Google Now cards? topic

I'm a little stumped on this. Been using Now Launcher for a while on all my devices.
Just got a Moto X 2014, and the Now Launcher is installed, but 2 things:
1. I can't swipe left to see my cards
2. when I go into the settings, and try to select the "Show Cards" option, it is greyed out and says "network error. check your network connection and try again"

Network is fine & I get the same thing on wifi or cellular.

I just finished installing all my apps... really don't want to wipe the device already.
Clearing cache & all data on "Google App"
Installed a 2nd launcher...then "cleared default" to make sure it was actually running the Now luancher

Very odd.... Any help would be much appreciated.

LG G3 Lollipop ... Recent apps view from cards view to grid view? topic

hi all ... I love lollipop on my beast phone,
But I couldnt find way to change recent apps view from card view to grid view?
Is this possible coz xposed is not working too for tweaks but I heard this view can be changed in HTC,
or I have to wait for lollipop 5.1 which was suppose to come at end of february?

Google Now Cards on homescreen topic

So I just got my MotoX 2014, coming from a MotoX 2013 I'm used to using the Google Now widget on one of my home screens. The new phone has the full google now card list "preinstalled" on one of the screens and I can't find a way to get rid of it. This is purely a cosmetic problem for me, I prefer the smaller widget display and I want it to appear on a different screen but I can't seem to move the cards page and/or disable it. Is this just a Lollipop thing and I'm stuck with it or am I missing a setting somewhere?