Motorola moto g7 PLUS User manual

User Guide

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Contents
Set up phone 1
About your hardware 1
Insert and remove SIM and SD cards 2
Copy data from old phone 4
Manage dual SIMs 6
Set up voicemail 7
Set up email 8
Prepare for emergencies 9
Make it yours 11
Learn the basics 12
About your home screen 12
About your lock screen 14
New to Android? 16
If this is your first smartphone 16
If you had an iPhone 17
About your Google account 18
Status bar icons 19
Phone terms you should know 23
Get around on your phone 25
Learn gestures 25
Use navigation bar 26
Use quick settings 27
Turn screen off and on 30
Discover useful tools 31
Take screenshots 31
Turn flashlight on and off 32
Control phone with your voice 32
Get directions to a location 33
Use Time and Weather widget 33
Manage time spent on your phone 35
Work with text 38
Use onscreen keyboard 38
Cut, copy, paste text 39
Use voice typing 40
Fill in forms automatically 40
Personalize your phone 41
Home screen 41
Change wallpaper 41
Customize your Favorites tray 41
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Use widgets, shortcuts, or folders 42
Remake your home screen with launchers 44
Lock screen 46
Use a screen saver 46
Use apps 47
Open, close, switch apps 47
View two apps on screen 47
View notifications 48
About preloaded apps 50
Get, delete, manage apps 54
Install or update apps 54
Manage or delete apps 56
Protect against harmful apps 58
Search and browse 60
Search the web 60
Search your phone 62
Browse websites 62
Text messaging 65
About text and multimedia messages 65
Read, send messages 65
Manage, delete messages 68
Change default messaging app 70
Change text message reply to incoming calls 70
Get text messages on your computer 70
Email 72
Read, send, manage emails 72
View email attachments 73
Preview inboxes from home screen 74
Add email signature 74
Control email notifications 74
Calendar app 76
About the calendar 76
Find calendar events 76
Create and manage events 77
Control notifications for calendar events 78
Clock app 79
Set alarms 79
Use timer or stopwatch 79
Set date and time 81
Moto app 83
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About the Moto app 83
Shrink screen for one-handed use 83
Use phone hands-free 84
Preview notifications when screen sleeps 85
Photos app 87
Share photos and videos 87
Upload photos and videos 87
Contacts, calls, voicemail 89
Contacts 89
Add contacts 89
Edit or delete contacts 90
Star your favorite contacts 91
Sort contacts 91
Share contacts 92
Phone calls 94
Answer calls 94
Make calls 95
During a call 96
Make video calls 97
Make conference calls 98
Block calls and texts 98
Turn call waiting on and off 100
View and delete call history 100
Make emergency call from locked phone 102
Voicemail 103
Use voicemail 103
Send all calls from contact to voicemail 104
Music 105
Listen to radio 105
Listen to music 106
Transfer Play Music library to YT Music 107
Transfer music files 107
Connect a MIDI device 108
Settings 109
Network and internet 109
Connect to Wi‑Fi networks 109
Connect with Wi-Fi Direct 110
Use Airplane mode 110
Control data usage 111
Share your internet connection 112
Connect to VPNs 115
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