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[Q] ClockworkMOD recovery

When I select backup Rom in ROM manager, it reboots and i get a screen with an exclamation mark with an android bot. Same thing happens when I try to get into recovery with power on + volume up button.
But when I select reboot in recovery from rom manager it works and i was then able to take a back up from there.
What do i do ? Current and latest clockwork version are same according to rom manager. I updated it twice using ROM manager to make sure its the correct one

suhas_sm said:
When I select backup Rom in ROM manager, it reboots and i get a screen with an exclamation mark with an android bot. Same thing happens when I try to get into recovery with power on + volume up button.
But when I select reboot in recovery from rom manager it works and i was then able to take a back up from there.
What do i do ? Current and latest clockwork version are same according to rom manager. I updated it twice using ROM manager to make sure its the correct one
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When it boots to that, try pressing the home button
Sent from my Onyx CM7 Google Nexus S!

You mean on the exclamation screen? I vl try that but I don't I will help cost I had remove battery to make that screen go away
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Just give it a go. Battery pulls don't hurt the phone.
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suhas_sm said:
When I select backup Rom in ROM manager, it reboots and i get a screen with an exclamation mark with an android bot. Same thing happens when I try to get into recovery with power on + volume up button.
But when I select reboot in recovery from rom manager it works and i was then able to take a back up from there.
What do i do ? Current and latest clockwork version are same according to rom manager. I updated it twice using ROM manager to make sure its the correct one
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What rom are you on?

everything stock ... clockwork mod installed from rom manager .. latest and current are same...but rooted.

kenvan19 said:
Just give it a go. Battery pulls don't hurt the phone.
Sent from my Onyx CM7 Google Nexus S!
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Tried it. Nothing happens. Have to take battery out. But I can still access recovery by rebooting in recovery from rom manager

Try installing it from the bootloader.
Name the image file recovery.img
Put it in the android sdk tools folder(or wherever your fastboot.exe is) and run the command -
"Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
Then reboot, it should work.

The android with a "!" is the stock recovery. You don't have to pull the battery at that screen, just press hold power button, then press volume up, you should end up in stock recovery.
In ROM Mgr, FLASH clockwork recovery (twice for good luck, seriously) before trying to boot/backup from ROM Mgr. That should get you going.
The fastboot flash method mentioned above also works.
Part of your issue is that there's a file called /etc/install-recovery.sh that overwrites clockwork recovery with the stock one every time you boot up normally. Rename/delete that file and clockwork will stick after that.

suhas_sm said:
When I select backup Rom in ROM manager, it reboots and i get a screen with an exclamation mark with an android bot. Same thing happens when I try to get into recovery with power on + volume up button.
But when I select reboot in recovery from rom manager it works and i was then able to take a back up from there.
What do i do ? Current and latest clockwork version are same according to rom manager. I updated it twice using ROM manager to make sure its the correct one
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I have found if you to flash Clockworkmod recovery from Rom Manager and you already have the same version, it will remove it all together.
just reboot your phone and run the recovery installer once. Right now, it should be version 3.0.0.5. After you run it. Reboot your phone -> hold power + up (or down don't remember) -> select recovery.
If it is there, you should be able to get to it from the Rom Manager link also.

