Tips : Alternative Unlocking Methods for the Motorola Xoom, cell phone mobile, After months of worries on whether the Motorola Xoom will ship with a locked bootloader or an encrypted one, we finally have the confirmation from Motorola that is is merely locked, enabling us to unlock it very easily and flash a custom recovery and ROMs to it. If you’re a lucky owner of this powerful Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet.
If you don’t know what the bootloader is all about and whether you should or shouldn’t unlock it, refer to our guide on what is bootloader and how to unlock it on Android devices. Just to give you a short overview, unlocking the bootloader basically gives you access to install custom partitions to your Android system, including the recovery partition. This in turn enables you to flash custom ROMs that you can’t otherwise install on your phone.
There are several methods on unlocking the Motorola Xoom. The easiest method to unlock the Motorola Xoom without any PINs or password is by swiping the center padlock to the outer ring. Alternatively, you can simply touch the outer ring to unlock the Motorola Xoom.
In addition, the Motorola Xoom also provides several ways to unlock the tablet, including using PIN, password or pattern.
To use PIN to unlock
1. Go to Settings
2. In Settings, touch the Location and Security menu on the left panel
3. Look for Lock Screen and touch Configure lock screen
4. Touch PIN
5. Key in your desired PIN number (minimum 4 numbers)
6. Confirm your PIN number
7. Press the power button twice to test
To use Password to unlock
1. Go to Settings
2. In Settings, touch the Location and Security menu on the left panel
3. Look for Lock Screen and touch Configure lock screen
4. Touch Password
5. Key in your desired Password (minimum 4 characters, can include mixture alphanumerical sequences)
6. Confirm your Password
7. Press the power button twice to test
To use Pattern to unlock
1. Go to Settings
2. In Settings, touch the Location and Security menu on the left panel
3. Look for Lock Screen and touch Configure lock screen
4. Touch Pattern
5. Draw the desired unlock Pattern (connect at least 4 dots)
6. Redraw the desired Pattern to confirm
7. Press the power button twice to test
