Nope, not a Vandal - never got that far in my formal education, only community college. Self taught and OJT in radio engineering tech since 1979. I am in Bronco land, now. I used to live in No. Idaho a little more than an hour from Lewiston.
I would assume that the version of GSearch you are running might be from the ROM you installed. Thank you for posting the GN rooting instructions. I will be using those in the future. Still wearing the new out of the GN right now - in other words, too busy with work and I use it there.