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[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidLov:
Remember the 'you're holding it wrong' defense of Steve Jobs when the iPhone dropped its signal?

I don't need to press, just by holding the phone in a natural way to take a call the signal will drop. And like I said covering only half of the back is sufficient.

That Debaj can't reproduce it, suggest it's not in all Moto G's

Moto G 8GB German, left-handed (in case it makes a difference) and it occurs most often when the signal is at 4 instead of 5 bars to begin with.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WabbitKiLR:
Mine does the same to an extent but not nearly as bad as my old phone. Two bars missing sounds quite serious, though. Have you tried taking the rear cover off and checking to see what it does?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chowy993:
Wifi signal drops 1 bar (from 4 to 3) when covering top of the back. Not a big deal to me

Mobile signal doesn't drop when covering the bottom of the back.

Moto G 8GB, British retail version running US global 4.4.2

EDIT: Holding the phone in the left hand drops the signal by about 5dBm. Holding the phone in the right hand leads to no loss in signal. The only way I can get my Moto G to lose some signal (from 4 bars to 3) is to hold the phone in my left hand AND cover the bottom bezel with the right hand. It drops about 15dBm.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidLov:
Thanks chowy993, scott_doyland, WabbitKiLR and Debaj for your feedback.

I guess there is something wrong with my Moto as I have an 8-15 dBm drop on the carrier signal just by holding my hand it in the normal 'telephone position' (but not next to my head). I measured it with an app called Network Signal. It drops into the red zone at over a -100 dBm so its a serious problem which will cost me battery life and loss of connectivity in some places .
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahardie:
I tried this with my wifes Moto G and the wifi drops one bar if I put my hand over the back. The mobile signal remains the same. Then I tried it with my Galaxy S3 and got exactly the same result.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mranonymous1:
I posted a thread about this a short while ago on the 31st December: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2592673

I can confirm I have this issue too! I cannot do any video or voice calls over WiFi if I hold my phone in my hand. The connection repeatedly drops until I put the phone down.

As soon as I hold it, I completely lose all WiFi signal (I have full bars at the time), and can also lose all 2G signal too (from full bars to Emergency Calls Only). My only solution was to simply leave the phone on a surface.

Mine is being sent in for a repair tomorrow for this reason. But sadly it appears even if the phone is replaced/repaired, that this is simply a issue with the Moto G in general?!

Never experienced such poor problems like this on a phone before.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maccboy2010:
I have the exact same problem on my 8 retail UK version I posted about this here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588286

And people were saying its the way I was holding my device. It isn't I can completely make my device lose signal just by being in a call. And cover the the bottom of device. It seems like there is a bad batch and Motorola needs to sort it. I'm on my 3rd device now and its still doing it. Gutted really because its a brilliant device. It seems to be the 8gig version having these problems I got told.

Sent from Motorola G.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AluKed:
XT1033 Dual Sim.

Cannot reproduce the issue at all, neither mobile nor wi-fi drops even with the back fully covered by both my hands. Held it like that for five minutes and no sign of it.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maccboy2010:
Count yourself as a lucky then :) I think I'm going to replace my 8gig for the 16gig.

Sent from Motorola G.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mangusmeister:
UK 16 gig model and I can get my WiFi to drop by one bar but mobile signal is unchanged no matter how I hold the handset. Bad news for u mate, sorry.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helppme:
I looked into this problem.

Believe it or not, it seems to be down to the use of spray deoderant.

Most spray on deoderant using aluminium oxide. When it get's on your hands, and you hold the phone, the light metal coating causes a charge differential with the phone's antenna (basically your hand and the phone act as a single film capacitor).

This is different from the issue with the iphone, this was because the metal bezel of the phone actually changed resistivity when held directly with the hand, effectively changing the length, and therefore effectiveness of the iphones antenna.

I suggest washing your hands thoroughly. You can also use a multimeter on your hand, set to milli Ohms to see if you have an unusual resistivity (probably due to aluminium oxide).

