So I've bought Moto G XT1039 at Tesco (UK) recently. It was locked to Vodafone, but much cheaper than sim free one, so I though I'm going to unlock it and stay with my carrier (O2). Unfortunately it wasn't as easy as I expected, but first things first - shortly after unboxing it I realised notification LED light is not working. I found a solution on the web - some widget released by Motorola that revives LED - and was happy to fix the problem quickly, but to my surprise it wasn't available in Play Store any more. OK, it's not the end of the world. I switched from Iphone 3gs and my Moto G was like a leap into the XXII century anyway, even without working LED.
The real struggle begun when I actually tried to unlock my phone to use it on other network. I first tried a cheap code from Ebay, but it didn't work. The seller offered me more expensive one, but it didn't work either. I tried another seller - with the same effect. As I'm not giving up easily, and you get a refund when codes don't work, I tried again with a third seller. Cheap code obviously didn't work, so I tried dearer one which supposed to work, according to Motorola database, but it didn't. I tried it on original software my phone came with (KitKat 4.4.4) I also tried it on Lolipop 5.1 I updated my phone to couple days later - with the same effect. This is actually another story showing how ridiculous Motorola is when it comes to customer care. I managed to root KitKat before I realised Lolipop is available as my phone's software manager was saying it's up to date while on KitKat. I didn't know you have to first update updating software for it to let you update software (sounds stupid, I know, but that's how it actually works). Anyhow, I had nice new Lolipop installed and, as I said, it still didn't let me unlock network service.
"Oh well" I said to myself, in worst case my contract with O2 ends in a few months so I just wait and switch to Vodafone. The only thing that kept me going was a ridiculous idea that the guy who sold me unlocking code will think I'm some kind of cheap scammer who used working code and claims it didn't work just to get 5 quid refund. So I gave it the last try - I flashed stock 4.4.4 firmware (Thanks to vpnair) onto my phone which I was going to do anyway as Lolipop looks and feels terribly to me. After flashing it everything changed just as if King Midas touched my Moto G. The Led started to work, Nova Launcher stopped crashing and last but not least - unlocking SIM went smoothly and beatifuly. I am happy now and only wondering why the heck this phone works as it should with some software taken from the internet and not whit original one?
If you are wondering why I decided to share it with you, let me justify myself. While I was struggling with unlocking SIM I read some stories of other people having the same problem. They usually solved their problems returning phones to a store (well, not "a store", they all came from Tesco UK). So maybe there will be someone like me looking for a solution in the future, and this is for Him/Her. I hope Admins of this fantastic forum will understand and won't bin my post.
Cheers
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minimale_ldz said:
So I've bought Moto G XT1039 at Tesco (UK) recently. It was locked to Vodafone, but much cheaper than sim free one, so I though I'm going to unlock it and stay with my carrier (O2). Unfortunately it wasn't as easy as I expected, but first things first - shortly after unboxing it I realised notification LED light is not working. I found a solution on the web - some widget released by Motorola that revives LED - and was happy to fix the problem quickly, but to my surprise it wasn't available in Play Store any more. OK, it's not the end of the world. I switched from Iphone 3gs and my Moto G was like a leap into the XXII century anyway, even without working LED.
The real struggle begun when I actually tried to unlock my phone to use it on other network. I first tried a cheap code from Ebay, but it didn't work. The seller offered me more expensive one, but it didn't work either. I tried another seller - with the same effect. As I'm not giving up easily, and you get a refund when codes don't work, I tried again with a third seller. Cheap code obviously didn't work, so I tried dearer one which supposed to work, according to Motorola database, but it didn't. I tried it on original software my phone came with (KitKat 4.4.4) I also tried it on Lolipop 5.1 I updated my phone to couple days later - with the same effect. This is actually another story showing how ridiculous Motorola is when it comes to customer care. I managed to root KitKat before I realised Lolipop is available as my phone's software manager was saying it's up to date while on KitKat. I didn't know you have to first update updating software for it to let you update software (sounds stupid, I know, but that's how it actually works). Anyhow, I had nice new Lolipop installed and, as I said, it still didn't let me unlock network service.
