New to Xoom. Need help with rooting and such.

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I just got my wifi only Xoom today. I also have a Motorola Atrix, which is rooted and running a custom rom. I was reading on here about rooting and kernels and other things and I didn't understand it. Can someone please help me understand the differences between the Xoom tablet and an android phone. Thanks

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Originally Posted by Seadub2

I just got my wifi only Xoom today. I also have a Motorola Atrix, which is rooted and running a custom rom. I was reading on here about rooting and kernels and other things and I didn't understand it. Can someone please help me understand the differences between the Xoom tablet and an android phone. Thanks

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They are practically the same, but methods for rooting devices change per device. The Xoom requires a little extra work.

Do you have the JDK and Android Development Kit installed on your PC?

Are you comfortable with command lines?

Can you afford to purchase another Xoom if you brick this one?

Originally Posted by cwizardtx

They are practically the same, but methods for rooting devices change per device. The Xoom requires a little extra work.

Do you have the JDK and Android Development Kit installed on your PC?

Are you comfortable with command lines?

Can you afford to purchase another Xoom if you brick this one?

No I don't have those were can I get them.... and I have used basic command lines being in an IT class

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Well I've had it rooted now for a week and today I went to the app and there was an update and the update failed and now superuser doesn't work and now I pretty much don't have root access. Please can anyone help.

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