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[Atrix 4G General] :
Well, I bought it outright and I'm using it on Rogers, had no contract. So if I restore to factory they would have no way of telling how much I've used it. So unless they check for the unlock (unlikely as far as I've heard), I should be able to. Also, I didn't buy it directly from Bell. I bought it from T-booth.

I will report back if I go through with this. Still have a full week to decide.
[Atrix 4G General] mgymnop:
I like the Atrix.....of course it has some bugs.....but not more than every other phone of HTC, Samsung or Apple. I am quite impressed that it has not so many QC problems. HTC sucked lately in my opinion with their hardware QC issues like dust under touchscreen, bezels coming off, not centered FFCs, creaky bezels and plastic parts, wonky on/off buttons...

I think a lot of negative critics are from ex iPhone users that are not used to Android. They install task killers and all this crap and wonder why the phone slows down and becomes instable.
[Atrix 4G General] Evil.Bonsai:
I'm keeping mine. I have some hope that Moto and ATT will keep on top of this one. Being that it's THE flagship Android device on ATT, I'm hoping that some of the issues will be addressed by an update later. I too REALLY wanted the lapdock and had cash waiting for it. After reading all the reviews about it's poor performance, I decided to wait. Hopefully (there's that word again!) with updated firmware and future Atrix update, all these niggling issues will be resolved and we'll have a system that truly shows potential.

I STILL want that lapdock, in spite of all that. My better judgement has won, this time, though.
[Atrix 4G General] Daelus:
Keeping mine
[Atrix 4G General] mdlamotte:
Keeping Mine, great battery, no bugs on mine so far. Dont like the tethering plan. Nothing better right now, and there is always something better coming out.
[Atrix 4G General] tosh1:
Been returned.... HTC might not have the better parts, but they sure do have more support for ROMS etc.... Good luck to all in this section. I hope more developers come out for you guys... Been on Inspire for 3 weeks and not looking back. My battery life is actually close to a whole day.
[Atrix 4G General] psymont:
Great battery? I have been struggling with this Atrix battery situation since day one. I have researched, uninstalled, power managed, etc... I even returned it and got a new one after 2 weeks cause I thought I must have had a defect battery. Turns out I didn't. The new one is just as ****ty. Now that I have bought extra chargers for car, work, bedside I am going to keep the phone. Its an alright phone provided you are within reach of a charger... *sighs*
[Atrix 4G General] ajftl:
I took it back 4 days after I got it. Couldn't take it. Phone and network
[Atrix 4G General] Purple Drama Llama:
What are you doing on it? I'm a light user, (app store here & there, some browsing the internet very seldom, playing a game or two briefly, working on my home screen for hours lol, texting quite a bit, and a few calls) and I can get about 1.5-2 days if moderate to 3 if im very conservative.
[Atrix 4G General] psymont:
1.5-2 days?!? Wow. I can't get 12 hrs out of this thing. I have been unplugged for 8hrs and Im down to 30%(?!?) and its been sitting on my desk doing nothing most of the day. That's with juice defender on. I played 20min of angry birds, checked emails for 10min, listened to music on 30min drive to work with screen off most of the time, made 4min of phone calls. No gps and little wifi. My friend at work with a samsung galaxy laughs at my pathetic battery life. Here my breakdown:

display 56% 1hr 46min

phone idle 19% 6hr 29min

cell standby 9%

voice calls 9% 4min

wifi 8%

:(
[Atrix 4G General] cajuncartfan:
I wonder if the battery issues are caused by members using juice defender and ATK? I use none of these and get about 1.5 days.
[Atrix 4G General] Purple Drama Llama:
My display brightness is all the way down, which may account for that? I also have a screen timeout set for 15 seconds and always use the back button to exit out of an app. Plus, I search for the CPU hogs and end those ASAP. Before my Atrix went dead last night, It had been going for 36 hours without a charge (using battery indicator pro to tell me ;))

