[Q] I Really Screwed Up This Time....Major Screw Up

[DannyShane]

Well, I'm sure you've probably guessed by the tone of the title, I bricked my 3G Xoom MZ600. Don't really wanna get too much in depth on how I did so.​

But I will say this: I rooted my Xoom a few weeks back, and everything was cool. For some reason, tonight, I decided I wanted to revert back to stock. This way I could do all OTA updates, and get myself off of Honeycomb, and back to ICS, and then see what I wanted to do from then on. Well, my dumbass, DID NOT have my battery fully charged, and I had this wild ass idea that if I had my charging cable plugged in, everything would be ok as far as being able to flash all necessary *.img files to revert back to Stock. So I flash the first *.img file which was the boot.img This went completely fine, which led me to believe that continuing on would be fine as well....Not the case. I proceeded to flash the system.img file, and that's where things took a turn for the worse. For some reason the system.img file would not flash to my Xoom through ADB (kept saying FAILED). So what do I do? I panic. I try several ADB Commands thinking that the Xoom had come Unmounted from my PC. After trying different commands, and reading a few things, I was somehow able to get the Xoom to respond, but not in a good way. I apparently hit a button combo that reset my Xoom, and then all it would do is stay stuck on the Motorola M Dual Core Boot Screen. So then I panic again. I then press Volume Up + Power and then Volume Down + Power to get back into Fastboot protocol. I then try to flash the *.img files again, thinking surely it had been enough time on the charger, so I should be able to flash all files now. Not the case. I honestly can't remember what happened exactly next, but my Xoom started saying RSD MODE 3. At this point I stopped panicking and started completely tripping (I've heard of the elusive RSD MODE, Never actually saw it though, until now). I do some research (Google is my Best Friend), but hey, I'm a dumbass, and I start trying to boot into recovery and what not (didn't happen by the way). Got the Xoom to reboot again, back into fastboot protocol again, thinking to myself, I'll try flashing the files one more time. It's GOT to work this time. So I flash the boot.img, success! I try to flash the system.img, FAILED! So now I'm thinking, well maybe I don't necessarily need to flash the System.img file, and instead I just continue on flashing the other *.img files (recovery.img, and userdata.img). By the way, not sure if I made this clear, I'm a F**KING dumbass!) Well, I then get the files flashed, minus the system.img, I then for some reason, think it is acceptable to go ahead and Lock the F**KING BOOTLOADER(before having successfully flashed the system.img file. Yea, I know what you're ALL thinking (What the HELL is WRONG with YOU!?!?!?!) So, guess what happens next? Can you guess? My Xoom stays stuck on the Moto Dual Core Boot Logo Screen, I reset once more using Volume Up + Power, then try to go into Recovery, only to be told (In Red Letters):

Failed to boot LNX 0x0004
Starting RSD mode 2
OneWire: Charger is connected...
Battery Charge Level: 60%

Danny Xoom by DannyShane, on Flickr

So now I'm not really sure what the hell to do. I keep giggling a little bit to myself, but that could just be the liquor I'm now consuming because I am completely devastated that I could actually be so F**KING STUPID to go and do this to myself. I am at a total loss for words to be spoken out loud, for I feel as though a person as dumb as I should not be allowed to talk for a significant amount of time.​

ANY, and I MEAN ANY, HELP would be GREATLY APPRECIATED. I have been looking at random stuff about RSD Mode and so on, on Google since this has happened, which was about 25 minutes ago now (currently 2:08am Sunday April 14th 2013). All I have seen so far, are some posts, and other random things about Soldering a USB cable (which I have no idea how to do BTW) And a person with as little brain power as myself, definitely does not need to be screwing around with a Handheld Metal Melting Device, to "FIX" his electronics. Someone please Help! PLEASE HELP PLEASE HELP. I am going to go drown my sorrows in a bottle of rum. We'll see what tomorrow has in store for DannyShane and his beloved Stingray Xoom, See you tomorrow XDA.