Serious_Beans said:
Try installing it from the bootloader.
Name the image file recovery.img
Put it in the android sdk tools folder(or wherever your fastboot.exe is) and run the command -
"Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
Then reboot, it should work.
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yeah will keep that as option if Rom Manager doesn't work for me.
distortedloop said:
The android with a "!" is the stock recovery. You don't have to pull the battery at that screen, just press hold power button, then press volume up, you should end up in stock recovery.
In ROM Mgr, FLASH clockwork recovery (twice for good luck, seriously) before trying to boot/backup from ROM Mgr. That should get you going.
The fastboot flash method mentioned above also works.
Part of your issue is that there's a file called /etc/install-recovery.sh that overwrites clockwork recovery with the stock one every time you boot up normally. Rename/delete that file and clockwork will stick after that.
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Thanks for the information That should explain why Clockwork doesnt show up everytime. And yeah didnt have to pull the battery, simply went into default recovery from that screen Thanks. will try renaming install-recovery.sh
GchildT said:
I have found if you to flash Clockworkmod recovery from Rom Manager and you already have the same version, it will remove it all together.
just reboot your phone and run the recovery installer once. Right now, it should be version 3.0.0.5. After you run it. Reboot your phone -> hold power + up (or down don't remember) -> select recovery.
If it is there, you should be able to get to it from the Rom Manager link also.
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I installed once again. It said no recovery or image found. Installed again, could go into clockwork recovery but after rebooting again the same

renaming install-recovery.sh in etc folder worked Now can I go into clockwork recover on every boot

[Q] Stuck in Stock Recovery

After successfully flashing ClockWork RecoveryMod, I placed SU on the root of my SNS, powered it off, went into fastboot, but when I went into Recovery, it just went to Stock Recovery, the Exclamation Mark inside the Triangle with the Android next to it appeared, but no text or anything else is on the screen. I've let it sit for about 15 minutes, and nothing. I also can't do anything by clicking the volume buttons, or the power buttons. I've also unplugged the Phone, held the power button to try to reboot it, held volume-up and power to try to go back into fastboot, but nothing. Should I pull the battery? Why didn't it go into ClockWork RecoveryMod? Command Prompt gave me the whole " sending 'recovery' (3980 KB)... OKAY [ 0.621s]
writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 0.511s]
finished. total time: 1.132s" thing...
What do I do? I can't just leave it sitting like this forever.
Edit: I unplugged and replugged it a few times, and it rebooted. But I've tried going back to fastboot and going into Recovery, and I get the same screen, over and over. I've even tried flashing CWRM again, and nothing. I'm using 3.0.2.4. Should I just use 3.0.0.5?

When you are in the stock recovery mode and you see the exclamation mark inside the triangle: Just hold the power button and hit volume up and you will get into stock recovery where you can perform a reboot etc.
Just try 3.0.0.5. There is something wrong with clokwork mod it you just went into stock recovery. You should be fine if you follow one of the guides on this forum.

If you still are using the stock rom. This only applies of on stock root rom because the custom rom have the edited already. You must do this. If you don't then you will have to flash clockwork ever time you reboot.
Reboot your Nexus S
Download and install Root Explorer app from Android Market
Open Root Explorer and navigate to etc directory
Tap on the gray box that says Mount R/W
Tap and hold on the file install-recovery.sh and rename this file to install-recovery.sh.old
Once renamed, download and install the app called ROM Manager from Android Market
Once installed, open ROM Manager app and choose Flash ClockworkMod Recovery option.

Hawky_ said:
When you are in the stock recovery mode and you see the exclamation mark inside the triangle: Just hold the power button and hit volume up and you will get into stock recovery where you can perform a reboot etc.
Just try 3.0.0.5. There is something wrong with clokwork mod it you just went into stock recovery. You should be fine if you follow one of the guides on this forum.
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I tried it again with 3.0.2.5 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988686. Did not work. Went again into Stock Recovery.
jerrycycle said:
If you still are using the stock rom. This only applies of on stock root rom because the custom rom have the edited already. You must do this. If you don't then you will have to flash clockwork ever time you reboot.
Reboot your Nexus S
Download and install Root Explorer app from Android Market
Open Root Explorer and navigate to etc directory
Tap on the gray box that says Mount R/W
Tap and hold on the file install-recovery.sh and rename this file to install-recovery.sh.old
Once renamed, download and install the app called ROM Manager from Android Market
Once installed, open ROM Manager app and choose Flash ClockworkMod Recovery option.
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I'm a bit confused with your post.
I am still using the Stock Rom, but I don't have root access.
I've tried, after unlocking the Bootloader, going into Rom Manager and Flashing ClockWork, but it tells me first:
"You must root your phone for ROM Manager to function. Superuser was not found at "/system/bin/su" or "/system/xbin.su". (...)"
Then, when I still attempt to flash ClockworkMod, it tells me:
"An error occurred while attempting to run priviliged commands!"
I should have told the full story first.
I was once rooted, but it was through ROM Manager and flashing Clockwork from there. But then I had a few issues with my Wifi, and I decided to flash back Stock Rom. I still had an unlocked Bootloader though, so I thought that just redownloading Rom Manager and flashing CWRM and having Superuser installed would work. It didn't. So I attempted to root all over again, this time, manually.
But, I always go back to square one, it seems, when I try to get into Recovery.
What up with that?

