How to Reset Motorola XOOM to Factory Settings

When you are going to perform factory data reset on your Motorola XOOM, then make sure you have backed-up every thing important from XOOM Tablet and saved on your computer.

Reset Motorola XOOM to factory settings

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Reset XOOM Tablet using keys

If Motorola XOOM tablet OS is not working then you can reset your device using hardware keys

  • Turn your Motorola XOOM tablet off and then Turn the Tablet on again
  • On start-up when you see the Motorola logo, press and hold the Volume Down key
  • When you see the Android recovery text, press the Volume Up key to put XOOM tablet in recovery mode
  • On the Android recovery screen, press and keep holding the Power button then press and release the Volume Up key
  • Using Volume Down key navigate to Wipe data / factory reset option and press Power button to select it
  • Select Yes, delete all user data option using Power button

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Reset Motorola XOOM from OS menu

  • From XOOM home screen tap Apps > Settings > Privacy > Factory data reset
  • To perform reset operation, tap and check the Erase USB storage option
  • Tap the Reset tablet and then follow the given instructions on the tablet screen.

See also: how to reset Droid Pro, Cliq2, more…

2 comments… add one
Behrooz October 8, 2011, 2:56 pm

Hi thanks for guide line
does resetting deletes the updates also i mean i got xoom with android 3.0 then updated to 3.2 does it go back to android 3.0

thanks

Ptjgp February 13, 2012, 4:53 am

Thank You

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