[Root] Universal Xoom Root - ANY XOOM ANY UPDATE
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Hmmm.......Great! I just did what you said he should not do
Now what should I do to stop this loop? My Xoom is running on stock 3.1
You can try that...do a wipe data/factory reset from within the cwm recovery menu and the flash the Rom. It might work.
Thanks it did fixed the boot loop. But I cannot activate 3g so I just flashed back the stock images from moto and then installed the Odachi kernel
Everything is now working fine. I think the major question is... If I have a wifi xoom, is it locked? Does it need to be unlocked if there was no carrier lock on it?
Yes you also need to perform the unlock. This is unlocking the bootloader and has nothing to do with the carriers.
All versions of root require unlocking of the boot loader huh? I I have a mess of Verizon 4g xooms that we need to create like an image for.. Rooting and using TB seems like the best way to go or restoring the /data partition from a nandroid however I do not see anyway around this without unlocking... Any ideas in root a without unlocking or does anyone have any ideas to achieve what I'm trying to do without having to setup each tablet configure vpn, and and install apps corporate emails etc. The thanks in advanced all!
Solar, I have a Xoom Family Edition. Following your guide, when I check for adb connection I do not get a serial number. I get a $. I've rooted many many times and started with the OG G1 so im not afraid of adb shell or commands. But I am afraid that this model does not have a fastboot. Could you help me kind sir?
anyone know why i could be getting, error: cannot load "recovery-tiamat-r4c-1006-1150-cwm.img?, the bootloader unlocked properly as far as i can tell, any help is much appreciated
A wild guess, see if your pc is set to hide file extensions. If so, you could be trying to flash recovery-tiamat-cwm.img.img and that wouldn't work. It could be something else, probably very simple. If you're using a guide, go back over it, step by step to see if you missed a step or messed up your syntax by a space or something.
thanks for the quick response, i was have spent the past hour reading back through everything...seems the fix was making sure fast boot, and .img were in same folder, then making sure to cd/ to the folder they were both in and run the cmd from there...rooted...sweet, i can go to sleep happy now
QUOTE: "thanks for the quick response, i was have spent the past hour reading back through everything...seems the fix was making sure fast boot, and .img were in same folder, then making sure to cd/ to the folder they were both in and run the cmd from there...rooted...sweet, i can go to sleep happy now"
OK...brilliant!
OK...brilliant!
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You're screwed. The text on the fastboot unlocking screen clearly states that all data on the device will be lost if you proceed.
Nothing you can do but grin and bear it.
That is why it's good to unlock right away before you start to build up anything important that you can't backup elsewhere.
I can't see to flash the image! it keeps giving me an error message. Is there another way to root the xoom with out flashing through fastboot?
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129Universal Xoom Root
Thats right, this method will work for any xoom on any update - Including future updates!!!
Note: Unlike the similar method floating around on here, this also gives you an unsecured boot image.
-- Please Note: this thread is still a work in process and has been sped up by the arrival of the 4g Xooms --
Current requirements: adb & fastboot have been setup and you have an external sdcard for your xoom.
1. Setting up adb & fastboot
Coming Soon! (If you want to write this section for me and pm me it, thats fine !)
2. Downloading the rooting-update zip file.
Download the zip file from here.
Now place this on your external sdcard. - Sorry this is a requirement at the moment, like I said this is a bit rushed.
3. Flashing recovery
1. Download this Recovery image.
2. If your device is locked, now is a good time to unlock it.
Code:adb reboot bootloader fastboot oem unlock fastboot reboot
3. Flash recovery
Once you have verification on your device that this has been flashed, reboot your device by holding volume up + power.Code:adb reboot bootloader fastboot flash recovery recovery-Tiamat-R4c-100611-1150-cwm.img
Then 3 seconds after you see the Motorola logo, hit volume down. You should now see "Android Recovery" in the top left corner. Hit volume up to boot into recovery.
4. Flashing the Xoom-Universal-Root.zip file.
If you're in clockwork mod recovery you can continue (This recovery image will say it is clockwork mod) . If you're not looking at clockwork mod, then you need to repeat step 3 again.
In cwm, go into "install zip from sdcard" -> "Choose zip from sdcard", then select the Xoom-Universal-Root.zip file you downloaded.
Note: use the volume buttons to navigate and the power button to select
Reboot your device and then welcome to your rooted device!
Downloads
Universal Xoom root - version 1.010
Here it is: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/43942134/Xoom-Universal-Root.zip
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