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Stupid, stupid internet/signal blockers!!!

Well at my high school we got a new principal, and frankly he hates the texting, and the web browsing, and the in-class calls to home, so he set up cellphone signal blockers, and internet blockers, which is very annoying! Does anyone know anyways to get around these, or cancel them out? If not i will just take it upon myself to destroy them!

Maybe you should utilize your time in school learning...

I thought that phone jamming was illegal in the US. Something about property theft.... Maybe you could get him arrested!
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in the US you could just call the cops

No getting around it. High schools where I live are blocked inside and outside to a certain spot. The court house blocks internet in court room area you can only make phone calls but the rest of building is edge network. Walk out building 5 feet full 3g service. Something with homeland security.
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That would be too much stress, playing games and surfing the internet is much more fun! plus we hardly do anything anyway!

OP..
I don't know where you're from. But, if you're in the US, signal blocking is highly illeagal. However, you should not waste the teacher's time playing with your phone...

thats disappointing to hear...

You get around it by calling the FCC. Unless he has a license to broadcast on those frequencies, he'll be in for a nasty surprise. If you have evidence that he's using them, contact your local FCC office and tell them what he's up to.
Alternatively, fake a heart attack and wait for someone to try and call 911. When the school hears how you died because someone couldn't call 911, the principle better be prepared for jail time.

ScottC said:
You get around it by calling the FCC. Unless he has a license to broadcast on those frequencies, he'll be in for a nasty surprise. If you have evidence that he's using them, contact your local FCC office and tell them what he's up to.
Alternatively, fake a heart attack and wait for someone to try and call 911. When the school hears how you died because someone couldn't call 911, the principle better be prepared for jail time.
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hahaha nice alternative man
But seriously, in USA and Canada, signal blocking is completely illegal, whatever the use is. Complain to the local authorities and get it taken off.
School is important though, listen to the important classes and stuff...I do text in random French and programming classes though

it wont be hard to get evidence, because of the fact that he had an assembly and was bragging about it to the whole school... ugh, ignorant people...

I dont know how big/small your school is, but to cover an average size school you would need one powerful jammer or multiple jammers to canvas the school in that evil death signal.
Look for an antenna/s and snap a picture of the device if you can.
But it is 100% illegal, I remember for a time movie theaters wanted to install these but of course that never happened. if you are 100% sure you can call the FCC

Drew11 said:
it wont be hard to get evidence, because of the fact that he had an assembly and was bragging about it to the whole school... ugh, ignorant people...
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Does your mommy know you're using the internets?

Drew11 said:
Well at my high school we got a new principal, and frankly he hates the texting, and the web browsing, and the in-class calls to home, so he set up cellphone signal blockers, and internet blockers, which is very annoying! Does anyone know anyways to get around these, or cancel them out? If not i will just take it upon myself to destroy them!
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http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Public_Notices/DA-05-1776A1.html

Listen to all these do gooders lol... Im sure they were all honor roll students lol
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Drew11 said:
it wont be hard to get evidence, because of the fact that he had an assembly and was bragging about it to the whole school... ugh, ignorant people...
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Are you certain that he is using an active signal jammer, and not that he had the classrooms painted and installed EM blocking screening material in the windows?
Active is illegal. I provided the link above.
Passive blocking through materials that naturally attenuate signal is not.

khaytsus said:
Does your mommy know you're using the internets?
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Really ? Seriously ?
My kids all had cell phones in high school, and even jr high.
It is what it is, get used to it.

I have no idea if my school is jamming. I get 3G in certain small areas. If I move my phone 4"+ away, I lose signal. Maybe it's just thick walls.

Forget the interwebs... you should be snapping photos of all the hunnies

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Bathroom usage

Ok, be honest. Do you use your a500 in the bathroom or not?

No. I take care of business and I move on - I'm not in the bathroom to dally.

