recovery crespo.img and then enter recovery (now with clockwork)
while in recovery, mount sdcard (menus), adb push su.zip and adb push any_rom.zip (like cm7.zip) and then, back on the phone, install zip from sdcard, choose zip... (still from recovery). install what you need. reboot. you're done.

After typing in the commands for step 6, if the terminal says something like 3042 kbs/sent in or out (not exactly those numbers), then that's about it. Just press the volume rocker to highlight Recovery, and press the Power button to select it to follow from there. It may look like the command didn't do anything, but it actually temporarily replaced your recovery image. It is important that you follow through from there without booting into your phone. If you boot into your phone before installing the SU package, you will need to do step 6 again because the phone will reinstall its own recovery image on boot.

Ok, thanks for the advice. I will do my best and come back if I hit any snags.

did you get it

I actually got some help from a friend, but am still having trouble learning this stuff. Still looking for someone in Toronto that I can meet up with to show me how this platform works.

think i bricked my nexus s please help

ok, i was running 2.3.3 on my ns and finally got it unlocked then i decided to go for it and root it. my biggest mistake was not backing up anything after the unlock and then when i was rooting the phone it got stuck in the google screen
now i can get to the bootload screen but when i go to update from sd; it takes me there but i have nothing to back it up from
ive been trying to figure out a way to load a recovery backup to sd but the pc will not read the sd card anymore...
how can i fix this or am i stuck with an expensive paper weight?
please help

Question: Do you have clockworkmod on it?
(I figure you unocked and roote via adb/Fastboot - but if you can do it some other way and you did here they are]
Get ADB and Fastboot - figure out how the commands work (from Terminal/console/Command Prompt).
U need to put the files u want to flash (*.imgs in the same place as fastboot/ADB unless you're good a remembering your paths, if you have OS X simply drag and drop commands and files into terminal)
See if you can find a clockwork recovery image,
Download a stock rom - report back
Basically:
fastboot flash boot example.img
Fastboot flash recover example-recovery.img
that should work. I'll keep an eye on this thread.

After flashing CWR, go to mounts and storage and select mount USB storage, from there you can access your sdcard and copy files over.
The USB storage might take a minute or so to show up on your computer, if you're on windows go to my computer and click refresh until it shows up.
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been trying all day to do this and i cant seem to figure out the command prompt...as many times as i try cant get it to get anywhere.....tomorrow i will post pics of what the phone shows on screen
thanks for all the help

i do have a clockwork recovery but , not in the phone
i know that doesnt do any good and i did move files to adb but still would not do anything

redlilcivic said:
i do have a clockwork recovery but , not in the phone
i know that doesnt do any good and i did move files to adb but still would not do anything
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Are you on a windows PC? If so I can give you all the files necessary and step by step instructions to fix your phone.
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yes i am on windows pc
please send if you can today ....i will not go to sleep until i have this phone up and running again
thanks

redlilcivic said:
yes i am on windows pc
please send if you can today ....i will not go to sleep until i have this phone up and running again
thanks
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Here are the steps to get your phone back up and working:
1.Download this platform-tools.zip and extract it to your desktop
2.Connect your phone to the PC and enter bootloader mode
3.Press and hold Shift while right-clicking the folder you extracted 'platform-tools'
4.Click 'Open command window here' from the pop-up menu. cmd.exe window will open.
5.If the Bootloader is Unlocked continue to the next step. Type in the cmd.exe window 'Fastboot oem unlock' and follow the steps on the phone screen.
6.Type in the cmd.exe window 'fastboot boot cwr.img'.Your phone will restart and enter ClockWork recovery(CWR).
6.In CWR navigate with the volume keys and highlight 'mounts and storage' and select it by pressing the power button.
7.Then navigate down and select 'mount USB Storage'
8.On your PC, go to 'My computer' and press the refresh button until a 'removable disk' drive appears.
9.Double click on 'removable disk', You now have access to your SDcard on your phone!
10.Copy over a flashable .Zip Rom to the SDcard that you want to install on your phone, ie. Stock 2.3.4: Link(only for i9020T and i9023, dont install if you have i9020A), CM7: Link, etc.
11.Select 'unmount' in CWR when done copying files over. Then 'Go Back' to go to the CWR main menu.
12.Select 'wipe data/factory reset' in CWR and confirm with 'yes'
13.Select 'install zip from sdcard', then select 'choose zip from sdcard', then select the zip file you want to install and confirm.
14.Wait until the Rom installation is complete, then 'select reboot system now'.
15.Your phone will reboot and be up and running! Custom Roms tend to take longer to boot so be patient.
Let me know what happens.

