AOSP Ambient Display on Moto g6? - Moto G6 Questions & Answers

Hi Everyone,
Was wondering whether you know if it is possible to use the vanilla Android Ambient Display instead of Moto Display on the g6?

um.z said:
Hi Everyone,
Was wondering whether you know if it is possible to use the vanilla Android Ambient Display instead of Moto Display on the g6?
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I may be wrong but to my knowledge, no it is not possible with out a custom rom.
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um.z said:
Hi Everyone,
Was wondering whether you know if it is possible to use the vanilla Android Ambient Display instead of Moto Display on the g6?
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It's most likely been disabled/removed by Motorola in favor of Moto Display. You'll need to have a custom ROM, which we don't.
You could try an app but it won't be as good.

um.z said:
Hi Everyone,
Was wondering whether you know if it is possible to use the vanilla Android Ambient Display instead of Moto Display on the g6?
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you could try deleting the moto display apk from system with root explorer. see what happens? other than that no I think you need a custom rom for the aosp ambient display.

fix-this! said:
you could try deleting the moto display apk from system with root explorer. see what happens? other than that no I think you need a custom rom for the aosp ambient display.
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If you simply disable Moto Display, it'll just disappear from the Moto app. So, you'll just be out of any type of ambient display.

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Will this device have Active Notification / Moto Display?

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It would be absurd not to include them as this phone can clearly run Active Not. But maybe theyre not adding them so people who want this feature pay $300 more for the Moto X.
I believe Active Display requires an AMOLED type Display which is only found on the old and new Moto X. The Display technology of the Moto G, which is an IPS LCD, function differently and afaik just isnt capable of this feature.
No, even if it does have AMOLED Motorola won't allow it, since it's reserved for the X. But they did update the Assist app to show more features to the G. You can download the third-party Active Display app called AcDisplay.
And you can use Light Flow to control the LED.
Can someone tell me or direct me to what active notification/moto display is?
mnishamk said:
Can someone tell me or direct me to what active notification/moto display is?
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Just search for Moto X Active Display on YouTube, it is now renamed to Moto Display.

Moto Display / Active Display (See Moto E 2nd Gen)

