How can I downgrade my Moto G 2013 to kitkat

[EmSpecial]

as my topic says, lolipop is really not working out for me, its really very much slow, and i really cannot see any huge difference in lollipop apart of its UI,

please let me know the easiest guide to downgrade my phone.
my moto G is not rooted, boot loader is not unlocked.
and i know nothing about it. please help me out.

 

[Juste]

I would suggest switch to lollipop custom rom which are way better then stock Motorola rom. You get lots of tweaks, features and performance on custom roms. You need to unlock your phone bootloader first from Motorola website. Then the fun begins.

I am on lollipop custom rom 5.1.1 along custom kernel and recovery.

Sent from my Moto G

 

[namsu99]

Hi!
The thing with Moto Phones is that Motorola doesn't allow users to downgrade them. It has placed certain security checks which get triggered whenever someone tries to flash a ROM which is a lower version to the one that is installed on the phone and brick the phone. If you're an average smartphone user which not much knowledge about rooting / flashing etc then it's highly recommended that you don't mess about with it. Even experienced devs on XDA refrain from messing about with Moto devices unless it's necessary.

Having said that, there are numerous methods by which you can by-pass the security checks and downgrade your phone. I would suggest you go to XDA and browse their Moto G section. You'll find tons of workable material there. But do not try and start attempting the first hack you find. Spend your time browsing around and try to pick up information about how to proceed.

But first and foremost, you need to unlock your bootloader. You cannot do anything to your phone if your bootloader is locked.

If you need any advice before attempting anything, feel free to PM me whenever you want!

 

[magicalmaestro8]

Lollipop is a major upgrade from kitkat so there are many errors in a regular update. This happened with almost all phones from all manufacturers. The simple method to fix all the problems you are facing is to factory reset

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[EmSpecial]

I would suggest switch to lollipop custom rom which are way better then stock Motorola rom. You get lots of tweaks, features and performance on custom roms. You need to unlock your phone bootloader first from Motorola website. Then the fun begins.

I am on lollipop custom rom 5.1.1 along custom kernel and recovery.

Sent from my Moto G

sorry for the late reply,
would you please guide me thoroughly about how to unlock the bootloader as i am new to this and i really dont understand mentioned guide in motorola's official page.

 

[Baghi]

sorry for the late reply,
would you please guide me thoroughly about how to unlock the bootloader as i am new to this and i really dont understand mentioned guide in motorola's official page.

The official bootloader unlocking guide is the most easy one out there, HOWEVER, it's missing some key instructions as how to setup and get started. Complete below steps and then follow the official guide from step-3.

• Download and install installer_r24.3.3-windows.exe from here.
• Download and install the latest Motorola USB drivers from here.
• Then, open Command Prompt and cd to the folder named "platform-tools", it's located where you installed Android SDK Tools. If you don't see aforementioned folder, double click on the SDK Manager.exe (it wouldn't load if you don't have Java Development Kit installed, you can get it from here), afterwards check Android SDK Platform-tools under Tools and install it.

All the best.

 

[xtremegamer132]

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[EmSpecial]

alright guys i have unlocked the boot loader. although in CMD it said unlock failure and blah blah, but on my phone. strange white green pixelled screen appeared then i restarted my phone. then it said WARNING YOUR BOOTLOADER IS UNLOCKED.. i again confirmed in fastboot menu it said your phone is unlocked.

now what ? how would i revert back to kitkat now ?

 

[namsu99]

alright guys i have unlocked the boot loader. although in CMD it said unlock failure and blah blah, but on my phone. strange white green pixelled screen appeared then i restarted my phone. then it said WARNING YOUR BOOTLOADER IS UNLOCKED.. i again confirmed in fastboot menu it said your phone is unlocked.

now what ? how would i revert back to kitkat now ?

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[EmSpecial]

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