As we all know, Android has changed the era of mobile communications (smartphones). In this article here, I would not tell you again and again on Android or any other common things. I mean, are you not bored of hearing the same story on Android? Yes, it is an Open source, has its advantages blah blah. Enough of all that. Let me not get into it again today. Coming straight into the topic, here is the complete guide on “How to manually Install Android 5.0 Lollipop on Moto G.”

Moto E, Moto G are two products of Motorola, sold in numbers that are huge in just few months. As the users of these smart phones are large in number, I had a feeling that it is essential to help them install Android 5.0 Lollipop on Moto G. If you’re one among the users of Moto G, then consider yourselves lucky. You are about to have the complete step-by-step guide to install Android 5.0 lollipop on Moto G.

There is a series of process you should follow to install Android 5.0 on Moto G. The below steps will guide you in installing Android Lollipop. Make sure you do it the right way. Do not start if you’re not sure. Read the guide more than once to understand it better.

This guide here has:

Unlocking BootLoader For Moto G

The process of Rooting your Moto G

How to Flash Android 5.0 OTA Manually.

So, let’s get started. Follow the below process to root your device and install Android 5.0 Lollipop on Moto G. You must Unlock your BootLoader and Root your device to Flash any Stock ROM’s or Custom ROM’s.

Note: Unlocking BootLoader will erase all data on your device. So better have abackup of your Android mobile.

Neither GeekDashboard nor Developers are responsible incase of any damage to your mobile. Try these methods at your own risk

Unlocking BootLoader for Moto G:

Unlocking the Boot Loader has been now made official. Visit the official Motorola site for more info.

Now all you need to do is to follow 4 simple steps mentioned in the site. Finally you get an unlock key that is used in future steps of the installation. Below are the clear steps to be followed to install Android 5.0 on Moto G.

Step 1:

You will have to download and install Android-SDK to perform this operation.

Step 2:

Make sure that you have ADB drivers for your phone on your PC.

Step 3:

Switch Off your device and open it in FastBoot mode by Prss and holdingPower and Volume Down button for 3 seconds and Connect your Moto G to the PC using USB cable. Make sure you enabled USB Debugging on your Moto G.

Step 4:

Open the directory where you have placed Android-SDK on your computer/laptop and go to SDK, then go to platform-tools and then openCommand Prompt by Holding Shift and Right Click.

Step 5:

Type fastboot oem get_unlock_data and hit Enter. You can then see something similar to this.

Step 6:

Copy that in a text file and delete the words ‘bootloader‘. The remaining code is your unlock key. Make sure no empty spaces and new lines are present and it should looks like shown below.

Step 6:

Paste that code in Motorola Unlock My Device page and click on “Can my device be unlocked?” to just notify the Moto officials. Once your get a popup with success message, scroll down a bit and click “Request Unlock Key”. 

Step 7:

You will get an Email to the registered email with your unique Unlock Code.

Step 8:

Switch off your device and boot your device to FastBoot mode by Pres and Holding Power and Volume Down buttons for couple of seconds and again re-open the command prompt like in above steps.

Step 9:

Type fastboot oem unlock <Insert your code here without braces> in CMD and hit Enter.

Step 10:

You should see a pop-up on the device giving a confirmation about the unlock process. Baaam..! Your device is now unlocked and you will get a screen as shown below.

Video Tutorial

How to Root your Moto G?

To root your Moto G, follow the steps below.

Step 1:

Make sure that your device is BootLoader unlocked.

Step 2:

Enable “USB Debugging” and “Unknown Sources” in Developers Options in the device settings.

Step 3:

Enter into BootLoader mode by pressing Volume-Down and Power buttons simultaneously.

Step 4:

Download Superboot file.

Step 5:

Extract it in a folder and open command prompt there.

Step 6:

Windows users, double click on the superboot-windows.bat file.

