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This are my notes on flashing my Motorola Xoom with a Team Eos ICS Android 4.0 Rom.

Prerequisites:

First of all determine the Version of your Xoom: Connect it to your usb port and search in the dmesg messages:

thomas@thinky ~ % dmesg | tail | grep MZ [ 1304.553362] usb 2-2: Product: MZ601

The thread for the Team Eos Rom on xda-developers.com is there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1484770 in the thread there are download links. For MZ601 use the appropriate .zip file.

Check the md5sum.

Copy the zip file on a usb thumb drive not bigger than 8GB.

Power off your Xoom.

Power on and immediately press Power down. Press power down until Android Recovery appears. Press Volume Up to confirm.

At the next screen (green android) press volume up and power. The blue menu appears.

Do Factory reset and wipe cache.

apply update from USB drive, and select your .zip file.

Verifying update package... E:failed to verify whole-file signature E:signature verification failed Installation aborted.

looks like it is not accepting the zip file.

I had to install Windows 7 Home Premium on a Laptop where the DVD drive doesn't work. I ordered DVDs, and realized it doesn't boot.

After creating a .iso image of the DVD I realized the Windows USB tool isn't accepting custom .iso images, just the ordered from the windows shop.

To make the Windows tool accepting your .iso file you can use the tool from withinwindows: http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/11/01/use-the-windows-7-usbdvd-download-tool-with-custom-isos/

Why is there a 100 MB partition on my Windows system? Dont know, I deleted it. It wasnt a good idea. This is a short note how I rescued my system.

mark the partition where windows 7 is installed as active: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/71432-partition-mark-active.html

Go in the repair mode and answer ok ;-)