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    Thread what is your battery drain on aeroplane mode

    Hi, On marshmallow and nougat with no user apps installed, ie 'factory reset' I have noticed I sometimes get excellent battery, eg I lose pretty much just 2% in an 8 hour period. However sometimes it is 2% per hour. It is not an app causing this, no wakelocks that I can see. It seems like...
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    Thread vibration of swift 2 plus very weak

    Hi, How do you find the vibration on the swift 2 plus. Mine is very very weak. In fact it sounds lime a mosquito buzzing with pretty much no actual vibration at all. I'm wondering if it is normal or not. Thanks, Scott
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    Thread Official 3rd gen case - does it have a strong magnet

    Hi, Has anyone got an official Motorola case and if so does it have a magnet in it. I read that cases for older moto g's had a magnet so strong that it affected the compass. I wondered if 3rd gen cases had the same issue. Thanks.
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    Thread 176.44.1.falcon_umts.Retail.en_GB - UK kitkat update zip file uploaded

    Sorry if its already posted in another thread, I couldnt see it but my eyes are tired from looking at a PC all day. md5 is cad14a2a7c38aaefb79abe7a171cab96
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    Thread 4.4.2 stock fimrware has a lot less files/images than 4.3 or 4.4.2 update file

    The 4.3 stock firmware from http://sbf.droid-developers.org/ has these files boot.img cache.img emmc_appsboot.mbn fastboot flashall.bat flashall.sh flashall.xml fsg.mbn gpt.bin logo.bin mfastboot motoboot_4015.img motoboot.img NON-HLOS.bin persist.img recovery.img rpm.mbn sbl1_8226.mbn...
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    Thread kitkat 4.4.2 bbc weather app causes android system NlpWakeLock

    I know there are other battery related threads but I didnt want this observation to get lost in a multitude of other posts. The BBC Weather app causes a lot of Android System NlpWakeLocks as seen by WakeLack Detector App on 4.4.2. I was on rooted 4.3. Wanted to go to 4.4.2 so flashed stock...
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    Thread 4.4.2 Google play services 4.2.42 location lost if switching off/on location. Fixed b

    If I am on battery saving location and I switch off/on location and then select just battery saving location again I find my location cannot be found, ie I go into Google maps and it says waiting for location OR shows me a grey dot where my last location was, rather than the blue triangle...
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    Thread anyone else staying on 4.3

    Is anyone else NOT going to upgrade. The reasons I am not are: 1. My moto g is running excellently right now - fantastic battery and everything working 100% OK. Kitkat may or may not be better on battery. I dont want to chance it is worse. 2. Kitkat has some annoying things in it, eg text...
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    Thread kitkat camera - how improved is it

    Hi, I read two opinions in another thread, one said the camera quality is improved in kitkat, the other opinion said there was no difference. My only reason for maybe upgrading to kitkat is if the camera is better. I dont want to upgrade otherwise as my moto g is working fantastically on 4.3...
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    Thread Battery drain - no wakelocks etc - possibly caused when switching wifi networks

    Hi, I normally have excellent moto g battery life. However four times I have noticed a bad battery drain. This seems to occur when I switch from one wifi network to another. Here is what happens: 1. On home wifi with battery drain of maybe 1% an hour (at most) when phone is idle (not...
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    Thread Nexus 7 2012 Google experience launcher - landscape search bar location

    Hi, Is anyone using the new Google experience launcher (on KitKat 4.4), if so when you rotate the device so the home screen is in landscape mode do you have the top row of app icons hidden under the Google search bar. I have cleared data and cache for the launcher and Google search app (the...
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    Thread location icon - does not show GPS lock

    Hi, I hadnt seen this mentioned elsehwhere (apologies if I have missed it). The new location icon in 4.4 seems to only appear if I choose 'high acuracy' or 'device only' in locatin settings It does not appear if I choose 'battery saving'. To me this makes it look like its an indication of...
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    Thread Google services using loads of battery

    I had 95% battery at 23:00. I next went to use my nexus at 19:00 the next day and it was completely out of charge. I charged it a bit until I could actually power it on and see the battery stats. The battery dropped normally for a few hours after i stopped using the nexus, eg maybe 1% drop to...
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    Thread Nexus 7 CWM backups are very large

    Hi, I know cwm is NOT supposed to backup the sdcard but just /system, /data and a few other small partitions. On my nexus 7 I have hardly any data, apps plus data are under 1G but a single cwm backup (I have just one backup) takes 2.8GB. Its as though its backing up the sdcard as well as the...
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    Thread CWM 5.0.2.8 - does it recover filesystem type

    Hi, I posted this in the 'Wildfire S general' forum but despite about 600 reads I had zero replies so Im hoping a dev can help. I have searched for the answer to my question so if I have just missed a posting please direct me to it... I have CWM 5.0.2.8 on my Wildfire S. This phone uses...
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    Thread [Q] Wildfire S CWM recovery yaffs ext3/4 filesystems

    Hi, I have searched for the answer to my question so if I have just missed a posting please direct me to it... I have CWM 5.0.2.8 on my Wildfire S. This phone uses yaffs2 filesystems. I can backup and restore via CWM with no problems. If I backup my phone (yaffs2) and then flash a custom...