yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matmutant:
1 - not enough feed back to know if a specific range cannot be unlocked

2 - no alternative way has been found/searched until now

:)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobilephone01:
My device does not boot now. Just stop the early boot animation(Motorola Logo) and stoped.

and I think USB debugging is off but I can change this because does not bootup.

Device manager can't see my phone.

Please help me. I don't know what should I do.

My device is unlocked bootloader and rooted. I can go in to the recovery mode but when I go in to the recovery mode . Device go in blank black screen.

My device is bricked or have chance to work again.

Sorry. I posted other thread but I think this thread is the better.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobilephone01:
Accidentally fixed the problem. I mean I could go in to the recovery mode and restored.

but I lost the Moto G boot animation when I update the TWRP recovery from version 2.6.3.1 to 2.6.3.2.

New boot animation is just letter "android" green colour.

How do I back the Moto G boot animation. Thank you.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perseus:
Please flash the bootanimation again. See the Moto G thread in my Signature.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobilephone01:
Thank you but it doesn't say How to flash it.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perseus:
Via Custom Recovery such as TWRP.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
i just got my new moto g yday and i tried to unlock bootloader but it always says cant be unlocked or sumthng i agreed to get a request key but there was no button there to submit!! pls help bro!!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jman1234:
What causes a hard brick on the moto g?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matmutant:
FAQ update 20140224

FAQ updated, thanks again [MENTION=1006674]lost101[/MENTION] :) :

[SIZE=+1]Q19: How to backup / restore PDS partition and why?[/SIZE]

On Motorola devices the 'pds' partition contains information specific to your machine: IMEI, MAC address, serial number, etc. This partition can be lost by accidental format or over time due to filesystem corruption. If you have made a backup, there is a good chance you can bring your handset back to life.

Instructions:

**Root Required**

Using ADB you can make a copy of the partition and move it to a safe place (Google Drive?):

adb shell

su

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/pds of=/sdcard/pds.img​

To restore in the event of corruption or loss:

adb shell

su

dd if=pds.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/pds​
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perseus:
[MENTION=3816475]matmutant[/MENTION], you may also want to add (for Noob & Newb sake) that PDS backup will help restore lost IMEI. It is a situation when the phone reports that the IMEI is unknown.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NWKENT:
Give this some thought.. :( I'm holding in my hand..that is the FIRST..Now the LAST American owned company cell phone..

Manderin will be the most widely spoken dialect in America soon..better start learning the language.. 谢谢

Oh..Sorry..that was a statement..Not a question.. :)

sent by my 4.3_14.14.14

XT1028 (aka) Moto-G
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matmutant:
modified the following way :

[SIZE=+1]Q19: Lost IMEI ? : How to backup / restore PDS partition and why?[/SIZE]

On Motorola devices the 'pds' partition contains information specific to your machine: IMEI, MAC address, serial number, etc. This partition can be lost by accidental format or over time due to filesystem corruption. If you have made a backup, there is a good chance you can bring your handset back to life.

==> PDS backup will help to restore lost IMEI. It is a situation when the phone reports that the IMEI is unknown. ; This works like a vaccine, apply before having issue with IMEI, after it will be too late !

Instructions:

**Root Required**

Using ADB you can make a copy of the partition and move it to a safe place (Google Drive?):

adb shell

su

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/pds of=/sdcard/pds.img​

To restore in the event of corruption or loss:

adb shell

su

dd if=/sdcard/pds.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/pds​

(assuming you've pushed pds.img to internal SDcard storage first)​

I think that one of us should make a "what to do first after rooting" post/thread and duplicate this entry there :)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perseus:
This is perfect. My Op has a Specific Root section. Can duplicate there if it makes sense. This is duplicated in the Root Section.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lost101:
Good suggestion. Right now losing IMEI is the most serious potential issue facing Moto G users. Everything else can be resolved by flashing stock Motorola firmware.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raging_Ken:
Hi,

I read on the first page that the European and Global GSM Share the same model number. So basically they have the same spec? I bought one Global GSM from the US, and the phone work normally in Indonesia (My country). I'm planning to get another one from Spain (Going there next month), since they shared the same model, the phone will work normally too right?

