[X 2014 General] paintballerzell:
Hi Guys! Long time creeper, only posted a few times 5 or 6 years ago but I just wanted to shed some light on a a few things:

I'm using a Moto X 2014 PURE EDITION on T-Mobile. It has NOT been rooted or unlocked. (As to be honest I've yet to need an application that required it.)

AFter receving it., I notced the Cell Stand-By time was draining the battery. There's a whole other discussion on this topic to which people somewhat poo-poo the idea that it's the phone and not user error.

The cell-stand-by time was almost always neck and neck with my Screen around 30% utilization at the end of half day (about 12 hours of battery life w/ 3 being SOT).

I started researching these issues people were having and they weren't really addressed. Some people switched to ART (I didn't get a good chance to try this out) and other changed the T-Mobile APNs (or AT&Ts), some had some success but it was little improvement. I didn't suspect it was a me issue, because I would take it off the charger at 0530AM and by the time I got to work, with some bluetooth streaming in the car it was 83% @ 0370, with less than 30 minutes of SOT. I compared this to my LG G3, which we can all probably agree is not the best for battery life, the same conditions, cell-standby was no where NEAR the SOT time, and the phone was at 95% in the same time frame as above. So, I was somewhat upset at the phone, but unfortunately, I dropped it and broke the screen (Don't worry, I got the ESP), so since I am waiting for a new phone to be shipped, I figgured what the heck, I'll try and apply this OTA. (THanks OP for posting it, I've registered for the soak test but haven't received the word that it's available for me)

First things first, as the others said, I wouldn't suggest doing this if you've rooted.

To do the ADB sideload:

1. Turn off your phone

2. Press the POWER and Volume Down options for a few seconds until you see the recovery menu.

3. Scroll down to Recovery (DO NOT PUSH UP AS THAT IS SELECT)

4. You'll see a very sad android with his back open.

5. Press and hold the VOLUME UP AND VOLUME DOWN buttons for 5 seconds, THEN without releasing, press the POWER button

6. This will allow you to see the recovery menu, go down to ADB SIDELOAD and select with the POWER button.

7. Follow the adb sideload procedures for your OS.

8. For MAC: Download ADB/FASTBOOT files, in the same folder place the file that the OP provided, rename the file update.zip.

9. In terminal, navigate to the folder and execute the following commands:

10. "./adb devices" No quotes. (This will ensure your moto is seen by the adb.

11. "./adb sideload update.zip"

12. You should see output on your screen saying it's loading the files, takes anywhere from 10-15 minutes.

So, these steps worked for me. Back to my previous story:

After the update, I got into Lollipop and played around, but it's kind of sad with some huge cracks in the screen so, I've had it put down but with some light use.

Current battery statistics attached in pictures, but it's VASTLY better, even the projected use when on kitkat was about 13 hours, now i'm seeing over a day. I'll keep everyone posted on the actual results, and i'll update in the battery topics since it's somewhat irrelevant, just wanted to share. Thanks to graffixnyc for the OTA.zip.