Of course strictly #2
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Where do you think I'm posting this reply. Haha. No different then a magazine!
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gammaRascal said:
No. I take care of business and I move on - I'm not in the bathroom to dally.
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Amen!
I couldn't vote because I wear diapers, thus no need to go anywhere to get rid of my waste, I just happily [email protected] my pants. Now if you add that to the poll, I'll be more than happy to vote in this very funny, and informative thread!

HELL YA nothin better to pass the time while on the throne
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bathroom you mean ? toilet?
I can't use my tablet anyway during cleaning myself, or chilling in a bath... coz I do not have bathtub...
and I never stay more than 1 - 2 minutes on the DARK THRONE

I occasionally take it into the bathroom with me. Maybe one time in 20 if it's for number 2. For listening to music in the shower with a separate powered speaker maybe 5% of the time I shower. The most common use is for self pleasure, I have the 16gb card loaded with pornography.

I take mine and either browse the internet's, or play random games. End up spening ages just sitting on the throne mucking around with my A500.

We call them bathrooms in the U.S., toilets are the things you sit on. Yay, dialects!

I use it proudly on the toilet. It's the only time that I check my email!
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Well yeah! I mean, I can't take the laptop in, how are you supposed to pleasure yourself with a huge hulk there burning your pantless legs?!? Jk lolololol
But I do take mine in the bathroom. Whether it be because I'm listening to music n don't want it to stop, or because I'm taking care of business (helping people on XDA) and my OTHER duty calls lol

I have too many books to read to take the tablet in there.
Hey, the "Orcs" series isn't going to finish itself you know...

Hell yeah, When the Formula 1 is on and i need a visit, i fire up iplayer so i dont any of the action.

muqali said:
I occasionally take it into the bathroom with me. Maybe one time in 20 if it's for number 2. For listening to music in the shower with a separate powered speaker maybe 5% of the time I shower. The most common use is for self pleasure, I have the 16gb card loaded with pornography.
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haha...must be married

sure... either my Iconia or my Defy

I find its the best place to answer all my work e-mails...there is something deeply satisfying about knowing your boss is reading that which was composed on the porcelain seat. I've often thought of snapping a picture or two, just to illustrate for the higher-ups where I do most of my critical thinking. Of course reading the news is good too...since most of the headlines make me want to crap myself in frustration and anger, at least I'm prepared for any such mishaps.

Hell yes I use it on the throne.
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yep....posting from that location as we speak.

No cell phone use in cars

i just saw where they passed a law against cell phone use whether it be hand held or hands free in chapel hill n.c.while driving.... didn't think that with all the money cell companies are making they would ever let this get going...once it starts anywhere it usually spreds....i'm not wanting to get into a debate about cell phone usage danger and trust me i have seen it a lot being on the road with my job...but it looks like a lot of confusion coming with having to find places to pull of the road especially in the country road areas to handle a business deal or a personal call..just my 2 cents worth.

We've had that law in California for a while now.
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NY Passed a no hand held devices like 12 yrs ago. I really can't see how they can stop you from using a hands free device. For one thing, how can anyone even SEE a an ear piece while your driving? They gonna ban all talking while driving next?

Some states allow you to use a hands free device as long as its already built into the vehicle.
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A cell phone is just as dangerous/distracting as makeup,shaving, radio, or other people, pets in the car.
Just my 2 cents,
Michigan outlawed texting. But not phones or other phone activities.
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I agree I usually just answer calls not txt since I keep my phone where I can reach it at all times with out taking eyes off the road, yesterday I passed someone with both arms on top of the steering wheel texting while going 80mph
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detcup4evr said:
A cell phone is just as dangerous/distracting as makeup,shaving, radio, or other people, pets in the car.
Just my 2 cents,
Michigan outlawed texting. But not phones or other phone activities.
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it is coming brother... the Feds are mandating that ALL states pass some sort of hand held device law or risk losing federal funding for road repairs/upkeep. I gotta say anyone that argues this is a damn idiot. I commute 80 miles to work and have been damn near run off the road about once a week because some jack ass is talking on the phone or texting. I also am a motorcycle rider. If you drift into my lane, you are getting steel ballbearings into you windshield!