Roll on deoderant is another good option.. Or just be smelly of course. I never wash, shower or using any cleaning products and my phone has perfect signal all the time.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidLov:
mranonymous1 and maccboy2010 can you check if it's identical to my problem: holding the lower end is a drop in carrier signal, upper half of the phone: wifi drop ?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mranonymous1:
I no longer have my phone as it's in for repair. I can tell you though that for the week or so of use that it was awful. Mine was extremely sensitive that a video/voice call over WiFi would instantly end the second I even went near the phone/picked it up.

It was the WiFi dropping that was more of the issue for me than mobile network signal (I struggle to get 2G signal anyway where I live). But I could easily lose all mobile network signal from holding normally too.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidLov:
Ok, I checked again and the problem only occurs if the signal level is not that good to begin with. It then drops enormously making calls impossible. Handsfree calling in the same circumstances is no problem.

When I am at a place with a strong carrier signal my hand hardly influences the level. So it's sort of a worst case scenario but it explains why others don't notice the drop.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maccboy2010:
Yes mine is the same as yours if I hold a the bottom signal drastically drops.

Sent from Motorola G.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junglebungle:
I can confirm covering the bottom drops my signal.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Medvosteri:
Also happens with my moto g. Covering the top indeed affects wifi and the bottom affects signal.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aaryana:
How is this that dell venue series recieves an official android 4.3 update and our streaks are left helpless.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
In both Dell's eyes and at least one magazine the Streak is regarded as a failure. Why support a failure? On top of that, we are talking a device that is three years old and one that was not made by Dell. This time around, it appears that Dell has done the manufacturing themselves, making it easier for them to support.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sherlionidas:
that's bad , really bad ! i mean what the hell !
[Moto G General] Deleted member 1840960:
I like the device like. It's cheap, good battery and it's fast enough for what I need. But there are 3 things which I thought where stock android. The nexus 7 has these features.

control mp3 player by headset buttons

Switches don't include rotate or GPS

Swype like keyboard

Does anybody how to fix these? If I'm correct CM also has these. A CM based rom on my HTC one S also had these functions.

Too bad CM isn't available (yet?) on the moto G
[Moto G General] cesc1972:
I solved the second one by installing Power Toggles, it lets you create and customize switches in the notification bar, and they look nice =)
[Moto G General] lost101:
1. Xposed Framework and Gravity Box (JB / KK). Root required.

2. Power Toggles.

3. Google Keyboard has swipe feature, if that's what you mean.
[Moto G General] 2hipso:
Google Keyboard not compatible with Moto G :(
[Moto G General] tkelly0727:
Yes it is
[Moto G General] Krisshp:
Yes it is!

I have it and works fine Double check! The one which is pre installed is another keybaord

i got mine from playstore and it works
[Moto G General] 2hipso:
this is what I see
[Moto G General] theArchitektas:
You probably mean it's "not available in your location" (yes, Google Keyboard isn't available in all countries), as it is written when you click the button for "not compatible". In that case you just have to find the .apk (yes, you can find stuff on the Internet that is not officially available) and install it manually. Works flawlessly.
[Moto G General] 2hipso:
I hate my country. Thank you bro, Im gonna find it and install it :)
[Moto G General] Clivectmob:
Just hope you don't get the parsing error when you try to install it ;)

Sent from my Moto G
[Moto G General] Medvosteri:
Xposed Framework + GravityBox and XuiMod bring alot of 'missing' features back to your phone.
[Moto G General] coursemyhorse:
What do you mean by this? What do you want it to do?
[Moto G General] helppme:
to save him searching for a solution. If you get a parsing error trying to install the apk. Check you have 'allow unknown sources' checked in security. Then upload the apk to google drive, then install it from google drive and it will install without issue. There are other solutions if you don't have google drive, but this is the most simple.
[Moto G General] Deleted member 1840960:
Hee everybody,

thanx for the suggestions. I did install the keyboard and power toggles.

For some reason the keyboard isn't available in the Netherlands.

Still hoping for CyanogenMod
[Moto G General] Darth:
We have cm...the Moto x...it's not very popular. Lol

You lose the Motorola features, more of a big deal for the x I guess....And people seem to love stock with xposed for customization and added features.

