[Motorola Atrix HD] nukesnooper:
To recap your previous post - the one that got "Lost in Space"; let me put a few things in perspective:

I'm an Atlanta, GA native. Born, raised, and educated. Worked there in law enforcement (Death Investigation) for close to 25 years of my adult life (feeling young, yet?). I worked over 13,000 death investigations, and either performed or participated in 6500+ autopsies. I moved to a tiny little town in west Texas 8 years ago, come this Saturday after my son was born.

General Dwight David Eisenhower was President when I was born. I don't recall so much the Kennedy assassination, as much as I remember Oswald being shot. We listened to it on our AM radio - which was large enough to be a furniture fixture and took several minutes for the vacuum tubes to warm up. We didn't have a TV yet. Not until 1965. And it was an RCA "Black and White" VHF only console. I promptly dismantled it, just in time for my father to return home from work. Boy; did I get an ass-kicking! Until I completely reassembled it, and it worked flawlessly. My father apologized (post ass-kicking) and realized that I had a "knack" for electronics. We had 4 TV stations in Atlanta 2, 5, 8 and 11. 8 was PBS. Channel 17 (Now, Ted's "Super Station") didn't come along until I was a teenager. We had to buy a UHF converter for our TV. There was no cable. Much less, DirectTV or Dish. And, we felt lucky. And, no damn remote... But; why would we need one?

Growing up; my toys consisted of a GI Joe and a red wagon - which I promptly modified the wheels and axels for maximum speed. That; using my father’s power saw(s), drill, and lathe - at the age of ~6-7. Now days; you'd be arrested for even using said equipment in the presence of children. Safety glasses? You've got to be kidding me. "Glasses" were for people who couldn't see, and usually, only if they could afford them. We had no health insurance. The only "games" were at arcades and consisted mainly of various pinball and air hockey machines. And, yes; at the age of 7-8 years old, we walked to the arcades in busy city traffic.

At the age of 5; I met my soon to be uncle (Mother died of cancer when I was 3) - who was a coroner in Tennessee. His car was full of Motorola radios. I was hooked on Motorola. Motorola ANYTHING! When I met him, I knew: “I don’t care what this man does for a living; that’s what I want to be when I grow up.” And, in spite of myself; so it was.

I remember my school play being cancelled when Martin Luther King was assassinated. I was in the "mess hall" at Boy Scout Camp when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. We were all watching it on TV. Cool.

When cell service became mainstream - around 1985, my first cell phone was a Motorola BRICK with an antenna about 14" long. It cost over $1,300.00. My "Basic" plan was $69.00 - just for access, and they charged 35 -37 cents per minute for air time. Plus, the usual tax gouging. My monthly bill often topped $650.00. You kept your cell phone until one of you died.

My next phone was the Motorola StarTac - the first flip phone. Still huge, but way cool. Another $1,200.00.

I still love my Atrix HD, but it was the last Motorola phone that I bought. Well; let me back up: I actually bought the original Atrix – which I loved! First phone that ever died on me. AT&T replaced it with the Atrix 2, which was full of bugs. They got so tired of me *****ing that they upgraded me to the Atrix HD. That was somewhere around the time that Google purchased Motorola cellular. I've been underwhelmed by their offerings ever since. Damn. What a shame... And, now… Uhhhh. It makes me sick.

Now; their Land Mobile Radio division is headed in the same direction. Another damn shame.

I still use the AHD from time to time, when I have to travel overseas to a hostile area. I figure that it’s better to lose it or let it take a bullet than what I have now. Although; I know that the South Korean’s are slapping their knees at us sucking up the Samsung’s. A professional exterminator couldn’t kill all of the bugs in them. I have to wear a crash helmet when I use my S4. The Note 3 is much better, but still only around 93-95% “working as designed”, in my opinion. I use a lot of – well; let me rephrase that – I’ve grown accustomed to many of the features that other manufacturers offer, such as split screen, better displays, better UI’s, more RAM and faster processors. Sometimes, I feel like Curly from The Three Stooges.

So; yeah, my kids have it great, with respect to technology. But; I’m quick to remind them of “what it was like, when I WAS a kid!”

TV, streaming video? Nah; not for me. I have an old Sony Trinitron “Flat Screen” CRT TV with a DVD “Jukebox” that holds 400 DVD’s filled to the brim. Nothing much on TV these days that’s worth $70.00 a month to watch for a couple of hours a week. The kids can watch Sponge Bob at mom’s house when I’m on the road.

I’ve just gotten into “phone phreaking” within the past year or so. I don’t have a lot of time to keep up on what’s going on, so I have to rely on experts to help me out. And; YOU have been a tremendous help! I’ve learned more in the past 48 hours than I learned over the past year. It helps a lot when you find one person who knows what the hell they’re doing! As opposed to hundreds of other sources with hundreds of differing opinions and varying levels of expertise (and ego). That’s confusing as hell when you’re trying to learn a specialty.

The ROM that I downloaded last night – from what I assume is the official Packman site - is tiny! Practically no bloat, and seems to run like a champ. The only oddity is: I can power down the phone and all is well. I can plug it into the wall wart and all is well. But; if I plug it into my USB port to charge, it turns on immediately. I can turn it back off, and it turns right back on. ‘Spose I can live with that, but, it is a bit peculiar.

Keep me posted on the latest Pacman ROM’s. I’m a very willing Beta tester. I have to torture test our new software / firmware builds where I work. Hell; I worked with criminals for many years. I know a few angles. Some of my questions; I’m sure, will seem elementary to a smart developer like you, but I learn quickly.

Thank you very much, again!

NS

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Now; getting back on track, I have no interest in the Google Bloat apps. I just want to be able to sync the phone to The Play Store to download games and send them to the phone via Wi-Fi.

I found a site that has various Google apps that I could download individually, or in certain groups. I didn't know enough about what to download for my version, so I left well enough alone. The ROM that I installed is: pac_mb886-nightly-20140128.zip, if that helps any. I don't need Maps, YouTube, Facebook, etc. I just want to be able to shoot - or re-shoot the games that my kids had on the phone. Ditto, my apps for the phone. The Play Store still lists the AHD, but now lists it as "Unknown Device" and won't allow me to download or send any apps to it, even from the phone browser.

Little more help?

Thanks!

NS