[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwiens:
OK Guys, I don’t like to bother you until I have already tried everthing I know how to try. The error and solution should hopefully become quite apparent to you once I explain, as you experts are far more knowledgable regarding Android than I will probably ever be.

I am a long time coder and IT manager, with a Bsc in Computer Science back in the early 90‘s, probably before a lot of you were born, sadly for me.....but, as I am sure you can relate, most of the errors I have run into are self inflicted because I HAVE to try the newest Rom, the Newset Kernals, the Newest tweats, Loaders, Launchers, Beta programs, even worse, ALPHA testing, etc, etc and I have wiped and rebuilt so many times it’s sickening.Factory resets, for me, are an ABSOLUTELY LAST RESORT, as I have my tablet set up for my Business Network(s), my home business network, my home entertainment network, multiple VPN’s, and a few custom apps that I had to write myself as there are none out there that do EXACTLY what I need them to do, so doing a Factory Reset is a very large undertaking, and even with Nandroid and other backups, I still have to spend days reconfiguring, initializing, and debugging (basically juggling to get them all to work in a semi harmonious configuration!)

Tablet: Motorola Xoom WIFI MZ604

Rom: CM-10.1-20130605-Nightly-Wingray.zip

Kernal/Loader: TWRP_2.5_RedLacE_Mjamocha_Theme.zip

Launcher: SPB-1.6.4

Fortunately, or at least I hope, this problem is a little different:

Everything has been running perfectly for more than a couple months. I have had no installation issues with other apps, no gliches, no delays, no slowdows, no anything. I wanted to reboot into recovery to do a Nandroid backup, since I hadn’t done one in more than a month. When I pressed the power button for my reboot options, I noticed, for the first time, an option that said “Desktop” (normal). Of course, curiousity getting the better of me, I tapped it, and it switched to “Desktop” (extemded. or Enhanced, I am not sure exactly which one). As soon as I changed that, my Xoom IMMEDIATELY jumped into the Cyanogen Boot Animation. It stayed in that state for about triple the time it normally does on boot, but eventually the main start screen came back up, so I tried to unlock the screen and return to what I was doing. Unfortunately, as soon as I touched the screen, it once again IMMEDIATELY jumped back to the Boot Animation. So I rebooted again, leaving it long enough so that Circle, a program that can act as a screen saver, among other things kicked in, so I thought I was OK. All I wanted to do was hold the power button down long enough to bring back up my power menu, but, alas, LITERALLY, the second I touched the power button.....BAM, back into B.A. No matter how long I left it, no matter what I have tried, always immediately back to the B.A.

Now, I have Full access to all files from Root Up, and can edit or delete any of them, so, logically, there has to be a configuration file that stored this Desktop Enhanced selection, which, by my logic, is about 99% chance of being the cause of this current issue. I believe the option is part of the SPB launcher, but could be wrong, since I have instaled a couple programs that add options to the reboot menu, however, I really do believe that it’s from the SPB Launcher.

ANYTHING that ANYONE of you would be able to do to assist me in fixing this WITHOUT haveing to do a factory reset and restore, would leave all of you forever in my debt.

Thanks so much in advance, and, though I will be checking the posts frequently, feel free to email or PM me.

Regards, Jason

(Sorry for the length!!!)