Friday, November 15, 2013

How to Root and Install Custom Recovery in Motorola Xoom Wi-fi on ICS 4.0.3 Firmware

By the application of rooting on the Motorola Xoom, you can enjoy several benefits of rooting on your device like enjoying the root only apps, overclocking of your system and browsing the system files without any permissions.
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In this guide, we’ll tell you how you can root your Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi and install Custom Recovery on it. Warranty voids the warranty of your mobile phone or tablet, only way to get the warranty is by restoring the factory firmware.

Preparing for the Installation:

  1. Backup all of your SMS Messages using SMS Backup Application.
  2. Sync all of your Contacts with the Gmail Application.
  3. Copy all of your notes manually to somewhere else, as these would be lost in the firmware upgrade.
  4. Take a backup of call logs, APN Settings, and other important things.
  5. Charge your mobile phone so that it would have around 50% battery.
  6. This guide is applicable only for the firmware version 4.0.3 and wouldn’t work perfectly on others. You can proceed, but at your own risk.

Step 1: Download and Copy the Required Files to Your Xoom

  • Download the superuser package from here and the ClockworkMod Recovery Image from here. Save both on your computer, and Rename the Clockworkmod image to “recovery.img“.
  • Connect Xoom to your computer using the data cable.
  • Copy the downloaded packages to the root of your Xoom’s SD Card.
  • Disconnect the device from the computer.

Step 2: Installing ClockworkMod Recovery on Xoom

  • Turn off your device, and reboot it in the “fastboot” mode.
  • Connect the device to the computer.
  • Open up command prompt on your computer, and type “fastboot flash recovery recovery.img” this will push the recovery file to the device.
  • The device will reboot automatically, when the images is copied.
  • Disconnect the device from the computer.

Step 3: Installing Superuser and Rooting the device

  • Turn off the device, and reboot it in the recovery mode. You can do this easily by holding the “Volume Down” button when the device shows the Motorola logo while booting up.
  • Select, “Choose zip from SD Card” option and then select the superuser package file from the SD Card.
  • The package will be installed on your device.
  • Reboot your device.
You’ve successfully Rooted your Motorola Xoom Wifi.

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