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[Moto G General] DynamoDollisHIll:
Tesco 8GB Unlocked updated OK

Just downloaded and installed the update with no problems ... phone was a Tesco 8GB which I'd unlocked.

Still unlocked after the update.
[Moto G General] terminal 7:
I have the download in Cache, ( posted links ) but i dont know if im going to flash it as ill most likely loose my custom recovery and root, and i may even loose carrier unlock , i dont think bootloader unlock will revert to locked status though.

all the changes i made to my device with xposed framework will be lost and Nova launcher will look all oversised again and my dpi will be set to the kit kat HUGE appearance..

so do i or dont i bother, im really happy with how i have my MotoG running and i have a nexus 5 anyway so im not desperate to get a Kit Kat... hmmm what to do next ??

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[Moto G General] Rusty!:
Wont touch carrier unlock.

Will probably remove root and recovery (if it will even install with a custom recovery) in which case you just flash it back again.
[Moto G General] terminal 7:
reco'

did you have TWRP or Clockwork recovery on yours prior to install ??
[Moto G General] Puurlucky:
I also received the 4.4.2 update here in Belgium
[Moto G General] iptables:
what about GB retail version?

any link to download it?
[Moto G General] Hawkw1nd:
+1
[Moto G General] neuromante82:
Hi everyone. Is it safer to unroot via superuser app before updating? :D
[Moto G General] Clivectmob:
It will come soon. I'm actually praying it doesn't screw up what has so far, been the most reliable and efficient phone I've had in ages!

Sent from my Moto G
[Moto G General] iptables:
I cannot wait more :)
[Moto G General] DynamoDollisHIll:
No to both - apart from the unlocking it was as supplied.
[Moto G General] denzel09:
Which firmware?
[Moto G General] ThomasVanhoutte:
Wondering the same.

I'm at EURetail.en.EU

And didn't got the update yet - even after manually checking.
[Moto G General] theArchitektas:
Where did you buy yours? I haven't really heard of that EURetail.en.EU firmware.
[Moto G General] ThomasVanhoutte:
'Vandenborre'
[Moto G General] techguyone:
Another UK Tesco user updated. Me! Kinda feel sorry for those who messed about getting theirs to stock retail thinking they'd get the update first
[Moto G General] Rusty!:
Shame the left the wanky 'carrier name in the status bar' feature.
[Moto G General] denzel09:
Italian, Spain, Belgium
[Moto G General] 4xtos:
Any news on the retail UK 4.4.2?
[Moto G General] scrols:
This is probably first time in history that carrier locked phones receive update before "retail" ones. This would not be the problem if the phone was for me. I could wait, but I bought it for girlfriend as her first ever smartphone. The 4.3 is not as user friendly (f.e. dialer app...) as 4.4 and if she will be forced to update the system few days after she receives

NEW

just released phone I am affraid she might get upset on android and motorola. And the worst part is -> I promised her easy to use phone just like her old one (some old Nokia) and mine (running KitKat). Damn you Motorola :p
[Moto G General] Clivectmob:
I would imagine they could be basing the priority order of the updates on the amount sold on a particular vendor. In the UK at least, it's likely that tesco have sold more units due to the aggressive pricing they have done. Phones4u have been selling them sim free, or a bit cheaper on payg plans, but not as cheap as tesco have been. I bought mine sim free because I like all my phones to be carrier rubbish free and always pay a premium for that. It's plausible!

Sent from my Moto G
[Moto G General] thaicbr:
Got my OTA here in Thailand earlier today. Tesco 8 gig. NICE
[Moto G General] Popple3:
A long shot, but has anyone had any luck with EURetailSL.en.EU? Does anyone here even have that firmware?
[Moto G General] cesc1972:
I got that one from a spanish carrier but I flashed the german version, I haven't found it here http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=14 or anywhere else.

I hope someone will upload at least the full kitkat firmware when it's available.
[Moto G General] irishpancake:
Hi all,

I have Tesco 16GB, unlocked BL, rooted, custom recovery[1st working CWM], modified build.prop to show Miracast option, and another mod to get rid of unlocked BL warning message on boot......

So, what do I need to do to ensure KK update will actually work???

I have postponed until later tonight to see if these will cause a problemo.....

suggestions, anyone??

So, I have the zip file sitting in

/cache...