Cm doesn't really offer anything that you can't get with xposed.

Plus you get those inevitable custom Rom glitches....where stock is flawless.

Custom roms are definitely more important for phones with their own ui...like HTC, Samsung....And for phones that aren't getting updates anymore.

Just saying. :)

Sent from my Moto X cellular telephone...
[General Questions and Answers] skyzo97:
How to mount external HDD , i found one tutorial but i didn't know anything about xoom.
[General Questions and Answers] jime1:
why do you want to mount external hdd??
[General Questions and Answers] skyzo97:
it easy for me to play video without transfer the file to my pc then to my sdcard.
[General Questions and Answers] jime1:
K hang in there ..I'll see what i can find

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1. Unlock it,

2. Root it,

3. Go to Google Play and install "StickMount" app,

4. Buy a USB OTG cable, ( On To Go cable)

5. Plug in cable to phone usb port and other end to USB Thumb Drive

inform if it worked:good:
[General Questions and Answers] skyzo97:
My phone is unlocked and root

but it still wont work
[General Questions and Answers] jime1:
You use stick mount app? Try other similar apps..

U use on to goo cable? Are u sure?!

Check weather the apps have root access or not
[General Questions and Answers] skyzo97:
Still nothing happen, i think i must give up on this thing.

Thanks for your comment.
[General Questions and Answers] jime1:
dont type. hit the thanks button!

dont giveup ..ill try it myself n then get back to you.:cool:

alright :laugh::good:
[General Questions and Answers] zxczxcdani:
check your device

Try to check if your device supports USB-OTG.
[General Questions and Answers] skyzo97:
I check on GSMarena.com , Xperia SP doesn't have USB on-the-go (OTG) ,

but on storage settings , it can mount flash drive by default.
[General Questions and Answers] zxczxcdani:
Have you tried mounting a Flash Drive before? Or maybe voltage issues? :confused:
[General Questions and Answers] jime1:
I hope this inspires you! :good:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38906771
[General Questions and Answers] flametai1:
Is it an external that uses a separate adapter for power?
[General Questions and Answers] skyzo97:
does I need OTG Y cable ?
[General Questions and Answers] jime1:
you can always try..:good:

but do you know weather your device hardware supports it?
[General Questions and Answers] PradeepMurugan:
First mention your device and you can mount only If your device supports otg

So make sure your device supports otg or not

If it supports then try connecting a pendrive with a otg cable and then try with hdd
[General Questions and Answers] skyzo97:
I check on Apps/All my phone have otg app , it can support pendrive but cannot support HDD
[General Questions and Answers] PradeepMurugan:
Yes it dosent support because pendrive will be in Fat 32 format and HDD is in ntfs format

Phone supports only fat 32 format
[General Questions and Answers] skyzo97:
You know , I have change my HDD to fat32 format once , but still can't mount.

Then I change back to NTFS format.
[General Questions and Answers] jime1:
HDD needs power supply!

Is it external?
[General Questions and Answers] skyzo97:
Yes , then I just need to buy OTG Y cable
[General Questions and Answers] jime1:
may be..but its not that simple.. you will have to do some kind of settings and all... provide me some links that you are referring to please..
[General Questions and Answers] skyzo97:
What do you mean link that I referring ?
[General Questions and Answers] jime1:
did you find any thing use full on google?
[General Questions and Answers] skyzo97:
No :(
[General Questions and Answers] jime1:
Fine.. Hang on and keep searching google:thumbup:
[General Questions and Answers] jime1:
Its a tough one Bro..

