Motorola E4 User Guide

							Home screen & appsDownload apps
Google Play™
Get music, movies, books, apps, games, and more.
Find it:  Play Store
• Search: Use the search bar to search for apps.
• Download: To download an app, tap it to see details, then tap INSTALL or the BUY button.
• Share: To share an app you found on the Google Play, tap it to see details and then tap .
• Reinstall: To show or reinstall apps you downloaded from Google Play, tap  > My apps & games.
• Use a computer: To find and manage apps from any computer, go to http://play.google.com using your Google account and password.
There, you can browse apps on the big screen, manage your apps across devices (like a phone and tablet), and even set new apps to download to your devices.
• Enjoy music, movies, and more: You can also use Google Play to download music, movies, TV shows, and more. See "Play Music" and "Play Movies & TV" apps.
• Get help: To get help and more, tap .
Apps from the web
You can get apps from other online app stores using your browser.
Tip: Choose your apps and updates carefully, as some may impact your phone’s performance—see "Choose carefully".
Note: When installing an app, make sure you read the alerts that tell you what information the app will access. If you don’t want the app to access this information, cancel the installation.
To let your phone install apps that are not on Google Play, swipe up  >  Settings > Security, then tap the Unknown sources switch to turn it on.
For information about downloading files from your browser, see "Downloads".
Choose carefully
Here are a few tips:
• To help prevent spyware, phishing, or viruses, use apps from trusted sites, like the Google Play.
• In Google Play, check the app’s ratings and comments before installing.
• If you doubt the safety of an app, don’t install it.
• Apps use up memory, data, battery, and processing power—some more than others. If you’re not happy with how much memory, data, battery or processing power an app is using, uninstall it. 
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							Home screen & apps• Monitor children’s access to apps to help prevent exposure to inappropriate content.
• Certain apps may not provide completely accurate information. Take care, especially when it comes to personal health.
Set app permissions
You will only be asked for permissions when you use a feature in an app, instead of immediately when you install the app. 
To modify the app permissions settings, swipe up  >  Settings > Apps, then select the app and tap Permissions.
To modify the app permissions by app type (such as Calendar or Camera) at any time, swipe up  >  Settings > Apps, then tap  > App permissions.
Take care of your apps
Find it: Swipe up , then swipe up to scroll through apps
To close the apps screen, tap Home  or Back .
• Uninstall apps: To remove an app from a home screen page, touch and hold the app, then drag it to Remove. The app isn’t removed from your phone, just the home screen.
To remove an app from your phone, touch and hold the app, then drag it to Uninstall.
To disable an app or force it to stop running, swipe up  >  Settings > Apps. 
DISABLE removes the app from your menu—to enable it, reopen this window and tap ENABLE ( tap Disabled to get quicker access to the disabled apps list first).
If an app locks up your phone as soon as you turn it on, restart in Safe Mode: Press and hold the Power button. When you see the Power off option, press and hold it to select the Reboot to safe mode option. Your phone restarts with Safe mode in the lower left. Then, try removing the app.
• Reinstall apps: To reinstall apps from the Google Play, swipe up  >  Play Store, then tap  > My Apps & games. The apps you downloaded are listed and available for download.
• See app details: Swipe up  , touch and hold an app, then drag it into App info.
• See app data usage: To show which apps are using the most data, swipe up  >  Settings > Data usage > Cellular date usage. For more, see "Data use".
Update your phone
Use your phone or computer to check, download, and install phone software updates:
• Using your phone:
If your phone notifies you about an update, follow the instructions to download and install it.
To manually check for updates, swipe up  >  Settings > About phone > System updates. 
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							Home screen & appsYour phone 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.
Note: When updating your phone, make sure you have enough battery power to complete the update.
• Using your computer:
On your computer, go to www.motorola.com/update.
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							Moto appDiscover your Moto app
Explore special features designed to save you time and make your day easier.  
Find it:  Moto
• Moto Actions: Use gestures as phone shortcuts.
• Moto Display: See your notifications at a glance.
Note: Your phone may not have all features.
Tips & tricks
• Want to hide sensitive or private notifications? Tap  Moto > Moto Display and set which apps can show notifications and how much to display.
