Hey guys! I was thinking of buying the awesome moto g, and hence I was wondering if moto g is capable of supporting Ubuntu mobile right now? Or perhaps in the near future? I really love Ubuntu hence would love to have it on my phone:laugh:
Ubuntu is typically only ported to Nexus phones, but maybe somebody will try to port it to the Moto G on XDA. I doubt it though.
Wow! That would be awesome!
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ubuntu would be cool phone for moto g...
Not going to happen unless some dev wants to spend a **** ton of time porting and making it work for our device. Even the ubuntu team sort of gave up in their own project lol.
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Android >>> Ubuntu phone.......
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ya but...
CADude said:
Ubuntu is typically only ported to Nexus phones, but maybe somebody will try to port it to the Moto G on XDA. I doubt it though.
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I know that Ubuntu mobile is just for nexus but since Google had bought moto and also moto x and moto g gets updates as fast as nexus phones, I was wondering if that was possible....
rulerofthehell said:
I know that Ubuntu mobile is just for nexus but since Google had bought moto and also moto x and moto g gets updates as fast as nexus phones, I was wondering if that was possible....
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Well, first Google sold Motorola to Lenovo, so forget about Googlerola. Second, the speed of the updates has nothing to do with the aftermarket development, that's community dependant.
tatazeuz said:
Well, first Google sold Motorola to Lenovo, so forget about Googlerola. Second, the speed of the updates has nothing to do with the aftermarket development, that's community dependant.
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I know that, I was still wondering if it was possible.....and btw are you saying moto g doesn't have a good Dev support, I'd not buy it then :/
rulerofthehell said:
I know that, I was still wondering if it was possible.....and btw are you saying moto g doesn't have a good Dev support, I'd not buy it then :/
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Moto g has pretty decent dev support but its not a flagship phone so theres not as many developers as lets say HTC one, S4, etc. In a nutshell, ubuntu phone rom still has a long way to go. I ran it on my nexus 7 and it was not that good. No developer is probably going to take a crap ton of time to port a rom that is barebones. No one would use ubuntu over android....yet
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I know that, I was still wondering if it was possible.....and btw are you saying moto g doesn't have a good Dev support, I'd not buy it then :/
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I never said it has a bad Dev support, just said that its community dependant. Somebody (A Dev, or enough people wanting it) has to care enough for Ubuntu touch to port it to the Moto G.
I surely don't care, Ubuntu touch is laggy as hell is right now, not to mention full of bugs.
Jolla team claimed that Sailfish OS will be available for Android phones. I think it's more possible that Ubuntu for Moto G.
ETA
any ETA on ubuntu touch for MotoG
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What do you think? Will Motorola abandon its budget phone after only giving it one update?
SamsungAdmire said:
What do you think? Will Motorola abandon its budget phone after only giving it one update?
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The Moto G will probably be supported for 1 to 1,5 years as long as the hardware can take it.
I hope they give us Key Lime Pie (5.0) before they decide to stop updates for it.
Moto has been on the ball lately in getting updates for older devices like the Razrs so I'm holding onto hope that it will get a few more updates.
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Hopefully, they carry on updates until a certain time. Would definitely like to see where they go next
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If they supported before i am sure that they will supporting it now, since they are a google company.
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It should in theory get 18 months support, so Android 5.0 is a real possibility, as Google is now concentrating on getting Android to run on lower spec smartphones.
BUT
Motorola could if they want stop support for the Moto G after only 12 months, because when all said and done it isn't a true Nexus device, even though they are now owned by Google, and alot of companies don't really support their low end smartphones beyond a 12 months period, and by the time Android 5.0 is out they have a Moto G replacement in the wings.
wolfen69 said:
I hope they give us Key Lime Pie (5.0) before they decide to stop updates for it.
