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Old 03-10-2011, 03:00 PM
Craig Horlacher
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Default Good News for Xoom Hackers Who Want LTE

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/06/...-if-youve-root/

"Happy news for Android tinkerers everywhere -- Motorola has officially confirmed it will attempt to perform its 4G upgrade on all Verizon Wireless-riding Xoom tablets it receives from users, whether they've been rooted, repainted, or accessorized with fluffy dice."

This is some good news!  Motorola doesn't exactly have a great reputation for being friendly to modders.  Many hold the e-fuse boot loader drm thing against them and even if it's a function of the CPU or chipset from TI, Motorola did still choose to use it.  Anyway, in this situation Moto is stating they will upgrade your Xoom to LTE no matter what.  The only catch is depending on your mod they may not be able to install the updated software that goes along with the new LTE radio.  If you want to be sure you'll get the software upgrade they ask you to put it back to the original firmware.  That sounds as fair as possible to me!  Does this improve your view of Motorola?

 
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