After you flash CWM recovery, go straight into recovery from the fastboot menu. Do not reboot. Do not power off. Flash CWM and when it finishes immediately press volume down to select recovery and then press power to go in.
The Nexus S will overwrite CWM with stock recovery every time the phone boots by default. This could be what is giving you trouble.
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matt2053 said:
After you flash CWM recovery, go straight into recovery from the fastboot menu. Do not reboot. Do not power off. Flash CWM and when it finishes immediately press volume down to select recovery and then press power to go in.
The Nexus S will overwrite CWM with stock recovery every time the phone boots by default. This could be what is giving you trouble.
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Thank you so much!
That was it!
After I did that, I went straight into Recovery, flash SU, rebooted, went into ROM Manager, Flashed CWRM from there, and boom.
I don't understand why AllGamer's guide didn't already say that could happen. I'll post a comment there.
Thanks again!

EonHawk said:
Thank you so much!
That was it!
After I did that, I went straight into Recovery, flash SU, rebooted, went into ROM Manager, Flashed CWRM from there, and boom.
I don't understand why AllGamer's guide didn't already say that could happen. I'll post a comment there.
Thanks again!
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No problem.
There is a script located in the /etc folder called install-recovery.sh. it runs every time you boot and installs stock recovery. You have two choices: always use rom manager to flash CWM every time you need to access recovery, or use root explorer to rename install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.bak so that it will not run and will leave CWM installed.
Glad you got it figured out!
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Or a third choice of course would be to install a custom ROM because they tend to not include that script
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EonHawk said:
Thank you so much!
That was it!
After I did that, I went straight into Recovery, flash SU, rebooted, went into ROM Manager, Flashed CWRM from there, and boom.
I don't understand why AllGamer's guide didn't already say that could happen. I'll post a comment there.
Thanks again!
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If you are talking about this guide then it does warn about this problem. I used the guide to root my nexus s and I followed all his steps, including renaming the necessary file - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
This is from his 2nd post - called notes:
NOTES:
It's normal to lose the recovery after the reboot, the steps to flash the CW recovery needs to be repeated every time you want to access the CW recovery.
This is due the build in protection in 2.3
As some one pointed it out on another topic, the good thing about this is that you'll never lose the stock recovery of 2.3, thus minimizing the chance of a bricked phone.
If you want to the CW recovery to remain permanently, you'll need to rename /etc/install-recovery.sh to something thing else

buachaille said:
If you are talking about this guide then it does warn about this problem. I used the guide to root my nexus s and I followed all his steps, including renaming the necessary file - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
This is from his 2nd post - called notes:
NOTES:
It's normal to lose the recovery after the reboot, the steps to flash the CW recovery needs to be repeated every time you want to access the CW recovery.
This is due the build in protection in 2.3
As some one pointed it out on another topic, the good thing about this is that you'll never lose the stock recovery of 2.3, thus minimizing the chance of a bricked phone.
If you want to the CW recovery to remain permanently, you'll need to rename /etc/install-recovery.sh to something thing else
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Actually I think that guide does have two unnecessary steps that cause confusion. After flashing CWM, the guide instructs the user to power off, power on, and then to access recovery. The user should just access recovery immediately after flashing.
EDIT: I guess the problem is just that the bolded part should be added:
Then back on the SNS select Power Off (Reboot also works)
Power ON the SNS while holding volume up

