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Xoom bricked

Hi there everyone,
I have a huge problem. Last night i bricked my xoom. I was following a tutorial on this forum. and after unlocking the bootloader it told to flash a file called boot.img after doing so and typing fastboot reboot, the device wouldnt start behind the motorola logo. i tried allot of thing and also did flash some other stock android 4.0.4 boot.img files now with the last one mentioned i managed to get the xoom (wifi) to boot a little further. because the ripple movie with the motorola logo is shown. but it stucks at that movie.
Does anyone know if i can flash an image on the xoom that will atleast fix the problem of not rebooting so i can try another tutorial.
I have searched the internet for solutions, many of them linked to threads on this forum. but almost all download links in these tutorials are old and broken.
Can someone please help me unbrick my device? And maybe a link to a good working unroot tutorial for my xoom wifi with android 4.0.4.

Try get back to Stock.
Download from HERE
and do some OTA updates afterwards so everything will be up to date.
Then wipe and try again from scratch..
Worked for me perfectly just a few days ago.

If you can still get into fastboot, then its not bricked.
Get some stock images and flash them via fastboot and you'll be fine.

Cubanluke88 said:
If you can still get into fastboot, then its not bricked.
Get some stock images and flash them via fastboot and you'll be fine.
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Indeed it worked. i downloaded the official images and flashed them im on android 3.0.1 again and all seems to work just fine now.
Next problem is i cant find a descent tutorial on this forum how to root the xoom. all download links are either removed due to copyright issues or the links are just broken.
How does it work actually?
1. I unlocked the boot loader wich is very easy.
but then? Do i need to flash a rooted image over the existing? i dont really understand how this works. I rooted my Desire HD with a good tutorial in minutes. Not many people seems to really know how to root the Xoom.
Also i would like to know if the different tutorials are for different android versions or can i aply all tutorials of rooting when i stay on android 3.0.1?
I also tried to flash a recovery.img to the recovery partition and press volume down 3 seconds after the moto logo apears but when i do i get an android robot with a big " ! " on his belly and it takes 5 minutes to load the menu. when im in it tells me there is no sdcard present when i try to flash a rooted rom (zip file).
Is there someone reading this thats willin to explain to me how to do a root the easiest way? Please if links are posted be sure everything on that thread is working. Im pretty sure i will pull it off with some push in the right direction.
Thank you!
(edit) omg im stupid, offcourse the sdcard wont work... it never worked at 3.0.1. on the xoom. can i follow this tutorial:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/451-how-to-root-the-wifi-only-xoom-301/
Could someone read over it and see if this is a good tutorial? last time i flashed a boot.img the whole xoom got stuck... is that because i had the wrong boot.img on the wrong android version? or should boot.img always work?

Do you plan on flashing to a custom rom after rooting? If so, you can just skip rooting altogether.
I say this because I'm not particularly familiar with that rooting method you linked (though reading through it, it makes sense, all its doing is pushing the necessary files for root access to the xoom via adb). I used a rooting script flashed through a custom recovery over a year ago - unfortunately the download link seems to be broken (I might have a copy at home).
So there's a few things you can do:
1. If you just want a custom rom - download the rom zip file and store on your device. Flash TWRP (my preferred recovery) in fastboot. Boot into TWRP and flash the rom zip file.
2. If you want stock OS root access -
a) Follow those steps you linked and see what happens. If things go wrong, you should be able to just flash those stock images again.
b) Wait for me to get home and see if I have the root script. You'll need to flash a custom recovery though in order to use it.

Cubanluke88 said:
Do you plan on flashing to a custom rom after rooting? If so, you can just skip rooting altogether.
I say this because I'm not particularly familiar with that rooting method you linked (though reading through it, it makes sense, all its doing is pushing the necessary files for root access to the xoom via adb). I used a rooting script flashed through a custom recovery over a year ago - unfortunately the download link seems to be broken (I might have a copy at home).
So there's a few things you can do:
1. If you just want a custom rom - download the rom zip file and store on your device. Flash TWRP (my preferred recovery) in fastboot. Boot into TWRP and flash the rom zip file.
2. If you want stock OS root access -
a) Follow those steps you linked and see what happens. If things go wrong, you should be able to just flash those stock images again.
b) Wait for me to get home and see if I have the root script. You'll need to flash a custom recovery though in order to use it.
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Ok thanks for your answer. Ill try to unroot with that method flashing directly to the recovery.img i also know now what i did wrong. i flashed the recovery.img not to the recovery partition but to the boot partition LOL. thats why the xoom didnt boot anymore
I see allot about Nightlies Eos, 4.1.1. is that a good rom? Does it look like the stock version?

eos 4.1.1 is simply awesome and its also pre rooted' so your bootloader is unlocked, all you gotta do now is install twrp recovery via fastboot ( my preffered recovery) then flash eos via recovery
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sygys said:
Ok thanks for your answer. Ill try to unroot with that method flashing directly to the recovery.img i also know now what i did wrong. i flashed the recovery.img not to the recovery partition but to the boot partition LOL. thats why the xoom didnt boot anymore
I see allot about Nightlies Eos, 4.1.1. is that a good rom? Does it look like the stock version?
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EOS is a pretty AOSP rom. No theme, though you can apply one if you like and change a few colors. There are various toggle additions you can add that make the user experience much better. It also comes with an overclockable kernel and is very very stable (despite being a nightly) The team has been supporting the Xoom for over a year and is very committed to the Xoom.
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sygys said:
Ok thanks for your answer. Ill try to unroot with that method flashing directly to the recovery.img i also know now what i did wrong. i flashed the recovery.img not to the recovery partition but to the boot partition LOL. thats why the xoom didnt boot anymore
I see allot about Nightlies Eos, 4.1.1. is that a good rom? Does it look like the stock version?
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As for flashing, just gotta make sure your text is good before hitting the enter key. Recovery flash should look something like this:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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Some instructions for flashing can be found here
While that page is specifically for locking and flashing to return to stock, the commands are universal for fastboot. Hell, if you wanted to, you could manually restore a nandroid backup via fastboot and flashing images.

[Q] Nexus S 4G Unlocked, Unrooted Broken Recovery

Hi,
I had before the OTA for Jelly Bean an ICS unlocked and rooted.
I tried to use ShabbyPenguin to get it rooted again but now I have a broken recovery.
So not sure what do I need to get it rooted again.. Is it possible?
Thanks!

Not positive, but could u flash cwm through adb? Then just flash a rooted ROM, or supuser.zip. Is the bootloader is still unlocked?
Haven't heard good stuff about root toolkits, its actually really easy to do for our phones.

Not sure if it is possible to flash cwm trough adb... However I will try it later today...
And yes, bootloader is still unlocked...
rustyjay said:
Not positive, but could u flash cwm through adb? Then just flash a rooted ROM, or supuser.zip. Is the bootloader is still unlocked?
Haven't heard good stuff about root toolkits, its actually really easy to do for our phones.
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Yeah, I am positive u could use adb fast boot to flash a recovery, cwm or twrp u just need the image.

hhhmmmm... no luck yet...
I tried to flash a recovery and it keeps giving me a message
<waiting for device>
After that it seems like stuck..
I read somewhere else that maybe because of the drivers, but I already tried a couple of versions 1.3.8 and 1.5.6 with the same result...
btw I'm using a Windows 7 64 bit machine...
Not sure if use a Linux machine will have any benefit...
rustyjay said:
Yeah, I am positive u could use adb fast boot to flash a recovery, cwm or twrp u just need the image.
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Well...
Also tried the google usb drivers with no luck....
I guess that I will try it with some other windows/linux version later today...

Off but on topic. Describe what you call a broken a recovery please.

When I try to run the recovery it appears a dead android with a red exclamation mark on the screen....
After that it takes some time to reboot again...
albundy2010 said:
Off but on topic. Describe what you call a broken a recovery please.
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That is stock recovery. It is not broken.

Yes I was saying it was broken because before the OTA update I had twrp as recovery, and now I can't flash any recovery
albundy2010 said:
That is stock recovery. It is not broken.
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When you flash/install a ota your recovery gets wiped back to stock once it boots up due to the flash recovery script in the stock ROM.
Nothing is wrong with your device. Just follow a real guide on how to unlock and root. Real meaning using the SDK. Or even use one of those stupid one click crap. should not have a issue.
Guides are in the forum stickies.

Hi Guys,
Well not sure what the problem was.... maybe the drivers, maybe Win7 64 bits or I don't what...
I used a WinXP machine with the pdanet installed and it worked like charm...
I succesfully installed the recovery and root again.
Anyway... thanks for your time.

Glad to hear that.

[Q] HELP Lost root and cannot get it back

Yesterday I rooted my nexus 5 following a guide from teamandroid website for android 4.4.2. Everything went okay and I was able to root it.
Then today I wanted to experiment with xposed framework but realized that I didn't have a recovery when I tried to make a backup. So first I tried installing TWRP through Goomanager but for some reason it would fail after the download. So I decided to install CWM touch trough fastboot. So I installed it and then did a backup. The problem came when I tried to exit. A message appeared and it said "ROM may flash stock recovery on boot. Fix?". I pressed yes, and then it told me something like "Root may have been lost. Try to get it back?" and pressed yes again. I rebooted and thats when supersu dissapear.
I panicked and tried to do the same procedure fro the guide again to get root. I repeated every single step but it wasn't succesful. I thought that maybe CWM was causing the problem so I installed TWRP trough fastboot and did the root process one more time. But again supersu just wouldn't appear back.
I really don't know what else to do. Everything in the stock ROM works fine but I just can't root my phone again. Does anyone know what I can do?
PS: Im not a native speaker.

just flash the latest supersu in your recovery, that is all. did you really search?

simms22 said:
just flash the latest supersu in your recovery, that is all. did you really search?
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Thanks. It worked. I'm new to this so I wasn't sure what to do.

patrick.star said:
Thanks. It worked. I'm new to this so I wasn't sure what to do.
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figured as much, rereading your post later, after first read. if you have any more questions, just ask.

[Q] Rooting and updating xoom

Hey Guys,
I am a bit dead in the water now, i have tried some things but not with the right results.
I am trying to update my xoom and therefor i need to root it.
To root it i have tried LordAIOTool2.bat (unlock bootloader). It gets me to the point where the screen ask me to confirm i want to root (volume rockers) and then it reboots with a clean version and all my data a gone (wich is fine).
But it still tell's me i have no root rights!
What am i doing wrong here? can someone please help me out?
greetings Misael

Unlocking the bootloader will not give you direct root rights. It's the first step though.
In Lords tools I think there is a root option, try that. You can always flash a custom recovery and then the SuperSU zip

gapps
I just installed CM11 { cm-11-20140708-UNOFFICIAL-2037+0200-wingray } in my motorola xoom mz604. but i forgot to flash gapps-kk-20140606-signed. then i tried to flash this file later but i only get error. please help.
i use R.A.H._TWRPv2.6.3_BigPart_selinux

what error
coro1937 said:
I just installed CM11 { cm-11-20140708-UNOFFICIAL-2037+0200-wingray } in my motorola xoom mz604. but i forgot to flash gapps-kk-20140606-signed. then i tried to flash this file later but i only get error. please help.
i use R.A.H._TWRPv2.6.3_BigPart_selinux
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What error are you getting????

In the first post of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2580256 there's a installation guide which tells you to...
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Flash omni-4.4.X-201XXXXX-wingray-HOMEMADE_XXXX.zip
Flash gapps-xxxx.zip
Flash UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.86.zip
Maybe you should read that and try this. Of course it's for Omni ROM but that worked for me to get that BigPart. After that I switched to TeamEOS. Worked fine for me.

misaelbroertjes said:
Hey Guys,
I am a bit dead in the water now, i have tried some things but not with the right results.
I am trying to update my xoom and therefor i need to root it.
To root it i have tried LordAIOTool2.bat (unlock bootloader). It gets me to the point where the screen ask me to confirm i want to root (volume rockers) and then it reboots with a clean version and all my data a gone (wich is fine).
But it still tell's me i have no root rights!
What am i doing wrong here? can someone please help me out?
greetings Misael
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matt4321 said:
Unlocking the bootloader will not give you direct root rights. It's the first step though.
In Lords tools I think there is a root option, try that. You can always flash a custom recovery and then the SuperSU zip
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Hi,
Yes, my tool has a Root feature. It's in the same menu where you selected to unlock bootloader. What you confirmed wasn't root, but BL Unlock.
~Lord
"Time is too short to cry, long enough to try." - March of Time (Helloween)
Sent from my KitKat Nexus 10

Noobie with an attitude
fricklr said:
In the first post of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2580256 there's a installation guide which tells you to...
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Flash omni-4.4.X-201XXXXX-wingray-HOMEMADE_XXXX.zip
Flash gapps-xxxx.zip
Flash UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.86.zip
Maybe you should read that and try this. Of course it's for Omni ROM but that worked for me to get that BigPart. After that I switched to TeamEOS. Worked fine for me.
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hey i think your doing it wrong, try flashing cm 11, you don't have to flash superSU because it's already rooted, and install "Bank Gaaps Minimal", i read it on another thread but i think you can try to "Google" it haha
correct me if i'm wrong
#sorry for my bad english i'm a filipino

[Q] Unlocking problems for the bootloader

I am trying to unlock my photons Q bootloader on the Motosite which is well known. I check it now a million times if I have a typo and I Dont.
The button with the "request unlock key " comes up, I hit it, and didnt recieve any mail. And I started last week doing it.
The Photon q has a GSM mod done by the almighty CornholioGSM, and I am using a connection from Germany. Since it is a Sprint photon, I thought that it might be discarded, because the ip it comes from is german ?..
Would be great to have someone telling me if there is another solution to this ..
I tried to flash with the locked bootloader the recovery, but get the message "invalid image size" on CWM or TWR.
I hope this Q is not too noob for all of you.

I would try motochopper or whatever the exploit was to unlock without Moto's assistance.
It may have been unlocked previously, (relocked for warranty swap) in which case I'm not sure you can use the site to re-unlock the device...

arrrghhh said:
I would try motochopper or whatever the exploit was to unlock without Moto's assistance.
It may have been unlocked previously, (relocked for warranty swap) in which case I'm not sure you can use the site to re-unlock the device...
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First of all thank your for your answer ! Most likely you are right. Now my Q, I did read Motochopper just install SU and also gives root, but without touching the bootloader. Dont I need to unlock the bootloader if I want to install Cyanogen or any other Mod ? Maybe I understood that wrong.

x11-nice said:
First of all thank your for your answer ! Most likely you are right. Now my Q, I did read Motochopper just install SU and also gives root, but without touching the bootloader. Dont I need to unlock the bootloader if I want to install Cyanogen or any other Mod ? Maybe I understood that wrong.
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Ok, motochopper did its job. Thank you for that ! ! ! I guess now I have to go on with Goomanager. :good:

x11-nice said:
Ok, motochopper did its job. Thank you for that ! ! ! I guess now I have to go on with Goomanager. :good:
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If you're wanting to install TWRP, I think they have a new app now... TWRP Manager?
I've always installed recovery using fastboot on the Q, so I'm not very familiar with the apps .

arrrghhh said:
If you're wanting to install TWRP, I think they have a new app now... TWRP Manager?
I've always installed recovery using fastboot on the Q, so I'm not very familiar with the apps .
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I tried the TWRP Manager, the manager shows me success for installing the TWRP recovery, but I cant access it. It switches back into Fastboot telling me flash failure. Actually I would like to install CM11. Well I will try to install the latest nightly and see whats happening. Hopefully it doesnt brick. :silly: Thanks for your help, I will let you know about success or fail.

x11-nice said:
I tried the TWRP Manager, the manager shows me success for installing the TWRP recovery, but I cant access it. It switches back into Fastboot telling me flash failure. Actually I would like to install CM11. Well I will try to install the latest nightly and see whats happening. Hopefully it doesnt brick. :silly: Thanks for your help, I will let you know about success or fail.
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You need to install some sort of custom recovery in order to flash a custom ROM.
Open Recovery or TWRP are both fine. CWM is really old for our device, I can't recommend it.

arrrghhh said:
You need to install some sort of custom recovery in order to flash a custom ROM.
Open Recovery or TWRP are both fine. CWM is really old for our device, I can't recommend it.
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So yesterday Motorola send me the messages with the codes which I apllied for almost 2 weeks ago... I guess the next days will arrive more.
Ofc I tried to unlock and it worked as expected. Now with fastboot flashing tto recovery 2.8.0.1 of TWRP went flawless. Actually I am really impressed how easy it worked, unlike using all the other tools like motochopper and TWRP Manager, which actually didnt solve the problem at all not having a unlocked bootloader.
Now my last Q: Which CM11 is the preferable choice for using it with the Photon. I dont care so much about Nightly or not. What I need is stable VPN and WIFI, and working mail and messenger like Cypher.
And! Thank you so much arrrghhh for all your advice and help. This forum and its users are really a great help to the community of android !

All DONE
Ok used TWRP 2.8.0.1 to install cm-11-20141012-NIGHTLY-moto_msm8960_jbbl and the PA-Gapps-Modular for 4.4.x. Great work on everyone who participated making this possible and developing the necessary tools.
Thanks again to Arrrghhh and Cornholio !