EDIT: Oh, maybe my lack of 3g/HSPA+ is what it is. I 99% of the time only use wifi :)
[Atrix 4G General] psymont:
I have my brightness on auto and 1min for timeout. I have an app killer ready to go and use it often. Does wifi use less battery than 3g? Does it make sense to leave it on?
[Atrix 4G General] co.ag.2005:
hmm. I've had mine off charger since 7am this morning. it's 4pm and I'm at 54%. that's with light to moderate use, but it's mostly been sitting on my desk. No angry birds yet though, which seems to eat battery. a little bit of music listening via mp3, but nothing major

brightness has been at 50% (not set on auto)

no task killers, no juice defenders, just a clock / weather widget (updates every 3 hrs), circle battery widget, calendar widget, and power control widget. facebook sync is set to manual, GMail and Exchange email are set to "push"

no wifi, just 3G (5 bars)
[Atrix 4G General] co.ag.2005:
AFAIK, yes and yes.
[Atrix 4G General] Purple Drama Llama:
Yea, wifi is basically not there when it isn't being used.
[Atrix 4G General] frankiedizzle87:
I started the topic because i wasn't sude if i would keep it.... yea i am i really love this damn phone thanx but keep the thread going i realy enjoy everyone opinion about it good and. Bad

Sent from Atrix ;-)
[Atrix 4G General] dLo GSR:
that's good to hear!
[Atrix 4G General] FLAC Vest:
Well it depends on how much you use the phone; a lot of people can get a day or so because they barely use their phone. Because we don't use explicit detail when ttalking about our phone usage, we are obviously going to get a lot of different times.

I charged during the day and I took my phone back a week after I got it, but there were tines where I was on low battery and about to die; I never lasted a whole day.

However I can grab a full day out if my Nexus 1.
[Atrix 4G General] neotekz:
i bet you still have something syncing in the background, do a little more digging with TB. i can easily get 5 hours of display time(auto brightness) with about 20 hours of phone idle before it dies. i used to get 4 hours of display time with my captivate and same amount of phone idle. i think both phones use the same amount of power just the bigger battery on the atrix really does make a difference. i disabled all sync options even removed accounts settings with TB but i do have 2 widgets syncing weather.
[Atrix 4G General] UnCommonGrafx:
I shall keep my Atrix.

It was the BEST phone I could get after my Treo 680.

I wanted a "Star Trekkian" device and I have it.

ATT/Moto will unlock this phone; too much money to be made.

Android devices are superior for schools than apple products. I wish those people would get that.

Oh, Edit: Battery issues arise when it's being treated like a computer and not a phone. When this is the case, plug it in.

That is to say, if you are getting a bunch of data from it, if the screen is on most of the time, if you like your weather up-to-date, it isn't JUST a phone for you. Plug it in.
[Atrix 4G General] Pinepig:
I'm sorry but F***in LOL.
[Atrix 4G General] barmanham:
5hours ? Display time what is your secrets I'm on a nexus s I should get the same
[Atrix 4G General] jefesaurus:
I purchased this from costco, and used a 2 yr. contract to subsidize it to 120$. If I return it, can I buy the SGSII subsidized when it comes out for AT&T sometime later this year?
[Atrix 4G General] Sunset Rider:
I'm thinking of returning mine if someone can't figure out why I can't send emails from my Atrix from my Shaw email. There's a thread about it. I've tried everything....
[Atrix 4G General] frankiedizzle87:
Since I rooted I've had to manually sync my gmail annoying!

Sent from Atrix ;-)
[Atrix 4G General] HideYoKids:
I'm keeping mine too! Battery might be a little short but i LOVE the phone. The battery is my only issue and its a tiny one.
[Atrix 4G General] leadguy68:
Wish i had ****ing returned mine now... too late though

Oh well, the battery is ****ing phenominal compared to any other phone ive had. Thats a pretty big win in my book.
[Atrix 4G General] HideYoKids:
If you feel that strongly about getting rid of it, unlock it and put it on ebay.. they're going for like 700 right now.. just have to ship it international.
[Atrix 4G General] leadguy68:
I probably will in a week or two... just didnt want to have to do that, i keep hoping ATT will fix the upload speed issues.
[Atrix 4G General] Rezznor:
It boggles my mind how some of you are having issues with the battery. I unplug mine at 8 am every morning and by midnight I still have at least 40%-50%. This is with wifi and bluetooth always on, brightness set at automatic, light gaming, moderate to heavy internet browsing, and 1 hour of pandora streaming every day.

This alone is enough for me to keep the phone, but add in the blazing speed and it's a no brainer. this phone never lags for me and it amazes my iphone 4 owning friends when they see how fast apps open on the atrix compared to the theirs.
[Atrix 4G General] rpolansky:
No way will I return it I love this phone. It is fast, does everthing I need and with the hacked webtop app (so I didn't have to waste $300 and spring for tethering) I can use the Citrix Xen plug in on Firefox when I am out of town and have all my biz software at my disposal wherever there is a flat panel. At first I thought it would be just cutesy but it is useable. I am hoping it will be 1080 at some point and I do hope they get the bootloader unlocked so we have some real fun....
[Atrix 4G General] Scoop3:
Not sure if this caused the problem for me, but after installing juice defender, my battery was similar to yours... I was losing like 10% / hour regardless of what I was doing... I charged the fone to full, and did a hard reset... I get more than a day... I think it may have something to do with how you setup the fone.. or possibly installed apps... I'm not able to point any fingers yet, but something between stock and fully installed nuked my battery life...

