Motorola XT1776 User Manual

User Guide

Check it out

When you’re up and running, be sure to explore what your phone can do.

Topic Location

Find these fast: Wi-Fi, airplane mode, ﬂashlight, and more.

Choose new wallpaper, sounds, and more. “Redecorate your home screen”

Experience crisp, clear photos, movies, and videos.

Customize your phone with the Motorola Experience

Browse, shop, and download apps. “Download apps”

Keep your info safe. Set up your password and more.

Never get lost again. “Locate & navigate”

Connect with Wi-Fi networks and Bluetooth® devices.

Stuck? Confused? “Help & more”

Tip: View all of these topics on your phone—from the home screen, swipe up

Device Help.

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 1.0 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 Legal information. Swipe up Settings > Legal information.

“Quick settings”

“Photos & videos”

“Discover your Moto app”

“Protect”

“Connect & transfer”

First look ................................................................. ...3

Start ......................................................................... ...3

Home screen & apps ............................................. ...5

Discover your Moto app ....................................... ...9

Control & customize .............................................. ...9

Accessibility .......................................................... ...13

Calls ........................................................................ ...15

Contacts ................................................................. ...17

Messages ................................................................ ...19

Type ...........................................................................21

Organize ............................................................... ...22

Google Apps ........................................................ ...24

Browse................................................................... ...24

Photos & videos ................................................... ...26

Play music ............................................................. ...28

Locate & navigate ................................................ ...29

Connect & transfer .................................................30

Protect .....................................................................34

Get help & more ................................................... ...35

First look

Let’s get started. We’ll guide you through startup and tell you a bit about your phone’s features.

Note: Software updates happen frequently, so your phone may look a little dierent.

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Flash/Light

Front

Camera

Back

Camera

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Back

Home

Recents

Fingerprint

Sensor

USB/Charger

Phone hardware buttons: top right are Volume up and down keys, middle right is Power button. Bottom middle is charging port. Top right is headset jack. On screen, top left is front camera, top right is ﬂash. Navigation icons are along the bottom.

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Google

Voicemail

Note: Certain apps and features may not be available in all countries.

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Headset Jack

SIM & microSD Card Slots

(under the back cover)

Volume Buttons

Power Button

Press: Display on/o. Press & hold: Phone on/o.

Microphone

Start

Remove the back cover and battery

To insert SIM and memory cards, remove the back cover.

Note: Don’t use tools to remove the cover—doing so may damage your phone.

Take o the back cover.

Back cover removal graphic. Remove the back cover starting at the small opening on the lower left corner [looking at it from the back]. Lift the battery up and out from the bottom.

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Put in the cards

To insert your SIM card or an optional microSD memory card, follow these instructions.

Caution: Make sure you use the correct size SIM card and don’t cut the SIM card. Don’t use tools to remove the battery—doing so may damage your phone.

Insert the SIM card ﬁrst, then insert the optional microSD card.

1. SIM

2. microSD

(optional)

Nano SIM

Put on the cover & power on

Put on the back cover. Charge your phone fully and turn the power on. Then select your language and follow the screen prompts to get started.

Put on the back cover.

Note: To remove the SIM card, slide the lever on the slot.

SIM card insert graphic. After the battery is removed, the SIM card is inserted in the slot on the left with the clipped corner to the upper left. The SDcard is inserted in the right slot.

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Charge up & power on.

Note: Fully charge your phone before using it.

Press & hold Power until the screen lights up.

Battery in and power on graphic. Put the battery back in top down ﬁrst and snap the cover on. After you charge the phone, press and hold the Power button until the screen lights up.

After you power on, just follow the screen prompts to get started.

If you use Gmail™, you already have a Google™ account—if not, you can create an account during setup. Signing into your Google account lets you access, sync, and backup your stu. See your Google apps, contacts, calendar, photos, and more.

Tips & tricks

• Wi-Fi network: For faster Internet access or to conserve mobile data use, swipe

the status bar down with two ﬁngers, then tap > Wi-Fi. There’s more in “Wi-Fi

networks”.

• Accounts: To add, edit, or delete accounts, swipe up > Settings > Accounts.

• To set up email accounts, see “Email”.

For help with your Google account, visit www.google.com/accounts.

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.

Battery life

Your phone processes tons of information. Depending on what you use, that can take a lot of power.

When your phone is stationary, not charging, or not in use for a period of time, unnecessary background processes are shut down to optimize battery life.

