Xoom 3.1 WiFi Cannot Get Root (data transfer failure too many links)

[misterdark]

Hey,

Sorry if I overlooked an answer for this but I spent the last 2 hours browsing about and I couldn't get anything specific on this issue.

Once I get to the step where you enter 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' is where I have the problem. I enter adb reboot bootloader, get to a screen that has 'Starting Fastboot protocol support' in white text. After I get into this mode though my device isn't recognized by the adb anymore. So once I put in 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' nothing happens. After 5 minutes it will time out and give me the error 'data transfer failure <too many links>'.

Anyone encounter/know how to resolve the problem? Maybe it is late and I'm missing something, but I don't see it right now.

I'm running Windows 7 x64 if that helps narrow down any potential issues.


Thanks,

Dark

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[Steady Hawkin]

Did you put the recovery.img in the path you are running commands from and make sure its named recovery.img?

[misterdark]

Yep, sure did. Double checked in case I lost my mind.

I think the real issue is that once it reboots it isn't recognized anymore so I can't push any commands to the device.