Moto G Phone Guide

How to access developer options menu in Moto G?

Developer options  can be used by application developers when testing applications. Sometimes, you may also want to use it to configure or test ADB settings, USB debugging, animation scales, and various monitoring tools.

But since Android Jelly Bean 4.2, Google decided to hide the developer options in an effort to reduce accidental usage of these options

However, it is very easy to enable the developer options on Moto G.

To enable the developer options on the setting menus of Moto G, you can follow these steps:

  • Tap  moto-g-apps
  • Tap Settings–
  • Tap  About phone
  • Tap the Build number field 7 times
    You will begin seeing a message as you approach the 7 touches

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  •  Tap the back arrow once complete, and Developer options will now appear under Settings.

Once the developer options are enabled under settings in Moto G, it will be there permanently. So it is not necessary to repeat these procedures again.

Of course, you can also disable the developers options if you want.  Once you tap developer options under settings, you can drag it to left to disable the options.

Do you have any problems to enable the developer options menus on your Moto G?

Leave your feedback  in the comment box below.

More step-by-step guides , tips and tricks for your Moto G phone are available at  our most popular Moto G how-to guide page.

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  1. Corey says

    So I have a Moto G3 with a 32 Gb SDHC card that is formatted “to this device only” where the screen prompts on the device say that this SD card “will only work for this device. I’m trying to transfer music and photos from my PC to my phone and my PC only shows the Internal Storage of the phone, and does show the 32 Gb SD card. I’ve enabled Dev. options and USB debugging so I can choose what I want the connection to do with my phone and I have set it to the file transfer (MTP) and also tried the photo transfer (PTP) options on my phone but the PC will not recognize the SD card within the phone. Help with this or an alternative method to transfer files from PC to Moto G3?

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  2. Ayk says

    After clicking continuously on builder number nothing is happening in my moto g3 I am not able to become a developer plz help me !

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  5. Elli says

    I dropped my moto g in a lake and there’s this patch if water stuck inside the phone does this device have a dehumidifier option included? If not how else do I get rid of it?

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  6. kunal says

    Hi Sir I am using Moto G3 build number MPI24.107-55,my Moto G3 is not showing devoloper option i try many time taping bulid number for showing the devoloper option but it not showing. i forgot my gmail acount or password it locked by Google bypass erorr so unable to use .plz help me how to solve this problem as I am unable to active developer option

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  7. Ahmad Nadim says

    Hi Sir I am using Moto G3 build number MPI24.107-55,my Moto G3 is locked by Google so unable to use it .plz help me how to solve this problem as I am unable to active developer option

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  8. atish kshirsagar says

    Hi,

    I using Moto g3, marshmellow update. home and multitasking keys are not working. notification drawer also not opening. Trying to enable developer option but its not enabling. Please help.

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  10. Robins says

    One thing that no one mentioned, is that the “Developer Option” comes up in Settings, ONLY UNDER THE PRIMARY PROFILE. So for e.g. if you are in a Secondary Profile (for e.g. Guest, or logged into any non-primary Profile on the phone) although you can enable the Developer Mode by clicking 7 times, you wouldn’t see the “Developer Option” in the Settings Panel after that…..

    For that, you would need to switch back to your Primary profile (using Settings on the top-right menu bar) and then go to Settings->”Developer Options”

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  11. G Satya Murali says

    I got the developers option but I can’t see the multi window option for 6.0 for a octa core processor on moto g3 turbo. How can I get the multi window tasking on my phone

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  12. jack says

    what does it do to your phone, does it make any changes to apps or anything because im a 15 year old and would not lik to ruin up my phone

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  14. Nagendra says

    Unable to dial ISD toll free number (starts with 000800) after done the Android 6.0 installation. Can any one help me on this?

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  16. susmitha says

    My moto g2 is heating continuously and it is showing that Mac address is unavailable n battery is discharging only in a hour if it is fully charged also…I bought it before 5months please help me

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  20. Karen says

    My son has a Moto G 1st gen. He dropped it and shattered the screen. It is not accessible. He has the phone pattern locked. When I plug it into the USB on my laptop, it recognizes the device but there are no files. He has pictures that need to be saved before I send the phone in for the warranty. They are irreplaceable. They’re of his pet that died, a wedding, and a graduation. Is there any way to retrieve the files?

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  21. Azhar shaikh says

    i have Moto g2 and i hav a prob in my keyboard its getting disappeared again and again..even camera,gallery etc many disappear..plz solve d issue

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  23. Seerat Saini says

    Hey.
    My audio controlled selfie stick just doesn’t work
    Even with the camera 360 app suggested as a fix.
    Can you please tell how to allow external buttons? Or another way out?

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  24. yogesh says

    my moto g first gen is gone into a boot loop and usb debugging is off how can i enable it as by moto g is in boot loop its not starting plz help

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  27. Beybladee says

    Hey guys! I can’t find the “select runtime” option… I have nothing between “stay awake” and “enable bluetooth…”. Can somebody relate and/or found a solution?

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  28. chitkala mulye says

    After enabling the developer options my sim2 is not working sims put in the other port are not getting detected.What should i do?

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  29. kumar saurav says

    By simon I m facing heating issue in my moto g 2 and gen specially during call and video plyng

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  30. CaliJulez says

    Hello, I zip filed some music onto my Moto G 1st gen. I can find the files on my internal storage, but I can’t access them. I cannot get them to play or even find them on my Music Play app. How do I fix this?

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  31. Sudeep K S says

    I have a Moto G that runs Android 5.0.2. Despite being a ‘developer’ by tapping on build number 7 times, I don’t see ‘developer options’ menu under settings. Please help.