Yeah, I'm not sure how they would enforce this either. More and more cars nowadays have integrated bluetooth audio, or one can add aftermarket devices to do this. I guess they can catch people texting while driving (which I agree, is a crazy thing to do anyways).

I think texting is the worst. I'm a teenager and I have tried to text and drive but I don't do it anymore because of how difficult it is.
But other teens gladly take that risk
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In Washington your legally able to use a phone while driving if its a phone call on speaker or blue tooth or to report ilegal crimes you witnessed or just anything related to 911

All the super multi taskers here raise your hand.
Text while driving, smoking a blunt, adjusting amp gain and beating 2 fighting kids in the back seat, same time. True story.
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austin420 said:
All the super multi taskers here raise your hand.
Text while driving, smoking a blunt, adjusting amp gain and beating 2 fighting kids in the back seat, same time. True story.
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real responsible parenting there bro... smoke a blunt, blast the music and beat your kids LOL just giving you **** bro.

austin420 said:
All the super multi taskers here raise your hand.
Text while driving, smoking a blunt, adjusting amp gain and beating 2 fighting kids in the back seat, same time. True story.
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Lol this is why my wife drives, then I don't have to waste my time with that damn steering wheel when the kids start fighting over who got the better happy meal toy "boy I don't gotta wait to pull this car over I'll climb back there and show you who's got the better toy when i knock you upside the head with it"
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SGS3 Broken Device's thread

Saw a few threads about broken devices so I figured I'd try to get everyone to post in one thread to help me decide if this phone can survive me lol. This is for keeping track of what seems to break the most. Please try to keep questions out and use the format below.
Samsung Galaxy S III
Version: (USA or international)
Color:
Case: ( type of case, or " no case")
Cause of damage: (drop from x height etc)
Damage location: (frnt/bck/side/screen)
Picture of damage:

Or people could take better care of their phones rather than deliberately putting them to the test to see if Gorilla Glass is all that good or dropping them from a height!, its a phone not a bullet-proof vest! Pointless thread! All these people seem to be having problems with their phones but mine has been absolutely tip top! I cannot fault it! But people nit pick about the stupid things!
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speedyjay said:
Or people could take better care of their phones rather than deliberately putting them to the test to see if Gorilla Glass is all that good or dropping them from a height!, its a phone not a bullet-proof vest! Pointless thread! All these people seem to be having problems with their phones but mine has been absolutely tip top! I cannot fault it! But people nit pick about the stupid things!
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I know how to take care of a phone, so do most. Accidents happen. I, as well as many others I'm sure, have placed a phone in what we thought was a safe spot, and still had it fall, or someone else accidentally knocks it down. I have a 3 year old. I'd love to see you hand a phone to a small child and have them not drop it. Or have it slide out of a pocket. Thanks for playing.
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speedyjay said:
Or people could take better care of their phones rather than deliberately putting them to the test to see if Gorilla Glass is all that good or dropping them from a height!, its a phone not a bullet-proof vest! Pointless thread! All these people seem to be having problems with their phones but mine has been absolutely tip top! I cannot fault it! But people nit pick about the stupid things!
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People aren't nit picking, some people have legitimate claims. It's a phone and believe it or not, accidents do happen.
This is where we've reached, fan boys actually blaming the consumer now for accidentally dropping their phone's, instead of blaming the real culprit.

Sniper_5 said:
I'd love to see you hand a phone to a small child and have them not drop it.
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Who's the genius that would hand a 700$ phone to a 3 year old in the first place?
That would be no accident, it would mean the parent is missing more than a couple of braincells.

