The Moto G Phone, £135 yet decent smart phone.

[Mogden]

The fingerprint sensor on my G4 plus has just failed after 4 years.

For a while I assumed it was the destruction I'd wrought on my delicate digits by exchanging my desk job for manly work, but it won't even let me register a different print.
No doubt it might recover if I did a factory reset, but last time I did that, I trashed my SD card ...

I am also loathe to actually attempt top fix it because coincidentally, my phantom screen touches seem to have gone - I had the screen replaced under warranty when I first had it, but then it started going nuts again and ever since I've had to perform an annoying tapping ritual ever since every time I woke it from sleep to use it.

So I assume the screen touch-sensing is part of the same bit of hardware or firmware that handles the fingerprint sensor.

My Moto had the phantom screen touches and it stopped the fingerprint sensor working properly. I lock the screen and give the phone a sharp whack and that usually stops it. I sent it back and it was "fixed" but it still happened/happen when the screen brightness is slightly higher than dull or when trickle charging. I still use the phone for apps but not as a primary comms device and have a temporary second hand Samsung for now. I have been sent these offers by Moto though and I'm tempted at those prices.

https://www.motorola.co.uk/moto-madness

 

[Idaho]

I'll get another Moto g when this one dies. But I'm going to use this until complete capitulation.

 

[weltweit]

What do you do with old electronics?

I have a number of old laptops and now old phones and at some time they all had personal information on them including in the case of the phone my bank and debit card details.

What to do?

 

[yield]

What to do?

If you can still make them work, you do a factory reset. If not you could pay for them to be wiped and sent to be recycled.

 

[BigTom]

What do you do with old electronics?

I have a number of old laptops and now old phones and at some time they all had personal information on them including in the case of the phone my bank and debit card details.

What to do?

Do you happen to have any industrial strength electromagnets lying around?

Seriously though if they still turn on then you can use a hard wipe program to properly remove the data on the laptops (actually overwrites everything with random 1s and 0s afaik): How to securely erase hard drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs) | ZDNet
zdnet is a decent website but I don't actually know anything about these programs but you should be good for whatever they recommend from that page.
I don't know what you do about phones but searching for some kind of hard wipe program with android/ios/whatever might get you some answers.

Otherwise as said you can pay to get them wiped.

 

[Hollis]

6 months in and still really impressed with G9 plus. Battery is excellent, no capacity issues, decent camera, all pretty quick.I also find with the large screen I'm using it more for reading on the Kindle app...I'm sure iPhones are better, but for the price .. just over £200 now, this is an excellent phone..

 

[Idaho]

I got a g7 power about 3 months ago and am very happy with it. Battery life is awesome. It was on 58% last night, I stuck it on do not disturb and went to bed. This morning - 51%! You can get 2 days intensive use on a full charge. No idea how far it can go on power save with minimal use - a week would be my guess.

Generally it does everything I want from a phone. All good.

I've had this g7 power for almost 2 years, and other than the fingerprint scanner dying, it's still fine. I've got a few cracks in the screen. Not sure how bad they are as I don't want to remove the screen protector - I'm afeared it might make the situation worse. Can still get two days of normal use on one charge.

I'll definitely get whatever the similar 5g Moto phone is when this starts to wane.

 

[weltweit]

My G7 Power had to be replaced when the speaker failed.
I stuck with Moto and bought a G9 Power for £160.

 

[On Fire]

I think the G30 is my favourite Moto G currently. The specs on the G50 are a bit unbalanced.

 

[weltweit]

I think the G30 is my favourite Moto G currently. The specs on the G50 are a bit unbalanced.

What about the G30 do you like?

For me the G9 Power's 4 day battery swung it.

 

[On Fire]

I like the 5000mah battery on the G30 with included fast charging (unlike the G50, which ships with 10w charging). Obviously battery is not as good as the 6000mah battery on the G9 Power, but I suspect the G9 Power is just a bit on the heavy side for my liking.
G30 ships with Android 11.

 

[On Fire]

I wanted the Moto G50 to be better with a 1080p screen and at least 15W charging. Sadly it has neither. So I will probably have to get the Samsung A22 5G, which is soon to be released.

 

[On Fire]

The Moto G50 also lacks a compass. Don't know what they were thinking with that phone.

 

[weltweit]

The Moto G50 also lacks a compass. Don't know what they were thinking with that phone.

Yes my Moto (G9) Power also does not have a compass. I haven't really found it to be an issue though.

 

[LDC]

Had a G5 for a while now (after reading this thread) and have been happy with it, but it's started playing up so need to replace it before it dies completely. Have looked at the Motorola website but slightly confusing models etc to me. What's the new equivalent, or something similar? They also all seem to be much bigger than the G5, is there anything about the same size, or is that just standard now that phones have got larger?

