Moto G 2nd Generation XT1068 Android 6.0 Marshmallow Firmware available

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 13, 2016       

Its been few days since Motorola pushed Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for Moto G 2nd Generation XT1068 . Now the Marshmallow Android 6.0 Firmware for the device is out and Can be Downloaded from our Firmware section .

The firmware is helpful for those who are coming from custom rom , or want a fresh Marshmallow Installation .


Firmware details -

• Baseband version - MSM8626BP 1032.31 16.99.000R EMEA DSDS CUST 
• System version 24.41.34 titan retaildsds.retaildsdsall.en.03 retin 
• Build Number- MPB24.65-34

Here's How the Next Gen Moto X Smartphone Will Look Like

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 13, 2016       

Recently We got to know that Motorola and Lenovo have started working on Next Generation Moto Smartphones and even we got some leaked images of them too .

Lenovo and Motorola are working on 2 Moto Smartphone , Moto X 2016 and Moto G 2016 probably . So according to our insider The Next Gen Moto Smartphone will come with a metal body and iPhone look , and  we decided to frame a portrait of How the Next Generation Moto X Smartphone Will Look Like .

Note - This is just an sketch of How 2016 Moto Smartphone will look like , Original Design may differ from this one .

This metal Moto Smartphone will come in three colors , Dark Grey , Grey and Rose Gold . Also This will be first Lenovo Moto Smartphone . 

So , What's your opinion about this ... Comment below !

[Guide] How to enable Notification LED for Moto G 3rd Generation

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 13, 2016       

Motorola Moto G 3rd Generation comes with a hidden led like other Moto Smartphones . We still don't know why Motorola does not include LED software in Some Moto Smartphones to use LED .

Moto G 2nd Generation comes with LED and Moto G 3rd Generation also comes with LED light ( but is hidden and there is no official software to enable it ) .

Though Hidden LED light of Moto G 2015 can be enabled and you can use it as Notification + Power Source LED light , means the LED will lit when you will get any notification as well as when your phone will be connected to any power source .

How to enable LED for Moto G 3rd Generation -

Pre-requisite 

• Moto G 3rd Gen with unlocked bootloader and Rooted .

• Steps to enable Battery Charge / USB connect LED for Moto G 3rd Generation -

Step 1. Download Moto LED app from Play store .

Step 2. Give it super user permission .

Step 3. Reboot your Moto G3 .

Step 4. Your Hidden led for Battery Charging and USB is enabled .

• Steps to enable Notification LED for Moto G 3rd Generation -

This can be done through tasker , and this guide is written by XDA member StrangerWeather ( via xda ) -


Step 1. Download Tasker and AutoNotification from the PlayStore and Open Tasker !

Create 1st Task:

1. Click on Tasks and on the + button
2. New Task Name: Led On, then tick
3. Click + to add an Action
4. Choose Code
5. Choose Run Shell
6. In Command, type: echo battery-charging-blink-full-solid >/sys/class/leds/charging/trigger
7. Click Use Root
8. Click your back button

Create 2nd Task:

1. Click on Tasks and on the + button
2. New Task Name: Led Off, then tick
3. Click + to add an Action
4. Choose Code
5. Choose Run Shell
6. In Command, type: echo none >/sys/class/leds/charging/trigger
7. Click Use Root
8. Click your back button

Create a Profile:

1. Click on Profile, click the + button and choose State
2. Click on Plugin
3. Click on AutoNotification
4. Click on Intercept
5. In Configuration, click on the pen icon
6. Tick the Event Behaviour option
7. Click on Apps
8. Select all the apps that you want led notifications for
9. Click OK
10. Click on the tick at the top of the screen
11. Click your back button
12. Choose Task: Led On
13. Long Press on Led On
14. Click Add Exit Task
15. Choose Led Off
16. Click your back button
17. Success!!!

Enjoy Hidden LED feature on your Moto G 3rd Generation !

Motorola Forum is Moving : Get a Lenovo Id to use the new Community

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 13, 2016       

Its been more than a year when Lenovo acquired Motorola from Google , On October 30 , 2014 Lenovo completes Acquisition of Motorola Mobility From Google .

Recently Lenovo also said that now they will own Motorola's Product line "Moto" and now they are converting Motorola's name to "Moto" .

Also Read -

• Motorola Just changed their Twitter Account name to "Moto"

• New Lenovo Moto Smartphone Coming this July

Today , we got a mail - Motorola owner's Forum is finally Moving and you have to signup from new Lenovo ID in order to use the new forums . The new Forum will be up within a month . 

The website of Forum will be the same as forums.motorola.com , but it will be whole new themed and with new features . The new website will be on lithium platform and will fix previous forum errors .

Flipkart and Motorola's 2nd Anniversary Sale Deals

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 12, 2016       

Update - The deals are over now !

So , its been 2 years since Flipkart and Motorola started together to sell Motorola Smartphones in India through online platform .

Flipkart also revealed that 2015 was a great year and Motorola Moto G 3rd Generation was most sold Smartphone of the year .