Hopefully peeps can see it, has it been uploaded yet, and if not, does anyone want Mr to up it??
[Moto G General] alpine101:
Available now for my Tesco phone according to a message on the phone today. Fortunately I have FOTAkill,apk installed so it won't happen! I hope the message won't keep repeating or someone finds a way to kill that too.
[Moto G General] Rusty!:
You'll probably be alright with just restoring the stock build.prop
[Moto G General] denzel09:
Rumors about en.EU arrived in Italy to someone this morning..
[Moto G General] lollerblade:
Really? Where did you read that? I'm not impatient, just for knowing :D
[Moto G General] denzel09:
Had pm from jonas, user of androidiani.com, italian forum...
[Moto G General] lollerblade:
Yes I know, I'm over there as well :) I missed that info on the forum, you know, too many threads to follow XD
[Moto G General] jusada:
Tesco update here. Looks like its rolling out in force now.
[Moto G General] dwhite1972:
has anyone received the update through a phones4u bought phone or has it just hit most the locked ones ?
[Moto G General] redrumsilence:
Been hammering check for updates for days :/ read on something somewhere in the wee hours that the first batch of ZOMGUPDATES!!! was a 1% soak batch 0_o not sure if I believe that, though it would make sense
[Moto G General] dwhite1972:
same just looks like UK based its only tesco ,o2 have got it at the moment
[Moto G General] Nognir:
What has gone wrong on KK regarding the OTG? Is it totally broken?
[Moto G General] ThomasVanhoutte:
Great news, hope to get it here in Belgium soon too.
[Moto G General] redrumsilence:
Idk why I bother getting retail handsets sometimes -_-

I know there's the whole sales demographic to consider, and I'm aware the G is pretty much stock, but IMHO international and retail handsets should always get updates before branded and carrier versions.

Personal opinion though, I'm sure the Tesco buyers are well chuffed
[Moto G General] Puurlucky:
I bought mine from handtec.co.uk

Living in Belgium and received the update this morning

and i saw when updating it sayed the gb version here is a picture
[Moto G General] VictorCSx:
One member here said that the OTG works fine in KK (mice, keyboard, etc), unless you want to use OTG for external storage, which has been disabled and only works now with 3rd party apps or root.
[Moto G General] quizmaniac:
A nice surprise that my Tesco Moto G got the updates first in the uk.

Does anyone bother doing factory resets before or after upgrading or doesn't it really make any difference?.
[Moto G General] mickutz:
Great news. Retail version starting to get updates as well :D
[Moto G General] Mafiatounes:
Same here, i also have the EU version in Belgium nothing yet.. I have been hitting the update button everytime i grab my phone, hopefully will be released soon seeing Motorola roll out a version every 1 to 2 days i hope we will have it somewhere beginning next week for BE, ES and ITA.

I'm keeping myself from flashing another version for a week now.
[Moto G General] King p1n:
Tesco no update yet for me
[Moto G General] redrumsilence:
Judging by how slowly the update's rolling out, might be on a 'Date Activated' basis?
[Moto G General] rymate1234:
Anyone managed to get a UK OTA zip yet? :)
[Moto G General] :
Would love it if some one could get the uk ota.
[Moto G General] flargen:
Pleaassssee! :D :cool:
[Moto G General] King p1n:
updating :p

Tesco
[Moto G General] Hamster81:
Tesco OTA zip is available on MODACO. ;)
[Moto G General] flargen:
Thanks. I have a Phones4u sim free G though! Still no sign of the update for us, but it will come soon enough I guess!
[Moto G General] Kameo:
Which method are you guys using to root your new KK version ?
[Moto G General] Caz42:
Got my Kitkat this morning on Tesco phone. :D

PS: why do I need to type in 500 numbers every time I post , so annoying :(
[Moto G General] 2hipso:
to prevent spam... this step will disappear after you made 10 posts
[Moto G General] weckart:
Just out of interest - I have downloaded but not installed the OTA update but I cannot see any files in /cache/ which remains empty or anywhere else, in fact. Is there another step to go through for the file to show itself in the file system? System Updates in Settings says that it is ready to install, which makes me think a file must be somewhere.
[Moto G General] AgentVanThomas:
Got my Tesco OTA just now but when I checked around 4 hours ago nothing was available.
[Moto G General] ape96:
I can confirm someone received KK on EURetail.en.EU, but it's not me unfortunately :p
[Moto G General] lollerblade:
I think you'll need root permissions in order to see the OTA file!
[Moto G General] overeleven:
Hi. What languages ​​are in us retail rom? Korean?
[Moto G General] nikotime:
Snap
[Moto G General] irishpancake:
See it in my /cache folder, using ES File Explorer....

That's where it lives, until you apply the update.....
[Moto G General] Volpine:
ADB Sideloaded Tesco OTA

Yep, gotta love ADB. Piece of cake.
[Moto G General] weckart:
I see nothing even with ES Explorer. I take it you are rooted? I am not.
[Moto G General] Krisshp:
Hello. I wanted to ask

When will we get one click root for this device ??

