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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eunkipark92:
so ok i managed to get mini usb cable

When i conntected my phone to charger last night the orange battery light came on.

but nothing else.

when i clicked voulme down button then connected it to my computer it vibrated 5 times then green light came on.

And on my computer it showed up as Qualcom CDMA technologies MSM.

im searching everywhere to see if i can fix it. at this point any help would be appreciated.

I did notice that even though the phone wasnt turning on the phone was getting hot? (it wasnt connected to the charger obviously.)

when i did battery pull and leave it out it cools down. when i put it back in and turn it back on it gets hot after a while even though the screen and everything does not turn on.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aegishua:
Do this:

Pop out the battery and leave it for maybe 1 minute.

Then put the battery back in and see if the phone gets hot. If the phone does get hot skip passed 3 and 4.

Now assuming the phone doesn't get hot, plug it into your charger for about 5 minutes before turning the phone on. Try and get into Fastboot/Bootloader.

Once in your bootloader, just navigate your way to recovery and flash a new rom.

If the phone/battery gets hot it means its turned itself on as soon as the battery has gone and the phone isn't displaying anything. You should try just plugging the phone into the charger and turning it on. See if you get anything up on the screen. If you do then just jump into recovery and flash a rom.

Otherwise, if the screen always stays black regardless of what you do, send it in for repairs.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eunkipark92:
yea it stays black no matter what i do,, but it does get hot though.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aegishua:
Farout.. you should really send it to a repair shop then. The reason why is because you can't do anything to the device without the screen on. You can try and hope for it to boot into HBOOT but you would have better luck sending it off on Warranty or to a phone repairs place.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eunkipark92:
yae the replacement is already on their way :P
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aegishua:
Haha thats brilliant. Don't brick this one lol.
[Atrix 4G General] samoelito:
hi all. Well, i have this problem, i cant send messages in korean :s

i can receive from any phone, but cant send... when i write something and click send, it just dissapears. If i send korean and english, it only sends the english words and no korean at all.

Could anyone help me?
[Atrix 4G General] ownedbycurry:
I just tried sending a message in korean and it worked. I'm not sure if there's something wrong with your phone. I am using ATT on firmware 1.83 with GingerBlur 3.0 and Smart Keyboard pro.
[Atrix 4G General] samoelito:
Mmm... i still cant find why is this happening.

Before the atrix i had a defy and it sended korean. It is really weird, it just dissapears...
[Atrix 4G General] ownedbycurry:
Maybe reflash/update your firmware? I also tried sending a message with both korean and english and it also worked.
[Atrix 4G General] pookeyster:
try using a third-party txt messaging app from the marketplace like GO-SMS or Handscent.. the native txt app isnt capable of sending (they can receive however) uni-code txts so languages like chinese and some other east asian ones don't work.. this might be the same case for korean.. hope this helps
[Atrix 4G General] dengjiayi:
what you need

a rooted Atrix

root explorer & sqlite editor (get them from android market)

1. go to /data/data/com.motorola.android.providers.settings/database

2. open "settings.db" with sqlite editor

3. enter "settings" and find the _id 105 named "sms_force_7bit_encoding"

4. change the value "1" to "0"

5. Save. remember to set the permissions of settings.db (user/group/others)

6. reboot & enjoy :)

Don't forget to backup your original settings.db before start
[Atrix 4G General] LiquidFans:
Download Handcent SMS from market will definitely solve your problem.
[Atrix 4G General] samoelito:
;

oh man thanks, this worked at once :)

ill just use the go-sms, thank you for tha help budy

@dengjiayi: is that for activate the stock sms app?
[Atrix 4G General] dengjiayi:
yes
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leonltr:
who has used pandora radio off your mobile hot spot with asus tf? If you do are you having any problems loading/cutting off?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mammenj:
Is it normal for 3g to consume more power than wifi?

/ Sent from my GT-I9000 on stock JVK /
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taha_e:
yes it will consume more power
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rufmao:
Standby or data transfer?

In my experience, they are similar in standby. but I guess it depends on the conditions.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Davith:
Yes, it is normal. Whether it is on standby or in usage, it's definitely the case for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomek_wap:
To my experience and observation WiFi consumes less power than while browsing/surfing on 3G.

