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[LG Optimus 2x] Hund:
Wow. Thanks! Finally an easy way to take screenshots. No more SDK! :D
[LG Optimus 2x] relomary:
Hm. Anyone know for the LG Connect 4G (update: home + power does work for the LG Connect) or the LG Optimus (MS690) ver 2.2.2 ??? Doesn't on the Optimus.
[LG Optimus 2x] eraldo:
Doesnt work on my rom, tried this on stock froyo also and it didn't work.
[General Questions and Answers] Thapriince:
So I installed one of the keyboards which I found on this site, the link to which keyboard I downloaded can be found at this link below

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=742445

I decided to uninstall because it was playing up, now when I uninstall-ed the keyboard and returned to the normal HD2 one, I noticed that the keyboard color has changed to grey with white buttons ( words and symbols are white ) which is annoying me because I can barely see the letters and symbols, is there a way to get the old original keyboard back with black letters?, without having to do a system reset where I have to delete everything, that method I do not prefer...

Any suggestion or guidance.:confused:

Tons of thanks in advance :)
[Nook Color General] Groboto:
Hey guys my name is connor, I'm pretty active over in the G2/Desire Z section. I'm considering buying a nook color and wanted to ask you guys some questions. :D

Me being a teen and all I can't really afford a $800 Motorola Xoom so I was thinking my best choice (today at least) is a nook color. If you guys don't mind I have a few questions I wanted to ask.

1.) Hows the screen feel when using a rom such as cm7 or Honeycomb? Is it of any challenge since the screen is smaller? Does it feel responsive?

2.) If the price wasn't an issue would you say the Nook color running cm7 or honeycomb would be a suitable tablet?

3.) What are your primary uses? Is it a full daily kind of feel or just a developers toy kind of feel? If its a full daily kind of feel do you tend to use it more then your phone?

4.) Has anyone tried tethering with your phone and connecting to the wifi network with your nook? Does it work good?
[Nook Color General] fzr-r4:
(1) I love the Nook Color running the current Honeycomb previews. Many apps don't work, mind you, but the browser and UI (such as in Settings or Contacts) are gorgeous indicators of what is to come once Honeycomb AOSP comes out and we get builds from the awesome developers here.

(2) I am impressed with the hardware capabilities, even on the Honeycomb SDK previews available. Things will only get better. The UI is mostly snappy, and within an app such as Pulse News Reader, it is actually as responsive as my phone.

(3) I'm at developer's toy kind of feel, but a really fun one. My Nexus One (CM7 right now) is my primary mobile device. Did I mention the browser is phenomenal?

(4) Works great.

At $250, it's a steal.
[Nook Color General] dshulman:
I'd agree with everything the previous post said. I was looking for a 10" tablet with dual core at a better price point (I don't want to pay $500+). I ended up "compromising" and getting the nook and I absolutely love it. It's extremely responsive. I'm just using Auto-Nooter 2.x on top of the un-upgraded firmware. I've also used the SD version of Honeycomb to try it out and was very impressed at how responsive everything is. Once somebody creates a Honeycomb version that works with more apps, I'll definitely put that ROM on the nook.

Don't worry about a smaller, less powerful tablet. You'll love it. Remember that you can always flash back to the stock ROM and return it within 14 days if you don't like it. :)
[Nook Color General] ouldsmobile:
Hi,

Thought I would throw my 2 cents in the ring

1) Screen is great for my usage, I think it is a perfect size for using on the "go"

2) Yes, I can't fathom paying 700-800 for a tablet so this is perfect.

3) My primary use is as a reading device(I use it on my commute to work mostly) but I find I like using it on the couch at home to look something up quickly or whatever as I find my phone's screen too small to do anything other than email and such(I use a Blackberry Torch(corporate so I don't get to pick my phone otherwise I would have an android phone as well).

4) I have not tried tethering it to my phone so can't comment on that.

All in all for $249(I paid a little more as I needed it shipped to Canada but I got a nice case and 8 gig SDCard with it for about $300 all in from Ebay) I don't think you can beat it currently. Maybe some of the chinese tablets are close in price but doubt they have the usability of and xda support the nook has.
[Nook Color General] Groboto:
I'm convinced :)

thank you guys and see you around the nook color section more often! :D
[Nook Color General] RoboRay:
Tethering it to a phone works wonderfully. My wife and I are shopping for a new home and we've been driving around using the Zillow map app on the NC to find houses to look at. You can do that directly on the phone, but the NC's bigger screen is much easier to use in a moving vehicle, not to mention that it's also a lot better for looking at the photos posted by the realtor.
[Xoom General] bwcorvus:
Just as an FYI if you run the factory reset, it will ERASE the "32gb internal memory" also.
[Xoom General] dextroz:
That is ****ing retarded! So every time I need for wipe for custom ROM I need to back up 32 GB worth of data!?!

