Display is Reversed!

[Gr3yghost]

After several unsuccessful attempts to mount 3.1 on my Xoom, something seems to have caused the display to reverse. That is, the display is a mirror image of what it should be! This starts with the boot-up image of the Motorola Icon and carries all the way through till it's up. Several restarts have failed to resolve it, and it has me in a bit of a panic.

Have I just bricked my Xoom? Has this happened to others? Ideas? Suggestions? There's nothing on it that I have to save, so I could re-flash it, but I am not sure if/how to do this.

Many thanks in advance for any suggestions/fixes!

Phillip

 

[csseale]

Its not bricked if it boots...

That is strange though. May have to reflash stock images.

 

[djsaad1]

Try bringing everything back to stock?

 

[Gr3yghost]

Thanks, I would be happy to do that, but it's kind of hard to do it with everything backwards!

I had to hold my cell phone up to the screen to (barely) read the mirror image text in the System Recovery. But, when I selected (what I thought was) the 'Restore Defaults' option in the blue recovery area, I got another screen with a list of selections that I also couldn't read! Rather than choose the wrong thing, I opted to reboot, but no luck, alas.

 

[csseale]

Thanks, I would be happy to do that, but it's kind of hard to do it with everything backwards!

I had to hold my cell phone up to the screen to (barely) read the mirror image text in the System Recovery. But, when I selected (what I thought was) the 'Restore Defaults' option in the blue recovery area, I got another screen with a list of selections that I also couldn't read! Rather than choose the wrong thing, I opted to reboot, but no luck, alas.

No push the images using adb

 

[Gr3yghost]

I figured it could be done. Could you please point me to a thread explaining how to push images using adb?

 

[djsaad1]

Not sure if you have 3g or wifi but here are the 3g instructions

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988942

 

[Gr3yghost]

Not sure if you have 3g or wifi but here are the 3g instructions

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988942

That's great, thanks for the info. I'll have to do this later today when I am at a PC (now at a Mac).

Any ideas about why this would happen in the first place? I've looked through the forums but haven't seen any other threads about this issue. It may be fixable with a reflash, but it sure was 'easy' to 'break' today without even knowing why...:^(

 

[Gr3yghost]

Not sure if you have 3g or wifi but here are the 3g instructions

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988942

I have the 3G model. Looking at the instructions in that post, I have to admit I am not sure about a few (like most!) of the steps. It may become more apparent when I am doing it, but right now I am not clear as to where these steps take place.

[edit] Ok, I have just done some more reading and it appears I have quite a bit of work ahead of me, and that's just to get back to square one. Dang this was too easy to mess up!

 

[djsaad1]

I am confused now, I figured you would have adb installed since you already tried upgrading to 3.1 a few times.

All you need to do is flash the stock system, recovery, and boot image files.

 

[Gr3yghost]

I am confused now, I figured you would have adb installed since you already tried upgrading to 3.1 a few times.

All you need to do is flash the stock system, recovery, and boot image files.

Sorry for the confusion, but I haven't been using adb. I was trying to install the update manually with a usb data stick and the microsd cord that came with my Xoom. That's how I got myself into this pickle...way too easy it was!

 

[Gr3yghost]

Sent it back

Thanks to all who helped here. I ended up taking it back to Verizon and asking for a replacement. This they did, and even shipped it overnight at no charge (though I had to ask them to do that--they were going to charge me). The fellow at the counter was as perplexed as me. Apparently this is not a common problem.