Thanks
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perseus:
When getting in Spain make sure its International version. It should work just fine.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raging_Ken:
That's the thing, i don't know how to verified it. Planning to get it from Amazon Spain.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perseus:
Amazon allows sending question to seller.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raging_Ken:
You can do that at amazon.com , but i can't find the same thing in amazon.es
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abiabi:
Unfortunatley the motorola website is not working any more adter is sale. Any sugestion?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobilephone01:
Unlockbootloader and rooting method work on Moto G Google Play Edition?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matmutant:
It still seems to work here :-\

Unlocking should work the same way, and you may want to use MotoTool AIO by [MENTION=4662318]alonsoch[/MENTION] to root :)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamstar.5:
When I try rooting with 2nd method cwm recovery..... It says installation aborted
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobilephone01:
Unlocking should work the same way, and you may want to use MotoTool AIO by [MENTION=4662318]alonsoch[/MENTION] to root :)[/QUOTE]

Thank you for your advice. I'll try to do it.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zedlor:
I'm currently awaiting for the unlock code to come through for a Tesco locked Moto G that's for my step dad's birthday in a couple of days, but I'd like to get it set up now as apparently the Motorola server is undergoing maintenance and I don't know how long it's going to be until I get the code.

If I use Paul O'Brien's guide to convert the phone to the retail firmware, will I still get the prompt to unlock the phone when I insert a different SIM?

I know it's such a "noob"ish question, but I've never actually dealt with unlocking Android's before, so I have no idea how it works!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imeem:
We got my dad a Moto G 8 GB for $150 (Picked this over the Xperia M because it's cheaper, faster, and bigger). How much usable space would the 8 GB version have on stock?

waiting for it to be delivered so i can't check it myself.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perseus:
I'd guess around 6 GB give or take some.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matmutant:
On stock : 4.91GB free at first boot with retail-FR (about the same with CM11)

(total space is shwon as 5.52GB, that looks really few ... for a 8GB device ..., maybe a lot of space is reserved for system and not displayed there)

edit : i confirm that 5.52 is the /data partition size, there is about 1GB reserved for /system, and some other for different paths.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rusty!:
Yes, it will still be locked if you debrand it.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abdo shniba:
I've bought the global version from amazon.com but it had few languages, so.. I want to know if I followed this guide and flash it to UK stock ROM "RETAIL-GB_4.3_14.10 a ROM " will the phone work normally and get the 4.4.2 OTA update ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zedlor:
Yeah, I'm aware that it will still be physically locked - I worded my question a little badly! I mean will the stock Android OS be able to recognise that the phone is locked when a foreign SIM is inserted, and prompt for the code, or will it just report an error? I ask this because it's just one of those weird things that might not be in stock Android, because I can't imagine very many Nexus or GPE devices go out that are actually locked, without software modification from the carrier.

That might sound a bit stupid but...yeah :p That's what I meant!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imeem:
i have the bell/virgin version and it only has english, french, chinese simplified and traditional. I expected a lot more because i've seen youtube videos where people had a lot more.

Also, is it just bell/virgin's version that don't come with a usb charger? mines only came with the cable.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abdo shniba:
I need the Arabic language, I tried it any way but the file images file name was incorrect and now the phone would not boot, it gives my the error message "invalid PIV signed system image" whenever I type the command "mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk1 ", what should I do ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matmutant:
Little update to FAQ : 20140313

[SIZE=+1]Q20: HOw to disable/enable auto On/Off screen with Flip Shell?[/SIZE]

for stock rom: (disabling, since it's enabled by default)

install Xposed framework (and reboot)

install and enable MotoMagnetOff (and reboot)

for CM11: (enabling, since it doesn't work by default)

Follow this FAQ​

[SIZE=+1]Q21: how to remove the 'unlocked warning' message?[/SIZE]

Follow [MENTION=3103503]ffosilva[/MENTION] method and default Motorola logo will be back :)​
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rgonera:
No solution if we dont make copy of the partition ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perseus:
You can reach out Motorola! They have other ways to do it.