Try doing a hard-reset. You'll get better battery life... then slowly add stuff until it goes down, and you should have your culprit...

good luck :D
[Atrix 4G General] psymont:
Sorry for the silly question but "TB"?
[Atrix 4G General] psymont:
good call. ill think ill give it a go soon.
[Atrix 4G General] NoNameAtAll:
I'll be keeping mine. This is my first ever smartphone and I absolutely adore it.

I know there'll be other things coming out eventually, but there's just so much potential here. Add to the fact that the hacked Webtop can allow HDMI without the dock and it's just amazing.

Maybe I'm just being sentimental. I'm not up for flashing the phone for instance. But maybe I'll mess with Gingerblur and the like once the contract's up. :)
[Atrix 4G General] psymont:
Really. I thought having the wifi radio searching would definitely drain battery. Ill give it a go though. Thanks guys.
[Atrix 4G General] co.ag.2005:
well, what I meant a few pages ago is that using data over wifi uses "less" battery than over 3G. phone searching for wifi may have an impact on battery life, but I'm not sure how much.
[Atrix 4G General] tbm48813:
Yea, might have to return mine. So far no VOIP, regular calls sound muffled, no update in sight, and if we have to rely on fricken motorola for updates to fix this crap then im out.

too bad, its a really hot chick with ALOT of baggage.
[Atrix 4G General] starvinmrvn:
Love mine...I am keeping it. ROMS every few days or weeks was starting to bug me anyway. This phone is great so far.

Should have made this a poll.
[Atrix 4G General] ekerbuddyeker:
I think this is the beat device I have ever owned. And I have owned a few! This is a keeper.
[Atrix 4G General] tbm48813:
so you guys dont have a prob. with muffled calls. must be one of the lucky ones from what ive heard. I have had it bad since the day i got it. and you must not use VOIP. i kinda rely on skype for some things and would really like to use the front camera, but isnt it worthless without skype or some other voip messaging client? how do you use your front camera?
[Atrix 4G General] co.ag.2005:
I've video chatted with my fiance using Qik for Atrix. Also, I have video chatted with my brother on his iPhone 4 using Tango.
[Atrix 4G General] bossman74:
Titanium Backup
[Atrix 4G General] tbm48813:
ah, i didnt realize tango worked. ill have to try that out.
[Atrix 4G General] frankiedizzle87:
Moto is about to update they're looking for beta testers right now

Sent from Atrix ;-)
[Atrix 4G General] frankiedizzle87:
Yea tango is working nicely

Sent from Atrix ;-)
[Atrix 4G General] bee55:
I think it does drain battery while searching for an access point, but once you connected to one, it consumes much less power.
[Atrix 4G General] live4nyy:
It's beginning to look like a flailing attempt to keep people from returning their phones if you ask me, the timing seems suspicious. When has Moto ever been this quick to release an update?
[Atrix 4G General] Zamdam1:
I first bought the Atrix and then after i noticed a little lag when unlocking the device i bought the Inspire.. I had the Atrix for 2 weeks and i have had the Inspire for 1 week.

What i have noticed about the Inspire is that when I try to open a .doc file thats only 62kb large, its not nearly as smooth as the Atrix with the scrolling and double tapping to zoom in. I dont know why this is... 62kb is pretty small. When i had the Atrix, it opened the same file super fast and there was no lag at all..

Also, with websites like adultswim and phonedog which has a lot of flash, the Inspire lags quite a bit compared to the Atrix which has little to no lag.

Im very tempted to go back to the Atrix and just live with the little bit of lag when unlocking.. IDK what i should do..

And the Atrix has a much louder speaker phone.. The speaker on the Inspire sucks..
[Atrix 4G General] NoNameAtAll:
My folks say that the sound is far more clear than it was.

Consider that I was previously using a KRZR K1.
[Atrix 4G General] bfksc:
I tend to agree as I think Moto is hoping to sell a lot of Atrix/Lapdock combos to business users who travel a lot. If they have call quality issues, that's a big hit for business users.

