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[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mramirezusa:
Sound like softbrick.... it show up "unlock" tag when the phone start?

Try this phone off then press vol down turn on holding vol down until it said "fastboot"
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kiz_:
Hi,

I have DHD from VF UK. It's was branded with the bloatware and wasn't getting the VF Gingerbread update. So I rooted and installed the latest WWE stock Gingerbread RUU.

I want to now install the latest OTA update, but I'm not getting it when I check for updates. I've tried downloading it and installing manually from the boot menu, but that fails...

Has anyone managed to do this? Can you please advise?

Thanks,

Kiz
[HTC Sensation] Hgaara:
What video converter should I use so that I can convert my HD MKV movies, to a compatible format that I can play on my HTC sensation.

I have a mp4 video and I tried playing it on Dice Player but it says that the license is not valid whenever I try playing the video.

Either way, I prefer to convert the video to a compatible format because then I can have a smaller size file, and still high quality.

I want to be able to chose the bitrate on video and audio. ?not just that, but I want to be able to choose the qHD resolution.
[HTC Sensation] juami:
Do not use cracked version.

Buy Diceplayer.

your diceplayer is cracked or not verified from Google license program.

If you are paid user, contact dice.thkim@gmail.com
[HTC Sensation] Utorrent76:
I use mkv file converter. You convert to avi, divx,mpeg4,h.264, you name it. Search key word"mkv converter" on google & you'll get ton's of hits.
[HTC Sensation] Hgaara:
What formats are compatible with the sensation??
[HTC Sensation] Firefall!:
mp4/3gp definitely are.
[HTC Sensation] xl VipeR lx:
Use.SUPER video converter. Out does everything and is very good. Out does for free what other video converters can't do for money
[HTC Sensation] predator21:
well bro if u have a cuda enabled nvidia card and want a free all purpose converter for all devices u can ever have including blu-ray..... simple hv freemake video converter from http://freemake.com/....i encode 1.5 gb file with nvidia for sensation in under 8 mins...that too at 1920*1080 h.264 6mb bitrate..... absolute sweet

Copy this attached short sample http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32412858/unstoppable5.mp4 on fone run and c the absolute quality...its full hd..and in under 7 sec to convert.....afterwards tell me was my suggestion worth it.....:):)
[HTC Sensation] n1ghtl1fe:
Never let me down with any video I've tried playing. Download off site not market, I havent tried on sensation yet but have used it on all my other android devices. Its hardware accelerated so should do some damage if it runs on sensation.

http://rockplayer.freecoder.org/index_en.html
[HTC Sensation] Xnoob62:
Miro Converter

If you're looking for a Windows video file converter, try Miro. It's open source and FREE.

Google, get miro
[Xoom General] crisisinthecity:
I keep reading post after post about how pissed off someone is that they don't have SD support, and now that they have it with the 3.2 update, they are pissed that they have to hook it up to their computer to write to it.

My question to them is this:

If you can root your Xoom, put a custom kernel on it and have full access to your sd card, then take it back to stock if you need to send it back to Motorola, why don't you stop being a baby and just do it?

I mean, you care enough to complain on this forum so that we all have to read about how upset you are, but you are unwilling to follow the simple steps spelled out here to fix it?

Today I had an epiphany . I figured it out. It's not that they feel that they shouldn't have to; they just don't want to admit the true reason. These people are afraid to root their Xoom. If they weren't afraid, then they would be rooted already and moving on with their lives, instead of complaining on this forum and getting all upset about it.

I mean, it's 100% fixable. There is no other logical explanation.
[Xoom General] KerryG:
How about people that want to get movies from the Android Market but you can't if you are rooted. That's not fear, that's not wanting to loose features. That's just one example, I am sure there are plenty of others. So maybe you shouldn't be a self-righteous pr*k and realize there may be reasons beyond your comprehension.
[Xoom General] VaKo:
I have mine setup the way I want it, and AFAIK there is no way of rooting without wiping during the unlock process. So until then, I will have to live without the ability to change the main font. Which is a shame, but meh.
[Xoom General] okantomi:
True, that's unappealing...just when it's perfect you have to wipe and then you have to set it up again. I used to worry more about that but now that I've had to set-up again about 5 or 6 times I've become a master at doing it quickly and better than before. I totally love having root...wouldn't do it any other way.
[Xoom General] chbennett:
I dare say people don't root because they are happy as they are, while those of us who enjoy using all of our devices are dumbstruck by people not doing so.
[Xoom General] Charlie_Don't_Surf:
I just don't see too much of a need until we get some source code and custom roms.
[Xoom General] Kippui:
undervolting each freq by 125mV is way to good to pass up