Please don't quote large posts.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petraru1:
i have a question, i am on stock 4.4.2 with no root and stock recovery, if i wipe cache from recovery the phone shows the android logo and a bar bellow after that the device restarts, the cache is wiped? Because on my old samsung the phone would return back to the recovery menu and showing the cache partition wiped under the menu
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] microGen:
Revert to 4.3 bootloader?

Unfortunately, CWM 6.0.4.7 doesn't seem to work with the German Retail X1032 + Bugfix OTA :(

Would I be safe to flash the 4.3 bootloader when I am on non-stock 4.4.2 with the OTA that fixes some issues (176.44.1)? And would it work with the most recent CWM version?

Or: Since I am using Linux and ADB doesn't seem to be working for me on Windows, can I flash the stock 4.4.2 bootloader with fastboot?

Every instruction I have seen so far concerning flashing anything 4.4.2 related used mfastboot, so I am a little bit confused.

About the phone and what I did so far:

X1032 with German stock 175.44.1, installed bugfix OTA to 176.44.1, tried to install CWM 6.0.4.7, but after following instructions properly and rebooting into recovery, I got the "No Command" Android on its back with red exclamation mark.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omar1c:
kernel/boot.img problem or what?

Alright so i started on a project to port xperia z1 compact rom to our moto g using this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2245786.

It flashed but when i reboot to see if it can boot i saw the bootlogo for about a second and it took me straight to the fastboot menu with fastboot reason: "fall through from normal boot mode".

Is there any way to fix this i cant get a logcat and i am not sure how to get a kernel log of some sort.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ross231:
Anyone know why mine is not unlockable?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.pythagora:
is there any way how to mound sdcard (in linux)?

after all, how to transfer data between the handset and a computer?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perseus:
Yes it should be. I mount on Ubuntu all the time. Unless your card reader drivers are wonky.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.pythagora:
anyone is lucky with restoring sms with "SMS Backup +" ?

it seems that sms backup + restore all the sms, but in fact no sms appear after restoring.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matmutant:
MTP works natively on ubuntu only on 13.04 onwards, so people -like me- using Linux Mint Maya (LTS) don't have that native MTP support :)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eskorpio:
MTP works on Ubuntu 14.04 (I use beta version).
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yvodelaere:
Since the Xperia m2 and the galaxy grand 2 is announced, i'm very curious if there is a possibility that we can have a touchwiz or a sony rom on the Moto G. The chipset used on both phones is the same of the moto g. I know that not much people are interested in a touchwiz/sony rom but i am, and i'd love to have it on our Motorola

Anyone who can tell me if it's possible?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yash.sharma99@yahoo.com:
Unable to root

On my xt-1033 loaded with stock asia retail 4.4.2 firmware 171.44.31.falcon_umtsds.AsiaRetail.en.03, I'm unable to root the device. Bootloader is unlocked and I've followed the second option on the madaco page mentioned above in the faq. But I'm failing continuously!!!!! :crying:

Donno what to do now! It doesn't root up!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kalafior12:
Did You enable USB debuging ?

Wysłane z mojego Nexus 7 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moparman1969:
Flash 2.7twrp through bootloader reboot from boot loader to recovery then reboot in twrp to system and it will ask whether you want to install root slide yes and bingo when you boot up update super su if it asks normal or twrp say normal then reboot phone
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yash.sharma99@yahoo.com:
Thanks!

Thanks a lot friend! But I seemed to figure it out! It quite didn't seem to work out with twrp so I wiped data/cache using cwm 6.0.4.6.

