Tuesday 17 December 2013

Moto G is supposed to run at 1.6 GHz?

According to pdadb.net the Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 in Moto G is able to run at the clock speed of 1.6 GHZ. For example Asus Padfone mini has the same SoC on board but is running on 1.4 GHz.

Now the question is if or how much voltage is needed to incerase in Moto G to handle 1.4-1.6 GHz and how it will cope with more heat production.

Friday 13 December 2013

Workaround for Parse error on Motorola Moto G

Many people have a problem on Moto G that they cannot install APKs on the phone. Hopefully, there are few workarounds for this problem.

BEST SOLUTION: Make a wipe/data facotry reset. Then skip all the configuration process and jump to settings. Now enable option of installing non-market apps

1) Put the files you wish to install in /data/create_any_folder_here/<here> (needs root)
2) Upload your games/applications on Google Drive and install them from there
3) People are reporting that couple of wipes solve the problem...
4) Install APKs trough USB flash stick connected using OTG cable

P.S. The bug should be fixed in the next OTA update. French and German retail phones have the fix already.

Thursday 12 December 2013

Take screenshot on Motorola Moto G

1. Press and hold "power" + "vol-" simultaneously

After printscreen is done, you'll see it on animation for a moment.

Screenshots are saved in "screenshot" folder.

Wednesday 11 December 2013

Moto G - bootloader unlocking

Here I present official method to unlock the bootloader. It will allow you to install unsigned images onto Motorola like recoveries, kernels and possibly softwares and radios in the future.

However, requesting an unlock code will void your guaranty so you do it on your own risk! It's recommended to do backup before the unlock because it may wipe your data!


Tuesday 10 December 2013

How to reanimate Moto G dead battery - phone has discharged and won't charge

Hello,

some of people suffer from problem when they have fully discharged the phone. With completely dead battery sometimes the device does not want to start charging.

First of all, you need a good quality wall charger. Plug the phone and wait at least couple of minutes  hours to charge the phone.

To boot up the phone you need to use this simple trick:

Plug phone to charger and hold the power button for 18 or more seconds. After that the battery should start recharging.

How to Install CWM/TWRP - custom recovery on Moto G

In this quick tutorial I will show you to install Custom Recovery on Motorola Moto G. It gives you many options including backup of whole system! Remember that you need unlocked bootloader in order to install any other recoveries than stock!

DISCLAIMER: You flash the recovery ROM on your own risk! Since now, your warranty may be void!


How to enable USB Debugging and Developer Options on Motorola Moto G

Here is the instruction how to turn on USB Debugging hidden in secret Developer Options on Android Jelly Bean.

1) Turn on the developer mode options
Go to Settings -> About phone -> and tap 7 times"Build number"

2) Enable USB Debugging
Settings -> Developer options-> and check USB Debugging

How to access stock recovery and wipe (factory reset) on Moto G

Here I will show you how to perform a wipe on Moto G even on bugged stock recovery. Remember that you may have bugged recovery where each option is just the line above.

How to enter bootloader mode on Moto G

1) Turn off the phone
2) When holding voldown (vol-) press power button

How to flash stock rom on Motorola Moto G - updated

In Polish: http://motorolaforum.pl/viewtopic.php?f=128&t=3988

Hello,

in this tutorial I will show you how to install stock ROM on Motorola Moto G. It may be useful for branded devices to remove all the bloatware. Also it's good if you mess to much in your ROM and want it to work as you would remove the device from the box.

Monday 9 December 2013

Hello and welcome on Motorola Moto G blog

Welcome on Motorola Moto G blog,

here I am going to post tips and tutorials for Moto G. All of the Tutorials will be in english with many of them translated into polish with links to polish forum.

You can ask me questions in english, polish or french.

Have fun on modding your Motorola  Moto G,

Pierre