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Hi VZ Moto X folks,
How are you liking Kitkat on the phone? I installed the update on my VZ Moto X this noon and do like the update overall, but I have a few gripes as well.
Likes:
Transparent status bar, white looks good and different as well IMO
New camera allows to adjust focus, exposure (technically this not related to Kitkat I think)
Wallet is working again on VZ with NFC
Lockscreen music album art is very nice! Also works with apps like Pandora and Tunein Radio
New dialer, but no business search
Gripes:
Lost root from 4.2, chances to get it back on 4.4 seem slim. Really hate ads
Some issues with Chrome on 4.4 (lag etc), hopefully will be fixed by an update to Chrome. Chrome never lagged on the Moto X for me on 4.2.
4.4 broke support for battery apps like BetterBatteryStats and Wakelock detector.
Overall, I am really impressed with Motorola and Verizon for giving us this update so soon. But the Moto X was such an awesome phone to start with that I am not totally overawed by the update, I think. What do you guys think about the update?
I'm pretty upset about a really small thing: When I unlock from Active Notifications, there's a tiny delay in which the regular lockscreen appears, and then it unlocks to home/whatever app I had open. That wasn't there before, was it?
tejaskary said:
Hi VZ Moto X folks,
How are you liking Kitkat on the phone? I installed the update on my VZ Moto X this noon and do like the update overall, but I have a few gripes as well.
Likes:
Transparent status bar, white looks good and different as well IMO
New camera allows to adjust focus, exposure (technically this not related to Kitkat I think)
Wallet is working again on VZ with NFC
Lockscreen music album art is very nice! Also works with apps like Pandora and Tunein Radio
New dialer, but no business search
Gripes:
Lost root from 4.2, chances to get it back on 4.4 seem slim. Really hate ads
Some issues with Chrome on 4.4 (lag etc), hopefully will be fixed by an update to Chrome. Chrome never lagged on the Moto X for me on 4.2.
4.4 broke support for battery apps like BetterBatteryStats and Wakelock detector.
Overall, I am really impressed with Motorola and Verizon for giving us this update so soon. But the Moto X was such an awesome phone to start with that I am not totally overawed by the update, I think. What do you guys think about the update?
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I'm happy with the speed of release, but I'm a little disappointed with the crippling of some features. The lack of local search in the dialer and Google Caller ID is very disappointing.
Oh, and this feels like nitpicking. But holy crap:
If you haven't tried yet, switch to ART runtime in the developer options. It speeds up the phone a lot.
tejaskary said:
Hi VZ Moto X folks,
How are you liking Kitkat on the phone? I installed the update on my VZ Moto X this noon and do like the update overall, but I have a few gripes as well.
Likes:
Transparent status bar, white looks good and different as well IMO
New camera allows to adjust focus, exposure (technically this not related to Kitkat I think)
Wallet is working again on VZ with NFC
Lockscreen music album art is very nice! Also works with apps like Pandora and Tunein Radio
New dialer, but no business search
Gripes:
Lost root from 4.2, chances to get it back on 4.4 seem slim. Really hate ads
Some issues with Chrome on 4.4 (lag etc), hopefully will be fixed by an update to Chrome. Chrome never lagged on the Moto X for me on 4.2.
4.4 broke support for battery apps like BetterBatteryStats and Wakelock detector.
Overall, I am really impressed with Motorola and Verizon for giving us this update so soon. But the Moto X was such an awesome phone to start with that I am not totally overawed by the update, I think. What do you guys think about the update?
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How did you get Wallet to work? I don't see it in the TapToPay menu, there's only a demo/help link.
Thanks
Haptic feedback is really much better
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juancaperez2000 said:
Haptic feedback is really much better
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Yes, that to me is a actually one of the most important updates because you feel it every time you unlock or every press (if enabled). Much smoother now.
I really don't like the new dialer app. The white/gray looks plain ugly and I don't get what's the obsession with light themes.
Otherwise, I like it all
T-R said:
How did you get Wallet to work? I don't see it in the TapToPay menu, there's only a demo/help link.
Thanks
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You have to sideload the wallet app from the nexus 5.
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You have to sideload the wallet app from the nexus 5.
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I see. I bet Google Play update is coming.