MAC users, open a terminal window in the folder containing the rooting tool file and run the command chmod+x superboot-mac.sh and then type ./superboot-mac.sh

LINUX users, open a terminal window in the folder containing the rooting tool file and run the command chmod+x superboot-linux.sh and then type ./superboot-linux.s

Step 7:

When you reboot your phone, you should see “SuperUser” application in the App drawer.

How To Flash/Install ANDROID 5.0 LOLLIPOP [OTA] On Moto G Manually

Own a Moto G? Cool, then here’s is a tutorial on how to update your phone to Android Lollipop 5.0.

As Google promised to give an update for Moto series, we can expect an OTAupdate from it. Few Globally unlocked phones got the update already but many didn’t. Here is an “How to guide” to experience Android Lollipop 5.0 on your Moto G (Falcon) without getting an official OTA update. All you need is a PC, files given in links and a little courage.

Caution: Before you update to Lollipop 5.0, you need to Flash the Stock ROM (Kitkat 4.4) of GPE (Google play edition)_Brazilian version. And make sure that you have enough battery and a back-up of your data (not mandatory) before putting leg into this.

Link for Brazilian Kitkat 4.4.4 (adb included)

Link for Lolipop OTA 5.0

Note: The Following steps are to be applicable for only Moto G XT-1033/32.

Step 1:

Make sure that yourBootLoader Unlocked. Else it is impossible to flash Lollipop stock ROM.

Step 2:

Now connect your mobile to your PC in BootLoader mode using a USB cable.

Step 3:

Extract the Brazilian 4.4.4 Firmware.zip you downloaded earlier.

Step 4:

Now open Command prompt in that folder and run the commands in the sequence given below.

mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img mfastboot flash logo logo.bin mfastboot flash boot boot.img mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0 mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1 mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2 mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin mfastboot erase modemst1 mfastboot erase modemst2 mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn mfastboot erase cache mfastboot erase userdata mfastboot reboot

Now your phone will boot with Brazilian Firmware and your device is all set to install android lollipop in it.

Step 5:

Copy Lollipop 5.0 For Moto G.zip to the root folder of your device. Switch off Moto G and go to Stock Recovery and “select zip from SD card” and select the “Lollipop 5.0 For Moto G” and flash it.

Step 6:

This may take around 10-15 minutes. Be patient. Reboot the device and it is ready

Screenshots from my mobile

Round Up

This makes your phone convert to Google play edition and cannot be degradable. You will receive further updates like GPE’s if any. Few Indian variants are facing some issues with network problems after flashing this. However it can be fixed by simply Google-ing about it. After your completed installing Android Lollipop Android 5.0 on Moto G, you should again root it. However this is optional.

Android being the most powerful OS, has wide range of applications showing up in the store everyday. There are many developers who are interested in developing Android apps as it is an open source OS. So, out of all the android apps on the store, how can we choose the best among them? I’m sure, no one can actually do it. The best app that suits me may not be the best for you. And when I talk on the Best Android Apps, please do notice that they aren’t the Top Android Apps. So, let me give you some(7) best android apps which suits almost all the users here.

Best Android Apps For Now

The below are the 7 Best Android Apps you can make use of. Read the whole description of the app I give here and select the apps that you need. Also a small note before I go any further. “I DO NOT GIVE ANY SOCIAL NETWORKING APPS LIKE WHATSAPP OR FACEBOOK AS BEST ANDROID APPS.” They can be seen common on all Android device by now. So, don’t expect them here. Let us now see the best Android apps(for now).

Dictionary

Dictionary(online version) stands to be one of the best rated Android Apps. It also is my personal favorite. This app provides you all the thesaurus, synonyms and also voice recording for the correct pronunciation. Even if you are lazy to open it, you also can get notification for the “Word of the Day“, where you get the meaning of a word everyday. The only constraint here with this app is, you must have your data connection enabled to access it. I say, this is the best app ever for every one and a must have app on your device.