Sometimes I spend all evening at home on WiFi (which automatically turns odd data connections on 3G/other) with little consumption. A friend of mine observed this too on his Samsung I5800.
[Atrix 4G General] mchimney:
Anyone else slightly losing faith in their atrix?

I just put gingerbread on my cappy and I'm so impressed by the speed. I know I'm comparing froyo to gingerbread but for a dual core Id expect a bit betterr performance. The cappy handles live wallpapers much better than the atrix.

What's keeping me here is the fact that moto seems to actually care, the phone has gotten two updates already, and while second one has lower my phone down, I imagine that will be fixed.

Do you think the atrix is going to "fly" once gingerbread comes out for it? That's what I'm hoping for, or even if moto unlocked the bl
[Atrix 4G General] Meets34:
It will fly with gingerbread!
[Atrix 4G General] s1mpd1ddy:
yea my buddy has an incredible and gingerbread made that phone buttery smooth.

this phone is still new.. I'll give it at least six months before I think about getting rid of it
[Atrix 4G General] Made2Last:
This, I believe, refers to what the OP may be describing.

Smartphones are newer and better all the time. People on here buy every new phone! The Atrix new luster and excitement has worn off, and people are ready to move on to the next big thing(seems to be Galaxy S 2).

Thats the nature of the tech industry, and more specifically the smartphone industry.
[Atrix 4G General] mchimney:
I don't think I'd mind waiting 6 months, but also part of me says that 6 months is a long time to get the phone to a smooth point.
[Atrix 4G General] JayRolla:
It will fly if we get the 2.4 gingerbread optimized for dual cores.
[Atrix 4G General] garekinokami:
Hey,

I had my Evo for about a year before having to make the decision to switch to AT&T. Here in the USVI, AT&T is just plain out faster, calls are clearer, there are less issues with the service and so on and so forth. I would have kept my Evo until the Evo 3D came out or something.

The Atrix is a beast of a phone and the service is great! I'm satisfied with what I have and from this point on, it can only get better.

Have faith, man.
[Atrix 4G General] francis85:
I never got all those comments about how unresponsive the Atrix is.. mine is super responsive. Granted I come from a Touch HD (WinMo) phone which was friggin' slow as molasses by today's standards so yeah.. but hey the iPhone 4 is supposed to be a snappyness reference yet I constantly see my friends iPhones lag doing some basic thing at some point, and I find my Atrix to be way up there, so i'm not sure about all the complaining.. I don't get it.
[Atrix 4G General] Chubby_Skunk:
Things that I would like to change:

-Different Themed Notifications bar with GingerBread Update

-HSPA+

I like the phone, I dont have any other problems with it. I can live with a locked bootloader, to me its not that big of a deal anymore because we wont get it unlocked....
[Atrix 4G General] edgeicator:
I lost faith in my phone months ago. Wish I held out for an actually good phone.
[Atrix 4G General] Made2Last:
You have expensive taste.
[Atrix 4G General] thebeardedchild:
The thing that sucks about this phone is mostly just the locked bootloader... sure gingerbread may come, and we finally got the hspa+, but what I really want is to be able to flash custom roms. Until then we're basically crippled and are stuck with clunky and featureless motoblur which barely taps into this things potential.
[Atrix 4G General] knlgSeeker:
Lol.. No matter how amazing a device is, there will always be those who criticize it.

The hardware specs and technological innovations implemented on this phone are unlike any phone ever produced. For you to imply that this is not "actually a good phone" makes you appear very ignorant. I don't mean that in a disrespectful way.

I think the main issue here is usability for the average non-tech savvy user.. When they don't understand why the phone isn't doing what they want it to do, they assume it can't or it just sucks.. There are some users such as myself who understand the progression of new hardware & the intricacies involved with getting software to interface correctly with it. We expect to run into issues & focus on solutions rather than complaining.

If you want an environment where everything just works without much input needed from you, consider steve jobs walled garden aka iOS

Otherwise, dig in, try to understand how android & the phone works.. It's only gonna get better.
[Atrix 4G General] JayRolla:
Most roms are just gingerbread with features that don't work. Flashing roms is fun until you needs to actually use your phone. Custom roms and kernals have so many bugs.
[Atrix 4G General] shanghei:
im interested in the galaxy 2
[Atrix 4G General] ccrows:
Bell users have it worse.

