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Moto G 4G 1st Gen Lollipop?
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GavinAshford
29-06-2015
Originally Posted by oilman:
“I am finding lollipop to be a PITA. You now have to swipe screen first and then swipe a pattern or whatever.”

Try using Smart Lock (under Security) - add a few Trusted Places and /or Bluetooth devices. I hardly ever have to enter my pin these days.

Originally Posted by oilman:
“when using chrome browser you could switch to alternative site from chrome app. Now each session is seen as a separate item under the previous apps button (little square) which means they all get mixed up with other apps.”

In Chrome go to Settings and turn off "Merge tabs and apps" and it'll be back to the old method.

Originally Posted by oilman:
“When a call came before, it just took over phone - now you have to kind of select it too answer. I can't see how to set it to old way which I prefer.”

Try installing a different Dialler app from the play store - theres many available.

Originally Posted by oilman:
“TBH - I prefer the old kit-kat keyboards white keys on black rather than black on white.”

in the Google keyboard settings (hold the comma key and then select the cog icon) select Appearance and Layouts and then chose your preferred keyboard theme.
Originally Posted by oilman:
“Also, as I mentioned before, icons for apps on sd card do not get remembered on custom screens from stock launcher.
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This is a known issue, install a different launcher - e.g. Google Now launcher or Nova laucher.
oilman
30-06-2015
Originally Posted by GavinAshford:
“Try using Smart Lock (under Security) - add a few Trusted Places and /or Bluetooth devices. I hardly ever have to enter my pin these days.


In Chrome go to Settings and turn off "Merge tabs and apps" and it'll be back to the old method.


Try installing a different Dialler app from the play store - theres many available.


in the Google keyboard settings (hold the comma key and then select the cog icon) select Appearance and Layouts and then chose your preferred keyboard theme.

This is a known issue, install a different launcher - e.g. Google Now launcher or Nova laucher.”

Many thanks for help.

1. chrome settings - worked fine
2. trusted places - better than before.
3. dialler - will try a different one
4. Already worked out about NOVA launcher.

cheers
LCDMAN
06-07-2015
Just downloading it now - EE Sim only contract....
LCDMAN
08-07-2015
S'ok. Thanks for the tips in previous posts but I'm neither under or over whelmed...

Have I missed something?
Zebb
08-07-2015
I've wondered the same thing, everybody demanding the latest Lollipop version but why?
lightspeed2398
08-07-2015
Originally Posted by Zebb:
“I've wondered the same thing, everybody demanding the latest Lollipop version but why?”

5.1.1 fixes a lot of bugs that were present in the original version of Lollipop.
LCDMAN
08-07-2015
Originally Posted by lightspeed2398:
“5.1.1 fixes a lot of bugs that were present in the original version of Lollipop.”

I upgraded from Kit-Kat. This is the first thing I could go to, never been offered an earlier Lollipop version by EE/Motorola. It's still kinda meh.....
LCDMAN
09-07-2015
Had a day to play now, it's ok. Tweaked a few bits to my liking and the "Playstation" esque bottom button icons are growing on me.

The stock messenger app for SMS seems a bit slow now though - any thoughts as to an alternative?
Mick Jones
09-07-2015
I like Textra.
Gigabit
09-07-2015
+1 for Textra.
LCDMAN
09-07-2015
Thanks, I'll give that a go - gets lots of good reviews.
jchamier
09-07-2015
Originally Posted by LCDMAN:
“I upgraded from Kit-Kat. This is the first thing I could go to, never been offered an earlier Lollipop version by EE/Motorola. It's still kinda meh..... ”

Moto G 4G 1st gen was only offered Lollipop with 5.1 - the 3G version had the buggier 5.0 and 5.0.1 releases.
LCDMAN
10-07-2015
Loving Textra - thanks folks, can't believe I'd never thought about anything other than stock SMS app.
RedOrDead36
11-07-2015
Hate this version.

