yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[About XDA developers] decalex:
I'm confused why its an issue to have a sep ns4G section. Its hard enough to search for "nexus S 4G", just given the name.
[About XDA developers] AllGamer:
if you label the subject lines properly, there are no issues at all to differentiate between GSM vs CDMA

it's the exact same phone, only the radio is different

and ROM DEVs are already including both drivers into their cooked ROMs
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tritran18518:
I really appreciate your post. This should be sticky

P/s: you can make this instruction even better if you include some pics that can illustrate the process, some frequently errors and solutions to fix those errors.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Land Master:
Thanks for the kind words!

One step at a time my friend. This was my first attempt at creating a tutorial and I tried to handle the "pictures" with very detailed wording. Embedding screenies into future efforts is on my to do list.

The bottom line regarding this is..... I created the tutorial before I even took my XOOM out of the box and then followed it to see if it worked. While I had some minor issues with the original draft, I believe they have all been taken care of in this final.

I expect that if any issues are encountered, it will involve the SD Card size which seemed to be a common issue for some. I had NO problems with mine.

And, while I'm at it....... I was a little hesitant to include the information on "quick boot". Some members (and I'm taking this off the top of my head right now) had issues using clockwork when it

wasn't

initiated using the adb reboot recovery command. I seem to recall that there was a difference in this regard between the WiFi and 3G versions. In any case if Clockwork does not seem to be working for you then stick with starting up recovery using adb and NOT Quick Boot. Having Quick Boot available in your app drawer is recommended however in case you ever experience issues mounting the device to your PC.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoryPG:
Thanks

This is exceptionally well done. A tremendous resource. I hope you will keep it up to date. I will refer to it often. Thank you!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackte4:
I hope this works.....With this it is time to root. Thank you for a great step by step instructions.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
This is an excellent tutorial! Thank you. I may take the plunge now. One request : would you be so kind as to add the steps to return to stock and relock the wifi version?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Land Master:
See this tread: Stock Image

I have NOT done this procedure but will follow that thread to see how it turns out.

Someone DID apparently re-lock the device but I don't know if that procedure removes all indications that the device was un-locked in the first place.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Land Master:
Didn't really want to bump my own thread but I was hoping someone would have tried this by now. Anybody?

I didn't put this "guide" in the development section because I didn't actually develop anything. Perhaps I should have?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maslo1nsk:
This is an awesome step by step instruction! Good Work! Thanks a lot!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbowe:
Ran through it yesterday on my father in law's new Xoom, worked great!!!

I was holding out for HTC flyer with pen, or Transformer with keyboard...

But, was impressed and may be going with Xoom now myself.

Thanks so much for the guide, it worked very well and he's happily tethered to adhoc wifi on his droid now, so very thankful as well.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigrushdog:
Awesome tutorial! Now I have a place to point new users to when they hijack my thread :D
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Land Master:
Thanks BRD for everything you do. I added links to the 5/1 files but also a disclaimer. Your thoughts on this would be appreciated.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
Feedback

Land Master, I just used your tutorial to root my wifi Xoom. It is very well written and easy to understand and follow. I installed the Tiamat 1.4.1 kernel. Worked fine. Have confirmed that I have Superuser permissions. And "about" shows the Tiamat 1.4.1 kernel.

First a suggestion: Under "Install Custom Kernel" your instruction states "c. Enter Recovery via “Quick Boot” application or thru adb". I tried to use Quick Boot but could not (obviously) because I was not rooted yet. Had to use ADB, which worked fine. You may want to modify the instructions here to remove the Quick Boot option at this point?

Second, I have a request for help. I purchased a Sandisk 16gb micro SD card. Formatted it in my rooted Droid Incredible. Placed it in my Xoom and rebooted. I can not find my external SD Card with Root Explorer. Any suggestions?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Land Master:
Cam30era.....Thanks for your help. Honestly I haven't played with the SD Card in mine but do know that I have an "external" directory that is viewable in Root Explorer under "sdcard". With this said you should check the Tiamat thread because I believe the SD card "stuff" was removed in 1.4.1 because it was sketchy. I personally am still on 1.4.0.

I don't really want to take people away from the "official" (Tiamat) thread because they will all need to "learn" the same way most of us have.... by trial and error. It is my belief that this is what makes all of this fun and worthwhile. With that said however, it is my belief that a "Stable" SD Card fix will not become available until after the official Moto update drops.

My goal here was to get people to a "starting point" thus allowing them to get their feet wet and subsequently give them the tools (Root, Recovery, ETC) to continue the journey into flashing different stuff. This is why I wrote the disclaimer above.... Hoping that people would just stick to what is "known good" and march onward by researching other threads and learning as they go.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
I'll try flashing 1.4.0 and then back to 1.4.1 and let you know. Thanks for the suggestions.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
OK. I just tried to flash 1.4.0 from CWM. Got following error message:

E:Error in /sdcard/tiamat_xoom-v1.4.0.zip

(status 0)

Installation aborted.

