Guide | How to Update an Official Firmware Android 7.0 Nougat on Motorola Moto G4 Plus.

Install Official Android 7.0 Nougat Moto G4 Plus. If now you are the Motorola Moto G4 Plus owner, you can now update your device with the latest Android firmware version, this version is Android 7.0 Nougat. This update is OTA update. Once the new Android 7.0 Nougat installed on your Motorola Moto G4 Plus it will never void the warranty. The owner will lose the warranty if they unlock bootloader this device or root the device. By updating the Motorola Moto G4 Plus to the latest firmware the user will get more best performance the device to run an App installed on this device, the user will get new features and new software, and usually the user will get patch to fix many issues present in the previous Android version, and much more.

By default, the manufacturer installs Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow) on Motorola Moto G4 Plus, but planned upgrade to v7.0 (Nougat). This device released on 2016, may. Powered by Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53) CPU, Qualcomm MSM8952 Snapdragon 617 chipset, Adreno 405 GPU, with 4 GB of RAM, and 16 MP primary camera and 5 MP secondary camera. So, it's a good time for the owner to update the Motorola Moto G4 Plus with Android 7.0 Nougat.

This is the original Motorola Moto G4 Plus runs on Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow) before the update as shown on the picture below.

Motorola Moto G4 Plus - run on android Marshmallow

Guide to Update Motorola Moto G4 Plus.

1. Now let we start to update the Motorola Moto G4 Plus.
2. Turn Off your device.
3. To update this device you must download the Motorola Moto G4 Plus OTA file from the available link .
4. The file above is a ZIP. 
5. Once the OTA file successfully downloaded, now copy this OTA file to the SD Card.
6. Put this file in the root directory of SD card for easy access.
7. Now boot the Motorola Moto G4 Plus to the recovery mode, How to do this?
• Press and hold bold volume button + Power Button.

  

  enter recovery mode - Motorola moto G4 plus

8. Release all button if you enter recovery mode.
9. Use volume down to select the menu (recovery mode) and use the power button to confirm it.
10. And now you will see Moto Logo on screen.
11. Just wait a minute, and you will see Android no command. 

    

    Motorola moto g4 plus -- no command

12. On this screen now press and hold Power Button + Volume UP Button.
13. This action will bring you to the Android Recovery screen. 

    

    Android recovery - Motorola Moto G4 Plus

14. Use volume down to navigate between the menu, and Power Button to confirm.
15. Now, highlight the Apply Update From SD Card. 
16. Then browse your OTA Update file stored on SD Card.



Ota ZIP file - moto G4 plus

17. Now the system will be verifying update package.
18. Once it confirms, the update process will start, just wait until update finish and you can see that install from SD card complete.
19. Now, back to the main menu and highlight power off to reboot the Motorola Moto G4 Plus.
20. If update process is successfully your device firmware should change to Android 7.0 Nougat as show on the picture below.

    

    Android 7.0 Nougat - Motorola Moto G4 Plus