Moto G6 Supports USB Power Delivery 2.0 and Proprietary TurboPower Charging Technologies

The Motorola Moto G6 continues Lenovo's strategy of teaming up with Google and Amazon to promote a very affordable Android phone that supports Amazon Alexa. We purchased the Motorola Moto G6 through Amazon as a Prime exclusive phone, meaning that it comes pre-loaded with Amazon Apps and allows you to command Alexa by double pressing the power button.

The Motorola Moto G6 also supports Project Fi, and is super convenient if you need a phone quickly that has data service around the world, allowing you to access Google and Facebook even from China.  

The Motorola Moto G6 uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 which is supposed to support Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0. However, Motorola has chosen to support their own TurboPower technology which has in the past been compatible with Qualcomm Quick Charge technology. In the case of the Motorola Moto G6's implementation of Turbo Power technology, both TurboPower and USB Power Delivery 2.0 are supported over the phone's USB Type-C interface. While both technologies can fully charge the phone in under 110 minutes, the TurboPower uses oscillating step function current patterns to achieve this. Another nice feature is that the phone doesn't turn itself on when charging.

Qualcomm Quick Charge technology doesn't seem to be supported that well on the phone.

After purchasing the phone through Amazon Prime, the iconic Motorola logo and brand is used on top of the phone's box, but the side shows Lenovo branding elements, given that China's Lenovo purchased Motorola's phone brand as a way to sell more products into the US market.

Opening up the phone's box, the only protection that you see on the phone is a removable plastic cover over the screen.

The Motorola Moto G6 comes with a USB Type-A based Turbo Power charger, USB Type-A to Type-C cable, SIM card removal tool, and documentation.

The TurboPower charger supports 15 watts, either through 5V@3A, 9V@1.6A, or 12V@1.2A. 

The Motorola Moto G6 is very utilitarian and has a plastic feel to it. What it lacks in design aesthetics, it more than makes up in affordability.  

Starting up the Motorola Moto G6, we go through the typical Android startup screens.

There are also Motorola and Amazon setup screens you can go through.

Once you get to the main Android screens, you can see that most Google and Amazon Apps have already come pre-loaded.

Click here to see how to set up the Motorola Moto G6 with Project Fi.

Using the USB Power Delivery Compliance C2 Tester from Granite River Labs to run just a subset of the full USB Power Delivery compliance test suite, we can see that the Motorola Moto G6 supports fixed PDO's of 0.5 watts (5 volts @ .1 amps), 0.9 watts (9 volts @ .1 amps) and 7.5 watts (5 volts @ 1.5 amps) for charging. Note some compliance failures were observed.

DUT Information

Manufacturer	Lenovo
Model Number	Moto G6
Serial Number	Comm

Test Information

Date and Time:

20180626_150911

Controller and Instrument Information

Parameter	Value
GRL USB-PD_C2 Serial No.	084.109.084.066.134.
GRL USB-PD Software Version	1.3.4.5
GRL USB-PD Firmware Version	1.3.5.0.8
Board Calibration	Calibration Success.
App Mode	COMMUNICATION_ENGINE_TESTS
Tx Mask	true
Rx Mask	false
RX mask Power selection	Neutral Power
Device Type	DRP
Cable IR drop Imp(R)	0
Cable Type.	GRL-Spl-Cable
COMMUNICATION_ENGINE_TESTS CTS Version	1.06
Noise Pattern Generation:	GEN-2 Noise
VIF info	*Since VIF was not loaded below test results are information Only.

Product Capabilities

Parameter	GetCapabilities
Vendor_Name	Motorola Mobility Inc.
TID	0x0
Type_C	NONE
SOP_Capable	NONE
SOP_P_Capable	NONE
SOP_PP_Capable	NONE
SOP_P_Debug_Capable	NONE
SOP_PP_Debug_Capable	NONE
Manufacturer_Info_Supported_Port	NONE
USB_Comms_Capable	NO
DR_Swap_To_DFP_Supported	YES
DR_Swap_To_UFP_Supported	YES
Externally_Powered	NO
VCONN_Swap_To_On_Supported	NONE
VCONN_Swap_To_Off_Supported	NONE
Responds_To_Discov	NONE
Attempts_Discov	NONE
Chunking_Implemented_SOP	NO
Unchunked_Extended_Messages_Supported	NO
Accepts_PR_Swap_As_Src	YES
Accepts_PR_Swap_As_Snk	YES
Requests_PR_Swap_As_Src	NONE
Requests_PR_Swap_As_Snk	NONE
Structured_VDM_Version	V1.0
Data_Capable_as_USB_Host	NO
Data_Capable_as_USB_Device	NO
Product_Type_DFP_SOP	Undefined
Modal_Operation_Supported	YES
Security_Msgs_Supported_SOP	NO
USB_VID	0x22B8
PID	0x0
bcdDevice	0x0
SVIDs Min	1
SVIDs Max	1
SVID1SOP	22B8
SVID1Modes Min	1
SVID1Modes Max	1
SVID1Mode1 Enter Mode	NO

Power Capabilities

Parameter	GetCapabilities
No_USB_Suspend_May_Be_Set	NO
GiveBack_May_Be_Set	NO
Higher_Capability_Set	NO
Supply Type #1	Fixed
Voltage #1	0x64(5V)
OP Current #1	0xA(.1A)
Supply Type #2	Fixed
Voltage #2	0xB4(9V)
OP Current #2	0xA(.1A)
USB Suspend may be cleared	NO
Send Ping	NONE
Supply Type #1	Fixed
Peak Current #1	0x0(A)
Voltage #1	0x64(5V)
Max Current #1	0x96(1.5A)
No_USB_Suspend_May_Be_Set	NO
GiveBack_May_Be_Set	NO
Higher_Capability_Set	NO
Supply Type #1	Fixed
Voltage #1	0x64(5V)
OP Current #1	0xA(.1A)
Supply Type #2	Fixed
Voltage #2	0xB4(9V)
OP Current #2	0xA(.1A)

USB-IF High Level Mapping Summary

Sl No	Test Category	Test Group Description	Test Result
1	PHY_PRIMARY_TX	BMC Physical Layer Transmitter	PASS
2	PHY_PRIMARY_RX	BMC Physical Layer Receiver	FAIL
3	PHY_PRIMARY_MISC	BMC Phyiscal Layer Miscellaneous	PASS
4	PROT_PRIMARY	Protocol Specific Primary	FAIL
5	POWER_PRIMARY	Power Source/Sink Primary	FAIL

Result Summary

Sl No	Test ID	Test Name	Test Result
1	TDA.2.1.1.1	BMC-PHY-TX-EYE	PASS
2	TDA.2.1.1.2	BMC-PHY-TX-BIT	PASS
3	TDA.2.1.2.2	BMC-PHY-RX-INT-REJ	FAIL
4	TDA.2.1.2.1	BMC-PHY-RX-BUSIDL	FAIL
5	TDA.2.1.3.1	BMC-PHY-TERM	PASS
7	TDA.2.2.1	BMC-PROT-SEQ-GETCAPS	PASS
12	TDA.2.2.7	BMC-PROT-BIST-NOT-5V-SRC	PASS
14	TDA.2.3.1.1	POW-SRC-LOAD-P-PC	FAIL
15	TDA.2.3.1.2	POW-SRC-LOAD-CP-ACC	FAIL
18	TDA.2.3.3.2	POW-SNK-TRANS-PC	FAIL
19	TDB.2.2.9	BMC-PROT-GSC-REC	FAIL
20	TDB.13.12.13	BMC-PROT-IGN-PPS	PASS

BMC Eye Diagram