[How To] UK Wifi To US GED

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[MarkyPancake]

I got my Xoom last week and am still trying to justify having a tablet when it doesn't do anything beyond what my phone and notebook already have covered, but I do like it and have been reading these forums a lot to see what's going on.

I like the idea of going GED with my UK Wi-Fi MZ604 and have read various posts on the subject, but just want to clarify a few things:

1) Can this process be done again to put it back to 'MZ604_H.6.2-24_Retail_Europe' from 'MZ604_HWI69' if needs be and does this European ROM include Motorola's pre-installed apps, such as Quickoffice HD, Motoprint, etc?

2) None of the guides say to re-lock the Xoom, when the Motodev instructions do. Is unlocking and then re-locking a one time process? What effect does it have leaving it locked or unlocked?

3) Once the US firmware is on there and providing I don't then root it, is the Xoom now a GED that will receive OTA updates from Google without any problems or do you have to re-lock it to achieve this?

Sorry if they are silly questions.

[ggrant3876]

I got my Xoom last week and am still trying to justify having a tablet when it doesn't do anything beyond what my phone and notebook already have covered, but I do like it and have been reading these forums a lot to see what's going on.

I like the idea of going GED with my UK Wi-Fi MZ604 and have read various posts on the subject, but just want to clarify a few things:

1) Can this process be done again to put it back to 'MZ604_H.6.2-24_Retail_Europe' from 'MZ604_HWI69' if needs be and does this European ROM include Motorola's pre-installed apps, such as Quickoffice HD, Motoprint, etc?

2) None of the guides say to re-lock the Xoom, when the Motodev instructions do. Is unlocking and then re-locking a one time process? What effect does it have leaving it locked or unlocked?

3) Once the US firmware is on there and providing I don't then root it, is the Xoom now a GED that will receive OTA updates from Google without any problems or do you have to re-lock it to achieve this?

Sorry if they are silly questions.

Welcome to the forum. Glad you decided to join us.
1. Yes, you can flash back to the UK firmware.
2. I'd leave it unlocked, we've had members relock there Xoom and run into problems. If you need to flash back to the UK firmware to have it fixed I'd relock it.
3. Yes, once GEDified you should start getting your OTA's all the way to 4.0.4.

[MarkyPancake]

2. I'd leave it unlocked, we've had members relock there Xoom and run into problems. If you need to flash back to the UK firmware to have it fixed I'd relock it.

Following on from this, if I leave the bootloader unlocked, how do I lock it again? Do I do it via the Android SDK using the command prompt just to run 'fastboot oem lock' and then 'fastboot reboot'? Do I also need to erase cache?

[ggrant3876]

Following on from this, if I leave the bootloader unlocked, how do I lock it again? Do I do it via the Android SDK using the command prompt just to run 'fastboot oem lock' and then 'fastboot reboot'? Do I also need to erase cache?

If you want to relock the bootloader those are the commands you'd run. Several membnersa have ended up with soft bricks relocking their Xoom - some have problems and some don't. If you're going to the trouble of GEDifing your Xoom you might as well root it and get all the functionality you can.
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If you root and run a custom rom the developers have the updates before you'd get the OTA.

[iceman89610]

About to update my Xoom to a ged device but before I do, one thing i haven't noticed anyone mention is how to get the UK Market back on it??

Anyone?

[ggrant3876]

About to update my Xoom to a ged device but before I do, one thing i haven't noticed anyone mention is how to get the UK Market back on it??

Anyone?

There was an app called Market Enabler in the market but it looks like they've taken it down. Maybe someone from the UK can share.

[Ben]

About to update my Xoom to a ged device but before I do, one thing i haven't noticed anyone mention is how to get the UK Market back on it??

Anyone?

I'm UK-based & didn't need to do anything special to get GBP pricing in Market. No need for Market Enabler.

cheers,
Ben

[iceman89610]

Took the plunge and now on android 4.0.4

[kryptoman]

hi im in a pickel iv downloaded sdk manager,also the hw169 zip file and at a lose all drives instaled the zip file is save to my desktop heeellllpppp