I'm getting help now on the Tiamat thread. I'll keep you posted on how this gets resolved.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
Land Master, FYI: I successfully flashed 1.4.0. This did create a fully functional external folder inside sdcard. I then flashed 1.4.1 and it's a go. So you may want to modify your tutorial to indicate that you must flash 1.4.0 first.

A big "thank you" for this excellent tutorial, and for your help. I probably would not have rooted my Xoom without this outstanding aid.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Land Master:
Very glad you got it sorted. I added your suggestion to the OP.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epakrat75:
Ad-hoc? A stock xoom doesn't support this but a rooted one can now? Didn't realize that had been enabled.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] starchildx:
hi,

can i install the kernel and the custom recovery without root ?

i thought i need to have root first....
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
You can install CWM without root. But you must install the first kernel via ADB. Once it is installed and you have rooted, then you can install any subsequent kernels via CWM.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbowe:
Well, root alone didn't enable ad-hoc wifi... But, was able to follow the "Got Ad-Hoc WiFi working!" thread in the Xoom dev section.

HTH
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zargon335:
Thanks for this tutorial. It was very easy to follow. I flashed Tiamat 1.4.0 first and then 1.4.1. Worked perfect!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsatanx:
I just started following this guide and seem to be having troubles early on..When I shift and right click to open command it says nothing of the sort is there another way to open it?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Land Master:
That is just a shortcut to insure that you are in the proper directory (platform-tools) when the command prompt opens.

If that doesn't work for you then do it the old fashioned way. Open a command window...

Type: CD.. (that's CD dot dot) which takes you up a directory. Do this until you are a C:\ prompt.

Then type: CD C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools.

Then continue with the rest of the steps.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LNKNPRKFN:
well i tried this and was able to boot into starting fastboot protocol but when i did step c. Wait for the Dual Core screen with “Starting Fastboot protocol support” in the upper left corner to appear and then type: fastboot oem unlock in the command window and press enter. You should see: “To continue, follow instructions on the device’s display…”.

it did nothing...i reinstalled everything, i updated everything, I know my SDK are good cause i rooted and unlocked my Galaxy S and my HTC desire HD, so my XOOM should be a G2G platform
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rrainz:
Land Master,

This is one of the best guides I have seen. Just because one user had problems, I hope you continue with this work. Thanks much!!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LNKNPRKFN:
COMPLETED

I wish to thank you for this TUT, worked well for me (it was an error on my part 2 posts up) i completed this TUT and i am now rooted and unlocked THANKS AGAIN!!!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwanG:
Just followed your procedure, and unlocked my Xoom without any problems. So far I have just left it on 1.4.0. Do you recommend staying with that or going to 1.4.1?

As for WHY I did this, it turns out the later Tiamat kernels fix a Bluetooth error that Motorola hasn't fixed yet (which I presume may come with the SD card fix... some day). By rooting my external keyboard is now actually useful.

Thanks!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SNL888:
I know this is going to sound stupid BUT...

What are the main reasons for Rooting Xoom. i know you can edit your theme, place Linux onto it etc. but are there any other reasons.

I understand why people do it, because they can be free from the constraints placed on the device from the manufacturers etc but i dont see the appeal.

I would Root purely for the theme customising options and thats not worth voiding my warrenty really.

If someone can enlighten me, i would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Land Master:
I personally am still on 1.4.0 but not because anything is wrong with 1.4.1. Just cause haven't gotten around to it yet.

In my opinion as of right now there hasn't been a ton of development activity for the Xoom. As an EVO owner I am spoiled because new "stuff" seems to appear on a daily basis for that device. I expect that the Xoom will be no different eventually and rooted mine to be ready for the "cool" stuff that will undoubtedly become available.

There is always a chance that upcoming patches and/or updates provided OTA will "remove" the ability to gain root and typically the earlier you do it the better chance you have of keeping it. Considering the ease at which Moto allowed this device to be un-locked and the "warning" they included while doing so (regarding the warranty), I do not believe they intend to lock the device down. But you never know.

The post quoted above contains another reason. The devs in this community will almost always have "fixes" and "improvements" available before they are released and some never get released.

The bottom line is the choice is and always should be up to you. You need to read whats available and determine which is greater the risk or the reward.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] comagnum:
I'm receiving my xoom tomorrow and have been reading up on rooting and such and I want you to know that this is the most well written and described tutorials I've read to-date. You have done a very good job of highlighting all steps, and detailing them so that any laymen should be able to step into this process and be successful.

