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Varkov

philthrill69 wrote: »

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/moto-g-4g-lte-black-tesco-139-00-149-00-sim-free-1938953

Boom! Nice one!

Ordered there.

ezra_pound

http://www.androidauthority.com/motorola-android-l-moto-x-397902/

Expect L upgrade in autumn.

Good news.

mondeo

ezra_pound wrote: »

http://www.androidauthority.com/motorola-android-l-moto-x-397902/

Expect L upgrade in autumn.

Good news.

Now it says it's a hoax

irishpancake

MrMac84 wrote: »

Oh I thought I could just set the pin request now through the new phone? I think I have the puk somewhere

No, your sim is locked, you need the PUK!!

If you have it, and it is usually provided with the sim pack, be careful....

you have 10 goes only, after that you would need to get a new sim, as your existing one would be permanently locked.

If it fails, don't continue or guess, contact your provider or on-line, depending on the provider, you should get it there.

Aspiring

I'm sure this has been asked many times before but can't search thread on mobile so I'll ask, would there be any problems using the 4g version here on Three? i.e. will LTE definitely work here on Three once the phones unlocked.

Thanks

ThunbergsAreGo

Battery is being hammered on this recently, think a factory reset may be on order

irishpancake

naughtb4 wrote: »

Battery is being hammered on this recently, think a factory reset may be on order

why not just try to find the source of the battery drain??

Otherwise, you may have a repeat performance!!

even just looking at Battery in Settings may give a clue.

also, cpu spy from Play, and Better Battery Stats is very good.

I can't post links at the moment, but search XDA for both those apps, and they are both free on Play......

XDA will have massive threads on them, giving lots of explanatory stuff.

Doge

A while back I promised to show an example of how well the Moto G's mic performs in Night Clubs and venues with loud music.

I lost that video since, but here are some other examples I recorded:

It was really put to the test @ Revelation Sound System in the Pavillion last night,
notice the huge stack of speakers behind me. I'm quite pleased with the amount of bass that came out in the recording without getting distorted:

Doge

I finally managed to find a direct link to the video i lost of King Kong Company back in April.
Had to embed the post and extract the link, wtf facebook???


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=496172923843663


And here's some live drums outside just for something different:

Turtlez

Love my Moto G :-)

Turtlez

Love my Moto G :-)

ROOT
Pick out of one of LOADS of ROMS over on XDA
Kepp any MOTO G User happy....
SlimKat on mine @ d moment seems bout the
best with a few more tweaks and tricks :P

calex71

Been hit with a battery drain issue over the last few days, I'm not a heavy user or the kind of person who will sit and play with the phone, I'll only unlock it to check or send messages. Little or no calls in the time I've noticed the drain, no videos youtube etc, 3g is off wifi is on. Location is set to battery save nothing has changed in terms of app/settings.

Usually I'd be charging every 2/3 days currently im at 12% battery with the screen showing in Battery in settings as having used 43% in 1day 2 hours, yet when I click into the graph I can see the intervils when the screen was on, and they are all brief periods to check a message etc.

The brightness is set as it always is pretty low approx 1cm from being totally dim. screen time out is 30 seconds but I manually lock the phone usually when I'm done.

Any ideas?

advertsfox

advertsfox wrote: »

Also ordered the new Motorola Grip Case off Amazon for €15, looks great and snaps on the back and my vinly will fit it too.

This arrived today and I must say, its the best cover concept I have ever used on any phone I have owned. I'm a big fan of OEM and this is the perfect example of it. Fits perfect, stylish and non slippy with some lovely bump protection without being vulgar - I highly recommend it.

Its €15 with shipping to a PM address, €18.50 total.

projectgtr

waveform wrote: »

A while back I promised to show an example of how well the Moto G's mic performs in Night Clubs and venues with loud music.

I lost that video since, but here are some other examples I recorded:




It was really put to the test @ Revelation Sound System in the Pavillion last night,
notice the huge stack of speakers behind me. I'm quite pleased with the amount of bass that came out in the recording without getting distorted:

Cheers, it really does well! i used to hate when my Galaxy Nexus was used the sound was great until it got loud then got very distorted , heres an example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZMTgkEOlCo

calex71

irishpancake wrote: »

why not just try to find the source of the battery drain??

Otherwise, you may have a repeat performance!!

even just looking at Battery in Settings may give a clue.

also, cpu spy from Play, and Better Battery Stats is very good.