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  32. Nandha says

    I have a problem with volume during audio and video call in my moto g android v 5.0.2. Volume is really very low.
    I cant find “select runtime” option under developer option.”Take bug Report” is not hightlighted.

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  35. Dharani says

    Why does a buzzin sound occur in moto g second generation mobile.. I have bought only two days before

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  36. Nathan says

    Hi, not sure what purpose the “Dont Keep Activities – destroy every activity as soon as the user leaves it” function does. It certainly doesnt kill apps I have exited.

    Turning animations off is a processor thus battery saving tweak I discovered a while back, seems to work.

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  39. Ishtiaq Ahmed says

    I want to know if there is a setting to kill the app ruuning when i exit the app on my Moto G 1st gen with Lollipop 5.0.2

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  40. phuntsho says

    i lost the menu bar from my moto G2nd gen, phone so how can i show the menu back on to my screen, advice me..?

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  42. Tristan Bilbo says

    Heh Simon. I’m having some problems with my MOTO G LTE. The phone takes forever to send a message even if it DOES send. Half the time it won’t. The speaker stopped working also. If I hit the phone it will cut in and out and if it will stay on it will sound like a robot. It sucks and I’m about ready to chunk it in a lake and never look back. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!

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  43. simman says

    Hi sir,

    I am using moto g 1st generation mobile from last 6 month. Suddenly last 2days I can’t able to transfer any file from my computer through..even I am using same USB cable….so pls tell me wat can I do

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  46. Robert says

    Hi Simon, I have a problem with my Moto G 2013, when i do or receive a phone calle, the volume is very, very low. Could you help me with this issue? Regards

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  47. ana says

    hi simon, i have deleted my pics from moto g …i tried using anroid recovery software but its saying turn on usb mass storage……wt should i do now?? plz help

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  48. Sriram Sidagam says

    How can I install apps from pc to moto E using USB cable.(Already I had apps downloaded in pc). But I dont have net service in my mobile.

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  51. Ravi says

    Hai Sir , I am using Moto G (1st Gen) , I have installed Motorola Device manager and I have enable the USB Debugging , then after I have connect the mobile to PC using USB cable showing an error message Cannot install this software ,An Error occured during the installation of the device, The required section was not found in INF

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  52. Gaurav says

    Hello I bought the 2nd gen Moto X. I can’t access the obb files to install games from torrent. Please help. The file does not show on the phone. Neither can I create a new obb folder as it says it already exists in android data folder but it can’t be seen in the phone. But on the laptop it is visible. Please help. Thanks in advance.

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  58. kyle damasus says

    Good day sir, each time I install a game app with obb file from a system the obb file gets missing. Howe can I fix it

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  63. Anamallais Unit2 Cbe says

    Hi sir .. i have a problem when dialling and receiving a call .. its not at all audible .. once i restart, it gets solved.

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    • Ramsurkar says

      There is nothing so exciting in 4.4.4 for moto g.
      The only visible change u will see is phonebook & dialler. But I noticed that call quality is got little bit better. B4 this upgrade the call quality was very poor, sometimes I wasn’t able to hear the person on the other side.

      But this may also be due to improvement in my service provider.

      Motorola hasn’t released any upgrade after4.4.2 for moto g, I got upgrade by a leaked version from xda-developers. But I advise u to wait for official upgrade

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  70. Ramsurkar says

    What kinds of apps will u suggest for a new empty moto g which only has preinstalled default apps?

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  71. Ramsurkar says

    thanx for reply. I don’t have internet pack on my phone, so I downloaded i in my pc (don’t have wi-fi). copied ES file explorer in downlods, and other folders by usb cable. But when I opened the main screen of moto g, I wasn’t able to decide where I look for it. I tried gallery but didn’t find it. If I tap on playstore then it asks to add an account but I can’t do that since I neither have wi-fi nor I m able activate internet on my bsnl sim ( and everyone knows bsnl’s customer care, so I hvn’t ask them).
    But if I tap on “Install certificates from storage” it shows me the full content of internal storage but I can’t use any file from here.

    So I think there must be some other way also to open the internal storage and can also use files like we are able to do in any other phones.

    Is there any way through which I can install apps without creating an account?

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  73. Ramsurkar says

    Hei Simon! I m not able to install any app in my moto g through my pc. In which folder should I copy the apk files? Not even the ES file explorer. Problem is that when I remove data cable and go to phone’s interface or gallery the files are not there, I even try in setting in app but no help.
    Also I m not able to see any doc, xls,ppt files in the phone. I also have copied a .flv file in movies folder and same the case I m not able to find it too.
    So how to access its internal memory in itself i.e. via moto g? I m using 16 gb version of moto g.

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  75. Aja Chotaliya says

    HI,
    I m Facing Problem to connect my Moto G phone to my PC, for 1st time when I connected this phone message was display saying some hardware related problem due to which I’m unable to access internal memory as drive is not showing under my computer as Hard Disk Drives.
    Please suggest me the procedure to access internal memory in easy step.

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  77. Jimish Shah says

    Moto G have been dead totally not working when I have change some options from the developer options.
    Android OS is not working at all. Even not receive the call also.
    Please help me how to reset the developer settings using Desktop PC.
    There are no any MOTO G service centers in Nearby my area.
    Please please… help me…

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  79. cool says

    how do i store my stuff in external storage in my moto g …pls specify path…and how my system recognises external memory

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  82. Harshaa says

    Thanks a lot.. And kindly please help. Can’t use my otg after updating to kitkat. I am an indian user. And am up to date. What elae should i do?

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