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irishpancake

loyatemu wrote: »

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

Thanks, should cover unlocking and postage to PM, with change left.....good one!!

Aspiring

Shame the tesco mobile 4g version is out of stock, might have to splash out the extra tenner for the sim free

Delira

Can anybody help please??

I bought the locked version from Tesco Direct thinking because I'm with Tesco already that I'd be fine. But my old phone didn't have a micro sim so I ordered one from Tesco here.

So I've just activated the new sim there over the phone and tried it in the Moto G and it doesn't work. Has anyone here used a Tesco Ireland sim in the locked version of the phone? I'm thinking that it must only be unlocked to Tesco in the UK and not here so I should buy an unlock code online.

However, I'm worried because no screen comes up looking for a code when I switch it on as others have described on this thread! So where do I put the code when I get it from Ebay?!

Any help is appreciated because now I have no phone! ((((


EDIT: Actually a screen comes up asking for a "SIM network unlock PIN". Is that it? Please say it is!

Fresh Pots

Delira wrote: »

Can anybody help please??

I bought the locked version from Tesco Direct thinking because I'm with Tesco already that I'd be fine. But my old phone didn't have a micro sim so I ordered one from Tesco here.

So I've just activated the new sim there over the phone and tried it in the Moto G and it doesn't work. Has anyone here used a Tesco Ireland sim in the locked version of the phone? I'm thinking that it must only be unlocked to Tesco in the UK and not here so I should buy an unlock code online.

However, I'm worried because no screen comes up looking for a code when I switch it on as others have described on this thread! So where do I put the code when I get it from Ebay?!

Any help is appreciated because now I have no phone! ((((


EDIT: Actually a screen comes up asking for a "SIM network unlock PIN". Is that it? Please say it is!

It's locked to Tesco UK so to use it on Tesco Ireland or any other network you will need to get it unlocked. Search eBay for moto g unlock prime_technologies. I used them yesterday and had the code within 5 hours. Only cost €1.70

Delira

Fresh Pots wrote: »

It's locked to Tesco UK so to use it on Tesco Ireland or any other network you will need to get it unlocked. Search eBay for moto g unlock prime_technologies. I used them yesterday and had the code within 5 hours. Only cost €1.70

Thanks a mill, just bought one there. Fingers crossed it works now

Vaioer

Folks,

I'm another of the broken screen brigade.

Phone works fine, bar the aesthetic look. How do you if you just need a new front housing or you need to replace the digitiser?

I did search the thread but no answer and don't fancy trawling 124 pages of info.

FunkyDa2

Post #1737, on page 116 gives you the info you need. I understand that the glass and digitizer are bonded together in a manufacturing process. I reckon that it would be more trouble than it's worth to salvage the original digitizer, and I'd repeat the advice to buy a complete glass, digitizer, and front frame assembly for ease of replacement.

Vaioer

FunkyDa2 wrote: »

Post #1737, on page 116 gives you the info you need. I understand that the glass and digitizer are bonded together in a manufacturing process. I reckon that it would be more trouble than it's worth to salvage the original digitizer, and I'd repeat the advice to buy a complete glass, digitizer, and front frame assembly for ease of replacement.

Yeah, saw that post and it looks the way to go. Was just trying to be a cheapskate.

Thanks

jimmyjimmy09

nc6000 wrote: »

Will we be getting the 4.4.3 update anytime soon?

im still on 4.4.2 ? anyone know when 4.4.3 will be released for the motog ?

Venom

jimmyjimmy09 wrote: »

im still on 4.4.2 ? anyone know when 4.4.3 will be released for the motog ?

The word at the moment is while some countries got the 4.4.3 update, its now on hold and 4.4.4 is what we will end up getting at some point.

jimmyjimmy09

who knows when that will happen lol

Pov06

4.4.4 already exists for the Google Play Edition of this phone

podgey1992

loyatemu wrote: »

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

Hi, how do I get it delivered to Ireland?

It's asking for a postcode and I can't go any further without one

loyatemu

podgey1992 wrote: »

Hi, how do I get it delivered to Ireland?