Moto - you really ****ed up here again because you did not apply any brains. I now have to factor in 3-4 hours of backup and restore time for every wipe.
[Xoom General] Kcarpenter:
Well. "Factory Reset" to me would mean an "Out of the box state" - meaning all yo **** be gone.

My wifes Optimus S wipes the SD card with a factory reset as well. Never done one on my Epic, but I would assume it's the same.
[Xoom General] burden010:
Can I just say... I thought this was obvious.

Any device with built in storage will wipe that storage on a factory reset. Also, right under where it says "Factory data reset" it also says "Erases all data on tablet".

tbh, it's your own fault if you lose data doing this.
[Xoom General] funnycreature:
This is actually what I expect from a factory reset! I even wish it would not just delete the memory but overwrite it with zeroes or something.
[Xoom General] eaglecomm:
Is this the 'Factory Data Reset' under 'Privacy' that you speak of? If so, does that truly reset everything as if you just got it out of the box? Root/Kernels/everything?

Just asking as I need to do this since I have done something over the course of the Xoom's life that isn't allowing me to flash BRD's kernels as well as CWM isn't working correctly. Might as well start over and if this does that... then great.

I have seen all the stock dumps in the dev section, but honestly just not sure how to do a complete 'back to stock' wipe.

Thanks...

EDIT: Some info from their site: https://motorola-global-en-uk.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/64276/~/motorola-xoom-wi-fi---master-reset-%2F-factory-data-reset

Doesn't answer my question on whether it will affect the kernel and/or whether rooting it has any effect. Anyone know?
[Xoom General] donniesd:
Its interesting. On my atrix, it leaves all my data and even flashing the sbf. Only wipes the system data and replaces it. Not data. Dont know why the xoom would do it.

:mad::mad:
[Xoom General] cesarcerros31:
So if it sounds right it would delete EVERYTHING on the internal wtf I would need a 64 micro SD for backing up later on

Moto needs to fix this

sent from my Motorola XOOM
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beardedwonder:
Using Doc's latest rom, really like the gingerbread keyboard but I'm not getting next word predictions like on the default keyboard. Is this a known fault or is there something I can try?

Thanks
[Xoom Android Development] Arcadia310:
Article found on BriefMobile!

1. Download the Motorola Xoom Root Zip file and unzip it. Download

2. Place the files in the SDK Tools folder.

3. adb reboot bootloader (You can skip the next 3 steps if you’ve unlocked with fastboot previously)

5. fastboot oem unlock (wait for reboot)

6. adb reboot bootloader

7. fastboot flash boot rootboot.img

7. fastboot reboot (wait for reboot)

8. adb remount

9. adb shell push su /system/bin

10. adb shell ln –s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su

11. adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

12. adb push Superuser.apk /system/app

Thanks for the hard work Koush! His website
[Xoom Android Development] Tcsnyder:
Awesome. Let's get a boot image to make roms
[Xoom Android Development] bwcorvus:
Are we gonna be able to undo this when we send them back for the upgrade?
[Xoom Android Development] Archangel:
Ok I have rooted a few times via ADB and have no idea what steps 5-7 mean. What does fastboot oem unlock mean? And what does number 7 mean,,,in english for us dummys please LOL

5. fastboot oem unlock (wait for reboot)

6. adb reboot bootloader

7. fastboot flash boot rootboot.img

7. fastboot reboot (wait for reboot)
[Xoom Android Development] bwcorvus:
You have to type those commands in your adb command window.
[Xoom Android Development] smaskell:
yes, fastboot is a tool included with the android sdk just like adb

it has somewhat different functions though
[Xoom Android Development] Archangel:
Ok so question,,,, i downloaded the files, should i take them out of the xoomroot folder and place in the sdk tools folder or the folder itself?

also do i unzip the rootboot zip?
[Xoom Android Development] socomdark:
put those files with the sdk tools. rootboot shows a disc image to me. i would leave that alone
[Xoom Android Development] Archangel:
Ok i dont mean to be difficult but does that mean take them out of the xoomroot folder and place all three of them individually into the sdk tools folder? thank you!
[Xoom Android Development] lasphyxial:
everytime i try

adb shell ln –s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su

i always get a link failed no such file or directory but i just pushed su to the system/bin folder... any ideas on whats going on?
[Xoom Android Development] thefredelement:
http://www.koushikdutta.com/2011/02/motorola-xoom-rooted.html

It's from Koush!
[Xoom Android Development] youngproguru:
Update: I dont think that the command shell should be in step 12?

