[Q] Netflix - does it work with ANY Moto X custom ROMs? - Moto X Q&A

I've done several searches to no avail so, forgive me for just asking outright but, here goes:
Does Netflix (any version) work on any of the custom ROMs that are available for the Moto X at this time? Seems like there's always some issue with it for some reason or another, and so far each time I've tried to get it working it's always the same result on custom ROMs: half the screen is greyed out (usually the bottom half), the top 1/3 is out of place and shifted to one side more than the other, and there's a slice of what should be at the bottom through the middle of the screen...
It's the oddest thing I swear.
Anyway, there doesn't seem to be much about it here in the Moto X subforum, nor anyplace else for that matter so, I had to ask. I can live without it on a custom ROM, but since I'm paying for it each month (primarily the Wife using it a great portion of each day), it wouldn't hurt to use it myself sometime.
If anyone has any clues or info, I'm interested.

Guess I didn't notice till you mentioned it. I never watch on my phone though I use Chromecast all the time
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[Q] Bad Digitizer?

I've noticed the last few days that my nc has a hard time unlocking. I start to swipe my finger across the unlock and it moves about 1/10 of the screen then shoots back. If I do it a few times, I might get lucky and unlock it.
Does this sound like the digitizer is going out? It's one of the first production models (wife bought it for me for christmas right after they came into the store). So I don't know if there was an issue with them at all or not.
Everywhere else on the screen seems to be fine, but it doesn't do me much good if I can't open the thing to read the books inside.
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Just did a test on the bottom row of books, and they seem to be working fine in that general area. Is anyone else seeing this only when trying to unlock the nc from sleep/off?
Do you have it plugged in?
Yeah it seems to happen on my girlfriends NC, at least when it was running 1.1 Stock, not sure I've noticed it since 1.2. It's not a bad digitizer assuming you have the same issue which was right after resuming from sleep it will SOMETIMES be a little pokey for the first 20 seconds or so but after that it slides smooth as butter. It never really bothered me since I just assumed it was reloading some software into memory. The only other common issues I know of are issues when plugged in as mentioned above and the seemingly obvious but often overlooked dirty screen.
I do notice in general that both NC's I use are a little less than perfect when touching the far corners (I often need to jab while making grunting sounds) but I figure it's an e-reader so they probably didn't spend a fortune on the capacitive part of the screen. If you are so inclined, loading up CM7 disables the lock screen by default and there might be a way to do it in stock as well although I suspect you will still occasionally need to give it it's 20 seconds to get things running again.

[Q] Maps orientation weirdness - Compass/magnetometer bug?

