MOTOROLA MOTO G USER GUIDE at a Glance a Quick Look
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MOTOROLA MOTO G USER GUIDE At a glance a quick look At a glance First look Tips & tricks First look •Start: Charge up, and sign in. See “Start”. Top topics Your new Moto G has pretty much everything— camera, Internet, email, and more. You can even change the back cover •Top topics: Just want a quick list of what your phone can for a new look with optional covers. do? See “Top topics”. Note: Your phone may look a little different. •Help: All your questions about your new phone answered right on your phone. Touch Apps > Moto Care. Want even more? See “Get help”. Note: Certain apps and features may not be available in all countries. This product meets the applicable national or international RF exposure guidance (SAR guideline) when used normally against your head or, when worn 3.5mm or carried, at a distance of 1.5 cm from the body. The SAR Headset Jack Front Camera guideline includes a considerable safety margin designed to 4:00 Back Camera assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age and health. (on back) Power Key 4:00 Press = Screen WED, DECEMBER 18 On/Off Hold = Phone On/Off Back Volume Keys Home Recent GoogleGoogle Play Store Apps Menu More Micro USB/ Microphone Charger Back Next At a glance At a glance Top topics Tips & tricks First look •Intuitive: To get started quickly, touch Apps > Moto Top topics Check out what your phone can do. Care for interactive tutorials. • Personalize your home screen: see “Redecorate your home”. • Google™ help: In every Google Mobile app, you can touch Menu > Help. You can also view the Google Help • Make a quick change: see “Quick settings”. Centers online at www.google.com/support. • Go online: see “Browse”. • Explore: see “Google Play™”. • Find apps: see “Download apps”. • Be social: see “Socialize”. • Find it yourself: see “Locate & navigate”. • Take a photo: see “Take photos”. • Connect to Wi-Fi: see “Wi-Fi Networks”. • Watch a movie: see “Play Movies & TV”. • Protect your phone: see “Screen lock”. • Watch interactive guided tutorials: see “Moto Care help & more”. • Get all the help you need: see “Get help”. Menu More Back Next Start let’s get up & running Start Swap the back cover (optional) Power on Swap the back cover (optional) Power on f you bought an optional custom back cover for your phone, Press and hold the Power key until the screen turns on. Then Battery life here’s how to swap it out. charge up the battery when you need to. Sign in Old phone to new phone Google Play™ Republic Dashboard 1 1 Take off the back cover . Power on. Press the center and grip the Press & hold bottom Power until the edge. Lift up screen lights up. from the bottom. 2 Put a new optional cover on. 2 ChargeC up, if you need to. 3 H Menu More Back Next Start Start Tips & tricks Tips & tricks Swap the back cover (optional) • Power/Sleep key: To make the screen sleep or wake up, To save even more battery life between charges, you could Power on Battery life press the Power key. To turn your phone on or off, press and reduce: Sign in hold the Power key. • Bluetooth® use: Touch Apps > Settings, then touch Old phone to new phone • Battery: Squeeze every bit of juice out of your battery. See the switch next to Bluetooth to turn it OFF when you don’t Google Play™ Republic Dashboard “Battery life”. need it. Warning: Don't try to remove or replace the battery • GPS use: Touch Apps > Settings > Location > Mode yourself—doing so may damage the battery and could cause > Battery saving to turn off GPS tracking. burning and injury. If your phone becomes unresponsive, try a • Display brightness: Touch Apps > Settings > Display reboot—press and hold the Power key until the screen goes > Brightness > (slide dimmer setting left). dark and your phone restarts. • Display timeout delay: Touch Apps > Settings Battery life > Display > Sleep > (shorter setting). Your phone is like a small computer, giving you tons of • Widgets that stream information to your home screen, like information and apps, at lightning fast speed. Depending on news or weather. what you use, that can take a lot of power. • Unused online accounts that you registered: Touch Apps To see what’s using up battery power, touch Apps > Settings. Go to the ACCOUNTS section, and touch the > Settings > Battery. one you want to remove. Touch it again, then touch Menu > Remove account. Note: Do not enable Battery Saver, as it can affect your service when not on Wi-Fi. To check that Battery Saver is off, touch • Recording or watching videos, listening to music, or taking Apps > Settings > Battery > Battery Saver. pictures. To