We haven't even gotten a freakin update yet... :(
[Atrix 4G General] mchimney:
No one expects to run into issues with a 600 dollar piece of technology. They should, and rightfully so, expect it to work. THe G2x seems to have almost identical specs, and that phone performs much better under all situations. Android isn't about forcing the user to do unnecessary steps to make his phone work on par with any other on the market, its about giving you the opportunity to allow you to do more than whats on the the market. I can say right now, for the past 3 android phones i've boughten, i've never had to do anything special to make them work. Power on. Power off. Done. What makes the atrix different?

I know that sounds like a hateful post, but it's not. I just don't think it's fair for people to say a 600 dollar piece of electronic isn't gonna work right out of the box. I do still love my atrix, the form is great and the fingerprint scanner is very nice. But my concerns are legitimate and aren't solvable by steve jobs.
[Atrix 4G General] jthornton71707:
I'm fed up. Totally disappointed by the phone. The webtop mode remindes me of the carphone idea. Seemed good at the time buy useless shortly after. Hopefuly the galaxy S 2 will be announced tomorrow for att. If not on ordering from UK. This is the best android phone out right now for AT&T. Almost makes me wish I didn't jump ship for the iPhone 4 in June from T-Mobile (g2x & nexus s)
[Atrix 4G General] mchimney:
I think AT&T is announcing the samsung infuse tomorrow, not the SGSII, but who knows. I agree, webtop was cool for that first time you show your friends, but i've never used it since. While i have a HUGE grudge against samsung from the captivate debacle, i might try the SGSII but that probably won't hit until july like the cappy.
[Atrix 4G General] sgtmedeiros:
I switched to an inspire, I love the phone and everything about it, no lag with the latest cm. I'm switching back to the atrix for the ffc and battery life, battery life is abysmal on the inspire.
[Atrix 4G General] blunted09:
I just did the ecact same thing from the desire hd. This phone is ahead of every phone out right now as far as im concerned
[Atrix 4G General] sgtmedeiros:
They are the same phone lol
[Atrix 4G General] jason.hamilton:
really what do you want your phone to do that it doesnt already? Jump through hoops? I cant think of a single thing that this phone cant do that others can. Its fast, data is fast, calls are good, battery life is sexy. There are themes, there are "roms," and tons of apps to take care of everything. IMO if your phones lags its because of something you did to it. The hardware on this phone is a beast. I dont understand all the negative posts. Be happy w/ the most current piece of technology around.
[Atrix 4G General] SomeGut:
I haven't lost faith at all. As a previous poster stated, motorola has been very active with steady updates and that is a great sign. I had a captivate and samsung was like the last to vet everything so I appreciate motorolas work.
[Atrix 4G General] jason.hamilton:
but if they did come out w/ a nexus two dual core 4g phone, i would jump on that in a heart beat. Best phone i have ever had was the nexus one. I will always love you nexus one!
[Atrix 4G General] JackTheMan18:
I just came from a Nexus One with CM 7.

It was certainly a great phone.

However, the Atrix is also a great phone, and I am certain that gingerbread will be released for the phone.

P.S. Has anyone else noticed that the Atrix is the only smartphone that I know that has a dual band 802.11N receiver?

That means that it can receive on the 5GHZ channel - the only one that I know of that can do that.
[Atrix 4G General] ccrows:
It has the "potential" to be good, but the firmware is too archaic.

Some "Much older" Android phones are actually functioning better.

This basically sums up one experience, but there's others:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13367693&postcount=32

Also there's no reason why this phone couldn't be launched with Gingerbread (or actually have a date other than "later this year") ICS is "later this year". That and the bootloader issue unfortunately have some people looking over at the SG2, which honestly should not be happening with this phone...
[Atrix 4G General] edgeicator:
I know exactly how my phone works. The pentile screen displays aliased text. The color reproduction of the screen in general is bad. The bootloader is locked. There has been continuing issues with the fingerprint scanner and voice quality. The phone has awful codec support, only supporting main profile H.264. The image quality on the rear camera is bad. The Galaxy S2 is by far a better phone. The Nexus One, Nexus S, Galaxy S, Desire HD, Incredible S, Xperia Arc, meizu m9, and Galaxy S2 all either ship with gingerbread or have gingerbread available OTA depending on what country you live in. The Droid X is getting gingerbread in a week and a half, and early builds of that update have already leaked proving its existence. No such leak has yet to happen for Motorola's supposed flagship phone.
[Atrix 4G General] mchimney:
So then tell me something that I did to make my phone worse than everyother atrix on the market?

