just picked up my nexus s. now what?

[LINKSLOVESANDROID]

hello nexus s comminuity. i previously had a telus fascinate which was good but also sucked because it has created soley 4 telus meaning only telus users could b a dev 4 that exact phone. ended up bricking it testing kernels with i9000 roms. then got a htc desire hich is were ive been 4 the past 4 months. greta phone, ez to do everything. i then decided to try the xoom with honeycomb. b4 i even rooted it, it was already soft rebooting. i then rooted it and it got worse. i had ther wifi verison so there was noway to restore and unroot. i then deleted the superuser apk and wiped and returned so it was still rooted but not noticable to a not anvanced user ie. the future shop girl. i then purchased a nexus s. just got in the door and its charging. ive used 2.3.3 on my desire plenty of times with diff roms specifically cm7. so i guess my wuestion is:

is there really a reason 4 me to root with a nexus s? every rom i seen in the dev thread was built from 2.3.3 and looks the same with afew tweaks. are there sense roms yet? what about gingersense? from the looks of things, a stock nexus s is the way to go. any1 have any advice as to if i should root or not?

 

[treUse]

Rooting will give you Voodoo sound and color, which is well worth it. I'd also recommend you trying MIUI, works really well and I've been using it as my daily driver for the past 2 weeks.

Not to mention, are there any reasons NOT to root?

 

[LINKSLOVESANDROID]

Rooting will give you Voodoo sound and color, which is well worth it. I'd also recommend you trying MIUI, works really well and I've been using it as my daily driver for the past 2 weeks.

Not to mention, are there any reasons NOT to root?

i tried gingerbread miui on my desire and wasnt really feeling it. as for voodoo sound a color, what do they do?

and yes, i just messed up a moto xoom rooting and overclocking so im kinda cautious now as far as rooting

 

[zephiK]

i tried gingerbread miui on my desire and wasnt really feeling it. as for voodoo sound a color, what do they do?

and yes, i just messed up a moto xoom rooting and overclocking so im kinda cautious now as far as rooting

they enhance your sound and color.
voodoo sound is amazing

there hasn't been a report of a brick for the Nexus S. its really hard to mess up rooting, this phone is the SIMPLEST phone out there to root.
the hardest part is installing the drivers for your computer to recognize the device

 

[RogerPodacter]

It's basically impossible to screw up rooting a nexus phone. They are purposely left open so all you have to do is type fastboot oem unlock and you're done. I'd definitely root it for the sound enhancements.

 

[LINKSLOVESANDROID]

It's basically impossible to screw up rooting a nexus phone. They are purposely left open so all you have to do is type fastboot oem unlock and you're done. I'd definitely root it for the sound enhancements.

is there a equalizer? im always listening to music on my desire with my beat headphones so id like a eq to play with. also i just turned it on after its initial charge and the colors def look alil washed out. almost yellow in comparison to my desire. im gonna troll around the forujm and find a ez root. if any1 can post a good starting point while i look plz anf thx u

edit: is there a 1 click root 4 the nexus s? or no matter what is there adb involved? also which roms do u perfer for a smooth expierience but has power widget notifications, a music lockscreen, maybe music change with volume after screen off

 

[[hfm]]

Not to mention, are there any reasons NOT to root?

Yes. If you have no reason to root, which I don't see one for my needs, you shouldn't. Any app that requests root can do anything it desires. Which can be a bad thing for those that don't understand what that means and what apps they are installing do.

Those that want to root should ask why they want to root before doing so, and making sure its a valid reason and not just ZOMG haxx0r I gots root.


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[[hfm]]

It's basically impossible to screw up rooting a nexus phone. They are purposely left open so all you have to do is type fastboot oem unlock and you're done. I'd definitely root it for the sound enhancements.

Unlocking the bootloader is NOT rooting! Please do not give advice if you do not know what you are talking about. Unlocking the bootloader is only the first step. You also need to install a custom recovery (cwk) now that you've unlocked the bootloader then install su through recovery.

Rooting also does not automagically give you 'sound enhancements'. You have to install a custom kernel (voodoo) to get there.

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[LINKSLOVESANDROID]

well im quite sure i bricked the device. wont connect to adb fastboot or download mode

 

[zephiK]

well im quite sure i bricked the device. wont connect to adb fastboot or download mode

no you just installed the wrong drivers.

stop using the term 'brick' when it isnt bricked. you aren't even giving full details.

 

[LINKSLOVESANDROID]

no you just installed the wrong drivers.

stop using the term 'brick' when it isnt bricked. you aren't even giving full details.

ok i was trying to use download mode to flash gri stock and afterward the screen went black. nothing will turn on or light up and i cant get into anything. im quiotr sure thats what we call bricked