To see what’s using up battery power, swipe up

To help improve battery life, swipe up

> Settings > Battery > Battery saver, and

turn it on.

Tip: To quickly open Settings, swipe down on the status bar with two ﬁngers and tap

Tips & tricks

To save even more battery life between charges, you could reduce:

• Activity of seldom used apps: Swipe up > Settings > Battery, then tap Menu > Battery optimization > All apps. Tap the app you want to adjust, then tap

Optimize.

• Widgets that stream information to your home screen, like news or weather.

• Unused online accounts that you registered: Swipe up > Settings > Accounts.

• Recording or watching videos, listening to music, or taking pictures.

> Settings > Battery.

Home screen & apps

Quick start: Home screen & apps

The home screen is what you see when you turn on your phone. From here you can explore apps and more.

Note: Software updates happen frequently, so your screen may look a little dierent.

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Google

Home screen. At the top, tap the Google bar to type search options or tap the right hand microphone icon to speak a search. Icons at the top show notiﬁcations and phone status icons. Swipe up from center bottom to get to your apps. App icons along the bottom are commonly used apps: phone, message, Google Chrome, Gallery, amd camera.

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Tips & tricks

• Open app list: Swipe up , then swipe up to scroll through apps.

• Return: To return to the home screen from any location, tap Home . If One button nav is turned on, tap the ﬁngerprint sensor to return home. See “Control with one

touch” for more on this feature.

• Pages: To add a page, drag an app to the right side of the screen until you see a white bar. You can add multiple pages. To see other pages of shortcuts and widgets

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Swipe down with one ﬁnger for notiﬁcations or with two ﬁngers for proﬁles and settings.

Touch and hold an empty spot to change widgets, wallpaper, and more.

Search by typing or

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say "OK, Google.”

Swipe up to see all your apps.

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(if available), swipe the home screen left.

• Settings: To quickly open common settings, swipe the status bar down with two

ﬁngers. To open more settings, tap

• 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

• 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 uninstall apps from your home screen, touch and hold the app, then drag it to Uninstall. (You can’t uninstall some apps. See “Take care of your apps”.)

• Customization: For more about changing your home screen, see “Redecorate your

home screen”.

Help & more

Watch a tutorial. Read a how-to. Find out anything about your phone.

Find it: Swipe up

> Device Help

At the top of the home screen, tap the Google Search box for a text search or tap to search by voice.

When you type, suggestions appear below the search ﬁeld:

• To search for a suggestion, tap it.

• To search for text in the search ﬁeld, tap on the keyboard.

Tip: To close the keyboard, tap .

Status & notiﬁcations

At the top of the screen, icons on the left notify you about new messages or events. If you don’t know what an icon means, swipe the status bar down for details.

Tip: Getting too many notiﬁcations? Touch and hold a notiﬁcation to see which app is sending them to you. Then you can turn them o.

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Notiﬁcations screen. Swipe down from the top of the home screen down to view notiﬁcations.

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Tip: To quickly change common settings, swipe the status bar down with two ﬁngers. For more, see “Quick settings”.

Icons at the top right of the screen tell you about phone status:

Status Icons

network strength do not disturb

/ Wi-Fi in range/connected alarm set

/ Bluetooth on/connected

airplane mode

/ battery charging/full

Note: Apps you download from Google Play™ might show other icons in the status bar to alert you to speciﬁc events.

Swipe down to see your notiﬁcations.

Tip: To remove a notiﬁcation, swipe left or right.

Tap to clear your notiﬁcations.

Data Saver on

/ Portrait/Auto-rotate

/ Location on/o

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Volume & interruptions

Press the side volume buttons up or down to select a ringer volume from high to vibrate

Ring

Media

Alarm

Volume screen. Press the Volume keys up or down to control the volume for Ring Notiﬁcation, Media, and Alarm sounds. On screen, change the volume using slide bars.

Tap to show all volume controls. Tap again to show only the ringtone volume.

Set the ringtone, media or alarm volume.

Tap an icon to mute or set to vibrate.

Do not disturb

To turn o some or all sounds, swipe the status bar down with two ﬁngers and tap Do not disturb. Select one of these options:

• Total silence: Turn o all sounds and alarms. Override sound settings from other

apps. Set how long to stay in this mode, or choose indeﬁnitely.

• Alarms only: Set how long you want to only hear alarms, or choose indeﬁnitely. Tap MORE SETTINGS to customize which other interruptions to receive.

• Priority only: Set how long you want to only hear priority interruptions, or choose indeﬁnitely. Tap MORE SETTINGS to customize which interruptions to receive.