buachaille said:
If you are talking about this guide then it does warn about this problem. I used the guide to root my nexus s and I followed all his steps, including renaming the necessary file - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
This is from his 2nd post - called notes:
NOTES:
It's normal to lose the recovery after the reboot, the steps to flash the CW recovery needs to be repeated every time you want to access the CW recovery.
This is due the build in protection in 2.3
As some one pointed it out on another topic, the good thing about this is that you'll never lose the stock recovery of 2.3, thus minimizing the chance of a bricked phone.
If you want to the CW recovery to remain permanently, you'll need to rename /etc/install-recovery.sh to something thing else
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That's partly my fault, I never went down to the 2nd Post and saw those Notes, but what's the point of not including that already in the steps in the main Post? He could have just told to go straight from Recovery after flashing CWRM, but decided not to.
matt2053 said:
Actually I think that guide does have two unnecessary steps that cause confusion. After flashing CWM, the guide instructs the user to power off, power on, and then to access recovery. The user should just access recovery immediately after flashing.
EDIT: I guess the problem is just that the bolded part should be added:
Then back on the SNS select Power Off (Reboot also works)
Power ON the SNS while holding volume up
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I think he should just have instructed to place the SU zip on the root of the SD card before flashing CWRM. That way, there wouldn't be a need to reboot to mount the SD to place SU, that way potentially losing the CWRM.

Clockwork recovery

Is clockwork recovery necessary for all roms or can i download a recovery to my phone?

Well if you could make a recovery based off of something else that had ext. 4 support then you could probably use that. Just the fact that there is already CWM for the MT already makes it easier. If you meant does it need to be installed then yes, you need it installed to flash different roms.

Can CWM be flashed through Rom Mgr? I tried bootloader and mobile and image and recovery img and i think i put in wrong folder. Everytime i try to get back into bootloader with pwr button and vol dwn. It goes right to M screen. How can i fix this?

Ok i get to download mode now where do i put the extracted recovery folder in image? Do i place with recovery img or down at the bottom?. When i take battery out and put back. I pwr and simitaneously vol buttons. I get the triangle !. What am i doing wrong. Oh and im on ver 2.2.2

It's real easy all you need to do is Volume down then power sometimes it's a pain in the ass but keep repeating the steps until you see white writing on the screen, then plug it into your PC, it should bring up a drive called mobile there will be a folder open the folder & replace only the recovery image then reboot. Should be all good. Then press volume up & down & power should boot into clockwork.

Did u install CM7 first?

You can't install CM7 or any other rom "first" using stock recovery. As far as I have seen CWM is the only alternative to the stock recovery.

Galaxy s II lte hd

I used to own a sky rocket and now i have the hd version.
Besides the resolution, is the rooting flashing roms the same as non-hd?
Thx
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You can't use our roms
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xcrazydx said:
You can't use our roms
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Listen to x, he knows his stuff

