Motorola moto g8 POWER LITE User manual

User Guide

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Contents
Set up phone 1
About your hardware 1
Insert and remove SIM and SD cards 3
Copy data from another phone 4
Manage dual SIMs 6
Set up voicemail 7
Set up email 7
Prepare for emergencies 8
Make it yours 10
Accessibility settings 12
Visual assistance 12
Hearing assistance 14
Dexterity assistance 15
Use accessibility shortcuts 16
Learn the basics 17
About your home screen 17
About your lock screen 18
New to Android? 20
If this is your first smartphone 20
If you had an iPhone 21
About your Google account 22
Status bar icons 23
Phone terms you should know 27
Get around on your phone 29
Learn gestures 29
Use quick settings 30
Turn screen off and on 32
Adjust volumes 32
Frequently used tools 34
Turn flashlight on and off 34
Control phone with your voice 34
Get directions to a location 35
Use Time and Weather widget 35
Manage time spent on your phone 37
Work with text 40
Use onscreen keyboard 40
Cut, copy, paste text 41
Use voice typing 42
Fill in forms automatically 42
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Personalize your phone 43
Home screen 43
Change wallpaper 43
Customize your Favorites tray 43
Add widgets, shortcuts, or folders 43
Remove widgets, shortcuts, or folders 46
Remake your home screen with launchers 46
Lock screen 47
Use a screen saver 47
Sounds 48
Set ringtones 48
Avoid interruptions with Do Not Disturb 49
Stop phone from speaking 52
Other sound settings 53
Silence “Hello Moto” during power up 53
Turn off charging sounds 53
Use volume booster for speaker 53
Apps 54
About your apps 54
View two apps on screen 58
View notifications 59
Manage your apps 61
Install or update apps 61
Manage or delete apps 63
Protect against harmful apps 65
Search and browse 67
Search the web 67
Search your phone 69
Browse websites 70
Text messaging 72
About text and multimedia messages 72
Read, send, manage text messages 72
Add attachments 74
Save attachments from text message 75
Turn group messaging on or off 76
Change default messaging app 76
Control notifications for text messages 76
Change text message reply to incoming calls 77
Get text messages on your computer 77
Email 79
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Read, send, manage emails 79
View email attachments 80
Preview inboxes from home screen 81
Add email signature 81
Control email notifications 81
Calendar app 83
About the calendar 83
Find calendar events 83
Create and manage events 84
Control notifications for calendar events 85
Clock app 86
Set alarms 86
Use timer or stopwatch 86
Set date and time 88
Calls, contacts, voicemail 89
Phone calls 89
Answer calls 89
Make calls 90
During a call 91
Make video calls 92
Make conference calls 92
Make calls over Wi-Fi 93
Block calls and texts 94
Turn call waiting on and off 94
View and delete call history 95
Make emergency call from locked phone 96
Contacts 98
Add contacts 98
Edit or delete contacts 99
Star your favorite contacts 100
Sort contacts 100
Share contacts 101
Voicemail 102
Use voicemail 102
Send all calls from contact to voicemail 103
Photos and videos 104
Take photos 104
Take screenshots 106
Record videos 106
Adjust photography settings 107
Adjust other camera settings 109
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