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Moto G Kitkat Review

Those who got the update share your review here

I think american users must be still asleep?
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I'm in the us with a us amazon version and still Haven't received the update. So when I do, sure I'll give a review as well as a flashable version.
Moto Gee :-¢

davwman said:
I'm in the us with a us amazon version and still Haven't received the update. So when I do, sure I'll give a review as well as a flashable version.
Moto Gee :-¢
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0_0. ALL EYES ON YOU 0_0
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As they should be.
Moto Gee :-¢

davwman said:
I'm in the us with a us amazon version and still Haven't received the update. So when I do, sure I'll give a review as well as a flashable version.
Moto Gee :-¢
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i tried the guide which helped you flash the us sw on the EU version of the device, and it worked. I was running the US version for 1 day, tried updating, nothing worked, i kept it for about 26 hrs and no update popped up, i would've pulled the update and uploaded it. Now i returned to the EU version so i can benefit from the update when it rolls our for the EU versions. I can't say i'm disappointed, moto G is an awesome device, cant wait for january

I'll give my impressions once I actually get KitKat. I pre-ordered the US GSM model direct from Motorola, and I live right smack dab in the middle of the USA.....no update yet. =(

Improvements in camera ?
Any improvements in camera in this update ?

bharath78910 said:
Any improvements in camera in this update ?
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I doubt it, good cameras come from using good quality lenses and sensors, motorola skimped in the camera hardware for the price point knowing that most ppl just upload to facebook or ruin with instagram.

bharath78910 said:
Any improvements in camera in this update ?
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The camera is much faster and the pictures seem to come out sharper with better focus.
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just updated
phone seems to be a little bit snappier. but cant really compare yet as i just got the phone today, and updated after unlocking the BL and root. also i think a new addition in the cloud print option. camera is way better than JB (rear)
US - Global GSM

PottsyNZ said:
I doubt it, good cameras come from using good quality lenses and sensors, motorola skimped in the camera hardware for the price point knowing that most ppl just upload to facebook or ruin with instagram.
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The camera is most certainly improved with KitKat. The pictures seems to be much sharper than before.

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PottsyNZ said:
I doubt it, good cameras come from using good quality lenses and sensors, motorola skimped in the camera hardware for the price point knowing that most ppl just upload to facebook or ruin with instagram.
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Nice try. There is nothing wrong with the camera hardware in this phone. There has been some sort of aggressive software filter that blurred the photos in 4.3 but it is fixed in kitkat. Perhaps you should see for yourself next time.
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Anyone got before-after pictures to compare?

I have a XT1033 and after updating to kitkat I got no SIM signal..
So, got back to 4.3...

Just updated my Moto G, but the Google now command "OK Google" doesn't work from outside Google Now. I have to click on the button first to enter now, and then it works. Wonder if this feature is disabled on Moto G, or if I'm doing something wrong. Was kinda excited to be able to use my phone completely hands-free while driving etc.

endesmus said:
Just updated my Moto G, but the Google now command "OK Google" doesn't work from outside Google Now. I have to click on the button first to enter now, and then it works. Wonder if this feature is disabled on Moto G, or if I'm doing something wrong. Was kinda excited to be able to use my phone completely hands-free while driving etc.
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The always listening feature is Moto X only, unless i dont understand what you are asking for
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endesmus said:
Just updated my Moto G, but the Google now command "OK Google" doesn't work from outside Google Now. I have to click on the button first to enter now, and then it works. Wonder if this feature is disabled on Moto G, or if I'm doing something wrong. Was kinda excited to be able to use my phone completely hands-free while driving etc.
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I believe that if you get the GEL (Google Experience Launcher), it should work.

rogeriorp said:
I believe that if you get the GEL (Google Experience Launcher), it should work.
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Thanks it works now but not when the phone is inactive (black screen). I heard that Moto X can wake up at "OK Google" even when inactive, and I was hoping installing Kitkat would introduce this feature to Moto G, but I suppose I was wrong.
Thanks anyway!

^^that is MOTO X *ONLY* feature known as Touchless controls, which uses special X8 core on soc to always listen from you
However devs will never sit quitely
We have Open Mic+ and Utter!
Try those apps.