But you can definitely connect a Pen drive..

http://www.xperiablog.net/2012/03/09/xperia-s-usb-otg-demonstrated-video/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] salviflako:
I wanted to Install graviton on my 4.3 mk2 but stuck on bootloop help pls
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ted77usa:
Check on post#4 and follow the guide on how to install. .... but replace it with graviton .zip files .......http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2503692...... goodluck. .... If worked ..... Hit Thanks button. ....:D

Swyped from MK2 Deadly Venom SS
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] salviflako:
Thanks ill try it as soon as I'm off work
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] salviflako:
:(

i guees Graviton S4 is not for safestrap i follow the steps and its boots up to the ss splash screen den reboots me back to android system recovery
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ted77usa:
Deadly Venom and Dark Carnage worked for sure. .....:D:D:thumbup::thumbup:

Swyped from MK2 Deadly Venom SS
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] salviflako:
yes sir im using your Dark Carnage right now its awesome :) but wanted to have some blue color thats why i was looking at graviton but thanks for the awesome rom :good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] hovax615@hotmail.com:
Your on it bro lol. I'm going to give you some thumbs up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] lilg754367:
how can i install deadly venom on mk2?

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could you help me out on how to flash deadly venom and dark, where to find them
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] hovax615@hotmail.com:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ted77usa:
DeadlyVenomSS_EDITION_ML6. ...check post #4 for link, guide, screen shot.....http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2503692 ...... .....DarkCarnageSS_EDITION_ML6. ... check post #3 for link, guide, screen shot. ....http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2554338.....

Swyped from MK2 Deadly Venom SS
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] lilg754367:
wow i want to flash dark carnage but i am not familiar on how to install safestrap or what i would donate to you if you could walk me through or help me out
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ted77usa:
PM me if you need more help and guide. .... I'll be more than happy to help. ..... I'm assuming that u already on rooted MK2 firmware right? .....:D:p:thumbup:

Swyped from MK2 Deadly Venom SS
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] lilg754367:
pming you now
[HTC One S] marchetto:
Hi, i've problem with my One S..I've not any signal!! I've tried with a lot of rom but nothing..have you any idea? can i change the antenna?
[HTC One S] the4biddendonut:
Maybe try cleaning or replacing the sim card.

Sent from my rotary phone
[HTC One S] marchetto:
I've tried it..but nothing..
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] fei886:
my phone seems locked, i tried to use vodafone SIM card, but my phone does not working.

anyone got idea?
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] SubZero5:
did you http://xdaforums.com/search.php ?
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] treeboa:
unlocking prog

here you go mate, worked on my xda11i, unzip, use sync to put it in your fne and run from there, orange and t mobile worked for me, the 3 network did not but i think they too expensive anyway for what you get
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] fei886:
Thanks a lot! :D
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] fei886:
hi, i just tried, buy it said an error occured while unlocking your phone. see xdadev-all-unlock.log file for details. :(
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] fei886:
turned off the flight mode, it works, thanks.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] tounet:
I have to use xdadev_all_unlock-v1.6_138.exe but after having to place on my xdaì O2 it asks me a code , for my sim O2 help me
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] Mark300zx:
Sorry to regurgitate an old thread but I am having a problem unlocking my xda, I have to to turn off flight mode but my O2 sim has expired, so I cannot turn off flight mode, any ideas of how to get around this, or will I have to find an O2 sim to put in my phone?
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] christopherwoods:
I think you may well have to find any old O2 sim to just bung in. When I unlocked my XDA, I had my sim in the device (I did it literally a week after I got it), and it ran through its algorithms and cracked the software running on the unit to unlock it :) Never tried it without a SIM in, but I'd imagine it wouldn't work as the protection layer wouldn't be loaded...
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] flawless:
Mark, if you havn't gotten around to fixing it yet, try buying an O2 PAYG sim for a tenner, any O2 shop in London should have one.
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] XpiroettaBoom:
In this moment I have cm11, Is there anyone who could send to me SecSettings.apk, framework-res.apk and android.policy.jar. from android stock 4.2.2
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] android.zealot.fervor:
Brother you can take secsettings.apk+framework-res.apk from My Ultimate Mods thread Here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2519025

Download MOD 3. FIVE lockscreen shortcuts. extract the zip and take out the required files :)

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Here you go ANDROID.POLICY.JAR

xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2442375&d=1386541716

Hope this helped you :)
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] XpiroettaBoom:
Saif thank!!!
[Omni Q&A] chuSmu:
Hey,

anyone else experiencing issues with internet access? Just wondering..