WOW !!!
you are the man , i so appreciate it so much !!!
a couple of little things thoug....the android market not in the system and now when i try to mount the phone memory thru the pc wont mount.... do you know why?
thank you so much for all of your help !!!

redlilcivic said:
WOW !!!
you are the man , i so appreciate it so much !!!
a couple of little things thoug....the android market not in the system and now when i try to mount the phone memory thru the pc wont mount.... do you know why?
I suggest flashing cm7 stable.
thank you so much for all of your help !!!
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Are you using CM7 nightly? I think it has a USB mount bug and the google apps including market are not in the CM7 rom and have to be flashed separately from the rom.
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USB Storage won't mount
The usb storage isn't showing up after I run cwm

Another restoration method you could try is using Odin to flash back to stock and retry the whole root process step by step ....I am on my phone right now so its hard for me to dig for threads but I know there are instructions and a stock Odin image floating about
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ok my nexus is bricked and i followed the steps above with no luck. my pc wont recognize my phone, i can access clockword mod, but when i click mount usb storage nothing happens. im stuck at the google screen.

nickcash said:
ok my nexus is bricked and i followed the steps above with no luck. my pc wont recognize my phone, i can access clockword mod, but when i click mount usb storage nothing happens. im stuck at the google screen.
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can you get into fastboot(power on pressing the volume up button and the power button together)?

simms22 said:
can you get into fastboot(power on pressing the volume up button and the power button together)?
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yes, i can access clockwork mod also, but it the usb storage wont show up.....

Follow these instructions:
1. Slap self in head.
2. Power on phone while holding volume up&power button.
3. Now on the pc, Get the fastboot folder to the root of hard drive, I.E. C:\fastboot\. Also add to this folder your *.img files (radio, recovery, boot, system, data, etc.)
4. Open start menu.
5. In search box type cmd and press enter.
6. Now command window is open, type in that
cd C:\fastboot
fastboot flash * *.img
Replace the * with appropriate .imgs.
recovery, system, data, boot, radio.
Example
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
7. Now that that is finished type
fastboot -w
fastboot reboot
8. Now the phone will reboot. BE PATIENT AS THIS MAY TAKE UP TO TEN MINUTES TO FULLY REBOOT INTO ANDROID!!! Disturbing it in anyway can cause corruption. I had this happen to my phone before. Literally walk away and come back in ten. Don't touch it, don't breath on it nothing. If you have any further problems either post here or PM me. Getting the .img files and fastboot is up to you. By the previous replies you should have them already.
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nickcash said:
ok my nexus is bricked and i followed the steps above with no luck. my pc wont recognize my phone, i can access clockword mod, but when i click mount usb storage nothing happens. im stuck at the google screen.
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I think I had the same problem. first you need to check if your pc has the correct driver to accept the nexus s in bootloader mode. when that is done and you have colckword mod , you can but a custom rom on the sd card and flash that, then you'll be able to use your phone again.

Need Help, No OS

Hi,
The N4 of my wife has big problem.
I wiped in "custom recovery" (TWRP) some stuff for return all in factory settings (this was stupid, I know)
Now, when she reboots on recovery, there is a message "No OS installed !"
How fix this, please ?
Edit: I tried with a toolkit, everything seems good, but when I boot, I have only the google screen.
Edit 2: I send with adb: image-occam-jdq39.zip, but when it failed when I try to install it.
Thanks.

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#instructions

^^ negroplasty has given you the link to download the latest factory image. You can flash that to your phone no problem as long as you can boot into the bootloader (from off state, hold power + vol down)

Connect phone to pc, go to bootloader
Throw the image you want to flash to the same folder where your adb tools are
Open terminal, change directory to that folder
Then write: ./adb push EXACTNAMEOFROM.zip /sdcard/
Example of me trying to adb push Xylon
Then go to "Install" on your phone, sdcard, select the image, swipe to flash and that's it, hope this clears it.

Fixing the device after a full wipe when ADB push/sideload wont work.

Problem was because the user with the problem had the wrong SDK files, it's fixed now. For the story and steps to fix the device press [SHOW]
Hey guys, this is a cross-post from the OPPO forums.
One of the guys needs some help, here's the story:
Okay, here is BUMBUMBUM's story:
"ok well first started yesterday by rooting my device then downloading goomanager from the playstore and using that to install TWRP recovery once I had that installed I downloaded a cm nightly and flashed it using TWRP it worked realized that stock firmware provided better battery life so I started searching for ways to unroot and return to stock saw a couple post about just flashing the stock rom so I went ahead and did it after I restarted my device noticed I still had TWRP so I went into recocvery and started wiping the dalvik/cache hoping it would return to stock didnt work so after couuntless wipes I think it was when I wiped the system that it started saying I had no OS"
"after I tried to connect my device to my computer to see if i could transfer the rom.zip that way but my computer wasnt recognizing the device so I went on the forums and xda and searched, I came across this post and followed the steps. But when I try to sideload it gives me the error *cannot read 'sideload* and if I try to push it to my device using adb push I get an error that I can not stat the file.."
I've tried to help him but I didn't succeed. As far as I know he did everything right..
He has all the drivers/the ROM and the correct settings but we still couldn't get it working.
Do any of you have any ideas?
Steps we went through:
1. Connect your phone make sure it's actually connected and you have the drivers.
If you don't have the drivers check this out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1983470
2. Rename the ROM you want to flash to something basic, I used Find5.zip
3. Open CMD (command prompt), navigate it to the folder you placed the ROM
(e.g. code: cd C:\Users\Jelle\Downloads\ will navigate to my Downloads folder)
4. Boot to recovery on your phone and enable the ADB sideload function.
5. in CMD type adb sideload Find5.zip
6. Let TWRP or CWM flash the zip and prompt for reboot.
7. Reboot and be happy, your phone is fixed!