So... it looks like Motorola came up with a way to utilize Moto Display on the 2nd Generation Moto E without an AMOLED screen - probably similar to how Peek works things. I wonder if they'll port that over to the Moto G 2nd Gen - or if they'll wait and stick it on a 3rd generation Moto G.
I read something somewhere that the second G was supposed to get it but not sure how accurate that source was. Also not really sure what implications this will have on battery life.
If they do implement it however, I hope there is a way to disable it. I'd be willing to test it but will probably not use it.
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If you want to really use Moto Display, use the AcDisplay app on the Play Store. It does practicaly the same
Moto display is Ambient Display???
If yes, Is a thing already present on 5.0
Ambient Display - While your phone’s display is off, Ambient Display can show notifications without turning on the full display. This will be triggered when a notification arrives. You will see notifications similar to that shown on the lock screen. You can turn this feature on in the Display menu in Settings, and note that it will increase the power consumption of your device.
Moto G (2nd Generation) - Android™ 5.0 Lollipop - Release Notes
Or you talking about something else?
see my pic, i'm on stock + xposed is not a custom ROM.
It's similar, yes, but it is definitely NOT the same. With moto display, the phone turns on and shows you the notification when you pick it up, move it, take it out of you pocket. That's really the part that I would like to see happen on the Moto G.
Yeah, I am aware that it could affect battery life. My battery life is fine, I would still like to see how it would be.
Test the App 'Gravity Screen' from Playstore. It has the same functions as you described...
Yep, have that installed. Still working on tweaking the settings, but as of yet, I haven't found it as reliable as the same type of features on the first generation Moto X.
the functions that you want are from this app... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.aon or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.motodisplay
Moto E is not on supported list...
I did not see a E 2nd Gen, but i don't think it will have that, only have the Ambient Display, like Moto g on L...
If it have, must be easy to port to G, the hardware is very close....
If is something different from that moto app, share a video a demo, because i'm curios.
baybutcher27 said:
the functions that you want are from this app... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.aon or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.motodisplay
Moto E is not on supported list...
I did not see a E 2nd Gen, but i don't think it will have that, only have the Ambient Display, like Moto g on L...
If it have, must be easy to port to G, the hardware is very close....
If is something different from that moto app, share a video a demo, because i'm curios.
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Here's the official announcement video. The time index of talking about Active Display is about..... 2:49 or so. It's definitely there. And yeah, I know about Ambient Display, ACDisplay, Dynamic Notifications, Peek, and Gravity Switch, and all the things one can do to try to hack the feature in. They work, more or less. But on my Moto X 2013, active display simply works more reliably. If the Moto E feature ends up ported to the G, I'd be very happy to see it.
custom rom
Guys,
Is there any chance to get any custom rom for moto e 2nd gen because i'm thinking of buying this phone
Looks like the Moto G 3rd gen ended up with Moto Display / Active Display like the Moto E 2nd Gen. Not sure if that means AMOLED screen on it, or if it's using some other way to keep the battery use down.
theideaweb said:
Looks like the Moto G 3rd gen ended up with Moto Display / Active Display like the Moto E 2nd Gen. Not sure if that means AMOLED screen on it, or if it's using some other way to keep the battery use down.
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i download the moto g 3° rom, copy all the files that are related to moto display (all that i think is need maybe there is more), i don't plan to make it work, because i don't use it:silly:, but if you wanna here a zip...
the zip flash ok, but don't work in the rom i'm at (AOSP) it gives a FC ''com.motorola.system'' or some like that did not print the error.
if you try and not work use the Cleaner-MotoDisplay_3.0 will remove every file of the zip MotoDisplay_3.0
have fun... :good:
theideaweb said:
It's similar, yes, but it is definitely NOT the same. With moto display, the phone turns on and shows you the notification when you pick it up, move it, take it out of you pocket. That's really the part that I would like to see happen on the Moto G.
Yeah, I am aware that it could affect battery life. My battery life is fine, I would still like to see how it would be.
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theideaweb said:
Looks like the Moto G 3rd gen ended up with Moto Display / Active Display like the Moto E 2nd Gen. Not sure if that means AMOLED screen on it, or if it's using some other way to keep the battery use down.
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Right....it's missing LED Notification light on 3rdG.....so how the "Moto Display" works ? If I put it on my office desk, should I pick it up everytime I want to see the notification ? Because every few minutes I go to different rooms.
baybutcher27 said:
i download the moto g 3° rom, copy all the files that are related to moto display (all that i think is need maybe there is more), i don't plan to make it work, because i don't use it:silly:, but if you wanna here a zip...
the zip flash ok, but don't work in the rom i'm at (AOSP) it gives a FC ''com.motorola.system'' or some like that did not print the error.
if you try and not work use the Cleaner-MotoDisplay_3.0 will remove every file of the zip MotoDisplay_3.0
have fun... :good:
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A bit late, but, should this work? I flashed it but I don't know how to access the feature. Should it have created an app or a settings option? I am using CM12.1, it has Ambient Display but it doesn't work quite as well as the stock Moto Display.
Moto G2 had ambient display built in with 12.1 . Sadly, they removed the feature around August. It had to do something with the kernel was not intended to support it.

moto actions on custom rom?