It's asking for a postcode and I can't go any further without one

Use Parcel Motel and get it delivered to their Northern Ireland depot - costs €3.50 (though this is about to increase to €3.95)

Received my Moto G 4G yesterday, early impressions are its a very nice phone.

Aspiring

loyatemu wrote: »

Use Parcel Motel and get it delivered to their Northern Ireland depot - costs €3.50 (though this is about to increase to €3.95)

Received my Moto G 4G yesterday, early impressions are its a very nice phone.

How long did it take the phone to arrive?

podgey1992

loyatemu wrote: »

Use ## and get it delivered to their Northern Ireland depot - costs €3.50 (though this is about to increase to €3.95)

Received my Moto G 4G yesterday, early impressions are its a very nice phone.

I'm assuming they then send it down to a parcel motel closer to me? And that I don't have to collect it there?

gerrykin22

podgey1992 wrote: »

I'm assuming they then send it down to a parcel motel closer to me? And that I don't have to collect it there?

Hi.
You have to register with parcel motel . You can choose a motel close
to you. You will be given a customer number (pmid).
When ordering stuff you can use parcel motels northern ireland post code and phone number.
There is a problem when ordering from tesco direct you can't
enter your pmid until at or after checkout stage.

podgey1992

gerrykin22 wrote: »

Hi.
You have to register with parcel motel . You can choose a motel close
to you. You will be given a customer number (pmid).
When ordering stuff you can use parcel motels northern ireland post code and phone number.
There is a problem when ordering from tesco direct you can't
enter your pmid until at or after checkout stage.

Cheers,

I think i'll get it off amazon using parcel motel. I've put in their address and post code but didn't get a phone number, is this important do you think?

Coming in at 200 euro for the 4g 8gb version of the phone

EDIT: ordered it now anyway!

Fresh Pots

podgey1992 wrote: »

Cheers,

I think i'll get it off amazon using parcel motel. I've put in their address and post code but didn't get a phone number, is this important do you think?

Coming in at 200 euro for the 4g 8gb version of the phone

EDIT: ordered it now anyway!

Don't know why you went that route, could have saved yourself around €35 if you ordered from Tesco direct like the majority of people on here have. Also no need to use parcel motel when getting it from amazon. It's free delivery to Ireland on orders over £25.

loyatemu

gerrykin22 wrote: »

There is a problem when ordering from tesco direct you can't
enter your pmid until at or after checkout stage.

you can enter your PMID into the "Flat number" field when confirming the delivery address.

loyatemu

Aspiring wrote: »

How long did it take the phone to arrive?

I ordered on Friday, it arrived in my local Parcel Motel yesterday evening.

The_B_Man

I'm getting a replacement phone for the father. Does anyone know if the 4G is worth getting over the standard "old" model Moto G?

Fresh Pots

The_B_Man wrote: »

I'm getting a replacement phone for the father. Does anyone know if the 4G is worth getting over the standard "old" model Moto G?

Only you or him can answer that. Would he benefit from faster 4g speeds (is it available where he lives) and does he need the expandable storage? They are the only differences.

podgey1992

Fresh Pots wrote: »

Don't know why you went that route, could have saved yourself around €35 if you ordered from Tesco direct like the majority of people on here have. Also no need to use parcel motel when getting it from amazon. It's free delivery to Ireland on orders over £25.

I don't see how, it being 190 euro from tesco direct and me paying 200.

Also the seller wouldn't deliver to ireland, hence parcel motel

Aspiring

podgey1992 wrote: »

I don't see how, it being 190 euro from tesco direct and me paying 200.

Also the seller wouldn't deliver to ireland, hence parcel motel

With the £10 discount it only comes to about 175 euro.

Fresh Pots

podgey1992 wrote: »

I don't see how, it being 190 euro from tesco direct and me paying 200.

Also the seller wouldn't deliver to ireland, hence parcel motel

You must have been looking at the sim free version. The Tesco locked one is cheaper and can be unlocked for less than €2

podgey1992

Fresh Pots wrote: »

You must have been looking at the sim free version. The Tesco locked one is cheaper and can be unlocked for less than €2

whoops

Aspiring

Locked version is out of stock atm

Doge

Anyone know how to change the app defaults on the Moto g?

