I want to get rid of my Honor 7 which is totally dead regarding ROM support (and EMUI is awfull) and I want to choose a device with good support from developpers, especially for CyanogenMod.
I like the G4 Plus (especially because of it's fingerprint sensor) but I'm worrying that it will not have same support as the G4 version.
Are the ROM easy to port from G4?
Is it safer to choose the G4 or do you think the G4 Plus will catch up and gain the same activity ?
patriiice said:
I want to get rid of my Honor 7 which is totally dead regarding ROM support (and EMUI is awfull) and I want to choose a device with good support from developpers, especially for CyanogenMod.
I like the G4 Plus (especially because of it's fingerprint sensor) but I'm worrying that it will not have same support as the G4 version.
Are the ROM easy to port from G4?
Is it safer to choose the G4 or do you think the G4 Plus will catch up and gain the same activity ?
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This kind of post should go in the "questions and answers" of the device, I can tell you that by reading the contents in the development sections, it seems the opposite.
G4 Plus seems more supported than the regular version, although I could be wrong.
umberto1978 said:
This kind of post should go in the "questions and answers" of the device, I can tell you that by reading the contents in the development sections, it seems the opposite.
G4 Plus seems more supported than the regular version, although I could be wrong.
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It's true, wrong section, my mistake, and thanks for your answer!
Each rom here , support both g4 and g4 plus , there is no specific rom for either g4 plus or g4
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At the moment on XDA, there is a device forum for the Moto G4 and another one for the Moto G4 plus... Given these are 'similar' devices are there any thoughts on pooling discussions/ ROMs etc.
Note, the Moto G4 (X1622) device forum has little content, probably cause most people have bought the G4+.
Or have i got it wrong and due to the camera and fingerprint scanner, there is enough of a difference.?
Update:: just doing a quick dig, Motorola's codename for these devices is Athene for both as such has common released kernel source...
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I'd opt for combining, when the codename and kernel is the same for both. Also, when people want to know if it's wordt to go for one or the other it's nice to read replies on the question from both user groups without having to cross post.
when do we expect custom rom for moto g4 plus ....????
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Is there any...?
Keep your eyes open - asking won't cause anything to spring out.
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I am a moto g(2013) user and I found out that the development of moto g4/g4 plus,compare to the previous models,is extremely slow or even no significant progree at all.I wonder if it is the unpopularity of this device,or the difficulty in developing this devices from scratch.This bother me so much that I consider buying the moto g 2015 rather than this
Me too.. All moto g series phone are booting 7.0 but we are still way behind..
in my experience all of the moto series of devices have slower development. the G4 isn't a very popular phone for most devs, its a budget device. personally stock, rooted, elementalx and substratum are perfect for me right now. we should have android 7.0 by the holidays.
Why don't you develop some stuff instead? That way, we will have more things to flash.
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in my experience all of the moto series of devices have slower development. the G4 isn't a very popular phone for most devs, its a budget device. personally stock, rooted, elementalx and substratum are perfect for me right now. we should have android 7.0 by the holidays.
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are substratum themes fully compatible? can i fully theme notifcation bar etc using substratum?
You want faster development? Buy an extra G4Plus and send it as a gift to a developer. I know a couple that took the task of developing CM13 for various phones because they got the devices free.
i am currently using htc one m8 and i'm not satisfied with the performance of it in daily use.. i have an exchange offer with MOTO G4 without any cash.. should i do it or not?
I have been using this device for about 4 months, upgraded from a dinosaur motorola defy+.
It is very quick and smooth, love how fast this moto g4 is, highly recommended!
I have the non amazon unlocked xt1625 version.
I know g4 is fast but m8 was fast as well.. I need an opinion that should i exchange? Or would it be a downgrade?
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I know g4 is fast but m8 was fast as well.. I need an opinion that should i exchange? Or would it be a downgrade?
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First Compare all specs. Then ask for the difference. And 3rd device if you want to install a custom rom or not. The G4 is near to aosp, so there's no bloatware like stock HTC which need more ram etc.
Both phones (Moto G5 Plus and G5s plus) have same hardware except for camera and display. Afaik, camera is the only hurdle on the software side that is preventing a direct interchangeability of firmwares between the phones.
So, is it possible, with little modification, to have G5s Plus firmwares (and custom ROMs too) work on G5 Plus and vice versa?
If my assumption is wrong, what other bottlenecks are there? Can they be overcome to achieve interchangeability?
If we somehow figure it out, we'd have a huge merged community with great support and more custom ROMs. It'd also ease the software development for both devices.
Immediate benefit would be getting the Oreo on one device from the firmware of the other, depending on which gets the update first (And thereby, future updates too)
Also, if anyone is willing and has a phone with unlocked bootloader, please try flashing G5s Plus 7.1.1 firmware on G5 Plus using fastboot (may be skip unnecessarily partitions, but then again, I have no idea how to go about it).
https://firmware.center/firmware/Motorola/Moto G5s Plus/Stock/
I am also really curious about this. I don't have one, so I can't test this out, but will probably buy one in the next month or so. If this would work, it can dramatically improve both groups.
I was going to try, but i don't jave any replacement device right now and i don't wanna mess up.. hope someone can help us
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I was going to try, but i don't jave any replacement device right now and i don't wanna mess up.. hope someone can help us
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Exactly my situation. If I had a backup phone, I'd have already tried.
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Exactly my situation. If I had a backup phone, I'd have already tried.
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M1810 said:
I was going to try, but i don't jave any replacement device right now and i don't wanna mess up.. hope someone can help us
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Just a heads up, there are very popular steps of getting out of a hard brick scenario with this phone fairly easily. The following link is one example:
http://www.aryk.tech/2017/09/moto-g5-plus-unbrick-solutions.html
That being said, I can't blame you guys for not wanting to test it under your situations. Hopefully this can be figured out quickly, so that we can make some progress with the Moto G5 plus.