set automatic rules to save power, touch Apps > Assist (see “Motorola Assist”). Menu More Back Next Start Start Sign in Tips & tricks Swap the back cover (optional) •Wi-Fi network: Your service provider uses the Wi-Fi Power on If you use Gmail™, you already have a Google™ account—if Battery life not, you can create an account now. Sign in to your Google network to provide some calling features, so be sure to keep Sign in account to see your contacts, appointments, photos, and it on. Flick the status bar down and touch > WI-FI to turn Old phone to new phone more. it on. There’s more in “Wi-Fi Networks”. Google Play™ Republic Dashboard Just select your language and follow the screen prompts to get • Accounts: To add, edit, or delete accounts, touch Apps started. > Settings. Go to the ACCOUNTS section, and touch Add account to add one. Or, touch an account > Menu > Remove account to delete it from your phone, if allowed. To set up email accounts, see “Email”. For help with your Google account, visit www.google.com/accounts. •Contacts: To get your contacts from your old phone, you have options. If your old phone was also Android™ and you Got Google? used the Android Backup and Restore feature, your contacts Do you have a Google Account? automatically appear on your new phone. Otherwise, use If you use Gmail or Google Apps, answer the Motorola Migrate app in “Old phone to new phone”. Yes. Or, visit www.motorola.com/transfercontacts. Note: This phone supports apps and services that may use a lot of data, so make sure your data plan meets your needs. Your Mail, contacts, appointments, service provider uses the Wi-Fi network to provide unlimited photos, & more—sign in data, so be sure to keep it on. to see it all. Yes No Or, touch here to create a new Google account. Menu More Back Next Start Start Old phone to new phone Tips & tricks Swap the back cover (optional) • On Android phones, signing into your Google account Power on Copying your personal stuff from your old to your new phone Battery life with Migrate is easy—we promise. copies your apps. Sign in •Android: On your previous phone, download the Motorola • On iPhones, Motorola Migrate copies your contacts and Old phone to new phone calendar events from your iCloud account to your Google Google Play™ Migrate app on Google Play™ to get started. Then on your Republic Dashboard new phone, touch Apps > Motorola Migrate > account. You'll need your iCloud and Google account Android to get started. credentials handy. •iPhone: On your new phone, touch Apps > Motorola • While you’re migrating, you can keep using your phone. Migrate > iPhone to get started. • If you didn’t migrate when setting up your new phone, you Note: Music has to be non-DRM to migrate. Signing into your can always do it later. Google account migrates your apps. Motorola Migrate Tip: If you Make the switch from old to new. don’t copy your content Copy your stuff from your old phone to right after your new one in just a few minutes. setting up your phone, you Which phone are you moving your can always do stuff from? it later. Android Want to transfer from this phone instead? Next Menu More Back Next Start Start Google Play™ Tips & tricks Swap the back cover (optional) • Find out more about Google products: See Power on Google Play is a new digital content experience from Google Battery life where you can find and enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV www.google.com/about/products. Sign in shows, books, magazines, and Android apps and games. It’s • Log in or open a Google account: Visit Old phone to new phone your entertainment hub: you can access it from the web or www.google.com/accounts. Google Play™ from your Android device, and all your content is instantly Republic Dashboard • Google help: See www.google.com/support. available across your devices. • Download Android apps: Touch Apps > Play Store. • Access all of your files in the cloud: Check out “Your cloud”. Apps Play Music Play Books Play Store Play Games Play Movies & TV Menu More Back Next Home screen & apps you have quick access Home screen & apps Quick start: Home screen & apps Tips & tricks Quick start: Home screen & apps • Panels: To add or show other panels of shortcuts and Redecorate your home You’ll see the home screen when you turn on your phone or Moto Care help & more touch Home . widgets, flick the home screen left or right. Search •Touch: Touch to choose something. Touch and hold to see • Settings: To quickly open settings, flick the status bar down Status & notifications and touch > . Download apps options. Drag around or flick to move faster. Or, pinch to Take care of your apps zoom some screens.