Please post a link if it's not to much trouble. Thank you
meant2live218 said:
I'm pretty upset about a really small thing: When I unlock from Active Notifications, there's a tiny delay in which the regular lockscreen appears, and then it unlocks to home/whatever app I had open. That wasn't there before, was it?
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Turn the lockscreen off in settings->security ->screen lock->none
Not sure why but after the update Spotify dont show the album cover, i already try clean cache, data, force stop uninstall reboot then reinstall but still not working
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Omen87 said:
Oh, and this feels like nitpicking. But holy crap:
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Yes! The icons are terrible in the status bar. They also used the old Gps icon instead of the new location one.
I like having the option of using art. And will try it for today. But might have to get rid of it until more apps are compatible. Its not horrible but my banking app and PANDORA don't work. The lag is also TERRIBLE when unlocking from active notifications. And disabling slide unlock screen is NOT a fix because the lock screen is how I change my music when listening. Motorola should NOT have skipped the soak test.
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strictlyphat said:
I like having the option of using art. And will try it for today. But might have to get rid of it until more apps are compatible. Its not horrible but my banking app and PANDORA don't work. The lag is also TERRIBLE when unlocking from active notifications. And disabling slide unlock screen is NOT a fix because the lock screen is how I change my music when listening. Motorola should NOT have skipped the soak test.
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Wait... Motorola shouldn't have skipped the soak test because you want to enable an unsupported beta feature that's only accessible by enabling a development settings menu?
binary visions said:
Wait... Motorola shouldn't have skipped the soak test because you want to enable an unsupported beta feature that's only accessible by enabling a development settings menu?
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i think he's talking about the tiny delay between swiping from an active notification and resuming to the home screen. i've also noticed the delay and was hesitant to post about it.
640k said:
i think he's talking about the tiny delay between swiping from an active notification and resuming to the home screen. i've also noticed the delay and was hesitant to post about it.
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Especially when others are confirming that the lag is on dalvik as well.
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thekendog said:
Yes! The icons are terrible in the status bar. They also used the old Gps icon instead of the new location one.
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What aren't you liking about the icons?
-Nexus 10-
i'm switching to ART as we speak. i don't have high hopes for it, but am willing to give it a try.
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i think he's talking about the tiny delay between swiping from an active notification and resuming to the home screen. i've also noticed the delay and was hesitant to post about it.
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Occasionally I'll get a really slow unlock where the whole screen goes black for about 2 seconds, but overall I'm getting zero lag unlocking from active display. Don't know why some are lagging
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binary visions said:
Wait... Motorola shouldn't have skipped the soak test because you want to enable an unsupported beta feature that's only accessible by enabling a development settings menu?
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I'm.not a retard lol. I understand I can simply turn back to dalvik and not have app issues.
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If your Samsung note 10.1 2014 edition is rooted
Check this app out https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.xposed
It's awesome, you can customise the notification drawer etc
Best thing is you can trick the tab into thinking it's not customised under security setting and setting it to m official, this mean you can receive updates normally through settings
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Looks good but wouldn't receiving the updates undo root though?
Most likely but doub there will more than a couple more updates like kit kat next year. Worth it , doesn't take long to re root it
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derivatives velnta
Can't get this module to work. Changed several settings but it has no effect (even after reboot). You got it working on your Note?
One thing I've noticed and that's a show stopper for me, is that if you've got a PIN unlock set, the unlock screen is forced to portrait mode. The way I've got my tablet charging on my desk this means that it's upside down. Note that this module works really well on my Note 3.
Regards,
John Francis
jfrancis999 said:
One thing I've noticed and that's a show stopper for me, is that if you've got a PIN unlock set, the unlock screen is forced to portrait mode. The way I've got my tablet charging on my desk this means that it's upside down. Note that this module works really well on my Note 3.
Regards,
John Francis
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You can use the Gravitybox Xposed module to force it back.
jpearn said:
You can use the Gravitybox Xposed module to force it back.
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Thanks a lot!
Regards,
John Francis
jfrancis999 said:
One thing I've noticed and that's a show stopper for me, is that if you've got a PIN unlock set, the unlock screen is forced to portrait mode. The way I've got my tablet charging on my desk this means that it's upside down. Note that this module works really well on my Note 3.
Regards,
John Francis
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That's also a couple settings on the app to let it turn all ways, there's a couple if u look through
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FYI
Xposed framework was created by a developer on here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401
There's lots of different modules
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327541
http://repo.xposed.info/
Its worth checking xda's youtube channel there's a few videos available.
