Motorola Moto G 3 Manual

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Icons at the top right of your screen tell you about phone status:
Note: Apps you download on Google Play™ might show other 
icons in the status bar to alert you to specific events.Vo l u m ePress the side volume button up or down to select a volume 
from high to vibrate  .  Network strength No sound
/ Wi-Fi in range/connected Vibrate
Bluetooth® on  Priority Airplane mode Alarm set
/ Battery charging/full WarningGoogle Play StoreNone
Priority All
Set the volume using the 
side volume buttons.Set the notifications and 
alarms to hear. Change to vibrate or 
back to ring.
Also, tap one of these options for more settings:
• All:  Receive all notifications and alarms.
•Priority:  Tap   to select which interruptions to receive. 
You will always hear alarms. Set when you want to be in this 
mode, or choose indefinitely.
•None:  Turn off all sounds and alarms. Override sound 
settings from other apps. Set how long to stay in this mode, 
or choose indefinitely. Discover your Moto appsMoto apps can simplify life and help you out. Just follow the 
prompts to find out more. 
Find it:   Apps > 
Moto
• Assist:  Set your phone’s behavior based on what you’re 
doing. For example, keep alarms quiet at night while you’re 
sleeping.
•Actions:  Learn how to open your camera with two twists of 
your wrist using Quick Capture. See “ Photos & videos” for 
more details.
• Display:  See messages, calls, and other notifications—even 
if your phone is asleep.
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Note: Your phone may not have all features.
Ti p :   Want to hide sensitive or private notifications? Tap 
Apps > 
Moto
 > Display
 and set which apps can show 
notifications and how much to display.
Download appsGoogle Play™Get music, movies, books, apps, games, and more.
Find it:  Apps  >  
Play Store
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Select a feature 
to learn more.
•Find: To  s e a r c h  f o r  a p p s ,  t a p .
• Download:  To download an app you found, tap it to see 
details, then tap 
INSTALL
, or the price.
•Share:  To share an app you found on Google Play, tap it to 
see details and then tap  .
• Reinstall:  To show or reinstall apps you downloaded from 
Google Play, tap  >My apps
.
•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 multiple devices (like a phone and tablet), and 
even set new apps to download to your devices.
• Enjoy music, movies, books, and more:  You can also use 
Google Play to download music, movies, books, and more. 
See “ Play Music ”, “Play Games ”, and “Play Books ”.
• Get help:  To get help and more, tap .
Apps from the webYou can get apps from other online app stores using your 
browser.
Ti p :  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.
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To let your phone install apps that are not on Google Play, tap 
Apps  >
Settings
 >Security
 and check 
Unknown 
sources
.
For information about downloading files from your browser, 
see “ Downloads ”.
Choose carefullyHere are a few tips:
• To help prevent spyware, phishing, or viruses, use apps from 
trusted sites, like 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 it’s 
using, uninstall it. 
• 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.Take care of your appsFind it:  Apps , then swipe left to scroll through apps
To close the apps screen, tap Home  or Back .
• Uninstall apps:  Tap Apps  >
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 phone as soon as you turn it on, 
restart in Safe Mode: Turn off your phone, then turn it back 
on—when you see the “Motorola” logo during power-up, 
press and hold both volume buttons 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, tap 
Apps  >
Play Store
, then tap >
My apps
. The apps 
you downloaded are listed and available for download.
• See or clear app details:  Ta p  A p p s  >
Settings
 
>
Apps
. Swipe left or right to see the list of 
DOWNLOADED
, 
RUNNING
, or 
ALL
 apps, then tap an app in the list to see its 
details and storage usage. You can tap 
Clear data
, Clear 
cache
, or other options.
Ti p :   To quickly show app details, tap Apps , touch and 
hold an app, then drag it to
App info
.
• See app data usage:  To see which apps are using the most 
data, tap Apps  >
Settings
 >Data usage
. For more, 
see “Data use ”.
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Update your phoneUse 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, tap Apps  >
Settings
 
