I recently got a XOOM (U.S. WIFI-only) in July. It came shipped with 3.0.1
Within a day, it got updated to 3.1
and within about a week it went to 3.2
I wish to root my XOOM and eventually put on TIAMAT 2.1
When I go to the XDA forum it seems I need to get to "stock" 3.1 first.
I am guessing that this means I need to do a factory reset on my XOOM
to get back to 3.0.1 then do the update to 3.1
Once I am able to do this I should be able to follow their instructions
and root my device. Is this correct?
On a related matter, if someone were to purchase a XOOM now and it came
with 3.2, would they be unable to root the device?
Thanks.
cfh said:
I recently got a XOOM (U.S. WIFI-only) in July. It came shipped with 3.0.1
Within a day, it got updated to 3.1
and within about a week it went to 3.2
I wish to root my XOOM and eventually put on TIAMAT 2.1
When I go to the XDA forum it seems I need to get to "stock" 3.1 first.
I am guessing that this means I need to do a factory reset on my XOOM
to get back to 3.0.1 then do the update to 3.1
Once I am able to do this I should be able to follow their instructions
and root my device. Is this correct?
On a related matter, if someone were to purchase a XOOM now and it came
with 3.2, would they be unable to root the device?
Thanks.
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Hey there! No need to go to downgrade or anything any longer if you would like to root. Team Tiamat themselves have released a universal rooting tool that will root any Xoom regardless of the country it came from, model, or Honeycomb version. It can be found here.
Also: You might want to check out my Xoom Heaven thread after you are rooted. It would be perfect for a new Xoom rooter. You can find the link in my sig below, or by going here.
Good luck!
Can you get Tiamat 2.1 when you have stock 3.2? Or does the stock ROM not matter at all since it's getting replaced?
kettlecorn said:
Can you get Tiamat 2.1 when you have stock 3.2? Or does the stock ROM not matter at all since it's getting replaced?
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You cannot do that until you gain root access first. That's how you get there in the first place: a stock rooted Rom.
So, no.. the stock Rom does not matter. As long as you have root access on it, all is well.
diablo2224,
You are a life saver! Prior to my post I spent a couple of hours going through all
the posts of rooting the xoom in this article:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1170760
It was here I felt the need to understand what "stock" meant -- however, when I
registered I was told that I cannot post to that thread
So I posted here.
I checked out your Xoom Heaven and was blown away! Great Job!
After I submitted my post, I thought to myself that after I rooted my Xoom I would
put together something like what you have done -- looks like you beat me
to it. Bravo!
It looks like you put a lot of work into it ... so I feel extra lucky that somehow you
found the time to even read my question.
Thanks again.
cfh said:
diablo2224,
You are a life saver! Prior to my post I spent a couple of hours going through all
the posts of rooting the xoom in this article:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1170760
It was here I felt the need to understand what "stock" meant -- however, when I
registered I was told that I cannot post to that thread
So I posted here.
I checked out your Xoom Heaven and was blown away! Great Job!
After I submitted my post, I thought to myself that after I rooted my Xoom I would
put together something like what you have done -- looks like you beat me
to it. Bravo!
It looks like you put a lot of work into it ... so I feel extra lucky that somehow you
found the time to even read my question.
Thanks again.
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Hey, no problem! It's what I do around here. Glad you got it all sorted out, and yes... Xoom Heaven is a lot of work indeed. I'm nowhere near finished, but as it stands I have made great progress.
Of course I read your question. When I'm not working on something I'm looking around for people to help out. Cheers!
Also: Since I am in charge of Xoom Heaven... feel free to ask me any root questions, or anything else Xoom related on my thread there. I'll be happy to do my best to assist you.
hello all, I have a relatively new Samsung Captivate that is now running Gingerbread 2.3.4 ROM. I bought it from someone who had put Gingerbread on it for me.
I want to get it rooted but I have no idea what I'm doing so I'm hoping someone can help me with this.
kernel version: 2.6.35.7-I897UCKH3-CL461307
baseband version: I897UCKH3
I hope I have not made a redundant post, I've seen other posts but none of them seem to pertain to a Captivate with 2.3.4 Gingerbread.
kbolt said:
hello all, I have a relatively new Samsung Captivate that is now running Gingerbread 2.3.4 ROM. I bought it from someone who had put Gingerbread on it for me.
I want to get it rooted but I have no idea what I'm doing so I'm hoping someone can help me with this.
kernel version: 2.6.35.7-I897UCKH3-CL461307
baseband version: I897UCKH3
I hope I have not made a redundant post, I've seen other posts but none of them seem to pertain to a Captivate with 2.3.4 Gingerbread.
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Hey kbolt,
have a look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723116
Good luck,
Bushido
Thank you for the quick reply, Bushido. I realised that the latest post in the link is from last year, and after skimming through it (i'll do a proper read through when i have time) I don't know if it's speaking directly to my problem. Or have I missed something?
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Would this process work for my situation?
I'm not yet allowed to post links so could you just look at the following website please:
tomsguide.com/us/Root-Your-Android-Phone,review-1688-3.html
Of course, I'm asking for all this help because I am so very afraid of bricking this phone.
kbolt said:
Thank you for the quick reply, Bushido. I realised that the latest post in the link is from last year, and after skimming through it (i'll do a proper read through when i have time) I don't know if it's speaking directly to my problem. Or have I missed something?
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Would this process work for my situation?
I'm not yet allowed to post links so could you just look at the following website please:
tomsguide.com/us/Root-Your-Android-Phone,review-1688-3.html
Of course, I'm asking for all this help because I am so very afraid of bricking this phone.
