{"id":3483,"date":"2016-10-22T22:50:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T17:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2016-12-13T16:34:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T11:04:28","slug":"downgrade-moto-g4-plus-from-android-nougat-to-marshmallow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/downgrade-moto-g4-plus-from-android-nougat-to-marshmallow\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Downgrade Moto G4 Plus from Android Nougat to Marshmallow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we share How to Downgrade Moto G4 Plus from Android Nougat to Marshmallow. Recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/update-moto-g4-plus-to-android-7-0-nougat\/\">Nougat 7.0 update for Moto G4 Plus<\/a> was rolled out for some region, and the update is quite stable, but If you update your update your phone but don\u2019t like the update for any reason, then you can easily revert back to a lower version (Android Marshmallow). While it&#8217;s\u00a0not possible to officially downgrade your phone back to Marshmallow from Android Nougat, but XDA senior member <a id=\"postmenu_70006276\" class=\"bigfusername xda-popup-trigger\" href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/member.php?u=4733329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">TechBurner<\/a> comes with a workaround with that you can easily\u00a0<em><strong>Downgrade Moto G4 Plus from Android Nougat to Marshmallow 6.0.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus are the first non-Nexus devices which receive the Android 7.0 update officially. But many device owners are still not happy with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/list-of-android-phones-getting-android-7-0-nougat-update\/\">Android 7.0 Nougat<\/a> update for various reasons. If you are one of the users and would like to revert back to the older version of Android, then you are in the right place here we share the method to Downgrade Moto G4 Plus from Nougat 7.0 to Marshmallow 6.0. Follow below guide to Downgrade Moto G4 Plus from Android Nougat to Marshmallow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/How-to-Downgrade-Moto-G4-Plus-from-Android-Nougat-to-Marshmallow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/How-to-Downgrade-Moto-G4-Plus-from-Android-Nougat-to-Marshmallow.jpg\" alt=\"How to Downgrade Moto G4 Plus from Android Nougat to Marshmallow\" width=\"720\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/How-to-Downgrade-Moto-G4-Plus-from-Android-Nougat-to-Marshmallow.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/How-to-Downgrade-Moto-G4-Plus-from-Android-Nougat-to-Marshmallow-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow the steps correctly otherwise you may brick your device. We are not responsible for any damage to your phone.<\/li>\n<li>It will erase all your phone data, so we advise you first to take a complete\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/how-to-backup-your-android-phone-without-root\/\">backup of your phone<\/a><\/strong><\/em> and then proceed.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that your phone has at least 50-60% charged to prevent the unexpected shutdown in-between the process.<\/li>\n<li>Downgrading Moto g4 Plus may work for you as well but keep that in mind that <em><strong>Flashing a Firmware Image is not a safe way to downgrade. Downgrading not guarantee.<\/strong><\/em> If you want to take the risk, then proceed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Requirement to downgrade Moto G4 Plus to Marshmallow<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/download-stock-firmware-of-moto-g4-and-g4-plus\/\">Moto G4 Stock Marshmallow Firmware<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/file\/6i92vcoa5m1oslb\/run.bat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Download Run.bat file<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/how-to-install-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows\/\">ADB and fastboot driver for windows<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/setup-adb-and-fastboot-on-mac-easy-step-by-step-guide\/\">ADB and Fastboot\u00a0for Mac<\/a>\u00a0and install it on your PC. This will also install your device driver.<\/li>\n<li>Download and install <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/download-android-usb-drivers-windows-mac\/\">Drivers for Moto G4 Plus<\/a>\u00a0if above doesn\u2019t work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to Downgrade Moto G4 Plus from Android Nougat to Marshmallow<\/h2>\n<p>1) Download <strong>Moto driver<\/strong> and\u00a0adb and fastboot from above and install it on your PC.<\/p>\n<p>2) Now\u00a0Download the <strong>correct firmware<\/strong> for your device from above and extract it to the ADB installation directory.<\/p>\n<p>3) Now download <strong>run.bat file<\/strong> from above and save it on adb\u00a0and fastboot folder.<\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0Now\u00a0go to adb and fastboot installation directory and open the command window there by\u00a0pressing and hold the \u2018shift\u2019 key and right-clicked anywhere in that folder.<\/p>\n<p>5) Now Reboot your phone into Bootloader mode by turning it off and press and hold \u2018<strong>Power + Volume Down<\/strong>\u2018.<\/p>\n<p>6) Now connect your device to your computer via usb cable.<\/p>\n<p>7) Double click and <strong>run the run.bat file.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>8)\u00a0After the window closes, start the phone by selecting the start option in the bootloader mode.<\/p>\n<p>9) Done! Above steps will Downgrade Moto G4 Plus from Android Nougat to Marshmallow.<\/p>\n<p>This is the complete guide to Downgrade Moto G4 Plus from Android Nougat to Marshmallow. If you have any doubts, comment below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/moto-g4-plus\/how-to\/guide-downgrade-to-marshmallow-nougat-t3515961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we share How to Downgrade Moto G4 Plus from Android Nougat to Marshmallow. Recently Nougat 7.0 update for Moto G4 Plus was rolled out for some region, and the update is quite stable, but If you update your update your phone but don\u2019t like the update for any reason, then you can easily revert <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7],"tags":[3350,3349,3352,3351],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Downgrade Moto G4 Plus from Android Nougat to Marshmallow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today we share How to Downgrade Moto G4 Plus from Android Nougat to Marshmallow. 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