>
About phone
 >System updates
.
Your 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.
• Using your computer:
On your computer, go to  www.motorola.com/update .
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Quick start: Control & customizeTake control of your phone:
•Touch, press, and speak:  Learn phone gestures and 
commands. See “ Controls and gestures ”.
• Change your sounds and more:  To put widgets like a 
clock, interactive calendar, and more on your home screen, 
see “ Customize sounds and appearance ”.Google Play Store
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Tap a shortcut to open.
Touch and hold to move or delete. Tap a widget to modify it.
Touch and hold to resize it.
Touch and hold an empty
spot to change wallpaper.Drag shortcuts on top of
each other to make a group.Swipe down with two fingers to 
see quick settings. Swipe down 
with one finger to see notifications.
Ti p s  &  t r i c k s•Speak:
 Tap  in a search window, or  on a keyboard. 
• 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. 
• Quick settings:  To  c h a n g e  
Wi-Fi
, Bluetooth
, Airplane 
mode
, and other settings, swipe the status bar down with 
two fingers. For even more settings, tap 
Settings
.
• Can’t find a setting?  Ta p  A p p s  >
Settings
 >  .
Controls and gesturesTo u c hFind your way around:
•Tap:  Choose an icon or option.
• Touch and hold:  Open options for items in lists.
•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.
•Overview:  Tap Overview to see your recent apps (or 
browser tabs), and tap an app to reopen it. To remove an 
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app from the list, swipe it left or right. To scroll the list, swipe 
up or down.
Ti p :  You don’t need to remove apps from Overview for your 
phone to run efficiently.
•Menus:  When   or  appears on a screen, you can tap it to 
open options for the current screen.
•Close keyboard:  To close a touchscreen keyboard, tap .
• Reboot:  To reboot your phone, press and hold the Power 
button until the screen goes dark and your phone restarts.PressPower buttonYour power button helps in a few ways:
• Power off: Press and hold the Power  button to choose 
Power off
.
•Sleep:  To conserve battery power, 
prevent accidental touches, or when 
you want to wipe smudges off your 
touchscreen, put the touchscreen to 
sleep by pressing the Power button. 
•Wake up:  Press the Power button 
again.
Ti p :   To add security to your phone, see “ Protect”.
Power
Button
Vol u m e  b u t t o nsYour 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.
Ti p :   For more on volume control, see “ Vo l u m e”.SpeakJust tell your phone what you want.
Ti p :  Speak naturally but clearly, like using a speakerphone.
• Search:  Tap  on the home screen to search by voice, or 
say, “OK Google” to speak your search.
To change your voice input and text-to-speech settings, tap 
Apps  >
Settings
 >Language & input
.
• Dialing and commands:  Tap . 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.
Ti p :   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.”
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• Text entry: On a touchscreen keyboard, tap , then speak 
your message or search text. You can also speak 
punctuation.
Ti p :   To make your phone read out loud, see “ Ta l k B a c k”.On, off, lock & unlockYour 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, tap  and drag up. To 
use a password, pattern, or PIN security to unlock your 
screen, tap Apps  >
Settings
 >Security
 >Screen lock
 
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Drag up to unlock
your screen.Add your owner info or
a message for anyone
who finds your phone.Swipe left to open the camera.Swipe right to make a call.
(see “ Screen lock ”).
• Notifications:  Double tap a notification to open it. You’ll be 
prompted to enter your passcode. 
Ti p :   To choose which notifications to show, tap Apps  
>
Settings
 >Sound & notification
 >App notifications
. 
Then tap Apps  >
Settings
 >Display 
>Screen 
notifications
.
• Owner info:  To add a message to your lock screen, tap 
Apps  >Settings
 >Security
 >Owner info
. To set your 
message, just tap Back .
Ti p :   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), tap Apps  >
Settings
 >Display
 
>
Sleep
.
Customize sounds and appearanceCustomize your phone’s sounds and appearance:
• Ringtone and notifications:  Tap Apps  >
Settings
 
>
Sound & notification
.
• Vibrate or silent:  To make your phone vibrate for incoming 
calls, tap Apps  >Settings
 >Sound & notification
 
>
Also vibrate for calls
. To turn off ringtones for incoming 
calls, tap Apps  >Settings
 >Sound & notification
 
>
Phone ringtone
 >None
.
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•Ringtone for a contact:  To set a personal ringtone for a 
contact, tap Apps  >
Contacts
, and tap the contact. 
Tap , then tap Menu  >
Set ringtone
.
• Message alert:  To change your message notification 
settings, tap Apps  >
Messaging
 >Menu  >
Settings
, 
and check 
Notifications
. 
• Display settings:  To change brightness, animation, and 
other display settings, tap Apps  >
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 down the status bar with two fingers and 
tap
Auto-rotate
.
• Wallpaper:  To change your wallpaper, touch and hold an 
empty spot on your home screen. For more, see 
“ Redecorate your home screen ”.
• Language and region:  To set your menu language and 
region, tap Apps  >
Settings
 >Language & input
 
