Loving my Moto G 4G LTE on Metro Pcs

it did come with 4.4.3????

I am envious. Mine was supposed to be delivered yesterday but they hadn't even shipped it. Called Motorola to see what was going on with my order and it turns out that the demand for this phone was far greater than they expected and they are scrambling to build phones and fill orders. I was told it would be another 3 days before it ships. I guess this is real good for Motorola though. It might say something about the importance of SD cards to most people as well.

yeah even Amazon got bit by the demand as well. For about a week their stock status went to Out of Stock to Ships in 4-6 weeks and now finally today it's back to normal 2 day prime shipping. So hopefully they got the stock in.

I finally got mine this morning. It was only two days later than originally promised so I really cannot complain. Mine also came with Android 4.4.3 already installed and I am assuming that if you are ordering one directly from Motorola, it will have the latest version of Android on it. I am also with MetroPCS/T-Mobile USA and it only took them about 10 minutes to configure a SIM card and transfer the phone number that my old CDMA MetroPCS phone was utilizing over to the SIM card. I am pleased with the phone so far. Considering how much money this phone did not cost me...it is a serious bargain. Lots of bang for very few bucks. I do have an issue with the WiFi though. I have a dual band WiFi router and have it setup to provide WiFi on both the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz frequencies. It looks like the WiFi in the phone only works on the 2.4Ghz frequency though. I cannot see the 5Ghz side of things via this phone. It also appears that this phone will work with WPA encrypted networks but not WPA2. It will see networks utilizing WPA2 (as long as the are 2.4Ghz networks) but it will not attach to them. I am a bit bummed about the lack of 5Ghz support since there is a HUGE bandwidth difference but I am sure that this is one of the cost cutting things that allowed Motorola to keep the price low and I can live with it (just a little sad).

how is it running on Tmo's network?

Does anyone know how this phone can be rooted and if there is potential for CyanogenMod on this Moto 4g LTE?

By the way, this phone works superbly on Walmart Family T-Mobile.

If you can't get MetroPCS/T-Mobile USA where you live, there is another option. Cricket/ATT was just relaunched and it uses ATT's 4G LTE network.

Plans as low as $35 with auto pay!
https://www.cricketwireless.com/cell-phone-plans

The Moto G 3G model has root, so I'm sure this model will get root soon.

fulloflove said:

Does anyone know how this phone can be rooted and if there is potential for CyanogenMod on this Moto 4g LTE?

By the way, this phone works superbly on Walmart Family T-Mobile.

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At this point in time there is not a custom recovery available for this phone (the recovery for the Moto G will not work) so rooting is not quite a possibility yet. There is a thread over on XDA where a few people have figured out how to get root onto the phone via fastboot running the XT1032 image but it is a work around that works if you really know what you are doing and I would just recommend that you wait for either TWRP or ClockworkMod (CWM) to tweak their recoveries to work with this phone. The phone is still quite new to the market but there should be a custom recovery for this phone in a few weeks at most. There are not any custom ROM's to install on the phone as it is right now. The ROM's for the Moto G are not compatible due to the different radio's (4G vs 3G) in the phones and you will brick this phone if you try to flash a ROM that was created for the Moto G. You also need to unlock the bootloader before you can root the phone but if you do it through Motorola's site (you have to get the unlock key for your phone from them) and follow their instructions, it is a piece of cake. I unlocked mine in less than 5 minutes for the whole procedure. Just remember that unlocking the bootloader will wipe your phone of any data/apps you have put on it thus returning it to a fresh from the factory condition (but unlocked) so back up any data you might regret losing and be prepared to start from scratch again as far as configuring the phone goes.

- Anthony

Hi there i just got the same Moto G 4G Lte i wanted to know what your APN settings were so i could get mine working right with metro pcs any help on that thanks

thanks i will check it out.... i just wanted to ask with them APN setting i will get 4G speeds ?

Is the LTE Metro unlimited just like it is on T-Mobile? Also what speeds are you getting?

Kahroo said:

Is the LTE Metro unlimited just like it is on T-Mobile? Also what speeds are you getting?

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While the answer is yes, I'm not exactly sure of your question. If you mean if they have unlimited high speed data, that answer is yes if you get their $60 plan. If you meant if their plans are unlimited, just throttled, that answer is yes for their $40 and $50 plans, where they throttle you after you use your high speed data allotment.

LTE Speeds should be similar to what T-Mobile subscribers in the area are getting.