"Oh well" I said to myself, in worst case my contract with O2 ends in a few months so I just wait and switch to Vodafone. The only thing that kept me going was a ridiculous idea that the guy who sold me unlocking code will think I'm some kind of cheap scammer who used working code and claims it didn't work just to get 5 quid refund. So I gave it the last try - I flashed stock 4.4.4 firmware (Thanks to vpnair) onto my phone which I was going to do anyway as Lolipop looks and feels terribly to me. After flashing it everything changed just as if King Midas touched my Moto G. The Led started to work, Nova Launcher stopped crashing and last but not least - unlocking SIM went smoothly and beatifuly. I am happy now and only wondering why the heck this phone works as it should with some software taken from the internet and not whit original one?
If you are wondering why I decided to share it with you, let me justify myself. While I was struggling with unlocking SIM I read some stories of other people having the same problem. They usually solved their problems returning phones to a store (well, not "a store", they all came from Tesco UK). So maybe there will be someone like me looking for a solution in the future, and this is for Him/Her. I hope Admins of this fantastic forum will understand and won't bin my post.
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Hey, I have a Moto XT1093 locked in US Cellular. The guys from US Cellular are telling me that the phone has no world phone capabilities and therefore it won't be available for use in Europe. On the other hand though, everywhere I read I see that the phone has all the hardware needed for Europe built in. Do you think that a solution as yours might work for me too?
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govorici said:
Hey, I have a Moto XT1093 locked in US Cellular. The guys from US Cellular are telling me that the phone has no world phone capabilities and therefore it won't be available for use in Europe. On the other hand though, everywhere I read I see that the phone has all the hardware needed for Europe built in. Do you think that a solution as yours might work for me too?
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I just bricked my device flashing the very same ROM again, so I'm not gonna give any advices Looking for a solution to unbrick it now
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Hello. I'll apologize in advance for being technologically challenged. I bought an AT &T Tilt (HTC 8925) on Ebay almost a year ago and it worked fine for months. About a month or so ago, I started to get the message "no service" when I knew I was in an area of very good AT&T service. Within a day, I started to get the message "no sim" so I tried the sim in my husband's phone and it wouldn't work there either. So, I assumed the whole incident was due to a dying sim. I got a new sim and the phone worked great for about a couple of months. Then, last week, I started gettng the "no service" message again. This time, I sent the phone to HTC repair since they said they'd diagnose for free. They called me to tell me that the problem is I had a non-HTC supported ROM which ruined my main board and they could fix it for nearly $400. They say even though the phone is under warranty, the non-suppported ROM voids my warranty. They said the ROM was for a TYTNII and not 8925 and so it was just incompatible. Are they taking advantage of me becasue I don't know any better? I bought the phone specifically because it was unlocked and have never had a problem buying an unlocked phone online before. Do you think the person who unlocked the phone to sell it to me could have used the wrong ROM and it slowly damaged my phone or is that just nonsense? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
have you tried to reflash it?
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I think that the HTC policy is unfair in practice but in theory they are right. There could be issues to do with charging and temperature which could, in theory, affect a conneciton to the mainboard. If HTC are willing to send you the phone back in the same condition as you sent it to them without charging you I would take this option and flash the "correct" ROM to the device to see if this makes any difference to the problem. The correct ROM would be an update from AT&T for the Tilt. The other thing is to get a second opinion from an independent phone engineer if you can find one. It may not actually need a new mainboard but a new SIM card holder. It would be difficult to say that the incorrect ROM would affect a SIM card holder, so HTC wouldn't diagnose the problem in that way.
Hope that helps.
andrew-in-woking
Andrew,
When you mentioned charging and overheating, I did have to replace my battery as well, it just wouldn't hold a charge anymore. I wonder if you're on to something. I did ask them to send the phone back to me so I should have it in a few days. The other reply I got to my question suggested "reflashing". I really don't know much at all about all of this. Is there a link to how to flash it? I did update the ROM based on a suggestion from HTC using the link on thier website. Before I mailed the phone to them, they thought I might have a radio problem so they suggested the ROM update. I did the update for the tytnII. My phone doesn't have any AT&T software on it, it looks just like the TYNT II photo on the HTC website. Based on that, what would you suggest I "flash" and do you happen to have a link to step by step instructions?
from that it sounds like htc told you to flash a kaiser rom the a TILT phone
Well Ive had this 4G Slide for almost a week now, and Ive still yet to get an unlock code for it. Ive tried three different sites, who all say that the databases have not been updated yet. Ive tried htcsimunlock.com unlockthatphone.com and cellunlocker.com, as to which Ive said, they have all came back negative. I even got a friend of mine to call in to T-Mobile for the code, to which they refused because he wasn't using the phone on his own account. In short, I was wondering if anyone has found any site that offers the code or knows any other way of getting it. Thanks
Not yet mate. Give it a couple of weeks.