I'm debating returning my Atrix too due to numerous bugs and oversites by Motorola. I thought maybe it was a glitch so I reset the phone and didn't install anything from the Market, but still no good. I went to see the demo phones and found they were the same.

Here's a quick list of some of the problems - the Webtop app is sluggish via the multimedia dock, unlocking the screen is slow, no emoticons in messaging app (!), HSUPA disabled (seriously dumb move there), pinch to zoom in the gallery is very laggy and not smooth at all, photo-contacts are blurry, the camera lacks normal controls like ISO and white balance settings, there are lots of normal Android settings missing in the phone Settings, and this qHD screen has a washed out appearance when viewed at anything more than a 20' angle. And to top it off, the earbuds audio quality sucks and have no controls for audio playback or answering calls.

I don't care for MotoBlur either, but I could live with it if the phone performed as good as the hype from Motorola suggested, but it doesn't. I'm quite disappointed with this phone considering all the hype. I guess Motorola really rushed the software development in order to be first to market with the phone and unique accessories.

Problem is, there isn't anything else that I like similar to the Atrix right now and I fear updates from Motorola will only address major selling point issues like call quality (no fix for HSUPA or lag issues).

:(
[Atrix 4G General] Devnant:
I'm having a blast with mine! So no, not everyone is returning.
[Atrix 4G General] Zamdam1:
You just said it all.. Those are the same issues i was having with mine.. I sold my iPhone 4 out of bordom i guess.. I have had all 4 iPhones.. I wanted to try something different..

Since i have tried both top notch android phones offered by AT&T and both of them have issues that they shouldnt be having, especially the Atrix.. Moto blur is the culprit of all the issues. They should have brought the phone out with a more optimized OS for the hardware it has. Its just dissapointing that i might have to return my Inspire for some minor lag issues and go back to my 3GS until something better comes out..

Anybody know of the next high end android phone that will be coming to AT&T?
[Atrix 4G General] live4nyy:
Samsung Infuse I think. And another one from Lg
[Atrix 4G General] Clienterror:
IMO if it isn't a dual core it isn't really a high end phone. Now that doesn't mean the Infuse is bad I just don't consider it high end at this point.
[Atrix 4G General] co.ag.2005:
Are you referring to the "slide to unlock" screen? Yes, this was super laggy for me and it drove me nuts. my solution? bypass it all together. I'm using an app called "No Lock". This allows me to bypass the lock screen altogether and now as soon as I hit the wake button at the top of the phone, I see my main screen. This has been working great for me. Plus I don't have to worry about accidentally hitting the wake button in my pocket since it is recessed.

if this isn't what you were talking about, ignore my post :)
[Atrix 4G General] Zamdam1:
4.5 inch screen.. Now they are getting carried away.. 30 minute battery life and a backpack to carry it around.. I think 4 in is pretty much the sweet spot. 4.3 is a tad big on the Inspire.. It looks nice, but its just a little big..
[Atrix 4G General] Zamdam1:
Yep, thats exactly what i was talking about.. i even tried using the biometric scanner to unlock the phone but you have to do that a little slow also and have to place you finger just right or it would not work..
[Atrix 4G General] jthornton71707:
Their coming out with that one announced two days ago. I forget the name but att said it'll be available in a few months. Its an LG, dual core, 4.3 screen, HDMI, and 3-D. I'm liking that one. No word yet on battery. Ill look for the link.
[Atrix 4G General] jthornton71707:
Here's the link on at&t.com, any thoughts on this phone? I've never had am LG before. Seems like the atrix & inspires b@$tard child.

http://www.wireless.att.com/busines...0-1&WT.svl=calltoaction&bref=EB28K10000ddep41
[Atrix 4G General] live4nyy:
Lg Thrill, that's it. I remembered
[Atrix 4G General] darklipslide:
There definitely are some issues with this phone but I'm hoping they get patched soon. For reference, I had a headphone jack issue and voice calling issue with my motorola milestone and it tooks months for them to resolve the issue via an update, despite knowledge of it.

I unfortunately don't have the ability to return mine, and I can't imagine putting the burden on someone else by selling it to them, so I may be in for the long haul :)
[Atrix 4G General] bfksc:
Well I don't like that at all. Part of the attraction for the Atrix was the biometric unlock for security which is a great idea.

Having said that, another annoyance is that once you select the fingerprint scanner to unlock it, the option to have a timeout is greyed out and you have to swipe your finger every single time you use the phone. I'd like to have the option to be able to just press the button and not have the unlock get in the way when I just used it 2 minutes ago. Again this is just silly on Motorola's part...the option is already there, but just made unavailable.