How long did it take
[Moto G General] Rusty!:
Probably never, since it's massively unnecessary on a device like this.
[Moto G General] cra1g321:
Can someone tell me how to sideload the UK tesco update ?

I'm on 4.3 tesco UK, i tried rebooting into Recovery, then doing adb sideload Blur_Version.14.71.8.falcon_umts.TescoSL.en.GB.zip

but i get "device not found"
[Moto G General] gee2012:
Do you have the usb adb and fastboot drivers installed? Do you see a serial number when in cmd you type `fastboot devices` in bootloader mode or adb devices when turned on normaly.
[Moto G General] cra1g321:
I did this first - boot into fastboot, choose the last point and let the several drivers install.

then i get this now ( see screenshot)

then i rebooted into the bootloader, did fastboot devices and a device was listed

then went into recovery and did it, and device was not listed :/
[Moto G General] gee2012:
Boot it up normaly and connect the phone to the pc and the adb drivers will be installed, check in cmd if the device appears when you type `adb devices`. Also turn usb debugging on (and wait a few moment) and off.
[Moto G General] cra1g321:
Yes it is listed
[Moto G General] gee2012:
If you have usb debugging turned on it should work. Did you place the update in \android-sdk\platform-tools? You can also copy the update to the sdcard and reboot, this should install the update too after you reboot.
[Moto G General] cra1g321:
Yes i did, but anyway it doesnt matter, i just got the update message there on my phone :D

Thanks for trying to help solve it anyway
[Moto G General] Krisshp:
Errr why

Still others

"Hello. I wanted to ask

When will we get one click root for this device ??

How long did it take
[Moto G General] miklosbard:
just put the file into the sdcard folder on your phone, then reboot it. the update request should pop up instantly

Sent from my phone
[Moto G General] gee2012:
Allright, enjoy mate.
[Moto G General] debaj:
[MENTION=5034759]Krisshp[/MENTION] You just opened a topic for this question, be so kind and wait the answer there. This one is still about the 4.4 update, not for general chitchat.
[Moto G General] cra1g321:
It doesnt matter, i got the popup anyway just there now :)
[Moto G General] gee2012:
Its allready very easy and safe and one click root apps make it much more unsafe as you can`t control the app.
[Moto G General] Rusty!:
Because it's simple by design. Unlock bootloader, flash recovery, use recovery to flash Superuser.

If you can't do that, then you probably shouldn't be rooting your phone in the first place.
[Moto G General] Nognir:
It's exactly the same thing in 4.3...
[Moto G General] VictorCSx:
In the topic of OTG in moto G everyone states that (I can't confirm myself because mine OTG adapter doesn't arrive yet):

In 4.3 we only have read access to external storage, right out of the box.

In 4.4 we have neither read or write access unless we root and use 3rd party apps.

PS.: Motorola phones only recognize FAT32 partitions.
[Moto G General] Jake Bullit:
Just upgraded to my daughters Tesco unlocked MotoG to 4.4.2.
[Moto G General] Nognir:
I see. You had said "or root" rather than "and root" before.
[Moto G General] VictorCSx:
Oh, sorry for that. My mistake :o
[Moto G General] herr_blaschke:
Anyone in germany from Amazon on kk?
[Moto G General] neuromante82:
from meenova.com:

"Note on Moto X: 4.4 update for Moto X disables external USB storage access; now it requires third-party software or root to access USB storage, similar to Nexus devices."

and:

"Android 4.4 KitKat update. Android 4.4 KitKat update of Moto X disables external USB storage access. You now need to use a third party App to access the Meenova reader (or any other external card readers or USB sticks). We tested and verified the following options, all Apps available from Play Store:

-Use App "Nexus Media Importer".

- Use App "OTG Disk Explorer".

- Use App "Total Commander" (free) and "USB Stick Plugin" (not free).

1 Install both Apps.

2 Plug-in the microSD card reader.

3 Start up "Total Commander" and it will show "USB Stick Plugin" as an option.

4 Select the "USB Stick Plugin".

"

I think that it's the same for moto g and kitkat..
[Moto G General] LoLo2207:
Please upload EURetailSL.en.EU

Enviado desde mi XT1032 mediante Tapatalk
[Moto G General] Ripper88:
Got notification today to update from tesco stock ROM, not rooted, to 4.4.2. Updated with no problem. Time to root :)
[Moto G General] scrols:
Not sooner than someone brainy with retail phone receives it. I think that few hours ago was the first wave 1% of retail phones - just like UK Tesco this morning. After some time we saw a second big wave so lets hope this will be the case for us too ;)
[Moto G General] vickdu31:
I got the KK update this morning on my french retail 8gb.