Kenze said:
Who's the genius that would hand a 700$ phone to a 3 year old in the first place?
That would be no accident, that would mean the parent is missing a couple of braincells.
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our little girl plays learning games on both mine and the lady's phone, along with grandma's tablet. All three of the devices have more than stood up to the task. She's only dropped the tablet once, neither phone yet. Also, not everything is out of reach to the little one. Sometimes I'll set it on the wide arm of the couch to charge while I sit there. If I get up, I'm not going to Unplug it just to get a drink in the next room. At $300+ and listed as a " solid, sturdy, durable etc" product, you expect it to withstand a drop or two. My Droid X has been knocked off counters and such by friends( where it SHOULD be safe), dropped by myself, I've gotten hung up in the charger cord once despite my best effort to keep it out of the way, pulling my phone with it. Hit bumps in a vehicle dumping it from the car holder, as it clicked into place, but didn't actually secure. I've had coolant and other automotive fluids spilled on me, or splash onto my phone etc. I was using the LED light to find small puddles in the basement once, dropped it into the water after tripping over something I didn't see, its worked its way out of my deep side pocket while I ran once, fell onto my foot and got kicked across the ground. I don't keep it there anymore but the pocket was 3" deeper than the phone, should have been secure. Point is, you can't predict everything around you, or control it. Accidents happen regardless unless you move like a turtle, even then it may still happen. So can we lose the stupid and stay on topic please?
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Sniper_5 said:
our little girl plays learning games on both mine and the lady's phone, along with grandma's tablet. All three of the devices have more than stood up to the task. She's only dropped the tablet once, neither phone yet. Also, not everything is out of reach to the little one. Sometimes I'll set it on the wide arm of the couch to charge while I sit there. If I get up, I'm not going to Unplug it just to get a drink in the next room. At $300+ and listed as a " solid, sturdy, durable etc" product, you expect it to withstand a drop or two. My Droid X has been knocked off counters and such by friends( where it SHOULD be safe), dropped by myself, I've gotten hung up in the charger cord once despite my best effort to keep it out of the way, pulling my phone with it. Hit bumps in a vehicle dumping it from the car holder, as it clicked into place, but didn't actually secure. I've had coolant and other automotive fluids spilled on me, or splash onto my phone etc. I was using the LED light to find small puddles in the basement once, dropped it into the water after tripping over something I didn't see, its worked its way out of my deep side pocket while I ran once, fell onto my foot and got kicked across the ground. I don't keep it there anymore but the pocket was 3" deeper than the phone, should have been secure. Point is, you can't predict everything around you, or control it. Accidents happen regardless unless you move like a turtle, even then it may still happen. So can we lose the stupid and stay on topic please?
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Still, it is a 3 year old. Why don't you just get her a cheap tablet of her own to remove your expensive phones out of the equation?
Also, even though the rest was painfully hard to read, (wall of text) I still did and I agree that devices should be build more sturdily when they cost 300+$.
Accidents happen in life, but we can do things to avoid them and minimize the damage.

