Samsung Galaxy S7 edge and LG G5 leaked in live images

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 16, 2016       

Samsung , LG and many other companies are going to reveal their flagship Smartphone this year at MWC on February 21 . The main focus will be on Samsung Galaxy S7 and LG G5 ( being popular flagships ) .



Many images of Samsung Galaxy S7 and LG G5 leaked earlier , but today it was available for Sale in Dubai ( listed at Dubizzle/OLX classified website ) with all the live images .

The seller was asking for 4500AED ($1143) for the Galaxy S7, and 4500AED ($1225) for the Galaxy S7 Edge. 

While he was demanding 2500AED ($680) for the LG G5 

Both the Smartphones will be coming with amazing features , You all have to wait a little ( till sunday ) to get full details about these Flagships !

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Moto G 3rd Gen XT1543 Started getting Marshmallow update in Brazil

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 16, 2016       

Motorola has started rolling out Official Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for Moto G 3rd Generation ( AKA Moto G 2015 ) , Recently Moto G3 XT1550 users got Marshmallow update in India and now the update is rolling over Brazil .

Users of Moto G 3rd Generation XT1543 living in Brazil are getting Marshmallow update , the new system version after the update will be 24.44.1.en.01 .

Thanks for Tip - Raffael Fernando

Indian Company to launch Smartphone below 500 Rs ( 7$ ) in India on Feb 17

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 15, 2016       

Indian Local Smartphone manufacturer "Ringing bells" is going to launch most affordable Smartphone ever in India . Ringing Bells 'with immense support from' the India government will be launching Freedom 251 ( Smartphone name ) on Wednesday .

The Smartphone will sports a price tag of approx 7$ ( below 500 INR ) . This will be most affordable smartphone launched in India .

Freedom 251 will be an Android Smartphone with low features , but it will be useful for many people who lives in Village .

Smart 101 smartphone from Ringing bells !

Previously the Company ( Ringing bells ) launched most affordable 4G smartphone , Smart 101 at 3000 /- ( 45$ ) only . Smart 101 came with Android 5.0 Lollipop

Moto G 4th Generation ( AKA 2016 Moto G4 ) Release Date, Price and Specs

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 15, 2016       

Updated : 31 April , 2016 

Lenovo and Motorola are soon going to launch Next Generation Moto Smartphone this year in July . According to Lenovo CEO Yuanqing Yang The new Moto Smartphone will be more innovative and attractive and will be released in July 2016 .

This time Moto Smartphone will come with Lenovo Branding , Motorola name will be there into The box . The smartphones will come with Moto Logo at the back of the Moto Smartphone .

So , Every year Motorola launch Moto G flagship and this time Lenovo and Motorola will be jointly announcing Lenovo Moto G 4th Generation ( A.K.A Moto G 2016 or Moto G4 ) .

In this Article we will be only talking about Moto G 4th Generation , Moto G 2016  Release Date, Price , Specs , leaks , Images and other information . 

Note - This post is originally written on 15th Feb 2016 and will be updated whenever we will get a hot news about Moto G 4th Generation .

Moto G 4th Generation : Announcement and Release Date -

Motorola has not a specific date to announce Moto G series every year , As Moto G was released on Nov 13, 2013 , Moto G 2nd Gen on 5 Sep, 2014 , Moto G 3rd Gen on 28 July 2015 .

So , November > September > July .. Exactly 2 months gap in every Smartphone . So this year Moto G 4th Generation can be released on May 2016 .

Update :- This Time Motorola will be announcing Moto G 4th Generation on 17th May in India and Mexico .

But as Lenovo CEO Yuanqing Yang this year Moto Smartphone can be launched in June or July . So Moto fans have to wait a little , Moto G 2016 will be launched in early 2016 .

Concept of Moto Smartphone by Kim Seungwoo

Moto G 4th Generation : Design -

For the past years Motorola is following different designs for Moto G series , but this time things would be different as this time Lenovo will be controlling How Moto G will look this year .

According to leaked images of Moto G 4th Generation ( AKA Moto G 2016 ) , It phone will come with a plastic body with colorful back shells .