Tip: To create an exception for repeat callers that allows a call from the same person within a 15 minute period, tap MORE SETTINGS > Priority only allows > Repeat callers.

Download apps

Google Play

Get music, movies, books, apps, games, and more.

Find it:

• Search: Use the search bar to search for apps.

• Download: To download an app, tap it to see details, then tap INSTALL or BUY.

• Share: To share an app you found on the Google Play, tap it to see details and then

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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 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.

> Settings >

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• 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 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 Settings > App permissions.

> Settings > Apps, then select

Take care of your apps

Find it: Swipe up , then swipe up to scroll through apps

To close the apps screen, tap Home

• 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

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 o 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 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”.

> My Apps & games. The apps you downloaded are listed and available

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or Back .

> Settings > Apps.

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 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.

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.

> Settings > About phone > System

Discover your Moto app

Explore special features designed to save you time and make your day easier.

Find it: Swipe up

• Moto Actions: Use gestures as phone shortcuts.

• Moto Display: See your notiﬁcations at a glance and adjust display for nighttime viewing.

Note: Your phone may not have all features.

> Moto

Control with one touch

Lock and unlock your phone, navigate your phone and more with just one touch.

Find it:

Activating One button nav will remove the Back from your screen. You will navigate your phone using the ﬁngerprint sensor instead.

To navigate using the ﬁngerprint sensor, use these gestures:

• Home: Tap quickly on the ﬁngerprint sensor to go to your home screen.

• Back: Swipe right to left on the sensor to go back to the previous screen.

• Recents: Swipe left to right on the sensor to view recent apps.

• Lock: Press the sensor until you feel a short vibration and then release to lock the

• Google: Touch and hold the sensor until you feel a longer vibration to activate the

Moto > Moto Actions > One button nav

, Home , and Recent buttons

screen.

Google features (see “Google Apps” for more information).

Moto app icons. Moto apps are used to customize your phone.

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 reduce the size of your screen with a swipe and make it easier to use one-handed.

Swipe left.

Press or press & hold.

One button navigation at the bottom of the phone. Swipe left, right, or press and hold it.

Note: To choose the direction for the Back and Recent gestures, go to Moto > Moto Actions > One button nav and tap the down arrow to select the swipe setting.

Swipe right.

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Control & customize

Quick 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”.

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Touch and hold an empty spot to change widgets, wallpaper, and more.

Tap a shortcut to open. Touch and hold to move

Google

Home screen showing customize options. Touch and hold the home screen to add a widget. Tap an app to open it. Touch and hold it to move or remove it.

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Voicemail

Play Store

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.

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or delete.

Drag shortcuts on top of each other to make a folder.

• 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

Touch

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.

• 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.

Note: If One button nav is active, quickly swipe right twice to switch between apps.

To remove an app from the recent list, swipe it left, right or tap swipe up or down.

Tip: You don’t need to remove apps from Overview for your phone to run eciently.

• 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.

. To scroll the list,

• Power o: Press and hold the Power button, then tap Power o.

• Sleep: To conserve battery power, prevent accidental touches, or to wipe smudges o 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.

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.

• 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, o, lock & unlock

Your touchscreen is on when you need it and o when you don’t. To turn the screen on, press the Power button.

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Lock screen showing access to voice control on the bottom left and camera on the bottom right. Swipe this screen up to unlock it.

• Screen o and on: Press the Power button to turn the screen o 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.

Add a lock screen message for anyone who ﬁnds your phone. Drag up for voice assist.

Drag up to unlock your screen.

Drag up to open the camera.

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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 o ringtones for incoming calls, swipe up

> Settings > Sound > Phone

ringtone > None.

• 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

> Settings > Display.

• Rotate: In many apps, the touchscreen switches from portrait to landscape when you

rotate your phone. To turn this on or o, 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

• 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 below the apps.

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> Settings > Apps.

• 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 o). 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 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 dierent.

Tap

at the top of the screen to rearrange your settings and add or remove settings.

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Auto-rotateDo Not Disturb Flashlight

Bluetooth Airplane Mode Data Saver

Quick Settings screen that shows options, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, Location and more. Customizable.

See all phone settings.

Set screen brightness.

Turn Wi-Fi on/o.

Turn on/o the ﬂashlight.

Tap an icon to turn it on/o.

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Motorola XT1776 User Manual

Check it out

Contents

First look

Start

Home screen & apps

Discover your Moto app

Control & customize