Hi,
I just bought a Moto G LTE, and before I had a regular Moto G. My old Moto G had a screen with vivid colors and very good brightness and contrast. But to my surprise, my new Moto G LTE has a screen with pale colors, and very poor contrast and brightness. This does not prevent the use of the device, but it is a drop in the quality of the screen compared to the first Moto G.
Is this normal?
Regards.
chiforanfula said:
Hi,
I just bought a Moto G LTE, and before I had a regular Moto G. My old Moto G had a screen with vivid colors and very good brightness and contrast. But to my surprise, my new Moto G LTE has a screen with pale colors, and very poor contrast and brightness. This does not prevent the use of the device, but it is a drop in the quality of the screen compared to the first Moto G.
Is this normal?
Regards.
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it's normal..
You just got unlucky. Maybe thay unit barely passed the quality test so it was installed in your device. There's nothing normal in that and I don't think you could return it in. Also it could be possible that the manufacturer of the display is different between the Moto G LTE and non-LTE. Sorry man.
Does Moto G 3 have Gyroscope and Magnetometer/eCompass Sensors?
rajansundara said:
Does Moto G 3 have Gyroscope and Magnetometer/eCompass Sensors?
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Check out the link, it'll answer this question:
https://plus.google.com/+AlfredFickensherIII/posts/JVqdpnC6Nt5
I asked this over on G+ and was answered by Motorola employee, Sandy Speirs.
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http://i.imgur.com/3eaGwIR.jpg?1
CPUZ output on the G3. It has an orientation sensor (+ accelerometer). What is the orientation sensor? Seems to be a gyro.
Moto G 3rd Gen is latest smart phone which is such a brilliant & the speciality of this phone is, It's waterproof phone by Moto G! Moto G is already branted phone & now it's back with Moto G 3rd Gen. So let's just wait for it's review.
Techguy18 said:
http://i.imgur.com/3eaGwIR.jpg?1
CPUZ output on the G3. It has an orientation sensor (+ accelerometer). What is the orientation sensor? Seems to be a gyro.
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I think that's just the "compass", on my N4 CPUZ shows another row that states "LGE Gyroscope Sensor" with different readouts, so.. i don't think so, sadly.
it doesn't seem to have a gyro, google cardboard doesn't work on the G (doesn't recognize movement of the device)
it's really the only gripe i have with the phone, not a huge deal, but i was starting to have some fun with cardboard on my Nexus 6 and now i have to wait until the 2015 X to play with that again
can't it use accelerometer and magenometer to achieve same movement sensing?
lxkarthi said:
can't it use accelerometer and magenometer to achieve same movement sensing?
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I don't think so. Accelerometer cant give out precise rotation axis data like gyroscope. So for photospheres to work, gyroscope is essential.
Does Moto G 3rd Gen 2015, XT1541 UK (similar to XT1540 USA) have to have the equivalent of a sensor to know whether the phone is in the; portrait or landscape position?
BT74747 said:
Does Moto G 3rd Gen 2015, XT1541 UK (similar to XT1540 USA) have to have the equivalent of a sensor to know whether the phone is in the; portrait or landscape position?
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Yes it can differentiate between landscape an portrait mode with the dual accelerometers.
Ambient light sensor problem
Ok, for us how are new to the moto phones, can you please explain the difference between these two options.
Which one do you prefer? Which one uses more battery?
Ambient Display uses more battery it doesn't use Motorola's separate low power CPU. Half-baked not as reliable as Moto Display.
Both accomplish the same task.
You have the option on the 2015 X. I wish the ir sensor worked with ambient display
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So there is no real advantage in ambient over moto display? Better go with moto?
I actually prefer the look of Ambient Display, but wish it worked as well as Moto Display. I've got Ambient enabled on my GPE HTC M8 (via DigitalHigh LolliGPE ROM), but it's not as responsive as the Nexus 6 Ambient Display, and nowhere near the finely tuned beast that is Moto Display. But, it looks really cool.
In short, the Ambient Display is Lollipop's default lockscreen shown in black and white. It's interactive, meaning you can tap on the black and white notification, and the screen will fully turn on in color, and you can do whatever you normally do with the notifications.
Moto Display is a similar, but separate lock-screen, where notifications show up on a black and white, low-power screen that shows up to three (I think) of your most recent notifications. You can tap on the circle, and drag for actions, such as dismiss, open, unlock, etc. There is still the stock Lollipop lock-screen if you just press the power button instead of picking up or waving over the phone, so it is completely separate from the default lockscreen.
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Fantach said:
So there is no real advantage in ambient over moto display? Better go with moto?
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So, yes, go with the Moto Display if you value battery life more than aesthetics, because the Moto Display uses the low-power, dedicated CPU core to run the sensors that turn on Moto Display, which Ambient Display doesn't. Ambient uses the phones internal sensors to determine whether you're picking up the phone or not, which uses more power than the proprietary chip/core.
