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Unlocking should have nothing to do with bars and signal strength. It sounds like you changed the network settings and either you are using a carrier who has poor coverage in you area, or you switched the phone to a different band which has poor coverage in your area.

The parental kids at Google apparently felt their announcement was "fair" to everyone, and arguably it is. Which doesn't explain why they dropped recording on OUTgoing calls, which they used to offer as well. But I think Google is going to encourage lots of folks to abandon them as they make...

AFAIK, the only phones you can use with Verizon and the models made solely for Verizon. Some of the Verizon phones (like the Galaxy S4) also have a SIM card so they can work GSM overseas. But they won't work in the US on Verizon's domestic network. Bring up the exact model number of the phone...

OH. Thank you very much. Now, when I find the guy who took that option off the menus and put up a secret tap-x-7 to enable it...Would you like to hold them for me? Or shall I hold them while you beat them? And after we get warmed up, we find the folks who *approved* that programming, and...

I have no idea what that "7 times" comment means. But to answer the question, apparently USB debugging was either left on (as I had it) or is the new default, I've been able to re-root over the OTA 4.4.x

Oh, my phone is SO happy to announce wireless charging (Qi) has started. Except sometimes there are people sleeping when I've put the phone on the charging pad and all that celebration really interrupts the sleep and endangers me and the phone alike. Is there any way to either disable the...

I had rooted my phone out of the box, and last week installed the Android 4.4x OTA update. Which unrooted it, without protest or comment. Today I went to root the phone again, only to find the menu function for Settings/General/Developer_Options/USB_Debugging no longer exists. In fact, the...

Be careful about bulges If a battery "fits" but makes the back of the phone bulge a bit? Be very careful. These lithium batteries are made with very thin plastic separator sheets between their internal layers, thinner than most food wraps. If the separator is punctured, the battery can catch...

" the front flip cover part doesn't stay all the way shut. " That's probably why it was a RETURN aka REFURBISHED and why there was only one of it. Discounted.

" they claim it'll last longer than stock (3140mAh), but it's only 2100mAh." That's one tip-off that there's something wrong here. The other biggie is that they say the battery is FCC Approved. Which sounds real important, except, the FCC doesn't "approve" batteries in any way I've ever heard...

Elves came in the middle of the night, terribly evil elves, and they rooted my phone. So now I'd like to sweep out some of the stock apps that I don't use, want, or need. Does anyone have a list of the applications "by screen name" versus "by app name" so I can be sure of what I'm deleting when...

Google had said they used a special low-power audio chip to listen for the magic words. So if you enable "google now" on a phone without the magic chip built in, assuming it works, isn't that going to kill battery life?

The instructions to root the LG Optimus G Pro are posted in other threads and multiple pages on the web. And I thank the folks who have done all the hard work to make that possible. So tonight I finally got around to using those instructions and found that, as usual, a few key things were...

This is an unmodified AT&T Atrix4G, which is supposed to be unlocked, but it was a warranty replacement and I believe it was carrier locked by the first owner, before ATR&T gave it to me. Last year, AT&T's unlock code didn't unlock it, and they and Moto both claimed to be stumped when we found...

Simple. Marketing extortion. Really, you'll see all the vendors playing the same games with minimum memory onboard these days. Memory is after all cheap, so why not offer higher memory versions? Well, it starts with the cellular providers and their marketing plans. The cellular providers, like...

If the wrong unlock code is entered six (?) times, the phone hard locks and according to Moto and AT&T, that's "forever". Supposedly this changes something in the phone and no one, not even Motorola, can re-program the phone to unlock the carrier subsidy lock after it has been hard locked. So...

So you successfully rooted a 4G using which method?? And the problem was only that you didn't have the, what, USB drivers for the phone installed on your computer? Or, what USB drivers exactly where?

Please don't add FUD zelendel- "The main reason that you dont find many devices that do this natively is do to many laws preventing call recording. " Unless you are intimately and positively familiar with the laws of a particular country/state, please do not repeat that FUD. In the US the...