IREFF

Have you ever heard of this app? This app lets you to easily be updated with the latest tariffs of all networks in all states of India. You can simply select the Network Provider and Your Circle(state) and then check all the tariff plans. This is also an online app which needs your data connection enabled to work. I’m using this app for the past 3 months and found it very useful at times when I’m unsure about the tariff. You can also now make use of it.

Pages Manager

Pages Manager lets you manage your Facebook pages at one go. As everyone will have the official Facebook App for Android, once you install this Pages Manager app, it’ll automatically read your account and the pages associated to it. You can post status, images and check notifications, insights and all very easily. This is must have app for those who wants to update their page often. Mostly Bloggers are a category of people who uses this app to constantly keep posting on their FB Pages.

Picsart

If you are the one who loves to edit your photos on your mobile phone, then this is one among the best android apps for editing photos. You can have (almost)all the features similar to a premium photo editor that you have on your system, now on your mobile for free. Give it a try and experience yourselves.

Xender

Xender is an application on the store that lets you transfer the files of larger size very easily. You can transfer files of size around 500MB in less than 5min. Of course, there are many other applications(the best among the others isShareIt) now available on the market which does almost similar work as Xender. But, Xender is the first among all of them. These applications create aWiFi hotspot and transfers the files, media or apps from one device to other very fast.

App Extractor

If you want to save “.apk” files of your applications in your SD card, in order not to download the same application again and again from the store in case you un-installed it or lost by mistake, then App Extractor is the best choice for it. With just one tap on the application, “.apk” file will be stored automatically to your SD card. You can use this file to install the application whenever you need and can also transfer it to your friends.

ECOMMERCE APPS

I cannot be so sure to give a particular name of an Ecommerce App. Choose one according to your choice. I generally shop more on Flipkart, and so I use Flipkart official app on my device. These days, every individual Ecommerce site has its own official app. So, choose your choice and install it.

So, these are the 7 best android apps or say, best android app suggestions for you from my side. Comment below if you feel there are any other best android apps which suits most of the users.

Did you ever want to develop an Android app to reach more audience for your blog or business? Most of us would give it a thought at least for once. Who wouldn’t want to reach larger audience? But, what if you do not have sound knowledge on coding? Can’t you develop an Android app without any coding knowledge? Do not worry, you can. This guide here is on How to develop Android apps for your product/blog/business.

Android app development has been very difficult in the past. But, if you are good with the coding base, you can create wonderful user interface for your blog/business. Now, there are also some platforms for building mobile apps easily without any knowledge on coding. Isn’t this great? Let me give you the 5best platforms to build mobile app for your blog or product.

How To Develop Android Apps

We have several platforms for building mobile apps. With the help of those, we can easily create our own Android app and can also earn revenue through them. Earning revenue through Android apps is not a very difficult task once you create an useful and creative app and publish it. I will not go with the ways to make revenue through apps. Let us just get straight into the topic on ways to develop Android apps.

Below are the 5 best chosen platforms for building mobile apps. These are not just confined to build Android apps, but can also be used in developing apps for iOS and Windows Phones. So, do give it a try for sure.

Appery.io

It stands at the top in the list of platforms for building mobile app. Appery.io is a cloud based mobile application development platform. It comes with some built-in components with a visual editor where you could simply drag and drop the components to build the User Interface. Since it is a cloud based platform, you do not have anything to install to download on your PC to develop an app. This can be used to develop mobile application for Android, iOS and Windows Phones. You can add back-end to your application if you wish to store any data using this platform.

Since you get the chance of developing an application very easily, you have to pay a little for this (you also have free plans included). To check the completepricing details of this platform, 

Good Barber

Good Barber is another mobile application development platform. But, it can be used only to build apps for iPhone and Android. You cannot build apps forWindows Phones using Good Barber. The best part of this platform is, you get control over every single detail of the app, though you do not write a single line of code. The templates you get are highly customizable with multiple available options.