You'll have to wait a few more days before unlock codes are widely available for this phone. It takes about 20-30 days after manufacture for the codes to be available. I was trying to buy one too but ended up convincing T-Mobile to give me one. Get a friend to put their sim in your phone and tell T-Mobile that he/she bought the phone off contract at full price and it might work! Good luck
I found a site that clams to sell already unlocked 4G slides
I also want to buy this phone an was looking for an unlocked version to use on WIND Canada.
I looked at Popular Electronics but it looked like it may not be unlocked even though it says it is....
Anyone used this site? They say its unlocked but 600 is a lot of money compared to the 509 on Amazon from HTC if its not going to be unlocked...
I ended up finding another site that had a cheaper unlocked slide. If anyone is looking for this phone new and unlocked I would recommend this site. Just a warning though it took the 1 week to processes my.
http://negrielectronics.com/
My phone works good with WIND voice + 3G/3.5G.
If you're rooted, and have busybox installed, you can follow the following instructions to obtain your unlock code from the phone itself; this worked for myself and others:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17037291&postcount=24
Ok so the Moto G is rooted and bootloader unlock capable, there's ROM dumps of the VZW and RW roms, and both Republic Wireless and Verizon are CDMA, but I can't seem to find any hard data on whether or not it's possible to flash a Verizon Moto G to Republic?
There's certainly no guides for how to do it, the only guide on this forum is flashing a Boost Moto G to Pageplus...
The reason I ask is because there are a ton of Verizon prepaid Moto G's on Ebay for $75 apiece, which is literally half off the price of ordering from RW.
Has anyone done this? Is it possible? Is it just a matter of unlocking the phone, flashing the RW rom and modem, and activating the phone on RW?
I've done a ton of roots and flashes of various devices before, but I've never flashed a carrier-locked device to another carrier - I'm not scared to do it, I just want to know if it's possible at present. I know it's theoretically possible, but without someone confirming they've done it I'm leery of dropping $70 on this phone, though I'd really love to save $70 on it since I'm scrambling to replace my wife's phone after she managed to waterlog another phone less than 3 months after the previous one...
(And yes, I've searched this and other xda forums for the answer to this and turned up nothing concrete...)
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Ok so the Moto G is rooted and bootloader unlock capable, there's ROM dumps of the VZW and RW roms, and both Republic Wireless and Verizon are CDMA, but I can't seem to find any hard data on whether or not it's possible to flash a Verizon Moto G to Republic?
There's certainly no guides for how to do it, the only guide on this forum is flashing a Boost Moto G to Pageplus...
The reason I ask is because there are a ton of Verizon prepaid Moto G's on Ebay for $75 apiece, which is literally half off the price of ordering from RW.
Has anyone done this? Is it possible? Is it just a matter of unlocking the phone, flashing the RW rom and modem, and activating the phone on RW?
I've done a ton of roots and flashes of various devices before, but I've never flashed a carrier-locked device to another carrier - I'm not scared to do it, I just want to know if it's possible at present. I know it's theoretically possible, but without someone confirming they've done it I'm leery of dropping $70 on this phone, though I'd really love to save $70 on it since I'm scrambling to replace my wife's phone after she managed to waterlog another phone less than 3 months after the previous one...
(And yes, I've searched this and other xda forums for the answer to this and turned up nothing concrete...)
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There are probably no guides because the bootloader on the Verizon model is currently the only one that cannot be officially unlocked. I say "officially" because, apparently, there's a "Chinese guy" on these forums that you can pay to get you a code to unlock it. I bought one from Amazon (when it was $70) to use as a WiFi only device (aka media player), but I found out that same night that the VZW model is the only one with the locked down bootloader. Needless to say, I refused the package, and it went right back to where it came from. I knew that price was too good to be true. It's cheaper because the VZW model is junk (at least in my opinion).
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There are probably no guides because the bootloader on the Verizon model is currently the only one that cannot be officially unlocked. I say "officially" because, apparently, there's a "Chinese guy" on these forums that you can pay to get you a code to unlock it. I bought one from Amazon (when it was $70) to use as a WiFi only device (aka media player), but I found out that same night that the VZW model is the only one with the locked down bootloader. Needless to say, I refused the package, and it went right back to where it came from. I knew that price was too good to be true. It's cheaper because the VZW model is junk (at least in my opinion).
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Oh I thought the unlock posted here was not an "official" unlock and therefore would work on any Moto G because it was more or less a "hack", was I mistaken about that?
What about flashing a Boost over to RW or some other variant? I can get a Boost Moto G on ebay for about $100, so that's still $50 cheaper than ordering from RW.
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Oh I thought the unlock posted here was not an "official" unlock and therefore would work on any Moto G because it was more or less a "hack", was I mistaken about that?
What about flashing a Boost over to RW or some other variant? I can get a Boost Moto G on ebay for about $100, so that's still $50 cheaper than ordering from RW.
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Well, before you are able to flash anything onto your phone, you need to have an unlocked bootloader. In order to do that, you have to register with Motorola, and then go through a couple steps to get the unlock code for your device. This is so they can keep track of you unlocking your bootloader because it voids your warranty (in the US at least). This is the first step in all the guides I've seen for rooting this device. Then after that, you can flash a custom recovery, root, etc. If you Google "motorola unlockable bootloader", you can click on the link that takes you to the official Motorola page that shows which of their devices can have their bootloader unlocked.
As far flashing Boost to RW, I couldn't tell ya. I'm not familiar with either one of those. If it were possible, I would imagine it wouldn't be the easiest thing to do.
Since Boost and RW are both Sprint-MVNO's, I would think it would be a pretty easy straight forward flash. But I haven't heard of anyone doing it. Does RW offer "bring your own device" ?
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jcmarv said:
Since Boost and RW are both Sprint-MVNO's, I would think it would be a pretty easy straight forward flash. But I haven't heard of anyone doing it. Does RW offer "bring your own device" ?
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Sort of...they only have 2 phones that you can use, and you MUST use their ROM on the phones since it includes special controls for making calls over wifi when the signal is available. One of the 2 phones you can buy from them is the Moto G, and their ROM has been dumped by another forum member here. You can activate service directly from the phone itself, and they do allow reselling phones and activating used phones, so in theory you could buy a cheap Moto G somewhere, unlock the bootloader, flash the RW firmware onto it, and then activate.
But nobody has actually confirmed whether or not this works, and I'm not really in a position financially at the moment to plunk down the money to experiment like this.
To add another layer of complexity on top of everything, the Verizon Moto G's are the only ones that you can't unlock the bootloader on (yet), but I'm going to ignore that hurdle for now - I'll get a Boost phone or something instead if that ends up being the only block.
Does anyone have a spare Moto G that they want to test this on (or could send me...?) I think RW has a 30 day guarantee, so even if you signed up for service with them to test cellula+3G data you could cancel without paying any money.
Though I suspect I may have to be the guinea pig on this, but again, I'm not really in a position to pay for this right now. I wouldn't mind waiting but my wife needs a phone soon.
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Sort of...they only have 2 phones that you can use, and you MUST use their ROM on the phones since it includes special controls for making calls over wifi when the signal is available. One of the 2 phones you can buy from them is the Moto G, and their ROM has been dumped by another forum member here. You can activate service directly from the phone itself, and they do allow reselling phones and activating used phones, so in theory you could buy a cheap Moto G somewhere, unlock the bootloader, flash the RW firmware onto it, and then activate.
But nobody has actually confirmed whether or not this works, and I'm not really in a position financially at the moment to plunk down the money to experiment like this.
To add another layer of complexity on top of everything, the Verizon Moto G's are the only ones that you can't unlock the bootloader on (yet), but I'm going to ignore that hurdle for now - I'll get a Boost phone or something instead if that ends up being the only block.
Does anyone have a spare Moto G that they want to test this on (or could send me...?) I think RW has a 30 day guarantee, so even if you signed up for service with them to test cellula+3G data you could cancel without paying any money.
