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I think I semi-bricked my xoom.
I installed the new VTL-Launcher posted here http://www.xda-developers.com/android/tablet-oriented-launcher-vtl-launcher-now-in-beta/
and upon reboot, the xoom just stays looping the honeycomb boot animation.
My xoom was not rooted, and completely stock before this.
I tried to recover doing a hard reset as detailed here: https://motorola-global-portal.cust...rola-xoom---master-reset-/-factory-data-reset
but this also does not work. The option of recovery never presents itself.
I can still access the device with fastboot, but thats it really... I do not know what to do with it.
Please help, as I do not really know what to do beyond this.
If you can still access the fastboot you should be able to reflash the stock image.
3G/4G - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=980803
WiFi - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1017398
Wow, really?
I've just downloaded this, and debating if I should or should not install... I guess I wont.
I hope you can get your issues resolve.
Have a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973355
happened to me too with vtlauncher... i reflashed all my partitions and relocked my boot loader, then used the one click gui to root with the latest tiamat kernel
**********Please Sticky**********
(MOTOROLA HAS RELEASED ALL THE IMAGES FOR ALL COUNTRY VERSIONS OF THE XOOM RECENTLY MAKING THIS A UNIVERSAL TUTORIAL AT THIS POINT)
Listen I notice recently there is a flood of issues with the xoom using different unrooting methods. I personally will say to unroot your device just bring it back to stock images. Its the safest method with the other methods if you do not know what you are doing you will find yourself sending your device to motorola for warranty repairs.
Here is a short and sweet way to unroot your xoom. by doing this you will lose your data and information so start by backing up your stuff to a computer if you have any important things on there.
if starting fastboot is on your xoom screen open up a command prompt:
0. For those who've modified their boot splash graphic with Team Eos' Splash Screen Logo Maker make sure to restore the stock Motorola boot splash FIRST as this process doesn't touch that part of the system. (Posted by Bait-Fish *Thanks for the update*)
1. Goto: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049485 for stock USA 3G and Wifi Images
2. download the files you need
3. extract all the img's into the tools folder
4. with the command prompt open type: cd "replace with tools directory location"
5. disconnect your xoom from your computer and shut off the xoom
6. at the prompt type: fastboot oem unlock
7. it will say waiting for device
8. now plug it into your computer and reboot into fastboot by holding the down volume button and power on
9. follow the on screen instructions and agree to everything
10. your device will reboot you will get the motorola dual core window
11. force restart device by holding volume up and pressing the power button right after the device shuts off hold the down volume button and press power button
12 you should now be in fastboot mode
13. then copy each line one by one into the command window. This will allow you to go back to factory settings like you bought it from the store
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem lock
Note: If no userdata.img file is present in your download, please issue the command:
fastboot erase userdata
Good write up. +1 for sticky if there's not something already.
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whats good about this post is that it has been fully tested by me with wifi and 3G versions of the xoom with no problems reported. This method has also fixed some RSD issues. I say some because some people have flashed wrong boot images and ruined fastboot on their xooms from seeing the desktop.
wow you would think with all the issues happening with oneclick root etc you would think this would be a highly read thread. lol.
Nice guide man.
Good to have a thread like this as I was one of those one-click rooters. Unrooted, semi-bricked and learned ADB. If you're going to play with your Xoom, at least have a general idea of ADB.
Please add that this instruction (original post) is only appliable to US Xooms. Not EUs
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
I was also a clueless one-click rooter. I'd tried everything to get rooted again. This was by far the clearest and saved my hanging around waiting for a one-click unroot solution.
Cheers
your welcome enjoy your xoom.
I already upgraded to 3.1, and I unlocked it, but I can't get CWM to work, so I can't root. Can I use this method to go back to the older HC and relock, then go back to 3.1? I bricked mine before, trying to unroot and relock (I know...I know...) I've been adb'ing like crazy trying to get CWM to work, but I feel like giving up and going back to lock, stock, no barrel.
you can if you want it wont hurt the xoom which xoom do you have wifi or 3g?
