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[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PMDColeslaw:
Not sure if this will take off or not but I had some questions that I'm sure new xoom owners share and I am hoping that it can become a reference[sticky] for others. I'll update the OP with new questions & answers (giving credit) as they are posted.

Why should I root my $600 tablet and void it's warranty? While there are risks, rooting gives you the ability to access and edit things on your tablet that are otherwise unaccessable. It allows you to flash custom ROMs and Kernels which allow for new features and abillities you wouldn't otherwise have. Rooted users can already overclock, enable USB hosting and use the SD card slot. -PMD

I see a lot of different threads about rooting the various Xoom models. Whats the safest/best one for the US WiFi only model? I used the method from THIS POST to unlock my xoom and it was extremely easy. I used the method from THIS POST to root my xoom and it was easy enough as long as you have adb set up correctly and follow the steps exactly. - PMD

What is the difference between rooting and unlocking the xoom? Unlocking the bootloader will allow you to flash a custom recovery, witch will then in turn allow you to flash an unsigned update.zip. This is mostly beneficial to allow the installation of custom kernels/mods. Rooting gives you su permissions in the android system. Su permissions will give you a low level access to hardware and system files not normally accessible to standard users. This access is most commonly used for apps like titanium backup, and setcpu. So the two are really complimentary to one another eg. Unlock your bootloader, flash clockworkmod, then a new kernal. And because you have root you have low level access and can overclock your cpu. - eliteone

Why doesnt my SD Card slot work on my stock xoom? Because Motorola sucks and locked the sdcard slot down pending a future update. This is just another reason to root your xoom. -PMD

Does Netflix work on the XOOM? Not currently, but hopefully it will eventually. -PMD

Can the XOOM boot.img be edited to allow booting from the SD card similar to the Nook Color?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eliteone:
The difference between rooting and unlocking: Unlocking the bootloader will allow you to flash a custom recovery, witch will then in turn allow you to flash an unsigned update.zip. This is mostly beneficial to allow the installation of custom kernels/mods.

Rooting gives you su permissions in the android system. Su permissions will give you a low level access to hardware and system files not normally accessible to standard users. This access is most commonly used for apps like titanium backup, and setcpu. So the two are really complimentary to one another eg. Unlock your bootloader, flash clockworkmod, then a new kernal. And because you have root you have low level access and can overclock your cpu.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] headcheese:
how i just rooted my wifi xoom was basically fastboot unlock bootloader, push the recovery with adb, and then run wifi root tools with recovery.

was super easy.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PMDColeslaw:
So just to clarify can you root without unlocking?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eliteone:
No, not with the xoom that I've seen. Rooting involves flashing a custom .zip to run an exploit in order to gain root.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PMDColeslaw:
Ok since all but one question in the OP has been answered I removed the [Q] from the title and hopfully this will help others. Also please feel free to post questions here and as they're anwered I'll add them to the OP as well.

THANKS TO ALL WHO RESPONDED!
[Palm Treo Pro ROM Development] KSTu:
anybody who develop custom software for palm pre2???
[Galaxy S II General] Ryknow1987:
Hi I have just installed Nova 2 on my phone I'm running ke7 and every time I open the app I get a black screen and the game won't boot. Is anyone else having the same problem and does anyone know how to fix this problem?
[Galaxy S II General] DruNKfuX:
erm, utfs?
[Galaxy S II General] Shocky2:
There is no Galaxy S II version of the game yet, until then it won't work.
[Galaxy S II General] Ryknow1987:
Utfs? What that mean?
[Galaxy S II General] Ryknow1987:
Thanks shocky. It is dissapointing to see it on the i9000 but not this :(
[Galaxy S II General] CarpeDiemsNuts:
Im starting to get seriously miffed with Gameloft, here's my post from the forums which gives some background:

Re: Support for Galaxy S II GT-i9100 Reply with quote Modify Remove

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Quote from: Nik on June 07, 2011, 09:10:06 AM

Quote from: Carpediemsnuts on June 05, 2011, 03:06:32 PM

Hi guys,

I initially bought the LG Optimus 2x but it had loads of issues with random reboots so returned it and paid the extra for the Galaxy S2 (Should have bought it in the first place!). I bought Starfront, Eternal Legacy, Sacred Odyssey, Asphalt 6, Nova 2, Shadow Guardian, Modern Combat 2 before all the problems started but because i paid via paypal i cant see any downloads in my history on the site as i've only now registered a username so i can post. I totally understand that it takes time to offer full support for every new handset model but would really appreciate an email with some download links as im happy to continue being a gameloft customer and so far am happy with the service. I can forward copies of all my purchase invoice emails from paypal/google checkout if necessary.

