Motorola Moto G 3 Manual
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Back Next Menu More Home screen & apps Icons at the top right of your screen tell you about phone status: Note: Apps you download on Google Play™ might show other icons in the status bar to alert you to specific events.Vo l u m ePress the side volume button up or down to select a volume from high to vibrate . Network strength No sound / Wi-Fi in range/connected Vibrate Bluetooth® on Priority Airplane mode Alarm set / Battery charging/full WarningGoogle Play StoreNone Priority All Set the volume using the side volume buttons.Set the notifications and alarms to hear. Change to vibrate or back to ring. Also, tap one of these options for more settings: • All: Receive all notifications and alarms. •Priority: Tap to select which interruptions to receive. You will always hear alarms. Set when you want to be in this mode, or choose indefinitely. •None: Turn off all sounds and alarms. Override sound settings from other apps. Set how long to stay in this mode, or choose indefinitely. Discover your Moto appsMoto apps can simplify life and help you out. Just follow the prompts to find out more. Find it: Apps > Moto • Assist: Set your phone’s behavior based on what you’re doing. For example, keep alarms quiet at night while you’re sleeping. •Actions: Learn how to open your camera with two twists of your wrist using Quick Capture. See “ Photos & videos” for more details. • Display: See messages, calls, and other notifications—even if your phone is asleep. Home screen & apps Quick start: Home screen & apps Help & more Search Status & notifications Volume Discover your Moto apps Download apps Take care of your apps Update your phone
Back Next Menu More Home screen & apps Note: Your phone may not have all features. Ti p : Want to hide sensitive or private notifications? Tap Apps > Moto > Display and set which apps can show notifications and how much to display. Download appsGoogle Play™Get music, movies, books, apps, games, and more. Find it: Apps > Play Store Hellowhat I can do.See we whe w I adjust automaticallyAssistI react to motionActionsI notify you at a glanceDisplay 11:35 Select a feature to learn more. •Find: To s e a r c h f o r a p p s , t a p . • Download: To download an app you found, tap it to see details, then tap INSTALL , or the price. •Share: To share an app you found on Google Play, tap it to see details and then tap . • Reinstall: To show or reinstall apps you downloaded from Google Play, tap >My apps . •Use a computer: To find and manage apps from any computer, go to http://play.google.com using your Google account and password. There, you can browse apps on the big screen, manage your apps across multiple devices (like a phone and tablet), and even set new apps to download to your devices. • Enjoy music, movies, books, and more: You can also use Google Play to download music, movies, books, and more. See “ Play Music ”, “Play Games ”, and “Play Books ”. • Get help: To get help and more, tap . Apps from the webYou can get apps from other online app stores using your browser. Ti p : Choose your apps and updates carefully, as some may impact your phone’s performance—see “ Choose carefully”. Note: When installing an app, make sure you read the alerts that tell you what information the app will access. If you don’t want the app to access this information, cancel the installation. Home screen & apps Quick start: Home screen & apps Help & more Search Status & notifications Volume Discover your Moto apps Download apps Take care of your apps Update your phone
Back Next Menu More Home screen & apps To let your phone install apps that are not on Google Play, tap Apps > Settings >Security and check Unknown sources . For information about downloading files from your browser, see “ Downloads ”. Choose carefullyHere are a few tips: • To help prevent spyware, phishing, or viruses, use apps from trusted sites, like Google Play. • In Google Play, check the app’s ratings and comments before installing. • If you doubt the safety of an app, don’t install it. • Apps use up memory, data, battery, and processing power—some more than others. If you’re not happy with how much memory, data, battery or processing power it’s using, uninstall it. • Monitor children’s access to apps to help prevent exposure to inappropriate content. • Certain apps may not provide completely accurate information. Take care, especially when it comes to personal health.Take care of your appsFind it: Apps , then swipe left to scroll through apps To close the apps screen, tap Home or Back . • Uninstall apps: Tap Apps > Settings >Apps . Swipe left to ALL , tap an app, then tap Disable or Uninstall in the top right (if available). Disable removes the app from your menu—to Enable it, reopen this window and tap Enable (disabled apps are at the bottom of the list). If an app locks up your phone as soon as you turn it on, restart in Safe Mode: Turn off your phone, then turn it back on—when you see the “Motorola” logo during