I have the wifi, running 3.1, build HMJ37
if you go back to 3.0.1 you can root it, install clockwork, then upgrade to 3.1 using clockwork method. its pretty simple. within 25-30 minutes you can be running with clockwork and 3.1 rooted.
I learned my lesson! And the forum saved me.
I did the one-click root back when I got my Xoom a couple months ago, and then when I tried un-rooting and relocking to get the 3.1 update, I bricked it (you're welcome, angel) and sent it back to Motorola. When I got it back, I tried rooting the long way, but couldn't push CWM onto it. I got lots of help and tireless support from a forum member, and finally got it unlocked, rooted, CWM'd with SD support....re-lovin' the Xoom now. And I'm glad the guy that helped me out made me re-check re-download, and redo everything just to make sure we weren't missing any steps.
I love the Xoom NOW, but when I got it back from getting fixed, I was so not happy with it being unrooted! I love to toy with stuff, and this was a real learning experience. Doing all the commands, getting the stock images, re-flashing....it was very rewarding, even though it took so long to figure out how I screwed up. (can you believe it was a usb cable that wasn't working that made it so difficult! Pushed some things, but not others....changed cables, and everything worked fine.)
Nice walk through. I don't think I'll be unrooting anytime soon but its good fyi.
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this tutorial should be more helpful now.
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this tutorial should be more helpful now.
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You could link to my sticky instead of moto if you want. Its the same 20 images but you don't have to login.
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bwcorvus said:
You could link to my sticky instead of moto if you want. Its the same 20 images but you don't have to login.
Sent from my Xoom
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how do i go about doing that.
dirtymindedx said:
how do i go about doing that.
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I would just edit line 1 to say you can get from moto at blah blah or download from blah blah so you don't have to log in.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049485
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nice set of links definitely treasure in my book. Can you post a link on there to this thread since they still haven't stickied this yet?
I'm sure theres a few of you out there who've bricked their Xoom in the same way I did:
Locking the boot loader after having custom rom and kernal running on it or something similar and come across an error upon boot that says
Failed image LNX 0x0002
RSD mode 2 initiated
or something to that respect
Then tried to do fastboot oem unlock, only to have the Xoom not be recognised.
The solution for me was to make a Motorola Factory cable as per guide here
For some reason, the Xoom would be instantly recognised by my computer and all fastboot commands would work, as well as RSD Lite (Did not do me any good as there is no Xoom Wifi SBF released)
That should fix the booting problem
If it still does not, follow one of the other guides on how to flash using fastboot, another rom now that you have fastboot working again!
Cheers!
mowassasin said:
I'm sure theres a few of you out there who've bricked their Xoom in the same way I did:
Locking the boot loader after having custom rom and kernal running on it or something similar and come across an error upon boot that says
Failed image LNX 0x0002
RSD mode 2 initiated
or something to that respect
Then tried to do fastboot oem unlock, only to have the Xoom not be recognised.
The solution for me was to make a Motorola Factory cable as per guide here
For some reason, the Xoom would be instantly recognised by my computer and all fastboot commands would work, as well as RSD Lite (Did not do me any good as there is no Xoom Wifi SBF released)
That should fix the booting problem
If it still does not, follow one of the other guides on how to flash using fastboot, another rom now that you have fastboot working again!
Cheers!
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So I went and bought the factory cable from the Black Hat guys, and luckily haven't had the need to use it. Any advice you'd like to give in case I need to at some point?
I guess the only advice I can give is: don't re-lock the boot loader when you have a custom rom loaded
You don't need the cable. I have recovered 4 times myself and walked many others through on irc. We all use the stock cable that came with the device.
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bwcorvus said:
You don't need the cable. I have recovered 4 times myself and walked many others through on irc. We all use the stock cable that came with the device.