Kenze said:
Still, it is a 3 year old. Why don't you just get her a cheap tablet of her own to remove your expensive phones out of the equation?
Also, even though the rest was painfully hard to read, (wall of text) I still did and I agree that devices should be build more sturdily when they cost 300+$.
Accidents happen in life, but we can do things to avoid them and minimize the damage.
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yes,I tend to rant. Other then that, we don't have the money to spend right now. I'm only upgrading because after flashing back to bone stock with no root, my Droid X is still not getting all its calls, which presents an issue when your trying to get a job lol.
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Kenze said:
Who's the genius that would hand a 700$ phone to a 3 year old in the first place?
That would be no accident, it would mean the parent is missing more than a couple of braincells.
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I take it that you're 12........
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$2.50 for insurance here each month. That is the solution with backups and next day delivery on a replacement, priceless.
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Could a mod please clean up the useless dribble?
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Could a mod please clean up the useless dribble?
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+1.....close the pointless thread! £4 a month for phone insurance! You pay $6-700 for the galaxy s3 which is a highly sought after phone and people are giving it to toddlers, and just breaking it out of their own stupidity! I can't recall a time when I've ever dropped my phone, take better care of your phone or wipe the butter from your fingers!
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Bunch of ****ing idiots. Are we all 12? Can't read? Can't stay on topic to save your lives? If you have nothing constructive to add to my thread, please keep your mouth shut. Thanks.
THIS THREAD IS NOT ABOUT INSURANCE OR WHAT TO DO IF YOU BREAK THE DEVICE. I SIMPLY WANTED TO KEEP TRACK OF THE BROKEN DEVICES. Since no one on this forum can seem to read, or comprehend a simple request I think I'll just move back to my other forums. Too many incompetent Retards here.
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Bunch of ****ing idiots. Are we all 12? Can't read? Can't stay on topic to save your lives? If you have nothing constructive to add to my thread, please keep your mouth shut. Thanks.
THIS THREAD IS NOT ABOUT INSURANCE OR WHAT TO DO IF YOU BREAK THE DEVICE. I SIMPLY WANTED TO KEEP TRACK OF THE BROKEN DEVICES. Since no one on this forum can seem to read, or comprehend a simple request I think I'll just move back to my other forums. Too many incompetent Retards here.
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Well why would someone want to post about their misfortune?? It all boils down to....take better care of your phone then I wouldn't get broken would it? What has other peoples broken devices got to do with you?? Unless you broke them!
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speedyjay said:
Well why would someone want to post about their misfortune?? It all boils down to....take better care of your phone then I wouldn't get broken would it?
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no it doesn't, it boils down to accidents happen. I was working on gathering insurance information from different companies to post along with parts links etc. There are already several threads about broken devices. Once again proving your a bunch of ****ing idiots. This will be the last thread I post here. Pretty pathetic considering its my first, and not one God damn person could post on topic.
Best part is, you guys keep bumping the thread to the top just to say its pointless. That makes perfect sense.
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Sniper_5 said:
no it doesn't, it boils down to accidents happen. I was working on gathering insurance information from different companies to post along with parts links etc. There are already several threads about broken devices. Once again proving your a bunch of ****ing idiots. This will be the last thread I post here. Pretty pathetic considering its my first, and not one God damn person could post on topic.
Best part is, you guys keep bumping the thread to the top just to say its pointless. That makes perfect sense.
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Well stop making pointless threads then! With people giving advice on how not to break your device.....simple, take better care of it and stop being stupid! What does other peoples broken devices have to do with you? Unless your saying that you personally broke them? This thread is pointless and a constant reminder to those whose devices have broken, a constant reminder of their misfortune! Of their bad luck if you wish!
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I'm sorry i thought this place was about helping one another. So I thought I'd try to help others and myself in one shot. Clearly this forum is just about trolling off topic and name calling with no real goal. Its all I've seen in every single thread. You guys must be proud. :thumbup:
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Sniper_5 said:
I'm sorry i thought this place was about helping one another. So I thought I'd try to help others and myself in one shot. Clearly this forum is just about trolling off topic and name calling with no real goal. Its all I've seen in every single thread. You guys must be proud. :thumbup:
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Who are you helping?? How can you possibly help/teach anyone not to drop their phone?? The price of insurance to the price of a screwed up phone is pittance!
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I was compiling part numbers/ links and popular insurance company coverages, policy's etc to update my first thread with, however the off topic trolling doesn't stop, so **** it.
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speedyjay said:
Who are you helping?? How can you possibly help/teach anyone not to drop their phone?? The price of insurance to the price of a screwed up phone is pittance!
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Give the guy a break. If you read the original thread I don't see it as that bad of an idea.

US Army deploys the Atrix!

The US army is deploying smartphones to help troops to get a better sense of the ground condition. The phone of choice is the Motorola Atrix!
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So, can I control UAVs from my phone? :laugh:

Glad to see the Atrix getting love from at least someone. Kinda sad how underrated it is.

lol, i saw that article over at engadget.
yes, the atrix is a hugely underrated phone, but thats only because only a small percentage of smartphone users root or know about rooting.

