Motorola Moto G5 Plus
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- cakelover4578
- 8TT
- 09 Mar 2025
This is the phone I use since 2017. It doesn't die. It survived so many things, I dropped it so many times and it still survives. Currently running crDroid 6. It works well for what I use it for.
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- Anonymous
- jWf
- 04 Mar 2025
i've had my moto g5 plus since 2017. currently using it as a backup. let's just say i have not been gentle on this thing. it's survived ~50 drops, being lost in bad weather, vomit. i mean the only things wrong with it after all this is a worn out micro usb and burned out aux and battery. (still works though!) very slight crack on the screen but no shattered glass or visual distortion. mostly it was kept in a crappy silicone case with a crappy screen protector but those are long gone now. this is the best phone i have ever had and i have a feeling once i get the battery and charger swapped, it will continue to be a great backup. i'd buy a used one in 2025 just for how damn sturdy it is.
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- No1
- 7A7
- 11 Jul 2024
I remember loving this phone a lot back in 2017 when I first got it. I don't know why but I always thought it looked super cool. Nowadays, the screen of my G5 Plus has burn-in because I used it as a webcam for a bit.
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- raQ
- 06 Jun 2024
funny thing is that we still see sd625 chipset phones in 2024
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- kazmakaze
- vCK
- 21 Apr 2024
Mar, 21 Mar 2024Still using this phone too since 2017. The only issues it h... moreyeah I agree 16gb on my phone is little
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- Anonymous
- 090
- 29 Mar 2024
the photo quality is not the best but it still works. the only thing I don't like about it is that even though I'm using 32% of its storage, it lags a lot and when I play brawl stars which is the only game on it, it crashes a lot.
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- KkP
- 21 Mar 2024
Ind, 03 Mar 2024Still using phone without any repairing. I don't think... moreStill using this phone too since 2017. The only issues it has, compared to the newest phones, are memory space and low photo quality. But in general it works really well
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- Ind
- X{W
- 03 Mar 2024
Still using phone without any repairing. I don't think this kind of quality this time companies can give.
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- Anonymous
- qUJ
- 05 Jan 2024
YvesNY, 22 Mar 2022G5 Plus no longer supported by ATT network as of 22 Februar... moreHad to switch to T-Mobile and works fine.
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- Anonymous
- qUJ
- 05 Jan 2024
Cold in North Idaho, 07 Apr 2022Love my moto G5 plus until ATT switched to 5G now I can... moreSame problem, so switched to T-Mobile and works fine.
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- johan007nl
- yat
- 15 Oct 2023
8.1 is the last version of Android to which you can update afaik. I still have one...but the batery is weak after all this time. I merely use it as a backup phone.
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- Anonymous
- U@J
- 22 Jul 2023
Anonymous, 09 Sep 2018If they were genius they would have focus on Pie... Because... moreGood phone
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- qwerty
- uvB
- 11 Jul 2023
nmandowa, 04 Jul 2022I love my Moto g5 Plus, but in June 2022 several things sto... moreCan you give me your older phone if you buy new one? i am a student thats why i am tight on budget
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- loser123
- NCe
- 11 Jun 2023
Zzzzz im pretty sure 8 is the last version you can get on a moto g5 plus. Unless you do some rooting and hack into the matrix.
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- burgerfry445
- 4L9
- 26 Mar 2023
I have this phone as a hand-me-down from my mother. It is 2023 and this phone is 6 years old but runs well for $200. I am a kid so I only use it for some stuff, but I am going to DC for a school trip and need a phone for emergencies, so I chose this phone. I have a Mint Mobile plan for it. THis phone is on Android 8 and doesn't connect to Work Gmail, and is very slow. Overall, this phone is good for small uses, like trips and temp phones, or work phones. 7.5/10
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- MisterE
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- 15 Dec 2022
Zzzzz , 13 Dec 2022Can you give more details on this?
How do I update it?
Al... moreDo a web search for "Motorola Rescue and Smart Assistant" and download it from Motorola. Install the program and run it, I think that it was a fairly self explanatory upgrade process. This is an official tool from Motorola and the latest official Android release for this phone is Android 8.1, so no you cannot use it to upgrade the G5 Plus to Android 9.
My upgrade went from 7.0 to 8.1 without having to install any intermediate versions. Be sure and back up your data, the upgrade process might wipe the phone depending on how you do it. I didn't have anything on the phone that I upgraded so I didn't have to worry about a backup.
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- Zzzzz
- fCQ
- 13 Dec 2022
MisterE, 12 Dec 2022Over the air updates for the G5 Plus no longer appear to wo... moreCan you give more details on this?
How do I update it?
Also it is possible to update it to Android 9?
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- MisterE
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- 12 Dec 2022
nmandowa, 04 Jul 2022I love my Moto g5 Plus, but in June 2022 several things sto... moreOver the air updates for the G5 Plus no longer appear to work but you can use "Motorola Rescue and Smart Assistant" to update this phone to Android 8.1 Oreo. I have a spare G5 Plus XT1687 that I updated today from 7.0 to 8.1 using that tool.
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- YQ@
- 22 Aug 2022
you have to suffer, 02 Aug 2022i assume its the sd card pin has broken inside. if its not ... moreno but how can it break on its own?
i havent pulled out sd card from phone since months.