[Q] Moto X Airplane Mode and GPS - Moto X Q&A

Can anyone with a moto x activate airplane mode and tell me if their GPS still works? This has been a problem with motorola phones in the past, including my current phone, the razr maxx. I do alot of hiking in the back country using my phone as a GPS and I would like to be able to activate airplane mode in areas where I can't get any reception to stretch out my battery life as long as possible.
Also, I've heard mixed reports about the moto x battery life and signal reception. Based on a spec comparison, I would think that the battery life of the moto x could be as bad as the razr (not maxx), which would be a deal breaker for me. I was also hoping that the moto x would have better signal reception than the razr maxx as I work in an area where my phone constantly switches between 1X and 3G, and I would love to have consistent 3g reception.

Works just fine.
BTW, with my Nexus 4 and 5 I have numerous spots in my house where I get no signal. Pretty much always get 3 bars or more with the Moto X, and GPS lock is much quicker, too. Too soon to comment on the battery for me.

Mine works just find...GPS on high accuracy with airplane mode on. In fact, GPS works faster on moto x than N4, my opinion.

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[Q] C-01.43.01P vs C-01.43.03P baseband?

anyone notice a difference in these?
My reception sucks around work while at&t gets full bars.
Other VW users have low, but doable coverage for video streaming, downloads, etc... (2-3 bars 3G) however this was from a droid x and droid 2 which i'm assuming both have a more sophisticated antenna?
i get about 1 bar of 3G sometimes but overall it frequently drops out or goes to 1x.
I manually upgraded from C-01.43.01P to 03, and have gotten a slightly better connection but worse download speeds then before when i do have sufficient coverage. I've gone through a lot of roms and even with the most stable, my data struggles when i'm at work.
Anyone find a way to improve reception and data speed with a good combo of baseband/rom/kernel?

interesting data/battery observation

Currently running zv8 rooted and broken out 1.1. It seems like my battery is lasting longer when running lte / cdma than when running cdma only. Usage almost identical but have about 10% higher battery left when using lte. Anyone else noticed this or is it just me?
I am running in CDMA only mode and my battery is the same as when both were enabled.
I will check out signal strengths when I get back to the shop to see if there is stronger lte signal than cdma for some reason.
I am in 3g daytime and in 4g at home at night and my battery life is about the same, but much, much better with zv8 and MT's Broken Out.

[Q] Poor signal strength (and other) issues with Moto G 2014

Can anyone please tell me if they are having the same issues with their 2nd gen Moto G? The first one is the most urgent, but with the others, it's the first time I'm using Android KitKat and don't know if they are software or hardware related, or just how the interface (or Motorola's version of it) works and I'm doing it wrong.
1. Poor signal reception: -10 to -15 dBm when compared to my old phone in the exact same location/orientation. My 4 year old LG P500 gets -83 to -95 dBm while the new Moto G hovers around -95 to -103 dBm. I've already had people call me and say I was not reachable.
2. Two-finger swipe from top to access settings doesn't work most of the time. If I single swipe it works, but for the two finger swipe it seems to 'cancel' early the drop-down menu, so it resets to the top when the animation is about 25% of the way down. The developer mode which shows the pointer location shows two solid touch trails from the top all the time, so I don't think it's from the digitizer.
3. The hitboxes for the soft buttons are too small and they don't activate unless I touch directly on the button icon. If I touch above the icon but still in the black soft button area it doesn't activate.
4. Lateral swipes register as clicks, but the touch trails show a clear (yet small) swipe.
Thanks.
Hey, any update on Pt#1? I am thinking of selling my Moto G 1st and getting a Moto G 2nd. Is anybody else getting the network signal issue?
(As you can see from the auto-signature!) I have the same phone, and am having the same signal problems.
Can anyone tell me if its ROM, kernal, or something else that can be changed to possibly improve the signal quality - and also which is the best one to use?
Thanks
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Actually I'm getting a little worse reception on my XT1064 than I was getting on the LG I previously had. It's not Lollipop though, since I noticed it first on Kitkat.
i dont have any signal issues have you checked with a different carrier that there are still signal issues as one carrier in my country works and another one doesnt
You mean you do not get 3g network or anything else.... BTW have bsame phone and is working good...
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I have the dual sim model and both networks are pretty poor. Best I get is spotty H+, never get 3g. My wife is with the same main network and she has no issues with her z1 compact.
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Yeah this phone have network problem and whatever be the reason do not update to lollipop it has Ram management problem+ low battery+ low performance....
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Moto G5S plus always has low signal