Found a way to get ADB Push working!
Hey Guys,
after I accidentially made quite the same mistake as posted above with my Find 5 I tried everything to get a Firmware on my Device.
Finally I got it working!
So here is how I did it:
1. Get all Drivers - google for ADB Driver for all Devices
2. Get the ADB Driver for the Find 5 ([oppo.com/index.php?q=software/view&sw_id=631) and unzip them!
3. Connect your Find 5 (While in TWRP) to your Computer important is not to select "adb sideload" just leave it like you got into recovery!!! then --> go to "Device Manager" and look for Android. The must be a warning. So rightclick on your device and click on install/update driver. Then after your computer can't find the driver go to the directory where you downloaded the Oppo Find 5 ADB drivers. Then select "manually search for local files" and choose the unzipped folder of the drivers. Then click next. After your PC installed the drivers download the Android SDK and try to get the ADB Shell working.
4. Download the latest Stock Rom and rename it to e.g. "stock".
5. Goto your cmd with running ADB and do "adb push /[path to your file]/stock.zip /sdcard
6. Hit Enter and wait for about 3 Minutes! (Don't Panic the file is large :silly
7. After the file was transfered succesfully, click on "Install" on your Phone and select the "stock.zip"
8. After installing reboot and enjoy your Find 5! :good:
Cheers,
Bent
I hope I could have helped some people, sorry if my explanation is not the best for you, I am German so my Windows does PM me for help!

Can my Nexus 7 be revived or not?

Hi everyone,
My Nexus 7 3G 2012 was getting unbearably slow.
For this reason I decided to TRY to flash Cyanogenmod on it using the NEXUS ROOT TOOLKIT.
Except for rooting I have NEVER tried this before.
What the result is is:
. I can still charge it
. It will only boot to the Google Logo.
. I still can get into Recovery Mode.
. My PC can no longer recognise this device.
Is there a way for me to revive it, or does it qualify as being hard bricked.
Please understand that besides using NEXUS ROOT TOOLKIT I understand nothing .

As long as you can get to your bootloader you should be fine, unless your having eMMC issues which im running into right now. If this is WugFresh Nexus Root Toolkit you should be able to use that to complete all the tasks needed for last resort restore. First though, since you have recovery, ill assume TWRP since i think that is default for NRT, you can sideload a new rom if you dont have it on your device right now. Install adb/fastboot if you dont have it already.
Google USB Drivers: https://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
1. Boot into recovery
2. Tap Wipe -> Advanced Wipe -> Check Dalvik Cache, System, Cache, Data (Not Internal Storage, unless you want to wipe your internal SD) -> Swipe to Wipe
3. Go back home once your done (lower left home button)
4. Tap Advanced -> ADB Sideload -> Swipe to Start Sideload
5. Connect to your PC and start ADB from terminal/command prompt.
6. type adb sideload [location of cyanogenmod-update.zip]
7. repeat again with Gapps or boot, then download to device and flash normal in recovery.
If that fails or you just want to return to stock and start over:
1. boot into bootloader (turn device off, press vol down + pwr)
2. If you have had the drivers installed before then you should be fine, when the device is booted into recovery or just booting (before bootloader) your computer may not recognize it but should once bootloader is loaded.
3. connect to computer and select the option under Restore/Upgrade/Downgrade: Current status: Device Soft-Bricked/Bootloop and click Flash Stock + Unroot
4. Follow NRT prompts

Hi RLM703,
Because of your easy to follow instructions I was able to restore my Nexus.
I had to use the 2nd part of your instructions and return to stock.
My PC did not want to recognize the device.
In the PC Device Manager I finally got him to recognise MTP_USB_Device.
I was so happy to see the four balls spinning again.
I guess burning your fingers is a way to learn.
I will have to put my hands back in the fire again get Cyanogenmod.
I am very gratefull for your assistance.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH !