[HOW] Rookie Rooting, Flashing And UnRooting Under One Roof

[ggrant3876]

Had a xoom wifi 32gb. Could not update android or get micro sd card slot to work. This post allowed me to unlock my xoom and flash the .img files and relock my xoom all with no experience in doing so and now i can update my xoom thanks guys

It's not necessary to relock your xoom, it's about the only way you can brick it. You will still get the updates with an unlocked bootloader.

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[jchase05]

It's not necessary to relock your xoom, it's about the only way you can brick it. You will still get the updates with an unlocked bootloader.

i didnt know that thanks! i thought i had to lock it back to recieve the updates

[ggrant3876]

i didnt know that thanks! i thought i had to lock it back to recieve the updates

If it's locked just don't mess with it.

[kghayse]

Just want to shout out to the guys that put this guide together, thank you so very much! Made rooting my new Xoom a breeze.

[Astrix]

Just want to shout out to the guys that put this guide together, thank you so very much! Made rooting my new Xoom a breeze.

Congrats...and very much appreciated of your feedback

Thanks very much

[Landorin]

Thank you very much for this really useful, precise and easy guide! Helped me to root my Xoom a bit ago.

Recently, I was offered an update via OTA (most likely ICS as I was on 3.2 with all minor updates on my MZ601 already).
Since I was rooted I just reverted back to stock today and then went through all OTA updates.

However, at 3.2 (H6.5-17-3) it now says that my device is up to date whenever I run an update check. Is there anything I need to do or is it just a matter of waiting or something?

[alexn]

However, at 3.2 (H6.5-17-3) it now says that my device is up to date whenever I run an update check. Is there anything I need to do or is it just a matter of waiting or something?

Rumour has it that rooted devices get pushed back in the queue but if you've already been offered the update, it shouldn't be too long before you get another chance.

[Astrix]

Thank you very much for this really useful, precise and easy guide! Helped me to root my Xoom a bit ago.

You're welcome and thanks for your feedback

Recently, I was offered an update via OTA (most likely ICS as I was on 3.2 with all minor updates on my MZ601 already).
Since I was rooted I just reverted back to stock today and then went through all OTA updates.

Rooted device cannot except update OTA....

Why should you reverted back just to get OTA for ICS?

You just 1 step away to the awesomeness... when you in rooted stage!
- Do Nandroid as post#4 in this thread.
- Flash latest firmware, custom Jelly Bean rom from Team EOS.

Nah...you have the latest 4.1.1 firmware (Jelly Bean) with great features implemented by our best Xoom developers.

However, at 3.2 (H6.5-17-3) it now says that my device is up to date whenever I run an update check. Is there anything I need to do or is it just a matter of waiting or something?

2 option:
- Wait for the next update cycle...unsure when it will prompt again; or
- Jump to the latest greatest Jelly Bean firmware as I mention above.

Gd luck and keep us posted

[Landorin]

Why should you reverted back just to get OTA for ICS?

Because according to your posting there's no other way to "unroot".
I wanted ICS for Chrome mostly and I really like official updates.

You just 1 step away to the awesomeness... when you in rooted stage!
- Do Nandroid as post#4 in this thread.
- Flash latest firmware, custom Jelly Bean rom from Team EOS.

Nah...you have the latest 4.1.1 firmware (Jelly Bean) with great features implemented by our best Xoom developers.

Custom ROMs (at least some of them) tend to be overloaded with zillion extra features I might not need/want. That made me prefer staying close to stock ROM. Might not be so much the case for Team EOS, who knows. Yet this custom ROM might contain bugs still or some things might not be working such as 3G, camera or so (or is there a full released version yet and not just betas?).

2 option:
- Wait for the next update cycle...unsure when it will prompt again; or
- Jump to the latest greatest Jelly Bean firmware as I mention above.

Ah yeah, forgot to mention in previous posting: I was in Ireland when I received the OTA offer. In Germany I reverted back to stock ROM and no offer. Now in Austria I didn't get an update either until today (so I doubt it is related to the country change). Anyways, I am now on ICS finally and here comes my next issue:

If I root the device, I would have to go all the way back to 3.0 again when JB is released officially (heard some rumors the 3G Xoom will get it too?). Sadly, there seems to be no other way to unroot. So in case I wouldn't go for a custom JB ROM:
Is it possible to do a nanddump with standard recovery mode or something that requires no root/custom rom?

[ggrant3876]

Because according to your posting there's no other way to "unroot".
I wanted ICS for Chrome mostly and I really like official updates.



Custom ROMs (at least some of them) tend to be overloaded with zillion extra features I might not need/want. That made me prefer staying close to stock ROM. Might not be so much the case for Team EOS, who knows. Yet this custom ROM might contain bugs still or some things might not be working such as 3G, camera or so (or is there a full released version yet and not just betas?).




Ah yeah, forgot to mention in previous posting: I was in Ireland when I received the OTA offer. In Germany I reverted back to stock ROM and no offer. Now in Austria I didn't get an update either until today (so I doubt it is related to the country change). Anyways, I am now on ICS finally and here comes my next issue:

If I root the device, I would have to go all the way back to 3.0 again when JB is released officially (heard some rumors the 3G Xoom will get it too?). Sadly, there seems to be no other way to unroot. So in case I wouldn't go for a custom JB ROM:
Is it possible to do a nanddump with standard recovery mode or something that requires no root/custom rom?

The only way to unroot is to fastboot the stock images, if your xoom is wifi you can fastboot the US wifi images and have stock JB or you can root and run a custom rom. The custom roms are IMHO as stable as stock with many more features.
[ROM][JB] Team EOS 3 *JELLYBEAN* Nightlies - Wingray / MZ604 / WIFI ONLY