Awesome! Even tho I have moved on to the note, I still have my atrix. Love that phone.
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Hopefully they get a TPU case with it as well...
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ccrows said:
Hopefully they get a TPU case with it as well...
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Probably more like a ballistic case! Zing!
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Poor choice
While I love this phone, and you'd have to pry it out of my cold, dead fingers before I switch, I think that this is a bad choice. Unless they've somehow managed to fix the instabilities with Android in general and the quirks of the Atrix in specific, I wouldn't want to depend on this phone for my life in a combat zone. Even with running stock (rooted), I still have the occasional (but frequent enough) random reboot.
Thoughts?

wingmanjd said:
While I love this phone, and you'd have to pry it out of my cold, dead fingers before I switch, I think that this is a bad choice. Unless they've somehow managed to fix the instabilities with Android in general and the quirks of the Atrix in specific, I wouldn't want to depend on this phone for my life in a combat zone. Even with running stock (rooted), I still have the occasional (but frequent enough) random reboot.
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They may have chosen it out of convenience, since Motorola makes great hardware and the Atrix is the only model in recent history with an unlockable bootloader (Photon wont work since most of the world is GSM). I'm kinda surprised they just didnt make their own hardware though, they certainly have the funds to do it.

So we have very high tech smartphones strapped to soldiers. Next thing you know they'll all have Heartbeat Sensors from Call of Duty.

The military looks to buy off the shelf prior to developing for themselves. I think the Atrix is a pretty reliable phone.
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wingmanjd said:
While I love this phone, and you'd have to pry it out of my cold, dead fingers before I switch, I think that this is a bad choice. Unless they've somehow managed to fix the instabilities with Android in general and the quirks of the Atrix in specific, I wouldn't want to depend on this phone for my life in a combat zone. Even with running stock (rooted), I still have the occasional (but frequent enough) random reboot.
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Every single phone I've owned (iPhone 2g, 3g, 3gs, atrix 4g and note i717) have had random reboots. These are computers, reboots happen.
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Maybe the military wanted a phone with a fingerprint scanner?

palmboy5 said:
Maybe the military wanted a phone with a fingerprint scanner?
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Indeed it played a role I'm sure. It's nice to have that security hardware in case someone drops their device.
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wingmanjd said:
While I love this phone, and you'd have to pry it out of my cold, dead fingers before I switch, I think that this is a bad choice. Unless they've somehow managed to fix the instabilities with Android in general and the quirks of the Atrix in specific, I wouldn't want to depend on this phone for my life in a combat zone. Even with running stock (rooted), I still have the occasional (but frequent enough) random reboot.
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The development was in the operating system which they needed to make secure. I am sure they are picking what they feel is the best hardware, (and the Atrix I feel is a good choice), and the operating system news is 6 months or so old which is when the announcement was made by the NSA that they had developed a secure Android OS. It's been known for a long time the military was starting to replace BB with Android phones.

I would want a more reliable phone to show where my buddys are when I'm in combat. Having a phone that over heats in 65 degree weather, and they are using it in 100+ degree with GPS on?? Digitzer problems too.
Kind of a weird choice when there is more "rugged" phones, like the Samsung Rugby.

Motorola may have used it as a marketing scheme to show how reliable the ATRIX really is. Even though it is not, still a great phone though
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Motorola is a nice American sounding company. They have been around for a while. They made the first car radio I think. This may have something to do with decision. Taking a off the shelf phone is good budget wise. Hopefully it helps our troops deployed throughout the globe

affiatic said:
Motorola is a nice American sounding company. They have been around for a while. They made the first car radio I think. This may have something to do with decision. Taking a off the shelf phone is good budget wise. Hopefully it helps our troops deployed throughout the globe
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Motorola has worked with the military before and manufactures many military grade electronics.
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ar31791 said:
Motorola has worked with the military before and manufactures many military grade electronics.
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Then why are they using the Atrix of all phones?

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Then why are they using the Atrix of all phones?
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1. Unlocked Bootloader - They can run whatever software they want, and they do.
2. American company - No worries about espionage e.g. (Huawei)
3. Good specs - Atrix might not be the newest phone, but it is by no means outdated.
4. Cheap - Motorola can't really sell the Atrix anymore, so the US army might have gotten it cheap at bulk.