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Long-term Customer Financing and Sales Of Receivables (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Apr. 04, 2015
Contract
loan
Mar. 29, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Receivables [Abstract]      
Commitments to provide long-term financing $ 65,000,000msi_LongTermFinancing   $ 293,000,000msi_LongTermFinancing
Number of large customers contracts 2msi_FinancingReceivableDecreaseofLargeCustomersContracts    
Servicing obligations for long-term receivables 596,000,000msi_ServiceObligationForLongTermReceivables   496,000,000msi_ServiceObligationForLongTermReceivables
Financing receivables past due over 90 days 11,000,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestment90DaysPastDueAndStillAccruing   12,000,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestment90DaysPastDueAndStillAccruing
Number of loans, past due over 90 days 2msi_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestment90DaysPastDueandStillAccruingNumberofLoans    
Interest accrued on loans $ 0us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeAccrualMethod $ 0us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeAccrualMethod