Motorola moto X User manual

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At a glance
a quick look
First look
Your new phone has a big, bright, high-definition display that
goes from one side all the way to the other. Its curved body fits
in your hand.
Note: Your phone may look a little different.
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Headphone
Jack
Volume
Keys
Power Key
Micro USB/
Charger Microphone
Front
Camera
Back
Home
Recent
Apps
Microphone
Nano SIM
Card Tray
Speaker
Tips & tri c ks
•Start:Ready to start? See “Start”.
•Toptopics:Just want a quick list of what your phone can
do? See “Top topics”.
• Help: All your questions about your new phone answered
right on your phone. Touch Apps >
Help . Want even
more? See “Get help & more”.
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
or carried, at a distance of 1.5 cm from the body. The SAR
guideline includes a considerable safety margin designed to
assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age and health.
Caution: Before using your phone, please read the safety,
regulatory and legal information provided with your
product.
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First look
Top topics

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At a glance
Top topics
Check out what your phone can do.
•Personalize your home screen: see “Redecorate your
home screen”.
•Make a quick change: see “Quick settings”.
•Go online: see “Browse”.
•Explore: see “Google Play™”.
•Find apps: see “Download apps”.
•Be social: see “Socialize”.
•Play it safe: see “Protect”.
•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”.
•Walk through interactive tutorials: see “Help & more”.
•Get all the help you need: see “Get help & more”.
Tips & tri c ks
•Interactive:To get started quickly, touch Apps
>
Help for interactive tutorials.
•Google™help:In almost every Google app, you can touch
Menu >
Help . You can also view the Google Help Centers
online at www.google.com/support.
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First look
Top topics

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Start
let’s get up & running
Put in the SIM
Put the nano SIM in and power on.
(Your nano SIM may already be in your phone. If it is, just
charge up and power on.)
Caution: Make sure you use the correct size SIM card, and
don’t use adapters with your SIM card.
Use the tool to pop
out the SIM tray.
Put the nano SIM
into the tray.
Push the tray back
into your phone.
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Power on.
Press & hold
Power until
the screen
lights up.
Put in the nano SIM card (if it is not already in).
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Charge up, if you need to.
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Tip s & t ricks
• SIM tray & tool: The SIM tray is on the top of your phone.
Push the key-like tool that came in your phone’s box into the
small hole in the SIM tray to open it. Put your nano SIM into
the tray. (Make sure the angled corner of the SIM card
matches the angled corner of the SIM tray.) Align the tray
and gently put it back into the phone.
•Powerkey:To make the screen sleep or wake up, press the
Power key. To turn your phone on or off, press and hold it.
• Battery: Squeeze every bit of juice out of your battery, see
“Battery life”.
Warning: Don't try to remove or replace the battery
yourself—doing so may damage the battery and could cause
burning and injury. If your phone becomes unresponsive, try a
reboot—press and hold the Power key until the screen goes
dark and your phone restarts.
Start
Put in the SIM
Battery life
Sign in
Old phone to new phone
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Battery life
Your phone is like a small computer, giving you tons of
information and apps at lightning fast speed. Depending on
what you use, that can take a lot of power.
To see what’s using up battery power, touch Apps
>
Settings > Battery .
Tips & tri c ks
To save even more battery life between charges, you could
reduce:
•Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® use: Touch Apps >
Settings ,
then touch the switch next to
Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to turn them
when you don’t need them.
•GPS use: Touch Apps >
Settings > Location > Mode
>
Battery saving to turn off GPS tracking.
•Display brightness: Touch Apps >
Settings > Display
>
Brightness > (slide dimmer setting left), if you don’t want
to use the automatic light sensor.
•Display timeout delay: Touch Apps >
Settings
>
Display > Sleep > (shorter setting).
•Widgets that stream information to your home screen, like
news or weather.
•Unused online accounts that you registered: Touch Apps
>
Settings . Go to the ACCOUNTS section, and touch the
one you want to remove. Touch it again, then touch
Menu >
Remove account .
•Recording or watching videos, listening to music, or taking
pictures.
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Put in the SIM
Battery life
Sign in
Old phone to new phone
Google Play™

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Sign in
If you use Gmail™, you already have a Google™ account—if
not, you can create an account now. Signing into your Google
account lets you use Google apps, see your contacts,
appointments, photos, and more.
Just select your language and follow the screen prompts to get
started.
Yes
No
Got Google?
Do you have a Google Account?
If you use Gmail or Google Apps, answer
Yes.
Mail, contacts, appointments,
photos, & more—sign in
to see it all.
Or, touch here to create
a new Google account.
Tips & tri c ks
•Wi-Finetwork:For faster Internet access or to conserve
data use, swipe the status bar down, touch , and then
touch and hold
WI-FI . There’s more in “Wi-Fi Networks”.
• Accounts: To add, edit, or delete accounts, touch Apps
>
Settings . Go to the ACCOUNTS section, and touch
Add account . 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
used the Android Backup and Restore feature, your contacts
automatically appear on your new phone. Otherwise, use
the Motorola Migrate app in “Old phone to new phone”.
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.
Contact your service provider for details.
Start
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Battery life
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Old phone to new phone
Copying your personal stuff from your old phone to your new
phone with Motorola Migrate is easy.
•FromAndroid™:On your old phone, download the
Motorola Migrate app on Google Play™ to get started.
Then on your new phone, touch Apps > Motorola
Migrate >
Android to get started.
• From iPhone: On your new phone, touch Apps >
Motorola Migrate >
iPhone to get started.
Make the switch from old to new.
Copy your stuff from your old phone to
your new one in just a few minutes.
Which phone are you moving your
stuff from?
Motorola Migrate Tip: If you
don’t copy
your content
right after
setting up your
phone, you
can always do
it later.
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Android
Want to transfer from this phone instead?
Select your old
phone.
Tips & tri c ks
•While you’re migrating to your phone, you can keep using
your phone.
•Signing into your Google account copies your apps if they
are backed up to the cloud.
•For phones that support copying music, not all music can be
copied. (If you want to know more, you can search online to
learn about digital rights management or DRM-protected
files.)
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Put in the SIM
Battery life
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Google Play™
Google Play is a digital content experience from Google
where you can find and enjoy your favorite movies, books,
magazines, and Android apps and games.
Note: Content may not be available in all countries.
Apps
Play Store
Play Games
Play Movies & TV
Play Books
Tips & tri c ks
•Find out more about Google products: See
www.google.com/about/products.
•Log in or open a Google account: Visit
www.google.com/accounts.
• Google help: See www.google.com/support.
• Download Android apps: To u c h A p p s >
Play Store .
•Access all of your files in the cloud: Check out “Yo u r
cloud”.
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Battery life
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Home screen & apps
you have quick access
Quick start: Home screen & apps
The home screen is what you see when you first turn on your
phone. From here, you can explore apps and more.
•Search:Type text in the Google Search box at the top of
your home screen, or touch to search by voice. Or say
your custom prompt to ask your phone a question. See
“Moto Voice” for details.
• Open app list: To see your apps, touch Apps .
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Favorites
Flick down to see
notications
& settings.
Search by typing, or
touch for a voice
search.
Shortcut
Quick access to an app.
Touch Apps to see
all your apps.
Touch & hold an empty
spot to add widgets or change
wallpaper.
Tips & tri c ks
•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 touch
WIDGETS .
•Pages:To add a page, drag an icon to the right side of the
screen until you see a white bar. You can add multiple
pages. To show other pages of shortcuts and widgets, swipe
the home screen left.
• Search: To open Google Now™, swipe the home screen
right.
• Settings: To quickly open settings, swipe the status bar
down and touch >
SETTINGS .
• Uninstall: To uninstall apps, touch Apps , touch and hold
an app, then drag it to
Uninstall . (You can’t uninstall some
apps).
Home screen & apps
Quick start: Home screen & apps
Redecorate your home screen
Help & more
Search
Status & notifications
Discover your Moto X
Motorola Connect
Download apps
Take care of your apps
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Redecorate your home screen
For 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 to choose your wallpaper.
• 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.
• Add shortcuts: Touch Apps , touch and hold the app,
then drag it to one of your home screen pages. To see all
your apps, touch Apps and swipe to the left.
• Create shortcut folders: You can group app shortcuts
together on your home screen to organize them.
To create a shortcut folder on your home screen, drag one
shortcut onto another. Add more shortcuts by dragging
them onto the first shortcut. To name the folder, open it,
touch the name, and enter a name below the apps.
• Add widgets: Touch and hold an empty spot on the home
screen and touch
WIDGETS .
Tip: Some apps include widgets. To download apps, touch
Apps >
Play Store .
• 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 & shortcuts: Touch and hold a
widget or shortcut until you feel a vibration, then drag it to
another spot, another page, or Remove at the top of the
screen.
Note: Removing a shortcut from your home screen doesn’t
uninstall the app from your phone.
For more about personalizing your phone, like setting
individual ringtones for your contacts, see “Control &
customize”.
Help & more
How do you do it? Watch a tutorial. Read a how-to. Talk to
someone. Find out anything about your phone.
Find it: Apps >
Help
Search help topics, FAQs, and more-or contact a
support representative.
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Home screen & apps
Quick start: Home screen & apps
Redecorate your home screen
Help & more
Search
Status & notifications
Discover your Moto X
Motorola Connect
Download apps
Take care of your apps
Update your phone