I can't post links at the moment, but search XDA for both those apps, and they are both free on Play......

XDA will have massive threads on them, giving lots of explanatory stuff.

Better Battery stats needs root on kitkat as far as I recall.

irishpancake

calex71 wrote: »

Been hit with a battery drain issue over the last few days, I'm not a heavy user or the kind of person who will sit and play with the phone, I'll only unlock it to check or send messages. Little or no calls in the time I've noticed the drain, no videos youtube etc, 3g is off wifi is on. Location is set to battery save nothing has changed in terms of app/settings.

Usually I'd be charging every 2/3 days currently im at 12% battery with the screen showing in Battery in settings as having used 43% in 1day 2 hours, yet when I click into the graph I can see the intervils when the screen was on, and they are all brief periods to check a message etc.

The brightness is set as it always is pretty low approx 1cm from being totally dim. screen time out is 30 seconds but I manually lock the phone usually when I'm done.

Any ideas?

Well, over 1 day is usually considered good, with light usage, but you say you normally get 2/3 days with a similar usage profile.

Do you allow wifi to stay on, when screen sleeps??

You can set it not to, or only during charge, in Settings WiFi/Advanced.

The increased data usage referred to under "never" refers to mobile data, and you are switched off, so no probs there.

I would get CPU Spy Plus from Play...it is very useful for showing just what % time your device spends in deep sleep, and other freqs....it can give a clue to if there is an app misbehaving...

see my screenshots, showing almost 80% Battery after 1 d 6 hrs...

and Deep Sleep in CPU Spy shows almost 80%











Another useful app, if you are not getting deep sleep, is Better Battery Stats, which takes a bit of setting up, but it's worth it.

It can shows which apps or processes are keeping your processor awake, the "wake locks" which are the bane of Android!!!

http://manojprasaddevelopers.blogspot.ie/2012/02/what-is-wakelock.html

What is WakeLock?

In order to prolong battery life, over time Android devices will first dim, then turn off the screen, before turning off the CPU.

Wake Locks are a Power Manager system Service feature, available to your
applications to control the power state of the host device.

Wake Locks can be used to keep the CPU running, prevent the screen from dimming, prevent the screen from turning off, and prevent the keyboard backlight from turning off.

Creating and holding Wake Locks can have a dramatic influence on the battery drain associated with your application.

It’s good practice to use Wake Locks only when strictly necessary, for as short a time as needed, and to release them as soon as possible.

BBS makes hunting down and eliminating as many of these unnecessary WL's as possible easy, relatively speaking.

If you check on XDA, you will find dedicated threads on both of those Apps, started by the devs, and useful if you need help, you can even submit logs, which can be debugged to show what is keeping your CPU running in sleep mode, and therefore it will help get better battery life.

nc6000

Will we be getting the 4.4.3 update anytime soon?

degsie

nc6000 wrote: »

Will we be getting the 4.4.3 update anytime soon?

Latest is 4.4.4

nc6000

degsie wrote: »

Latest is 4.4.4

I didn't know another Android version had been released so soon. I wonder will we very seeing this version?

advertsfox

nc6000 wrote: »

I didn't know another Android version had been released so soon. I wonder will we very seeing this version?

A few months, Google for Android L. 4.4.4 just fixes an SSL bug.

Hogan24

I currently have a Nokia Lumia 800 with an 8mp camera. Camera is very important to me. I know the Moto G is a 5mp but in terms of pic quality is the Moto G a lot inferior?

My Lumia 800 is battered so it needs changing and the Moto G is appealing to me, but curious about the difference in cameras.

Any help would be great thanks.

advertsfox

Hogan24 wrote: »

I currently have a Nokia Lumia 800 with an 8mp camera. Camera is very important to me. I know the Moto G is a 5mp but in terms of pic quality is the Moto G a lot inferior?

My Lumia 800 is battered so it needs changing and the Moto G is appealing to me, but curious about the difference in cameras.

Any help would be great thanks.

