New update

[Rinsun]

Woohoo!!! Tell us what you think about the new version.

It took time to go through everything - I like the 3 finger screenshot and also screen not going to sleep when I hold it in front of my face. Had to look for some settings whose location have changed - e.g add app icon to homescreen (I always turn it off)
I like it mostly but I had to go into each app's notification setting to turn off vibration with notification - tried my patience.
I also did not like that they had removed the cache clearing part from storage settings. I have SD Maid installed (Pro version) and also Files Go and Solid Explorer.
It will be like using a different phone this week with a lot of changes.
This is the first time I got notification for a system update in the middle of the day, but then it is rolling out in batches in India - for all phones of the G5 series - some are getting it in the morning . some on a Sunday.
I hope it rolls out to all users and regions soon

 

[Double Tap]

Has anyone any solid information about when this will hit the USA phones?

 

[korab84]

My G5+ just got updated with the August 2018 updates (retus channel)
No Android 8 yet...

 

[Kodak2]

When you have chance to check out the 8.1 update, please give us a review.

 

[Macdtek]

Well I had my g5plus fixed a few days ago and put it on charge today (going to be a back up phone) and apart from 32 apps needing to be updated it had a oreo 8.1 update pending (UK user by the way). it also had a security update form September as well.

so my older phone is going to have a slightly better spec than my newer moto g6plus. According to Lenovo that'll be getting android pie next year, 1st quater.

 

[Kodak2]

Oreo 8.1 for Moto G5 (not G5+ or s) now ready for download in the UK.

 

[Macdtek]

kodak2 its definitely ready for the uk spec moto G5 plus as that's what I have.

 

[Kodak2]

kodak2 its definitely ready for the uk spec moto G5 plus as that's what I have.

Sorry, bit of a misunderstanding. I should have said that it was available for the G5 in the UK, but I didn't know about the other variants.

 

[davidjahorne]

Since updating to Oreo there is a delay of about 5 seconds when I wake the phone, by swiping the screen, before the home page appears. During this time the screen is blank.

 

[Macdtek]

Sorry, bit of a misunderstanding. I should have said that it was available for the G5 in the UK, but I didn't know about the other variants.

Hey, no problems.

 

[Rinsun]

Here you go. With app shortcuts menu.

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A Nokia 6.1 Plus in my family got the 9.0 update yesterday. The default launcher has changed from Launcher 3 to Quickstep Launcher which is actually the Pixel Launcher with At A Glance widget and searchbar in dock etc.
Sorry for posting a Nokia phone information here but just wanted to say this in relation to Pixel launcher.

 

[korab84]

Finally the update came to by G5+ phone...downloading and installing now

 

[korab84]

Android 8.1 on the G5+ is running fine and the phone seems to be working faster.

 

[Rinsun]

I got the October Security Patch today on my G5 Plus, region India.

 

[korab84]

I had to clear the cache partition, Recovery Mode, to speed up my phone because it started to get sluggish after the 1st week of installing Android 8.1. So far, the phone's behaving OK.

 

[riggerman]

It is a recommended practice to wipe the cache partition after a major update, especially when upgrading to a newer version of Android. This allies the system to start caching on the newer build and erase the cache from from the older version, which may cause some conflicts.

 

[Double Tap]

it seems there is no way to do a bulk erase of the cash. You must erase the cache on each individual app if you choose to do so. From what I read it is not an advisable idea

 

[Kodak2]

it seems there is no way to do a bulk erase of the cash. You must erase the cache on each individual app if you choose to do so. From what I read it is not an advisable idea

By what I have read, Oreo handles app cache in a different way to Nugget, the cache is automatically restricted and deleted when necessary in each app. I have been using Oreo for a while and the cache has not built up as much as it did before Oreo, and now seems to have settled to a level.

 

[riggerman]

it seems there is no way to do a bulk erase of the cash. You must erase the cache on each individual app if you choose to do so. From what I read it is not an advisable idea

You can do complete cache wipe either from recovery or from the bootloader. Either are safe and will cause no problems. I did it on mine from recovery immediately after first boot from the upgrade.

 

[korab84]

Today i received the October security updates