2 things. Fastboot was not included in my fresh download of the 3.0 SDK tools.

I grabbed it here:

http://developer.htc.com/adp.html#s2

And second, with the newest Android 3.0 SDK, at step 12, pushing the su file, I recieve:

push: not found

If I go into adb-shell and type "push" I recieve the same error?
[Xoom Android Development] thefredelement:
I got the moto dev drivers & 3.0 sdk and can do push / pull.
[Xoom Android Development] bwcorvus:
On same step...even looked and su is in the first folder.
[Xoom Android Development] socomdark:
oh sorry, yes take them out of xoom root folder and into sdk tools individually.

koush made a mistake on one of the instructions and had fix it so the op wont be entirely accurate. use instructions from koush's site
[Xoom Android Development] bwcorvus:
This is what i did, and i just deleted the 2 games that come with the tablet.

1. # Download the XOOM root zip.

2. # Unzip the package.

3. # Put your junk in the box.

4. adb reboot bootloader (skip the next 3 steps if you have already unlocked via fastboot)

5. fastboot oem unlock

6. # wait for reboot

7. adb reboot bootloader

8. fastboot flash boot rootboot.img

9. fastboot reboot

10. # wait for reboot

11. adb remount

12. adb push su /system/bin

13. adb shell ln –s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su <<i didnt do this step, instead i did 13. adb push su /system/xbin

14. adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

15. adb push Superuser.apk /system/app
[Xoom Android Development] bwcorvus:
Here you go :)
[Xoom Android Development] Archangel:
thank you very much! Has anyone did this with success yet?
[Xoom Android Development] Archangel:
I think the real question is once the bootloader is unlocked and system rooted, will unrooting and re-locking the bootloader be detected by motorola when sending it in for the 4glte upgrade???
[Xoom Android Development] bwcorvus:
I did, but i changed one step...look up 2 post.
[Xoom Android Development] atoy74:
Just encrypt your device and pin lock it. This is the one aspect of the 4g upgrade I'm not comfortable with. Handing over a device to strangers with all my private and professional data makes me uneasy. Sorry, this rant is for another thread.
[Xoom Android Development] Archangel:
on step 6 how long did it take to reboot my is just sitting here saying waiting on device?
[Xoom Android Development] albundy2010:
In order for step 6 to work you will need to have adb working.
[Xoom Android Development] bwcorvus:
If 6 doesn't work, just reboot yourself and hold down vol down and power to start it back up.
[Xoom Android Development] socomdark:
most likely yes but i dont see why they wouldnt upgrade to lte when you return to stock. I believe it just voids your warranty, not your ability to upgrade
[Xoom Android Development] Elysian893:
I got this working just now... There are some missing /'s that will cause it to fail and a few steps that are better done from an adb shell... I'll edit them in...

1. Download the Motorola Xoom Root Zip file and unzip it. Download

2. Place the files in the SDK Tools folder.

3. adb reboot bootloader (You can skip the next 3 steps if you’ve unlocked with fastboot previously)

5. fastboot oem unlock (wait for reboot)

6. adb reboot bootloader

7. fastboot flash boot rootboot.img

7. fastboot reboot (wait for reboot)

8. adb remount

9. adb push su /system/bin/

10. adb shell (everything from here is within the shell, up to the exit)

11. ln –s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su

12. chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

13. exit

14. adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/

This worked flawlessly for me.
[Xoom Android Development] bwcorvus:
Thank you i deleted the su from xbin, and used your commands and fixed it :)
[Xoom Android Development] :
Now my Xoom is complete! :P
[Xoom Android Development] Elysian893:
:cool: Awesome.
[Xoom Android Development] thefredelement:
Rooted over here as well, made a guide with pics here:

http://forum.androidcentral.com/motorola-xoom/63162-guide-rooting-moto-xoom-2-24-2011-a.html

OP/Koush please feel free to re use anything you'd like.
[Xoom Android Development] clubtech:
Is everything working as it should after doing this (WIfi, BT, 3G, HDMI etc..)?