BTW i bought asphalt 6 from the market but its not yet listed on the SGS2

Many Thanks

Hi there! Our agent has contacted you.

Please check your mail

One of the agents contacted me, i gave them the full list of games plus all online reciepts and recieved texts and an email with links to 3 of the 7 games i purhcased within 4 days.

Whilst i appreciate the quickish response there was no mention of a refund for the remaining games that are currently 'incompatible' nor was there any further explanation as to WHY they are incompatible considering the device spec and the fact that i can run games 'Optimized for nVidia Tegra 2 processors' or any other current chipsets available with minimal fuss(root and a certain awesome app/drivers). Frankly i dont understand why there are different versions of the games depending on chipsets as this just adds to the fragmentation unneccessarily, just stick with a decent graphical standard (Opengl ES?) as you use practically the same graphics engine for every game.

Also i purchased N.O.V.A. 2 HD but was sent N.O.V.A 1 with again no explanation. I want either my games, my refund, or at the very least a decent explanation on the whole issue, certainly not to be treated like an idiot.

Whilst Gameloft may not appreciate why i havent just emailed support all this i get the impression that the person im dealing with there is more customer service helpdesk oriented and wouldnt understand half the aforementioned rant. No offense i just want the right people to see this and for other users to made aware so no-one else has to deal with the hassle.
[Galaxy S II General] Locster126:
I'm frustrated with the current lack of game support for the sgs2 especially from gameloft but dont get me wrong, you bought games for the lg x2, games obviously optimized to run with its hardware. It was your decision to return it and buy a sgs2 (good decision by the way!) but why should gameloft refund you the games they sold you for the lg 2x in the first place...they might (probably will) make them compatible with our device but until then I dont see why they should be obligated to do anything else....
[Galaxy S II General] Ryknow1987:
I couldn't agree more. I had the i9000 and I swear more games worked on that than the "upgrade"

Agreed hardware it rips all over the sgs1 but for compatibility this phone is 100% lame
[Galaxy S II General] bisoner:
Whilst it would be good to have all games working, a little patience is required. I would say there are plenty of decent games on the phone. It can only get better too.
[Galaxy S II General] nitz85:
I´ve heard that OpenGL ES is a standard and requirement to android, and all phones support it.

But for games to work better with tegra, adreno etc they have to use *special* or *customised* instructions or whatever its called..

The Mali gpu dont need any *special* instructions for games to run good.

Samsung introduced a gpu that follow STANDARD OpenGL ES yet it is not supported lol.

A question tho, is there no way to make use of Chainfire 3D to run tegra, powerVR etc versions of gameloft games for sgs2?

I can´t make it work
[Galaxy S II General] clonednull:
lol

lol, i should return all my video 2000 tapes to the shop i have bought them and demand blue-rays as i have changed my player! :D
[Galaxy S II General] mduros:
As I do not have enough posts to post in the dev forum appologise for not posting the reply to the Lite'ning Rom v1.1 XWKE7 post.

I installed the rom (after loads of meesing around and boot loops) as I had installed the villian rom first, had to wipe, install stock, wipe allow to boot and run through initial setup, then apply Lite'ning Rom v1.1

once I had the rom installed I was amazed at the speed and the blue colour is great, did not like the over scroll but did not get chance to modify this as I know there is a hack to remove it.

anyhow to the point one the rom was installed I began installing app's etc and re-setting my phone up, I configured my exchange email and my server enforces a policy on the device which includes device encryption, no this is where the problem started.

The SG2 rebooted and instead of performing the encryption (as the stock rom did) and then rebooting again the phone got stuck in another boot loop with the galaxy logo.

I tried the process again, but had the same results.

so for now no matter how much I love the look feel and speed of the rom I am unable to use the rom :mad: as I am unable to use my email (one of my main usages of a smartphone)

Regards,

Mark
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jaw2012:
"External" App Backgrounding - True 100% Multitasking for the Next Gen of Apps?

