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[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
I just want more devs to get their hands on this Moto Maxx phone so development can begin! If I root my Moto Maxx and stay on 4.4.4 (which it ships with), I guess I can at least install Xposed Framework and Gravity Box, which is almost similar to a custom ROM...

I haven't updated my Nexus 5 to Lollipop, because the current Kitkat 4.4.4 ROM I'm using (plus a couple of Xposed add-ons) make it run so good!

I'm just mad at Google for not releasing this Moto Maxx as the Nexus 6! (or pulling an Apple and releasing two variants this year). We know Google was testing both sizes (5.2" and 5.9") because we saw the leaked benchmarks as late as mid-August. But they decided to make the 5.9" be the Nexus 6 and let Motorola repurpose the 5.2" model as the Verizon Droid Turbo (exclusive to one carrier in the USA) and Moto Maxx (internationally). I just don't understand why Motorola is restricting the access to the Moto Maxx to a handful of Latin American countries. For a phone with these specs, which rival or even exceed the Nexus 6 (same Snapdragon 805, same 1440p, same 3GB RAM, same 64GB storage as the top Nexus 6 model, same wireless charging, same turbo charging -- BUT bigger battery, bigger camera), seems they would want wider distribution. Are they afraid this phone would be more popular than the Nexus 6? :confused: What do they care, they make money on either.

This unlocked Moto Maxx is my "Nexus 6". By the way, the 64GB version of the Nexus 6 is U.S. $699 + tax + shipping. Would be $750 - $760 total here in the USA. So, whatever I paid for both phones, I look at that as my reference point. ;) $780 on eBay? The extra amount is merely a convenience fee. But it makes the current op offer a REALLY good deal.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] danger2u:
mine is arrived today at New Jersey

i guess it will be delivered today

i am in Italy and i need to another shipping but this time will be with DHL EXPRESS 2days from US to Italy and i will get it before Christmas.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Jaocagomez:
guys if you contacted me and i give you the address Please confirm if you made or didnt made the order, so far 14 people has emailed me inquiring about ordering and just 6 confirmed positively that they order a phone.

the other 8 people has not confirmed if they could not order it or they tried and failed or if they will keep trying or not anymore.

please tell me your intentions to keep working with you or cross you from the list if you are no longer interested.

all this is just to focus on the people wanting to buy, not my intention to be rude, just be clear guys.

Antonio
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
Delivered this afternoon. Works great. However, need a nano SIM card. My Nexus 5 takes a micro SIM. I do have a SIM card cutter, but I don't want to cut it yet until I finish set up of the Moto Maxx.

I did set it up, but halfway through I realized I want to root first. So, while all my apps are transferred over, I need to root and do it all again. Still, GREAT to have this phone. Very smooth, the diplay looks so much better than my LG Nexus 5 (sharp crisp colors, DEEP blacks). Reminds me of my AMOLED gen3 Galaxy Nexus! I love this phone.

sim card tray/volume button. Two-in-one. Takes nano sim.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ciocu:
man, those days.. I still remember the joy I had when I changed my HTC Desire to the Galaxy Nexus :D the colours, the screen, and so on..

good.. so, at least, the ebay seller is ok with Moto Maxx :) at least I know I can order from him :)

thanks for the info, and have fun with your new toy :D

by the way, how do you feel it in your hand, compared to Nexus5?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
Feels very good. The rounded back makes it easy to hold and the texture of the ballistic nylon helps the grip. Side bezels are very thin, so not much wider than the Nexus 5. Right now, naked, it's probably actually little smaller than my Nexus 5 with a case.

I thought with everyone complaining about the capacitive buttons, that I would not like them... But they are not bad at all. You have your full screen all the time.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] snowboardwcu:
big props to Jaocagomez for his offer. just took him up on it. WWOOOOOOOO!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] zed011:
Count me in! :good:
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] danger2u:
i am a little gelous :)))

mine is in Bruxelles now

Monday arrives at me

the box was sealed???
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
I could tell the box had been opened, as the flap of the green envelope (with instructions inside) was slightly torn. The plastic bag was still sealed (with USB cable and turbo charger plug). The phone still had the shipment plastic shield on. It was all new, they probably just opened the box to make sure everything was OK inside before shipping it off.