Flipkart and Motorola are making their 2nd Anniversary by Giving Deals for Moto Smartphones . Special Moto Anniversary offers are only for 11th and 12th of Feb .

You can Go to Flipkart's Motorola Anniversary Page to avail the Discounts and get Moto Products at Amazing Price .

GTA:Liberty City Stories now available for Android

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 12, 2016       

The most awaited game is now available on Play store , Rockstar Games has finally released GTA: Liberty City Stories Game for Android Smartphones .



The Game is of 1.91 GB and has amazing Graphics . Rockstart has added many new features to this next GTA Game for Android Smartphones -

•  New high resolution textures and character art
•  Real time lighting and shadows
•  Enhanced draw distance
•  Rebalanced controls for touch-based gaming
•  Cross-platform cloud saves via the Rockstar Social Club
•  Physical controller support

Screenshots of GTA Liberty City Stories -

Download -

Google Play

Motorola Releases Android 6.0 Kernel Source For The 2014 Moto G

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 11, 2016       

Recently Motorola Released Official Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for Moto G 2nd Generation and now the Company has made the Marshmallow kernel source for Moto G 2014 to its Github .

Its very useful for Developers to make a proper Custom Rom , by using these Kernel Source .

Developers can go ahead and Download theses Sources from Github .

Moto Voice Gets New Update With Tons Of Fixes And Improvements

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 11, 2016       

Moto Voice : Use your voice for almost anything without touching the phone . Through Motorola Moto Voice application , one can do anything by just raising their Voice to your Smartphone .

Today Moto Voice got a new update , which includes the following changes -

• Fixes Facebook and Whatsapp recognition
• Improves recognition for Motorola commands in Portuguese
• Improves Dual SIM interaction in Talk to Me
• Fixes "call looping" when Talkback is on and command "Call" is used .
• Improves Call command for German
• Fixes a force close
• Improves Moto Voice interaction when a Bluetooth-trusted device is connected .
• Other bug fixes and stability improvements

You can update Moto Voice by Updating your Moto Voice app from Play Store , Note - For Now Moto Voice is available For Moto X (1st generation), Droid Maxx, Droid Mini and Droid Ultra .

Families of Firefighters killed in a hotel fire in 2013 suing Motorola

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 10, 2016       

The Families of three Firefighters out of Four who were killed in Massive Five Alarm Hotel fire at Houston are now Suing Motorola Claiming that radios of Firefighters were not functioning at the time of the Incident .

The lawsuit was filled on Monday which includes the family members of Robert Bebee, Anne Sullivan, and Robert Garner. Robert Yarborough, who was severely injured in the fire , They claims that Motorola radios failed when the firefighters tried to call for help.

via

Moto E 2nd Gen with 4G started getting Android Marshmallow update in India

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 10, 2016       

A month back Motorola started soak test of Marshmallow update for Moto E 2nd Generation with 4G LTE and now the update is officially rolling out for all users of Moto E2 4G .

The new update is of 453.9 MB with a new version 24.51.39.en.03 . The new update has a latest security patch level of 1 February 2016 .

As Motorola said earlier that they will only update Moto E 2nd Generation 4G ( surnia ) , so the 3G Model ( otus ) will not get Marshmallow update .

You can update your Moto E 2nd Generation LTE to Marshmallow by checking the update from Settings > About phone > software update .

Thanks for tip and screenshots Siva Kumar

Moto G 2nd Gen started getting Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update in India

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 09, 2016       

Few days back only Motorola released release notes of Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Moto G 2nd Generation . Now Moto G 2nd Generation users have started getting Android Marshmallow update on their Devices .

The update is of 464.2 MB and New system version is 24.41.34en.03 . 

Your Moto G 2nd Generation should be on Stock Android 5.0.2 in order to receive update . To get the update , just reboot your device and Check the update from Settings > About device > software update .

Moto G Smartphones now available on Amazon India

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 09, 2016       

Previously , Amazon Started selling Motorola Moto E and Moto 360 Devices in India . Today , Amazon has finally announced that they will be selling Moto G 3rd Generation and Moto G turbo edition in India .

The pricing will be same , Moto G 3rd Generation will be available at INR 10,999 for 16GB model and Moto G Turbo Edition is available at INR 12,499 .

Amazon India also offers 10 days free replacement on mobile phones , if you get a defective piece or you want other smartphone etc !

Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge Wallpapers are Here , Download Them Now

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 09, 2016       

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge will be announced on 21st Feb , yeah that's seems late for those who can't wait enough to see the latest Samsung flagship .



Samsung will introduce new UI and new wallpapers along with Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge . Here are wallpapers dump of Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge ( uploaded by sammobile member ) .

via - sammobile

Moto X 2016 to come with a fingerprint scanner and a heat pipe for cooling

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 09, 2016       

The rumor and leaks mill of 2016 Moto Devices has already started , we have already got many leaked images of new Moto Devices ( though the images was not clear ) .

So , New Moto X 2016 will be coming with a metal body and a fingerprint scanner at the front . As the image of Moto X 2016 was leaked earlier , showing metal body and a big camera followed by a Moto Logo .

