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[GUIDE] Restore to Stock/Unroot for the Nexus S 4g
- Paul627gAC Moderator All-StarRestore to Factory/Unroot for the Nexus S 4g
The method/instructions provided here will restore your device back to stock Gingerbread v2.3.4. Bootloader will be locked & root removed if it was rooted prior. There are other packages floating around but none seem to work as easily as this one. Its bare bones, restore to stock no safety checks, etc to fail or cause issue it just WORKS.
Question: Will this wipe my device?
Answer: Your OS will be reset so you will loose any app data, settings etc. associated with the OS. Your internal sdcard/storage will remain untouched so pictures, music, videos, etc will be fine.
Question: Do I have to reture to stock Gingerbread to receive the OTA update to ICS?
Answer: Yes to receive the OTA update you will need to be running Gingerbread v2.3.7, stock... So using these methods and then allowing your device to update to the latest/final GB will put you into position to receive the ICS update.
Instructions:
- Go here and download the package. [SCRIPT] [NS4G] [UPDATED] One Click Return to stock V2.0
- Extract the contents to your C:/ drive
- From a booted state ( Your phone powered up ), enable debugging from your Settings options and plug in your device.
- Click the " run.bat " file and relax for a few minutes.
- Your device will be restored to Gingerbread, bootloader locked and unrooted (if previously rooted).
Credit & Thanks to michaelpeerman @ xda developers.
[TIP]**** Unroot/Restore to Official Jelly Bean v4.1.1 (Thanks hlxanthus)
Unroot/restore to factory ICS 4.0.4 see post #4[/TIP]
04-02-2012 12:16 PMLike 8 - Go here and download the package. [SCRIPT] [NS4G] [UPDATED] One Click Return to stock V2.0
- Any chance for a direct link to the file(s)? xda-dev is filtered at work, while this site somehow is not. And I have XP at work while I have 7 at home. I rooted from XP, and 7 is just a pain when it comes to the drivers. Any help is appreciated.04-10-2012 01:19 PMLike 0
- Hi -
I've replaced the .img files in the original zip with the .img files from the 4.0.4 factory image.
I was rooted with a custom kernel and CWM and used this to get me to stock and unrooted 4.0.4.
Keep in mind that this should wipe your device, so I would only use this if you cannot install the OTA.
Click Here for a one-click install of stock/unrooted 4.0.404-10-2012 10:37 PMLike 6 - johnnyappleseed,
Could I use this to install the stock 4.0.4 update if my NS4G is running rooted 2.3.7 and the crespotetherfix?? Because I had applied the crespotetherfix several months ago, neither the OTA nor the manual method of updating to 4.0.4 is working for me.
Thanks04-11-2012 06:47 AMLike 0 -
- Paul627gAC Moderator All-Starjohnnyappleseed,
Could I use this to install the stock 4.0.4 update if my NS4G is running rooted 2.3.7 and the crespotetherfix?? Because I had applied the crespotetherfix several months ago, neither the OTA nor the manual method of updating to 4.0.4 is working for me.
Thanks
This will reset your device to the factory stock images from Google released the other day, ICS 4.0.404-11-2012 07:10 AMLike 0 - Thanks Paul . . . Just did it and everything looks good so far. One question - how easy is it to "re-root" ICS 4.0.4?? I would like to get all of my apps working again and a few need super-user access.
Thanks again for your help.04-11-2012 10:23 AMLike 0 - I keep getting error: device not found message. USB debugging is clearly enabled, not sure what is preventing the program from recognizing my phone. Any suggestions?04-11-2012 08:55 PMLike 0
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- I'm trying to run the restore to 4.0.4 but it hasn't done anything for 10 minutes - the phone is in recovery and the last info on the batch is "sending 'userdata'". Is it supposed to take this long, I'm nervous to interrupt it though I am able to select the option in recovery and am tempted to reboot assuming it will reboot into the same state as before I started the process.
Any advice?04-11-2012 11:11 PMLike 0 - Paul627gAC Moderator All-StarI'm trying to run the restore to 4.0.4 but it hasn't done anything for 10 minutes - the phone is in recovery and the last info on the batch is "sending 'userdata'". Is it supposed to take this long, I'm nervous to interrupt it though I am able to select the option in recovery and am tempted to reboot assuming it will reboot into the same state as before I started the process.
Any advice?
Next suggestion, just use the original package to go back to Gingerbread v2.3.4 and do the OTA updates to v2.3.5/2.3.7 and finally over to ICS.04-11-2012 11:26 PMLike 0 - I would like to have some good words of advice but I didn't modify this package. Worst case is you pull your battery and see what happens on a reboot.
Next suggestion, just use the original package to go back to Gingerbread v2.3.4 and do the OTA updates to v2.3.5/2.3.7 and finally over to ICS.04-12-2012 12:13 AMLike 0 - you don't have to go all the way down to 2.3.4 anymore. just get the stock 2.3.7 factory image from Google's page and drop it in the one click root folder..... just make sure you name it system.img or it won't work
fyi, you can do the same with the 4.0.4 factory image, as well.04-12-2012 08:40 AMLike 0 - 04-23-2012 12:37 PMLike 0
- Will I be able to get all my previously installed apps from Google play after completing the ICS install?05-13-2012 12:56 PMLike 0
- Am new to the nexus but not new to rooting or making a phone stock but have a question. Bought a Nexus off ebay and tried to activate it. No go on activation. Sprint tech says it must have corrupted files when/if somebody tried to root it. The phone will boot up to android but i cant get my phone number to attach to it.
Now I cannot get my computer to recognize the phone in fastboot mode. Computer does see it when phone is booted to android though. Will this download of yours replace everything and i mean everything and possibly fix whatever is wrong?
Phone is not currently rooted
Everytime windows try in install the phone when in fastboot mode NONE of the drivers i have located will work.06-08-2012 07:33 PMLike 0 - Am new to the nexus but not new to rooting or making a phone stock but have a question. Bought a Nexus off ebay and tried to activate it. No go on activation. Sprint tech says it must have corrupted files when/if somebody tried to root it. The phone will boot up to android but i cant get my phone number to attach to it.
Now I cannot get my computer to recognize the phone in fastboot mode. Computer does see it when phone is booted to android though. Will this download of yours replace everything and i mean everything and possibly fix whatever is wrong?
Phone is not currently rooted
Everytime windows try in install the phone when in fastboot mode NONE of the drivers i have located will work.
Got it to work combing steps from another forum. But still have a problem. Apparently what is messed up is the programming mode. When the tech does ##786# the programming mode doesn't appear. What do I need to flash to fix this?
FINAL UPDATE: Got a sprint tech on the phone that knew what they were doing. Phone now works. to access programming MSID took *#*#976879#*#* Hope that code helps someone else
Sent from my SPH-M920 using Tapatalk 2Paul627g likes this.06-09-2012 01:02 PMLike 1 - SOMEBODY HELP ME!
I need to take my phone to the sprint store and Im trying to unroot. But when I hit Y it says "boot.img" could not be found, and that my phone is not a nexus s 4g. What do I do?08-01-2012 10:55 PMLike 0
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