power-up, press and hold both volume buttons until you see the home screen, with Safe Mode in the lower left. Then, try removing the app. • Reinstall apps: To reinstall apps from Google Play, tap Apps > Play Store , then tap > My apps . The apps you downloaded are listed and available for download. • See or clear app details: Ta p A p p s > Settings > Apps . Swipe left or right to see the list of DOWNLOADED , RUNNING , or ALL apps, then tap an app in the list to see its details and storage usage. You can tap Clear data , Clear cache , or other options. Ti p : To quickly show app details, tap Apps , touch and hold an app, then drag it to App info . • See app data usage: To see which apps are using the most data, tap Apps > Settings >Data usage . For more, see “Data use ”. Home screen & apps Quick start: Home screen & apps Help & more Search Status & notifications Volume Discover your Moto apps Download apps Take care of your apps Update your phone
Back Next Menu More Home screen & apps Update your phoneUse your phone or computer to check, download, and install phone software updates: • Using your phone: If your phone notifies you about an update, follow the instructions to download and install it. To manually check for updates, tap Apps > Settings > About phone >System updates . Your phone downloads updates over your Wi-Fi connection (if available) or mobile network. We recommend that you download updates over a Wi-Fi connection. Remember, these updates can be quite large (25MB or more) and may not be available in all countries. If the mobile network updates are not available in your country, update using a computer. • Using your computer: On your computer, go to www.motorola.com/update . Home screen & apps Quick start: Home screen & apps Help & more Search Status & notifications Volume Discover your Moto apps Download apps Take care of your apps Update your phone
Back Next Menu More Control & customizehow it acts & looks Quick start: Control & customizeTake control of your phone: •Touch, press, and speak: Learn phone gestures and commands. See “ Controls and gestures ”. • Change your sounds and more: To put widgets like a clock, interactive calendar, and more on your home screen, see “ Customize sounds and appearance ”.Google Play Store 11:35 Tap a shortcut to open. Touch and hold to move or delete. Tap a widget to modify it. Touch and hold to resize it. Touch and hold an empty spot to change wallpaper.Drag shortcuts on top of each other to make a group.Swipe down with two fingers to see quick settings. Swipe down with one finger to see notifications. Ti p s & t r i c k s•Speak: Tap in a search window, or on a keyboard. • Add a home screen page: Drag an icon to the right side of the home screen until you see a white bar. You can add multiple pages. • Quick settings: To c h a n g e Wi-Fi , Bluetooth , Airplane mode , and other settings, swipe the status bar down with two fingers. For even more settings, tap Settings . • Can’t find a setting? Ta p A p p s > Settings > . Controls and gesturesTo u c hFind your way around: •Tap: Choose an icon or option. • Touch and hold: Open options for items in lists. •Drag: Move items on the home screen. •Swipe: Scroll through lists or between screens. • Pinch or double-tap: Zoom in and out on websites, photos, and maps. •Twist: Twist a map with two fingers to rotate it, and pull two fingers down to tilt it. •Back: Tap Back to go to the previous screen. •Home: Tap Home to return to the home screen. •Overview: Tap Overview to see your recent apps (or browser tabs), and tap an app to reopen it. To remove an Control & customize Quick start: Control & customize Controls and gestures On, off, lock & unlock Customize sounds and appearance Redecorate your home screen Quick settings Accessibility
Back Next Menu More Control & customize app from the list, swipe it left or right. To scroll the list, swipe up or down. Ti p : You don’t need to remove apps from Overview for your phone to run efficiently. •Menus: When or appears on a screen, you can tap it to open options for the current screen. •Close keyboard: To close a touchscreen keyboard, tap . • Reboot: To reboot your phone, press and hold the Power button until the screen goes dark and your phone restarts.PressPower buttonYour power button helps in a few ways: • Power off: Press and hold the Power button to choose Power off . •Sleep: To conserve battery power, prevent accidental touches, or when you want to wipe smudges off your touchscreen, put the touchscreen to sleep by pressing the Power button. •Wake up: Press the Power button again. Ti p : To add security to your phone, see “ Protect”. Power Button Vol u m e b u t t o nsYour volume buttons help in a few ways: •Ringer volume: Press the buttons when your phone is ringing to silence it. • Earpiece volume: Press the buttons during a call. • Music/video volume: Press the buttons during a song or video. Ti p : For more on volume control, see “ Vo l u m e”.SpeakJust tell your phone what you want. Ti p : Speak naturally but clearly, like using a speakerphone. • Search: Tap on the home screen to search by voice, or say, “OK Google” to speak your search. To change your voice input and text-to-speech settings, tap Apps > Settings >Language & input . • Dialing and commands: Tap . To dial, say “Call” and then a contact name or phone number. Or, say a command like “Send text,” “Go to” an app, or “Help” for voice command help. Ti p : If a contact has more than one number, you can say which number to call. For example, “Call Joe Black Mobile” or “Call Suzi Smith Work.” Control & customize Quick start: Control & customize Controls and gestures On, off, lock & unlock Customize sounds and appearance Redecorate your home screen Quick settings Accessibility
