Change my Xoom to US?

[deanbilly]

I'm sick of being treated like dirt by Motorola, and will never buy anything from them again.

But for now I'm stuck with my Xoom Wi-Fi, unable to upgrade to ICS because Motorola doesn't give a stuff!

Is there a way to change my region settings from Australia to US?

I'm guessing if the update thought I had a US Xoom it would update it for me.

 

[Mjamocha]

Sorry to hear that man. Not sure about changing regions, just root it and Install the latest ICS 4.0.4 Custom ROM.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242241

 

[okuda1971]

I'm in the UK and get treated the same as you.. So just unlock your xoom and flash the USA rom.. Its dead simple... There are lots of tutorials on the web with all the links to the required files..

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[moosc]

Dont blame motorola blame the countries. Unfortunately the world isn't a universal place.

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[Lothaen]

I'm in the UK and get treated the same as you.. So just unlock your xoom and flash the USA rom.. Its dead simple... There are lots of tutorials on the web with all the links to the required files..

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+1. iirc Aus, can and UK can all flash us MZ604 files on to become an honorary GED

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[xdatastic]

I GEDified my Aussie MZ604 using the image from the Motorola site. Now running 4.0.4 and its really good.

I used the instructions from here

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1853613#r4

 

[deanbilly]

Dont blame motorola blame the countries.

Are you kidding? Motorola alone chose to release ICS in the US only, it has nothing to do with any country.



Thanks to the rest of you, looking into it.

 

[moosc]

Hmm no google has control of the USA wifi xooms that's there test baby. Why do u think there are tweeks like SD card on forign motorola xooms and not the USA xooms? Motorola just sends out the os for google on the USA xooms.

Are you kidding? Motorola alone chose to release ICS in the US only, it has nothing to do with any country.



Thanks to the rest of you, looking into it.

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[donc113]

Are you kidding? Motorola alone chose to release ICS in the US only, it has nothing to do with any country.



Thanks to the rest of you, looking into it.

Wrong. The US WiFi only is a Google Experience Device (GED) and GOOGLE handles updates for it, NOT Motorola.


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[deanbilly]

Updates come from Motorola, who have issued release dates for foreign owned Xooms.

 

[e.coli]

I'm sick of being treated like dirt by Motorola, and will never buy anything from them again.

But for now I'm stuck with my Xoom Wi-Fi, unable to upgrade to ICS because Motorola doesn't give a stuff!

Is there a way to change my region settings from Australia to US?

I'm guessing if the update thought I had a US Xoom it would update it for me.

If you haven't found this yet: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166106

You'll need to register (free) as a Motorola dev to download the US Honeycomb image from their site, or just download it from somewhere else. Then once it's flashed, your device will update itself via the official OTAs all the way to ICS 4.0.4.

 

[Tech_Zealot]

I'm sick of being treated like dirt by Motorola, and will never buy anything from them again.

But for now I'm stuck with my Xoom Wi-Fi, unable to upgrade to ICS because Motorola doesn't give a stuff!

Is there a way to change my region settings from Australia to US?

I'm guessing if the update thought I had a US Xoom it would update it for me.

http://www.simonjstuart.com/2011/07/23/gedify-your-non-us-wifi-xoom-for-n00bs/
Simplest and fairly fool-proof instruction. I used this to change my region to US. Got pushed to ICS by doing the steps listed above and then checking for updates. Worked GREAT!

 

[alsaqal]

Just GEDify my brother version to US and very easy using the guide


although find some differences. but that make it easier