In my limited understanding, the phone is either locked or unlocked, there is only one "carrier subsidy lock" regardless of what it is being called. If anyone tried to unlock the code, and failed to do so in five attempts (wrong code or just hitting the wrong numbers) after those five attempts...

Here's a tip, Manila: You're complaining about slang and then you're trying to use it. Bad mistake. Either restrict yourself to a tagalong audience or at least TRY to make Standard English instead of making the same not-cool mistakes that others are making in slang. Programmers are notorious...

You can't. You can look for a seller with 100% feedback or damn close to it, who has been on ebay for at least two years, and you still take your chances. There are a lot of counterfeit and relabelled batteries out there. First time I bought an eBay "genuine Motorola" battery, it turned out to...

Was working, has gotten glitchy I have a 64Gb Sandisk sdxc that I've been using for about eleven months. Sent the phone back to Moto for some repairs, and it came back with the exact same software load (all current) that it went in with, as best I can see. But the card was recognized without...

On the US market, I don't think Motorola ever sold the Atrix4G except as an AT&T OEM phone. Those arrangements are usually made under a strict contract, and Motorola is not allowed to do anything that "modifies" that arrangement. Motorola can't even provide an unlock code for the phones, they...

That's the fun about anonymous sources for information on the internet. "It works!" "It bricked my phone!" which happens, when, why? no one knows. I also don't believe a factory reset will clear an unlock condition, but a second level AT&T rep working with a Moto inside tech rep (available to...

"The biggest reason is due to the laws that cover this. in alot of places it is illegal to record phone calls without " Oh jeez, there's always someone trying to get arrested by practising the law without a license. l That FUD comes up every time the TECHNICAL ISSUE is being discussed. Please...

Andy, you can't argue with my logic unless you grasp the concept. As to what the complete OS is, there is a distributable core library. It supports certain functions and certain hardware--if the hardware exists. And there are minimum standards for hardware, for each OS version license. Your...

I'm having a different unlock issue, the code AT&T gave me generates a network error and won't unlock the phone. Since the phone is a refurb, I suggested that maybe the original owner locked it and the refurb didn't clear that. So AT&T bridged in a Moto inside tech rep who SWEARS that even if...

Actually, Google might have some responsibility here. Take a look at the terms of use, the license for using the Google Android OS on a phone. Google requires the user to dsitribute the complete OS, intact and functioning, if I'm reading it correctly. (At least they did for the 2.3 and 2.3...

"Why FCC doesn't approve FM radio?what is the reason?" They do approve FM radio. They don't just let every yahoo BROADCAST willynilly all over the commercial FM radio bands with a license. Thank about it. If you and a couple of hunderd of your new best friends were all BROADCASTING on the same...

"I bought my phone from a retailer and not a service provider." You may have a wider range of available providers, but SOMEONE still specified the firmware load in that phone. Odds are it was negotiated with the service providers (plural) or simply offered to them with a "stock" firmware by the...

" it is a shame that such an important feature is overlooked..." Perhaps a question needs to be asked, because this feature is NOT being overlooked. The fact that so many Chinese and other market phones do record, proves the standard Android library supplies recording. So the question is, why...

No, no confusion here. Despite the many "private" bands that have been allocated to one carrier only, the PRIMARY cellular bands are still approx. 800-900MHz and 1800-1900MHz. Yes there are higher and lower bands, yes there are EU vs US bands in both of those ranges. As you say: "900MHz/1800MHz...

Haven't found any app like that, or any menu in the phone. Most older phones had some internal "secret" menu for that choice but the Atrix only seems to allow you to choose a protocol (i.e. GSM versus EDGE) and then it forces everything else by itself. GSM should require 1800-1900 bands as...

AT&T used to provide unlock codes free if you had an account more than 90 days old. Then they changed to "the phone has to be released more than a year ago". Now they've changed again, not sure but I think back to 90 days. Call them and ask, when you say you are going overseas they should ive...