Hi all,
The only reason i have not installed a custom rom yet is because I do not want to lose the amazing moto actions. Can we use the moto actions on a custom rom in any way?
Thanks guys
Cheers
roddem said:
Hi all,
The only reason i have not installed a custom rom yet is because I do not want to lose the amazing moto actions. Can we use the moto actions on a custom rom in any way?
Thanks guys
Cheers
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I have built the actions that seem important to me as a new implementations of actions for CyanogenMod. Probably all customs ROMs are reusing that work. Look in the CM 12.0 thread for a screen shot of the options that are going to be configurable in CM 12.1.
That said, what actions to you use?
crpalmer said:
I have built the actions that seem important to me as a new implementations of actions for CyanogenMod. Probably all customs ROMs are reusing that work. Look in the CM 12.0 thread for a screen shot of the options that are going to be configurable in CM 12.1.
That said, what actions to you use?
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sorry for the late reply.
thats great. I mainly use the twist to open camera, the hand swype over the phone to check if i have any notifications. Have these been implemented?
roddem said:
sorry for the late reply.
thats great. I mainly use the twist to open camera, the hand swype over the phone to check if i have any notifications. Have these been implemented?
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Yes those are implemented. I just like to ask people what they use in case there are other useful gestures I haven't implemented (I honestly never used stock on my phone so I depend on others to give me feedback on what is useful related to stock behaviour....).
Is Moto voice the only thing that doesn't have an alternative?
Moto display?
crpalmer said:
I have built the actions that seem important to me as a new implementations of actions for CyanogenMod. Probably all customs ROMs are reusing that work. Look in the CM 12.0 thread for a screen shot of the options that are going to be configurable in CM 12.1.
That said, what actions to you use?
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Awesome man... But wat about moto display... I can't live without it... Ambient sucks!!!!
mandeepsingh said:
Awesome man... But wat about moto display... I can't live without it... Ambient sucks!!!!
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How does ambient display suck? What about moto display is awesome?
crpalmer said:
How does ambient display suck? What about moto display is awesome?
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I just don't like it.... Moto display is the best for me... I am addicted to it!
roddem said:
sorry for the late reply.
thats great. I mainly use the twist to open camera, the hand swype over the phone to check if i have any notifications. Have these been implemented?
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WOw. Thanks a lot. Do all Roms have these implementations or a few?
crpalmer said:
How does ambient display suck? What about moto display is awesome?
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Ambient Display just wakes the screen when you get a notific. Moto Display actually wakes it every time you pick the phone up,or nudge it, which is super handy to check the time and all. I have been asking if this is possible in CM13 but so far no one has replied.
angadsingh97 said:
Ambient Display just wakes the screen when you get a notific. Moto Display actually wakes it every time you pick the phone up,or nudge it, which is super handy to check the time and all. I have been asking if this is possible in CM13 but so far no one has replied.
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Works great on CM 13.
crpalmer said:
Works great on CM 13.
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angadsingh97 said:
Ambient Display just wakes the screen when you get a notification. Moto Display actually wakes it every time you pick the phone up,or nudge it, which is super handy to check the time and all. I have been asking if this is possible in CM13 but so far no one has replied.
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Moto Display handles notifications differently from Ambient display. See this link:
http://www.androidcentral.com/inside-moto-x-active-display?_ga=1.123258498.820442600.1451317275
I prefer the way Moto Display notifies and then allows a peek at the information. I have not been able to get Ambient Display to behave the same way. I believe that Moto Display also uses the display differently from Ambient Display. Moto Display is supposed to only light the pixels required for the notification to save battery as opposed to energizing the whole display.
I wonder if the Moto Display apk can be sideloaded and installed on CM13? Moto and Moto Actions can be downloaded from the Play store but they do not include Moto Display functionality. Moto Voice can also be downloaded from the Play Store.
donslade said:
I wonder if the Moto Display apk can be sideloaded and installed on CM13? Moto and Moto Actions can be downloaded from the Play store but they do not include Moto Display functionality. Moto Voice can also be downloaded from the Play Store.
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@squid2 recently added support for Moto Camera and Gallery in CM13 for Moto E2 Otus. I can't even download Actions or Moto. Could you please ask him if it is possible for this app as well, even on Lux maybe?
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donslade said:
Moto Display handles notifications differently from Ambient display. See this link:
http://www.androidcentral.com/inside-moto-x-active-display?_ga=1.123258498.820442600.1451317275
I prefer the way Moto Display notifies and then allows a peek at the information. I have not been able to get Ambient Display to behave the same way. I believe that Moto Display also uses the display differently from Ambient Display. Moto Display is supposed to only light the pixels required for the notification to save battery as opposed to energizing the whole display.
I wonder if the Moto Display apk can be sideloaded and installed on CM13? Moto and Moto Actions can be downloaded from the Play store but they do not include Moto Display functionality. Moto Voice can also be downloaded from the Play Store.
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noob. You can download from Play. But you can't use it on custom ROM (CM). Try yourself !