I have the skyrocket and also the HD
Below is the instructions to install CWM and root on the S2 HD LTE. (credit to the user dsixda)
Get the required files here
To install CWM Recovery:
If you don't already have Odin, download it from the link above, and extract the zipped file to a folder. Ensure both the .EXE and .INI file have been extracted.
Download the TAR file for ClockWorkMod Recovery (e.g. cwm_recovery_xxxx.tar, or if you want the version that uses finger touch input: cwm_touch_recovery_xxxx.tar). Do not extract the file out of it, keep the TAR file as it is.
Turn off the phone
Put it into Download mode by pressing Power and Volume Down at the same time. The device will vibrate and soon you will see a Warning screen, where you will need to press Volume Up to enter Download mode. (NOTE: You can also use the Galaxy S2 USB Jig to go straight to Download mode. I recommend you get one from eBay just in case.)
While in Download mode, start up Odin and connect your phone to the PC via USB. You should see a status message in Odin saying your device was "added".
In Odin, press the BOOTLOADER button and select the CWM TAR file you just downloaded.
In Odin, press Start. Your custom recovery should be flashed completely in a span of a few seconds, and then it should say "PASS" in Odin. If it doesn't finish and is stuck, then your file was either corrupted during the download or there was an MD5 mismatch (this is not a regular TAR file, it has an MD5 signature).
IMPORTANT: If you downloaded the "Touch" version of CWM, *avoid* using the "Reboot to Recovery" option in the ROM or apps like Quick Boot to boot into recovery. I have found that using such apps with Touch Recovery causes every subsequent reboot to go back into recovery rather than to the system. If you are stuck in this state, re-flash the recovery image so that it boots back to the system. Next time, if you want to get into recovery, use the button combination mentioned in the steps below instead. If you have the non-touch (normal) version of CWM, this issue won't happen.
To enter CWM Recovery:
Turn off the phone
Hold down the Power button to turn the phone on, and then immediately hold down Volume Up + Volume Down at the same time.
The device will then show the word "Samsung". Let go of the buttons at the exact moment you see this.
If you did it on time, you will enter CWM Recovery. Use the Volume keys to move up and down, and press Power to select. The capacitive buttons do this: Menu = DOWN, Back = BACK to main menu, Search = SELECT
NOTE: If you had flashed CWM but are still seeing the stock recovery image, then re-flash CWM and afterwards pull the USB cable immediately after seeing 'PASS' in Odin, while the phone's screen is black. Then do the button combo shown above to get into CWM.
Make sure you make a Nandroid backup of everything the first time you use custom recovery. The backup will be stored under the 'clockworkmod' folder of your SD card.
To root your device through CWM:
This step is only if you want to root the stock firmware that is currently on your device. If you are going to flash a ROM like CyanogenMod, then you can skip this section, since most custom ROMs already have root installed.
You need to first download root_sgs2hdbell.zip from the Dev-Host site linked above. Copy it to your device's internal or external SD card.
Then go back into CWM and flash the ZIP. You should now be rooted, you don't need to do anything else to your stock ROM.

[Q] I think I may have unlocked my bootloader twice...

I tried to use the search and google but didn't really find anything helpful. Almost 2 years ago, I unlocked the bootloader back on honeycomb and did custom recovery, root, and custom rom. Then a little while after ICS came out, I did the OTA update.
Today, I reset the xoom back to stock ICS and tried to unlock the bootloader again...thinking nothing of it. The process was taking a few minutes so I decided to get a snack and when I came back it was rebooting.
I assumed that it worked and continued to try and fastboot a recovery image. The recovery image installed and I did another reboot but was greeted with the android welcome screen. Anyways I went through the menus and then tried to enter recovery and it gave me an android laying on its back with and exclamation point above his open chest.
I hard rebooted and can still get into my device, but adb cannot seem to find my xoom anymore. I have tried it on a 64bit desktop and laptop with no luck.
Have I messed up? Or is there a simple fix that I am missing? Thanks in advance for any help!

Can you get into fastboot mode? The second time you unlocked did you have to go through the questions on your xoom again?

dfib1 said:
Can you get into fastboot mode? The second time you unlocked did you have to go through the questions on your xoom again?
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Yes, I can get into fastboot by holding the volume down key and the power button. That's fastboot, right?
Yes, I had to go through the menus the second time I unlocked.

sounds like the recovery you try to fastboot did not take or the rom was corrupt.. Which recovery was it? Do you want to be rooted and run a custom rom or completely stock? what xoom do you have(wifi, 3g, 4g)

dfib1 said:
sounds like the recovery you try to fastboot did not take or the rom was corrupt.. Which recovery was it? Do you want to be rooted and run a custom rom or completely stock? what xoom do you have(wifi, 3g, 4g)
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I want to flash this ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997434
With whichever recovery is best. I tried flashing this recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074979
I am on a 4G xoom on 4.0.4 but I don't use my data plan. I would like to be on a nice stable build of 4.2.