For the love of all that is holy.....Please HELP!:crying::laugh::silly:

 

[extremetempz]

there ya go

1:Type "Fastboot oem unlock" and Enter: It will say "Waiting for device"

3: Immediately press'n hold "Vol- and power", when the Dual core logo appears. You will need to hold them down for 10-20 sec

2:Reset the Xoom (Power and Vol+)

4: After 10-20 sec you will see that the fastboot command gets through and you can unlock the xoom with fastboot oem unlock (MZ604 US)

 

[XxLordxX]

As I know the only way to get out of this is with a "Factory Cable" or something, I never ran to RSD 2 to tell you what it is. I found this cable on ebay, not sure but looks it can work for you http://www.ebay.com/itm/150CM-5-ft-...014771?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3a7b234f33

 

[DannyShane]

@Extremetempz, first let me say THANK YOU for such a quick response. I did have a question though, about the order of which you put the instructions:

1:Type "Fastboot oem unlock" and Enter: It will say "Waiting for device"

3: Immediately press'n hold "Vol- and power", when the Dual core logo appears. You will need to hold them down for 10-20 sec

2:Reset the Xoom (Power and Vol+)

4: After 10-20 sec you will see that the fastboot command gets through and you can unlock the xoom with fastboot oem unlock (MZ604 US)

The question I have is, am I supposed to do step 3 before step 2? Or was the step that is labeled as step 3 actually supposed to be labeled step 2? I just want to make sure I have it correct. Thanks again.

 

[DannyShane]

@XxLordsxX, hello again! Let me also say THANK YOU for such a quick response as well. I too have been looking at the Pre-Made Brick Fix Cables, because I honestly think I would end up screwing something else up by trying to make one myself. Not really sure that it is possible to do any more screwing up to my Beloved Xoom, but I'm sure I could find a way, ha.
Anyway once again thank you for the Shared Link, if I can't my Xoom to do anything based upon what Extremetempz explained how to do, then I will definitely bee looking at purchasing the Pre-Made Brick Fix Cable. I just hope it doesn't come down to that. Wish me luck.

 

[extremetempz]

@Extremetempz, first let me say THANK YOU for such a quick response. I did have a question though, about the order of which you put the instructions:

1:Type "Fastboot oem unlock" and Enter: It will say "Waiting for device"

3: Immediately press'n hold "Vol- and power", when the Dual core logo appears. You will need to hold them down for 10-20 sec

2:Reset the Xoom (Power and Vol+)

4: After 10-20 sec you will see that the fastboot command gets through and you can unlock the xoom with fastboot oem unlock (MZ604 US)

The question I have is, am I supposed to do step 3 before step 2? Or was the step that is labeled as step 3 actually supposed to be labeled step 2? I just want to make sure I have it correct. Thanks again.

yeah do the 3rd before second I've had this problem before

 

[XxLordxX]

If you come to have the RSD Mode 3 problem again, you can check the FAQ (which points to my solution to solve it) or the link on my signature . RSD Mode 3 is quite a common things to happen, and to not cause further problems remember to download another system.img, because it's clear that yours is corrupted!

 

[DannyShane]

Thanks goes to both

First, I wanna say Thanks to both of y'all

Now, to update y'all: Unfortunately XxLordxX the cable that you spoke of was not really an option for me, simply because, A.) I can't wait for the whole shipping time and such. B.) I don't have the $$$ to buy one if that was an option for me either. C.) I know that there has to be an easier/alternative way to go about fixing a completely Bricked Xoom. So as much as I do thank you for the input, these were not really feasible options for me seeing as how I use my Xoom on a constant daily basis, and I needed it back up and running immediately

And Extremetempz, I want to thank you for your input as well, because even though I couldn't get your method to actually do anything for me, it did get me to rethink my situation, take a deep breath, sit down, and start going back through everything I have learned, and everything I have taught myself about my Xoom, ADB, Fastboot, Android, and Patience. I would have to say that patience was the big factor in all of this. After trying your method with no success, unfortunately , I tried a few other things, button combos and what not. Unfortunately at this point the Xoom was completely unresponsive when it came to having it connected to my PC through USB. I kept getting a blank list of attached devices in ADB/Fastboot. I know it would seem that this would have to be a case of Drivers not being installed on my PC, but this was not the case. So after moving the folder that ADB/Fastboot was installed to around I was finally able to get my Xoom to register through Command Prompt(ADB/Fastboot). I wasn't ever able to get it to give me anything other than blank list of devices. So I took a shot in the dark, and decided to try and flash the *.img files......And so it worked!!!! Success! And I didn't even have to download any new *.img files. Because despite what XxLordxX recommended (about me needing to re-download the *.img files) they were actually all working files, and Ta-Da!!! I now have my Xoom back to Stock, and fully OTA'd and back on ICS (@ the moment ). We'll see how long it takes me to get something else going on it.

Once again, I wanna thank the both of you for helping me as much as y'all tried to. I will be keeping XDA posted on any new news that may happen in my Android Journey.

Thank you, and goodbye.