Is it really complex to mod the Xoom?

[moosc]

reading these threads is giving me a headache. trying to understand the complexity of rooting and custom Rom with SD card support for a WiFi xoom just seems overwhelming. is or are there any YouTube videos better grasp what is needed? I was hoping it would be as simple as doing a Rom on my X.

 

[tntdroid]

The kernel part will be just like flashing a rom to your phone. You just need to unlock the bootloader first and then root. Look at the sticky here for unlocking and rooting. All files needed and step by step with photos.

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[moosc]

been at it four hours. i had it unlocked then tried rooting and no go my new xoom is locked on the red M. guess i officially have a boat anchor. i should not tried this it is more complex then rooting my x.

 

[Holsum]

been at it four hours. i had it unlocked then tried rooting and no go my new xoom is locked on the red M. guess i officially have a boat anchor. i should not tried this it is more complex then rooting my x.

well from the looks of your cda posts it looks like you used the 3.0.1 one click unlock for 3.1 which will indeed screw up your device.

you are going use adb and unlock it again and do it from adb commands.

 

[OlReagan]

It was kind of hard, but I managed it on the first go. It's just that the tutorial I used assumed I already knew a lot more than I did. It's possible though. The people that brick their xooms seem to make stupid mistakes like using the wrong files (3g for a wifi) or not seeing THE GIGANTIC RED FONT in tutorials. Like, no one tells you explicitly that you have to hold shift and right click to open up the command prompt in a folder, or that you have to drag over files from another directory so that it could find it when running commands. Just read very carefully and scan the comments if you're confused about something. I was a bit drunk when I did it and it worked out fine.

The gist of it: you're going to hook your xoom up to your computer and using the SDK "software" (it's really just some files in a folder that you run with a command prompt) to make modifications to your xoom. You'll be putting stuff on your microSD and then telling the command prompt thing to run them. Then once it's unlocked you'll be able to use the xoom to directly load the zip files you put on the card, along with some commands or something. I obviously have no idea what I'm talking about technically, but that's the kind of stuff you will be doing, it's not that bad, looking back.

 

[Joe the Insider]

I think im ready to root and try custom roms as well. I haven't done this on any of my android devices. Where can i find instructions to learn and actually do it.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Joe the Insider]

I think i found the sticky, but i do have one question. What is the difference between unlocking and rooting. I appreciate it once again!

 

[moosc]

if I recall unlocking let's u swap kernal and rooting just opens up the OS or somthing like that

 

[Castorshells]

Try sleeplessninja.com for any help you need. Loads of videos all made by sleeplessninja and very helpful!

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