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It wouldn't recognise any fastboot commands nor the RSD Lite program for me.
But if it does, then thats good.
Merely a heads up for those who were in the same situation I was
bwcorvus said:
You don't need the cable. I have recovered 4 times myself and walked many others through on irc. We all use the stock cable that came with the device.
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you won't care to share how you did it? You have no idea how frustrating it is to see someone say they know how to fix something and leave it it at that.
yaturner said:
you won't care to share how you did it? You have no idea how frustrating it is to see someone say they know how to fix something and leave it it at that.
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Over the course of a few hours I was able to fix this, so I am going to write this little walkthrough for you using a rom from bwcorvus's page (CLICK HERE) and then used the guide from dirtymindedx -(CLICK HERE)
The reason it took me this long (as well as doing other things) was because I used the wrong set up to unroot my tablet. I was using the Unofficial images that are on bwcorvus's link. Because I didn't read thoroughly enough in his breakdown, I made myself look like a fool...
What you want is NOT
UNOFFICIAL STOCK IMAGES
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because you will not be able to lock the bootloader (IF you want it to be that way, which I did, and so it gave me a 0x000004 Error, and yes i see that you are having a 0x000002 but somewhere i read this could help that.) I just wanted to get rid of Clockwork Recovery Manager cause it was not working on my 3.2 rooted tablet, and thought that because i messed up teh whole image with playing around and upgrading and seeing how i could break the image without overclocking, i thought i should actually try and make it back to stock too. With this... I needed to do these steps...
1. Upgrade the Motorola drivers while the XOOM was plugged in, so then I would be able to use the Fastboot Correctly.
2. Download the correct roms for my tablet, (Wi-Fi is mine, just grab the one that fits your version and just follow along.)
3. Upgrade my ADB from google because for soem odd reason my fastboot did not like the xoom till i did that...
4. Used the STOCK CABLE. I can Confirm that the STOCK CABLE that allows you to recharge the phones, WILL WORK for this...
5. Once the ADB was set up, I restarted it, aka Hit the red X and then loaded it back up and then closed it again, just to make sure the services were updated somewhat...
6. Opened Command prompt and navigated to the folder that help the zipfile for the fastboot flashing guide (aka dirtymindedx's guide at the top), be using CD (Drive Letter):/location/of/the/folder/that/is/unzipped
7. I then checked over the information in the folder by using dir /a and then proceeded to read through the guide
7-1. A note here... I did the fastboot erase userdata instead, because I wanted to see if it would brick it again... (sorry, I was in a fowl mood with the world last night so I was waiting for it to get bricked so i had a reason to use it as an ice scraper on my car... (not like i would really do it... just wanted a reason for justification haha)
8. ???
9. Profit
This is only to get rid of a "already slightly bricked" device... which I had done after relocking the Rom that was not official to Motorola and now, after a few updates, i now have Android 4.0.3 for the Xoom that was OTA'ed, looking to see how easy it will be to root to reload my rpg game saves that i got caught up in (hence my disappearance from the forums haha...) but I hopefully helped you out in a direction to heads towards... and as long as you don't lock the boot-loader (which someone posted about it before i did...) you should be fine with any changes to the rom after the updates... Also, you can skip steps on this too... you can just flash the image and not the recovery menu and so forth, allowing you to keep other settings that are not part associated to the rom image.
Also sorry for the insanity in my words... I have been up for a good 36 hours with a half hour nap somewhere in there...
Hey Everyone,
Im new to android, and having a small issue, I am attempting to root my wifi xoom, I get up to the part where its time to select android recovery so that I can select the root zip, however when I use the volume down key to scroll the options the only 3 available are NVflash, RSD and Fastboot, theres no android recovery option I have searched the forums and googled it, but I seem to be the only one with this issue, my xoom is running 3.1 and bought in Aus, dont know if this makes a difference? any help would be greatly appreciated, I have got an OTG cable and would like to mount my external HDD so I need to get it rooted. Should probably mention I have unlocked it too.