I think the point is, nothing should slow down a dual core phone when single core phones (captivate) run much smoother even with live wallpapers.
[Atrix 4G General] blunted09:
Mchimney,.do a factory reset. If that doesnt work exchange. I have zero slowdown.
[Atrix 4G General] lockheedload:
That's weird. My inspire battery life trumps my cappys.

-Sent from my Galaxy Tab
[Atrix 4G General] mchimney:
I have already traded in one atrix ( same issue but for unrelated problem), i haven't tried a factory reset which i will do later today. I can't see exchanging the phone, because then i would have to exchange 2 (both with the same slowdown) which makes me think that something weird is going on.
[Atrix 4G General] blunted09:
Its definitely strange. I can't even imagine what slowdown looks like on this thing-lwp being the exception
[Atrix 4G General] Jotokun:
My thoughts exactly. Granted, the Atrix is my first android device, and first smartphone at all. But I had an ipod touch before it, and this phone is much, much more smooth and responsive. The only times I've seen slowdown on it were opening the app drawer when running a live wallpaper (solved by changing my launcher from Launcher pro to the stock gingerbread one) and pinch-zoom in the picture gallery app (not really a big issue IMO). I'll bet once the gingerbread update hits (or the bootloader gets cracked, leading to gingerbread roms), those issues will vanish and this device will just start flying. Froyo isnt designed for dual core at the moment, so you need to look at the atrix as a single-core phone in the mean time.
[Atrix 4G General] Paschalis:
I came from touch hd(blackstone) too!!

I suffered a lot from that phone!! :@

I tried the android in that phone with the sh***iest battery ever in history of all mobile phones!!!

Anw, I m not losing faith of course to atrix.. The time moto was releasing atrix, htc was selling chachachacha and with fb ****ty buttons, and the new desire s.. The same with the old but with different look..

Atrix battery with gb3.1 is very very good!! :)

Only thing I want more in atrix, is watch movies in tv in the quality of the movie, with subs!

And in future some other apps in ubuntu like word in openoffice:)

(for university homeworks :p )

And some other apps like voip..

(not tested yet after the 183 update)
[Atrix 4G General] mrphil101:
If the bootloader wasn't signed, then the DEVs would have fixed all the issues that are not getting addressed. There are actually a more than a few if you read the threads for this phone. Atrix is a nice piece of hardware for sure, but is not doing all it is capable of. It would be even better if it was tweaked to its full potential. Can't do that as it is now.
[Atrix 4G General] KingKuba13:
Mine is fast, maybe you got a slow one bro. :confused::(:rolleyes:;):p

Browser is super fast, apps/games load instantly.

I use the Aquarium LWP and its smooth and fast. Some of the not optimized ones are slightly jumpy but that's more to do with software/resolution I'm sure.

My browser benchmarks beat Galaxy S2, I don't really care about a couple crappy LWP's that don't work properly.
[Atrix 4G General] chriscerv90:
I am beginning to lose faith but im hanging on.... *Sigh*.......
[Atrix 4G General] edgeicator:
I doubt the Atrix beats the S2 in any benchmark anymore. The 1ghz version of the S2 either beat or was very close behind the Atrix with prototype hardware and drivers. Now throw on a bump up to 1.2ghz, stable drivers and final hardware, the S2 smokes the Atrix. S2 has already pulled 3500 on Quadrant whereas the Atrix does 2700 at best. Average is 25-2600 on my phones.
[Atrix 4G General] mchimney:
While this is true, the SGSII does beat atrix in quadrant, my captivate has a quadrant of 1316 and smokes the atrix in most things.
[Atrix 4G General] blunted09:
.......... lol
[Atrix 4G General] Andy_Thatcher:
Loved the Atrix.

It's hardware is frankly awesome. I never had a problem with it slowing down but then I never used live wallpaper etc.

My problem is the software on the phone.

Yes we know the limitations of BlackBerry's hardware and the gaps in the software but they have got email down to a fine art. I depend on fast email, consistently fast, and the software on the Atrix is currently unable to provide the reliability of a Berry so I have returned to the 9700.