no way would I ever use stock
[Xoom General] tritran18518:
It's just not the right time. I wait until a "real" custom rom comes out.:D
[Xoom General] cgamboa73:
What for? I can use my SD card if I need to. Which I don't. Got 3.2 a couple of days ago. If I want to play with roms and overclocking I have my phone rooted. But for now I don't need it.
[Xoom General] newskate9:
Really?

For all the positive posts on this forum, and how helpful the "experts" are for us neophytes, this post is a huge fail. I'm not sure I could state the value of why it is even here........

Am I pissed I paid $500 for a computer that doesn't do what it claims? Yes. Am I pissed the salesperson sold me a bill of goods? Yes. Am I pissed I didn't have the chance to understand what I was reading about the unit and bought it anyhow? Yes.

Am I afraid to brick my device? Yes. Am I worrying when I read a full page of "if you do this" on the screen, while rooting, I lose my warranty and evil will come to my door? Yes. Am I afraid, while knowing the instructions provided on this forum are pretty darn good, that I might miss something and cause the end of life as we know it on this planet? [ or, at least having to explain to my wife why our $500 paperweight needs dusted off ]. Yes.

So, I'm in. I've used what I've learned here and taken the risk, however small you may think it is. But I'm 50, not 20. I'm considered a "nerd" in my circle of friends, but I can't carry the water for most of you guys. So, yes, I'm a bit worried about killing it. So what?

And unless you're better than I think you are (and I have no doubt you're pretty darn good - seriously), in computers there is no such thing as 100%.
[Xoom General] crisisinthecity:
Good point. Any more reasons?
[Xoom General] crisisinthecity:
It's here so that we can understand why people won't root their Xoom. Getting some good answers.
[Xoom General] XUNILLINUX:
I Agree

I cannot imagine using any of my android devices without at least su file capabilities
[Xoom General] newskate9:
Your answer to my post, leads me to believe I missed the point and tone of your OP. I took quite a bit of attitude, perhaps mistakenly. If so, accept my apologies please.
[Xoom General] Cielmerlion:
Give me one good reason I should.

While rooting would give me some slight benefit, the juice is simply not worth the squeeze. I am happy with what Ive got and have seen no compelling reason why I should go through the trouble since SD support isnt even an incentive anymore and it was the only thing I was lacking.
[Xoom General] okantomi:
This is great because it says that people love the Xoom right out of the box, or fresh from the stock update.

As I said, having experienced both, I will choose the ability to truly customize to my hearts content. But for those who are happy with plain vanilla, enjoy!
[Xoom General] Lothaen:
+1 I have no reason to root.

the speed, battery life, etc. etc. are all fine for what I use it for - nothing heavy - just a replacement for browsing the web and a few games like angry birds :P

there's no real custom roms out that give you any benefit to flashing a new rom, and I am on 3.2 - not even put an sdcard in the xoom yet.

all movies/tv shows are streamed direct to TV or to Xoom via Plex, so i dont need extra space to store movies,

I only have the wifi version so i dont need space for travelling around with 3g.

the only time I may need more space and thus an sdcard would be if i go on holiday and want to take a few films on the sd - but even in a readonly state i can do that by loading films onto an sd and sticking it in now...

my only grief was that motorola were taking an aeon to push out any updates to the UK image I had on - but flashing the US fixed that and I decided I dont need to go any further down the rooting process... I'm happy - surely that's the best way to be :)
[Xoom General] crisisinthecity:
I was basically trying to get some conversations started as to why and why not to root the WiFi xoom so people on this forum understand where the other team is coming from. Thought this thread title and my choice of words would draw some good debate. And it would keep the debate here and not all over the forum. :)
[Xoom General] burden010:
I get what people are saying here, if you're happy with what you've got then by all means you should stick to it. No-one should be telling you what to like.