moto display installed on NX ROM

there's a flashable zip for moto display its for stock moto x 2015 but i flashed the zip on my moto x 2014 running nx rom, it seems it can work but for some reason the ambient display turns on when i turn on moto display....is there any way to fix this i guess it needs a little workaround maybe ?
but 'moto' and 'moto actions' needs to be installed as well from playstore
i've attached the flashable zip
for the IR sensors to work with moto display extract the arm.rar and paste those to files into system/lib and give root permission and reboot
i did not create this zip i found it on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63574299&postcount=2
Do you know if it work on Marshmallow Resurrection Remix ?
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Sanokko said:
Do you know if it work on Marshmallow Resurrection Remix ?
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yes it will work no doubt but i guess it needs a little workaround i fisrt tried on NX ROM....flashed the zip via and then you need to go to playstore and install moto and moto actions as well to see moto display and now i've flashed it on RR ROM, it gets installed the only thing for both of the rom is that when moto display is enabled ambient display turns on as well and that's the problem...if there was a way to disable ambient display or delete it...then i guess moto display would had triggered
it needs a little workaround to be fully functional like i said
I didn't knew moto gesture was needed. I can install it and I see the two : "motorola gesture" and "moto screen" in the home menu of the Moto app
But when i wave my hand over the device it activate the screen with the ambient display design (just the clock and notification like in the notification center (rectangular))
I don't know if i'm missing something but i'd like to help you if I can cause i miss this feature from the stock rom
I don't understand if you have both Ambient display AND Moto Display (I think it would be weird )
Oh and by the way sorry is the traduction & the English aren't perfect, i'm french and my device is in french too ..
Sanokko said:
I didn't knew moto gesture was needed. I can install it and I see the two : "motorola gesture" and "moto screen" in the home menu of the Moto app
But when i wave my hand over the device it activate the screen with the ambient display design (just the clock and notification like in the notification center (rectangular))
I don't know if i'm missing something but i'd like to help you if I can cause i miss this feature from the stock rom
I don't understand if you have both Ambient display AND Moto Display (I think it would be weird )
Oh and by the way sorry is the traduction & the English aren't perfect, i'm french and my device is in french too ..
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oh no its fine but yeah its weird i know haha but i really miss moto display i recently bought the moto x 2014 and so i flashed custom rom i can revert it back to stock android if i want but i like custom rom much more....the only thing is the moto display i want...i know it can be done...there has to be a way....and yes when hand waved enabling the moto display the ambient display turns on...i was thinking if there was a way to disable ambient display to trigger moto display and maybe something could be missing....i like moto display more than ambient display...it uses low power and also the way notifications are shown...its really good...maybe disabling ambient display would work and also maybe something is missing as well and yeah ofcourse would appreciate your help too....it seems only you and i are the only interested person on this...but hey lets get this done what you say
songs354 said:
oh no its fine but yeah its weird i know haha but i really miss moto display i recently bought the moto x 2014 and so i flashed custom rom i can revert it back to stock android if i want but i like custom rom much more....the only thing is the moto display i want...i know it can be done...there has to be a way....and yes when hand waved enabling the moto display the ambient display turns on...i was thinking if there was a way to disable ambient display to trigger moto display and maybe something could be missing....i like moto display more than ambient display...it uses low power and also the way notifications are shown...its really good...maybe disabling ambient display would work and also maybe something is missing as well and yeah ofcourse would appreciate your help too....it seems only you and i are the only interested person on this...but hey lets get this done what you say
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I've exacty the same point of view
No I don't think we're alone ... I hope more people will see this topic. Maybe you can contact Megatron (author of the RR topic where you answered me first) ?
but moto gesture is not needed i just installed it from play store to see if its working...and yes it does works only the chop chop gesture but i have turned it off as custom roms already has that feature
Sanokko said:
I've exacty the same point of view
No I don't think we're alone ... I hope more people will see this topic. Maybe you can contact Megatron (author of the RR topic where you answered me first) ?
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yeah i can do that but how will i contact the author of the rom ?? can you tell him this instead....or i was also thinking that on the next build of rr rom for moto x 2014 the ambient display should be removed and there should be moto display instead ?
and i also have libactions_irservice_stm.so file all those if its needed
songs354 said:
yeah i can do that but how will i contact the author of the rom ?? can you tell him this instead....or i was also thinking that on the next build of rr rom for moto x 2014 the ambient display should be removed and there should be moto display instead ?
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I''ll try to contact him this evening (in 8hours, it's 9:27AM right now and i'm at work )
I think it would be cool if it's included in the next build !
Sanokko said:
I''ll try to contact him this evening (in 8hours, it's 9:27AM right now and i'm at work )
I think it would be cool if it's included in the next build !
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yeah okay then great :good: even if its not included in the next build it would be nice if a dev could fix this and make it a flashable zip, but really want moto display
songs354 said:
yeah okay then great :good: even if its not included in the next build it would be nice if a dev could fix this and make it a flashable zip, but really want moto display
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Here it is : http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=12952#featureRequests
Sanokko said:
Here it is : http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=12952#featureRequests
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okay cool thanks :good: now lets hope for that
Oh and BTW, how did you past the two ARM files in /system/lib ? I'm using ES and it say "This library is read only" .. :/
Sorry, nood question. It's done !
Sanokko said:
Oh and BTW, how did you past the two ARM files in /system/lib ? I'm using ES and it say "This library is read only" .. :/
Sorry, nood question. It's done !
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oh you have to enable root explorer swipe from left to right in your es file explorer scroll down and enable root explorer it will then ask you for permission grant it and then copy those two lib file in your system/lib and paste there and give root permission
but still it doesn't works even after giving root permission to those two files maybe something is missing or could be due to ambient display
songs354 said:
but still it doesn't works even after giving root permission to those two files maybe something is missing or could be due to ambient display
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Well, it's not working .. :/
Our fate is in, the hands of Megatron007 now ..
Sanokko said:
Well, it's not working .. :/
Our fate is in, the hands of Megatron007 now ..
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yeah lets hope for that for now
but you can check the screenshots below and you need to have root access and give root permission to those files
songs354 said:
yeah lets hope for that for now
but you can check the screenshots below and you need to have root access and give root permission to those files
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So I just happened to come across this thread, interesting that it seems to work with the stock version of the MotoDisplay APK... (it hasn't been modified or anything)
Does the NX Rom have a custom APK to determine if the proximity sensor has been tripped (I know the CM rom's have this)? If so, then it could be that which is triggering the Active Display, and you would just change it to calling the MotoDisplay methods instead...
mastarifla said:
So I just happened to come across this thread, interesting that it seems to work with the stock version of the MotoDisplay APK... (it hasn't been modified or anything)
Does the NX Rom have a custom APK to determine if the proximity sensor has been tripped (I know the CM rom's have this)? If so, then it could be that which is triggering the Active Display, and you would just change it to calling the MotoDisplay methods instead...
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all the custom roms including NX rom or RR rom has ambient display feature, when moto display enabled the ambient display turns on as well and so ambient display triggers but if i go into settings and disable ambient display it seems that the IR sensors does not work with moto display, the IR sensors are linked to display, i think we are missing something here if we could turn on those IR sensors with a file or lib/IR sensors service libs or if we could link those sensors with moto display then disabling ambeint display may work with moto display when hand waved, also yesterday i tried an app called active notify, enabling ambient display and active notify works when active notify is set as default lockscreen while disabling the ambient display does not works as the IR sensors turns off. So i think that if we can somehow link those IR sensors with moto display then i guess it will get the job done
I was asking myself, did you take a look of other forums like MotoG2 (even if it don't has an Amoled screen, the forum is really active) or MotoX Pure/style/play ? Maybe someone tried to port the Moto display feature on other phones.