Though I suspect I may have to be the guinea pig on this, but again, I'm not really in a position to pay for this right now. I wouldn't mind waiting but my wife needs a phone soon.
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I have an unlocked verizon moto g and i flashed the republic software on my phone but sadly the activation can never complete.
eg0097 said:
I have an unlocked verizon moto g and i flashed the republic software on my phone but sadly the activation can never complete.
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Did anyone figure this out?
I would like to use a Verizon Moto G on Republic Wireless.
I'm also interested in this, but doing it the other way around: flashing a non-Republic Wireless firmware onto a Moto G XT1031 which came from Republic Wiress / with RepublicWireless Lollipop 5.1 firmware and locked Motorola bootloader. So that I can use my phone with other CDMA-based, Sprint MVNOs (i.e. RingPlus, Ting, Tello etc).
I am actually switched over to RingPlus (cancelled the RW service). With the stock RW XT1031_falcon_cdma 5.1 firmware, the phone handles inbound voice calls well. The only issue is obviously the dial out voice calls - RW's own freaking software app intercepts my dial out call and will reject it, arguing that I have no active RW service...
I need a definite answer because I plan on purchasing one. And I'm getting mixed results when looking my question up on Google.
Thanks in advance.
I have a moto g xt1031 boost and I unlocked mine perfectly fine, actuality in the forum today looking around for answers, been messing with mine all day...lol
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I have a moto g xt1031 boost and I unlocked mine perfectly fine, actuality in the forum today looking around for answers, been messing with mine all day...lol
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Awesome. So I shouldn't have any issues unlocking said bootloader if I bought one used from a reputable seller on Ebay?
I apologize for bumping. But apparently Motorla customer support says that it's not unlockable. Why is there conflicting information? There are folks who have unlocked bootloaders and others cannot get said bootloaders to unlock from what I'm reading.
From what I have read and done on my XT1031 from boost, shouldn't be a problem, because if I am correct, boost only has one version the prepaid XT1031. I would just make sure to get model number before purchase and if its the XT1031, I don't see any issues. On a side not I somehow deleted my entire rom, and only had Twrp on my phone and pc wouldn't recognize it, thank god for OTG cable, now running solid on Unlocked bootloader /twrp 2.8.6.0/ and CM 12.1, great little phone
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From what I have read and done on my XT1031 from boost, shouldn't be a problem, because if I am correct, boost only has one version the prepaid XT1031. I would just make sure to get model number before purchase and if its the XT1031, I don't see any issues. On a side not I somehow deleted my entire rom, and only had Twrp on my phone and pc wouldn't recognize it, thank god for OTG cable, now running solid on Unlocked bootloader /twrp 2.8.6.0/ and CM 12.1, great little phone
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There's gotta be a reason they're selling them for dirt cheap though, right? The Verizon ones are being sold for very cheap. And I know for a fact that they're not unlockable.
The Boost Mobile Moto G XT1031 is absolutely bootloader unlockable. I've personally unlocked 4 of them.
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/35e4d3be5c
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So the support rep lied to me... Don't know why they'd do that... Anywho, I placed an order and if it's not unlockable, then I'm going to return it. Thanks for the reassurance.
As already stated the boost Xt1031 is 100 percent without a doubt able to have the bootloader unlocked. As for why they are selling dirt cheap I believe its because for all intents and purposes it is being phased out. Most retailers in my area don't carry them anymore. Online is a different story but the phone is nearing 3 years old. Motorola is on the 3rd gen. of the G hence most sellers with any inventory are trying to dump it while they can get at least something for it.
Don't get me wrong I love my moto but honestly I can't remember the last time I had a phone this long before its life cycle was over.
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As already stated the boost Xt1031 is 100 percent without a doubt able to have the bootloader unlocked. As for why they are selling dirt cheap I believe its because for all intents and purposes it is being phased out. Most retailers in my area don't carry them anymore. Online is a different story but the phone is nearing 3 years old. Motorola is on the 3rd gen. of the G hence most sellers with any inventory are trying to dump it while they can get at least something for it.
Don't get me wrong I love my moto but honestly I can't remember the last time I had a phone this long before its life cycle was over.