However, I do support the OP. If you are NOT happy with what you've got but there is a fix for it, why not just apply the fix instead of complaining?
[Xoom General] alodar1:
I for one am too new to Android to root my Xoom. I have a G2x phone. It has a one step Root method and a one step Recovery method. I'm ok with that. But looking at all the ABD steps and the instructions on how to make them work....I feel its too complicated for a limited return at this time.

If someone put together the Bible of rooting the Xoom, that does NOT begin with , " This assumes you have an understanding of xxx", then maybe I would...

I took the Xoom out of the box...I want to Root, do this, then this, then this. Include what needs to be installed, what to type, etc, etc.

If that sounds whiney...so what, you asked.
[Xoom General] HuckFinn:
I will answer the OP, yes I am scared to root. I am not ashamed to admit it. While there are many fantastic posts giving instructions there are just as many if not more posts of people who screwed something up and need help. This makes me think that either the instructions left out some steps assuming you already have some knowledge, some people are not following the instructions very well or there is just an inherent risk.

I am a newbie, so I know that I lack much of the knowledge you guys have and *may* take for granted when writing up these instructions. I really appreciate all the effort, but am I still afraid of bricking my XOOM - absolutely.

So in my mind I have to weigh the pros/cons, which I honestly do not fully understand. I hear overclocking (I understand that), undervolting (no clue what that gives me), deodexed (again no clue what that buys me), customizing ( I understand what that means but not the extent or how ), etc. I am not really concerned with speeding up my Xoom as I am pretty happy with the performance so I have read through the release notes of the Tiamat kernel and there are two features that really interest me.

-Full SD support

-Tethering over USB (not even sure if it will do what I want)

Now for the cons this may show more of my ignorance, so please correct me if my understanding is wrong.

-Risk of bricking (obviously)

-Having to setup all my apps and backing up all my data. (Yes I know this is more of an inconvenience, but it is still a con.)

-All future upgrades will have to be done manually, with again some risk. May even have to reset up all the apps/data again.

Then I have some things that I assume are not a problem, but still are in my mind as concerns. When you run a custom kernal such as Tiamat, the Android market is still available and all paid apps can be reinstalled correct? Same with the Amazon market? I have spent a decent amount of money to not want to lose any of those applications. Is the Xoom just as stable?

So while I have downloaded all the files and instructions, I just have not been willing to pull the trigger.

To all the devs out there and people who have provided all of the instructions, please to not take my comments as anything negative. I greatly appreciate all the effort you have put into this community. I am just overly concerned about the risks.
[Xoom General] flyer05:
Had OG Droid rooted and was able to wifi tether. But switched phones and needed root to tether the xoom. No brainer, gotta do what you gotta do. Did have a few wtf moments. Hope we get a 3.2 soon for the 3g and a new rom.
[Xoom General] crisisinthecity:
These are all perfectly valid. Thanks for the honesty! Nice post.
[Xoom General] pecosROB:
Just like everyone said, I'm not a total noob but I had trouble rooting my EVO when I got it last year. I ended up just using unrEVOked.

All of the adb commands go over my head. Installing a custom ROM on a Windows Mobile 6.x phone was CAKEWALK compared to Android.

Plus, my phone and tablet do everything I need it to do and I'm satisfied with performance. If I didn't have money to get a new device or get out of a contract, I would probably be more likely to want to root. I'm lazy and don't want to deal with all the re-installing or backing up. I've streamed all my music and movies with Google Music and Plex so storage space isn't an issue, I still have over 20 GB available on the Xoom.

The benefits just don't outweigh the cons to me. And again, there's nothing beneficial from rooting that I give two ****s about honestly.
[Xoom General] playya:
I like this thread alot of good stuff up in here. Must admit my Xoom ran great non rooted but as an Evo owner and a guy that has rooted quite a few phones I felt like I had too. There are some nice app benefits to rooting your phone but also it made me feel like I can do whatever I like. Don't root it if you are scared since you probably will mess something up. Honestly though, rooting the Xoom has to be the easiest android device I ever rooted. I love my.3 rooted Evos rooted Xoom rooted HTC Thunderbolt and rooted Samsung Galaxy and of course rooted Xoom..... Biggest advantage of root people RECOVERY!