My device got factory resetted and then the supersu1.83.zip worked out with cwm also!!!!Anyways, thanks for giving your time! You sure gave me a quick reply!!! :):highfive:
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omar1c:
Take in consideration of the screen resolution too also the firmware or a stock ROM hasn't yet been dumped or uploaded so we can't really try if we dont have the system dump
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanchit0403:
I recently bought a moto g xt1033 and i am planning to flash cm rom can anyone please tell me bugs in cm11 rom is there there any bug related to otg.

Thank u
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sith.warrior:
Hi guys. I'd like to unlock bootloader And give root permission to my Moto G (XT1032). I think to still use stock ROM and stock kernel for now. I'm on Android 4.3 JB, so i ask to you: can i still receive & install future update even if i have given root permission?

Is It better if i upgrade to KitKat before or after unlocking bootloader And given root permission?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Greetings from Italy

Sent using The Power of the Dark Side
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aviwdoowks:
My OTG fix for the X.

http://xdaforums.com/moto-x/general/otg-supported-4-4-2-unrooted-via-t2709553
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ali.sbi:
Do we have any cm 10.2 or 10.1 availble for moto g?:good:
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXblastingXx:
I seen very little response on unlocking boot loaders if they can't unlock them.. Is there another alternative unlocking method? I have boost mobile... CMDA.. Did all the steps right but when I get my string its not giving me the key.. Does every moto G phone can unlocked or its only a few that can't? N if it is why Motorola post up in their website link to see if your model phone can be unlocked if it can't? Anyone? Devs? Techys?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matmutant:
are you sure the string format was correct ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXblastingXx:
Yes... Copy n paste.. Everyone does it.. Is not new to me unlocking n rooting.. Or imaging... Still same answer.. N that is no answer... Is there a different unlocking method or all moto g phones can be locked?.. I've done it to the moto x but the moto g is not giving me a key..
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matmutant:
:confused:

lets restart from the beginning :) (even power users can forget little things ;) )

where does it blocks exactly?

when you paste the device's specific code in the dedicated field, and then press the button [can my device be unlocked?] + accepting agreement?

==> does the request button appears or not?

if there is a button, and that you pressed it, is you account email valid? email moved to spam/trash?

you could also try with another web browser ...
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXblastingXx:
I insert the string in the website and it gives me your phone cannot be unlocked.. Tried safari, chrome,explorer,Firefox, I haven't tried any Thor browser's yet but I don't want to.. I guess its not meant to be.. N still my question hasn't been answered... Does all moto g phones can be unlock or not?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] varunadg:
u can watch YouTube video to unlock it...
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matmutant:
i would say yes since you are the first to complain about non-unlockable device ... but, it would be cool that you share your devices characteristics (follow : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2572297) ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baek12:
Not sure if this is the right place to ask this but still, do any of you have/knows the stock browser for moto g rooted with 4.4.2?

i've already tried many apk thath dont work
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanchit0403:
Any body please tell me if i restore stock firmware would my data like songs in internal would also be deleted
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NWKENT:
Sir..friend..It depends on the FXZ you flash, whether you erase data/cache or not..if you need help..a custom FXZ I probably could work up, if the stock FXZ is available.. If I can help..just ask..

Sent from my 4.3_14.14.14

(Unlocked) XT1028 Moto G

http://waynekent.com/page6.html
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanads:
plz write all command serially

[MENTION=3816475]matmutant[/MENTION]

hi, u have done great great job already. plz do me a favor if u can,

plz write all command serially which use to flash moto g.

i can,t really see what u write on your videos..
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pedrofidalgo:
Im in panic..

So i went to stock firmware, by following this guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2542219

All good, setup everything, installed philz recovery, all good.

Then went to root, and follow the guide, runned the superboot-windows.bat in fastboot, the phone rebooted, and then the screen went black, nothing happened. So i clicked the power button for some seconds, and the phone rebooted, but in the recovery..

Now the phone just go to the recovery or to the fasboot mode, it dont boot up. Also, in recovery, it says:

"Unable to mount /data"

"Unable to recreate data/media folder."

Unable to mount storage

Unable to mount data/media during GUI startup.

What can i do now? Im just so scared.. Already changed recovery, the same error, unable to mount data..