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Even if was Android 5.0 it will not be called Key Lime Pie..."K" is already used..by KitKat
glava34 said:
Even if was Android 5.0 it will not be called Key Lime Pie..."K" is already used..by KitKat
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How about some Lemon Zest
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How about some Lemon Zest
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Mmmm Lemon zest.
I'm just hoping now that Google bought them they will be more supportive of old phones, If I remember correctly my Defy didn't even got an upgrade past Eclair/Froyo, if even that.
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I'm just hoping now that Google bought them they will be more supportive of old phones, If I remember correctly my Defy didn't even got an upgrade past Eclair/Froyo, if even that.
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Google are the ones who have said 18 months of updates for their nexus line. I'd imagine they will do this with Motorola as well. Hey...beats some phone makers.
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Well we all assume that the moto g is a "mini-nexus" and that's why it can have up to 18 months updates but, motorola never said so. It can be that it stops earlier, specially considering that its a mid-range device.
Though motorola's CEO did said they will focus on releasing less devices and give them better support. This last year (2013) they only released two devices, which is in track of what he said in that interview but doesn't guarantee that "more support" is meant to be more than a year.
I'm pretty sure it will see android 5.x , assuming google won't go all the way from 4.4 to 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9 before the big jump
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How about some Lemon Zest
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"Lollipop" or "Licorice" would be my guess.
There are already lot of first-class devs around here, so I think the future of the Moto G is in good hands even without any official support
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Defy+ only got to GB 2.3.6 but Quarx made it possible to decently run 4.4.2 on the old trusty defy. It's has been a long way from froyo to kitkat.
So if the Moto Gee gets attention from developers and I'm sure it will we have nothing to worry about.
I don't care as long as the hardware gets yearly updates ? If they bring out a moto g 2 for the same price with the latest firmware I'll upgrade every year,just hope the moto g 2 gets LTE
wolfen69 said:
I hope they give us Key Lime Pie (5.0) before they decide to stop updates for it.
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I don't think Key Lime Pie is going to be a thing... If you notice, all of the Android codenames have gone in alphabetical order. KeyLime was all speculation. KitKat filled the K spot, and 5.0 will be some L
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Edit: Oops, should have read xD that has already been covered
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"Lollipop" or "Licorice" would be my guess.
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I'd like to see 'lemon cello' but if they stick the nestle route we may end up with lion bar
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I'd like to see 'lemon cello' but if they stick the nestle route we may end up with lion bar
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KitKat wasn't a nestle deal. It is just one of their teams favorite candies I don't think we are going to be stuck on a nestle sweet for the next few
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hi all
i wanna know what it the best in terms of receiving updates Google Play Edition or Motorola Edition??
There seems to be more custom ROMs for the normal Motorola edition than the GPE
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There seems to be more custom ROMs for the normal Motorola edition than the GPE
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There's less need for a custom rom when it runs stock Android. But the GPE is also getting Cyanogenmod support so there's no worry there either.
i think Moto G Motorola roms will work fine on Moto G Google Play Edition right?
My theory:
Google purposely made a GPE edition of the Moto G because they knew that they would sell Motorola and wanted to guarantee their customers updates.
Because when Motorola is sold and Google no longer owns it, Google can't give it direct updates. But with the GPE, Google can give it updates.
So yeah. I believe the GPE Moto G will be supported longer.
But of course I could be wrong. Buy whichever, I really doubt it matters in the long run. Like a previous poster said they will both be officially supported by cyanogenmod.
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My theory:
Google purposely made a GPE edition of the moto g because they knew that they would sell Motorola and wanted to guarantee their customers updates, because when Motorola is sold and google no longer owns it, google can't give it updates. But with the GPE, Google can give it updates.
So yeah. I believe the GPE moto g will be supported longer.
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Only 10% of the customer would update their phones with roms based on gpe updates! So gpe support ain't such a sure thing
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Only 10% of the customer would update their phones with roms based on gpe updates! So gpe support ain't such a sure thing
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I don't mean that google cares about the people who bought a moto g from moto. They just want to sell the moto g themselves, even after they sell Motorola, as a low cost device with stock android that still receives their updates.