Back Next Menu More Control & customize • Text entry: On a touchscreen keyboard, tap , then speak your message or search text. You can also speak punctuation. Ti p : To make your phone read out loud, see “ Ta l k B a c k”.On, off, lock & unlockYour touchscreen is on when you need it and off when you don’t. To turn the screen on, press the Power button. • Screen off and on: Press the Power button to turn the screen off and on. • Screen lock: To unlock the screen, tap and drag up. To use a password, pattern, or PIN security to unlock your screen, tap Apps > Settings >Security >Screen lock Thanks for finding my phone!11:35 WED, JANUARY 7 Drag up to unlock your screen.Add your owner info or a message for anyone who finds your phone.Swipe left to open the camera.Swipe right to make a call. (see “ Screen lock ”). • Notifications: Double tap a notification to open it. You’ll be prompted to enter your passcode. Ti p : To choose which notifications to show, tap Apps > Settings >Sound & notification >App notifications . Then tap Apps > Settings >Display >Screen notifications . • Owner info: To add a message to your lock screen, tap Apps >Settings >Security >Owner info . To set your message, just tap Back . Ti p : Don’t put your mobile number as your contact info unless you can access your voicemail from another device. • Screen timeout: To change your timeout (screen locks automatically), tap Apps > Settings >Display > Sleep . Customize sounds and appearanceCustomize your phone’s sounds and appearance: • Ringtone and notifications: Tap Apps > Settings > Sound & notification . • Vibrate or silent: To make your phone vibrate for incoming calls, tap Apps >Settings >Sound & notification > Also vibrate for calls . To turn off ringtones for incoming calls, tap Apps >Settings >Sound & notification > Phone ringtone >None . Control & customize Quick start: Control & customize Controls and gestures On, off, lock & unlock Customize sounds and appearance Redecorate your home screen Quick settings Accessibility
Back Next Menu More Control & customize •Ringtone for a contact: To set a personal ringtone for a contact, tap Apps > Contacts , and tap the contact. Tap , then tap Menu > Set ringtone . • Message alert: To change your message notification settings, tap Apps > Messaging >Menu > Settings , and check Notifications . • Display settings: To change brightness, animation, and other display settings, tap Apps > Settings >Display . •Rotate: In many apps, the touchscreen switches from portrait to landscape when you rotate your phone. To turn this on or off, swipe down the status bar with two fingers and tap Auto-rotate . • Wallpaper: To change your wallpaper, touch and hold an empty spot on your home screen. For more, see “ Redecorate your home screen ”. • Language and region: To set your menu language and region, tap Apps > Settings >Language & input > Language . Redecorate your home screenFor quick access to your favorite things, customize your home screen the way you want. • Change wallpaper: Touch and hold an empty spot on your home screen and tap WALLPAPERS . • Add a home screen page: Drag an app to the right side of the home screen until you see a white bar. You can add multiple pages. • Add shortcuts: Tap Apps , touch and hold the app, then drag it to one of your home screen pages. To see all your apps, tap Apps and swipe to the left. • Create shortcut folders: Drag one shortcut onto another. Add more shortcuts by dragging them onto the first shortcut. To name the folder, tap it, tap the name, and type a new name. • Customize your phone and home screen: To put widgets like a clock, interactive calendar, and more on your home screen, touch and hold an empty spot on the home screen. • Add widgets: To put widgets like a clock, interactive calendar, and more on your home screen, touch and hold an empty spot on the home screen. Then tap WIDGETS . • Resize widgets: You can resize some widgets—touch and hold a widget until you feel a vibration, then release. Drag the white circles at the edges to resize. • Move or delete widgets and shortcuts: Touch and hold a widget or shortcut until you feel a vibration, then drag it to another spot, another page, or Remove . Note: Removing a shortcut from your home screen doesn’t uninstall the app from your phone. Quick settingsFor quick access to Wi-Fi , Bluetooth , Brightness, Airplane mode , and other settings, swipe down the status bar or the lock screen with two fingers. For even more settings, tap . Need help finding this screen? See “ Status & notifications”. Control & customize Quick start: Control & customize Controls and gestures On, off, lock & unlock Customize sounds and appearance Redecorate your home screen Quick settings Accessibility
