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Just after the release of Nexus S, a root was immediately released. By rooting your device you can install non market apps, lagfix and many other enhancements that will boost your phones performances.

Follow the tutorial below to root your Nexus S and add Superuser Permissions:

Step 1: Unlock your Nexus S’s  Bootloader by following this tutorial.

Step 2: Download and install recovery-clockwork-herring  ( type in command prompt or terminal “fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-herring.img”)

Step 3: Boot your Nesus S into Clockwork recovery and install the Superuser zip file ( su-2.3.6.1-cd-signed.zip ).

$ su

# (remount for your phone, Nexus S is ‘mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system’, other phones will use the same pattern, but may vary on the ‘/dev…’ bit)

# rm /system/app/Superuser.apk

# pm uninstall com.noshufou.android.su

# (same remount command as above, but with ‘remount,ro’ instead of ‘remount,rw’)

Your Nexus S is now rooted and you can install non market apps and a lagfix.

• Recovery-clockwork-herring
• Superuser file (su-2.3.6.1-cd-signed.zip)

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