Ask me anything about the Motorola DROID Ultra!

[Fats Falafel]

So still able to connect without issue at said friend's house. Still having trouble at home though. This doesn't make any sense. Other devices connect fine off of the home's router.

 

[Fats Falafel]

Forget everything I said. I made a typo when reentering the password after forgetting the networks. It was definitely the McAfee app that initiated the problem, and I just made a stupid mistake in trying to correct it. Although it is still weird that I didn't get a "wrong password" message and it instead just saved the network and refused to connect. All is well, thank you for your time.

 

[adil sanan]

As per my official DROID Ultra review on Phandroid.com, anyone curious about anything in regards to the DROID Ultra can ask here, and their question shall be answered. Don't be shy!

Hey sir, i need to know if my Motorola droid ultra works with the normal USB OTG cable

 

[doogald]

Hey sir, i need to know if my Motorola droid ultra works with the normal USB OTG cable

I can say for sure that it does to connect to USB thumb drives. I don't know about any other USB devices; I've not tried anything else.

 

[ryanstar87]

Under the display settings, the option that says long press task key to access menu.

What in the world does that mean. .

 

[doogald]

Under the display settings, the option that says long press task key to access menu.

What in the world does that mean. .

The task key is the third key along the bottom (back, home, task, or multi-task, key.) In many apps, there is what is called an overflow menu, usually shown with three vertical dots, that you can tap to access settings, etc.

Some older apps (designed for versions of Android earlier than 3.0) expect there to be a hardware menu key, which was required for versions of Android up to Gingerbread (version 2.3). Those apps when run on the Ultra will show a large three dot menu control along the bottom of the display.

What "long press task key to access menu" does is allow you to access the menu by long-pressing the task key. It will also remove that large menu control in the bottom of the screen for those older apps that I described in the paragraph above.

 

[banishedGT]

Hi, ever since I got this amazing Droid Ultra, everything has been near to flawless in preformance. The only thing that grinds my gears is this vibration habit the phone has. Anywhere between (example) 8:50-9:10 or any other hour (10 min before and after) my phone will let out a single vibration. Sometimes it will vibrate up to 3 seperate times in this 20 min space at any randomly selected moment in time. I've look at my calander to see if I have some unknown date setting planned and checked into the default clock app but found nothing. Any ideas on finding out what's causeing these?

 

[doogald]

It could be an app. Do you have any apps that are giving you any notifications at this time?

 

[Thom]

You could try running in Safe Mode (disabling all apps you added without uninstalling them). If it stops it is caused by an app that you added (as doogald suggested).

... Thom

 

[banishedGT]

It could be an app. Do you have any apps that are giving you any notifications at this time?

no, when the vibration happens, nothing shows up in the notifications

 

[banishedGT]

You could try running in Safe Mode (disabling all apps you added without uninstalling them). If it stops it is caused by an app that you added (as doogald suggested).

... Thom

ill try that

 

[dennis galloway]

I have a verizon motorola droid ultra the speaker sound like they are crackling like they are going out how many speakers are in this phone and how would I go about replacing them thank you

 

[NEEDHELP1]

As per my official DROID Ultra review on Phandroid.com, anyone curious about anything in regards to the DROID Ultra can ask here, and their question shall be answered. Don't be shy!

my phone will not shut off. i set something wrong, so i tried to fix it. because it wouldn't browse. not i can't turn it off and do factory reset. voice keeps talking and holding my screens

 

[doogald]

my phone will not shut off. i set something wrong, so i tried to fix it. because it wouldn't browse. not i can't turn it off and do factory reset. voice keeps talking and holding my screens

What happens if you hold the power button down for about 7 to 10 seconds? Does that power it off?

 

[NEEDHELP1]

ok. i got to shut off. now my homescreen is in a yellow box. it talks and i have to tap 2xs for everything.

 

[doogald]

Ok, you should be able to factory reset the phone from a powered off state. See this page: https://motorola-global-portal.cust...il/a_id/95414/p/30,6720,8882/kw/factory reset

Scroll down to the instructions under "external reset".

As the instructions say, sadly, a factory reset means that all of your data will be erased. However, hopefully, the phone will work again.

Good luck.

 

[Thom]

... before doing the Factory Data Reset I would try two things ...

(1)

Go to Settings a see if you have a { } Developer options entry right above About phone

If you do ... select it an make sure the switch at the very top is Off.

(2)

If that didn't solve it ...

reload into Safe Mode (disabling all apps you added without uninstalling them)

Press power off
When dialog appears LONG press on Power off
When dialog appears press OK

If the problem stops it is caused by an app that you added.

(3)

If neither solves it ... do the Factory Data Reset.

... Thom

 

[David Holmes]

Is there any possible to way to connect as mass storage device?

Maybe download an app or something?

please let me know.

 

[EarlyMon]

Is there any possible to way to connect as mass storage device?

Maybe download an app or something?

please let me know.

Apps that do exist are targeted to specific phones and require root.

I've seen none for the Turbo sorry.

 

[Thom]

Welcome to Android Forums.

The option was removed. Have you tried connecting as a Media Device? When you go to Files Explorer the Turbo appears at the bottom of the list as a Portable Device. Open it and you will be in familiar territory.

... Thom

 

[sarice]

As per my official DROID Ultra review on Phandroid.com, anyone curious about anything in regards to the DROID Ultra can ask here, and their question shall be answered. Don't be shy!

I have a new 2015 Toyota Highlander. I paired my phones Bluetooth with the car. Everything works fine except messaging. I have gone through all the steps in the car manual and followed them to the tee. In the manual trouble shooting it says I may need to "enable message transfer on my phone(approve message transfer on the phone). I have been searching through my phone and cannot find any such message transfer. Does anyone know where to find message transfer on the droid ultra so I can enable it? Thanks for your help.

 

[mejiaj86]

I have a motorola ultra that got wet. Phone works fine but I can't get the camera light to turn off even when the phone is off. Can this be fixed? or is it time to contact Verizon and pay my deductible?

 

[Thom]

Welcome to Android Forums.

Whenever a phone gets wet the first thing that runs through each person's mind is ... I wonder if it still works? So they turn it on.

That is the absolute worst thing you can do. That's very likely when the damage occurs.

If your phone ever gets wet ... do not turn it on ... place it in a bowl of dry rice so it is totally covered for about three days to absorb the moisture and then turn it on.

My guess is that you are going to take yours in for repair.

... Thom

 

[Lisad19]

I have a droid ultra, somehow Google play was deleted from my phone, then mysertiously came back. But now when I try to download any app, it will say it's installing but never does. I've had this problem for a long time and still can't figure out how to fix it without going back to factory settings and I really want to avoid that. Please help!! Thanks

 

[doogald]

I have a droid ultra, somehow Google play was deleted from my phone, then mysertiously came back. But now when I try to download any app, it will say it's installing but never does. I've had this problem for a long time and still can't figure out how to fix it without going back to factory settings and I really want to avoid that. Please help!! Thanks

I think the first thing I would try is this:

Settings / apps. Find "Google Play Store" in the list, tap it, and then tap the button "clear data" (you may need to wait for it to refresh). Try going back into the play store and see if that fixes the problem.

If that still doesn't help, go back to the same place (settings / apps / google play store) and tap the button "uninstall updates". The next time you go into the play store it will update itself to the latest version. Again, test it to see if it now works.

Good luck.