There are many apps in Android that don't behave when you multitask or should i say TRY to multitask with them. Recently more and more apps just refuse to multitask, as they will either stop or reload themselves to their home screen when the app leaves the foreground.

For instance NetFlix, WatchESPN, TWEETCASTER, the native android music player and in-browser streaming radio/video apps will abruptly cease playing the second you do something else. Even worse when you return to the app you have to start all over as it won't be in the same menu as when you left the app. And these are just to name a few of these misbehaving apps.

I was hoping that some kind of app could solve this dilemma, where it would externally keep a chosen app "in memory" or in a locked state. This would give the power to the user instead of allowing the app to dictate how it should run on the OS. It would be 100% TRUE BACKGROUNDING for the Android OS!

I should be able to designate the app or apps that should be "backgrounded" or "locked" in memory, so that we could do any other tasks and if I was to return to the locked app it would be in the same exact state as when you left it.

If the "locked" or "backgrounded" app was a streaming video/radio app, then if you were to lock the app in memory, then the streaming video/radio should continue to stream or play in the background until you either manually exit the app or un-lock the app.

There were a few iphone apps that did this similar function as well, running off the "backgrounder" function. I'm hoping that this can be duplicated on the Android OS, as this is a very frustrating shortcoming of the Android OS. I realize that Android does offer true multitasking, but the problem is that it also caters to misbehaving apps, giving them the ability to not multitask.

I would imagine that the app would have to run under root, but I think this can be done. Anyone think they can offer this up to the community? Thanks!
[Milestone XT720 General] reverendkjr:
It's HERE!!!!

http://cincinnatibell.com/milestoneupgrade/#howtoupgrade
[Milestone XT720 General] hellmonger:
LOL you beat me to it :) i saw it too swwweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!
[Milestone XT720 General] vari9:
They should have released 2.3 by now......but anyways.....I'm happy!
[Milestone XT720 General] mediaon:
thanks for sharing this information man ..it's a good news for us..can't wait to try it already...hope CB will give us the Froyo with new kernel or unlocked booloader
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
wow!... they are only late for like more than a year since 2.2 was released. LOL :p

considering we have been enjoying our own Dexter 2.2 for the past 6 months

well i guess it's better late than never ;)
[Milestone XT720 General] vari9:
Would the bootloader be unlocked??.....can someone ask CB??
[Milestone XT720 General] Vistaus:
We almost have 2nd init working, so the bootloader unlock isn't needed.
[Milestone XT720 General] reverendkjr:
??? I must have missed that one. What does that mean exactly?
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Ok, terminology nazi here:

2nd-init is what we already use.

2nd-boot only works without the radio (no phone).

I don't think there has been any success yet getting the radio working even on A853 where 2nd-boot was pioneered. Baring a miracle, bootloader unlock is most definitely desired.
[Milestone XT720 General] Vistaus:
Yes, I meant 2nd-boot. Thanks for correcting me :)

I get confused every time b/w 2nd-init and 2nd-boot. When if finally works, I probably won't be confused anymore :p
[Milestone XT720 General] eSu.Matix:
I don't see what's the big deal.Official Froyo.... whatever. I have fully working ROM with excellent preformance and fjkernal.

Go eat my shorts Motorola. And ty to Dexter, Khal, Mioze, Fj, reverendkjr and everybody else who are responsible for this.
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Hi this is Cincinnati bell this on their own and you care remember we still have same 2.1 kernel possible unlocked bootloader would be really but for Motorola they really suck.
[Milestone XT720 General] c_urbanek:
Hats off to CincyBell

CincyBell making me proud! Hats off to them.... You don't see Verizon/T-Mo/Att doing this! they are doing this without Motorola's support. Wonder if moto will reverse course & offer their own upgrade once they are embarrassed by Cincybell.

Hope they include an updated Kernal, that will only make the Dexter/Khal roms even better!

:)
[Milestone XT720 General] eSu.Matix:
This guy is the only Motorola developer who is working on XT720's Froyo so far, but it looks promising... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBuxlXyVIHc .
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Well, I don't think so... he seems slightly too advanced. Looks more like management material to me.
[Milestone XT720 General] reverendkjr:
ooooooohhhh......

