How do you root 3.1?

[effingpace]

I manually pushed the update, is there a way to root 3.1 now?

 

[2CupsWithString]

I manually pushed the update, is there a way to root 3.1 now?

You can flash clockworkmod recovery, boot in to recovery, go to mount system, wait for adb to kick in and push over su / superuser.apk, reboot and install busy box and you have root.

clockworkmod recovery: [RECOVERY] ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.2.8 [UPDATE 5/1] - xda-developers

su/superuser (thanks Koush!): My Brain Hurts: Motorola XOOM Rooted

 

[b0ricua]

Can he flash Clockwork even if he isn't rooted? I would highly recommend anyone to NOT break root to manually flash this update. Be patient!

BRD has already posted a way to preserve root, data, and completely flashable here:

[UPDATE][HC3.1] Wifi and 3G! Completely Flashable! No Fastboot Needed! No Data Loss - xda-developers

 

[2CupsWithString]

Can he flash Clockwork even if he isn't rooted? I would highly recommend anyone to NOT break root to manually flash this update. Be patient!

BRD has already posted a way to preserve root, data, and completely flashable here:

[UPDATE][HC3.1] Wifi and 3G! Completely Flashable! No Fastboot Needed! No Data Loss - xda-developers

Sure could, he'd just have to be unlocked.

 

[NewAge]

I didn't understand what you were talking about last night. I was unlocked an unrooted on 3.1 and flashed back to 3.0.1 just to get root back. I should have just pushed the new recovery, su, superuser with adb and followed the rest of BRDs zips with CWM and then wipe.

So I am understanding this better. Its not so hard to get root back as long as you are unlocked. I can still push whatever I want with adb even without root, CWM being the most important which has sdcard access so I can load zip. In this case though we needed CWM to be updated because of new bootloader?

Is that about right?

 

[2CupsWithString]

I didn't understand what you were talking about last night. I was unlocked an unrooted on 3.1 and flashed back to 3.0.1 just to get root back. I should have just pushed the new recovery, su, superuser with adb and followed the rest of BRDs zips with CWM and then wipe.

So I am understanding this better. Its not so hard to get root back as long as you are unlocked. I can still push whatever I want with adb even without root, CWM being the most important which has sdcard access so I can load zip. In this case though we needed CWM to be updated because of new bootloader?

Is that about right?

Just about.

As long as you're unlocked you can flash a custom recovery (regardless of the system), from there you can flash partitions (like the updated bootloader) or push files (like the su binary and the superuser app).

The new bootloader isn't an issue about clockworkmod, it's probably where it boots the kernel from that's changed.

edit: you can even unlock your device now and install a rooted w/sd card support 3.1 system rom by BRD from xda

 

[LMO]

I manually pushed the update, is there a way to root 3.1 now?

Here ya go... just did it myself and it works great!!

[GUIDE] How to Root the Xoom from Stock 3.1 (Both versions) - xda-developers

 

[effingpace]

this worked for me to. Thanks

 

[LMO]

Glad to hear it worked for you! It is the easiest IMO... and only took several minutes... piece of cake!