Cheers
ha i just posted a thread with exactly the same issue. Hopefully one of us will get an answer!
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ha i just posted a thread with exactly the same issue. Hopefully one of us will get an answer!
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Your post was already answered in the General section. No need to post twice.
The answer did not fix my problem however. Still stuck at the same place as before just like terreboo. Possibly theres an issue with this type of xoom? I bought mine in australia as well. According to my about tablet info it says this:
Firmware Configuration Version: GAS_ASIA_UCAHUBLWFRTIRD_P006 so im assuming this is an asian tab? Just wondering terreboo what does yours say under firmware configuration?
yeah sorry didnt mean to post it in the general section, I alerted it to the mods to delete they just havent got around to it yet, yeah mate I have the same version as you, although I doubt this is the reason, we cant be the only two in Aus trying to root them? I think the problem probably lies else where, it has been suggested I'm getting the timing wrong, so I'll try again and post back my progress or lack of.
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I have tried it 10+ times now, I'm confident its not the timing of pressing the down key on reboot having varied the length of time everytime I tried, possibly its because of the firmware version? Im at a loss, I have followed the instructions of the root guide to the letter and seem to be one of the only ones with this problem!
this is the guide im using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078019
Same problem here!
I have the same problem guys.. Any solution?? The developers some help??
Im using the same guide btw....
I've freaked out im trying this for 8 hours now and no results....
im having a similar problem that my factory reset is corrupt or something because it doesnt actually DO anything.
I did the long root method as opposed to the supposedly easier method and thank heavens I got through it unharmed. I was ****ting my pants the whole way through. I wish I were more savvy with this so I can offer help. If I were u guys I would PM the devs from TIAMAT. They are probably the most knowledgeable ppl here to ask.
solution
OK guys i have a solution a guy from #xoom channel told me to write in windows command line
abd recovery reboot
And it worked!
I'm currently posting this from my costum rommed xoom
DrGreem said:
OK guys i have a solution a guy from #xoom channel told me to write in windows command line
abd recovery reboot
And it worked!
I'm currently posting this from my costum rommed xoom
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Would that be adb recovery reboot? Can you give more information?
assuming you have adb setup on your computer already. Plug your xoom into your comp and make sure its in debug mode. Settings-applications-development. Open a command prompt and type in "adb reboot recovery" without quotes. Your device will then reboot into recovery mode.
I will say I'm having the same issue. I flash the new recovery and I don't see it in the menu. I'm running a US wifi xoom.
okantomi said:
Would that be adb recovery reboot? Can you give more information?
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Yes that's right. I followed the guide and i waited 3 seconds but i never had the option 'android recovery so i turned on the device and this guy told me to run this command from cmd.
So after that xoom rebooted into clockwork recovery state and i flashed thecostum rom.
According to the guide that were using, if you allow the xoom to boot fully into honeycomb it reinstalls the stock recovery, and you need to redo the process all over. Also, you need to be in honeycomb to use the ADB command, if your in fastboot it won't detect the xoom. This did not work for me. Anyone else try it?
no luck for me here either. I can flash recovery successfully (according to the prompt) no problems there. I just have the exact same trouble booting into it as above.
Vol Down key combo doesn't work and if you leave the OS to boot straight after install, CWM is replaced by stock recovery. No fun at all.
Any further news or suggestions on this?
autodc5 said:
im having a similar problem that my factory reset is corrupt or something because it doesnt actually DO anything.
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Same as my Xoom, opened a thread just for it, but no one can help
much easier... download rom manager and click boot to recovery haha ...
If not rooted,
adb reboot recovery via a cmdline window works a treat _
fkofilee said:
much easier... download rom manager and click boot to recovery haha ...
