Motorola Moto X 3rd Generation : Rumored specs , release date and more

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 04, 2015       

Motorola is soon going to launch its premium flagship phone : Motorola Moto X 3rd Generation which will come with amazing features and will be categorized in " Must Buy " Phone .

Many Rumors are going around the web that what will be the specification of Motorola Upcoming flagship . Many of the features if Moto X 3rd Generation is leaked online .

Pic Credits - Concept Phone

Here are all the Rumored features of Moto X 3rd generation , that pushes Moto X 3rd Generation in " Must Buy " Category -

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor

• Android 5.1.1 , up gradable to Android M

• 5.6 inch Amoled display with Corning Gorilla glass 3 ( updated ) .

• 32GB and 64GB internal storage with Sd card slot .

• 3GB of RAM

• USB C support 

• 16MP camera with dual LED flash and 5MP front camera with flash .

• 3280mAh battery with fast charging technology .

The device is going to be launched on September , at IFA 2015 ( most probably ) 

VIA - gsmarena , vinereport

With Android M : External memory can be used as Internal

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 04, 2015       

Recently Google revealed new Android M with many features and one of the feature include : External memory can be used and Internal memory .



This feature will be of great use for the Devices which comes with Low internal memory . If your device will be up gradable to Android M then your Storage Running out problem will be solved by just interesting an external Sdcard .

Pic credits - AndroidPolice

By this feature your External memory will act as Internal and vice versa . Every app data will be saved at External memory . 

This is a great feature , the thing required is Android M on your device .

CyanogenMod 12.1 Rom for Moto E 2nd Gen 3G XT1506 ( otus ) [ Android 5.1 Lollipop ]

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 03, 2015       

Moto E 2nd Generation also known as Moto E 2015 is an upgrade version of Moto E 1st Generation . Moto E 2nd Generation comes with Android 5.0.2 Lollipop out of the box . 

Moto E 2nd Generation is both available in 3G ( otus ) and 4G ( surnia ) . Moto E 2nd Generation has a great developer support and now many roms are available for it .

Thanks to squid2 ( Xda developer ) for making Cm12.1 for Moto E 2nd Generation 3G variant XT1506 . There are only few bugs in the rom which includes - Camera force stop ( some times ) , Video issue .

Note - We are not responsible if any damage is caused to your Smartphone . 

How to Install CyanogenMod 12.1 Rom on Moto E 2nd Gen ( otus 3G) -

Step 1. Download Cm12.1 and Cm12.1 gaaps for Moto E 2nd Gen 3G from below .

You must be Rooted and have TWRP recovery install , in order to proceed to Step 2 , To Root and Install Recovery - Follow This Guide on How to Root and Install Recovery on Moto E 2nd Gen .

Step 2. Boot to recovery mode ( TWRP ) .

Step 3. Wipe data , Cache , dalvik cache and System .

Step 4. Install Cm12.1 zip and then Install gaaps after that .

Step 5. Reboot and wait for 5 - 10 mins for your Moto E 2nd Gen to boot .

Note - After installing the rom If you are facing Gaaps issue - Follow this

Download -

Cm12.1 Otus - Download Here

Cm12.1 gapps - Download Here

Android 5.1 Rolling for Moto E ( 1st Gen ) in India

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 03, 2015       

Motorola Moto E 1st Generation users can now update their Smartphones to Android 5.1 Lollipop . 

Motorola Moto E is a low end device by Motorola and was launched with Android KitKat inside . Motorola Moto E users can now update their Smartphones in India .



Soak test is now over and official Roll out has been started . Here are some screenshots of the Official Update -

No matter Your device is on Kitkat or Android 5.0.2 Lollipop . Just Follow the below steps to get Android 5.1 Lollipop update .
Go to settings > About phone and check for Software update .

Note - You must be on Stock Firmware .

The update is rolling out in phases , so be patient !


Source - Motorola Forum | Androidos

Moto G and Moto E might not get Android M update

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 02, 2015       

In 2013 Motorola launched Moto G 1st Generation a mid ranged Smartphone and while in 2014 May , it launched the low end Smartphone i.e Moto E 1st Generation .

Both of the smartphones was most sold Smartphones at that time , also both the smartphones features great specification the this price range . 

Motorola Moto G and Moto E comes with Android 4.4.4 Kitkat and Motorola has also updated the Smartphones to Android 5.0 Lollipop and even 5.1 is now rolling out for Motorola Devices including Moto G and Moto E 1st Generation .

But these 1st Generation Motorola Devices may not get the Android M update officially by Motorola . 

Note - This is not the official statement by Company . Company can give Android M update  .

This is an assumption and we have reasons for that ! Else everything depends upon Company's offical Statement !

Why Moto G 1st Generation will not get Android M update ?

• Moto G 1st Generation being launched at 2013 November and Today is 2015 and its being more than 19 months for the device receiving Motorola Official Android updates and According Google Policy , The smartphone will not get official update after 18 months .

Why Moto E 1st Generation will not get Android M update ?

• Moto E 1st Generation which was launched in May 2014 and its being 1 year that Motorola is updating the device . Also Google has now released Android M developer preview and will launch official Android M update from November and so on Motorola will start giving updates to Motorola devices after 2016 and you still assume that Moto E 1st Generation will get Android M update ?

• Also Moto E 1st Generation features are not so amazing that they will handle Android M , It will boot with Android M but still it will be having some bugs and battery issue .

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