[HOW TO] Root/update/ your Australian Xoom

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adamtuba

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zbee said:
as to data usage in my work the apn definatly makes a differenc and telstra.internet has the least latency etc, we have done extensive testing also the .iph pipe is also heavily throttlred. the telstra.internet pipe is much much more stable...again from real world serios testing. i work in broadcast and this area has been tested by most of us broadcast engineers. i found the euro image has less crap and as mentioned you have full access to the apn area....wow just noted how long i have been a member here:) this is all anecdotal realworld testing
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Sorry, I meant makes no difference to the price. I use telstra.internet on my xoom and telstra.iph on my desire. Totally agree with the rest of your comments too, have found telstra.internet much faster.
 
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zbee

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no offence taken, actualy any data on the iph apn gets apple a little kick back a certain regional telstra manager let that slip to me one day;)
 
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tromboc

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So, I hear the stock Telstra image is out, if anyone has tested relocking their device let me know otherwise I'll give it a go

Sent from my MZ601 using XDA App
 
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DevilsOwn45

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from Telstra dated 6-6-11

http***exchange.telstra.com.au/2011/06/06/new-features-set-to-launch-for-the-motorola-xoom-on-the-next-g-network

replace *** with ://

about time;)
 
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Muskie

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I'm stumped. i've followed everything to the letter, done all the pushed and pulls, used almost every build.prop and settings.db combination possible, and nothing. No 3g.
it works, but just no 3g.. the heck?
 
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EMupp

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Muskie said:
I thought we still had NextG?

What's the status here, anyway? is everything working yet?
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We have 3G, not NextG, at least, I've never seen HSPDA in use since making the change.

Also, you must have missed something along the way, the instructions are pretty easy as they stand. Start from the beggining and go over everything again, including rooting ETC.
 
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adamtuba

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EMupp said:
We have 3G, not NextG, at least, I've never seen HSPDA in use since making the change.

Also, you must have missed something along the way, the instructions are pretty easy as they stand. Start from the beggining and go over everything again, including rooting ETC.
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What speeds should we be seeing? I'm getting about 8mbit down & 1.5mbit up pretty consistently.

And not sure what's going on with yours muskie. Love your work with t-mod on my desire, so not sure how someone of your modding experience is having issues none of us have. As stated before many times, just follow the 'mod my euro in 5 easy steps page' and it should work fine.
 
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scrytch

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So Telstra have now announced that the 3.1 OTA update is coming soon.

I'm going to hold out and grab the OTA log link for the download so you guys can try and shoehorn it on.

Regards,
Shane.
 
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tromboc

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telstra official OTA 3.1

Scrytch:

July is the date I've been given at work (telstra) for beginning of 3.1 rollout OTA.

Adamtuba:

Im getting very similar results. 8mbit/1.5mbit definitely faster then 3G however not as fast as next g devices i have at the same location. i'll look into the telephony settings see if theres something missing. I had a peek the other day, and the telstra version of build.prop and the telephony settings are way different to the US versions... something to investigate

Muskie:

have you got 3g working yet?
 
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tromboc

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I had to push the build.prop settings and telephony files again to get mine working.


Just sayin..... ;)

Sent from my Telstra MZ601 with Tiamat custom rom and honeycomb 3.1 @ 1.7Ghz using XDA App
 
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gotkids

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Thanks for the great guide guys. I already got the info from all the other threads and pulled it together to upgrade but its great to see someone looking after Aussies. I just updated to 1.4.4 Kernel yesterday...1.7Ghz overclock....super nice. Take that Ipad2 users :p
 
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    tromboc
    WANT TO ROOT YOUR AUSSIE NEXT G XOOM?

    Firstly, I know this is in the wrong section of the forum, but I dont have enough XDA posts to put anything in the developement section. DEAL WITH IT :)

    DISCLAIMER - I am not a developer or active XDA forum poster, I am a forum reader and user. The reason for this post is a lack of information regarding AUSTRALIAN Xoom rooting and updating on XDA (correct me if im wrong). This information is gathered from multiple different sources and I DONT TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR THEIR HARD WORK, nor do I take any responsibility for their instructions. Everything here is their work, however please follow the links for a more up to date process. Therefore take this information with a grain of salt, I have, however, seen it work on 4 Xoom's so far with 100% success. These instructions assume you can use adb, fastboot, and clockworkmod and assume you know that all warranty is voided by doing any of this.

    Now, for the nice bit...

    Do you have an Australian Xoom with 3G and wondering what to do about Verizon, US, EURO, UK, 3G, 4G, WIFI only, etc?? you want a forum that says OZ dont you? you want to ROOT YOUR XOOM!

    Firstly from what I can tell our model is very similar if not identical to the UK model in that they provide 3G (Telstra Next G for us) connection. The US models dont have sim cards and access the network differently, so some of their processes and information will not apply to us, neither will all the UK information. So to save you some time, here is a collaboration of my findings after hours of web searching and flashing, re-flashing, etc.


    Step 1 - Root it

    [GUIDE] XOOM 3G Euro Root Instructions + Files.
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1049901

    This link and all associated files work perfectly to root your OZ-Spec Xoom


    Step 2 - ClockworkMod Recovery

    [Recovery] ClockworkMod 3.0.2.8 Modded for Internal media [UPDATED 5/13]
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1074979

    Again, this works perfectly, and gives you SD access and a really easy way to flash your OZ-Spec Xoom


    Step 3 - Honeycomb 3.1 Update

    Step 3

    Firstly need to backup some important telstra related files

    adb remount
    adb pull /system/build.prop build.backup
    adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db settings.db
    adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db-wal settings.db-wal
    adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db-shm settings.db-shm
    adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db telephony.db
    adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db-journal telephony.db-journal

    [UPDATE][HC3.1] Wifi and 3G! Completely Flashable! No Fastboot Needed!
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1074609

    Follow the link to update your device. After updating, extract the attached zip to your adb.exe folder and run command prompt.

    adb remount
    adb pull /system/build.prop build.backup ##cant be too safe##
    adb push settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
    adb push settings.db-wal /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db-wal
    adb push settings.db-shm /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db-shm
    adb push telephony.db /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db
    adb push telephony.db-journal /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/telephony.db-journal
    adb push build.modified /system/build.prop

    This will get you 3.1 and still working on the Telstra network and thinking its australian again.

    Step 4 - Tiamat Kernel

    [KERNEL][AOSP][HC3.1] Tiamat Riptide Special Edition 1.4.2 [Update: 5/21]
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=978013

    This is where those kickass quadrant scores come from. Follow instructions per usual for OZ-Spec. Dont forget to flash the new bootloader first.

    tada!... a rooted Aussie Xoom running HC3.1 AND Tiamat kernel AND ClockworkMod AND 3G

    Thankyou to the originators of the instructions found here.
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    adamtuba
    Followed these same steps yesterday and can vouch that they work great.

    Cheers

    (Also long time reader, first time poster)
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    tromboc
    new build.prop

    NEW BUILD.PROP FIXES MARKET LOCATION

    Here's a modified build.prop that makes the xoom think its australian and released on Telstra. download, add build.modified to same folder as adb.exe and run cmd

    adb pull /system/build.prop build.backup (you never can be too safe)

    adb remount

    adb push build.modified /system/build.prop

    adb reboot


    check out the market... (still called shop, working on that)
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    adamtuba
    I think that step was supposed to point to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1089695 (which is actually the most important page to read)
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    mtrax
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