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Hey kbolt,
you are right - the Samsung Captivate officially got Gingerbread 2.3.4 in the end of august 2011. All the root-versions I found are only approved with froyo. Have a look at this page and the links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-I897
One thing you could do is flash a custom rom, which is already rooted i.e.:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238551
When something should go wrong, you can flash back the stock rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232703
Good luck,
Bushido
I'm on ota 4.0.4 and want to go back to leak #1. Somehow I lost lap dock audio along my way. I had tried a couple roms coming from leak #1, had a bad Numa flash and fxzed to 4.0.4. I'm giving the phone to my mother and want the most bug free experience possible, but can't get lap dock audio and I know it worked for me on the leak. it's so weird because HDMI audio works on the TV, plug it into the Lapdock I get nothing, hit the reset button on the lapDock and when the Lapdock turns back on the audio works for a moment then the laptop restarts again with no audio. And it's not the Lapdock because it happens on both my Lapdock 100 and both my buddies Lapdock 100 and 500....
I would like to just to go back to leak number 1 it worked great and had options the ota doesn't.
A simple search will answer your question as this has been asked and answered too many times to count now. And no I will not do the search for you and post a link, as you should be smart enough to do that for yourself.
P.S. No posts complaining about the search function and how bad it is, from anyone... I did the search myself and got back a few great threads in both Q&A and The General section, oh and it took me less than 1 min to get the answer, even though I already know/knew it. so...
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[Q] Leak #1 rom possible, or back to leak from ota?
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1BadWolf said:
I haven't made the...
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is what I find, none seem to say you can't flash leak#1, just that you can't back to GB, I did this search prior to posting... Doesn't much make a difference anyway now, my friend left and his mother will have to just use the phone speaker rather than the lapdock's...
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I challenge anyone to find a solution to the audio problem, I have searched and asked and found nothing, not one single reply.
I have fxz'd to stock 4.0.4 multiple times with good md5 and it's not hardware because hdmi audio works on tv and lapdock works with other phones,
binthe920 said:
I challenge anyone to find a solution to the audio problem, I have searched and asked and found nothing, not one single reply.
I have fxz'd to stock 4.0.4 multiple times with good md5 and it's not hardware because hdmi audio works on tv and lapdock works with other phones,
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That was not your question in the OP!
You question was can you go back to leak #1 from the OTA. Your issues with the lapdock have to do with webtop 3.0. others have reported the same issue as you have and there will not be a fix for it, unless somehow Motorola puts out a patch fix ICS ROM, but I doubt that since our phone was abandoned my Motorola with less than a year into it.
And to answer your original question, no you can not go back to leak one from the OTA, easily... there is a way, but it is very, very dangerous and not recommended for the faint of heart.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1926873
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1935485
I do not recommend either of those ways, but others have done it and gotten back on Leak #1 with that process from the OTA. but do it incorrectly, and you will hardbrick.
tyvvm, I should have asked the right question.
The phone has left the building so to speak, but do you believe going back would have helped? When I mentioned the audio problem before I only had one response from someone saying it worked fine on theirs so I thought it was unique to me. I know it worked before...
I liked the phone, didn't really want to sell it but did as a favor to my friend for his mother...
If I'm not going to be able to have a working lapdock with audio on a JB based ROM I think I may be looking for an alternative phone, any recommendations? I was thinking atrix hd, but if lapdock and JB won't mix on any device I might go One X or Q.
jimbridgman said:
That was not your question in the OP!
You question was can you go back to leak #1 from the OTA. Your issues with the lapdock have to do with webtop 3.0. others have reported the same issue as you have and there will not be a fix for it, unless somehow Motorola puts out a patch fix ICS ROM, but I doubt that since our phone was abandoned my Motorola with less than a year into it.
And to answer your original question, no you can not go back to leak one from the OTA, easily... there is a way, but it is very, very dangerous and not recommended for the faint of heart.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1926873
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1935485
I do not recommend either of those ways, but others have done it and gotten back on Leak #1 with that process from the OTA. but do it incorrectly, and you will hardbrick.
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Thanks Jim i was looking for that. Wish me luck getting back to leak #1 from the OTA . I miss your webtop hack tooo much to not risk it. If all else fails there's always the microwave .
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war"
^^
While you can go back to leak #1 that way, it will still be on the bootloader from leak #2. So you won't be able to go back to GB, even after you've gotten back to leak #1
There is a webtop hack available for leak#1 that isn't available on ota or other roms? What does it do?
Pretty sure Cryhavok13 was referring to this (its for GB, hence the warning above):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1375042
snowplow said:
^^
While you can go back to leak #1 that way, it will still be on the bootloader from leak #2. So you won't be able to go back to GB, even after you've gotten back to leak #1
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Son of a gun. Oh well thanks for the heads up. Now i just sit and wait.
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war"
hi guys, am a noob, been JB iphones for a long time, but have recently got a Tokio smartphone (released from sega) 1.0, running android 4.0.4 (ice cream sandwhich) not sure if anybodys have any dealings with it, or if anybody has made theyre own OS for it?? any help would be appreciated.
I`ve got the same problem with that smartphone, and trying to deal with it. If you have reached any results already, pls post here, I`ll do the same.
Btw, could anybody please copy this device`s recovery sector with any flash tool and post it here?
when does the next version of TWRP come out... I've been reading that most people are having trouble with TWRP 2.6... =/ Personal experience here too... I just want to know if anyone knows of the next release date...
Does this post belong here? I'm not sure.. since it is a question though.