Motorola previously mentioned that its Xoom will be shipped in 3G mode, and instead you’ll get a free upgrade from Motorola to 4G LTE once it’s available. However, the Motorola Xoom ships with an unlock-able bootloader which can be rooted. So what happens when you’ve rooted your Xoom, and still want to get that 4G LTE upgrade? Well, fear not.

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 and bling bling diamonds. Naturally, the company can’t guarantee successful software updates on devices that have had their OS tweaked, so it asks users to be kind and rewind to the original firmware state.

For those unwilling to stretch that far back, Moto will still give it a shot and says that it’ll install the 4G LTE modem at a minimum. Now that’s very pleasing news from Motorola which is famous for being hard headed when it comes to locked bootloader. Now, can they do the same open-minded stunt and give its phones an open-minded bootloader too?

SOURCE via Motorola Support Forum