Motorola Moto G9 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 3
Copy data from old phone 5
Manage dual SIMs 7
Set up voicemail 8
Set up email 8
Prepare for emergencies 10
Make it yours 11
Learn the basics 12
About your home screen 12
About your lock screen 13
New to Android? 14
If this is your first smartphone 14
If you had an iPhone 15
About your Google account 16
Status bar icons 17
Phone terms you should know 21
Get around on your phone 23
Learn gestures 23
Move between apps and screens 24
Use quick settings 25
Turn screen off and on 28
Adjust volumes 28
Frequently used tools 30
Turn flashlight on and off 30
Take screenshots 30
Control phone with your voice 31
Get directions to a location 32
Use clock 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 42
Home screen 42
Change wallpaper 42
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Customize your Favorites tray 42
Add widgets, shortcuts, or folders 43
Remove widgets, shortcuts, or folders 45
Remake your home screen with launchers 45
Lock screen 47
Use a screen saver 47
Sounds 48
Set ringtones 48
Enhance sound 49
Avoid interruptions with Do Not Disturb 50
Stop phone from speaking 53
Other sound settings 54
Silence “Hello Moto” during power up 54
Turn off charging sounds 54
Apps 55
About your apps 55
View two apps on screen 60
View notifications 61
About Moto experiences 62
Enhance your gaming 63
Manage your apps 66
Install or update apps 66
Manage or delete apps 68
Protect against harmful apps 70
Search and browse 72
Search the web 72
Search your phone 74
Browse websites 75
Text messaging 77
About text and multimedia messages 77
Read, send, manage text messages 77
Add attachments 80
Save attachments from text message 80
Turn group messaging on or off 81
Change default messaging app 81
Control notifications for text messages 81
Change text message reply to incoming calls 82
Get text messages on your computer 82
Email 84
Read, send, manage emails 84
View email attachments 85
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Preview inboxes from home screen 86
Add email signature 86
Control email notifications 86
Calendar app 88
About the calendar 88
Find calendar events 88
Create and manage events 89
Control notifications for calendar events 89
Clock app 91
Set alarms 91
Use timer or stopwatch 91
Set date and time 92
Photos app 94
Share photos and videos 94
Upload photos and videos 94
Calls, contacts, voicemail 96
Phone calls 96
Answer calls 96
Make calls 97
During a call 98
Make video calls 100
Make conference calls 100
Block calls and texts 100
Turn call waiting on and off 101
View and delete call history 102
Make emergency call from locked phone 103
Contacts 105
Add contacts 105
Edit or delete contacts 106
Star your favorite contacts 107
Sort contacts 107
Share contacts 108
Voicemail 110
Use voicemail 110
Send all calls from contact to voicemail 111
Music 112
Listen to radio 112
Listen to music 113
Transfer music files 114
Connect a MIDI device 115
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