I know how you feel, I went from a 20MP Z1 to this and it can be a decent camera (I find the quick response helpful, I've took plenty a woeful shot with the Xperia). Check out the comparisons on GSM Arena, it takes great natural light shots and can take good inside ones too.

http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=3&idPhone1=5831&idPhone2=6376&idPhone3=6033

ThunbergsAreGo

advertsfox wrote: »

I know how you feel, I went from a 20MP Z1 to this and it can be a decent camera (I find the quick response helpful, I've took plenty a woeful shot with the Xperia). Check out the comparisons on GSM Arena, it takes great natural light shots and can take good inside ones too.

http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=3&idPhone1=5831&idPhone2=6376&idPhone3=6033

I feel the camera is an area that this phone really lacks for me, but for the price there has to be a trade off somewhere

Standard Toaster

Best place to get a replacement screen for Moto G?
Just the screen is cracked, I'll replace it myself.

J_E

The camera is not great, but still fine for general shots and sharing moments.

FunkyDa2

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Best place to get a replacement screen for Moto G?
Just the screen is cracked, I'll replace it myself.

See post #1737 of this thread

Doge

Is this app the only way of syncing facebook events to your android calender?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shadowfury.facebookcalendarsync


Found it surprising as its automatically integrated on my iPad.

nc6000

FunkyDa2 wrote: »

See post #1737 of this thread

How is the replacement screen quality wise compared to the original Moto G screen?

I'm thinking of replacing my screen as I seem to have got some sort of oil mark\smudge on the screen which I can't shift.

ThunbergsAreGo

waveform wrote: »

Is this app the only way of syncing facebook events to your android calender?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shadowfury.facebookcalendarsync


Found it surprising as its automatically integrated on my iPad.

Pretty sure it is all integrated, mine pulls eveything in when FB syncs in any case

digitaldr

nc6000 wrote: »

How is the replacement screen quality wise compared to the original Moto G screen?

I'm thinking of replacing my screen as I seem to have got some sort of oil mark\smudge on the screen which I can't shift.

The one I got on Aliexpress was 100% perfect - looked identical to the original.

nc6000

digitaldr wrote: »

The one I got on Aliexpress was 100% perfect - looked identical to the original.

And was it easy to replace too?

DjFlin

waveform wrote: »

Is this app the only way of syncing facebook events to your android calender?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shadowfury.facebookcalendarsync


Found it surprising as its automatically integrated on my iPad.

The default calender isn't great, I'd reccomend scrapping it and using Sunrise Calender instead. It connects to your Google Calender as well as Facebook, and the app is fantastic.

daytob

Dunno if anyone is near the area
but meath street today there is a chinese phone store closing down, just opposite the church, anyways they have the moto g on meteor for 99 euro.
as I said i dunno if they have it still but they did have it this afternoon. sorry i couldnt post it

digitaldr

nc6000 wrote: »

And was it easy to replace too?

Very easy - see my post here.

Best to spend a small bit more and get the screen with front housing.

My screen has after cracking. The touch screen is fine though so I can think I can buy just the screen alone, not the digitizer. Anybody have any sources for replacement? All the vendors on Amazon won't deliver to Ireland

EDIT: just read the last few posts that seem to answer my question

DERPY DERPFACE

Just broke the 7 hour screen on barrier, wondering what kind of battery life everyone else gets and if you are using dalvik or ART.
Screenshot, https://www.dropbox.com/s/cmycmz72s1grma1/Screenshot_2014-07-02-23-11-36.png

catbear

Battery life was excellent when I first got it, then it started lagging after downloading apps. Dowloaded clean master and battery docter apps and it's back initial performance. Really like this phone, no reason to go back to apple.

r3nu4l

Anyone having issues with mobile data on their Moto G?

I've two Moto G's in the house, one with 3G H+
The other has no mobile data.

Both were bought unlocked from Amazon last year while we lived in England. Last weekend we both bought bill pay SIM cards from 3. Mine works perfectly but I've discovered that this second Moto G thinks it is roaming!

So if I turn on roaming I can get mobile data but only EDGE connectivity.

Any idea what is causing this and more importantly how to fix it?

I've tried powering off the phone, removing the sim card and reinserting but no joy.

I have location services switched (GPS) on as well as Google location reporting so the phone knows it is in Ireland

Help

advertsfox

r3nu4l wrote: »

Anyone having issues with mobile data on their Moto G?

I've two Moto G's in the house, one with 3G H+
The other has no mobile data.

Both were bought unlocked from Amazon last year while we lived in England. Last weekend we both bought bill pay SIM cards from 3. Mine works perfectly but I've discovered that this second Moto G thinks it is roaming!

So if I turn on roaming I can get mobile data but only EDGE connectivity.

Any idea what is causing this and more importantly how to fix it?