"Btw are there any good call recording apps for the Atrix?" On the US-market models you can't run any* because someone (AT&T or Moto) has removed the supporting code from the Android library. Supposedly the new Taiwanese (?) or Chinese models have this support built back in, so any call...

The Atrix battery has an 1800? mA capacity, the USB spec calls for a USB host to supply 500mA to devices. If you modified a Atrix to be a stand-alone USB host, you could run the battery flat in no time. It certainly could be done--but there's a good reason to use external power.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus#Mini_and_Micro_connectors see "Physical Appearance", pin 1 is always V+. I have no idea if the phone will supply power unless it is placed in host mode, and even then, what the llimits are.

n00b, the Atrix2 was a stripped-down cheaper version of the Atrix in many ways. Omitting the fingerprint reader probably saved Moto $5 at their net cost level, which is probably $50-100, and that's a big savings. Apparently the security feature was not generating enough phone sales for them...

Moto's original release specs at CES before the phone was available said very clearly internal FM radio. But the Broadcom spec says FM TX and RX, meaning the chip supports both FM reception AND TRANSMISSION and that could explain a lot. The FCC might have certified the phone as apporved for...

Has anyone actually enabled the Atrix's built-in optional "full" encryption of the internal and external memory cards? If this encryption is selected, does it ask for an extra passkey or just rely on the 4-digit from the phone? And do applications see any problems when the phone has been fully...

Forgive me, but if I'm reading correctly it is this simple: 1-Buy a USB Host to USB-micro cable. 2. Plug the host cable into a powered hub -OR- splice in any other 5VDC source to the 5VDC power lines. 3-Plug a FATxx formatted USB card into the host cable or the hub. And (?) if the phone is in...

"I don't do it, but you can use google voice to record calls, it's free." It WAS possible but Google changed their policy about 2-3 years ago. Last time I checked you could only record INCOMING calls now, you cannot record calls that you have placed OUT. And of course, that still requires the...

I am not a programmer nor do I play one on TV. However I have researched the recording problem on the Atrix and what I finally dug up--after extensive searching--is that the Android program libray includes function calls that "echo" the incoming call audio, and outgoing call audio, as streams...

I *think* Apple reverses the mic and ground connections, relative to the rest of how the world uses 4-part ring-sleeve-sleeve-tip plugs. In any case, Apple uses a different type of mic (electrolytic versus dynamic maybe?) so you can use an Apple earmic set with conventional Android phones, and...

You're right, the Otterbox won't fit in the docks. Which is a damn shame. Well, it might fit if you cut off the plugs on the m-usb and hdmi ports, but I'm not cutting it up. My last phone went a bit psychotic after being dropped one too many times on its head (poor thing) so I'm committed to...

Well, you could always try Duplicolor bumper paint spray, from any auto store. It is a flexible vinyl/rubber coating not a hard thin paint. A couple of layers of that would "rubberize" your existing battery cover. Still, I think my Otterbox offers way more protection with very little extra...

ub- " after alot of research, I found that at&t made a deal with chinese manufacturer for thousands of "grey market" phones." If you're going to make those kind of accusations, you should cite your sources.

spider, Look for an application that is mercilessly trying to use one of the radios. (BT, WiFi, GPS, cell data) I can easily get 36 hours in typical use (one day, forgetting to recharge at night, plus next day) BUT yesterday I saw an extra 20% of the battery life disappear between morning and...

That's way better than the US prices. Please DO let us know how it works out. Personally, I don't care about not having full xc speed, etc., I'd be happy just to double the storage capacity. Sandisk US has no interest in the matter, all they know is that Moto "only supports" 32GB. Which they...

rock, the Atrix doesn't really have a battery cover, it has a "rear case" half. And it is not at all obvious but that only fits securely when it is put on in exactly one way only, you sort of have to put it on at the bottom, wok your way up both sides, and then snap the top closed. When done...