[DEPRECATED] Welcome to your Motorola Moto G - Resource Guide

[robagp]

Hello!

I'm disappeared about this phone. It is not a smartphone, it is a stupidphone!

1 - How can I turn off the google search bar on the home screen?
Settings > Apps > All > Google Search and disable is Not working!

4 - How can I use different sound, and volume, to the alarms. I use 7 alarms, and I don't like wake up loud, or I can't hear on the street the gently sounds.

3 - How can I put different background on lock screen, and home screen?

Thank you very much!

 

[Piaer]

Hello!

I'm disappeared about this phone. It is not a smartphone, it is a stupidphone!

1 - How can I turn off the google search bar on the home screen?
Settings > Apps > All > Google Search and disable is Not working!

4 - How can I use different sound, and volume, to the alarms. I use 7 alarms, and I don't like wake up loud, or I can't hear on the street the gently sounds.

3 - How can I put different background on lock screen, and home screen?

Thank you very much!

1) Use another launcher - like Apex. It's the same design but much more customisable
4) It's general Android question - youl find that in google. Btw, set volumes to maximum
3) On stock launcher the homescreen and locksreen wallpaper is the same. I believe you could customize it in Apex.

 

[r4v3rr]

@ OP.
Tillaz's infusion is a modded stock ROM. Not built from AOSP.

 

[Cooptx]

Thanks for mentioning. I have made rest of the changes except for the 2 Root methods. Will add them to the Op. All changes are done.

Between the two methods you have mentioned, the basic premise of bootloader downgrade is pretty much the same right ? Your's seems more elaborate list of steps. Or am I missing something ?

Thanks for mentioning. This has been corrected.

You are correct. Except I am giving a way for them to root even if the recovery fails to root for them.

Sent from my XT1034 using Tapatalk

 

[angrybb]

Moto G full backup of internal memory

Great thread.
I wanted to point out very nice guide how to backup whole internal storage of moto g (and other phones/tablets that dont have sd card slot).
After trying different (fancy) methods with otg usb cardreader, cifs mount tools and other crap, i came across this beutiful KISS guide so i tought i share it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29862574&postcount=1

Big thanks to @scandiun ! :good:

 

[Perseus]

Great thread.
I wanted to point out very nice guide how to backup whole internal storage of moto g (and other phones/tablets that dont have sd card slot).
After trying different (fancy) methods with otg usb cardreader, cifs mount tools and other crap, i came across this beutiful KISS guide so i tought i share it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29862574&postcount=1

Big thanks to @scandiun ! :good:

Oh there are a lot of ways to Nandroid. To my knowledge, ONandroid by @prboy1969 is one of the popular ones after Regular Nandroid.

The method you have linked need to be tested for this phone before I can link to it.

 

[angrybb]

First, dont quote if reply is right after post you are replying too.

2nd Odroid cant make FULL (not just some, but ALL partitions and gap between them(if any)), but EVERY SINGLE sector, so whole raw 7.8 GB of data) backup because you dont have where to put it, we dont have sdcard. I guess you know that you cant save full backup on the same storage you are backing up. This kind of backup is good for eventual jtag restore if phone is bricked. Simply put this is clone of your internal memory.
It is also good for searching interesting stuff with hex editor.

edit:
Oh, forgot to mention. I tested it and it is working.

 

[Perseus]

First, dont quote if reply is right after post you are replying too.

2nd Odroid cant make FULL (not just some, but ALL partitions and gap between them(if any)), but EVERY SINGLE sector, so whole raw 7.8 GB of data) backup because you dont have where to put it, we dont have sdcard. I guess you know that you cant save full backup on the same storage you are backing up. This kind of backup is good for eventual jtag restore if phone is bricked. Simply put this is clone of your internal memory.
It is also good for searching interesting stuff with hex editor.

edit:

Oh, forgot to mention. I tested it and it is working.

Onandroid has a Windows & Linux based Script that runs in background and image MD5 is created on the Host computer. The location and compression depends on Host OS.

Yes I am aware what the process you linked does. Its also used commonly to take a Rom Dump for devices for whom firmware is not offered separately by Manufacturer. This is why I said I'd link if it has been tested on this device. Since you tested on yours, did you happen to restore it as well ? Also which variant do you have on which this was tested? (I'd prefer to provide as much information as possible for informed judgment.)

P. S. You don't have to be so standoffish about me quoting. I quoted for the sake of those on Tapatalk and XDA Mobile. They sometimes have hard time with bad text wraps and difficulty in following. Besides if my response landed on next page, even on Computer it'd be difficult to follow.

 

[angrybb]

Ok, I was a bit excited last night, didn't mean to be rude.
I have German retail version of Moto G with 8GB mem. Unlocked bootloader, rooted and faux 002 mainline kernel. Backing up this way works. I did not tried restore, hope i never will have to do it, but I am pretty sure it will work.

It is interesting to mention that while i was browsing the dump with hex editor i found imei in non encrypted form. On my previous phone, SGA II, this was not the case. I also found some goo.gl links that pointed to google drive files with restricted access and to some motorola site. Also found some fastboot oem syntax for dumping ram and partitions, but bootloader wont allow those even with bootloader unlocked, it says command restricted. In general a lot more data is in plain text than it was in ACE II so i think someone with better skils will eventualy dig out something.

Maybe i will post new thread about exploring those small partitions in front of cache, system and data and comparing each others dumps. And it is always safer (and easier) to do this ḱind of stuff on dumps than on real live partitions on the phone.

Here are those links, maybe someone get lucky:
http://goo.gl/7fS50o For me not found, but seems to point to some fastboot
http://goo.gl/gPmhU spreadsheet?
http://goo.gl/0p3rjz runtime-products?

and some fastboot stuff:

Exception happened in bootloader Entering fastboot mode Fastboot Reason: %s New RAM dump available (see 'fastboot oem ramdump')

 

[Perseus]

Ok, I was a bit excited last night, didn't mean to be rude.
I have German retail version of Moto G with 8GB mem. Unlocked bootloader, rooted and faux 002 mainline kernel. Backing up this way works. I did not tried restore, hope i never will have to do it, but I am pretty sure it will work.

It is interesting to mention that while i was browsing the dump with hex editor i found imei in non encrypted form. On my previous phone, SGA II, this was not the case. I also found some goo.gl links that pointed to google drive files with restricted access and to some motorola site. Also found some fastboot oem syntax for dumping ram and partitions, but bootloader wont allow those even with bootloader unlocked, it says command restricted. In general a lot more data is in plain text than it was in ACE II so i think someone with better skils will eventualy dig out something.

Maybe i will post new thread about exploring those small partitions in front of cache, system and data and comparing each others dumps. And it is always safer (and easier) to do this ḱind of stuff on dumps than on real live partitions on the phone.

Here are those links, maybe someone get lucky:
http://goo.gl/7fS50o For me not found, but seems to point to some fastboot
http://goo.gl/gPmhU spreadsheet?
http://goo.gl/0p3rjz runtime-products?

and some fastboot stuff:

Exception happened in bootloader Entering fastboot mode Fastboot Reason: %s New RAM dump available (see 'fastboot oem ramdump')

Yes this could be a start for new Rom Development. On the Moto X, someone made a dump like this and then started the Rom Development.

What form is your Dump in (ZIP, IMG etc) ? Would it suffice to start a CM Device tree ? Typically these are the questions a developer would look to answer.

On off chance, I picked apart one of the stock firmware files. They are in image format. Shouldn't be a big deal to pick apart on Linux.

Lastly the links gave the same result to me as did to you.

 

[angrybb]

I used dd command for backup so i guess you could say it is in img format. I would call it raw format. I am no dev so can't say how much would it help for CM tree. I guess not much because this is all binary data, not source. Maybe for some blobs.

 

[creeve4]

In the Root section you state:

If you do not have or do not wish to unlock your bootloader then...

This is misleading as all currently available root methods require an unlocked bootloader.

 

[Perseus]

In the Root section you state:

This is misleading as all currently available root methods require an unlocked bootloader.

It is my understanding that the Bootloader downgrade does not require unlocked bootloader.

 

[kirkludlow]

Hi I rooted my moto g yesterday and tested the infusion ROM. I wasn't a huge fan of the ROM so I flashed back to my stock, rooted backup and now I have a couple of problems:

1) under Settings- Storage its says that my total available space is 5.52gb, my currently available storage is 2.06gb but my apps (571mb), pictures (332kb), Audio (168kb), downloads (234mb) and cache (1.92mb) don't equal ~3.4gb. What can I do to fix this?

2) since rooting or flashing infusion (not sure which one, didn't test between) my camera gives me the message "your internal storage is running out of space...." When I try to take a picture.

Sent from my XT1032 using Tapatalk

 

[Pablitooos]

Can you add nexus g, kitkat+ and cm11 unofficial rom?

 

[Perseus]

Hi I rooted my moto g yesterday and tested the infusion ROM. I wasn't a huge fan of the ROM so I flashed back to my stock, rooted backup and now I have a couple of problems:

1) under Settings- Storage its says that my total available space is 5.52gb, my currently available storage is 2.06gb but my apps (571mb), pictures (332kb), Audio (168kb), downloads (234mb) and cache (1.92mb) don't equal ~3.4gb. What can I do to fix this?

2) since rooting or flashing infusion (not sure which one, didn't test between) my camera gives me the message "your internal storage is running out of space...." When I try to take a picture.

You may want to post your issue on the Rom's thread or on the Official Q&A Thread.

I am afraid, this is not a Q&A thread.

Can you add nexus g, kitkat+ and cm11 unofficial rom?

Will do. Done.

 

[miklosbard]

Hi I rooted my moto g yesterday and tested the infusion ROM. I wasn't a huge fan of the ROM so I flashed back to my stock, rooted backup and now I have a couple of problems:

1) under Settings- Storage its says that my total available space is 5.52gb, my currently available storage is 2.06gb but my apps (571mb), pictures (332kb), Audio (168kb), downloads (234mb) and cache (1.92mb) don't equal ~3.4gb. What can I do to fix this?

2) since rooting or flashing infusion (not sure which one, didn't test between) my camera gives me the message "your internal storage is running out of space...." When I try to take a picture.

Sent from my XT1032 using Tapatalk

1) is not rom related. if you have some data on the sdcard but not in the dedicated folders, it won't count properly

Sent from my phone

 

[Jack6911]

I've the same issue... Please insert a sd card... And running out of memory

Sent from my XT1032 using xda app-developers app

 

[Deadpool]

Update it with PA, slimkat, beanstalk and moto guide.

Sent from my muffin

 

[Perseus]

What Moto Guide would that be ?

The 3 Roms are added.