Android 5.0 Lollipop incoming!

http://motorola-blog.blogspot.ca/20...d-50-lollipop-coming.html?linkId=10037443&m=1
Confirmed for our Moto X gen1 devices!

Maybe I will remember to do the right thing and wait until root is found before updating this time....

Funny. The Moto X (first gen) is the first phone I had in years that I did not feel the urge to root. And I used to be a compulsive flasher. About the only thing I miss is being able to easily block ads, and even those I can handle. Makes life easier....

The same post? Please, write here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2903911

isaakmg said:
The same post? Please, write here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2903911
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My bad. Saw it and noticed the word "Rumor" so decided to start another thread. Since, yknow, it's not rumor anymore....
And yes, never felt the urge to root other than for loading my Titanium Backup apps...

AlbertoM said:
Funny. The Moto X (first gen) is the first phone I had in years that I did not feel the urge to root. And I used to be a compulsive flasher. About the only thing I miss is being able to easily block ads, and even those I can handle. Makes life easier....
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At home at least, have you tried to use open DNS to block them? You can set up your router to use openDNS as the DNS it hands out to client and then any of the known ad domains that are erksome you can block at the DNS level similar to what you did with adblocking via /etc/hosts previously with root.

AlbertoM said:
Funny. The Moto X (first gen) is the first phone I had in years that I did not feel the urge to root. And I used to be a compulsive flasher. About the only thing I miss is being able to easily block ads, and even those I can handle. Makes life easier....
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Funny, I am experiencing the same thing! With my LgOG I was a straight up flashing fanatic but I have my moto x for about two months now and I don't miss one bit of root and even xposed... I just love the performance of this phone... Can't wait for L too

AlbertoM said:
Funny. The Moto X (first gen) is the first phone I had in years that I did not feel the urge to root. And I used to be a compulsive flasher. About the only thing I miss is being able to easily block ads, and even those I can handle. Makes life easier....
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This!
My last phone was a samsung and it was nearly useless with touchwiz and bloat.
The only thing that really annoys me on the moto X is the "AT&T" constantly in notification bar.

In the latest update they have an option to disable the carrier in the status bar. Should be on this screen. Mine disappeared for some reason but I looked it up and it should he there.
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This!
My last phone was a samsung and it was nearly useless with touchwiz and bloat.
The only thing that really annoys me on the moto X is the "AT&T" constantly in notification bar.
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The SDK has been released so maybe there will be a flashable ROM for us to use before they push out the update. It won't have Moto features, but it will be Lolipop.

AlbertoM said:
Funny. The Moto X (first gen) is the first phone I had in years that I did not feel the urge to root. And I used to be a compulsive flasher. About the only thing I miss is being able to easily block ads, and even those I can handle. Makes life easier....
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I've been the same way with my Moto X. I did try running TowelPieRoot for a few weeks recently with Xposed but was having some weird glitches so yesterday I went ahead and factory reset again and updated to 4.4.4. I don't feel like I'm missing enough to make it worth the trouble, and I want to get 5.0 on it as soon as possible which will mean not waiting till root(assuming root is possible). I've still got my Nexus 4 for flashing stuff and have been running an Android L port on it for a few months now; it's pretty awesome and I can't wait to get the new look and features on my Moto X.
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Phone: Moto X(XT1053) running stock 4.4.4
P.S. There seem to be several fellow Texans in this thread. Pretty cool.

VZW dev edition here. My experience has been similar. I am rooted since there are several Tasker things I like to do that require it. Also one or two Xposed things. Never had a glitch. I'd stay unrooted but miss the tweaks when they're not there.
The upgrade to 4.4.4 was enough of a hassle that I questioned whether to stay stock or not afterwards. But missing my Tasker apps and wifi tether led me back to root.
But damn, this phone is close to perfect.

tnp9008 said:
I've been the same way with my Moto X. I did try running TowelPieRoot for a few weeks recently with Xposed but was having some weird glitches so yesterday I went ahead and factory reset again and updated to 4.4.4. I don't feel like I'm missing enough to make it worth the trouble, and I want to get 5.0 on it as soon as possible which will mean not waiting till root(assuming root is possible). I've still got my Nexus 4 for flashing stuff and have been running an Android L port on it for a few months now; it's pretty awesome and I can't wait to get the new look and features on my Moto X.
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Phone: Moto X(XT1053) running stock 4.4.4
P.S. There seem to be several fellow Texans in this thread. Pretty cool.
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Rooting is very possible, Chainfire is on the job already with Supersu
Our devices are close to nexuses so i shouldn't be hard to root
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/supersu-2-13-android-l/

Upgrade for a rooted Moto X
My Moto X is rooted. Does that still entail for an OTA upgrade once the Lollipop drops? Or will I need to resort to some additional tricks to make that happen?