 

[Idaho]

My Moto g7 power is in its autumn years. I've had nearly 3 years out of it, and I reckon it might last another year.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Had a G5 for a while now (after reading this thread) and have been happy with it, but it's started playing up so need to replace it before it dies completely. Have looked at the Motorola website but slightly confusing models etc to me. What's the new equivalent, or something similar? They also all seem to be much bigger than the G5, is there anything about the same size, or is that just standard now that phones have got larger?

Yes, phones were getting smaller (to the point that i found the keyboard difficult to use with whatever samsung i got when i did enter the smartphone age) then they started getting bigger again.

i found shirt pocket size (as in standard office type shirt) ideal, and even that's difficult to get now.

i got a G8 power about a year ago (paid about 90 quid for it - from BT - was a previously returned one or something like that) and still fairly content with it. it's a bit on the heavy side but the battery life is pretty impressive.

 

[On Fire]

Has anybody got the Moto G82 5G? Is it any good?

 

[On Fire]

Just ordered a Moto G82 5G at £259.99 direct from Motorola.co.uk
I have terrible luck with phones, so fingers crossed this phone is better.

 

[Idaho]

Let us know how you get on with it.

When I get a new one, it needs to be 5g, have a reasonable camera, a two day battery and be very durable.

 

[LDC]

Let us know how you get on with it.

When I get a new one, it needs to be 5g, have a reasonable camera, a two day battery and be very durable.

I'm very happy with the Redmi Note 11 I bought Idaho.

 

[On Fire]

I have now had my Moto G82 5G about a week. Traditionally there is always a niggle with buying a budget or midrange Android, and this time it is quite minor and is fixable by workaround in the settings. So the screen is adaptive and goes up to 120Hz, however it sometimes blacks out for a second when changing the refresh rate. None of the reviews mentioned this. Not a deal breaker though. Still really like the phone, and the work around is to manually specify a refresh rate in the settings, so I have gone for the battery saver 60Hz.

 

[gentlegreen]

My G4-plus is limping a hi bit after 5 years - the battery TAKES the full 3AH according to my charge meter, but seems to go flat quickly - though I use it a lot in bed to watch videos ...
... even though the brightness is set low because of the faulty touch grid in the screen which I had replaced under warranty, but which failed again after a year.
I haven't done a factory reset for 4 years because last time I didn't know to un-mount the microSD card and trashed it ...

I suppose I'm at the point where it would make more sense to replace the phone rather than get the screen and battery replaced ...
I was hoping to hold out until I move house and will need a phone to actually make calls and use for mobile Internet access ... but two new 5G towers are going up near me so I might learn to enjoy the advantages of the technology ...

I still have my ten year old 3G LTE phone - and have yet to get my NHS contact numbers switched over ...

3082maH
19750mwh
Charged mostly at 9 volts so I'm not sure what that means ...
Actually 19750 mwh at 3.7 volts = 5338 mah

Actual new battery 3000mah x 3.7v = 11000mwh

 

[On Fire]

 

[Idaho]

The problem with getting any old phone is that you are much less likely to get 3 or 4 years out of it. Batteries and screens start to get issues after a few years. As an old codger, I really don't care that much about performance.

 

[Hollis]

My Moto G9 Plus is going kaput after just 2 1/4 years. Something weird with the microphone not picking my voice up on calls/WhatsApp..

Not sure if I'll stick with Motorola now.. quite tempted with an iPhone.

 

[editor]

My Moto G9 Plus is going kaput after just 2 1/4 years. Something weird with the microphone not picking my voice up on calls/WhatsApp..

Not sure if I'll stick with Motorola now.. quite tempted with an iPhone.

Have you made sure that the mic holes aren't clogged up with fluff?

 

[Hollis]

Actually the microphone works well as I've just tried it with a voice recorder...

I'm uninstalling recent apps to see if that works... then I guess it is safe mode and factory reset.. zzz..

 

[contadino]

My Moto G9 Plus is going kaput after just 2 1/4 years. Something weird with the microphone not picking my voice up on calls/WhatsApp..

Not sure if I'll stick with Motorola now.. quite tempted with an iPhone.

Maybe worth googling the issue. My wife's g6 did something similar and it seemed like a common fault and was terminal. Lots of people reporting it.

 

[Brainaddict]

I got a moto G8 Power 2 years ago, I was always unimpressed with its lagging, now it is becoming increasingly unusable. Given that I've kept most of my cheapo phones for 3 or 4 years this is a bad result and I wish I had got something better, even if it was a bit more expensive.

So what are the cheaper phones that are well enough specced that I can actually get 4 years or so of life out of them? Two days of battery would be nice but after my experience of this G8 Power I think I'd rather go for a nippier processor if it's a trade-off between the two.