Edit: How do you know that you don't need root if you never tried it rooted.... Try it and don't like it I say OK but to just down something you have never tried...hmmmmm
[Xoom General] alodar1:
Easiest device??? The LG G2x, install OnestepRooter, click Root...done. Install NVFLASH for Recovery, 1 click, done. Thats easy. Installing SDK's, opening terminal windows, typing commands ADB this..ADB that, .that's not easy for the common folk.

I searched this forum with ....How to root the Xoom 3g. there were dozens of pages. Did not read them all, but I read the first 6 pages. Did not find a single thread for How to Root the Motorola Xoom 3g(Verizon Branded).

Is there one? Can you help a poor android noob out and point it out...maybe I'll try it. I love being wrong.
[Xoom General] alodar1:
I agree, this is generally true. I come from the Windows Phone world. Flashing new ROMs for years. Coming to Android with the Nexus One, it was daunting to face new requirements, but not something that can't be learned. I found in the Android community, How to Root guides start with, "This assumes a working knowledge of xxx". I don't have that.

I tried to research ADB or ABD or whatever, and there are not many places that can speak in plain english, what you need.

I was able to root the N1, but didn't try it for another Android device until the G2x and its one step rooters.

The thing is, once you flash, you will always flash. It's an addiction....don't need to tell ya that. With my G2x, I flash depending on my mood. Sometimes I flash 2-3 times a day or more. This does not go away with the Xoom. With the Xoom, the only thing I'm looking for are understandable instructions. There doesn't seem to be a consistent list of instructions or Base ROMs or anything.

I found 1 thread that said go here first and download your original ROM. Well, my original Verizone 3g ROM version was not on the list. It was all the way on the bottom listed as an unoffiical WiFi ROM. Right there, confidence is gone.

But oh well. I'm happy with the Xoom as it is. I could be happier, but, I'm not smart enough to figure out rooting on this bad boy.
[Xoom General] playya:
Hey I guess for me it was easy since I seem to get lucky and read threads and follow directions so the 5 minutes OK 8 minutes it took to root my Xoom seemed like nothing.... OK first you unlock which honestly is a piece of cake.... then I loaded up clockwork ...if your scared copy and paste and flashed a zip that rooted my phone done!
[Xoom General] playya:
http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/mot...ow-root-3g-4g-wifi-only-xoom-stock-3-1-a.html

Hope it helps my friend
[Xoom General] alodar1:
Hehehe....so you're saying I can't read and follow directions? Or, did you mean to say, you understood some of the requirements, so when you read, you knew what it meant?

Either way, you read a thread....send me a link to that thread and lets see if I can get as lucky as you. Please.
[Xoom General] alodar1:
Ok..thanks for this. When I read this thread on XDA it was followed by a Do not flash 3g Xooms..so I assume its been updated.

I'll give it a try....
[Xoom General] Sistema1927:
Movies are available to my rooted Xoom. I haven't rented any, but the market displays them just fine. I know that some early rooting led to the market not showing the movies tab, but it has been there for me since Tiamat 1.1.

To each their own, and live and let live, but my Xoom wasn't out of the box 5 minutes prior to booting.
[Xoom General] playya:
I second that I just had to wait to get home from work...lol then root away... Hey really how often are we renting old movies from Google... 2 movies equals unlimited from Netflix of course once they actually give it to us...lol
[Xoom General] alodar1:
Look at that....an old dog can learn new tricks...rooted and booted...

But...for noobs...or pretend noobs like me, you know what was missing from those instructions....how to move up and down....kinda figured that out quickly...but, how to confirm. Power button seems obvious...but it also controls on and off...and what happens if it shuts off while doing this.....