I went today to my carrier, got nano sim. I'm now using the Moto Maxx as my main phone. I stayed up to 4am setting everything up!

Hardest part was unlocking the bootloader! I had to download 3 different pieces of software, install it, just to get the bootloader readout to give to Motorola. Like 70 numbers! I typed one of them wrong at first, and they told me my phone was "not eligible" for unlocking. What? Automated response, but it still scared me. So, I tried again, found you could copy and paste from cmd window into notepad, then clean it up to then paste that whole LONG string of numbers and letters into Motorola website form. Worked!

After rooting, somewhere along the way, I restored one too many apps with Titanium Backup and phone went into boot loop. :eek: I had been running a custom ROM on my Nexus 5 and it was probably a ROM (system) app, and I didn't notice. :rolleyes: Ooops. Luckily, the first thing I did when I rooted was to make a BACKUP, before doing anything else. So, restored that rooted stock ROM from backup and started restoring apps all over! :good:

Today, I finished up a couple more set up things. I'm like 99% finished.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] danger2u:
glad for u

how is battery lige and signal strenght??

and call audio?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] krabman:
I love the shape, perfect for my hand. I've got a case (commuter) but don't use it because I keep wanting to have it naked.

On the cap nav buttons I'm not sure what everyone else doesn't like about them but what I don't like about them is that they cant be customized, don't care about the capacitive factor. I would prefer a dedicated screen area in the same place so it doesn't use up screen space, this would be the best of both worlds. Then I could go back to the four across setup that should never have been shelved and add my own long presses and so on.

You had mentioned the screen picture quality in another post and I have to second your thoughts. In home theater I prefer more accurate colors but on a small format phone screen I like pop and a lot of contrast which this phone certainly delivers. The only downside I see in the screen is that I've had phones that are easier to see in bright sunlight when for example taking a picture but this isn't as bad as I expected from the reviews. I would just rate it as not good rather than tipping over into saying it was bad.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
Battery life is great, compared to the Nexus 5.

Good signal strength. I took a couple of speed tests, will upload tomorrow.

Talked to two businesses today. One was low, but I think it was them, not the phone. The other sounded great. I'm using Google Voice. I called my home phone a couple times, and left test voicemails.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] gordonzhao:
Ha, had to jump in on this one, I unlocked my bootloader via the website as well and initially I started typing them in, then I realized why don't I copy and paste, FYI, even in cmd prompt running fastboot you can still copy and then paste it in the website.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] bd.fahim.bd:
Motorala Is Great Brand

Its Using Usefull ANd Works Fine
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] bd.fahim.bd:
Rock s

For New generation ... Loooks Good
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ImpheOtus:
What country is your Moto Maxx from?

I'm from Mexico, I did something similiar (bootloop) when I first got my phone but I didn't make a backup. So, I had to download the only ROM available in motofirmware.com but it's from Nextel Brazil.

It has been working fine so far, but I would like to have the original ROM that came with my phone.

Could you share your backup? And how do I go about flashing it? You used a custom recovery?

I really appreciate any help you can provide :D
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
This one is from Puerto Rico. (I also have one coming from Mexico, courtesy the opportunity of this thread.)

There's another thread about rooting the Moto Maxx. (Mentioned a few pages back. Do a search for "root" in this thread for the link.) I flashed via adb, then installed custom recovery TWRP also from that thread.

I think over there someone already posted a stock ROM.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ImpheOtus:
I rooted using that guide.

I'll check about the stock ROM.

If it's of no use would you be willing to share your back up?

Thanks!

Update: Unfortunately there's no stock international firmware.

Here's what [MENTION=1220096]respider[/MENTION] said: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57129130

So, my only option is if someone uploads their TWRP backup [emoji21]
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
Yes, glad to help. Let me restore it to my phone first, make sure there's no personal information. I can't remember. I don't think there is, but let me check. I can do this later tonight.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ImpheOtus:
Excellent!