Can't switch to vibrate or silent by just pushing power button!
Swiping up to unlock or open an app? Odd.
Half of my digital clock has disappeared. 01:??
Email client feels unresponsive when trying to get messages from the server.
Do I really need who the owner of the phone is in the top right hand corner? Why would you want to add a guest - bloatware.
The battery runs down faster too!

Rubbish how do I go back to 4.4?
oilman
11-07-2015
Originally Posted by RedOrDead36:
“Hate this version.

Can't switch to vibrate or silent by just pushing power button!
Swiping up to unlock or open an app? Odd.
Half of my digital clock has disappeared. 01:??
Email client feels unresponsive when trying to get messages from the server.
Do I really need who the owner of the phone is in the top right hand corner? Why would you want to add a guest - bloatware.
The battery runs down faster too!

Rubbish how do I go back to 4.4?”

Only good points I see are:

1. trusted places mean I do not have to use swipe pattern as much.

2. the annoying kitkat restrictions on writing to sd card have been relaxed a bit.


re. silent mode, intall silent mode widget, and you csn toggle between silent, vibrate or normal. Not easy to revert to kitkat.
Tadpole
13-07-2015
Occasionally mine will do the "optimizing applications" loop on a cold boot, as I have lots of apps installed it means the phone can take over 15 minutes to start up. Has happened twice in the last week to me. At other times it starts up normally.
farmer bob
13-07-2015
Originally Posted by farmer bob:
“I've disabled the Motorola update services App on my Moto G, more than happy with 4.4.4 kitkat just now.”


I gave in, curiosity got the better of me. Preferred kitkat tbh, not keen on the white/aqua coloured settings menu, battery seems to reduce quicker & if you accidentally touch google search whilst not connected to mobile data or wifi an annoying message pops up informing that you ain't connected. This message only disappears if you switch phone off and on again.
Textra app is great though. Thanks 👍
Kilohertz
16-07-2015
Updated my Moto G last weekend.

It's been a great phone up to now but next to useless after this "update". Wished I'd never bothered and stuck to KitKat instead.

Phone unresponsive, slow, battery drain horrendous, handset gets hot.

Will be doing a factory reset as soon as I can backup all essential data. (Most already backed up on my Google account but some recent items mysteriously not made it!)

jonmorris
17-07-2015
Do you have a lot of photos/videos on the phone? After doing an update, you can sometimes find it takes a long time to rebuild thumbnail caches and the like - so it settles after a day or two.

(Edit: I read you did it last weekend so that's perhaps not it!)
Kilohertz
19-07-2015
Thanks jonmorris for your reply. Sorry I've only just caught up with this thread again.

Funnily enough, since my posting my phone has actually settled down, and the photos mysteriously missing from my linked Google account have now appeared.

Although the phone's clock was showing a time of 23:12 (?) when I got up on Friday morning, since then everything has worked fine. The battery drain and hot handset issues also seem to have gone away, so fingers crossed it's sorted itself out.

All that trying to re-boot in recovery mode whilst on the phone to my network's tech support, looking at a picture of a dead robot on my screen, must have eventually worked after all!
RedOrDead36
21-07-2015
Camera light keeps coming on when locked in pocket! Causing numerous embarrassing situations. Need to lock the screen properly with a code or pattern.

Still only half a digital clock.
jonmorris
22-07-2015
I thoroughly recommend the flip cover for the Moto G. Not sure how much they cost these days, but I think they're great.
GB-UK
23-07-2015
Has this update been pulled? Bought a Moto G LTE version yesterday and its on 4.4.4 but says that there are no updates avaialble? I remember updating the wifes Moto G a while back to 5.01 I believe!
GB-UK
23-07-2015
Can you believe it! Thought I would turn off and switch back on to see if it picked up. Found a couple of app updates including the motorola update one, once updated it picked up the firmware update!
Zebb
27-07-2015
Material Design, Sleep timer, Recording, tuner usability improvements and user settings enhancements. (This application has been designed to work on Motorola phones with an enabled FM chipset and running Android 5.x, Lollipop).

Will record FM radio but only in mono. Good update.
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