>
Language
.
Redecorate your home screenFor 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 and tap 
WALLPAPERS
.
• Add a home screen page:  Drag an app to the right side of 
the home screen until you see a white bar. You can add 
multiple pages. 
• Add shortcuts:  Tap Apps , touch and hold the app, then 
drag it to one of your home screen pages. To see all your 
apps, tap Apps  and swipe to the left.
• Create shortcut folders:  Drag one shortcut onto another. 
Add more shortcuts by dragging them onto the first 
shortcut. To name the folder, tap it, tap the name, and type a 
new name.
• Customize your phone and home screen: To put widgets  like a clock, interactive calendar, and more on your home 
screen, touch and hold an empty spot on the home screen.
• Add 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 tap 
WIDGETS
.
• 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 and shortcuts:  Touch and hold a 
widget or shortcut until you feel a vibration, 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.
Quick settingsFor quick access to 
Wi-Fi
, Bluetooth
, Brightness, Airplane 
mode
, and other settings, swipe down the status bar or the lock 
screen with two fingers. For even more settings, tap .
Need help finding this screen? See “ Status & notifications”.
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Note: Your quick settings may look a little different.
Ti p :   Your phone has a flashlight that you can turn on and off 
from this screen or make a “chop chop” motion with your hand.AccessibilitySee, hear, speak, feel, and use. Accessibility features are there 
for everyone, helping to make things easier.
Find it:  Apps  >
Settings
 >Accessibility
Note: For general information, accessories, and more, visit 
www.motorola.com/accessibility .Vo i c e  r e c o g n i t i o nJust tell your phone what you’d like to do—dial, browse, 
search, send a text, and more. Check it out—say the prompt to 
Emergency calls onlyEmergency calls only
Wi-Fi
Cast screen
Flashlight Auto-rotate
Airplane mode
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See all of your settings.
Tap an icon to turn it on/off. Set screen brightness. Open options. Tap to see your data usage.
ask your phone a question. Tap  at the top of the home 
screen for voice search. Ta l k B a c kUse TalkBack to read your screen out loud—your navigation, 
your selections, even your books.
To turn on TalkBack, tap Apps  >
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).
To  u s e  Ta l k B a c k :
• Menus and screens:  Tap an item in a menu or screen. Your 
phone speaks the name.
• Dialer and text entry:  Start typing. Your phone speaks each 
number or letter.
• Notifications:  Drag the status bar down. Your phone speaks 
all of the notifications.
•Books and more:  Open a book, file, message, and more. 
Your phone reads the text out loud (app dependent).
•Browsers:  Enable web pages in your browser to be read out 
loud. Move between pages, paragraphs, lines, words, or 
characters.
Ti p :   Navigate through your apps and menus to hear how voice 
readouts work on your phone.
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To pause/resume TalkBack, wave your hand over the screen. To 
activate this feature, tap Apps  >
Settings
 >Accessibility
 
>
TalkBack
 >SETTINGS
 >Use proximity sensor
.
Ti p :   If Explore by touch is on, swipe down then right to open 
the global context menu, then use the menu to pause TalkBack.
To turn off TalkBack, tap Apps  >
Settings
 >Accessibility
 
>
TalkBack
, then tap the switch to turn it off.
Explore by touchUse Explore by touch to expand TalkBack, and have your 
touches read out loud as you move your finger around the 
screen.
To turn on Explore by touch when TalkBack is active, tap 
Apps  >
Settings
 >Accessibility
 >TalkBack
 >SETTINGS
 
>
Explore by touch
.
Ti p :   When you turn on TalkBack for the first time, your phone 
asks if you want to Enable Explore by touch?
 Ta p  
OK to turn it 
on.
Explore by touch changes your phone’s touch gestures so the 
location of your touches can be read out loud.
•Tap  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.
Shortcut gestures let you navigate your phone with simple 
swipe gestures (for example, swipe up then left in a single 
motion to go to the home screen). To see or change these 
shortcuts, tap Apps  >
Settings
 >Accessibility
 
>
TalkBack
 >SETTINGS
 >Manage gestures
.
Note:  The way these gestures are interpreted is specific to 
TalkBack. Other accessibility services may use the same 
gestures for different actions.
To learn more about navigating your phone with Explore by 
touch, tap Apps  >
Settings
 >Accessibility
 >TalkBack
 
>
SETTINGS
 >Launch “Explore by touch” tutorial
.
To turn off Explore by touch when TalkBack is active, tap 
Apps  >
Settings
 >Accessibility
 >TalkBack
 
>
SETTINGS
, and uncheck 
Explore by touch
.
BrailleCombine your Braille display with TalkBack for braille and 
speech feedback.
  1 Download the BrailleBack app from Google Play (tap 
Apps  >
Play Store
), and install it on your phone.
2 Tap Apps  >
Settings
 >Accessibility
 >BrailleBack
.
3 Turn on your Braille display and put it in Bluetooth® pairing 
mode.
4 On your phone, tap Apps  >
Settings
 >Bluetooth
, 
then tap the Bluetooth switch to turn it on and scan.
5 Tap the name of your Braille display to pair it with the phone.
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