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I personally want a phone to tinker around with. That's all. My 2011 HTC One S is starting to show its age. I really don't get why some carriers lock down their devices *cough* Verizon . Especially if they refuse to ship out updates in light of the stagefright exploit. Any vulnerability should be taken seriously. Anywho, thanks for the reassurance, fellas. I appreciate it.
Found a thread on Lenova.com forums. Went to Target and bought a Boost mobile sim card for $10. Took out my Verizon sim card and put in the Boost sim. Fired up the phone and went to check for updates. There was the update. So I downloaded and installed the update. Turned off the phone re-installed my Verizon sim and I now have Nougat on Verizon. Easy, easy.
Tim
You should get the update with NO SIM card installed, from what I've been reading.
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You should get the update with NO SIM card installed, from what I've been reading.
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You should, but you won't. At least not right now.
I HARD Bricked 2 Perfectly good (Excellent Shape) MXPEs trying the Flash way, but I'm not going to be fooled a 3rd time, I'm waiting for the OTA the right way, if at all...
I see Sprint sim cards on eBay. I think I'll order one and give it a try
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I HARD Bricked 2 Perfectly good (Excellent Shape) MXPEs trying the Flash way, but I'm not going to be fooled a 3rd time, I'm waiting for the OTA the right way, if at all...
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I followed all instructions and had NO problems.
Made an account just to say it works with an inactive sprint Sim. I paid 10$ at best buy for a boost mobile Sim just to update me and my girls moto x pure. Pulled the update first try and now running on 7.0 android. I'm on cricket wireless and my girl is on Verizon and they work fine. Battery life is better and Bluetooth works Also the phone doesn't heat up as bad as it used to. Honestly why wait we waited a year for this.... For me it was worth it. My phone will now satisfy me one more year until the pixel 3 is out.
I agree. It was worth it to me to buy the sim. My phone and my wife's phone. Nougat makes my phone better.
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I see Sprint sim cards on eBay. I think I'll order one and give it a try
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Be careful as it appears you may need a phone specific one. I bought this one as says specific to Moto X Pure. I noticed the iPhone ones are iPhone specific.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sprint-4G-LTE-SIM-card-SIMGLW446C-/252920233332?_trksid=p2385738.m2548.l4275
Of course I won't know til it arrives and IF I try it. I am bootloader unlocked and it is unclear if my phone is doomed or not.
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You should get the update with NO SIM card installed, from what I've been reading.
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How would the device be recognized without a Sim?
This worked great for me : https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...ruction-how-flash-7-0-ota-pure-noobs-t3680835
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You should get the update with NO SIM card installed, from what I've been reading.
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After reading these posts here about success in updating with the SIM on the phone, I decided to pull my ATT SIM from another cell phone and inserted into the Moto X Pure that would not show the update on WIFI when I checked repeatedly and as soon as the phone started after the SIM was in, I checked for updates and on the first try, it found the update and is currently downloading it on WIFI. The phone was on WIFI before the SIM but would not make the update available for download. So at least in my case with ATT, it appears that the SIM card on the phone triggered the update process. I wonder if that is a software bug or just how SIM users in ATT are given priority to download the update before phones that are not on the ATT network....
I purchased an S8 a few months ago, and haven't checked to see if my Pure on VZW got an official OTA yet.
On the off chance that you guys didn't receive an official OTA yet, I have to say that this whole method seems ridiculous, seeing as it'll cost you $.
You may not recall the pre-Lenovo days, but what made the Moto line unique was that is was... Pure. It ran stock Android, without any bloat, and was great for developers and modders.
If you own a Moto X Pure, you should take full advantage of that now-extinct Motorola mentality.
The Pure is an open book. Flash, modify, make it your own. I flashed the Nougat AICP ROM about a year ago. I haven't really followed up on the Moto X modding community in a while, but I believe that you can now flash LOS 15 (Oreo). These things are really easy.
Watch some videos, read some XDA instructions. Once you do it the first time, it'll be easy after that.
If you have a Moto X Pure, you shouldn't be waiting for carrier updates. You shouldn't be sending money to mod it.
That was the whole point of the Pure!
Enjoy it while you can! I had to move on. I like my S8, but the limitations are stifling. The same is with the new Motorola (Lenovo) phones.
The Pure was the end of an era. Use it to its fullest extent.
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Wifi