Anyone having issues with the compass orientation in Google Maps? I've tried numerous sensor testing apps, and apart from noticing the usual random compass confusion (which is easily fixed), I haven't noticed anything wrong with the readings but am not sure how to interpret them (magnetometer)...
It's like the compass gets stuck off-center sometimes, and the arrow seems to be confusing magnetic north*/ true north...
I've searched forums and a lot of people seem to be experiencing this but not on the Moto X. I'm still in the 14-day return window but would rather keep it as I've loaded a ton of stuff on it... any suggestions?
14 days and less than 30 minutes air time on rogers I believe
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Yes but it would be an exchange and not a return. I don't have a Rogers account either, I bought the phone outright.
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I have no issue with the compass, seems all good on my side
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johnny grep said:
Anyone having issues with the compass orientation in Google Maps? I've tried numerous sensor testing apps, and apart from noticing the usual random compass confusion (which is easily fixed), I haven't noticed anything wrong with the readings but am not sure how to interpret them (magnetometer)...
It's like the compass gets stuck off-center sometimes, and the arrow seems to be confusing magnetic north*/ true north...
I've searched forums and a lot of people seem to be experiencing this but not on the Moto X. I'm still in the 14-day return window but would rather keep it as I've loaded a ton of stuff on it... any suggestions?
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Having the same issue. Tried several different apps all seem to be off. I have the 32gb dev edition on Verizon. What was the verdict?
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I, too, have had problems with the compass on my Verizon Developer Edition moto x. Any time I launch Maps or the GPS Status & Toolbox app it takes a minute or so for the compass to begin showing the correct (or nearly correct) heading and to keep up with me when I rotate to face different directions.
I've noticed that when I zoom in or out on a map, if I twist my fingers a little while pinch or zoom, it takes the 'north up' orientation off and shows a compass pointer near the upper right corner. Touching that pointer resets the orientation as north up.
Groid said:
I've noticed that when I zoom in or out on a map, if I twist my fingers a little while pinch or zoom, it takes the 'north up' orientation off and shows a compass pointer near the upper right corner. Touching that pointer resets the orientation as north up.
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Been all over trying to fix this issue. I'm very surprised no one has has made it a bigger issue. Frustrates the hell outta me. Im returning my moto x dev edition and already ordered another one in hopes that it may just be a defective unit, though I doubt it. On the bright side I originally bought the phone for $550. Now that I'm returning I'm saving $100 because the price went down over the new year
GrillMouster said:
I, too, have had problems with the compass on my Verizon Developer Edition moto x. Any time I launch Maps or the GPS Status & Toolbox app it takes a minute or so for the compass to begin showing the correct (or nearly correct) heading and to keep up with me when I rotate to face different directions.
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I am having a number of issues with Maps. I have a hair-brained theory (that is all it is at this point) that it is caused by a dedicated location service api for moto's apps bumping heads with the one Google (and other apps) use. The end result is that the GPS keeps dropping the fix and reestablishing it. When this happens I can see my location on the map jump in steps every few seconds instead of smooth movement.
Most of the time it will eventually will clear itself, other times toggling GPS or rebooting the phone is necessary.
Guess I am still waiting for my first Android phone without major issues. )c:
I have the same compass issue. Apps like GPS Status take a long time to get the compass working and then it is unreliable even after following the calibration routine. Phone Tester also takes a long time to get a stable reading on the compass and even then its unreliable. Same with other apps from the Play store - if they work at all. By unreliable I mean it does not respond correctly to the phone being rotated while flat on a table with no metal or held in my hand. But Google Sky works great and always has the correct compass heading.
I never had this issue on my previous phones (Droid Eris, HTC Incredible, Droid Razr M). I never tested the compass on my Moto X DE VZW under 4.2.2 since my phone updated immediately after activating. I wonder if it worked correctly under 4.2.2 and the flakiness is a 4.4 issue? I thought about returning my phone due to this issue but the other user with a Moto X VZW (non-DE) at work has the same issue.
I doesn't bother me aside than it doesn't work as a reliable compass while I'm not moving and that I expect the hardware/software I paid for to function properly. Would be nice if it was fixed in the future - hopefully near future!
What garbage. Motorola did good all until I told a friend taco bell was just west of here, walking distance.. He ended a half mile by i45
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What garbage. Motorola did good all until I told a friend taco bell was just west of here, walking distance.. He ended a half mile by i45
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I'm also having this issue. Was there any resolution? Still within my 14 days so I think I may return it.
FYI this problem is still greatly effecting my ability to navigate manually when using GPS to point in the correct cardinal direction of a destination
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SR3TLAW said:
FYI this problem is still greatly effecting my ability to navigate manually when using GPS to point in the correct cardinal direction of a destination
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I also have the same issue on Rogers XT1058. Stock ROM/Kernel. At my work, the arrow is pointing south instead of North...
On US Cellular, also have this problem. Can be very frustrating. Seems to work better if I'm out away from any kind of interference (my car, house, etc). I was testing it by comparing GPS status compass to my actual compass, if I had them too close to each other they would impact each other.
tallgrasshawk said:
On US Cellular, also have this problem. Can be very frustrating. Seems to work better if I'm out away from any kind of interference (my car, house, etc). I was testing it by comparing GPS status compass to my actual compass, if I had them too close to each other they would impact each other.
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Ive done similar tests as well with same results. Not sure whats up
I've started having this issue with my Verizon Moto X. GPS Essentials shows incorrect direction as well.