Just making sure as there is no original boot.img to revert back to.
[Xoom Android Development] Elysian893:
Everything is in perfect working order:)
[Xoom Android Development] clubtech:
Someone needs to pull the original boot.bin before doing this so we will have the original because when the OTA comes and fails (due to the insecured boot) we will all be looking for that file to flash it back to get the OTA.
[Xoom Android Development] arrtoodeetoo:
I knew this thing would be rooted on the first day. lol.

I probably won't root mine until there are some useful hacks and custom roms/kernels out. I'm looking forward to the awesomeness that is to come from XDA in the next month. :)
[Xoom Android Development] bwcorvus:
Don't see this happening until the sdcard works.
[Xoom Android Development] Arcadia310:
Is there anything you guys want me to change in the OP?
[Xoom Android Development] bwcorvus:
Post 26 is the correct order/directions.
[Xoom Android Development] arrtoodeetoo:
Ah. Forgot about that little detail. Well, I hope Google gets their act together and gets the update out soon.
[Xoom Android Development] bwcorvus:
Can someone me the two games, fogot to back them up before I deleted them. Also I have deleted quick office since it was a reader only but this I backed up. So these 3 can saftly be deleted.
[Xoom Android Development] ihtfp69:
EDIT: nevermind
[Xoom Android Development] adub007:
Cordy & dungeon defenders
[Xoom Android Development] Elysian893:
Anyone know if anyone is working on a busybox implementation for the Xoom yet?
[Xoom Android Development] socomdark:
yes it is. i cant remember his name but hes the guy who posted how to open bootloader here. On his rooting thread on androidcentral he said he was working on busybox
[Xoom Android Development] bwcorvus:
I installed busybox from titanium backup.
[Xoom Android Development] bigrushdog:
Hey

Got unlocked and rooted without a snag. Easiest root in history! I'm bigrushdog and I come from the Evo 4g board. I also port the weekly MIUI releases to the Evo and have put out several roms including a LiquidMetal port. Xoom is definitely the place to be for tab/hc development. I'm gonna take a look at Koush's repos and see what he has going on. This is gonna be a blast!
[Xoom Android Development] bigrushdog:
I did the same. Easy win. Nice to see some Evo guys around here.
[Xoom Android Development] bwcorvus:
Yep yep...i think the biggest thing thats gonna hold us up is the lack of sdcard. Already did a factory reset and it wipes the "32gb" also.
[Xoom Android Development] clubtech:
Anyone has the stock boot.bin image (prior to flashing the rooted one)?

We are going to need this when the OTA hits as the OTA will NOT flash on the rooted system.
[Xoom Android Development] bigrushdog:
You would never want to flash and OTA on a rooted device anyway. The OTA will be dumped, rooted, modded, deodexed, then be ready to be flashed. But we have to get custom recovery up and running and Koush is on the case.
[Xoom Android Development] bigrushdog:
As soon as moto/google drop the driver it will be built into kernel.
[Xoom Android Development] clubtech:
Here is the stock boot.img in case you want to go back (for OTA flashing etc..).

http://www.multiupload.com/QQ2UO0XZE5

I have not tested this via fastboot yet.

EDIT: i can confirm you can flash the above stock boot image via fastboot just fine, so when the OTA comes you will be able to upgrade.

Thanks Koush for providing the stock boot image.
[Xoom Android Development] Franzie3:
Can anyone make a video of how to for root. I havent used ADB before and i love the root community. I just want to make sure i do it correctly. I do not need to crack the bootloader, just to have root access.
[Xoom Android Development] codeman05:
anyone else have an issue with the market force closing after rooting?

I can't seem to get it to work now...

After it updates itself...it force closes any time I try to open it up.

After rooting, I deleted the two games, BooksTablet.apk, and Talk.apk but that's about it...could that have hosed it?
[Xoom Android Development] thefredelement:
I had some market issues after root myself, did a hard reset and it has been fine.
[Xoom Android Development] codeman05:
By hard reset, you mean a "factory reset"?

I did try that. The market opens initially, says its out of date, updates itself...then force closes: com.google.android.finsky

The only thing I can think of is to try to restore the stock APKs that I nuked...

Can anyone pull off Talk.apk/Talk.odex and BooksTablet.apk/BooksTablet.odex ??

Sadly I wasn't smart enough to back these up first :rolleyes:
[Xoom Android Development] thefredelement:
Give it some time, I know when mine said it was out of date it was still installing apps on to my Xoom and took a bit before it worked.