• Use Moto Display to pause or restart your music when your phone is sleeping.
• Tap  Moto > Moto Actions to activate the Swipe to shrink screen feature to redece the size of your screen with a swipe and make it easier to use one-handed.
• Activate the Swipe to shrink screen feature to reduce the size of your screen with a swipe and make it easier to use one-handed.
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							Control & customizeQuick start: Control & customize
Take control of your phone.
• Touch, press, and speak: Learn phone gestures and commands. See "Controls and gestures".
• Customize your home screen: To put widgets like a clock, interactive calendar, and more on your home screen, see "Redecorate your home screen".
Tips & tricks
• Speak: Tap  in a search window, or  on a keyboard.
• Add a home screen page: Drag an app icon to the right side of the home screen until a new page appears. You can add multiple pages.
• Quick settings: To change Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, and other settings, swipe the status bar down with two fingers. For even more settings, tap .
• Can’t find a setting? Swipe up  >  Settings > .
Controls and gestures
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Find your way around:
• Tap: Choose an icon or option.
• Touch and hold: See more options.
• Drag: Move items on the home screen.
• Swipe: Scroll through lists or between screens.
• Pinch or double-tap: Zoom in and out on websites, photos and maps.
• Twist: Twist a map with two fingers to rotate it, and pull two fingers down to tilt it.
• Back: Tap Back  to go to the previous screen.
• Home: Tap Home  to return to the home screen.
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							Control & customize• Recents: Tap Recents  to see your recent apps (or browser tabs), and tap an app to reopen it. Double tap to quickly switch between your recent apps.
To remove an app from the recent list, swipe it left, right or tap . To scroll the list, swipe up or down.
Tip: You don’t need to remove apps from Overview for your phone to run efficiently.
• Split screen: From the recent apps list, touch and hold an app and then drag it to the top of the screen to view two apps at once. Not all apps will work in split screen.
• Menus: When  or  appears on a screen, you can tap it to open options for the current screen.
• Close Keyboard: To close a keyboard, tap .
Press Power button
Your Power button helps in a few ways.
• Power off: Press and hold the Power button, then tap Power off.
• Sleep: To conserve battery power, prevent accidental touches, or to wipe smudges off your touchscreen, put the touchscreen to sleep by pressing the Power button.
• Wake up: Press the Power button again.
• Reboot: To reboot your phone, press and hold the Power button , then tap Restart.
Tip: To add security to your phone, see "Protect".
Press Volume buttons
Your volume buttons help in a few ways:
• Ringer volume: Press the buttons when your phone is ringing to silence it.
• Earpiece volume: Press the buttons during a call.
• Music/video volume: Press the buttons during a song or video.
Tip: For more on volume control, see "Volume & interruptions".
Speak
Just tell your phone what you want.
Tip: Speak naturally but clearly, like using a speakerphone.
• Dialing and commands: Say “OK Google” to control your phone by voice. See "Download apps".
To dial, say “Call” and then a contact name or phone number. Or, say a command like “Send text,” “Go to” an app, or “Help” for voice command help.
Tip: If a contact has more than one number, you can say which number to call (for example, “Call Joe Black Mobile” or “Call Suzi Smith Work”).
• Search: Tap  on the home screen to search by voice, or say “OK Google” to speak your search.
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							Control & customize• To change your voice input and text-to-speech settings, swipe up  >  Settings > Languages & input.
• Text entry: On a keyboard, tap , then speak your message or search text. You can also speak punctuation.
Tip: To make your phone read out loud, see "TalkBack".
On, off, lock & unlock
Your touchscreen is on when you need it and off when you don’t. To turn the screen on, press the Power button.
• Screen off and on: Press the Power button to turn the screen off and on.
• Screen lock: To unlock the screen, touch  and drag up. To use a pattern, PIN, or password to unlock your screen, swipe up  >  Settings > Security > Screen lock (see "Screen lock"). 
• Notifications: Double tap a notification in the lock screen to open it. You’ll be prompted to enter your password.
Tip: To prevent notifications from appearing in the lock screen, swipe up  >  Settings > Notifications, tap an app, and select On the lock screen > Don’t show notifications at all.
• Owner info: To add a message to your lock screen, swipe up  >  Settings > Security, tap  > Lock screen message.