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pisherthefisher said:
I don't mean that google cares about the people who bought a moto g from moto. They just want to sell the moto g themselves, even after they sell Motorola, as a low cost device with stock android that still receives their updates.
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Ah well that make more sense although Google doesn't really care about sales profit from hardware selling! Or they would have been selling it all over the world!
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There's less need for a custom rom when it runs stock Android. But the GPE is also getting Cyanogenmod support so there's no worry there either.
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I disagree. Stock Android, while being my top choice over other UI options such as Sense or Touchwiz etc, is made better by most custom ROMs due to the tweaking and customization options that are added, which could be something as simple as changing the shortcuts on the quick toggles page, to complete over clock/under volt access. You are right about CM11 though which is awesome news.
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Motorola edition has slow motion camara (love that feature) everything else it's almost stock android
For me:
1. Cm11
2. Gpe
3. Stock moto
But With gpe awesome battery life with >8h Display on Time..
Android-CM11
thanks every body
i wanna ask also about update in future Moto G Motorola Edition will be best or Moto G GPE?
mido_fedo said:
thanks every body
i wanna ask also about update in future Moto G Motorola Edition will be best or Moto G GPE?
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I imagine both will receive unofficial updates via CyanogenMod well after its officially dropped so either
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hi all
i wanna know what it the best in terms of receiving updates Google Play Edition or Motorola Edition??
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Hardware is the same so if you unlock your bootloader you can switch between them and decide for yourself. Also Moto added some useful stuff to the stock android like battery optimization, faster file system and they are pushing updates with user reported problems and requests.
I prefer this over the gpe edition by far, however I would buy the gpe from any other handset, this is the exception. My colleague reached 6 days uptime with 2 hrs screen time and 2 hrs talk time with wifi, 3g and bt always on.
Also there is faux's kernel which lets you tweak the stock rom on the low level part.
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It appears from the specs that the Google Play Edition does not support 1700 Mhz. So no 3G on Tmobile except in the limited refarmed areas. Also no 3G on Wind Canada. Since one of the advantages of an unlocked phones is the flexibility to switch carriers, this factor limits that ability on the GPE phones.
ok guys i will buy Moto G GPE
any suggestions??
Motorola. F2fs, more update at least until now, more optimizations. And not only. I don't see the sense to buy a gpe in this specifically case.
Rom? Is pratically already a gpe in this sense.
So....
denzel09 said:
Motorola. F2fs, more update at least until now, more optimizations. And not only. I don't see the sense to buy a gpe in this specifically case.
Rom? Is pratically already a gpe in this sense.
So....
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but i think GPE will receive update faster than original Moto G especially after lenovo purchase Motorola and became Motorola not google company
The Motorola firmware is much more optimised. ATM it is better in overall performance. You can thank F2FS for that.
Moto firmware is too laggy.
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Hi, first of all sorry for my english.
I am undecided for my next smartphone between Moto X (I gen) and Nexus 5.
I see the Moto X (I gen) like a Nexus 5, but smaller with more compact size.
I want ask you one thing without consider the display, the camera, the CPU, etc.. only the Modding side of this two smartphone (Custom ROM, Kernel, MOD, Xposed Modules, ...)
What are the things i can do (Modding) with a Nexus 5 that i can't do with a Moto X (I gen)?
Thank you very much for your answer.
* I post the same thread in the Moto X forum.
Lots more development on N5 as even 10 year old children can compile AOSP roms. It is easier to create your own rom on nexus 5. Thats it really.
Longevity of custom software as well. Nexus 5 development will probably continue for a lot longer than Moto's X (2013).
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Longevity of custom software as well. Nexus 5 development will probably continue for a lot longer than Moto's X (2013).