If not rooted,
adb reboot recovery via a cmdline window works a treat _
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Just make sure that Rom Manager doesn't trick you into flashing a non-compatible updated recovery version.
In my experience it doesn't play well with the Xoom.
If all you want is a non manual way to boot into recovery from the OS, download Quick Boot (if rooted) or if you're already on the Tiamat Moray Rom, it's something you can choose when you press the power button on the back.
the problem is that for me and others with this issue, you can't use adb to boot recovery. If you install recovery from fastboot then boot into the regular OS without booting to recovery and rooting, the OS replaces CWM with the stock recovery. This means if you use adb or another app to reboot into recovery, you just get stock recovery which is totally useless. I can't load recovery or root using anay of the universal methods I have come accross. We need a way to boot into recovery without having it replaced with stock or another rooting method or something. Any other ideas?
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the problem is that for me and others with this issue, you can't use adb to boot recovery. If you install recovery from fastboot then boot into the regular OS without booting to recovery and rooting, the OS replaces CWM with the stock recovery. This means if you use adb or another app to reboot into recovery, you just get stock recovery which is totally useless. I can't load recovery or root using anay of the universal methods I have come accross. We need a way to boot into recovery without having it replaced with stock or another rooting method or something. Any other ideas?
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Look, this is how I had to flash CWM image file- through adb,/fastboot just like you. No matter what you say, it comes down to a question of timing.
I'm not sure about everyone else with the no recovery option, but timing just isnt the issue for me. Without a lie i've tried to enter recovery over 50 times at various points, 95% of those attempts were at the 3 second mark that is stated in the xda guide we've been using. I'm aware of one other person here whos tried it MUCH more than me with exactly the same result.
However theres one thing that we could narrow it down with. Thus far the people having this issue are using the asian firmware xoom's. Could everyone else having this problem on this thread say whether or not theyre using the asian firmware too? Maybe the asian firmware can't be rooted this way?
Hello, iv been a long time lurker on the site with out an account and i recently acquired a xoom tablet 4G model i do believe
It came with ICS by default and i saw an update for jeallybean so i installed it.
Soon i wanted to just get a better rom in the first place but i soon learned i had to unlock my bootloader first anyhow
I got adb and fastboot and the android sdk then i found a guide on how to unlock it. i did it and it was unlocked.
Next i needed to root the dang thing. so i found all the files i needed and i put all the files i needed on sd card also.
I then typed in all the commands needed to flash it in fastboot mode.
I get this error called (to many links) could not flash error. Iv tried differnt files and name types and i even restarted 3 times this whole thing....im so clost to getting this thing flashed so i can get cwm mod and root so i can get the OVerclock mod for the tablet..
I really need help as iv been up all night doing this and it bothers me that i cant get past this stump. iv researched all i could but have not found a soultion. thanks.
astroskyisme said:
Hello, iv been a long time lurker on the site with out an account and i recently acquired a xoom tablet 4G model i do believe
It came with ICS by default and i saw an update for jeallybean so i installed it.
Soon i wanted to just get a better rom in the first place but i soon learned i had to unlock my bootloader first anyhow
I got adb and fastboot and the android sdk then i found a guide on how to unlock it. i did it and it was unlocked.
Next i needed to root the dang thing. so i found all the files i needed and i put all the files i needed on sd card also.
I then typed in all the commands needed to flash it in fastboot mode.
I get this error called (to many links) could not flash error. Iv tried differnt files and name types and i even restarted 3 times this whole thing....im so clost to getting this thing flashed so i can get cwm mod and root so i can get the OVerclock mod for the tablet..
I really need help as iv been up all night doing this and it bothers me that i cant get past this stump. iv researched all i could but have not found a soultion. thanks.
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Grab this
AIO_scripts_R.A.H._TWRPv2.6.3.zip - 12.00 MB
Open the run me .bat and follow the steps to install twrp. And after that twrp will root for you once you boot into twrp and then exit via reboot menu.
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