Yesterday (friday 10), a friend got the update on morning he got an SFR, 16gb.
[Moto G General] irishpancake:
Sorry my friend...

yepp, rooted and suited!!! [Almost the first thing I do with any Android, this is number 7!!!]

I will lose root when I install this, but regain easily, hopefully....
[Moto G General] Tbcdevil:
Small image and video comparison test from 4.3 to 4.4 from me

rebuild this link plus.google dot com/photos/108354583103011120629/albums/5967757170597723025
[Moto G General] redrumsilence:
Can anyone confirm Dalvik/ART setting in Developer Options?
[Moto G General] gee2012:
Yup, thats included now in all 4.4.2 roms. This has been covered to death bro :)

And i`am a bit curious why you unlocked your HTC One through htc-dev.com if you have S-Off?
[Moto G General] NX3:
Unbranded UK version, OTA for 4.4 popped up today, all working find.
[Moto G General] jonny68:
I'm in the UK for the weekend and I got the KK update today.
[Moto G General] scrols:
Why didn't you pull this?
[Moto G General] redrumsilence:
My One had the option, N7 3G (2012) didn't, hence why I ask.

Cause I haven't changed my sig. I unlocked my One to root and fiddle, them got hacked off with it, S-OFF'ed to convert to GE. Then sold it and bought a Moto G
[Moto G General] gee2012:
Oke bro, well there is only an option to use Art or Dalvik as runtime, thats pretty much it. Me personaly i don`t see much difference in both in real life tbh at the moment.
[Moto G General] redrumsilence:
I noticed a pretty big difference in battery with the GE One, but the battery on that sucked, so who knows, maybe placebo and I was actually using it less *rolls eyes*

Also, edited my sig :)
[Moto G General] gee2012:
Well actualy i think the HTC One is still one of the best phones atm, i liked it very much tbh and S-Off was realy nice.
[Moto G General] redrumsilence:
Man I loved that phone for months, but the 4.2.2 killed the camera. It was so slow I couldn't take a photo of my kids (speedy little buggers -_-) that was pretty much the only reason I sold it.

Oh, and it overheated. A lot. Like DAMN 0_0
[Moto G General] Pbem:
So, the OTA retail UK has already been released right?

But no one could download it yet...
[Moto G General] gee2012:
Well its too bad HTC doesn`t need competition as they manage to cut their own throat, they will soon be put out of their misery if things go on like now.
[Moto G General] scrols:
Looks like it..
[Moto G General] Ross_Ross:
Am calling BS on people in the UK claiming to have been updated to KK. My info is it isn't going out for about 10 days. It's also rather strange that not one of the UK based people claiming to have the update has posted a screenshot or grabbed the update
[Moto G General] dwhite1972:
exactly though ave seen people with it but if your updated UK based screenshot specially if its a phones 4u one
[Moto G General] ManuelBlock:
Hello, is there any new about the en.EU version? I know that in Spain its begining to roll out in some devices but I want to download the zip and install it. thank youuu
[Moto G General] ilike123:
Go back in the thread moron, it's already bean posted :rolleyes:
[Moto G General] Ross_Ross:
"bean posted"?

And he calls me a moron!

And no, it hasn't been posted from someone receiving the update on a UK spec phone in the UK
[Moto G General] dt33:
Anyone with any EU version can look into system languages and see if there are Swedish and Thai languages?

I got the UK retail, but there is no Thai languages in it and wonder if there are Swedish + Thai in any other EU version?

---------- Post added at 01:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:13 AM ----------

He meant Tesco UK version have received the 4.4 update and not UK retail one yet.
[Moto G General] GreenToad:
No it wasn't.

Noone with "Retail.en.GB" received update to kitkat, only tesco and branded/carrier roms.

And Retail.en.GB is the rom you have if you ordered from amazon.co.uk
[Moto G General] projectgtr:
Plenty of Irish people running Tesco UK phones have gotten the update according to boards.ie

i cant link you a pic as ive less than 10 posts but go to boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057082234&page=55
[Moto G General] Ross_Ross:
Is Ireland in the UK?
[Moto G General] jusada:
If your on about a screen shot from the tesco UK here but the ota has already been uploaded so don't see why you would question it???
[Moto G General] flibblesan:
The Republic of Ireland isn't but Northern Ireland is part of the UK. Moto G handsets being sold in Irish Tesco stores are running the same ROM as the UK devices, which is TescoSL.en.GB. This is quite common as the majority of manufacturers treat the UK and Ireland as a single region.