These are some leaked images of Moto G 4th Generation with backshells . The lenovo branding will be there at the bottom back .

This is clear that Moto G 2016 will be coming with a plastic body and with different colors . Moto Maker will also be there to customize your Smartphone .

Moto G 4th Generation : Display -

Moto G 4th Generation will come with 5.5 inch 1080 x 1920 pixels display . There will be Corning Gorilla Glass 4 to protect the smartphone from scratches and marks .

Display type will be AMOLED capacitive touchscreen . 

Moto G 4th Generation : Components -

All new Moto G4 might come with a Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400 processor with Adreno 330 GPU .

The smartphone will be powered with Snapdragon 615 chipset . 

Moto G 4th Generation will come with Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box and will be updated to Android 7.0 When available .

This time the smartphone will be equipped with 16GB and 32GB ROM , with 2GB and 3GB of RAM .

Moto G 2016 will also come with Turbo charge capability ,  TurboPower for Upto 8 hrs of Use from 15 minutes Charging .

As said earlier , Moto G 4th Generation will also come with a fingerprint scanner .

Leaked image of 2016 Moto Smartphone might be Moto X 2016 

Moto G 4th Generation : Camera -

Moto G 4th Generation will come with 13mp rear and 5mp front camera with flash ( Same as Moto G 3rd Generation but with flash on front camera  ) . But the quality of the Camera will be a lot better than that of Moto G3 as the camera will come with wide lens and with more powerful settings rapid focus and zero shutter lag .

You will be able to capture 2K videos with the rear camera . The camera will also come with Laser image sensor .

Moto G 4th Generation : Price

Moto G 4th Generation ( Moto G 2016 ) will come with an affordable price . Previously Moto G 3rd Generation was launched at 200$ ( approx ) . So we can expect Same price with Moto G 4th Generation .

Moto G 4th Generation will be priced at 230$ ( estimate ) , because the smartphone will come with fingerprint scanner ( that will increase the cost of the smartphone ) .


Scroll down for a reverse-chronological look at the latest rumors -

12th Jan 2016 - All 2016 Moto Devices to Feature Fingerprint Scanner

5th Feb 2016 - New Moto Smartphone Coming this July

7th Feb 2016 - 2016 Moto G and Moto X in Works : Alleged images leaked

27th March 2016 - Motorola Taking survey to ask what improvements you want in Moto G 4th generation



16th April 2016 - Moto G4 Plus Leaked : Shows Home Button with Fingerprint scanner


17th April 2016 - So , This is how Moto G 4th Generation will look like !


18th April 2016 - This is our first look at Moto G 4th Generation ! 


19th April 2016 - [Leaked-Video] Hands-On Moto G 4th Generation


20th April 2016 - [ Images ] Hands-On Moto G 4th Generation


20th April 2016 - Moto G 4th Generation Price and Release Date revealed !


28th April 2016 - Motorola to launch "Something" on May 17 in India , Probably Moto G4 and Moto E3


28th April 2016 - Moto G 4th Generation Leaks out in more new images



29th April 2016 - Motorola Going to launch new Moto Devices in Mexico on 17th May !


30th April 2016 - Moto G 4th Gen to come with a Quad core processor and F/2.0 aperture

What you think about the Next Generation Moto G smartphone ? Comment below -

Motorola Releases Android 6.0 Kernel Source For The Moto X Play

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 14, 2016       

Recently Motorola Released Official Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for Moto X Play and now the Company has made the Marshmallow kernel source for Moto X Play 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 G 3rd Gen Started getting Marshmallow update in Europe

 By Vaibhav Jain on February 13, 2016       

Motorola has started rolling out Official Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for Moto G 3rd Generation ( AKA Moto G 2015 ) , Recently Moto G3 XT1550 users got Marshmallow update in India and Brazil and now the update is rolling over Europe .

Users of Moto G 3rd Generation XT1541 living in Europe are getting Marshmallow update , the new system version after the update will be 24.41.33.en.EU .

The update is of 425 MB .

Here's a preview of Marshmallow on XT1541 on YouTube .

Thanks for Tip - Steven Apergis

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 !