Tip: Don’t put your mobile number as your contact info unless you can access your voicemail from another device.
• Screen timeout: To change your timeout (screen locks automatically), swipe up  >  Settings > Display > Sleep.
Customize sounds & appearance
Customize your phone’s sounds and display settings:
• Ringtone and notifications: Swipe up  >  Settings > Sound.
• Vibrate or silent: To make your phone vibrate, turn on Also vibrate for calls. To turn off ringtones for incoming calls, swipe up  >  Settings > Sound > Phone ringtone > None.
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							Control & customize• Ringtone for a contact: To set a personal ringtone for a contact, swipe up  >  Contacts, tap the contact, then tap  > Menu  > Set ringtone.
• Display settings: To change brightness, animation, and other display settings, swipe up  >  Settings > Display.
• Rotate: In many apps, the touchscreen switches from portrait to landscape when you rotate your phone. To turn this on or off, swipe the status bar down with two fingers and tap Auto-rotate or Portrait.
• Language and region: To set your menu language and region, swipe up  >  Settings > Languages & input > Languages.
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 the home screen, then tap WALLPAPERS.
• Add a home screen page: Drag an app to the right side of the home screen until a new page appears. You can add multiple pages.
• Add shortcuts: Swipe up , touch and hold an app, then drag it to one of your home screen pages. To see all your apps, swipe up   >  Settings > Apps.
• Create shortcut folders: Drag one shortcut onto another. Add more shortcuts by dragging them onto the first shortcut. To name the folder, tap it and enter a name 
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• Add widgets: Touch and hold an empty spot on the home screen, tap WIDGETS, touch and hold a widget, then drag it to your home screen.
• 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 (or see the icon expand if vibrate is turned off). Then drag it to another spot, another page, or  Remove.
Note: Removing a shortcut from your home screen doesn’t uninstall the app from your phone.
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							Control & customizeQuick settings
For quick access to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, brightness, and other settings, swipe the status bar or lock screen down with two fingers. For even more settings, tap .
Note: Your quick settings may look a little different.
Tap  at the top of the screen to rearrange your settings and add or remove settings.
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In some apps, you can share something directly to a contact or conversation.
When you select the share option within an app, a list of contacts with app icons will pop up. Then select the contact and send.
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							AccessibilityQuick start: Accessibility
See, hear, speak, feel, and use. Accessibility features are there for everyone, helping to make things easier.
Find it: Swipe up  >  Settings > Accessibility
Note: For general information, accessories, and more, visit www.motorola.com/accessibility.
Voice recognition
Just tell your phone what you’d like to do—dial, browse, search, send a text, and more. Tap  on the home screen for voice search. 
TalkBack
Use TalkBack to read your screen out loud—your navigation, your selections, even your books.
To turn on TalkBack, swipe up  >  Settings > Accessibility > TalkBack, then tap the switch to turn it on.
Note: You might need to download text-to-speech software (data charges may apply).
• Ta p something on the screen to hear a description or text readout.
• Double-tap anywhere on the screen to open or activate the last touched item.
• Swipe using two fingers to scroll through lists or between screens.
Tip: Navigate through your apps and menus to hear how voice readouts work on your phone.
To turn off TalkBack, swipe up  >  Settings > Accessibility > TalkBack, then tap the switch to turn it off.
Braille
Combine your Braille display with TalkBack for braille and speech feedback. 
1  Download the BrailleBack™ app on Google Play (swipe up   >  Play Store), and install it on your phone.
2  Swipe up  >  Settings > Accessibility > BrailleBack.
3  Turn on your Braille display and put it in Bluetooth pairing mode.
4  On your phone, swipe up  >  Settings > Bluetooth, then tap the switch at the top to turn it on and scan.
5  Tap the name of your Braille display to pair it with the phone.
Accessibility shortcut
Use simple gestures to quickly activate TalkBack and other accessibility features on your phone. For more information, swipe up  >  Settings > Accessibility > Accessibility shortcut.
Caller ID
When you want to hear who’s calling:
Ringtones: Assign a unique ringtone to a contact. Swipe up  >  Contacts, tap the contact, tap  , then tap Menu  > Set ringtone. 
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