Here are instructions to manually update the second generation Moto G

For those who have been living under a rock, Motorola did it for a second year in a row and by that we mean that the Lenovo company is the first to push out Google’s newest OS flavor. This time, instead of the Moto X getting the OTA first, it’s the little budget phone that could, the Moto G. Although, the Moto X is getting it now too. However if you’re like the rest of us — and ridiculously impatient — you may want to take matters into your own hands and thanks to Redditor NooJoisey now you can.

First you’re going to want to download the stock unrooted file. Second you’ll want to power off your Moto G completely. Boot into boot mode by holding the volume down + the power key. Next move into Recovery by pressing volume up. Press both the volume up and volume down buttons and while holding them press and release the power button. The Moto G will then boot into the stock recovery mode. Select “apply adb through SD card,” and select the downloaded file.

From there it’ll take a little bit of time to do its thing. NooJoisey stated that it took him roughly 45 minutes for the software to install and optimize apps for ART.

It should be noted that this is strictly for the 2014 Moto G variant and this will likely brick the first generation Moto G. Once that’s installed you can check out the Lollipop documentation for the phone. As usual, you take responsibility for whatever happens for your device. Happy flashing.

source: Reddit

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