Definitely a great app. It's great to check to see if there's actually any updates for my device, since the coverage of this device's updates seem to be very hard to find and different for different areas of the world.
But way more importantly, the main feature to get this app is to add any app to multi-window, like the other Note devices could do with MultiWindow Manager (which doesn't work for 10.1 2014).
Here in this forum, there are a couple of ROM's which have received no update for weeks.
Is there any problem? Or why it's so quiet around the Moto X style?
Waiting for Official CM12.1 btw
lAndroXl said:
Here in this forum, there are a couple of ROM's which have received no update for weeks.
Is there any problem? Or why it's so quiet around the Moto X style?
Waiting for Official CM12.1 btw
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I think most are waiting to update their builds until more of the bugs are fixed. Once everything gets sorted out you should see them revving back up.
Agreed, I wouldn't be surprised at all if development picks up once marshmallow is released. Either way I don't mind waiting for stable roms instead of them rushing out buggy ones. I am real eager for led notification and dt2w/dt2s.
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Yeah, didn't realize how much I missed that stupid LED notification from my Note 3. What is dt2w etc?
Double tap to wake. On the screen while locked. To wake the phone.
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Use Nova Prime. Install Screen Off and Lock > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.katecca.screenofflock&hl=en
Set Nova to use double tap to call Screen Off and Lock.
Works without issue. I've had double tap for screen off since the day I got the Pure.
Don't need double tap to turn on screen. Just pick up the phone or give it a little nudge and the screen comes on! Voila!
jaseman said:
Use Nova Prime. Install Screen Off and Lock > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.katecca.screenofflock&hl=en
Set Nova to use double tap to call Screen Off and Lock.
Works without issue. I've had double tap for screen off since the day I got the Pure.
Don't need double tap to turn on screen. Just pick up the phone or give it a little nudge and the screen comes on! Voila!
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I'm always reluctant to use 3rd party apps for unlocking etc.
I already use Nova. I'm wondering, did you find any problems with it or maybe battery drain?
Corduroy-21 said:
I'm always reluctant to use 3rd party apps for unlocking etc.
I already use Nova. I'm wondering, did you find any problems with it or maybe battery drain?
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I use the paid version of Nova as well and have not noticed any issues with it. I also have the knock off feature set. I'm a long time Nova user and always replace the default launcher.
Oaklands said:
I use the paid version of Nova as well and have not noticed any issues with it. I also have the knock off feature set. I'm a long time Nova user and always replace the default launcher.
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Is it possible to use knock on with nova?
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lAndroXl said:
Here in this forum, there are a couple of ROM's which have received no update for weeks.
Is there any problem? Or why it's so quiet around the Moto X style?
Waiting for Official CM12.1 btw
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I only see 1 rom which has not been updated since first-nightly.
But yea it does seem to be taking little more then other phones but I think hashbang is very close. Almost VolTE works.
Oaklands said:
I use the paid version of Nova as well and have not noticed any issues with it. I also have the knock off feature set. I'm a long time Nova user and always replace the default launcher.
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Me too. The only time I didn't use Nova exclusively was with HTC Sense.
Nova is very stable, doesn't drain much battery and you can do many things.
Do you have the same "knock" app as mentioned above?
Oaklands said:
I use the paid version of Nova as well and have not noticed any issues with it. I also have the knock off feature set. I'm a long time Nova user and always replace the default launcher.
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No. I just setup the double tsp gesture to hibernate and lock screen.
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Oaklands said:
No. I just setup the double tsp gesture to hibernate and lock screen.
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How do you do that without a third party app? If you can do the same thing without an app please share the exact steps.
Thanks!
Aicp ROM works perfect even VoLTE. Try it
jaseman said:
How do you do that without a third party app? If you can do the same thing without an app please share the exact steps.
Thanks!
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Sorry. I have Greenify loaded. I forgot I had to have that as well. Good app to have anyway for battery life.
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With phones it is all about those small things that make the experience for you ever more enjoyable. Like everyone else not being able to quickly view notifications while your device was sitting on a desk was kind of annoying. While there were apps that tried to mimic this feature it just quite wasn't there.