There is no "Application Manager" that I can see when I go into settings - apps, sp Google is not helping.


Basically I when I tap a youtube video on Facebook it automatically opens the YouTube app and crashes.
I want to bring back up the choice of apps I can open it with, or set an alternative app as the default.

Any way of doing this natively on stock android?

Cheers.

D_BEAR

Try going into settings, apps, scroll down to the youtube app.
There should be a launch by default box press the clear defaults button.

The_B_Man

Fresh Pots wrote: »

Only you or him can answer that. Would he benefit from faster 4g speeds (is it available where he lives) and does he need the expandable storage? They are the only differences.

I suppose what I was really asking is, forgetting the 4G aspect, is the new model that much better that I should get it, or is there not much difference between the two that it doesn't matter which one I get?


EDIT: Compared them on GSM Arena.
Wow, they're basically the same phone: http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5831&idPhone2=6355

I was under the impression that the body had changed but you can probably even use the same back covers on both phones. Seems like they just took the Moto G and added SD and 4G and kept everything the same. I have the Nexus 7 2012 and 2013 and they're hugely different so wasnt' expecting this level of similarities.

irishpancake

waveform wrote: »

Anyone know how to change the app defaults on the Moto g?

There is no "Application Manager" that I can see when I go into settings - apps, sp Google is not helping.


Basically I when I tap a youtube video on Facebook it automatically opens the YouTube app and crashes.
I want to bring back up the choice of apps I can open it with, or set an alternative app as the default.

Any way of doing this natively on stock android?

Cheers.

Even so, a YT video should play in the YT app no problems.

It shouldn't force close or crash.

Is yours up to date, you can check on Play.

Doge

D_BEAR wrote: »

Try going into settings, apps, scroll down to the youtube app.
There should be a launch by default box press the clear defaults button.

Cheers for the reply, Unfortunately the clear defaults button is greyed out and next to it, it is "No Defaults set."

Yet when I go to play a video I don't get any options to open it up in other apps.

irishpancake wrote: »

Even so, a YT video should play in the YT app no problems.

It shouldn't force close or crash.

Is yours up to date, you can check on Play.

All my apps are upto date, they update automatically.
There's the odd app that "needs my approval" but I always update them as soon as I see the notification.

irishpancake

waveform wrote: »

Cheers for the reply, Unfortunately the clear defaults button is greyed out and next to it, it is "No Defaults set."

Yet when I go to play a video I don't get any options to open it up in other apps.




All my apps are upto date, they update automatically.
There's the odd app that "needs my approval" but I always update them as soon as I see the notification.

Have you tried uninstalling YT app, and then seeing what happens when you tap a vid in FB.

You can easily re-install later.

Also, have you cleared all data and cache in the TY App settings.

You can also clear cache partition and dalvik cache, if you have access to recovery, or use this App, which requires root.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.specsoft.clearcache&hl=en

Steviemoyne

Two issues with my Moto G that are really getting on my nerves:

There's scrolling lag when charging and negative RAM showing up when I try and view the RAM usage in running applications because it seems to measure it in bytes (see attached screenshot). Anyone else having these problems?

Edit: Bytes not bits.

irishpancake

Steviemoyne wrote: »

Two issues with my Moto G that are really getting on my nerves:

There's scrolling lag when charging and negative RAM showing up when I try and view the RAM usage in running applications because it seems to measure it in bytes (see attached screenshot). Anyone else having these problems?

Edit: Bytes not bits.

You're showing all your background services there, "cached services" not running services.

Have you tried a different Launcher, like Nova, it scrolls very nicely, and it is very configurable.

I have no idea why the system reports negative RAM, but it can't be right....I have never seen it before.

Also, the figure is allegedly used RAM it reports 1.3GB free RAM?? On a device with 1GB RAM?? Weird.

Android dumps anything it needs to dump, especially Kitkat, and it only uses the RAM it needs....

spare RAM is the enemy of Android, it liokes to fill it's belly with available RAM.

