Root Nexus S, should I?

Sneachta

Hi folks,

My nexus s is running a bit crappy lately.
Do you think I should root and flash to cyanogenmod?

What functionality would I lose by doing this?
Can I still download apps from Google Play?

Thanks for any help

ED E

For a nexus device you lose nothing as they're vanilla. Id do it if it were me.

That said, she's getting old. Might be time to upgrade soon.

Sneachta

ED E wrote: »

For a nexus device you lose nothing as they're vanilla. Id do it if it were me.

That said, she's getting old. Might be time to upgrade soon.

Whats vanilla?

ED E

Vanilla android. As in straight from google.

With Samsung you lose some of the touchwiz features(added by samsung) or with HTC you lose some sense features(added by HTC) but with a nexus device there's no manufacturer junk so the mods can include everything.

Play store will work fine.

Sneachta

ED E wrote: »

Vanilla android. As in straight from google.

With Samsung you lose some of the touchwiz features(added by samsung) or with HTC you lose some sense features(added by HTC) but with a nexus device there's no manufacturer junk so the mods can include everything.

Play store will work fine.

Excellent :-) I'm new to rooting flashing etc, what would you recommend I do/use?

ED E

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=880

There'll be some guides there, have a read.

Sneachta

ED E wrote: »

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=880

There'll be some guides there, have a read.

Thanks will check it out :-)