[Root] Universal Xoom Root - ANY XOOM ANY UPDATE

[ellingjs]

Ok thanks will do...

I can confirm that I have followed this procedure, on a Verizon 4g Xoom, that I allowed to be updated to 3.2.4 before attempting to root. I did it on a mac, it didn't go exactly as specified, and I lost the ability to connect to it with adb, even though the fastboot commands worked just fine. "adb devices" showed nothing was connected. Perhaps this is a problem with the adb install and I need to reboot to fix it, but, I don't have that luxury at the moment. Needless to say, it was scary to do to a 3 day old Xoom, but, so far, so good. Recovery rom in place, installed the .zip file form the sd card. Installed busybox, then titanium backup and have everything backed up now. So far so good. WiFi works just fine, I'm not using the 4G at all yet, haven't even activated it to try it.

I did hit a snag and wound up with the little green android guy in the middle of the screen and it wouldn't boot, after initially booting into recovery mode while I was formatting the sd card and copying the .zip file to it. It seemed to have something to do with the SIM card not being in place, or perhaps it was just a coincidence. ANyhow, after several tries to get it to restart into recovery mode, it worked and I managed to install from the .zip file. Certainly didn't feel like a "smooth" process to me, as it was with rooting my Droid and scared me to death, especially since ADB wasn't connecting to it at all. Was afraid I was stuck. But, alas... it seems to have worked and it is running and I have SuperUser privledges... so, mission accomplished.

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[ggrant3876]

I can confirm that I have followed this procedure, on a Verizon 4g Xoom, that I allowed to be updated to 3.2.4 before attempting to root. I did it on a mac, it didn't go exactly as specified, and I lost the ability to connect to it with adb, even though the fastboot commands worked just fine. "adb devices" showed nothing was connected. Perhaps this is a problem with the adb install and I need to reboot to fix it, but, I don't have that luxury at the moment. Needless to say, it was scary to do to a 3 day old Xoom, but, so far, so good. Recovery rom in place, installed the .zip file form the sd card. Installed busybox, then titanium backup and have everything backed up now. So far so good. WiFi works just fine, I'm not using the 4G at all yet, haven't even activated it to try it.

I did hit a snag and wound up with the little green android guy in the middle of the screen and it wouldn't boot, after initially booting into recovery mode while I was formatting the sd card and copying the .zip file to it. It seemed to have something to do with the SIM card not being in place, or perhaps it was just a coincidence. ANyhow, after several tries to get it to restart into recovery mode, it worked and I managed to install from the .zip file. Certainly didn't feel like a "smooth" process to me, as it was with rooting my Droid and scared me to death, especially since ADB wasn't connecting to it at all. Was afraid I was stuck. But, alas... it seems to have worked and it is running and I have SuperUser privledges... so, mission accomplished.

Welcome to the forum.Glad you decided to join us. The android guy you encountered is the stock recovery, glad you got it rooted.

[onetalentedsista]

I am stuck at step 3... my screen is on the M and says "starting fastboot protocol support" in white... help!

[Astrix]

I am stuck at step 3... my screen is on the M and says "starting fastboot protocol support" in white... help!

Make sure your usb debugging in on

Tiamat recovery image to be put in SDK Tools folder at pc NOT in your MicroSD

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[onetalentedsista]

Make sure your usb debugging in on

Tiamat recovery image to be put in SDK Tools folder at pc NOT in your MicroSD

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Success is mine! is there a way to know for sure that my device is rooted now?

[Astrix]

Success is mine! is there a way to know for sure that my device is rooted now?

You will have superuser app

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[xAPPLE]

My question is 1st do you have a memory card. 2nd you need to haveUSB and PC Charging Drivers - Motorola Mobility, Inc. USA so you can use your usb cable and thisSetting up ADB on Windows 7 64 bit (and other Windows platforms)

Yes I have a memory card and yes (I think?) I have the drivers installed. I'm stuck at the Setting up ADB. The commands I'm supposed to type into cmd keep coming back as invalid.

[Astrix]

Yes I have a memory card and yes (I think?) I have the drivers installed. I'm stuck at the Setting up ADB. The commands I'm supposed to type into cmd keep coming back as invalid.

Ensure your usb debugging is enable.

Setting > application > development > tick/enable usb debugging

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[xAPPLE]

Ensure your usb debugging is enable.

Setting > application > development > tick/enable usb debugging

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Yes it is enabled. Now what?

[rayhodge02]

when you go to command make sure you type this first cd C:\SDK_tools