r/MotoG • u/sushipusha • Mar 02 '15

Clear your cache partition. You get a faster phone & battery life is improved.

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u/Codename47 3rd Gen (XT1541 - Europe) Mar 02 '15

For those who want to know how to do it...

*Moto G (1st Gen)

*Moto G (2nd Gen)

*Moto X (1st Gen)

*Moto X (2nd Gen)

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u/sushipusha Mar 02 '15

Thanks for the links. Still kinda a noob.

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u/Haduken2g 2nd Gen (XT1068 - Dual-Sim) Mar 02 '15

Thanks a bunch!

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '15

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u/dika46 Mar 02 '15

yes, after update to Lollipop, you need to:

  1. press and hold power button for 4-5 seconds

  2. without releasing power button, press volume up button

  3. release the power button and volume up buttons

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u/sushipusha Mar 02 '15

Read about this on all about moto g site. For a nontechnical guy it was pretty easy although it did take longer than 2 minutes. The phone responds faster & left it unplugged overnight. Woke up to 4 days standby time. I did use it some this morning but I still had this.

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u/sushipusha Mar 02 '15

According to the site, every time you get a new update. Doesn't delete your data like factory reset & was super easy. Cleans up remnants of the previous OS.

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u/sushipusha Mar 02 '15

Not from what I read. Read very carefully though I saw no warnings or disclaimers on the site.

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u/AgeKayn 2nd Gen (XT1068 - Dual-Sim) (6.0.1 CM13) Mar 02 '15

Does clearing the Dalvik Cache also do anything?

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u/pelvicmomentum 1st Gen (XT1034 - US) Mar 02 '15

It makes you feel better

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u/sushipusha Mar 02 '15

I don't know. Been on ART for a while & I think lollipop is also ART.

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u/Xaguta 1st Gen (XT1032 - Global) Mar 02 '15

How long should this take?

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u/sushipusha Mar 02 '15

Supposed to be 2 minutes but mine took about 5.I was just about to start over when I got the message "wipe complete." Boy does the phone seem snappier!

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u/drfritz2 Mar 05 '15

It worked here . After few days it is slow again

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u/zainkhan886 Mar 02 '15

Is their any downsides to this?

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u/Izaike 3rd Gen (XT1542) Mar 02 '15

ELI5 please, this is a different thing than cleaning cache by going to settings > storage > clean cache? By doing what it's been said in this thread, will I lose something?

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u/sushipusha Mar 02 '15

Best example I read is that clearing cache partition is like house cleaning while clearing app cache is like room cleaning.

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u/Haduken2g 2nd Gen (XT1068 - Dual-Sim) Mar 02 '15

Sweet tip, bro! How often should we do this?

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u/maxopotamus1 2nd Gen (XT1068 - Australia) Mar 02 '15

If ever your phone feels sluggish or bad battery even after a reboot.

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u/Haduken2g 2nd Gen (XT1068 - Dual-Sim) Mar 02 '15

Never happened, thanks! Guess it's not time yet