I cannot bring myself to get rid of the Atrix as I really do think it is a fantastic device and will continue to use it on and off but as my main work a day phone I can't afford to do it.

The switching point was looking at 5 emails on Gmail on my laptop that hadn't reached my phone..and waited...and waited.....and waited............and waited.....then gave up. The phone is set for the lowest polling rate available.

Yes I miss the games etc and the fun of playing with the ROM's and the like and hope that Android can reach the point where there it either be as reliable for email or, now this will make you laugh, give me a Berry with a similar hardware spec of the Atrix.
[Atrix 4G General] mchimney:
Not sure what's funny about that. A phone with half the processing power, that is able to better handle live wall papers?

Maybe that is a little funny.
[Atrix 4G General] bongd:
Agreed. I've seen the differences. On the plus side, I hope this stark contrast means that our Atrix's will kick absolute ASS with the Gingerbread framework. Just need Motorola and the carriers to work quicker.
[Atrix 4G General] s1mpd1ddy:
I'll give this phone a year, gingerbread should be out soon (hopefully before 2012!!!).

we don't have as many "roms" and "mods" as the other phones, but we do have a strong group of devs that seem to be dedicated to working on this phone. and for that I am grateful.
[Atrix 4G General] frankiedizzle87:
Shoot running the gingerblur on 183 is butter
[Atrix 4G General] G1-8701:
idk about your Atrix but mine handles live wallpapers very smoothly(eventhough i don't use them much)
[Atrix 4G General] Rayan:
Hello...

What do you mean by that statement?

Isn't there a lot of ROMS already out for the Atrix?

On these forums we have seen lots of evidence of people flashing their Atrixes with custom ROMS like GingerBlur for example!

I'm still on my Nexus One but hopefully today will get my Atrix.

So please people, clarify this to me pretty please?!

Regards,

RayanMX
[Atrix 4G General] madquack:
Ginger/Grey Blur and Gladiatrix aren't roms, yet more of a bunch of scripts and/or themes and framework designed to enhance the phone and make it better.
[Atrix 4G General] Rayan:
Wow, that sucks and its a dealbreaker for me... Bummer!

Thanks!
[Atrix 4G General] rpolansky:
You guys are tough!!! :)

For me:

Exchange sync, personal email and messaging reliable and useable

Phone is fast

Btooth streaming to vehicle and home speakers is great

Call quality is great

Lapdock is great (for me) since I can use Citrix in Firefox and have all my office software at my disposal (and useable) and not worry about losing files if I brought laptop on road and it got stolen.

Cons (and this is for all Android):

Lack of an integrated backup surprising

No streaming of Netflix is unbelievable

Nav apps for android not as mature as for other platforms

I love the Atrix and while there will be many faster and better phones I cannot think of a single device that could replace it (for me and my applications)
[Atrix 4G General] Rayan:
Have you tried Titanium Backup?

Have you tried Aura GPS?

Cheers,

Rayan
[Atrix 4G General] douggrif:
I want to see Gingerbread too. However, in the meantime this phone, compared to my Nexus One (w/Gingerbread) the Atrix is fast. Atrix has a superior bluetooth range and measurably better 3G reception. The battery life is excellent, meaning I use it all day with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS radios set to "on" all the time. I use DoggCatcher to autodown close to 25 podcasts, some daily. After a full day (7am to 4pm) the battery is at 50% to 70%. That is as good as my Nexus One with a 3,000 mah extended battery. I notice the GPS does not draw power unless I am actually using a GPS app. Also I notice the dual core CPU utilization percentage quickly goes down to around 10 percent when the phone is not in use (based on the SystemPanel app). I think the biggest secret to great battery life is to simply turn the screen off unless you are using it. And the screen is beautiful and viewable in daylight as well. The Atrix is one of the most powerful phones on the market today, in my opinion.
[Atrix 4G General] rpolansky:
Yes on both.

Ti is great for apps but God help you if you try to restore a system app (I did once to keep messages and wound up with a reflash of 1.26 sbf as the Motorola email setup got blown up).

Aura took way to long to download maps even on wifi. My humble Nokia E71 did a better job with its free Nav and I could use the computer to sych all of North America, if I wanted. Imho Aura is more focused on Europe...
[Atrix 4G General] Rayan:
True, Aura takes a good while to download maps, but its a one time thing so that's not bad and a small price to pay for offline travelling.