I for one am very thankful that I don't have to go through any arduous steps to root my xoom (mostly want to root so I can use my phone as a modem (ad-hoc) when I'm not at home), and am even more excited than I was when I made the purchase.

You, as well as all of the people contributing to this awesome device should be commended. With out you all we'd be stuck with a virgin system, waiting for it to be tapped into. I, for one, don't understand why motorola is so behind on their updated, whether it be because of google, or what, but I fear that they don't realize the potential updating their device has. It, stock in my opinion, is better than the ipad, but with the ability to use outside storage devices, use your phone as a modem, and all the app potential make it leaps and bounds better. It baffles me. Regardless, I thank you, and applaud you for your efforts.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DefaultBR:
nice tuto bro!!!

here i have a problem, everthing is fine till i press to mount storage, usb storage, than computer show the SD CARD... but when i press RETURN(to use the install zip) it automatically Unmount the Storage, so it disappear... i go to install from zip, select zip, than i get FAIL on Cant mount /sdcard

=(
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Land Master:
You are very welcome my friend. I appreciate the kind words. Enjoy your Xoom!

I've been away. Sorry about the late response. Have you gotten this working yet? If not I'm afraid I can't help much other than say post your experience in the Clockwork Mod thread.

When you say you pressed "RETURN" are you talking about on the PC? I don't recall that being one of the steps to flash a file. Once you get into Clockwork Recovery all the steps to flash a zip are handled on the Xoom using the Volume Up/Down and the Power button. If you meant you pressed the power button as a "return" then that appears correct and you need to visit that thread. If not please try it again and carefully follow step by step.

Good luck and thanks for the compliment!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harish3110:
stuck at tiamat kernel step....

what do i do after typing adb rboot recovery???????
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harish3110:
hey can u help me with flashing the tiamt kernel 1.4.0....i have finished the b4 steps....but while flashing whwn i type "adb reboot recovery"..the the android symbol comes with an exclamtory mark.......what to do next......and ya is it fine if i root it using the above way wen i am on 3.1 aldready?????pls help..
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
You can not use this kernel, it was designed for 3.0.1 only. I am not an expert, but I believe that you need to flash back to stock. Follow this thread > http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1084537

After you get your device working again, you must use the Tiamat 1.4.2 kernel with Honeycomb 3.1. Land Master's tutorial is an excellent guide for noob's to root and install custom recovery, but choose your kernel from here > http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=978013

Good luck
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harish3110:
is there a way to get bak to 3.0????
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harish3110:
hey i need a method to relock my xoom which is build hmj37
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
I would suggest that you do not relock. Many users have bricked their phone doing this. There is no need unless you are returning it.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwcorvus:
You can not relock hmj37. You would have to downgrade to 3.0.0(1) first.

Sent From My Evo
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T33H00:
this was more easier for understanding
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabbar21:
My Xoom is stuck (frozen) on the red motorola logo screen .... everything went fine till i installed the kernel ... the xoom is not booting up after the kernel installation ... any suggestion?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vanabrus:
I'm also experiencing the same as gabbar. First unlocked the xoom using fastboot, then followed the instructions exactly and now am stuck at the Motorola logo. Any tips?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] live2drill:
I get a green android with a yellow exlamation while trying to flash cmw. it seems to be working fine as soon as i enter the command to flash the recovery but then it immediately switches to the android with a yellow exclamation ive trie both of the listed cwm's
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miguelberrios:
I am having the same issue. I cant get my xoom past the android with the yellow exclamation sign. Any suggestions anyone?
[Droid Pro General] abben:
Just wondering if anyone has been able to tether using Barnacle since OTA? Prior to OTA was using Barnacle with no problems for internet connection on PC and G-tab. Now PC recognizes the wireless, connects, but not internet. G-tab recognizes the wireless but sits in "obtaining ip address".

Update: got this working on G-tab so must be in my pc settings and not the phone...
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuwlness:
My phone keeps displaying unread messages and I swear i've read them all. To boot, i even deleted all my messages and restarted the phone and yet it's still showing 3 unread messages. I dont have any messages on my SIM card either.

Any advice?? I'm clueless :confused:

Does anyone know if the app posted in this forum (post #3) will work on the Thunderbolt?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=1519862
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilDobe:
I've wiped cache and the fake messages have gone away on other people's phones. I've never had it happen to me though.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuwlness:
Just tried Clearing Cache Partition and Dalvik Cache, no luck. Any other suggestions?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuwlness:
I also tried running the exe file in the first post via Root Explorer and it doesnt seem like you can run executable files on Android. I changed the permissions and it still wont let me run the file.