:(
[Atrix 4G General] dLo GSR:
they delay for the biometric scanner is processing related. most fingerprint scanners take a moment to recognize your fingerprint; especially consumer ones such as those on laptops. it's just a technical limitation. the atrix scanner is definitely faster at recognition than my VAIO laptop's.
[Atrix 4G General] k0sun7eash3d:
Teamviewer actually does make an Android app. AFAIK, it isn't available in the Market yet, so you'll have to enable sideloading or push through ADB to install it. I believe it also requires you to have the Beta 6 Client on your PC.
[Atrix 4G General] bfksc:
I wasn't talking about the delay when scanning, I understand that (although there is a delay unlocking the screen when swiping on the screen too). It's the fact that you must swipe to unlock every single time the screen goes to sleep. You can't just unlock it again 5mins later, you have to swipe again and there is no option to adjust it.
[Atrix 4G General] live4nyy:
Try NoLock in the market
[Atrix 4G General] CasseTrop:
I got a Atrix yesterday, tried it, really like the speed, the hdmi out, fingerprint reader, camera flash.

Didn't like the cameras.

What I really HATED was the screen and what was the deal breaker for me, faded colors and weird stuff when compared to my captivate.

Sold it this morning. Will wait for something better for my taste.

Here's an example of the screen vs my captivate.

And yes it was really like that on the phones, not a picture effect or nothing.

For me in 2011, that's not acceptable.
[Atrix 4G General] dLo GSR:
SAMOLED > pentile any day.
[Atrix 4G General] bfksc:
Does NoLock allow adjusting the lock time on the Atrix for the fingerprint scanner?
[Atrix 4G General] live4nyy:
doubt it, i think it keeps the phone from actually going into a fully locked state.
[Atrix 4G General] FLAC Vest:
NoLock takes all locking away from the phone and does not allow you to customize times.
[Atrix 4G General] FLAC Vest:
Why do you think dual core makes it high end?

I have done direct comparisons and I chose my Nexus 1 over the Atrix. It is just as fast at web browsing over wifi, never slows down when opening g and running multiple applications, and the phone doesn't lag when using Live Wallpapers.

Until applications are made to support dual cores or are more taxing on CPU, dual core phones aren't really that much better than single cored ones.
[Atrix 4G General] frankiedizzle87:
The atrix was.released early so I don't think moto got a chance to do eveything they Wanted. When I got my atrix the rep told me it was released early to get people to stay on att as a desperate attpemt to have an iphone alternative that's exclusive to us so they'd stay and have a unique device... maybe it was supposed to have more to it when it was supposed to be out in april ya know? What do u think?

Sent from Atrix ;-)
[Atrix 4G General] pemican:
My partner and I both like our Atrix phones a lot. We're both newbies to smart phones and not heavy users of apps, but we can't find any fault with the Atrix except for the camera. The camera makes very poor images. But aside from that, no complaints. The sound and ergonomics are excellent. Texting is a breeze. We haven't experienced any bugs or odd behaviors.
[Atrix 4G General] TareX:
SAMOLED IS PenTile.
[Atrix 4G General] abe1990:
i got that too. its called 'banding', you get the noticeable change in colour, instead of a gradient change.

go to the app market, and download 'wallpaper set & save'. use that app to set your wallpaper. guarantee you that it will look 100% better!
[Atrix 4G General] dLo GSR:
my bad, I meant the rgbw pentile :p
[Atrix 4G General] ChongoDroid:
True anything works better... HD wallpapers or quickpic both avoid this problem for me. I use it for my xoom as well because stock gallery makes my images look less sharp by a substantial amount.

Sent from my Motorola Olympus
[Atrix 4G General] CasseTrop:
I sold the thing, couldn't deal with the uglyness of the screen in general.

Thanks anyway
[EVO 4G General] kidram:
Ok so I just saw a video of the HTC evo 3d and its awesome but I also loved the rom. That it comes with so I don't want to feel left out and I bet there's other also so by when should we suspect a good dailey driver rom ported to the evo?

-{KiD}-
[EVO 4G General] blackroseMD1:
Good question...depends on when the rom leaks out...probably mid June for the leak, early July for a usable rom. Not sure how usuable it would actually be though, since it's meant to run on dual-core hardware. Also, I thought they said that it was running Sense 3.0, but maybe I'm thinking of the View 4G.
[EVO 4G General] jgalan14:
Might be sense 3.0 the looks better then any other sense specially the lockscreen:)