You have to restore the stock nandroid backup and flash the stock recovery
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arj009 said:
Rooting is very possible, Chainfire is on the job already with Supersu
Our devices are close to nexuses so i shouldn't be hard to root
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/supersu-2-13-android-l/
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Yeah it won't be hard to root if you have an unlocked bootloader. I'm keeping mine locked until my warranty runs out. There's no way of knowing if there will be another solution like TowelPieRoot to achieve root w/out unlocking the bootloader for Android 5.0.

So, with Android 5.0 on the horizon for our Moto X, should it be expected that at first lots of things will be broken with xposed, and gravity box and such?
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trentonmc24 said:
So, with Android 5.0 on the horizon for our Moto X, should it be expected that at first lots of things will be broken with xposed, and gravity box and such?
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I don't think xposed ever updated for ART support...

Smash2Bash said:
I don't think xposed ever updated for ART support...
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Oh, well I guess I'll be on 4.4 until they get around to doing that. Thanks for that info.
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trentonmc24 said:
Oh, well I guess I'll be on 4.4 until they get around to doing that. Thanks for that info.
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No problem. The way xposed is now, If you switch to ART with it installed it never switches to ART.

Updated Motorola Apps 1/19/15

http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...-apps-ready-download-apk-mirror-apk-download/
New Gallery, Camera, OTA, Voice and others.
Only one that would not install for me was Contextual services, which I think is a Moto G/X 2013 only app.
Camera and Gallery have new stock. icons!
I installed all fine (except Contextual Services) and everything works. I am not responsible if something happens to ur device....:good:
Moto Voice app is a lower version so not necessary.

Careful with AP's link to moto voice. It's a 6 version number and the current is 7.0.13.1. The current one is lower on the apk mirror page. Strange though, I already had that installed...

gotzaDroid said:
Careful with AP's link to moto voice. It's a 6 version number and the current is 7.0.13.1. The current one is lower on the apk mirror page. Strange though, I already had that installed...
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Exactly, is a lower version than the actual we have installed, I think thats because all these apps are compatible with Moto x 2013.

Thanks. OP updated

gotzaDroid said:
Careful with AP's link to moto voice. It's a 6 version number and the current is 7.0.13.1. The current one is lower on the apk mirror page. Strange though, I already had that installed...
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If you look on that dl page it shows that there is a newer version available, v 7.0.13.1.

Raistlin1 said:
If you look on that dl page it shows that there is a newer version available, v 7.0.13.1.
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Yes, but us 2014 moto folks already had that version (at least on lollipop).

gotzaDroid said:
Yes, but us 2014 moto folks already had that version (at least on lollipop).
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Yup , just saw that now, my apologies.

I installed all of the updates on my VZW 2014 moto X running lollipop. All installed just fine. Two issues appear resolved: the attentive display seems to be working and the camera is much improved. Hopefully, others can confirm this.

I'll test the Camera out today. I use Camera+ though, so can't see myself going back to stock. But its worth a shot, plus I like the new icon.

dcallan said:
I installed all of the updates on my VZW 2014 moto X running lollipop. All installed just fine. Two issues appear resolved: the attentive display seems to be working and the camera is much improved. Hopefully, others can confirm this.
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What kind of improvements did you find in the camera?

The only improvement I've seen in the update for the camera is that the front facing camera doesn't lag as bad in low light. I haven't noticed better picture quality. It's still sub par in low light and decent in good lighting.

when will the be in the play store?

I believe these were meant for soak testers.

Mayze23 said:
I believe these were meant for soak testers.
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Regarding the camera, I perceive there to be a difference in the focus and capture speed. But, I have no empirical evidence.

Yeah I noticed a speed improvement as well.