I cant be the only one having this problem.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirBindy:
Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Running > Messages > Clear Data
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuwlness:
You, sir, are awesome! Gave you "Thanks" ... surprised more people arent running into this problem. Cheers
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvilDobe:
This is actually what I meant. Sorry for not being more clear. I've also seen this happen more often on non rooted phones than on rooted phones.
[7 Mozart General] kirkpl:
Welcome

no service displays the

You can not make any calls, please help
[7 Mozart General] andoridkiller:
had this problem the batter cover has a meatl signal booster, so if your battery cover is not on then you wont get any signal.

If thats not the problem maybe your phone is barred, if so contact your metwork and they can fix it for you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jesziicuh:
ok so i know these questions have been asked a thousand times but my search came up with nothing related to my question

i want ro flash my evo to metro pcs and i cnt find any current guides. i also wabted to know if i can flash a metro pcs friendly rom and would that change everything or do i stil have to flash it over jus confused.

ok sk any advice or links would be so helpful ty so much
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VENOMENON_24:
Don't know about any roms, but my buddy who works for metro told me people go in all of the time with Sprint phones and request to bring it to their network including Evos. From what I understand, you can just take it to Metro and they'll do it for you. I don't know how accurate that is, but give it a shot.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jesziicuh:
i have called a couple places they told me no
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] angryattheworld:
How can I get just the axura font? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Sent from my Vibrant that thinks it is a GT-I9000 using the XDA app
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Alex9090:
I don't remember correctly but wasn't it this clocktopia font?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] christopherhuii:
i believe it's comfortaa
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] shreddintyres:
here is the fonts folder pulled from axura. this is not flashable.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] angryattheworld:
Thanks for the help, shred gave me the files he provided In this post on the EDT forums and it worked great. Unzip and copy to system/fonts in root explorer and it will change your default font upon reboot.

Sent from my Vibrant that thinks it is a GT-I9000 using the XDA app
[Captivate General] MzSantiago:
Hey guys I'm having trouble finding the new voodoo lag fix for my captivate 2.2 I'm not sure which. File to download and what to do..there are so many files I'm not sure which to choose from .. any help would be greatly appreciated thank you :)
[Captivate General] zelendel:
Well that depends on what version of 2.2 your on. I would first start by reading the stickies in the forums and go from there. All your Questions have been answered already.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skgtheblij:
I've heard about how it's pretty much impossible to brick the nook... Mine seems about as useful as a brick though. I was trying to set up a dual boot following these instructions. Basically, I had HC installed to the internal memory. backed it up, formatted system and data, then flashed update-nc-stock-1.2. CWM said that was successful. Then I rebooted with my CWM SD card out. Screen said "read forever" or whatever, then went blank. I waited for about 5 minutes, and pressed the power button. The screen went from an 'on' blank to an 'off' blank. Since then, I haven't been able to get it to turn on at all. Just an 'off' blank screen with no signs of life, even with charger cable connected. Tried it with CWM SD in and out. None of the buttons seem to do anything...

Thanks in advance!!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExploreMN:
I'm pretty new to the Nook having just got it today, but I did some reading prior to attempting anything to see how easily I could back out if I had to.

Have you tried basically starting over (ie. Let go of the multi-boot dream for a bit and get back to basics)

You know, take a SD card, use diskimager to put the clockwork 3.0.2.8 image on it with the CM7 full ROM and boot to that, then format system, data and cache with clockwork and finally install the CM7 zip image (and gapps I guess) just to get going again.

If it all works, maybe take another run at whatever you are trying to do with the multi-boot stuff.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skgtheblij:
Thanks for the reply.

Sounds awesome; problem is I can't get the thing to do ANYTHING. boot period, into recovery or otherwise. I plug it in and it displays nothing - no 'wait 15 minutes and try again'. Just a black screen no matter what I do. I have an SD card with recovery on it, and i've tried making it do something with or without the SD card. No luck.

Good luck with your nook; I had really been enjoying mine.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExploreMN:
So holding the power button for 10-15 seconds doesn't do anything?

Or when you plug in the power does it try to boot?

I mean in a complete worst case scenario you could grab yourself a T5 and open it up, disconnect the battery, and then reconnect it.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gin1212:
Then something is wrong with your Recovery SD card, as no matter what, hardware dictates that it reads the sd card first. The problem with what you did through dual boot methods is you resized partitions. So even if you do back out of all of this, you're going to be losing space unless you setup dual boot.

Recreate the CWM recovery card, either redownload the image and reburn it. Find a different one or something else, because it should load on startup.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skgtheblij:
Thanks for the help!

Reformatted SD again, then tried powering up with the power cord unplugged. Apparently it won't boot into recovery as long as the power cable is in, and whatever the boot was on EMMC was messed up. Happily running stock 1.2 now, next step, dual boot with HC!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skgtheblij:
Anyone know how I can delete this thread as it's pretty unnecessary?