14 Home screen & apps
Take care of your apps
From your home screen tap Apps , then swipe left to scroll
through apps. To close the apps screen, tap Home or
Back .
• Uninstall apps: Tap A pps > 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 smartphone as soon as you turn it on,
restart in Safe Mode: Turn off your smartphone, then turn it
back on—when you see the “Motorola” logo during
power-up, press and hold both volume keys 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 Store, tap
Apps > Play Store >Menu >My apps. The apps you
downloaded are listed and available for download.
• Share, show, or clear app details: Tap Apps
>Settings > Apps. A bar at the bottom tells you how
much app storage space you have left. Swipe left or right to
see the list of DOWNLOADED, RUNNING, or ALL apps, then
tap an app in the list to show its details and storage usage.
Yo u c a n t a p Clear data, Clear cache, or other options.
Tip: To quickly show these app details from your app
screen: Touch and hold an app, then drag it to App info.
• Show app data usage: To show which apps are using the
most data, tap Apps > Settings > Data usage. For
more, see “Data use” on page 54.
Update your smartphone
Use your smartphone or computer to check, download, and
install smartphone software updates:
•Using your smartphone:
If your smartphone 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 smartphone 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.