Sigh I was hoping this was gonna be the big camera update like the one the moto x 2013 got last year

Seems the download links are down. Any alternative links?

sha_tan said:
Seems the download links are down. Any alternative links?
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Motorola has removed all links

And knowing moto, how much do you want to bet that those of us whom already downloaded and installed the apps, will have to uninstall them to get the new official ones....

gotzaDroid said:
And knowing moto, how much do you want to bet that those of us whom already downloaded and installed the apps, will have to uninstall them to get the new official ones....
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Makes no sense, they do have the same signature therefore will be identified as official for further updates.
I did install both the Moto and camera apps, glad it fixed attentive display at least.

Attentive display update

Updated today, Looks like it finally works. Bravo moto.....

Legacystar said:
Updated today, Looks like it finally works. Bravo moto.....
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did you feel any difference? in which way?

For me, it looks like it is fixed. Before the system sometimes didn't recognize your face and turn off even when you are looking directly at the phone. Now it work like it should.

I didn't get an update
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Me either

Yes it's really working great and it wasn't before in L 5.0

bondlolo said:
For me, it looks like it is fixed. Before the system sometimes didn't recognize your face and turn off even when you are looking directly at the phone. Now it work like it should.
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Here I had problem screen on every now and then with every noise and shake, it has been solved too!
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shamelin73 said:
I didn't get an update
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It's part of the update of Moto Actions, updated on the 31st.

floepie said:
It's part of the update of Moto Actions, updated on the 31st.
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5.1 update??

guess it was included in the 5.1 soak
hope to get the full release soon

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5.1 update??
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No, everyone should have received the update.
Moto Actions was updated in the play store 3 days ago.
I'm still on 5.0.

Those on the 5.1 leak would have not received an update to Moto Actions through the play store. The version on the play store is 1.9.10. The version in 5.1 is 1.11.2. The version in 5.1 is a newer version that the one on the play store.

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Those on the 5.1 leak would have not received an update to Moto Actions through the play store. The version on the play store is 1.9.10. The version in 5.1 is 1.11.2. The version in 5.1 is a newer version that the one on the play store.
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Because it adds the shake movement for the flash, which is a 5.1 exclusive I believe.

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Because it adds the shake movement for the flash, which is a 5.1 exclusive I believe.
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I think so, also the camera version is 5.0.18 in 5.1. Which version on 5.0?, I ask by the exposition option in the screen

For me it started working only after a reboot
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I think so, also the camera version is 5.0.18 in 5.1. Which version on 5.0?, I ask by the exposition option in the screen
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I have 5.0.11.7.

I just updated the Moto Actions from play store and the Attentive display is working!! Nice

It's much more accurate now at detecting when I'm looking at the screen, somehow this update also resulted in priority interruptions working again.

upload to mega the apks of Moto Actions & Attentive Display please!

Marshmallow rolling out.

Android Police reporting that Marshmallow is rolling out now. Anyone get it yet? Still using my OG Turbo and do not have mine handy.
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Nope not yet but hopeful!
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nothing yet, but trying to stay charged and hitting that update button fairly often

Nothing here yet.

Nope. I tried all the tricks I know of:
Reboot
Stop and clear all data from Google Services Framework
Dial *#*#checkin#*#*

Verizon pulled it as of 12:30 PST

Yep, looks like someone got twitchy at VZW and hit the update page button too soon.

Hopefully this means that the real release is very close.

I'm wondering, is it going to be 6.0 or newer version.

Zeljko1234 said:
I'm wondering, is it going to be 6.0 or newer version.
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6.0 on mine

deadman3000 said:
6.0 on mine
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You're talking about that December release?

Verizon pulled the Turbo 2 software update page with the Marshmallow details.

deadman3000 said:
6.0 on mine
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Just double check, Turbo 2? Well, then is the same version we got last year, just delayed.

UK X Force

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UK X Force
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They're talking about MM for Turbo 2. We all know that Moto X Force got MM last year and that is 6.0

Getting Marshmallow 6.0 now on Turbo 2.

I'll hold out for Lollipop root even after it rolls out. I've made the mistake of updating right away before, never again.

There's a big thread open on the topic - http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo-2/general/marshmallow-1-2-t3268958