This guy rocks. I can't believe he was able to get Honeycomb on the XT720!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek:

OMGLOLWTFJKJK!!!!!!11111one
[Milestone XT720 General] mediaon:
i don't get it, thw link is about a vdo clip says nothing but a dog gets wet, why is a dog have to do with xt720??
[Milestone XT720 General] eSu.Matix:
-.-"

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[Milestone XT720 General] Trapple:
Good news.

I hope there will be some new advantages. Meaning that there are more possibilities excluding froyo itself.

Otherwise I would prefer v4 rom
[Milestone XT720 General] stlifey:
Hope this update will have new 2.6.32 kernel:eek:
[Milestone XT720 General] fjfalcon:
Maybe that kernel from cb build?

That not funny, that /proc/config.gz disabled in kernel =(
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
The Cincinnati Bell sbf has this one, which is a month newer, which is why I'm confused.

xt720/STR_U2_04.1E.1/GAS_NA_NACBW_P011/boot.img
Linux version 2.6.29-omap1 (a24124@zin22lnx05) (gcc version 4.4.0 (GCC) ) #1 PREEMPT Tue Jul 20 01:36:37 IST 2010

Maybe it's from an internal testing or evaluation build? I'm just wondering if Cincinnati Bell tested a bunch of boot images and decided this one was better for some reason. The newest kernel I've encountered was the Russian one. I mean, it's clearly not Dexter's. Dexter's 1.3 was

Linux version 2.6.29-omap1 (a24124@zin22lnx05) (gcc version 4.4.0 (GCC) ) #1 PREEMPT Tue Jul 13 17:19:35 IST 2010
[Milestone XT720 General] fjfalcon:
getconfig script don't work... for me.

Well, the newest kernel is mine, he-he.

But yes, that strange.
[Milestone XT720 General] reverendkjr:
Maybe the kernel they provided is the most stable.

I've been using this since I loaded it, and it seems to be solid. I'm pushing it pretty hard too. No force closes yet, and the memory usage seems decent as well. I decided against applying any patches to it just yet. I did notice that the Milestone Overclock isn't keeping the setting after reboot, so I will probably go back to a previous version of the overclock app to fix that like I had to in some of the other ROMs.

I did confirm that the ramdisk.tar in the /system directory is Dexter's, although I can't blame Cincinnati Bell for using it since it's already been proven to work and most good Froyo builds have one. I don't look at this point as being proof of Cincy Bell just stealing Dexter's stuff though. I'm sure they had to do lots of testing and probably tweaked a few other things that we haven't discovered yet.

I applied the sd card read change to 2048 using an app from the market. I modified the egl to reflect Mioze's findings and re-ran Quadrant, but that did not create too much of a difference. I only got 1300 (remember, I am overclocked to 1000mhz)
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Oh, interesting. I just flashed the CBW. Superuser doesn't show up in the app drawer. Maybe that's what the resigning was about. Also, you know what? This seems snappier than bugfix3... yikes. What have I done...
[Milestone XT720 General] fjfalcon:
Looks like that must be kernel.. no more reason to be..
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
The easy way to fix overclock: delete overclock_milestone_21.ko and overclock.ko from inside /system/lib/modules/. (Because /system/oc preloads the modules, Milestone Overclock freaks out when it can't load them itself and then doesn't set the frequency.)
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
Just installed the CB update, at first look it does seem very stable even without milestone overclock and autokiller mem optimizer.

I also noticed no super user in the app drawer and the milestone overclock thingy. Should I go ahead and delete those files?

EDIT: Is this blazing fast, or am I just imagining things? Might be placebo effect but everything is really smooth for me. My country only had EDGE networks which were really slow before for some reason now its almost like 3G. One thing though, I have use 2G networks unchecked. Someone told me EDGE is 2.5G and if I set use 2G network only itll mess with my speeds.
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Hi guys apply a v3 update and it boot right up I don't like being lied to.
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
Mike, its all good dude. Why do you have to go an confuse people on CB's facebook page? I mean none of them know jack **** and you make them feel like this wont help them. Btw ive been using the ROM for awhile, im noticing difference in speed etc. If you look Mioz7ae and fjfalcon have confirmed this and the use of an older kernel which might be more stable.
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Thanks I did that last night but I'm not done with them yet.
[Milestone XT720 General] hellmonger:
The main reason I'm disappoint son, is the fact that Cbw said this is an official upgrade.