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I'm not convinced on this. Nexus devices historically only seem to offer official support for 18 months. However that said, The Nexus 4 looks to be getting lollipop...
But once a Nexus drops official support, it becomes as difficult as every other phone to develop for once they too have dropped support. If the Nexus 5 finishes with L, there will be no official drivers for M which will make M development really difficult.
I think the Nexus 5 support period for official releases is unknown so it's hard to say with any certainty that we'll get greater longevity.
I know, but i am afraid that the N5 is too big than the Moto X
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I know, but i am afraid that the N5 is too big than the Moto X
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Then use that as your decision point. We can't tell you what will be too big for yourself. Sometimes you need to make your own decisions
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I know, but i am afraid that the N5 is too big than the Moto X
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The Nexus 5 is only slightly bigger than Moto X.
As a former moto x owner, and now a current Nexus 5 owner, stay with the Nexus 5 hands down
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Polso said:
I know, but i am afraid that the N5 is too big than the Moto X
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Oh plz Nexus 6 [email protected] says hi.
My wife has my X now and I had an N5.
To me they are very similar in most categories. Tho I'd say the X is the slightly better phone overall.
So, want a great phone, smaller than the 5 " plus phones and has unique Moto features...... Get the X.
Want a bigger and great phone too... With far more Development.... Get the N5.
Yes, Development on the X is very limited. And you gotta watch... You get a Verizon, at&t or Republic wireless... You may not get root or be able to unlock the bootloader... So no custom recovery.
Up to you in the end. Not much else can be said here really. They are very evenly matched.
Is it worth it? I currently have a Moto X... but i hear there are a lot of problems with these phones. is it true?
This phone is really good, as you said some users has random issues, but if you didn't get those this is the best phone.
But if you already have moto 2014, why you want to change?
iifuzz said:
Is it worth it?
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Yes, simple and big yes. It is very worth buying!
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This phone is really good, as you said some users has random issues, but if you didn't get those this is the best phone.
But if you already have moto 2014, why you want to change?
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I have the 1st gen moto X, not 2nd gen. and i have to switch from verizon to tmobile
iifuzz said:
I have the 1st gen moto X, not 2nd gen. and i have to switch from verizon to tmobile
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Got it. Yes this is the best phone with CM11 waiting for CM12
I would not consider buying a OPO when i can get a LG G3 for just 50 euros more here in Italy, but that's my 0.02€
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I would not consider buying a OPO when i can get a LG G3 for just 50 euros more here in Italy, but that's my 0.02€
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LG G3 has nothing on this phone in my opinion.
To OP. Get it, you won't regret it.
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iifuzz said:
Is it worth it? I currently have a Moto X... but i hear there are a lot of problems with these phones. is it true?
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You won't regret it. Best phone I've ever owned. :good:
The only problem I have with it is the looks.. It's a bit ugly, especially against the 2nd gen moto x
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I do not think you would be making a mistake buying the OPO. The possibly only issues you might have are regarding service and a yellow stripe near the bottom but I have read that there are easy work-abouts for that. The features, feel, OS, build quality, performance are all superb.I have had a Samsung S2, S4 and Moto G (2013) and I am thrilled to have this. Also the battery life is superb - now down to 10% with over 46 hours since last charge and screen time of 5h 15m, 45 minutes voice calls and nearly 19 hrs Wifi on.
You should get the OPO, hands down. Most of the issues people have had with the device aren't even relevent anymore, as they have been fixed in software updates months ago. And I'm pretty sure that stuff like the yellow line doesn't even appear in the hardware anymore, and was only apparent in the first couple months. So you can safely ignore those complaints.
If you're comparing the Moto X and the OPO, be aware that the OPO actually has slightly superior specs. But, you know, that's not the best thing about this phone.
