Rooted Motorola XOOM Tablets Get 4G LTE Too

Motorola XOOM, the first tablet PC to arrive on the market with Google's new Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system on board, is expected to receive an update in the near future to make it compatible with Verizon's 4G LTE network.

The update does not involve only the installation of new software, which would be made easily over the air or through downloading specific firmware from the Internet, but also some hardware tweaking, and XOOM users would need to send their devices to Motorola for that.

The entire process is said to take around six days, and then the XOOM would be capable of providing users with a better data transfer experience.

However, some of the previous rumors on the matter suggested that Motorola might not update those devices that have been already unlocked or rooted, and a recent post on the company's support forums is meant to put them to a rest.

“All Motorola XOOM tablets on the Verizon Wireless network are eligible to receive an upgrade to support 4G LTE,” the said post reads.

“This includes those that have been unlocked; however, those units must be submitted for upgrade with the original factory software reinstalled and the device relocked in order to receive the upgrade,” it continues.

Basically, this means that those who rooted their devices are not left out of this update, though there is no guarantee that the update process would actually be completed, Motorola notes.

“For devices that are returned unlocked, Motorola will attempt to complete the upgrade, but may be unable to update the software. In these cases, the device will be returned to the consumer with just the 4G LTE modem installed,” the forum post continues.

Even so, the final detail of the deal are not settled as of yet, and more info on the matter would emerge as the upgrade availability nears, so stay tuned to learn additional details on this.