[HOW TO][UPDATED GUIDE] Unlocking & Rooting your XOOM!

[c_dunne]

Just an update I'm now in chrome on it running 10.0 stable and Google apps work fine with thatthat (gave up with 10.1). Initially I had issues with the stock keyboard crashing all the time. But after searching about this I've installed the Google keyboard app and disabled the stock one, it predicts your next word too so that's a bonus.

 

[Silent Assasin]

Can't get past bootloader to root

I followed instructions and when i type adb reboot bootloader in the cmd, I get an error that device not found. I have usb debugging checked. I have unchecked the usb debugging option and unplugged the xoom, I replugged back into computer and rechecked the usb debugging and still get the device not found error.

 

[Spoonys.sl]

Still not rooted

I have followed this guide as well as others that involve the universal root method.....I do not get errors. bootloader unlocks fine....recovery gets flashed fine.....the universal root zip gets flashed fine through the CWM recovery ........everything works as described by all of the guides but still root checker says i am not rooted.. I simply do not understand. I do not think I am doing anything wrong since I have no issues in the process but i must be

 

[lothian]

Rooting the Un-rootable

How do I root a XOOM without a functioning "lower volume" button?

I have a MZ602 with a non-functional "lower volume" button, and that means I can't use the fastboot menu on the tablet.

How do I root a XOOM without a functioning "lower volume" button?

 

[Kovaelin]

After encountering some problems with recovery, I decided to go back and rename those two files using `adb shell mv /system/recovery-from-boot.p.old /system/recovery-from-boot.p` and `adb shell mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.old /system/etc/install-recovery.sh` but it says that the file/directory is missing. When I use `adb remount` I receive `remount failed: Unknown error: 0`. It is probably because I wiped the data and cache.

I thought I was trying something stable after being directed here through a series of searches, but I see now I should have stuck with the pinned topics.

I'm even unable to do install the stock rom right as it gives me `installation aborted` now. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

UPDATE: I flashed all the stock images through fastboot, and that gave me another chance at things.