Thanks a lot.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
OK, got a problem. I restored that first backup, and it has all my Gmail information, it has a lot of my apps with personal data. Even my personal wallpaper. :rolleyes: It was right after I entered all that and most of my apps had downloaded that I flashed rooted and flashed recovery.

So, someone help me. If I do a factory reset to erase all that data, then I lose all my stuff stored in the internal memory.

QUESTION: Could I ...

store off my current backup,

do a factory re-set,

reflash root and recovery,

do a backup of THAT,

then transfer back my current backup

and restore all my stuff?

Then I would have a "clean" (factory) image backup as well as keeping/restoring all my stuff?

I've never done that before. I've used CMW the past 3 years. Is this possible to do with TWRP?

If so, then I'm willing to do it to help. But it would be like Monday before I have the free time.

Right now, I'm restoring the backup I made 30 minutes ago before I went back to that "first root" backup of 2 days ago...
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Jaocagomez:
It's perfectly possible with twrp, but there is not twrp for Moto maxx for the moment.

You should store your backup on your pc and then wipe data, once you are stock, make a backup of stock and share that backup, then just restore the first one.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
There is twrp for Moto Maxx. I'm running it. ;)

I'll do all that either tonight or tomorrow.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Firebat2468:
I am looking to buy the maxx from the same seller everyone else is... Lgfactory. I see people asking for the software to reflash etc etc. Am I going to have any problems running this on ATT. I dont want to have to mess with things honestly. What happens when lollipop is available will it be difficult to update? Just wanna have smooth easy transition from my note 4. Any feedback would be very helpful. Thanks.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] respider:
http://xdaforums.com/droid-turbo/development/twrp-moto-maxx-xt1225-test-builds-t2956937

:good:
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] greentofu:
Hey guys, new to all this, but found this site while trying to find a way to get a moto maxx from Canada. I'm not sure if understanding this correctly, but this should work in Canada, whereas, the turbo might have limitations pending on the provider you use.

Jaocagomez: curious, are you still buying maxx's for people? and If so, how much do you charge?

And, has anyone tried ordering from Jaoca?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] krabman:
If you are on Rogers it will work great, not sure what your other carriers are using for freqs but you will want to find out before you buy.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
Moto Maxx (XT1225), international version of Verizon Droid Turbo on AT&T.

Note the great ping times (lower is better for less lag).

AT&T currently uses LTE bands 2,4,5,17. This phone has 2,3,4, 17. Good enough, as AT&T only uses band 5 to supplement coverage.

At bottom are my last two speed tests on my old Nexus 5.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] chris2507:
new owner

i already have mi moto, i think shipping was fast.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] greentofu:
Thanks. Wiki says the freq is 1700 and the band is 4.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] gordonzhao:
You may need to move the back up file off the phone. After the reset, put it back on the internal storage and restore
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] y2jdmbfan:
I would caution you from purchasing from this seller.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
I received my Moto Maxx from this seller just fine.

---------- Post added at 06:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:11 PM ----------

I purchased from LGFactory on eBay. My Moto Maxx is running fine on AT&T.

AT&T currently uses LTE bands 2, 4, 5, 17. This phone has LTE bands 2, 3, 4, 17. Close enough. AT&T does not use LTE band 5 in all markets, only to supplement LTE coverage. 4 & 17 are most important, with LTE band 2 coming in secondary (and this phone has that also). Again, look at my AT&T LTE speed tests. I had to go to AT&T store to get nano sim card, as my Nexus 5 had a micro sim card. Other than that, no hassle. Just stuck it in, it worked.

The reason people are asking for stock software is because they tried to root and install rooted software/restore software from other phones/remove something important.

If you don't root, and install custom recovery, you will receive the OTA updates just fine.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
MOTO MAXX (XT1225) FACTORY IMAGE (Puerto Rico)

Here's a download link to Moto Maxx XT1225 Factory Image (Puerto Rico), from TWRP recovery. I don't think it should be any different than Mexico or Brazil, but just clarifying I got the phone from Puerto Rico. It's zipped. Just unzip it and you will see the TWRP recovery file.