This Moto X 2016 will come with a fingerprint sensor and a heat pipe for cooling the Smartphone . It will also prevent thermal problems .

The device will come with Snapdragon 820 , so heating will be normal . 

Heat pipe is not a new feature , Lumia 950 XL Microsoft and Sony Xperia Z5 Premium adopted a similar measure to control overheating in the Snapdragon 810 .

The maroon / red color circle is of fingerprint sensor , that will be added to Moto X 2016 . After all the device is still in development !

Moto X Force Available For £299 In The UK

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 08, 2016       

Recently launched Unbreakable shatter proof Moto X Force is now available only for £299 In The UK at Carphone Warehouse ( Online store ) , while the same smartphone is available for £500 at Amazon as well as Motorola's Official website .

Motorola Moto X Force comes with a 5.4 inch shatter proof display , It has a Quad HD resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels . The smartphone also features 5 megapixel front and 21 megapixel rear camera .

Other specifications on the handset include an Snapdragon 810 processor and 3GB of RAM, the device also comes with 32GB of storage and a microSD card slot , The device is powered with 3760 mAh battery .

You can buy it for £299 at Carphone Warehouse !

[Android 6.0 Marshmallow] How to enable hidden chat / call feature on Motorola Help App

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 07, 2016       

 Motorola has already started rolling out Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for Moto Devices and many of them already got the update . 


Motorola has done many changes in Android 6.0 Marshmallow , they have removed Motorola Migrate , Motorola Connect , Chat and Call feature from Moto Help Application and more .


Motorola Chat / Call feature on Help application enables user to chat to Motorola Customer Care and ask your queries to get a solution . But Motorola Removed that feature in Android 6.0 Update .

Although you can still enable Chat and Call feature on Motorola Help application , by a simple trick !

Open Setiings > Storage & USB > Internal storage > Apps and there you will find Help application !

Just Open it and Clear data and Clear cache !

Now the hidden feature is no more hidden ! But you will have to do the above steps every time you Open help application , in order to chat with customer care !

2016 Moto G and Moto X in Works : Alleged images leaked

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 07, 2016       

As Lenovo CEO Yuanqing Yang Revealed earlier that new Lenovo Motorola Moto Devices will be coming this July , they also added that the new device will be more attractive and innovative than previous Moto Devices .

So , Lenovo will be launching several Moto Devices which will probably include 2016 Moto X and Moto G .

New leaked images by hellomotohk (fb ) reveals that Lenovo is finally working on new Moto Devices and here are some images -

It probably seems to be 2016 Moto X , the Moto logo is slightly visible . The design of the Smartphone is slim and sleek , it has metal body ( Looks More like iPhone ) .

May be this is Moto G 2016 , seems plastic body with different colors !

Shells will be available to buy along with 2016 Moto Smartphones and Lenovo logo will be at the below Back end of the Smartphone ( See the shell ) .

The first image of iPhone style Moto looks pretty well , but the second image of Moto Smartphone is not that bad ! What you think comment below !

How to Move Apps to External Sd card on Android 6.0 Marshmallow

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 07, 2016       

How to Move Apps to External Sd card on Android 6.0 Marshmallow

Android 6.0 Marshmallow comes with many new features over Android 5.x Lollipop . Although Marshmallow UI is somewhat complicated in comparison to other Android versions .



Due to shortage of storage , many users prefers moving applications to External sd card and Marshmallow allows you to do the same . 

Here's a Guide on How to Move Apps to External Sd card on Android 6.0 Marshmallow -



Note - This will format your External Sd card to first take a backup of it before moving ahead !

Step 1. Go to Settings and under device section open Storage & USB .

Step 2. Now in Storage & USB , in Portable Storage section open your Sd card .

Step 3. Press three dots and select Settings .

Step 4. Now in Settings menu , Press Format as internal .

Step 5. This will format your External Sd card .

Just Eject and Re-mount your External Sdcard to set it up !

Now its time to move the applications !

Step 6. Again Go to Storage & USB and Select Internal Storage .

Step 7. Select Apps .

Step 8. Choose the application you want to move ! I will choose Marvel Champions !

Step 9. Now under Storage used , select Change!

Step 10. Choose the external storage , ( Mine is Samsung SD card ) .

Select "Move" and the application will be moved to External storage !

Use the same procedure ( from step 7 ) for other applications ! This method will work on all the devices running Android 6.0 Marshmallow .

Still having some problem ? Comment below !

Motorola Just changed their Twitter Account name to "Moto"

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 07, 2016       

"Motorola" the brand which invented first Mobile Phone . From flip-phone to shatterproof-smartphone , Motorola just made many things possible with their innovative ideas !

Well , As we know the name just phased out by Lenovo! Motorola is left only with "Moto" , the product that will be now called Lenovo Moto ( e.g. Lenovo Moto X force ) .

Motorola have just changed their official twitter account names to just "Moto" , the brand name is just diluted into a product ! Few Motorola twitter account names are still not changed ( but will be changed in few days ) !

We never thought that this would END that way !