Motorola Atrix 2 4G Deal

Paul S. Remington (Rochester, NY USA): The Atrix 2 is manufactured by Motorola in two flavors and five different firmware versions. Motorola manufactures the MB865 and the ME865. The MB865 has three different firmware versions. The ME865 has two different firmware versions. These phones differ to accommodate three geographic regions: Asia, Europe, and the US. While all versions of the Atrix 2 are largely the same, there are differences in the GPS and WiFi chip sets that support the technologies used in the locations where they are marketed, hence the reason for all the different firmware versions. If you update the firmware, you can't interchange the MB firmware with the ME firmware.

Carlos J Alba P (Bogota, Colombia, South America): If you receive an ME865 Atrix 2 that has Hong Kong firmware installed, you won't be able to root it. You'll have to upgrade the firmware by flashing the alternate China Retail firmware first, then you can root the phone using a specific rooting program for the China Retail firmware. When you first use the phone after purchase, the OS will upgrade you to Android 4.0.4 (ICS, a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich) automatically. Let it do this, then install the new firmware, then root, then install the Android 4.1.2 (JB, a.k.a. Jelly Bean) OS for the Atrix 2. You'll then have to research to locate the rooting software for Jelly Bean on the Atrix 2 running the China Retail firmware. You won't be able to root it again without first using Boot Swapper to flash over the ICS boot.img file, then root, and then flash back the JB boot.img file.

Brian S. Hah (Rolling Hills, CA): I'm a very tough critic when it comes to anything related to technology. I had yet to come across a phone that could keep up with my pace on how I use my phones, that is until I met the Android Motorola Atrix & Atrix 2. I've had the fortunate luck of being able to use both phones and have been pleased with the performance levels and durability of both. The battery life goes pretty quickly with heavy use, but that is to be expected since you are pretty much working the Dual Core processor it has and the phone does really well at keeping up with extreme use (texting, emailing, checking in, web use, downloading, uploading, camera usage, video camera usage, etc.) The multi tasking ability on the phone is fantastic and display is crystal clear.