Back Next Menu More Control & customize Note: Your quick settings may look a little different. Ti p : Your phone has a flashlight that you can turn on and off from this screen or make a “chop chop” motion with your hand.AccessibilitySee, hear, speak, feel, and use. Accessibility features are there for everyone, helping to make things easier. Find it: Apps > Settings >Accessibility Note: For general information, accessories, and more, visit www.motorola.com/accessibility .Vo i c e r e c o g n i t i o nJust tell your phone what you’d like to do—dial, browse, search, send a text, and more. Check it out—say the prompt to Emergency calls onlyEmergency calls only Wi-Fi Cast screen Flashlight Auto-rotate Airplane mode Signal Strength Bluetooth11:35 AM Wednesday, January 7 100% Location See all of your settings. Tap an icon to turn it on/off. Set screen brightness. Open options. Tap to see your data usage. ask your phone a question. Tap at the top of the home screen for voice search. Ta l k B a c kUse TalkBack to read your screen out loud—your navigation, your selections, even your books. To turn on TalkBack, tap Apps > Settings >Accessibility > TalkBack , then tap the switch to turn it on. Note: You might need to download text-to-speech software (data charges may apply). To u s e Ta l k B a c k : • Menus and screens: Tap an item in a menu or screen. Your phone speaks the name. • Dialer and text entry: Start typing. Your phone speaks each number or letter. • Notifications: Drag the status bar down. Your phone speaks all of the notifications. •Books and more: Open a book, file, message, and more. Your phone reads the text out loud (app dependent). •Browsers: Enable web pages in your browser to be read out loud. Move between pages, paragraphs, lines, words, or characters. Ti p : Navigate through your apps and menus to hear how voice readouts work on your phone. Control & customize Quick start: Control & customize Controls and gestures On, off, lock & unlock Customize sounds and appearance Redecorate your home screen Quick settings Accessibility
Back Next Menu More Control & customize To pause/resume TalkBack, wave your hand over the screen. To activate this feature, tap Apps > Settings >Accessibility > TalkBack >SETTINGS >Use proximity sensor . Ti p : If Explore by touch is on, swipe down then right to open the global context menu, then use the menu to pause TalkBack. To turn off TalkBack, tap Apps > Settings >Accessibility > TalkBack , then tap the switch to turn it off. Explore by touchUse Explore by touch to expand TalkBack, and have your touches read out loud as you move your finger around the screen. To turn on Explore by touch when TalkBack is active, tap Apps > Settings >Accessibility >TalkBack >SETTINGS > Explore by touch . Ti p : When you turn on TalkBack for the first time, your phone asks if you want to Enable Explore by touch? Ta p OK to turn it on. Explore by touch changes your phone’s touch gestures so the location of your touches can be read out loud. •Tap something on the screen to hear a description or text readout. •Double-tap anywhere on the screen to open or activate the last touched item. •Swipe using two fingers to scroll through lists or between screens. Shortcut gestures let you navigate your phone with simple swipe gestures (for example, swipe up then left in a single motion to go to the home screen). To see or change these shortcuts, tap Apps > Settings >Accessibility > TalkBack >SETTINGS >Manage gestures . Note: The way these gestures are interpreted is specific to TalkBack. Other accessibility services may use the same gestures for different actions. To learn more about navigating your phone with Explore by touch, tap Apps > Settings >Accessibility >TalkBack > SETTINGS >Launch “Explore by touch” tutorial . To turn off Explore by touch when TalkBack is active, tap Apps > Settings >Accessibility >TalkBack > SETTINGS , and uncheck Explore by touch . BrailleCombine your Braille display with TalkBack for braille and speech feedback. 1 Download the BrailleBack app from Google Play (tap Apps > Play Store ), and install it on your phone. 2 Tap Apps > Settings >Accessibility >BrailleBack . 3 Turn on your Braille display and put it in Bluetooth® pairing mode. 4 On your phone, tap Apps > Settings >Bluetooth , then tap the Bluetooth switch to turn it on and scan. 5 Tap the name of your Braille display to pair it with the phone. Control & customize Quick start: Control & customize Controls and gestures On, off, lock & unlock Customize sounds and appearance Redecorate your home screen Quick settings Accessibility