The Moto G: A Tale of Two Versions

I'm Ranjit, and I have the pleasure of owning two versions of the Moto G - the international version and the Dual SIM version that is officially sold in India. In this video, I'll be showing you how the Dual SIM version handles the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update and how it affects the USB OTG functionality.

One of the good things about the Dual SIM version is that it still works with USB OTG support after the KitKat update. This means that you don't need any third-party software to make it work, which is a significant improvement over earlier versions. To demonstrate this, I've brought along a USB OTG cable and two videos loaded on it.

When I insert the USB thumb drive into the phone, it says that it's preparing for USB and the functionality has indeed been improved. Earlier in 4.3 update, many file managers couldn't read files from the USB OTG cable, but now with the Astro File Manager, any other file manager like ES File Etc can also access the contents of the USB drive.

I'm going to open up the Astro File Manager and show you how it works. As you can see, our USB OTG Drive is clicked, and we get an option of "USB Disk" here. If I click on that, I can access the contents of this USB drive. For example, let me open up one of these videos - it's a 1080p video. We'll use MX Player to play it, and as you can see, it's playing smoothly while connected to the USB drive.

It's interesting to note that on the international version of the Moto G, USB OTG functionality doesn't work out of the box after the KitKat update. You need third-party applications like Nexus Media Manager to make it work. On the other hand, the Dual SIM version of the Moto G handles USB OTG support seamlessly without any issues.

Another feature that's been improved is the option for unmounting the USB storage in the settings. Earlier, this was not available, but now you can click on "Unmount" to remove the USB thumb drive. This makes it easier to manage your storage and access external devices.

If you're planning to update your Moto G Dual SIM to Android version 4.4.2 KitKat, don't worry about the lack of USB OTG functionality. It works perfectly well on the Indian dual SIM version without any issues. In fact, it's quite interesting to note that even though the international version has only a single Sim slot, the USB OTG functionality still doesn't work out of the box.

In addition to this video, I've made around 15 other videos on the Moto G that you can find in my YouTube show notes. Thank you for watching, and I hope to see you in my next video!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi there this is ranit and I have the Moto G and uh uh the Moto G this is the international version and this is the Dual version that is officially sold in India and recently we did uh got an update to the Android version 4.4.2 that is KitKat let me show you the same and the good thing is that on this dual SIM version even after this KitKat update actually usb OTG support works and actually it has been improved and you don't need any third party uh software to make it work uh and uh let me show you the same I have this usb OTG cable and I have uh two videos that are uh loaded on this and the moment you actually insert a USB thumb drive it says that it's preparing for USB and actually the functionality has been improved now and for example uh earlier in 4.3 update many of the file managers could not read the files that were on the usb OTG cable but now it can for example we have the Astro File Manager you can use any other like ES file Etc let's open asro and as you can see our usb OTG Drive is clicked and we do get an option of USB disk here and as you can see the first option is USB dis and if we click that we can access the contents on this USB drive for example let me open up this video this is a 1080p video we'll use MX Player and as you can see it is playing good while this USB drive so USB functionality fully works on the Moto G dual SIM even after the KitKat update interestingly on the international version it does not work out of the box we need third party applications like Nexus media manager uh one more thing uh that uh was included is for usb OTG if you go to the settings here you'll notice if you go to the storage tab you'll find the options for unmounting uh the USB storage this was not available uh earlier so if you want to remove this USB thumb drive you just click here and now we can unmount it so if you are not updating your Moto G dual SIM uh to Android version 4.4.2 that is kit cut due to the reason that usb OTG functionality will not be there don't worry about that usb OTG functionality fully works on the Indian dual SIM version without any issues and it's quite interesting because still the international version that has just the single Sim version uh the usb OTG functionality uh does not work out of the box uh after the KitKat update you need third party application like Nexus media manager I've also made around 15 other videos on the Moto G links for those will be in the YouTube show notes thank you this is Ranjit and I hope to see you in my next videohi there this is ranit and I have the Moto G and uh uh the Moto G this is the international version and this is the Dual version that is officially sold in India and recently we did uh got an update to the Android version 4.4.2 that is KitKat let me show you the same and the good thing is that on this dual SIM version even after this KitKat update actually usb OTG support works and actually it has been improved and you don't need any third party uh software to make it work uh and uh let me show you the same I have this usb OTG cable and I have uh two videos that are uh loaded on this and the moment you actually insert a USB thumb drive it says that it's preparing for USB and actually the functionality has been improved now and for example uh earlier in 4.3 update many of the file managers could not read the files that were on the usb OTG cable but now it can for example we have the Astro File Manager you can use any other like ES file Etc let's open asro and as you can see our usb OTG Drive is clicked and we do get an option of USB disk here and as you can see the first option is USB dis and if we click that we can access the contents on this USB drive for example let me open up this video this is a 1080p video we'll use MX Player and as you can see it is playing good while this USB drive so USB functionality fully works on the Moto G dual SIM even after the KitKat update interestingly on the international version it does not work out of the box we need third party applications like Nexus media manager uh one more thing uh that uh was included is for usb OTG if you go to the settings here you'll notice if you go to the storage tab you'll find the options for unmounting uh the USB storage this was not available uh earlier so if you want to remove this USB thumb drive you just click here and now we can unmount it so if you are not updating your Moto G dual SIM uh to Android version 4.4.2 that is kit cut due to the reason that usb OTG functionality will not be there don't worry about that usb OTG functionality fully works on the Indian dual SIM version without any issues and it's quite interesting because still the international version that has just the single Sim version uh the usb OTG functionality uh does not work out of the box uh after the KitKat update you need third party application like Nexus media manager I've also made around 15 other videos on the Moto G links for those will be in the YouTube show notes thank you this is Ranjit and I hope to see you in my next video\n"