[Q] - General Questions about the XT1058

Hello guys.
I've a XT1058 , it's a new phone in replacement of my old Milestone 2 (you might know this as Droid 2) that died a few weeks ago...
And I've some questions about the phone
These questions are very specific, because I'm trying to determine if there's something wrong with the phone, I've a few days to return it and have another one, no questions asked.
1) I know AMOLED displays are not perfect when it comes to really low brightness. I've noticed that when the screen shows a 'solid' white (like when writing a new SMS) there are some kind of horizontal lines, maybe separated by 0,1 mm, that are consistent all over the screen. These 'lines' are a different kind of white... If I just rock the brightness level up all the way, they are still present, but they are harder to spot...
It's like a solid white is not actually solid, nor homogeneous.
Is this expected?
2) the vibrator makes a sound, like it's a bit loose sometimes.. this sound does not appear all the time, but my mom has a motorola defy+ that doesn't show this issue... the sound is very distinct, like a note higher than what you would expect.
3) Is there any way to actually use Google Navigator without having a destination set?. In older versions I could use it like that, that is just turn on the GPS, and then open Navigator's Map... It would give all the information you need, it will not allow the screen to go off... So, you could just free roam with it... I was not able to do that on the MotoX yet.
I know some of these questions are just because me being picky, but would like to know your insights about them.
Thanks!

[Q] New behavior/ proximity sensor

Hi all,
So a couple months or so ago, my dad got an S5 and handed down his Droid DNA to me which I promptly rooted and rom'd. Fast forward to last week (didn't take long), and I dropped the DNA and broke the screen. So while I'm waiting on a new screen to arrive for the DNA I activated my trusty Bionic. Only now, again only a short time since last use, the proximity sensor is giving me issues which it hadn't before. Now, as soon as I place a call the screen goes black and won't turn back on until the caller on the other end hangs up, as well as the sensor giving off that faint red light I've read so much about. I had slimkat installed and thought that was the issue, so wiped clean and installed PA. The problem persisted and I just tested a call on stock and now it's happening on stock too! Whereas beforehand it wasn't
I've read that an app can be causing this to happen, but between my stock rom, and PA, there are no common "running" apps so that can't possibly be the problem unless it's one app on stock and a separate app on PA which seems unlikely. I have replaced the screen before, but I used the phone for probably another 8-10 months after that before activating the DNA and putting the Bionic on the shelf, during which time I had never once had this issue.
Does anyone have any experience with this? If so what did you do to fix it? It's a super annoying problem :/
Thanks in advance, hopefully somebody's got the answer I need!
EDIT: Just tried blowing really hard through the speaker port while on stock in case something got lodged in front of the senso, and that appeared to fix it! Made a voicemail call and the screen stayed on while allowing use of the keypad. Switching boot options in safestrap to PA to try there.
...no dice in PA faint red light still, and black screen with no access to keypad. Maybe a rom issue, will investigate further I guess...

[Q] Phone Questions

So I'm thinking about getting an LG G2 on Verizon, and I have a few questions about it. Is the bootloader unlockable/can custom ROMs be installed on the latest stock OS? Is battery life good? What is your average screen on time? Have you had any problems with the G2?
Thanks for your time.
redusk said:
So I'm thinking about getting an LG G2 on Verizon, and I have a few questions about it. Is the bootloader unlockable/can custom ROMs be installed on the latest stock OS? Is battery life good? What is your average screen on time? Have you had any problems with the G2?
Thanks for your time.
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My experience: xlnt screen, long battery life, easily bootloader-unlocked by Stump v1.2, TWRP is good custom recovery,
and there are lots of good roms being cooked up. See XDABEB and other great dev's work in dev sections here.
On the two I own, both had GPS issues. I took xlnt advice from others here and opened the case, located the GPS antenna,
and put a bit of black tape underneath it to hold it up to the connection on the caseback. Second part of GPS repair is
installing Play Store app called 'GPS Status". It runs in the background and keeps your GPS honest. I had another issue
caused by flashing several roms in a row: lost double-tap-to-wake which is essential on this phone for me. The fix sounds
kinda complicated, but it's done in 20 minutes and now tap to wake is perfect. That fix is also here on xda.
It's a great phone that seems to do everything well.
Thanks!
The reason the GPS gets goofy is because the backplate clip isn't springy enough. I've owned a few Verizon models and never had an issue with GPS.
Later versions (seems fixed now) of Maps would mess up my compass heading at a stop. I never taken my phones apart.
Best phone ever. I love the stock rom. Been using G3 ports lately

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