Hello. I have a Moto G5S plus using a Verizon Sim. I had a Moto G5+, but gave it to my cousin and got the G5S+. The G5+ always had full bars in my house. However, the G5S+ has full bars sometimes, but gets only 1 bar a lot of the time. It fluctuates a lot. It seems to mostly become low signal when its asleep. They both will be using the same Sim card and network, but their amount of signal differ greatly. I also tested the signal with a Nexus 6P, Galaxy S4, iPhone 6S plus, Moto E2, and Moto E4. Each of them have full signal in my house all the time while the G5S+ gets 1 maybe 2. The wifi range also seems to be less compared to the G5+. I thought maybe I got a defective unit, but I got a replacement from Motorola and the replacement is exactly the same way. Is this just how the phone is? Did I possibly get a 2nd defective device? Or is it potentially a software problem and can be fixed with an update, if Motorola ever ever decides to? Not having signal when another phone will somewhere is a deal breaker for me. Can this be fixed, or should I just get a G5+? Thank you.
I'm afraid I've got the same problem with a straight talk verizon sim. I was running unofficial lineage 15 and now i'm running gzr validus (also oreo). In both cases I get either a very poor 1 bar of 4g, or 2 or 3 bars of 3g at home while my girlfriend is pumped all the way with lte on her verizon iphone. We have been in several other places where I complained about the signal and hers was fine. I switched to this phone because it can handle verizon (I WAS on virgin mobile/sprint with my moto G osprey getting FINE lte coverage but wanted to switch to verizon because their coverage is just a little better around here)! Well Now I'm On Verizon and guess what, my coverage sucks worse than ever. I actually hit 1x pretty frequently while driving around. It's pretty sad actually. I wish I could take the cameras and internal storage of this phone but have them back in my osprey. sanders looked great on paper but in practice has not been good to me.
Same with straight talk (which uses att). Same sim in my 6p in same location shows at least 3 bars. This drops to none sometimes, but everything still works fine, speed tests are the same regardless of bars. Even flashed a newer modem, no difference. Really wish the 6p wasn't about to die. But really, for $300,v this isn't a bad device, except for the camera. Hoping to see more development for this. I haven't but a rom in years, but was thinking about doing it again. Need more options!
It may not exactly answer your doubt but the network bars are not true indicator of the signal reception.
Check the network strength in Settings ->About Phone -> Status -> SIM status.
Less negative means more powerful signal. You can compare the signal receptions of the phones this way.
tarun0 said:
It may not exactly answer your doubt but the network bars are not true indicator of the signal reception.
Check the network strength in Settings ->About Phone -> Status -> SIM status.
Less negative means more powerful signal. You can compare the signal receptions of the phones this way.
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Hello and thank you for your reply. Here is a screenshot. It seems to have -84. The Moto G5+ would have the needle slightly better around -76 and the Wifi one completely to the right. It seems less strong than the G5+. Though what I mainly have been looking at the battery stats of G5S+ where it shows yellow being yellow for a long time or just alternating, while the G5+ would be green the entire time. It also seems to stay yellow when my screen is off for a while. Do you think this is a fixable through updates problem?
Mine is also unstable. It can goes from 4 bar to 0-2 bar in a blink. I checked with LTE discovery, it is even funnier, -89dbm 1 bar, -84dbm 3bar and it goes to 1 bar, then -88dbm 3 bar. I don't even know what the programmed range for each bar anymore.
It seems like this is quite common, even at Lenovo Moto forums, there are a lot of thread complaining about this problem.
Funny thing is the direct rival of this, the MiA1, also suffered this and partially fixed the problem with a patch last month so finger crossed that this is fixable by patching. Maybe you guys should also flood that forums as well or flood the moto email support.
Added picture to show the wonkiness https://imgur.com/a/HETWp
I know that this thread is dated but I am VERY frustrated with the cell signal on my moto G+. I have had it since 11/17 and have been dealing with VERY POOR cell reception. We are in an area where there is little signal. We installed a cell booster and that gives a small signal on most phones, but my moto G+ is less likely to get or keep a signal. Hubby has Moto ext that is about 3 years old and he always has a better signal then me. I love the phone, but all the bells and whistles mean nothing if you cant gat a signal. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated
Really poor signal.
I also have this problem. Thought it was just me. I can't use it at all inside most buildings, and even outside my g5s+ often looses signal all together.
I have the same problem. I just moved to another city, inside my house (poor signal zone) i am having zero bars. I though it was the zone but a friend of mine has 3 bars, same operator but another phone.
Network problem
When I am install the stock ROM after using custom ROM my mobile network show emergency calls network are not present what I will do my phone is moto g5s plus Indian variant
have you solved? tips?

S8 Battery Usage with Network Extender?

I actually have an unlocked S8 on Verizon, but I think the question is generally applicable to all of the firmware versions.
I recently switched from AT&T to Verizon. While the switch has been great in general, it has lead to low signal in our basement where my office is located. While calls/texts seem to work in the basement, I'm noticing reduced battery life due to the reduced signal.
I picked up a (3G) Network Extender to try to improve the situation, but it seems to behave differently than I would have expected. I wasn't thrilled to have to disable VOLTE in order to use the extender at all (since it isn't the LTE version), but the bigger issue is that it *seems* like the device is still using the cell towers except when there is an actual incoming or outgoing call. Is that correct? What does that mean from a battery usage perspective?
In the end, I'm trying to figure out whether there is any real value in using the extender if it doesn't improve battery life? Can anyone comment?
Thanks,
Craig
csetera said:
I actually have an unlocked S8 on Verizon, but I think the question is generally applicable to all of the firmware versions.
I recently switched from AT&T to Verizon. While the switch has been great in general, it has lead to low signal in our basement where my office is located. While calls/texts seem to work in the basement, I'm noticing reduced battery life due to the reduced signal.
I picked up a (3G) Network Extender to try to improve the situation, but it seems to behave differently than I would have expected. I wasn't thrilled to have to disable VOLTE in order to use the extender at all (since it isn't the LTE version), but the bigger issue is that it *seems* like the device is still using the cell towers except when there is an actual incoming or outgoing call. Is that correct? What does that mean from a battery usage perspective?
In the end, I'm trying to figure out whether there is any real value in using the extender if it doesn't improve battery life? Can anyone comment?
Thanks,
Craig
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The 3G extender only routes when there is data going to or from your phone (phone calls). You should see a little icon indicating that you are connecting to the extender. I had 2 of the 3G extenders, neither did anything to help my cellphone battery. I also had continuing issues with losing the GPS sync signal almost daily, even with the external antenna connected and outside away from the house. Verizon has also said that they are "retiring " 3G at the end of 2019 in my area. I bought their new 4G extender, and it works like a miniature cell tower - phone is always connected to it when in range, and it does seem to help with the battery life. Data / messaging / VOLTE works *much* better. Best of all, GPS lock has been solid with no drops at all. If you bought the 3G extender from a Verizon store, take it back and get the 4G instead - works sooo much better!
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The 3G extender only routes when there is data going to or from your phone (phone calls). You should see a little icon indicating that you are connecting to the extender. I had 2 of the 3G extenders, neither did anything to help my cellphone battery. I also had continuing issues with losing the GPS sync signal almost daily, even with the external antenna connected and outside away from the house. Verizon has also said that they are "retiring " 3G at the end of 2019 in my area. I bought their new 4G extender, and it works like a miniature cell tower - phone is always connected to it when in range, and it does seem to help with the battery life. Data / messaging / VOLTE works *much* better. Best of all, GPS lock has been solid with no drops at all. If you bought the 3G extender from a Verizon store, take it back and get the 4G instead - works sooo much better!
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This is good to know. I actually bought this off of EBay for cheap, so I can't easily swap it out. At that point, I didn't understand the behavior of the device and phone.

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