Tesco handsets are UK spec phones and the majority of owners are in the UK so to answer your question: We have received the updates and the file is available on the forum if you want to update manually.

Of course, you probably actually meant to say that nobody has received the update for unbranded devices in the UK which is correct.
[Moto G General] Pbem:
Actually, i think that it has already been released... but only a few have received it
[Moto G General] ixon2001:
Flashed back to the Tesco firmware, received KitKat at 8.00pm last night :D, gonna stick with the Tesco firmware from now on as it now obvious there is no point at all flashing the unbranded one, if it means updates will come quicker to the carriers.

Those that have still not got it, this is the easiest method i found to flash it back or change it over.

Don't need to unlock bootloader & it doesn't wipe after install.

Download Tesco rom from here for those that don't know.

http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=14

Unzip it after you downloaded it

Install USB drivers if you haven't do so already.

Go to the unzipped folder where you see Darwin folder as the first file at the top.

Hold shift and right click anywhere blank then pick open cmd prompt.

Turn your phone off & hold volume down and power for Fastboot menu.

Plug the usb cable back in.

In cmd prompt type flashall.bat & hit return

This will flash the Tesco rom and won't wipe your Moto G, then hopefully after a couple of hours you receive the KitKat update. :)
[Moto G General] Rusty!:
Yes it has been posted, there is a screenshot of a Retail EN GB KitKat ROM.

The poster isn't in the UK, but that is not relevant, it's rolled out by IMEI, not location.
[Moto G General] HeXmit:
Anyone got OTA from 14.81.2.falcom_umts.EURetail.en.EU ? I have this version since first day and I didn't receive the 14.91 OTA :confused:
[Moto G General] ZANGETSU786:
Tesco

Has anybody else not got the update to kitkat on tesco? ur is it just me?
[Moto G General] redrumsilence:
Likely a 1% - 25% - 50% - 75% - 100% rollout
[Moto G General] ka4o_pi4a:
For what time is goin from 1% to 100% - few days, a week, two weeks, or it's different ?
[Moto G General] redrumsilence:
The way Moto have done soaks in the States, I'd assume 1% = 24 hours for serious bug reports, then 25% - 100% = 72 hours

So four days in total, normally based on either IMEI or Activation Date
[Moto G General] freshmike:
This just shows one more time how bad Android updates rollouts are in general. Apple and Microsoft are able to release updates for everyone at the same time.
[Moto G General] redrumsilence:
Apple are a pretty crap comparison considering they update at max 3 legacy phones, 2 legacy media players, and 3 legacy tablets. All Apple's hardware and software is internal and 'proprietary'. Android is distributed to hundreds of different vendors and manufacturers that use different parts in each device.

While I'm aware that Apple do indeed have a much faster update process (nix, they announce but don't release to the general public for 5 months, but hey), but they only deal with a comparatively tiny subset of devices. When you consider that Android based devices account for well over half of all mobile devices sold, give the guys a ****ing break. Can you imagine coding an update for Samsung? So many different variants of handsets...

Let us not forget that KK was announced and within 4 weeks it rolled out to various devices.

/endrant.
[Moto G General] gee2012:
Apple also doesn`t have to deal with the various OEM layers like Touchwiz, Sense, Emotion UI, LG, Sony, etc.
[Moto G General] Rusty!:
Clearly you've never tried to update iOS on release day.
[Moto G General] Clivectmob:
Yeah! And have you ever experienced the frustration involved sitting there hitting download for it to say "failed to connect" or even worse, getting half way through a download which has taken an hour and it failing. Or even better that one where it downloads the entire update file then cannot verify it with apples servers forcing you to have to start again?

This is why sensible vendors do it staged, and avoid these problems. Admittedly, since OTA being available on Apple, it's been a bit better, but on the whole I would have to say, a staged approach is best, as most people are not as impatient as those posting on here ;)

Sent from my Moto G
[Moto G General] miklosbard:
Actually in my opinion it would be best to post the link of the file for us impatient to install it on our own risk and keeping the staged and safe rollout for the general public.

Sent from my phone
[Moto G General] ilike123:
No, I tell there trooth.
[Moto G General] Clivectmob:
Well, surely there is no need to, as it is a staged approach and no one is having difficulty downloading it when it does become available. Obviously, folks can, and do. The points is though, there is no actual need to.

I will we be waiting patiently for mine to arrive and following this "with interest" I'm the meantime.

Sent from my Moto G