I'll grab these for you now, give me a min.
[Xoom Android Development] thefredelement:
Here you go: http://www.mediafire.com/?v2cskjlmczj0bo5
[Xoom Android Development] codeman05:
Thanks Fredelement! :)

That did the trick...once both Talk and BooksTablet were restored...the market worked normally.

weird...
[Xoom Android Development] thefredelement:
That is weird, "google apps" seemed more modular with Gingerbread, I wonder why removing these would break the market.
[Xoom Android Development] jefftse:
Anyone got device not found when you used ADB?
[Xoom Android Development] Deuce08:
Yes, my device is "noticed" by the computer buy not found by ADB. Not an expert at Android SDK, I'll probably wait for a utility like Z4 or something...anyone get's that working, I'm in.
[Xoom Android Development] Elysian893:
Windows 7? Windows 7 installs drivers from Windows Update, even if you have the Moto drivers installed. Force it with a driver upgrade and it'll work.
[Xoom Android Development] thefredelement:
You guys might need to grab the Motorola USB drivers. Check out developer.Motorola.com
[Xoom Android Development] jefftse:
downloaded the usb driver from Motorola and still not working.. device not found
[Xoom Android Development] ihtfp69:
Did you check Device Manager? It most likely is in there with no driver installed for the adb interface.
[Xoom Android Development] davisbs999:
Are you sure that you got the drivers from develoment.motorola.com? As other have alluded to, I was unable to get my device recognized by adb because I had initially installed the incorrect Moto drivers
[Xoom Android Development] jefftse:
http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/USB_Drivers/Handset_USB_Driver_64/

This is what I downloaded...
[Xoom Android Development] Elysian893:
Try forcing the driver via update driver anyways. Windows will give you the choice of 'MTP USB Device.' This is the only way I was able to get it to properly recognize via adb.
[Xoom Android Development] Aaron636r:
I get to #8 and get no where. Do i do this while its in fastboot? I get no recognition from my adb command window
[Xoom Android Development] Aaron636r:
Damn, cant get it to root for some reason.
[Xoom Android Development] bogatyr:
Anyone get this error when trying to do the remount step?

C:\...\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb remount

remount failed: Operation not permitted

EDIT: Never mind, the flash was failing as I wasn't using Motorola's bootloader driver. I downloaded it from their site and updated the driver, then it worked.
[Xoom Android Development] onearmsteve:
im getting this too
[Xoom Android Development] mmmboba:
mine's unable to detect my xoom too =(
[Xoom Android Development] PaulG1488:
If your having adb trouble just get the drivers from motorolas site and make sure you have the 3.0 sdk installed from htc also after I had both I had no trouble
[Xoom Android Development] Greenarcher707:
Worked as advertised. Thanks!
[Xoom Android Development] mojonation1487:
Can anybody make a quick video tutorial? I'm a n00b and would greatly appreciate it.
[Xoom Android Development] Mudvayne622:
Anyone know if someone is working on a One Click method or app for doing this?
[Xoom Android Development] Darthus:
I'm having an issue at the step where you do "fastboot flash boot rootboot.img"

I've gotten it to unlock, adb can see it, both fastboot and adb can control it, but when I do this command, it just sits at "sending 'boot' (2902 KB)..." for like 5 minutes, then it displays this error:

FAILED (data transfer failure (Too many links))

finished. total time: 301.569s

On the Xoom it says: Failed to process command error(0x120003)

I've googled this error and haven't found anything. Everything else works fine, am I doing something wrong?
[Xoom Android Development] berkmanmd:
make sure you go to "Settings | Applications | Development | Enable USB Debugging". then try running "adb devices" to see if your xoom is recognized (it will prob show some jibberish name).
[Xoom Android Development] nitewalker033:
Used this instead and worked perfect thanks
[Xoom Android Development] thefredelement:
Make sure you're using the Motorola drivers and try to close out any other open fastboot sessions.
[Xoom Android Development] mojonation1487:
So does anybody want to make a video of this? Seems all the posts about this are being ignored.
[Xoom Android Development] nitewalker033:
Worked as advertised.... Thanks
[Xoom Android Development] Darthus:
Thanks for the response thefredelement. I've tried reinstalling the motorola USB Handset drivers a number of times, doing a repair etc. It detects the Xoom fine through ADB, it allowed me to do the fastboot oem unlock command. I just tried a manual reboot into fastboot protocol support (holding Down Vol and Power), and from a fresh CMD window, ran fastboot flash boot rootboot.img. Same thing, just lags out and then gives the answer above. Communication is happening because when it fails it displays the "failed to process command error" in red on the Xoom itself. Any other ideas?

Any way for me to verify that my motorola drivers are alright? I'm using the 64 bit versions.
[Xoom Android Development] xlGmanlx:
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet