Xoom Overclocked to 1.5 Ghz

• Well now that folks have root on the device it was an obvious next step to over clock it.

Credit to coolbho3000 over at XDA Developers for this

Instructions:
1. Make sure you've unlocked your Xoom's bootloader for flashing first, then root it.
2. Grab this zip and extract it. It includes a boot.img with the overclocked kernel and a corresponding wifi module: http://www.setcpu.com/files/xoom_ocboot.zip. Thanks to Koush for the rooted ramdisk in this boot.img!
3. Reboot into the bootloader by running:
adb reboot bootloader
4. Flash the boot image to your boot partition by running:
fastboot flash boot xoom_ocboot.img
5. Push the bcm4329.ko to your /system/lib/modules folder and reboot to re-enable wifi:
adb remount
adb push bcm4329.ko /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko
adb reboot

"The kernel defaults to 1GHz max for safety, and also includes 1.2GHz and 1.4GHz steps in addition to the 1.504GHz step. I've also updated SetCPU to support the Xoom, so grab that (I know the interface currently looks bad on the Xoom; a tablet optimized interface is coming soon!). SetCPU versions prior to 2.1.1 will not work for setting speeds on the Xoom. "

10 Things I Love/Hate about my Xoom

Things I love:

• It is rocket fast
• The touch screen works well
• It is not bootloader locked (yet)
• It is fairly intuitive
• It multitasks
• It has 2 cameras
• It runs Android (it is hackable)
• Many of my phone apps work with it
• Video playback is impressive
• Angry birds are GIANT on the screen

Things I dislike or would change:

• An option to move back button and or all buttons in TOP left or right corner
• A keyboard that I can use without letting go of the device (thumb drive if you will)
• An option NOT to have a shortcut made every time I download an app
• A better movie editor, at least the ability to add a title or text
• An Office or text application
• Buttons and sliders that are easier to use. I go crazy trying to muck with the volume
• Books that I do not pay for permanently download (I have to take this back you can use the options in the Market to download the whole book to your device)
• More than 16 tablet specific apps (I am sure more are coming)
• The ability to connect to my Mac via USB without an Android application I have to download for my Mac
• A picture frame app that plays a slide show of my pictures

The 4G upgrade procedures

1. Approximately 24 May 2011, Motorola will inform owners that the 4G LTE upgrade is ready.
2. Xoom owners will backup their tablets "As a precaution" advises Motorola. (Select everything and copy it to your computer)
3. Do a factory reset.
4. Xoom owners will then put their tablets in a box, and ship to Motorola.
5. Wait at least 6 Days.
6. You will get tablet back, and reload everything (or restore apps)

Xoom rooted day 1

That is right. After not even a day the Xoom has been rooted. What does that mean for you? Well... in "Windows terms" you will have Administrator rights on your Xoom. Why would you want to do this? In the future you will be able to backup and restore your device to a "known" state (Kind of like Norton Ghost, if you are fimilar with that), you will be able to add or remove any programs you wish to, re theme your Xoom, you will be able load alternate OSes, and goodness knows what else.

For those of you that do not know Kouch is an Android developer that has been instrumental in the Android community. Stay tuned on this one.