subject: Unlock Your Motorola Atrix 4g [print this page] The Motorola Atrix 4G made it's very first appearance at CES 2011 on January 5, where it earned the CNET Best of CES 2011 Award in the Smartphone category. The cellphone went on sale April 2011 on AT&T Wireless, Orange UK, Bell Canada, and Telstra AU. The phone can function on 2G Networks (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) and 3G Networks (HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100).
A few major features on this smartphone include a Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 cpu, ULP GeForce Graphics processing unit, Tegra 2 AP20H chipset, 16 Gigabytes of built-in storage space (as well as an external microSD card slot that could support up to 32 Gigabytes of additional storage), and 1 Gb of RAM. It measures 117.8 x 63.5 x 11 mm, weighs 135 grams, comes with a 4.0 inch (~275 ppi pixel density) TFT capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colours, 5 Megapixel autofocus digital camera with LED flash, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v2.1, Gps navigation, and works on the Android v2.2 Froyo Os.
In the event that you bought this cellphone and have decided to switch service provider, or maybe you're traveling and would like to use the phone with a different simcard, you'll have to unlock the phone. If you don't unlock it, an error message will appear on the cell phone as soon as you insert a new simcard.
Listed below are the instructions you'll need to unlock your Motorola Atrix 4G:
1. Place a non-accepted simcard (a simcard that isn't from the original carrier). Power on phone.
2. The phone wont recognize the new simcard and will prompt you for a subsidy password.
3. Key in your unlock code. In the event that you do not have an unlock code, have a look at the bottom of this article for instructions on where you can get one.
note: If the cell phone is on a 3G network, type **057* then enter the unlock code inside the window that appears
The moment the cell phone unlock code is typed in and accepted, your phone is unlocked. Then you're able to put in a simcard from any other carrier and your phone should immediately acquire the network. In some instances you might need to modify a few settings on the phone (e-mail along with other internet related services) by way of pointing them to your new carrier.