Well with the new OTA that I promptly side loaded the Pixel is nearing perfect for me. Coming from the S7 Edge makes it even more enjoyable. Why? Because the S7 Edge always on display was kind of useless. Sure you can see the time and a few notifications but it just did not apply to enough apps which made it more annoying.
Anyone just my 2 cents.
HeCareth said:
With phones it is all about those small things that make the experience for you ever more enjoyable. Like everyone else not being able to quickly view notifications while your device was sitting on a desk was kind of annoying. While there were apps that tried to mimic this feature it just quite wasn't there.
Well with the new OTA that I promptly side loaded the Pixel is nearing perfect for me. Coming from the S7 Edge makes it even more enjoyable. Why? Because the S7 Edge always on display was kind of useless. Sure you can see the time and a few notifications but it just did not apply to enough apps which made it more annoying.
Anyone just my 2 cents.
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Are you describing ambient display?
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shinesthru said:
Are you describing ambient display?
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I believe he's talking about pick up to wake and double tap to wake.
Can we use this http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/1...date-a-nexus-without-root-or-custom-recovery/ and the file from the XDA article to flash on our Google Store variants?
km8j said:
Can we use this http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/1...date-a-nexus-without-root-or-custom-recovery/ and the file from the XDA article to flash on our Google Store variants?
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I honestly used links from AndroidPolice. http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/1...otification-seems-like-an-accidental-rollout/
Downloaded and sideloaded the OTA. I have a Google Store device and flashed over fine.
Anyone having issues with the double tap to wake not working if the phone has been sitting idle for a while?
JAYNO20 said:
Anyone having issues with the double tap to wake not working if the phone has been sitting idle for a while?
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I haven't noticed.
Edit:I have noticed that happens. This may be a doze thing
So this works on USA networks?
It works fine on all Pixels with V software. Canada got it early because this fixes a major LTE issues.
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Some are saying this also fixes some of the Bluetooth issues. I haven't seen anyone verify this though.
anyone using this for their note 9 ? i have it install in my Note 9 (exynos duo), everything is good until i click on button on pie control, it take nearly 2-5 second to load apps, is kind of irritating for me, anyone facing this issue ? or i miss out something ?
Reboot? Working great on snap note 9
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bjc112 said:
Reboot? Working great on snap note 9
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my seem like something go wrong, first click is decent 1 second but second click will take up to 4-5 second to load ...
weird
i love gestures more than other controls
bjc112 said:
Reboot? Working great on snap note 9
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chacho_2me said:
i love gestures more than other controls
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we don't have good lock in our region.
skabt said:
we don't have good lock in our region.
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pie controls or goodlock? i dont have also.. but i search on google. so far no malware
I JUST started using PIE controls by coolace (due to having seen it on this threat). It is working great so far, no slowdown or hangs or anything.
I am using snapdragon Note 9
Thanks for mentioning the app by the way, I think it might be favorite edge/gesture control now (have tried many)
have a look, wondering this is normal ? but i done nothing on my phone ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laFGe1EQDcI&feature=youtu.be
skabt said:
have a look, wondering this is normal ? but i done nothing on my phone ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laFGe1EQDcI&feature=youtu.be
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Which wallpaper is that?
Looks like Maxelus AMOLED live wallpaper
another pie controls app. Works pretty well reminds me of lmt launcher
jdmsohc22 said:
Which wallpaper is that?
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AVriANCE said:
Looks like Maxelus AMOLED live wallpaper
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YUP amoled livewapaper ....
btw my is really slow right ?
i found one funny issue with my pie control, if i open pie control in any screen other than home screen, it work perfectly but in home screen it take few second to load, any one have idea what it cause ?
I am actually taking back my recommendation on this app...
more than once I have had it kind of "take over" my screen.
What I mean is, any touch on my screen is attempting to touch something in PIE control (and not actually graphically showing PIE control, btw).
you effectively can't do anything at that point.
Its been a few days since I stopped using it, but I really did pretty exhaustively try to figure out how to stop this.
I really liked this app's "swipe" method instead of pulling the PIE out and having to like hold on a button for a quick sec, this app lets you do it in a smooth swiping motion.
Anyways, ive given up and gone back to onscreen navigation keys.
Every method I have tried (including XDA's navigation) has had some small hangups that eventually have problems working.
And no I haven't reported errors and such in respective threads, I just give up because my "lots of effort into having a hacky phone" days are behind me