[TOOL] XOOT 1.1: Root your XOOM and more!

epic118 · Feb 8, 2012

PLEASE READ
Cornea, the universal toolkit tool I promised following XOOT's discontinuation, has been released! It's free, and tons better. Please check it out rather than downloading XOOT. Click here to go to the thread page. Thanks.

(XOOT will still be available for download if you want it for whatever reason.

Bugs
XP not supported properly. This will not be fixed. It has been fixed in the new version of XOOT, Cornea.

Changelog
1.1 (CURRENT VERSION)
XP x86 compatibility! (not working)

Compressed file changed from RAR to ZIP so that users don't need WinRAR or equivalent to extract XOOT

1.0
Initial release of XOOT

Sorry that this isn't in Android Development, I have less than 10 posts and I can't wait to share this...

XOOT is the easiest tool you can use to root your XOOM! It works for XP 32bit, Vista, 7 and 8 flawlessly. In fact, it does more than root. Here's the grand list:

Bootloader lock/unlock (WIPES DATA)
Root your XOOM (thanks solarnz)
Convert from a region XOOM to a GED XOOM
Flash non-flashable boot animations
Includes ADB and FASTBOOT for all your Android developing needs!
Brick your device if you are ruthless and unplug it during the progress.

HONG KONG USERS SHOULD STAY AWAY. PLEASE?
IF YOU'VE DONE OTA UPDATES READ THE POST ON THE SECOND PAGE ABOUT THE GREEN ANDROID OF DEATH.

XOOM ADB drivers are required to benefit from XOOT! Please download them and install.

Hope you guys benefit from this. It definitely works because I used it to root, flash recovery, unlock bootloader and flash boot animations.

If you're amazing at ADB, try adding more commands! All ya need is a bit of batch programming experience. If you plan to just use this and enjoy, OK! Just open and go!

FAQ included in the ZIP.

Please read: Now that XP compatibility has been added, XOOT is harder (but still easy) to open.
If you are running XOOT on Windows XP or Server 2003, rename choice_xp.exe to choice.exe. Then proceed.
If you are using XOOT on a version higher than XP, open XOOT.bat without renaming Choice_XP.exe

Have fun with your XOOM!
PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ISSUES CAUSED
~Epic118

epic118 · Dec 27, 2011 at 8:40 PM

i am not responsible if this goes cockeyed, btw

mingmong24 · Feb 20, 2011 27 1 0

has any1 tried this? cheers

kobak.org · Dec 27, 2011 at 10:55 PM

Region xoom to ged xoom? What does that mean?

Sent from my MZ601 using XDA App

epic118 · Dec 27, 2011 at 11:10 PM

Region/GED Xooms

A region XOOM is one that's not in the US. It may have changes made by Motorola, and get updates slower. This is why UK Xooms have SD card read/write officially.

A GED XOOM is a XOOM that's in the US. It's known as a Google Experience Device, and cannot be modified my Motorola. This is why US Xooms have SD card readonly officially - they are not allowed to add the hacked mod to enable write.

I read this on a website. Sorry but I can't find out which one, I will give you the URL link soon...

marvi0 · Dec 28, 2011 at 12:24 PM

Anyone tried yet? Am contemplating.

Zacky32 · Dec 28, 2011 at 3:20 PM

Will it work on a Singapore version of Motorola Xoom MZ604 on 3.2?

Y_Yan_C · Dec 28, 2011 at 4:33 PM

Hi, will it work on my Hong Kong MZ601 3G Xoom

okantomi · Dec 28, 2011 at 8:23 PM

BlueEditionE6 said:
Hi, will it work on my Hong Kong MZ601 3G Xoom

Be careful with your Hong Kong Xoom. They seem to have different partition set-ups and have been known to lose (misplace) 28 gb of their internal storage when rooted/modded without a particular patch made by solarnz. Have you seen this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1203128 ?

pamaguin · Sep 24, 2010 235 7 0

Anybody with a VZW Zoom use this to unlock and root?

Sent from my LG-P925 using xda premium

epic118 · Dec 28, 2011 at 10:39 PM

Zacky32 said:
Will it work on a Singapore version of Motorola Xoom MZ604 on 3.2?

Should do. I think mine is a Singapore XOOM because when I first turned it on the language was set to English (Singapore).

