Refurbished Xoom $200

Trooper Thorn

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Can this be upgraded to ICS/JB?

I am sorely tempted by this deal. I have an HP Touchpad currently, but would like the better resolution and full functionality (camera) of a real Android tablet. I've been looking around online a bit and haven't determined if the 3G only Xoom can be upgraded to ICS or JB.

Can anybody give me some insight to this? I'm trying to decide if I should replace the Touchpad with this, which I currently have running ICS reasonably well, but I don't want to get a device that won't have enough dev support to get me to Jelly Bean at least. I see some threads in the development section here for some early JB builds and a CM9 RC, but I just want to be sure these will work on the 3G version, and not just the WiFi or 4G versions.

Thanks for any insight.

**EDIT**

I see in the development section some JB roms from Team EOS, but their roms seem to be for the EU 3G, US 4G and WiFi models only. Is the US 3G largely unsupported?
 
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I am sorely tempted by this deal. I have an HP Touchpad currently, but would like the better resolution and full functionality (camera) of a real Android tablet. I've been looking around online a bit and haven't determined if the 3G only Xoom can be upgraded to ICS or JB.

Can anybody give me some insight to this? I'm trying to decide if I should replace the Touchpad with this, which I currently have running ICS reasonably well, but I don't want to get a device that won't have enough dev support to get me to Jelly Bean at least. I see some threads in the development section here for some early JB builds and a CM9 RC, but I just want to be sure these will work on the 3G version, and not just the WiFi or 4G versions.

Thanks for any insight.

**EDIT**

I see in the development section some JB roms from Team EOS, but their roms seem to be for the EU 3G, US 4G and WiFi models only. Is the US 3G largely unsupported?
I'm in the same boat. Have a Touchpad with CM 9 running.

I searched all over the damned place in here and can't seem to find an answer. about this.

Can we install the WiFi only version of ROMs (CM9 in particular) onto a Verizon 3G Xoom and have it work for everything EXCEPT the 3g? I could honestly care less about ever activating it on Verizonas long as WIFI works.
 
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As far as I know you can install the wifi only version. It just doesn't include the 3G drivers.

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Yeah you can, you're able to install a WiFi only (wingray) onto any xoom, whether euro, us 3g, us 4g. But the respective data won't work! It is possible, thought I'd help clarify that for you guys.
 
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Trooper Thorn

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Thanks a lot. Just bought a Xoom. Looking forward to selling off the Touchpad and having a fully functional tablet once and for all. Not to slight the great devs who made my Touchpad so much more usable than it was with WebOS. Can't wait for Jelly Bean.
 
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Got mine today. No USB charging. WTF

Edit: nvrmnd. read about how the USB doesn't provide enough power. makes sense.
 
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Got mine today. No USB charging. WTF

Edit: nvrmnd. read about how the USB doesn't provide enough power. makes sense.
I remember being upset about this at first last year. Seemed like just a way to get more money for proprietary chargers.

I think USB power could have been done if they had really wanted to (look at the Xoom 2, more battery and uses USB charging), but it would take forever. I can get 10-12 hours of moderate-heavy use on my Xoom on a single charge that takes less than an hour. That is pretty damn sweet.
 

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For those still waiting...

It shipped with honeycomb. SOon after boot, using wifi only, it said I had an updated, which I applied. After reboot it said there was another update (ICS), which I also applied.

So using the OTA updates, you can get to ICS without an issue and still use the 3g Connection. I rooted that with this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242241

Then backed up.

I have installed the EOS JB Wingman ROM for the hell of it and all seems to be working great.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764751