MOTO MAXX (XT1225) FACTORY IMAGE (Puerto Rico)

http://1drv.ms/1t7Wa9T

I re-set my phone back to factory, using "Factory Data Reset". I then used command window to re-flash TWRP recovery and SuperSU. Booting into TWRP recovery, I made a backup of THAT image. When I rebooted, it was back to factory state -- asking for my language preferences, gmail account, etc. When I skipped all that, it took me to the factory wallpaper desktop. So, I think all my personal data has been removed, and this is just the factory image.

Hope it helps someone.

You will have to flash it using TWRP. See instructions at these two posts to flash TWRP recovery onto your phone:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57113926&postcount=1

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57607225&postcount=84

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Xposed and Gravity Box

PM I received. Thought it might help someone else. I removed the name of the person, as I also replied to them privately with the same answer.

I also have the Puerto Rico Moto Maxx, although I also have a 2nd Moto Maxx from Mexico on the way.

Once you root, you can install Xposed framework and use Gravity Box . Gravity Box is an all-in-one toolkit that gives you most of the features of a custom ROM. Under display, you can choose Lollipop style signal bars, and you can choose to display "LTE" for LTE signals instead of "4G".

To use Xposed and Gravity Box, you need to keep Dalvik runtime instead of ART.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] y2jdmbfan:
Maxx Vs. One M8...

Comparing this to the HTC One M8 Google Play Edition I have, I can't honestly say the Maxx is that much better than the One M8.

One M8 Pros:

+Fast Camera Shutter

+Brighter Display

+Better Speakers

+Android Lollipop

+On Screen Buttons

+Aluminum Solid Build Quality

+LED Indicator

+Snappier / Less Lag

+SD Card Slot

+IR Blaster

Maxx Pros:

+Battery Life

+21 MP Camera, but very slow.

+Active Notifications / Moto Display

+Wireless Charging

+Quad HD Display

Ties:

Turbo Charging

Right now I am undecided if the AMOLED / Quad HD and Battery are worth it to me over the One M8. I can also switch between GPE and Sense with relative ease.

Y2J
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
As for snappier, less lag. I have Nova launcher installed with "Nova speed" settings. Also, in Developer Options, I have "Windows animation scale" set to .5x, "Transition animation scale" set to 1x, and "Animator duration scale" set to .5x. Change those and see if the so-called lag disappears. ;)

I think you can also use Xposed to make the LED indicator on the Moto Maxx. Saw someone talking about it, but I have not done that yet.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] y2jdmbfan:
Switch the MAXX to ART really helps to speed it up as well.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
But Xposed does not work on ART. I am using Xposed/Gravity Box to get custom ROM features, as well as a couple more Xposed apps to add other features. Like my phone makes a notification sound when plugged/unplugged from battery charger or put successfully on Qi pad. I have LTE indicator and Lollipop style signal bars. And much more. Always expanded audio volume panel, clear all recents button on lower left side, etc.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheCelt:
I am pretty sure I know the answer, but I just wanted to confirm.... the Moto Maxx will NOT work on the Verizon network right?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] y2jdmbfan:
It might work on LTE, but there are no CDMA radios built-in that I know of and it doesn't have VoLTE enabled.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ImpheOtus:
Thank you very much! This is awesome. I know the favor I asked wasn't a quick one; but you came through and I'm really thankful for that.

I'm on vacation right now, so I will be testing this over the weekend when I'm back at home.

I'll be in contact to let you know how everything goes. Thanks again!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] greentofu:
Was wondering if people who own to maxx or turbo could try something for me at the telus website. If you google telus compatibilty test, I think the fifth result which is for cellcellular, shows a link to a telus compatibility test to try. Just want to see if the maxx would work on my network.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Skrilax_CZ:
Has anybody tried Moto MAXX in Europe? Does LTE really work? According to the bands, it has two of three bands commonly used (800, 1800 and doesn't have 2600).
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] danger2u:
someone who was the Puerto Rico version can post the original recovery backup?

thank u
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] gordonzhao:
To all the people in Europe that's asking if it'll work. Look up your network's bands for lte and 4G and compare it to the ones from the gsmarena site.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] cushcalc:
Motorola Migrate works great

Got mine from lgfactory on eBay. Went to AT&T to change my micro-sim from Nexus 5 to nano-sim for Moto Maxx (they had a cutdown tool, worked great) - entered the unlock code that accompanied the package, and Bob's your uncle. Used Motorola Migrate on both phones and it transferred everything over perfectly, including all my texts.