HONG KONG XOOM owners STAY AWAY. I have read that solarnz's universal root thing doesn't work wonderfully well on those.

viper1402 · Jul 27, 2010 9 0 0

Sorry new on here and to root (rooted my htc magic ages ago)
Is this the real deal and will this work on my uk wifi XOOM?
Thanks

Sent from my xoom using xda premium

temporalwar · Dec 28, 2011 at 11:13 PM

This for WIFI only model? or LTE/4G devices?

joe ferreira · Dec 28, 2011

the green bot of !

Ok this thread is missing some things.

* Fastboot OEM Unlock Wipes your Tablet. backup first!

* The green bot of !

there is one problem that exists with all xoom roots/cwm hacks.

I had this problem as well as a bunch of other people when trying to flash CWM.
If these files are present after a OTA update then your xoom when entering recovery will show the green android robot with a explanation point instead of CWM.

if you have applied a official ota update.zip then you have one of the following two files on your xoom that will prevent CWM from working.

/system/recovery-from-boot.p
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh

If you already have root and your not trying to root with CWM then you can fix this issue with the following commands before flashing the recovery.img

adb remount
adb shell rm /system/recovery-from-boot.p
adb shell rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh

If you do not already have root on your xoom when you get the green bot of ! then you have to do the following with the stock moto files for your device (from moto dev).

This Wipes your Xoom also

fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -w
fastboot reboot

after your xoom boots back up and goes into the setup screens skip setup and enable usb debugging. ( do not install a ota update! )

and restart xoot to root the stock rom.

epic118 · Dec 29, 2011 at 12:05 AM

joe ferreira said:
Ok this thread is missing some things.

* Fastboot OEM Unlock Wipes your Tablet. backup first!

* The green bot of !

there is one problem that exists with all xoom roots/cwm hacks.

I had this problem as well as a bunch of other people when trying to flash CWM.
If these files are present after a OTA update then your xoom when entering recovery will show the green android robot with a explanation point instead of CWM.

if you have applied a official ota update.zip then you have one of the following two files on your xoom that will prevent CWM from working.

/system/recovery-from-boot.p
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh

If you already have root and your not trying to root with CWM then you can fix this issue with the following commands before flashing the recovery.img

adb remount
adb shell rm /system/recovery-from-boot.p
adb shell rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh

If you do not already have root on your xoom when you get the green bot of ! then you have to do the following with the stock moto files for your device (from moto dev).

This Wipes your Xoom also

fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -w
fastboot reboot

after your xoom boots back up and goes into the setup screens skip setup and enable usb debugging. ( do not install a ota update! )

and restart xoot to root the stock rom.

Thanks, didn't know about that. I'll be adding some more code to XOOT soon to tackle this.

XOOT does notify you that locking/unlocking bootloaders does wipe the device. However I will modify the main post to show this.

toori88 · Aug 30, 2010 52 3 0

Can anyone tell me where to get the ged files from, I've searched for them but really don't know what I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance

okantomi · Dec 29, 2011

@joe ferreira,

I have quoted you in my adb/fastboot/rooting guide, as I didn't know why so many newer Xoom owners are having issues flashing CWM recovery.

@epic118, I'm also really interested in whether the Xoot method works safely...it would make life a whole lot easier for a lot of people! The Xoom community is a little shy about one-click rooting methods, since one last spring bricked a whole bunch of tabs, but if proven effective and safe, folks would eat it up.

---------- Post added at 10:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:47 PM ----------

toori88 said:
Can anyone tell me where to get the ged files from, I've searched for them but really don't know what I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance

Your stock files are available in a couple of threads pinned to the top of the General forum, or from the motodev site.

reitman1 · Jul 21, 2011 40 5 0

What is the best way to backup without having root capabilities yet to utilize an app like Titanium?

Sent from my Xoom using XDA App

reitman1 · Jul 21, 2011 40 5 0

Never mind, I was under the impression that rooting the Xoom wipes it right off the bat. It seems this is only when you unlock the boot loader.

Sent from my Xoom using XDA App

viper1402 · Dec 29, 2011

just using xoot to root my device,
i have unlocked te bootloader,
currently flashing with cwm recovery but its stuck on starting fast boot protocol support. should it stay on that for a while the first time?
EDIT:
never mind when i rebooted holding vol up and power to try go into fast boot all i get is "starting RSD protocol support 3"
i don't know what this means but it will power up normally

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