How to delete application/demo

[ryukyu1]

I am trying to delete the Xoom Demo App, that was on my Xoom when i bought it. The problem i am having is that the demo movie starts playing the demo movie whenever it wants too, Also, I would like to uninstall the Xoom demo. I go to settings-applications-manage apps-, find the demo, tap it and it says I can uninstall it, but when i tap uninstall, nothing happens, I also tried Force stop but that doesn?t work either.
I was told on another forum that i "might" have to root it. I find this incoceivable that Motorola/Google would make you root your device to get rid of demo's. Hoping there's another solution.
Thanks.

 

[Smokexz]

Uh this isn't supposed to be installed on the retail version of the Xoom ( the one they sell to you) I never had to remove this, you should demand a new one because I think the demo units are deeper and might require root to remove.

Sent from my Nexus S

 

[anon(167668)]

Yeah, it sounds like you bought a demo version. Go back to the store and ask for an exchange; they're liable to give it to you.

 

[Joe the Insider]

Their right, the retail version should not have the demo on it. i know the only ones that do are the demos we keep in the store.

 

[ryukyu1]

Ok, thanks for the info...now the rest of the story. According to this link MOTODEV > Products > Device Software my Xoom is a Latin American Model, my Xoom also says DEMO in the build no. I bought it at Walmart in Auburn Wa., but i am currently in Japan, so returning it in person is not an option. I have contacted them and they are seeing if i mail it back. The other option is to try to Re-Flash it to the U.S. version 3.1 build HW137, according to Motorola if i send it to them they can do this. I questioned Moto about wether or not they could re-flash a Latin version to the US version, and have not received a reply yet. The other issue is they won't ship it back to me at my FPO-AP address,,,SOOOO my question now, is there a way THEY(motorola) could remotely re-flash my Latin model to a US model ???

 

[Smokexz]

I don't think you can flash any foreign models with the US hardware Xoom, which is why I think Motorola has two seperate updates for the two models, the European Xoom model has SD card support because of the update it got a while back, while the US model still does not have it.

Sent from my Nexus S

 

[ryukyu1]

Followup: I found on another forum information which indicates i can Flash my Xoom to the US version.
It's Build HWJ37. I will let you know in a couple of days if it worked.

 

[ryukyu1]

Hi again. as indicated above i had a Latin American/Demo build on my Xoom. I asked about flashing it to the HWJ37 U.S. Build. Update.... I was able to flash it with help from the xda-developer forum and a friend of mine. I have had it running for more then a week now without a problem, so from my experience you can change the Build on your Xoom.
Regards,

 

[freeky1]

Congrats on fixing it!

Sent from my Etch A Sketch