Mine doesn't work neither with Mobile Data, nor via Wifi. I have an Oppo Find 5.

edit: just refllashed - working now. Sorry >.<
[Omni Q&A] cooolforce:
Nope , no problem at all though I am using N7100 ( note 2)
[Omni Q&A] AngryHapposai:
Using Oppo Find 5 and no problem either.
[Theme Screenshots and ZIPs] alldroid:
simple theme based on kitkat wallpaper,you will need wow kitkat clock widget installed which is free from play
[Theme Screenshots and ZIPs] dj_mol3y_x8:
Nice job mate

All the best

Moley

Sent from my RAZR I screen to your screen using a strange thing known as the world wide web
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] golemus:
Is there some way (Cyanogenmod or other CustomROM...?) to modify Nexus7 to get more real screen estate (especially in landscape mode) in modern android versions (Jelly Bean, Kitkat)?

I think that the best way to do this would be

1. in portrait mode combine virtual navigation buttons and status bar into one bar that is in lower edge of the screen (Honeycomb style).

2. in landscape mode have a vertical navigation bar (Nexus4, Nexus5, Xperia Z style) in right edge of the screen

3. for even more estate in landscape mode integrate status bar into the vertical navigation bar (modded Honeycomb style. Otherwise pretty simle but displaying time numbers vertically might seem and odd solution but in the long run it is the most efficient solution).

I did even a feature request of this to Android in code.google.com:

"More real screen estate for android tablets by virtual navigation button / status bar customizations"

It is just such a pity. Nexus7, a tablet with so much potential becomes so much an unfinished product when turning it into landscape. Even this tablet (Procaster Mid 007) that costs only 70eur utilizes space better than Nexus7:

And Galaxy Tab3 7.0 is way ahead in real screen estate/usability.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth:
Just get xposed with gravity box and LMT. Done. If you're rooted anyway.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] golemus:
This seems to be far too complicated "hacker's solution" (and does not officially work with 4.4. kitkat). Is there any simpler way to prevent navigation bar from rotating?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth:
I'm not sure what you mean by rotating?

And no....if you're rooted...installing xposed and gravity box is simple. Installing lmt is simple....hide navigation bar with gravity box....gain real estate at bottom of screen (as OP was asking about) and lmt is like pie. And its nice once you get used to it. ;)

Whole process (assuming you're rooted) takes about 7 minutes. :)

Sent from my Moto X cellular telephone...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GedBlake:
Yep. Agreed.

[MENTION=5662007]golemus[/MENTION]...

Xposed is really simple to install (see link in my sig)... assuming your rooted of course. GravityBox is then installed via the Xposed app itself... and future updates are maintained accordingly. Think of the Xposed app as a sort of repository of all Xposed modules, of which GravityBox is just one. Easy to install, and easy to maintain... and it

does

work on KitKat 4.4.2... I have it running on my Nexus 7.

IMHO, Xposed framework is the best thing to happen to Android... and GravityBox is just terrific. It offers a whole plethora of great tweaks.

I'm not familiar with LMT though...

definitely

going to have to have a tinker with that:).

Rgrds,

Ged.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] golemus:
I don't like installing anything that you can't get from Google Play store, and I didn't find gravitybox or lmt from there (although I did find some xposed thing from there).

And also I found another (partial) solution, I installed a program called "Auto Hide Soft Keys". Although it was not exactly the solution I wanted, now I have virtual navigation bar in right side of the screen but it is invisible by default and when you swipe it to be visible it will cover something else from the right edge of the screen. You can choose it to be all the time visible but then it will all the time cover content from the right edge. So I have to hide it, which causes that for me to press home, back or multitask buttons I need to acts (first swipe from right edge to get the bar to appear and then press a button in the bar).

A bit offtopic but every time I post something i need to fill a captcha, it is very annoying. Is there any way to get rid of them?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erovia:
Try it the 4.3 roms. Most of them supports full screen mode with PIE.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wolfensteinjd:
Go xposed. You won't go back.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GedBlake:
Absolutely:). Never was a truer phrase written.

Rgrds,

Ged.