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motorola moto g (2nd gen)

  1. thenomad

    Help Moto-G wifi(and maybe BT) stopped working (Cricket)

    This started to happen yesterday. Up until yesterday, I was able to connect to my home wifi router when I came home and there was no problem. The only thing different I did was to reinstall Waze the umpteenth time. And on my way home, there are too many hotspots that I connected once or twice...
  2. M

    Root Rooted Moto G 4G (peregrine) boots to a black screen.

    So a couple of days back I woke up and opened my phone to wake it up only to find a black screen. It sort of responds as I can take screenshots (the animation plays) and the notification light still flickers. In addition because I have developer options set up to show a little circle where I...
  3. M

    Root unable to factory reset - bad recovery

    Hi, Recently I've noticed that my Moto 4G has about 4GB of space that is filled up by something I am not aware of - it's not detected as apps, music, or even junk. Resultantly I've been trying to factory reset my phone, but to no avail. The phone is rooted, by the way. So far I've tried...
  4. M

    Root Motorola Moto G 2nd edition XT1608 UK - STUCK ON BLACK BACKLIT SCREEN

    Hi all. Had a moto g for a while and had no problems at all, until yesterday: WhatsApp crashed and said do I want to restore the history - I chose yes, and then it looked as if the app crashed, a black screen appeared Turn the phone on/off and after the boot process has finished...
  5. J

    moto xt1068 pattern doesn't wanna be removed !!

    my friend's kid locked his motorola xt1068,now he's stuck I did hard reset successfully,i flashed it successfully but still ask pattern lock how to remove it ,thank you
  6. S

    Moto G 4G 2nd Gen SD card

    I have mounted an SD card, apparently successfully, as the camera puts pics on the card and BBC Weather app is on it, but whilst CoPilot and Skype appear on the available to move list, when I try to move these I get Couldn't move app. Not enough storage space.. Storage shows SD card Total space...
  7. O

    Icons disappear from home screen following lollipop upgrade

    Since receiving my lollipop upgrade I've noticed that when an app updates itself, its icon disappears from the home screen and has to be put back. Getting kind of irritating. Is it only me? I haven't seen any other posts mention it.
  8. M

    Display network operator in status bar

    Put my sim in, but don't see the network operator in the status bar, how do I enable this please? It's a moto G 2nd gen dual sim version. It's sim free v5.02 I've looked in settings but can't see anything, I can see it on the pull down menu though. Thanks
  9. John Huston

    Moto G 2 2014 cracked screen question.

    I have a Moto G 2014 purchased through Consumer Cellular. Today I noticed a small area of cracking in the lower right-hand of the screen. Cracked area covers the entire right-hand corner, including a crack into the speaker. Spider webby. I would like to know if I could put a tempered glass...
  10. A

    Help Is This Normal?

    Two versions of "phone" in my app list. Is this normal? Neither can be uninstalled or disabled.
  11. A

    Root Comm server started on Moto G2

    Guys there is a background app Comm server started It has a red android icon on white background. I am on non rooted phone. I was amazed to see this error started coming after about 5 months of use. I had tried doing a factory reset. But didnt solve the problem. Today again it came...
  12. O

    Help So many app and process messages...

    Having some issues with my Moto G 2nd Gen. Recently the phone crashed when I was playing a game and received a text message. It froze, so I turned it off and let it set for a bit. Now, when I turn on my phone, it will more often than not go black after the initial startup screen, with no way to...
  13. B

    Help All internal and SD files disappeared all of sudden but storage space stays the same?

    My phone (Motorola G) was running out of internal space, so I decided to plug it up to my laptop and transfer and delete selected files for more space. When I was finished, I unplugged and got the remaining files I wanted. I decided to delete a few more files for extra space so I went back to my...
  14. P

    Help Moto G 4G wont turn off.

    My Moto G is permanently showing the android & Motorola Bat Wing logo. This is what I get on my boot Screen (see below). If I scroll to any of the options, or do nothing for a couple of minutes, the phone vibrates and goes back to the android and Bat Wing logo's again. It also does that if I...
  15. M

    Please ignore

    Please delete
  16. M

    What's the latest UK SIM free Android version?

    Just bought a Moto G 5" dual SIM in UK SIM free. It came with v5.02 on and says no updates available. I haven't used Android for a while but I've read, on this phone, rusty battery life is affected by v5. Is this the latest update for this version? Anyone know about, or have, thud issue? Thanks
  17. A

    Help I can't delete photo from my device.

    model: moto g xt 1072 1. i'm deleting photo from my photo library, and also from the bin, after i turn off -and on the phone the photo is back on the device. 2. i'm putting shortcut to app on the desktop, and after i turn off -and on the phone- the app disappear from the main screen.
  18. C

    Help wakelock detector for unrooted phones?

    I have an unrooted dual sim Motorola Moto G 2nd generation, running Android 5.0.2. Battery life has become ridiculous: even with minimum usage I have to charge 2-3 times a day. My other phones have always been rooted and I used apps like wakelock detector and better battery stats to find which...
  19. lee kennard

    Help Block sign appeared

    Hiya, a block? Sign (O with diag line thru it) has appeared on top right of my Moto G 2nd. Any idea what it denotes and how to get rid of it? Tks.
  20. rronald25

    Can I root locked to carrier moto g 2nd?

    Hi guys, was wondering if i can root my moto g 2nd gen, but my phone is locked to a carrier. if I cant, does anyone know where I can unlocked it cheap, maybe via code from website etc. Thanx
  21. L

    Help Lollipop 5.1.1

    How can I get lollipop 5.1.1 on my MotoG 2014
  22. F

    Root Hard reset rooted Moto G

    Hello, I want to apply the factory settings to my Moto G. But it does not boot in recovery mode : I think I have deleted the recovery image while rooting the phone. How can I get the proper recovey image? Thanks per advance for your help.
  23. Mikebo

    Help Unable to hear outgoing or incoming phone calls?

    Recently purchased Moto G (2nd Gen) with Lollipop. All worked fine until a couple of days ago. I can no longer hear outgoing or incoming calls, although I know that the connection is being made - I hear nothing. The volume is set to full. Anyone any ideas what the problem might be?
  24. Q

    Help Please Help!!!

    My phone is bricked and flashing the stock firmware didn't work. When it boots it is a black screen. I then tried to do a factory reset but get the "blkdiscard on partition" error. I then tried to install a custom recovery but everytime I boot into recovery, its always the stock one! My phone is...
  25. Q

    Help Softbricked Moto G

    My Moto G is not working properly. When it is on I get a loop of stopped processes for example com.google.process.gapps, android.process.acore and process.android.phone. I have tried booting into recovery but fastboot gives a bootup failed error. I then tried to restore a backup using the adb...