Just ran Speedtest in central Denver, can confirm that LTE is working fine - 53 Mbps download!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
Same here. Except I had to look up my unlock code on Motorola website, unless I overlooked it in the package? :confused: If you got one already given to you, WOW, that was much easier!

Received my Moto Maxx on December 18.

On December 19, went to AT&T store, changed from my Nexus 5 micro sim to nano sim. AT&T guy was VERY interested that it was a clone of the Verizon Droid Turbo, except it was compatible with AT&T. He asked me a lot of questions. My first speed test I took right there in the store. The other three I took as I was driving around. Note the VERY low, awesome ping speeds (lower ping = less lag).

Used Motorola Migrate also, very useful tool.

Rooted, installed TWRP. Running Xposed with Gravity Box to get custom ROM features.

I actually use AT&T's prepaid GoPhone service -- which is identical to postpaid AT&T in all features, except for roaming (which I don't need). Prepaid prices, sold and serviced in AT&T stores, uncapped data run straight off AT&T's postpaid servers. Most prepaid services (like Cricket and Straight Talk) run data through proxy servers, so you get high pings (more lag). AT&T GoPhone is unique in that it uses the same AT&T sim card, same APN as postpaid (contract customers), and uses the same postpaid data servers -- with uncapped speeds. You need help, you go in AT&T store. You are treated just like a contract customer.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] krabman:
It worked fine for me, I had LTE in London and Budapest. Had slower connections out of town at times but fast enough for maps and general use. Just pay attention to the freqs when you choose a carrier.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Jaocagomez:
The one posted by chazzmatt should work, not only for Puerto Rico but for all Moto maxx, it's pretty useful as the moment we don't have the official sbf to flash by rds lite.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] danger2u:
thank u.

downloading and let u know
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] cushcalc:
Wow! Similar experiences! Yeah, my unlock code was taped to the plastic around the box.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] danger2u:
the Moto Maxx backup has the original recovery in or is twrp??

i mean ur backup
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
I think it has TWRP, as that's what i wanted. I can reflash and see.

If it is TWRP, I can make one without. Not today, but maybe Thursday after Christmas? I'm busy for the next couple of days. :) I still have my old backups saved from before I found out how to make TWRP recovery stick.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] danger2u:
i need the original one,not the twrp

take ur time

Merry Christmas!!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
Thanks to the op, my 2nd Moto Maxx just arrived in Mexico! Woo! Now he's going to ship it to my USA home address.

Thank you [MENTION=2920544]Jaocagomez[/MENTION]

He even sent me pictures...

I asked him to open the package just to check everything.

(I blurred numbers and identifiers, just in case.)
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] danger2u:
why u buy 2 of them??
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
Because it's a great phone.

My wife and I both had gen3 Galaxy Nexus, and we both have gen5 Nexus 5.

This phone was being tested to be the Nexus 6 as late as mid-August, along with the 5.96" version. But Google stupidly decided to release the too-large version. :rolleyes: Motorola re-purposed it as the Droid Turbo/Moto Maxx. This is my "Nexus 6". ;)

So, buying one for my wife too. She says she loves her Nexus 5, and doesn't want another phone. Once she has it in her hands, she may change her mind... But, if she decides she wants to keep her Nexus 5, I have several friends who would be eager to buy it from me.

This price from Mexico Motorola was too good to pass up. 64GB Nexus 6 is $700, and I'll get this 2nd 64GB "Moto Maxx" for $620 -$650 total. (Depends on FedEx shipping cost.)
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] gordonzhao:
Chazz, when did you order yours from jaoca?