No-one really needs task killers in Android, as the memory management is pretty good already.

WhatYaSay

Has anyone ever had a voice message come on saying 'please unlock device' when listening to music? It's happened the last couple of times I've been listening to Spotify and would have runkeeper on at the same time. It stops the music and says 'please unlock device'. I then unlock it and press play and that's it, nothing else on the screen and no message saying what's wrong?

Steviemoyne

WhatYaSay wrote: »

Has anyone ever had a voice message come on saying 'please unlock device' when listening to music? It's happened the last couple of times I've been listening to Spotify and would have runkeeper on at the same time. It stops the music and says 'please unlock device'. I then unlock it and press play and that's it, nothing else on the screen and no message saying what's wrong?

It's Google Now doing that:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/hSB-vB0Taes

Other users of other devices saying it's a headphone problem? I have no idea if that's true...

WhatYaSay

Steviemoyne wrote: »

It's Google Now doing that:


Other users of other devices saying it's a headphone problem? I have no idea if that's true...

That sounds exactly like the problem. Looks like I've a bit of research to do. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

DERPY DERPFACE

It is a new EU law regarding volume levels when listening to music.

podgey1992

Hey guys, just bought this Moto G and put in my 48 sim card. I am wondering if I set up the 4G settings correctly, I did what it said on the 48 website, changed the settings and set it up.

The thing is, i'm not in a 4G area, and I'm wondering if there's a way of confirming if I have actually connected to the network properly, or if i'm still working off WiFi.

Any ways of testing this? Cheers.

PS Phone seems super cool, very quick and screen looks great.

Pov06

podgey1992 wrote: »

Hey guys, just bought this Moto G and put in my 48 sim card. I am wondering if I set up the 4G settings correctly, I did what it said on the 48 website, changed the settings and set it up.

The thing is, i'm not in a 4G area, and I'm wondering if there's a way of confirming if I have actually connected to the network properly, or if i'm still working off WiFi.

Any ways of testing this? Cheers.

PS Phone seems super cool, very quick and screen looks great.

Turn off WiFi and you'll see.

Rucking_Fetard

podgey1992 wrote: »

Hey guys, just bought this Moto G and put in my 48 sim card. I am wondering if I set up the 4G settings correctly, I did what it said on the 48 website, changed the settings and set it up.

The thing is, i'm not in a 4G area, and I'm wondering if there's a way of confirming if I have actually connected to the network properly, or if i'm still working off WiFi.

Any ways of testing this? Cheers.

PS Phone seems super cool, very quick and screen looks great.

I had to use tweakker to get internet going on my Moto.

Turn off WiFi, Turn on Data. (Settings-->More...-->Mobile Networks)

Is 48 even 4G capable? Wasn't back in May.

Maybe since the takeover is complete it might not be far off?

podgey1992

Worked a treat cheers.
Where would the best place to buy a cover for one of these for? Anyone have experience with good cheap covers?

hufpc8w3adnk65

AFAIK 48 isn't a 4g band!

Rucking_Fetard

podgey1992 wrote: »

Worked a treat cheers.
Where would the best place to buy a cover for one of these for? Anyone have experience with good cheap covers?

Ebay, lots there.

Steviemoyne

podgey1992 wrote: »

Worked a treat cheers.
Where would the best place to buy a cover for one of these for? Anyone have experience with good cheap covers?

The official flip cover is great I find. It locks and unlocks the phone simply by opening or closing the cover due to the way the magnets in it are set up.

It does interfere with the compass however, causes no damage just makes it shift around wildly in apps that make use of the compass (gyroscope?), you can see it with maps.

Excellent cover though for the price, Amazon ship every colour to Ireland except blue (for some inane reason) meaning if you do go for that colour you need to parcel motel it.

flids.utd

Updating now! 4.4.4

nc6000

flids.utd wrote: »

Updating now! 4.4.4

Mine is still saying the device software is up to date when I check for system updates.

flids.utd

Mines finished, it was a tesco UK unlocked and on O2 , I don't have time to mess with it now but the new dialler homepage will take a bit of getting used to looking at