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jimmyjimmy09 · 09-07-2014 4:35am

who knows when that will happen lol

Pov06 · 09-07-2014 9:21am

4.4.4 already exists for the Google Play Edition of this phone

podgey1992 · 09-07-2014 3:35pm

loyatemu wrote: »

extra £10 off with code TDX-KYNK
I ordered one yesterday and this code works.

Hi, how do I get it delivered to Ireland?

It's asking for a postcode and I can't go any further without one

loyatemu · 09-07-2014 3:38pm

podgey1992 wrote: »

Hi, how do I get it delivered to Ireland?

It's asking for a postcode and I can't go any further without one

Use Parcel Motel and get it delivered to their Northern Ireland depot - costs €3.50 (though this is about to increase to €3.95)

Received my Moto G 4G yesterday, early impressions are its a very nice phone.

Aspiring · 09-07-2014 3:50pm

loyatemu wrote: »

Use Parcel Motel and get it delivered to their Northern Ireland depot - costs €3.50 (though this is about to increase to €3.95)

Received my Moto G 4G yesterday, early impressions are its a very nice phone.

How long did it take the phone to arrive?

podgey1992 · 09-07-2014 3:55pm

loyatemu wrote: »

Use ## and get it delivered to their Northern Ireland depot - costs €3.50 (though this is about to increase to €3.95)

Received my Moto G 4G yesterday, early impressions are its a very nice phone.

I'm assuming they then send it down to a parcel motel closer to me? And that I don't have to collect it there?

gerrykin22 · 09-07-2014 4:07pm

podgey1992 wrote: »

I'm assuming they then send it down to a parcel motel closer to me? And that I don't have to collect it there?

Hi.
You have to register with parcel motel . You can choose a motel close
to you. You will be given a customer number (pmid).
When ordering stuff you can use parcel motels northern ireland post code and phone number.
There is a problem when ordering from tesco direct you can't
enter your pmid until at or after checkout stage.

podgey1992 · 09-07-2014 4:10pm

gerrykin22 wrote: »

Hi.
You have to register with parcel motel . You can choose a motel close
to you. You will be given a customer number (pmid).
When ordering stuff you can use parcel motels northern ireland post code and phone number.
There is a problem when ordering from tesco direct you can't
enter your pmid until at or after checkout stage.

Cheers,

I think i'll get it off amazon using parcel motel. I've put in their address and post code but didn't get a phone number, is this important do you think?

Coming in at 200 euro for the 4g 8gb version of the phone

EDIT: ordered it now anyway!

Fresh Pots · 09-07-2014 4:39pm

podgey1992 wrote: »

Cheers,

I think i'll get it off amazon using parcel motel. I've put in their address and post code but didn't get a phone number, is this important do you think?

Coming in at 200 euro for the 4g 8gb version of the phone

EDIT: ordered it now anyway!

Don't know why you went that route, could have saved yourself around €35 if you ordered from Tesco direct like the majority of people on here have. Also no need to use parcel motel when getting it from amazon. It's free delivery to Ireland on orders over £25.

loyatemu · 09-07-2014 4:44pm

gerrykin22 wrote: »

There is a problem when ordering from tesco direct you can't
enter your pmid until at or after checkout stage.

you can enter your PMID into the "Flat number" field when confirming the delivery address.

loyatemu · 09-07-2014 4:45pm

Aspiring wrote: »

How long did it take the phone to arrive?

I ordered on Friday, it arrived in my local Parcel Motel yesterday evening.

The_B_Man · 09-07-2014 8:08pm

I'm getting a replacement phone for the father. Does anyone know if the 4G is worth getting over the standard "old" model Moto G?

Fresh Pots · 09-07-2014 9:26pm

The_B_Man wrote: »

I'm getting a replacement phone for the father. Does anyone know if the 4G is worth getting over the standard "old" model Moto G?

Only you or him can answer that. Would he benefit from faster 4g speeds (is it available where he lives) and does he need the expandable storage? They are the only differences.

podgey1992 · 10-07-2014 8:44am

Fresh Pots wrote: »

Don't know why you went that route, could have saved yourself around €35 if you ordered from Tesco direct like the majority of people on here have. Also no need to use parcel motel when getting it from amazon. It's free delivery to Ireland on orders over £25.

I don't see how, it being 190 euro from tesco direct and me paying 200.

Also the seller wouldn't deliver to ireland, hence parcel motel

Aspiring · 10-07-2014 1:05pm

podgey1992 wrote: »

I don't see how, it being 190 euro from tesco direct and me paying 200.

Also the seller wouldn't deliver to ireland, hence parcel motel

With the £10 discount it only comes to about 175 euro.

Fresh Pots · 10-07-2014 1:07pm

podgey1992 wrote: »

I don't see how, it being 190 euro from tesco direct and me paying 200.

Also the seller wouldn't deliver to ireland, hence parcel motel

You must have been looking at the sim free version. The Tesco locked one is cheaper and can be unlocked for less than €2

podgey1992 · 10-07-2014 1:16pm

Fresh Pots wrote: »

You must have been looking at the sim free version. The Tesco locked one is cheaper and can be unlocked for less than €2

whoops

Aspiring · 10-07-2014 3:47pm

Locked version is out of stock atm

Doge · 12-07-2014 10:32am

Anyone know how to change the app defaults on the Moto g?

There is no "Application Manager" that I can see when I go into settings - apps, sp Google is not helping.

Basically I when I tap a youtube video on Facebook it automatically opens the YouTube app and crashes.
I want to bring back up the choice of apps I can open it with, or set an alternative app as the default.

Any way of doing this natively on stock android?

Cheers.

D_BEAR · 12-07-2014 11:12am

Try going into settings, apps, scroll down to the youtube app.
There should be a launch by default box press the clear defaults button.

The_B_Man · 12-07-2014 1:47pm

Fresh Pots wrote: »

Only you or him can answer that. Would he benefit from faster 4g speeds (is it available where he lives) and does he need the expandable storage? They are the only differences.

I suppose what I was really asking is, forgetting the 4G aspect, is the new model that much better that I should get it, or is there not much difference between the two that it doesn't matter which one I get?

EDIT: Compared them on GSM Arena.
Wow, they're basically the same phone: http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5831&idPhone2=6355

I was under the impression that the body had changed but you can probably even use the same back covers on both phones. Seems like they just took the Moto G and added SD and 4G and kept everything the same. I have the Nexus 7 2012 and 2013 and they're hugely different so wasnt' expecting this level of similarities.

irishpancake · 13-07-2014 12:22pm

waveform wrote: »

Anyone know how to change the app defaults on the Moto g?

There is no "Application Manager" that I can see when I go into settings - apps, sp Google is not helping.

Basically I when I tap a youtube video on Facebook it automatically opens the YouTube app and crashes.
I want to bring back up the choice of apps I can open it with, or set an alternative app as the default.

Any way of doing this natively on stock android?

Cheers.

Even so, a YT video should play in the YT app no problems.

It shouldn't force close or crash.

Is yours up to date, you can check on Play.

Doge · 14-07-2014 1:08am

D_BEAR wrote: »

Try going into settings, apps, scroll down to the youtube app.
There should be a launch by default box press the clear defaults button.

Cheers for the reply, Unfortunately the clear defaults button is greyed out and next to it, it is "No Defaults set."

Yet when I go to play a video I don't get any options to open it up in other apps.

irishpancake wrote: »

Even so, a YT video should play in the YT app no problems.

It shouldn't force close or crash.

Is yours up to date, you can check on Play.

All my apps are upto date, they update automatically.
There's the odd app that "needs my approval" but I always update them as soon as I see the notification.

irishpancake · 14-07-2014 2:48am

waveform wrote: »

Cheers for the reply, Unfortunately the clear defaults button is greyed out and next to it, it is "No Defaults set."

Yet when I go to play a video I don't get any options to open it up in other apps.

All my apps are upto date, they update automatically.
There's the odd app that "needs my approval" but I always update them as soon as I see the notification.

Have you tried uninstalling YT app, and then seeing what happens when you tap a vid in FB.

You can easily re-install later.

Also, have you cleared all data and cache in the TY App settings.

You can also clear cache partition and dalvik cache, if you have access to recovery, or use this App, which requires root.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.specsoft.clearcache&hl=en

Steviemoyne · 14-07-2014 11:09am

Two issues with my Moto G that are really getting on my nerves:

There's scrolling lag when charging and negative RAM showing up when I try and view the RAM usage in running applications because it seems to measure it in bytes (see attached screenshot). Anyone else having these problems?

Edit: Bytes not bits.

irishpancake · 14-07-2014 1:51pm

Steviemoyne wrote: »

Two issues with my Moto G that are really getting on my nerves:

There's scrolling lag when charging and negative RAM showing up when I try and view the RAM usage in running applications because it seems to measure it in bytes (see attached screenshot). Anyone else having these problems?

Edit: Bytes not bits.

You're showing all your background services there, "cached services" not running services.

Have you tried a different Launcher, like Nova, it scrolls very nicely, and it is very configurable.

I have no idea why the system reports negative RAM, but it can't be right....I have never seen it before.

Also, the figure is allegedly used RAM it reports 1.3GB free RAM?? On a device with 1GB RAM?? Weird.

Android dumps anything it needs to dump, especially Kitkat, and it only uses the RAM it needs....

spare RAM is the enemy of Android, it liokes to fill it's belly with available RAM.

No-one really needs task killers in Android, as the memory management is pretty good already.

WhatYaSay · 15-07-2014 1:16pm

Has anyone ever had a voice message come on saying 'please unlock device' when listening to music? It's happened the last couple of times I've been listening to Spotify and would have runkeeper on at the same time. It stops the music and says 'please unlock device'. I then unlock it and press play and that's it, nothing else on the screen and no message saying what's wrong?

Steviemoyne · 15-07-2014 1:43pm

WhatYaSay wrote: »

Has anyone ever had a voice message come on saying 'please unlock device' when listening to music? It's happened the last couple of times I've been listening to Spotify and would have runkeeper on at the same time. It stops the music and says 'please unlock device'. I then unlock it and press play and that's it, nothing else on the screen and no message saying what's wrong?

It's Google Now doing that:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/hSB-vB0Taes

Other users of other devices saying it's a headphone problem? I have no idea if that's true...

WhatYaSay · 15-07-2014 1:49pm

Steviemoyne wrote: »

It's Google Now doing that:

Other users of other devices saying it's a headphone problem? I have no idea if that's true...

That sounds exactly like the problem. Looks like I've a bit of research to do. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

DERPY DERPFACE · 15-07-2014 10:20pm

It is a new EU law regarding volume levels when listening to music.

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