You also have the option to get the visual feedback every time you try to modify your app (just the way similar to WordPress customization). Also, you can have the option to display push notifications to your readers to attract and remind them of your new articles or products. To get the pricing details of Good Barber,

AppMachine

AppMachine is way similar to the Appery.io . You have multiple options to choose among the already built in features. The same drag and drop method works here in AppMachine. But, in App Machine, you have an option to link your app to Facebook, Twitter or other online stores(Great.! You can have your affiliate link embedded). You can also design the app in your own unique style you like the most by optimizing the fonts, colors, icons, paths for navigation and many more. You can watch the modified changes in the previewer. AppMachine takes care of the process of everything that you need to get your app listed on the Apple Store and Play Store for Android.

The only problem with AppMachine is, the high charge. But, it is one time charge. To check the plans, 

AppMakr

AppMakr is another mobile application development platform. But, you can build mobile app only for Android and iPhone. This AppMakr requires no coding knowledge at all. You can simply start building your app and customize it with the available features in it. You can create number of applications and can easily manage all the apps very simply using the dashboard. You have the options to integrate your app to Google Maps, give Live updates, push notifications, in-app shopping and much more. To get the complete details of pricing, 

ShoutEm

ShoutEm provides a number of options to the user with content management, user engagement tools and also monetization options. It has the better and compact way to integrate with your content on WordPress, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Soundcloud and many more. As I mentioned above about the revenue options, you could easily earn revenue by in-app purchases, deals and coupons providing an e-commerce experience to your users.

You have the option to publish your app under the developer account in Android store and iStore. To get the complete pricing details, 

So, these are the 5 best platforms to build mobile app[s]. I hope this guide here on “How to develop Android apps” helped you in providing the best platforms to build mobile app for your blog/product. Go ahead and try these. Feel free to comment your opinion/review on any of these provided platforms.

The first thing that most users do when they switch to a new phone is totransfer all the contacts from their previous phone to their new one. But this task can be quite tedious when the two phones are totally different and run on different OS. Are you too planning to switch to a new phone but don’t know how to transfer contacts from one OS to another? Don’t worry, we are here to help you. This post here is to help you transfer contacts from an iPhone to an Android device. Just follow these simple steps and you’ll be able to get the contacts from your Android device in no time.

The task of transferring contacts between iOS and non-iOS devices has been made a bit tedious by Apple since they removed the feature in iTunes that made you able to sync your contacts with your Google account which was quite easy. But that feature has been removed and the newer version of the iTunes no longer support that feature.

You can however do that same using Apple’s iCloud service. Syncing your contacts to iCloud, you can then export your contacts into vCard files (VCF) which can then be imported into your Google account. Follow these steps:

Login into your iCloud account on your iPhone by going into Settings > iCloud.

Enable “Contacts“. Doing this will sync your iPhone’s contacts to your iCloud account. (Make sure you have good internet connectivity when doing this)

Your contacts have now been uploaded to your iCloud account. You now need to create vCar files (VCF) of these contacts and export these VCFs to your Google Account. To do this, follow these steps:

Open the web browser of your choice on your desktop or laptop computer and type in “https://www.icloud.com/“.

Sign into your iCloud account, the same one which you used on your iPhone.

Click contacts and you will see all the contacts that you synced earlier.

Select all the contacts you want to export to your Google account.

Click on the “Action Menu” button on the bottom-left corner of the screen that looks like a gear wheel and select the “Export vCard” option from the menu that appears.

You will see a VCF file being downloaded that will contain all your contacts.

Now go to the address bar and sign into “www.google.com/contacts” using your Google account.

In the left pane, scroll down and click on the “Import Contacts” window.

A small window will pop up where you will have to drop the VCF file that was earlier downloaded from the iCloud window.

Click on “Import” following which your Google will automatically sync the contacts on your Android smartphone.

So this was a brief guide on how to transfer contacts from iPhone to Android smartphone. We hope you found this useful. Do leave your views in comments below and stay tuned for more updates.