As some of you may know I've not been able to unlock ro root my Xoom, much less update the android version. I'm still running 4.1.2, that was last updated by Google. (I have two Xooms)
I have tried everything I've found on this site, and over at the Xoom forums, to no avail. I did, finally get one of them unlocked by switch from a Linux PC to an old XP box.
But, nothing else has come even close to working.
Yesterday I found this,
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/02/25/how-to-root-the-motorola-xoom/
It seems (to this relative newbie) that Droid Life offers a bit more information about rooting and such??? An example below:
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5. Type: adb reboot bootloader
6. Type: fastboot flash boot rootboot.img
7. Type: fastboot reboot
8. Wait for your device to reboot all the way.
9. Type: adb remount
10. Type: adb push su /system/bin
11. Type: adb shell ln –s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
12. Type: adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
13. And now this next step you have a couple of options.
Option A: Push Superuser.apk in adb. Type: adb push Superuser.apk /system/app
Option B: Exit adb and download Superuser app from the market.
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Why couldn't I find this info here, or at the Xoom forums? update: I found it on the Xoom forums
NOTE I still haven't tried it to see if it will work, but the "placement info" seems pretty relevant.
I have tried everything I've found on this site, and over at the Xoom forums, to no avail. I did, finally get one of them unlocked by switch from a Linux PC to an old XP box.
But, nothing else has come even close to working.
Yesterday I found this,
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/02/25/how-to-root-the-motorola-xoom/
It seems (to this relative newbie) that Droid Life offers a bit more information about rooting and such??? An example below:
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5. Type: adb reboot bootloader
6. Type: fastboot flash boot rootboot.img
7. Type: fastboot reboot
8. Wait for your device to reboot all the way.
9. Type: adb remount
10. Type: adb push su /system/bin
11. Type: adb shell ln –s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
12. Type: adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
13. And now this next step you have a couple of options.
Option A: Push Superuser.apk in adb. Type: adb push Superuser.apk /system/app
Option B: Exit adb and download Superuser app from the market.
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Why couldn't I find this info here, or at the Xoom forums? update: I found it on the Xoom forums
NOTE I still haven't tried it to see if it will work, but the "placement info" seems pretty relevant.
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