I've tried powering off the phone, removing the sim card and reinserting but no joy.

I have location services switched (GPS) on as well as Google location reporting so the phone knows it is in Ireland

Help

Try this please on the phone with issues.

Go to the dialer and type in *#*#4636#*#*
Select "Phone Information".
Scroll down to "Set preferred network type".
Change this to "WCDMA only".

Check your signal again in a few seconds, it should disconnect and reconnect hopefully as 3G / H+.

r3nu4l

advertsfox wrote: »

Try this please on the phone with issues.

Go to the dialer and type in *#*#4636#*#*
Select "Phone Information".
Scroll down to "Set preferred network type".
Change this to "WCDMA only".

Check your signal again in a few seconds, it should disconnect and reconnect hopefully as 3G / H+.

Hiya, tried that with no joy. Phone still set to roaming and EDGE...

advertsfox

r3nu4l wrote: »

Hiya, tried that with no joy. Phone still set to roaming and EDGE...

Then its time to call 3 about the SIM itself, account might not be setup right. Was it ported over from another provider?

r3nu4l

advertsfox wrote: »

Then its time to call 3 about the SIM itself, account might not be setup right. Was it ported over from another provider?

No brand new sim. I've asked on the 3 forum but thought I'd ask here too.

Hogan24

Thinking of getting this phone. It seems to be cheapest of Meteor.ie I'm with Vodafone and they don't sell it. Is it possible to buy off Meteor, buy an unlock code off eBay and then wipe the Meteor stuff off the phone? I know Amazon sell it but it's more expensive.

Thanks

philthrill69

Hogan24 wrote: »

Thinking of getting this phone. It seems to be cheapest of Meteor.ie I'm with Vodafone and they don't sell it. Is it possible to buy off Meteor, buy an unlock code off eBay and then wipe the Meteor stuff off the phone? I know Amazon sell it but it's more expensive.

Thanks

I bought my wife's one from meteor, it was unlocked with no bloatware and it then locks to whatever network you first insert a sim card from.

Hogan24

philthrill69 wrote: »

I bought my wife's one from meteor, it was unlocked with no bloatware and it then locks to whatever network you first insert a sim card from.

Oh ya? I read that before somewhere but thought it was a myth! Thanks..

Pov06

Hogan24 wrote: »

Oh ya? I read that before somewhere but thought it was a myth! Thanks..

It has been mentioned a few times in this thread

I bought the phone in Meteor and I'm using my Tesco Mobile card :pac:

Fresh Pots

Hogan24 wrote: »

Thinking of getting this phone. It seems to be cheapest of Meteor.ie I'm with Vodafone and they don't sell it. Is it possible to buy off Meteor, buy an unlock code off eBay and then wipe the Meteor stuff off the phone? I know Amazon sell it but it's more expensive.

Thanks

Just be aware that meteor are selling the now old version of the moto g, a newer version is available for only a little more and it has 4g and expandable storage. Tesco direct seem to be the cheapest for it.

Hogan24

Fresh Pots wrote: »

Just be aware that meteor are selling the now old version of the moto g, a newer version is available for only a little more and it has 4g and exolandable storage. Tesco direct seem to be the cheapest for it.

Cheers, but will the Tesco Direct phone be unlocked like the Meteor phone is?

irishpancake

Hogan24 wrote: »

Cheers, but will the Tesco Direct phone be unlocked like the Meteor phone is?

Hi, prices for the 4G phones, with SD slot...

£139[€175] locked to Tesco UK....unlock code in or around €2-€3 plus factor in €3.50 PM cost UK to Ireland. (unavailable at the mo)

http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-mobile-motorola-moto-g-4g-black/171-1231.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=171-1231

SIM free, not locked, £149[€188]...and the PM €3.50....

http://www.tesco.com/direct/motorola-moto-g-4g-black/404-7860.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=404-7860

loyatemu

irishpancake wrote: »

Hi, prices for the 4G phones, with SD slot...

£139[€175] locked to Tesco UK....unlock code in or around €2-€3 plus factor in €3.50 PM cost UK to Ireland. (unavailable at the mo)

http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-mobile-motorola-moto-g-4g-black/171-1231.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=171-1231

SIM free, not locked, £149[€188]...and the PM €3.50....

http://www.tesco.com/direct/motorola-moto-g-4g-black/404-7860.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=404-7860

extra £10 off with code TDX-KYNK
I ordered one yesterday and this code works.