XOOM 2 - Charging?

[tiber]

Hi all -

I have a XOOM 2 I got as a freebie from a buddy who said it was "stuck at the motorola logo". I verified this, and downloaded all the fastboot stuff. Attempted to get into fastboot mode and fastboot indicated it would not allow flashing because the battery is low.

I plugged it into my mac, the white light next to the USB plug comes on, and after a few hours it will go out again. However when I go to start it, I get a blinking red light next to the camera.

Is there something goofy I have to do so it'll charge when the OS is wiped?

 

[dfib1]

The blinking red light next to the camera is telling you it is not charged enough. Don't plug it into your pc but use a usb wall plug to charge it until the white light turns green.

 

[tiber]

I suspect I have the wrong sort of wall charger? I can't seem to ever get it to turn green.

 

[dfib1]

should look like this

http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Motorola-XYboard-Folding-Charger/dp/9985765028

 

[tiber]

should look like this

http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Motorola-XYboard-Folding-Charger/dp/9985765028

Alright after much gizoogling, turns out Motorola flips pin 1 and pin 4 on the USB so that pin 4 is +5V. Writeup is here: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-labs/146492-how-why-make-your-own-motorola-factory-cable.html

The tablet will run and charge (although slowly) from a wall charger, but you can't actually charge it if it doesn't have an OS, and it doesn't have an OS if I'm stuck at fastboot, and if it has no battery, it won't let me fastboot...

That stupid cable lets you flash a motorola whilst charging it too. I officially hate motorola for these hoops, but it's problem solved for me. $7 on ebay.