Download your rom choice, gapps and put them on the root of your sd card. If they are already there skip this step
I like TWRP Recovery the best. Easy to use and lots of options.
download this Twrp 2.4 img to the folder you hve fastboot in
open a cmd prompt in that o that folder
type fastboot flash recovery TWRPv2.4.1.0.img
Once you have verification on your device that this has been flashed, reboot your device by holding volume up + power.
Then 3 seconds after you see the Motorola logo, hit volume down. You should now see "Android Recovery" in the top left corner. Hit volume up to boot into recovery.
You should be in twrp 2.4
select backup/restore and backup your current system
select install and find your rom select asnd then swipe to flash
when done then select home
select install again and find the gapps package and install
when done select wipe dalvick/cache
when done select reboot
select system
you should be good to go.

Well I got through all of the steps, but when I try to boot I get stuck in a loop of the roms boot logo. Is it okay to flash a wingray rom over a stingray device?

dfib1 said:
Download your rom choice, gapps and put them on the root of your sd card. If they are already there skip this step
I like TWRP Recovery the best. Easy to use and lots of options.
download this Twrp 2.4 img to the folder you hve fastboot in
open a cmd prompt in that o that folder
type fastboot flash recovery TWRPv2.4.1.0.img
Once you have verification on your device that this has been flashed, reboot your device by holding volume up + power.
Then 3 seconds after you see the Motorola logo, hit volume down. You should now see "Android Recovery" in the top left corner. Hit volume up to boot into recovery.
You should be in twrp 2.4
select backup/restore and backup your current system
select install and find your rom select asnd then swipe to flash
when done then select home
select install again and find the gapps package and install
when done select wipe dalvick/cache
when done select reboot
select system
you should be good to go.
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Well I got through all of the steps, but when I try to boot I get stuck in a loop of the roms boot logo. Is it okay to flash a wingray rom over a stingray device?

I think it is fine just the 3g/4g won't work.
I can get you going again but you are going to be starting with a locked honeycomb device. You will then have to either let it update to ICS or JB or unlock, root, install custom recovery and flash a rom. What xoom do you have 3g or 4g?

dfib1 said:
Download your rom choice, gapps and put them on the root of your sd card. If they are already there skip this step
I like TWRP Recovery the best. Easy to use and lots of options.
download this Twrp 2.4 img to the folder you hve fastboot in
open a cmd prompt in that o that folder
type fastboot flash recovery TWRPv2.4.1.0.img
Once you have verification on your device that this has been flashed, reboot your device by holding volume up + power.
Then 3 seconds after you see the Motorola logo, hit volume down. You should now see "Android Recovery" in the top left corner. Hit volume up to boot into recovery.
You should be in twrp 2.4
select backup/restore and backup your current system
select install and find your rom select asnd then swipe to flash
when done then select home
select install again and find the gapps package and install
when done select wipe dalvick/cache
when done select reboot
select system
you should be good to go.
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Okay I restored it again but this time i did a factory reset and wipe dalvick before flashing the rom and gapps. It works! Thank you for your help!
However, could I ask how to root this thing?

since you have a custom recovery on it already and are unlocked.
Download this file Universal xoom root place it on the root of your sd card and flash it. Then reboot and try a root required app such as root checker

dfib1 said:
since you have a custom recovery on it already and are unlocked.
Download this file Universal xoom root place it on the root of your sd card and flash it. Then reboot and try a root required app such as root checker
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Thanks! Got it!

g;lad to hear it.