Anyway,...thanks...that was easy..not as easy as the G2x, but easier than the Nesus One was ....
[Xoom General] playya:
Not disrespecting you just saying. I have read about alot of people having some crazy problems and just so you know I follow directions to the letter and have never...to this point had an issue. I have even rooted a couple peoples phone over the web via Teamviewer. Which version do you have for the Xoom and I would be happy to try and ease your mind. They do give you alot of info if your a noob but its not really as crazy as you may think once you get started... Adb can simply be copy and paste
[Xoom General] playya:
Great hit that thanks button for me and welcome to the root world... Let me suggest Mybackup Root over Titanium Backup and Launchpad 1.2.3 kernel which runs great at 1.4ghz
[Xoom General] cur8or:
Xoom is my first Android tablet, got it same time as I got NexusOne phone. Being new to android platform but with many years of linux/unix sysadmin background rooting both devices made complete sense to me as was easy by following directions here, even being complete android n00b. One command to unlock bootloader on Xoom, push couple kernel modules and binaries, that's pretty straight forward and well documented in helpful posts :) Ability to run local terminal/shell, OC, block ads and customize whatever I feel like is too good to pass up.

I had couple of times when I decided to try and not follow directions intentionally, which got me to a boot loop situations twice - but both times were pretty easily fixable.

For those comprehensive about rooting - as long as you have a full backup from CWM plus full backup from TitaniumBackup or equivalent, you can always go back and restore everything via CWM, or quickly restore the apps and desktop after factory reset, especially if you use Folder Organizer as I do. And I _highly_ recommend to take out your SD and make full sync to your PC, that way even if you completely erase SD card by accident - you still got backup of your backup :D
[Xoom General] alodar1:
already done on the thanks....and I'll look at the other stuff...now...I have to rebuild my angry birds scores :p
[Xoom General] playya:
Enjoy and for all of you out there that are afraid, as you see there are others like you out there willing to chance it and come over to the "DARKSIDE".... Another rooting Success story

FYI - Make sure you make a backup in Clockwork before you go any further..
[Xoom General] JoTeC:
I keep a VS GTab for rooting and playing with Roms... I leave my Xoom and TF stock because updates come fast and furious... I need more stability in my life, not less... ;)
[Xoom General] IceCreaMan:
My reason is because of no in place root method without wiping. If I can root my HTC evo without wiping after a month or two of its release why not the xoom that has been out since Feb/march?

My only reason for rooting the evo was for wifi tethering, outside that it is stock. In this case my only reason to root the xoom would be to install flash for hulu and write sdcard support.
[Xoom General] albundy2010:
The only reason not to root is simply because you don't feel like it for what ever reason.

I see a couple of folks mention that the nexus one was hard to root. I could not disagree more.

Installing the sdk is not hard at all

Using fastboot/adb commands is not hard at all.

Copy and pasting lines into a command prompt is not hard at all. I actually think the only part that is even the slightest bit confusing for people is the getting the command prompt in the directory with fastboot/adb/.img's etc.

The forums can get confusing because people tend to constantly ask the same questions over and over in new threads all the time. For example in the nexus one forum how to revert back to stock or root 2.3.4. Etc. Seems everyday for a while there would two new threads on those.
[Xoom General] playya:
NOt sure if you knew this but you did too much if all you wanted was wifi tethering on your EVO, all you had to do was run z4root and you would of had temporary root. You decided to take the plunge and go all out and root your phone with the risks. I commend you for that but honestly the length of time it takes to read threads in this forum and respond is probably longer than it would take to download MyBackup Root or AndroidCommander and and backup your apps and settings.

I get it people you don't want to lose your setup but I have a news flash for you the market and the forums are full of ways for you to restore your Xooms back to way it was 5 minutes earlier.... Also for you "setup hoarders"..... Clockwork - A custom recovery is exactly what the doctor ordered for you. You can save you beloved and precious setup on your Xoom for eternity...lol
[Xoom General] playya:
I completely agree with your last paragraph. People get scared in the forums because there are more horror stories from people who honestly did not follow the directions of the OP and also probably had no business attempting most of the stuff in the first place. I will admit I have read hundreds of threads of people destroying their Evo's and to this day I have yet to see those problems from anyone I helped root.