The OPO's XDA development scene is, in my opinion, the best thing about this device. Soooo many important developers have adopted the OPO as their next device, like FranciscoFranco and AK. You will see a lot of pleasantly suprised people in the forums, saying things like, "I remember you from the Nexus 4!" and, ”Yay, xxxx is here!”. No other recent device has the same support. Hell, the Moto X forums are a barren wasteland.
If you get an OPO, be prepared to have a lot of fun on the XDA forums. I know I am.
It is worth it. I would buy again.
iifuzz said:
Is it worth it? I currently have a Moto X... but i hear there are a lot of problems with these phones. is it true?
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I have Moto X 2014 and I just purchased the Oneplus for one simple reason... Moto X camera is total garbage. I mean it's bad. So I am returning my Moto and I'll try this.
I've always been an iPhone user (iPhone 5S 32GB)... but been using the Moto G for a few months as my 2nd (for work) phone.. and it's a bit weird using android as my primary phone now since my beloved iPhone was stolen from me!!
anyway, and since this is my only phone now, I'll be using it until I make up my mind between the Note 4 and 2 or 3 other top notch phablets... yeah I think I'm leaving the bitten Apple for good, and for many reasons..
my question is:
When will the moto G get this LP update.?! why not release it to all android phones at once?!
phone model and other info attached, also attached is something weird I noticed...
why does this phone have 2 IMEI s ?
first post in 4 years.. wow!
Thank you all..
iSari
I have a better question. Why don't you try to read in google and the other 100 posts with questions about LP update? Also about updating all phones at once. Did you even noticed that all android phones comes from different makers? Is their call to update or not their phones
iSari said:
I've always been an iPhone user (iPhone 5S 32GB)... but been using the Moto G for a few months as my 2nd (for work) phone.. and it's a bit weird using android as my primary phone now since my beloved iPhone was stolen from me!!
anyway, and since this is my only phone now, I'll be using it until I make up my mind between the Note 4 and 2 or 3 other top notch phablets... yeah I think I'm leaving the bitten Apple for good, and for many reasons..
my question is:
When will the moto G get this LP update.?! why not release it to all android phones at once?!
phone model and other info attached, also attached is something weird I noticed...
why does this phone have 2 IMEI s ?
first post in 4 years.. wow!
Thank you all..
iSari
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Hi... Do you read the package of the phones you buy man? You have a dual SIM Moto G, thats why you see two IMEIs there.
And there is no news about official L yet. And they dont release at once because it takes time to develop Android, so the dev teams from Moto work to release the update in batches. All you have to do is wait.
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Hi... Do you read the package of the phones you buy man? You have a dual SIM Moto G, thats why you see two IMEIs there.
And there is no news about official L yet. And they dont release at once because it takes time to develop Android, so the dev teams from Moto work to release the update in batches. All you have to do is wait.
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Official L is out on gpe..
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Official L is out on gpe..
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I was about to mention that but he wasnt asking about GPE.. So I ommited that.. My bad.. Also as he was an iPhone user, maybe he has not all the knowledge to dare unlocking the bootloader and convert his XT1033 onto GPE.. So I suggest to wait... And buy a Nexus 6 man!!!
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I was about to mention that but he wasnt asking about GPE.. So I ommited that.. My bad.. Also as he was an iPhone user, maybe he has not all the knowledge to dare unlocking the bootloader and convert his XT1033 onto GPE.. So I suggest to wait... And buy a Nexus 6 man!!!
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Yeah +1 on all of that haha. Mmmm N6 yes please.
Sorry wasn't being rude didn't know If you knew about L for gpe, you could of missed one of the million or so threads about converting or flashing or bricking as the the lollipop saga continues, never seen so much madness over an ota, the amount of people risking devices instead of waiting a few days/weeks. I'll be having nightmares soon
Hi guys,
its been a few weeks since I posted this. Happy New Year y'all
any updates on when is it gonna be released?
Finally!! yesterday morning I upgraded my Moto G to Lollipop 5.0.2 and WOW it looks nicer and feels smoother