Like wut?!? official lol not even XDA official....

Don't get me wrong what ever burns Moto i like!!! i'm just disappoint.
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
Anyone else tried the CB update? Its very snappy without milestone overclock or autokiller optimizer. I tried open a dozen apps at one time and it doesnt freeze or anything. They must have done something because ive used dexters for a long time and without overclock and autokiller it was like quick sand. Must have patched up memory leaks here and there. Another thing, how do I get super user back?
[Milestone XT720 General] 3rdstring:
You can get the latest Superuser apk & binary here. I would think you would have to get rid of CBs hidden superuser though & I don't know if you could just delete it with root explorer or not (?). I would use Andoidiani Recovery & the app management feature to delete the CB apk & then apply the SU update (wipe dalvik & cache). Note I haven't tried this yet on the CB ROM but it's what I do on Kahls & Dexter's ROMs to get the latest SU apk & binary. (I delete superuser.apk because Chainsdd's update installs as Superuser.apk, CBs is su-signed.apk)

:Edit: If I remember correctly Kahls MIUI final v2 had both superuser.apk & Superuser.apk. I don't know if that will/would cause any issues or not (?).
[Milestone XT720 General] reverendkjr:
I've been beating this thing up since I loaded it.

There might be pieces of Dexter's ROM in here, but whatever this is, it's at least 3 times more stable than anything else I've used.

I just took 30 pictures... non stop, continuously, one immediately after the other. I've NEVER been able to do that on this phone.

I've been checking my memory every hour. whatever leak was happening, Cincinnati Bell has put a cork in it.

Oh, and I'm tired of arguing with the same person on two different webpages. You are officially dead to me.
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Here one thing this is what we got at the time being so it stable idea would this kernel be better for booting up 7cm aka gingerbread.
[Milestone XT720 General] Woody:
Will App2ext work?
[Milestone XT720 General] tharan.a:
I was going to to flash MIUI, but perhaps I should try CB's ROM first? Is there no way to get haptic feedback and the other stuff missing, working on this? I'd love to see a video of this.
[Milestone XT720 General] reverendkjr:
I'm convinced that the lack of haptic feedback is a "feature" of froyo, meaning that froyo doesn't allow it.. I don't think it's possible to turn it back on. I thought it was annoying anyway. It still works when you use the keyboard, and that is good enough for me. As far as the FM Radio volume... who listens to FM radio anymore? :p I just deleted the app. If I want radio stations, I'll use Slacker or Pandora.

I would recommend using the CB upgrade. It's pretty nice.

As far as a video is concerned... you might see one soon.:D
[Milestone XT720 General] tharan.a:
Ah, you're right, I actually don't listen to the radio anymore. Look's like I'll be flashing this then. YES on the video though, you know you wannaaaa!:p
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
Hey kyle,

Hope you don't mind me calling you that :). A word about the haptic feedback because I have haptic feedback on all the froyo roms thats ive used. Now I dont exactly remember how feedback was on 2.1 because its been ages since I flashed to dexters and other ROM's. But on the current froyo I get haptic feedback with the touch buttons, back, search, home etc. I dont get it when I click items in the menu. Also for the keyboard I use the gingerbread keyboard for froyo from the market. You can pay for the unlocked version where you can set the amount of haptic feedback you want. Anyways just wonder if you guys dont get it at all because I get it on these buttons. Also I noticed on the cinny bell update when I press and hold the camera button I get haptic feedback before the camera turns on and also when phone boots during the boot anim. I also get haptic feedback when unlocking my phone. Lemme know if its the same for you guys!
[Milestone XT720 General] mrmako777:
my mytouch 4g runs froyo with the stock rom and haptic feedback certainly is a "feature". but i agree with you, its annoying and i always turn it off anyway.

any other suggestions? tried this and milestone oc fails to load the module at all if i do this
[Milestone XT720 General] mediaon:
try this rom if you need radio issue be fixed

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15288472#post15288472