Xoom WiFi (MZ604) Root!!

[Xaositek]

This is it guys... HUGE props to bigrushdog (his kernel made this possible!), MADindustries and modplan!

Download the Motorola WiFi Xoom Root Zip file and unzip it. (MediaFire) - Contains Tiamat 1.3.1
You need the Moto Drivers - Read this thread to START you - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=981578
You'll need fastboot - get it here http://developer.htc.com/adp.html
Make sure you have the latest SDK - adb and fastboot should be in /platform-tools - http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Place the files in the SDK Tools folder.

If rebooting works... - This will wipe your phone by the way!!
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
adb reboot bootloader

If stuck at "Dual Core Technology"
Hold VolUp and power to restart Xoom
Hold VolDown will booting unit for fastboot mode

fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
adb shell
mkdir /data/media/sdcard2
exit
(physically put in microSD card if you are planning to use)
adb reboot
adb remount
adb push bcm4329.ko /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko
adb push cifs.ko /system/lib/modules/cifs.ko
adb push tun.ko /system/lib/modules/tun.ko
adb push scsi_wait_scan.ko /system/lib/modules/scsi_wait_scan.ko
adb push su /system/bin
adb shell ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app
adb push vold.fstab /system/etc/vold.fstab
adb reboot
adb shell

WE HAZ ROOT!!

Check out this video for basic Windows walkthrough from Buddhahb - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsVpY0PDwtQ
Check out this video for basic Mac walkthrough from sleeplessninjas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC6J-hV6SM4

Update: 3/27/2011 12:04pm CST Added cifs.ko, tun.ko, and scsi_wait_scan.ko
Update: 3/27/2011 12:22pm CST Added vold.fstab file for USB mounting & MegaUpload
Update: 4/13/2011 10:07am CST Updated to Tiamat's 1.3.1 kernel for SD card support & Gallery support.

 

[onicrom]

awesome work guys!

 

[bwcorvus]

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooot

 

[-shift-]

fantastic work!!

\o/

 

[onicrom]

can you try the cifs.ko module as well? i have a 3g version and am curious

 

[ericdabbs]

Thanks Xaositek and HUGE props to MADindustries and modplan for coming up with a quick solution.

Is there a rip of the stock "boot.img" in case it doesn't work so that people who soft brick their xoom can return it back to stock? If so can that be posted in the OP's post? I know I am not the only paranoid one that would like to have the stock boot.img before attempting any rooting.

Also just for curiousity, can someone explain the differences between the wifi and wifi+3g boot.img versions and what they had to do to workaround this. Thanks.

 

[Xaositek]

We end up replacing the stock boot - We'll probably need to wait for Motorola to toss us a bone there

 

[ericdabbs]

I just downloaded the "xoomwifiroot.zip" file and realized the files in the "xoomwifiroot.zip" are just tiamat's 1.1.6 files (boot.img and kernel modules) that can be found in tiamat's thread.

I was expecting the files to be something different that was close to the original root method by Koush where there is a "rootboot.img".

Maybe a better question for my understanding is this. Sorry if I am a noob.

Is Koush's file rootboot.img for the original xoom root only good for rooting the system while tiamat's boot.img file not only roots the system but also has code to overclock the xoom?

 

[Xaositek]

I just downloaded the "xoomwifiroot.zip" file and realized the files in the "xoomwifiroot.zip" are just tiamat's 1.1.6 files (boot.img and kernel modules) that can be found in tiamat's thread.

It also has the su and Superuser.apk but essentially yes...

Is Koush's file rootboot.img for the original xoom root only good for rooting the system while tiamat's boot.img file not only roots the system but also has code to overclock the xoom?

Koush's rootboot got us into this mess, Tiamat's boot.img got us out of it. It also allows the critical adb remount to allow the next steps.

 

[ericdabbs]

It also has the su and Superuser.apk but essentially yes...

Koush's rootboot got us into this mess, Tiamat's boot.img got us out of it. It also allows the critical adb remount to allow the next steps.

Gotcha. Thanks for all your help.

 

[Xaositek]

Gotcha. Thanks for all your help.

Grab the latest file from MegaUpload and add the additional modules

 

[modplan]

glad I could help get this working and glad that it fixed my bricked xoom! One thing that I would suggest is someone pull the stock ko files and save them, after moto releases the stock boot.img files I am sure that there will be some people that want to go back to the stock kernel which will then be as easy as flashing the stock boot.Img and then pushing the stock ko files back on.

 

[rootmepls]

Guess I'll run out and grab one now at Best Buy then. Thanks!

 

[ericdabbs]

glad I could help get this working and glad that it fixed my bricked xoom! One thing that I would suggest is someone pull the stock ko files and save them, after moto releases the stock boot.img files I am sure that there will be some people that want to go back to the stock kernel which will then be as easy as flashing the stock boot.Img and then pushing the stock ko files back on.

Is there a way to extract the stock boot.img and wifi ko files before flashing it with tiamat's files? If so, what are the instructions so that people who haven't rooted it yet can give it a try. That way we can give back to the community.

 

[modplan]

Is there a way to extract the stock boot.img and wifi ko files before flashing it with tiamat's files? If so, what are the instructions so that people who haven't rooted it yet can give it a try. That way we can give back to the community.

Pulling the boot image looks like it is rather difficult but pulling the ko files should be as simple as using the adb pull command instead of adb push. For example

Adb pull /system/lib/modules/something.ko c:/something.ko (put the right paths obviously the second path is just where you want to save it on your computer)

 

[d3coy3d]

As an FYI. coolbho's ocboot.img does not work on the wi-fi version of the xoom yet. To prevent your headaches I have already flashed and it stays at boot screen. Tiamat's seems the only kernel that is working for wi-fi only

 

[ericdabbs]

Pulling the boot image looks like it is rather difficult but pulling the ko files should be as simple as using the adb pull command instead of adb push. For example

Adb pull /system/lib/modules/something.ko c:/something.ko (put the right paths obviously the second path is just where you want to save it on your computer)

Got it. When I get my wifi xoom, I'll give this a shot.

 

[Xaositek]

As an FYI. coolbho's ocboot.img does not work on the wi-fi version of the xoom yet. To prevent your headaches I have already flashed and it stays at boot screen. Tiamat's seems the only kernel that is working for wi-fi only

Tiamat's kernel allows for the 1.5ghz OC

 

[chaz03]

When i command to push the first file, I get all the info on android debug.

 

[Xaositek]

When i command to push the first file, I get all the info on android debug.

Revisit the instructions now - you can just copy and paste them all now