Google Nexus S – Unlock en Root —
Ik heb sinds begin dit jaar een Google Nexus S en ik was er wel aan toe om die eens open te zetten voor meer mogelijkheden. Dat houdt in dat je hem moet unlocken en rooten. Op Internet kwam ik een zeer handige handleiding tegen die ik kon gebruiken voor het rooten van mijn Nexus S. Ga naar http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-hacks/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-new en lees daar de handleiding. Of lees hem hieronder.
How to Root your Nexus S or Nexus S 4G!
1) First, you will need to turn your Nexus S off.
2) Then, power up your Nexus S by doing this: while holding down the Volume Up Button, hit the Power button until you see the bootloader menu come up.
3) Next, connect your Nexus S to your computer via a USB cable.
For Windows, you will need to install ADB drivers, instructions are in the video and the driver files are in the zip file (under folder usb_driver)you will download next.
For Mac and Linux, you will not need any drivers, it should be recognized automatically.
4) Next, download nexussrootnew.zip
Unzip the zip file and you should get a folder named “nexussrootnew”.
4) Copy over the whole nexussrootnew folder into your hard disk’s root directory such as c:\nexussrootnew for Windows and similar in Linux or mac.
Open the file android_winusb.inf file in the usb_driver folder and add the following to both the x86 section and the other:
;Google NexusS %SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E20
Without this your nexus s will not be recognised by your computer.
5) Open up a command prompt by typing “cmd” under Start->Search Programs and files.
Then type “cd \nexussrootnew” to browse into the directory in Windows. For Linux and Mac, should be similar to “cd /nexussrootnew“.
Then type “fastboot oem unlock“.
(For Mac, replace fastboot with ./fastboot-mac and for Linux, replace fastboot with ./fastboot-linux.)
6) You should see a screen asking you to “Unlock bootloader” like shown below:
Bootloader unlocked:
(You should see that “LOCK STATE” says “UNLOCKED”, meaning your Nexus S is rooted.)
7) Now, having a rooted phone means nothing if you don’t have Superuser app to make rooted apps run so let’s go do that next.
Type:
fastboot flash recovery recovery3101.img
(For Mac, replace fastboot with ./fastboot-mac and for Linux, replace fastboot with ./fastboot-linux.)
Next choose “Recovery” using Volume buttons and hit the Power button to enter recovery.
9) Next choose “Mounts and Storage” and hit the Power button.
Then choose “mount USB Storage” and hit the Power button.
This will turn your Nexus S into USB disk drive mode. Copy over the file SuperUser.zip file from thenexussrootnew folder into your Nexus S.
10) Next, hit the Power button to get out of USB disk mode and choose “Install zip from sdcard” and hit the Powerbutton.
11) Then choose “Choose zip from sdcard” and hit the Power Button.
12) Then choose the “SuperUser.zip” and hit the Power Button. This will install the Superuser app and you can reboot your phone.
Once you reboot your Nexus S, you should find a “Superuser” app in the menu.
ALL CREDITS GO TO NEXUS S HACKS
ClockworkMod recovery does not stick after a reboot so after all the above steps perform the following steps to make sure ClockworkMod can do it’s work.
1. I installed ES File Explorer from the market. In ES File Explorer settings, select both root settings “Root Explorer” and “Mount File System” to navigate and modify root files. Allow permissions in SuperUser.
2. Navigate to /system/etc and rename (tap&hold on file) install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.bak
3. Shut off phone. Turn on phone into bootloader (VOL UP + Power), plug phone into USB.
4. Open CMD from start, then cd \nexussrootnew. Then I did: fastboot erase recovery to clean up the recovery partition.
5. Re-do STEP 7 from above: fastboot flash recovery recovery3101.img
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