[Q] Moto features on Android One versions

Hello everyone,
can anyone tell me if Android One version of Moto X4 have any of the Moto features from the retail model?
I'm on XT1900-7 (Retail EU) version, stuck on 8.0 and I'm thinking about switching to an Android One firmware, but I use a lot of Moto features and I don't know if I'll find them in A1.
These are the features I'm talking about:
- Moto Gestures (shake to camera, hammer to flash, three-finger screenshot, etc)
- Moto Display (a LOT better than stock Ambient Display!)
- One-button navigation (back-recent-home with fingerprint sensor)
Thanks in advance.
repsol89 said:
Hello everyone,
can anyone tell me if Android One version of Moto X4 have any of the Moto features from the retail model?
I'm on XT1900-7 (Retail EU) version, stuck on 8.0 and I'm thinking about switching to an Android One firmware, but I use a lot of Moto features and I don't know if I'll find them in A1.
These are the features I'm talking about:
- Moto Gestures (shake to camera, hammer to flash, three-finger screenshot, etc)
- Moto Display (a LOT better than stock Ambient Display!)
- One-button navigation (back-recent-home with fingerprint sensor)
Thanks in advance.
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A1 is missing the One Button Navigation, and there does not appear to be away to enable it. There was a hack in pre-Oreo that you could do, and then take each OTA since then.
The others are there.
jhedfors said:
A1 is missing the One Button Navigation, and there does not appear to be away to enable it. There was a hack in pre-Oreo that you could do, and then take each OTA since then.
The others are there.
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Thanks. What about Moto Voice, Moto Key and the Moto Launcher?
Also, Phone and Contacts apps are Google ones or Moto ones?
repsol89 said:
Thanks. What about Moto Voice, Moto Key and the Moto Launcher?
Also, Phone and Contacts apps are Google ones or Moto ones?
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Moto Voice and Key are not present, and the apps are from Google.
repsol89 said:
Hello everyone,
can anyone tell me if Android One version of Moto X4 have any of the Moto features from the retail model?
I'm on XT1900-7 (Retail EU) version, stuck on 8.0 and I'm thinking about switching to an Android One firmware, but I use a lot of Moto features and I don't know if I'll find them in A1.
These are the features I'm talking about:
- Moto Gestures (shake to camera, hammer to flash, three-finger screenshot, etc)
- Moto Display (a LOT better than stock Ambient Display!)
- One-button navigation (back-recent-home with fingerprint sensor)
Thanks in advance.
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Photo attached of Moto app from Fi.

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