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As an aside, there is one more dedicated CPU core that does natural language processing, which is what allows you to always talk to the phone and have it respond to a certain keyphrase. Another really cool addition that makes the Moto X line a notch above the other flagships, IMO
what about
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.activenotifications&hl=en
jonathanbailie said:
I actually prefer the look of Ambient Display...
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Thanks a lot for such a detailed explanation. I appreciate it
StreetkillnHD said:
what about
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.activenotifications&hl=en
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I've used that on my M8 and Nexus 5 before and it works really well. It essentially mimics Moto Display, but since those phones don't have the hardware to match the DynamicNotifications like the Moto X does, it does create more battery drain. That app does work as advertised though; it's good, especially if you've got an AMOLED device.
Fantach said:
Thanks a lot for such a detailed explanation. I appreciate it
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Yeah man, that's what we're here for :good:
jonathanbailie said:
I've used that on my M8 and Nexus 5 before and it works really well. It essentially mimics Moto Display, but since those phones don't have the hardware to match the DynamicNotifications like the Moto X does, it does create more battery drain. That app does work as advertised though; it's good, especially if you've got an AMOLED device.
Yeah man, that's what we're here for :good:
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Also it doesn't respect the smart locks you set. If you're connected to a device that's supposed to keep your device unlocked the dynamic notifications will relock the device. Happens with acdisplay as well.
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Coming from a Nexus 6, I may end up getting the Pure. I'm a little worried that Motorola is losing its luster under Lenovo so I'm concerned for updates & support, but using the Nexus 6 for almost a year, I feel like Google's additions of Motorola's features weren't all there yet and Moto Display is one of the ones I was missing.
It felt more limited on my 2013 Moto x vs the Nexus 6 since the Nexus 6 is basically a black and white version of your lock screen so you see all the notifications when it 'breathes' vs the 2013 Moto X's one at a time (it improved a lot on the 2014 one if I'm not mistaken), but the thing I don't like about it on my Nexus 6 is that simply touching the screen anywhere fires up the whole screen which likely needlessly wastes battery. I'm constantly activating the whole screen on my Nexus 6 and it's very annoying, especially when all I'm trying to do is put the phone in my pocket, but my hand brushes against the screen. To me, the 2013 Moto x, it was a deliberate action when I wanted to preview a notification or swipe up/down to fire up the display.
Though with a non-amoled screen, it probably doesn't matter any more, power wise.
Is the colored Moto Display new to the 2015 Moto XPE, or was that on the older 2014 Moto X as well? I've never seen it before, so I'm thinking it has to be because of the LCD instead of AMOLED.
If you don't know what I mean, the new Moto X Pure/Style can show colors (instead of just black and white notifications) in its Moto Display feature.
jonathanbailie said:
Is the colored Moto Display new to the 2015 Moto XPE, or was that on the older 2014 Moto X as well? I've never seen it before, so I'm thinking it has to be because of the LCD instead of AMOLED.
If you don't know what I mean, the new Moto X Pure/Style can show colors (instead of just black and white notifications) in its Moto Display feature.
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I believe that's the blue screen when you activate the phone with moto voice.
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biggiestuff said:
I believe that's the blue screen when you activate the phone with moto voice.
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No, that's not what I mean. I haven't actually seen it since the first time I used Moto Display, but it had a little blue part below the ring that said "touch to start" or something. Since then, I haven't seen anything bit black and white on Moto Display.
Isnt the Moto Pure screen LDC this time? Means the Moto Display will use more power than AMOLED?
varun.gid said:
Isnt the Moto Pure screen LDC this time? Means the Moto Display will use more power than AMOLED?
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Yeah it would do kost likley. But the less power used during web browsing on the LCD is probably a greater saving in power overall compared to the AMOLED.
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Tested ambient display on mxpe for about 2 weeks. I changed back to moto display and am happy about it.
For like media player, moto display you need to push on the lock icon and slide it to the task you want. Making accidentally unlocking in pocket harder.
Ambient display kept unlocking in my pocket.
I think Moto display is way better but it's a shame that it isn't in any custom ROM only in stock
bublz654 said:
I think Moto display is way better but it's a shame that it isn't in any custom ROM only in stock
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Hey. You can flash moto display. With any compatible ROM like trupurexmm. Flash with twrp. I don't know about other recovery's.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...ast-smooth-t3237155/post63574299#post63574299
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Hitti2 said:
Hey. You can flash moto display. With any compatible ROM like trupurexmm. Flash with twrp. I don't know about other recovery's.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/development/rom-trupurex-fast-smooth-t3237155/post63574299#post63574299
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Would I be able to flash it on a CM13 based ROM though ?
bublz654 said:
Would I be able to flash it on a CM13 based ROM though ?
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That I do not know.
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