I can wype system, cache.. But the data i cant, gives that error.

Already tried the restore firmaware guide again, after reboot, it just go to stock recovery..

Can someone help me please?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virajmalia:
Do i need to install android SDK on my PC to unlock my bootloader?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] belictony:
I own a moto g and i want to flash custom rom in it. i know the procedure to unlock and flash custom recovery etc... In case there is a fault in my device and i want to relock the bootloader after flashing stock rom, Does the lock state in the Bootloader screen display "relocked" or "locked"? Also want to know if the service centre personnel will be able to find that Custom Rom has been used?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perseus:
Yes and Yes.

Please Don't quote Hugh posts for 2 liner question.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NWKENT:
Yes..You can..if you are a developer, or you plan to learn..but to unlock a device and other adb functions, one can just run adb..Here is my personal file for adb only..just download and unzip to your C:\ and run the ( adb.exe )..

Here >> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B67RS0BDBp_icGlTQWRwdDF3OEE/edit?usp=docslist_api

sent by my 4.2.2_12.15.15

XT1080M Droid Maxx #1

http://waynekent.com/page6.html
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ygor.almeida:
Maybe its a useless question but !!

I own an AdaFruit Raspberry PI - WallAdapter that's it rated 5v and 1200mA - it works great to charge Galaxy S2, Galaxy S4 - On LG G2 it claims slow charge ( OK ) but on Moto G it does not even got recognized.

Other generic WallAdapters with the same specs can charge MotoG without issue. Anyone knows why ?!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perseus:
what is your Stock Moto G Adaptor rated for ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ygor.almeida:
Original is 5v and 850mA

That's strange :(

its this one !

https://www.modmypi.com/raspberry-pi-accessories/power-supply/raspberry-pi-power-supply-eu
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perseus:
Ok so your Pi Adaptor is higher capacity than Stock. That is indeed strange. Can you try charging just with a USB Cable off of PC ? Preferably one of those Rapid Charge USB Ports ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ygor.almeida:
Yep !!! It works like a charm.

The only WallCharge that don't charge Moto G - is the one from my PI

I have other different adapters, from LG G2 (original) - generic with 4 ports of 2amps - galaxy s4 2 amps - galaxy s2 850mA - ... all of them work on every device i have ( only g2 - claims that any adapter bellow 1800mA are too slow to charge ).

But it works, the Pi one - its the only one that can't charge the Moto G ... maybe i will open it and check what is different.

Anyway ... that's a strange bug :D
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Minervamc:
Is this device free from heart bleed..I think it is very seriously. :(
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BaghiXDA:
Go here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2558638
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tech Knowns:
Will wiping data during flashing ROM will also format my internal storage i.e 12.92gb storage
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matmutant:
Wiping data, wipes /data so yes, you'll loose all your internal data stored on the device (this is something you MUST do on the first time you flash a new rom (ie coming from stock to CM, CM to Slimkat, ...) but not when updating current ROM (eg : CM nightly to another CM nightly)

Refer to CM11 FAQ #Q2 for 'what to' wipe :)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kucingbaik2:
i have big problem..

bootloop on first boot on cm 11

i hope i have lessson in here....
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matmutant:
if you did everything the way you should, simply force-rebooting and reflashing CM+gapps should fix :)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kucingbaik2:
yes

i was doing everyting

i was wipe / data factory reset

i was wipe

i was / format / data /cache /dalvik

i used cm-11-20140430-NIGHTLY-falcon.zip and gapps-kk-20140105-signed

completely sucesfully

but still bootloop spining logo cyanogenMod

what's wrong with me.., should i Flas with the lastest Cm11 ..??

thank you

NB : my devices XT1032 Single Sim , 16 Gb, Global GSM
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matmutant:
2 questions, what's your recovery? and which bootloader are you using ? (4.4 ou 4.3?)

You can also retry the following, though i doubt it would change anything...

wipe cache

format /system

format /data

install latest zip (your's should be ok though)

install gapps (your package is the latest)

:)