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 different.
Start: insert the SIM card or cards in your phone and charge up. Then power on and follow the screen prompts to set up your phone.
Help: all your questions about your new phone answered right on your phone. Watch a tutorial. Read a how-to. Find out anything about your phone.
Find it: Swipe up and open the app ? Device Help.
Note: certain apps and features may not be available in all countries.
To insert your Nano 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.
Charge your phone fully and turn the power on. Then select your language and follow the screen prompts to get started.
Note: your phone comes with a TurboPowerTM USB-C 3A-compliant charger for the fastest charging speeds. Using other chargers with a USB-C connector is not recommended and can slow charge speed. Avoid incompatible USB-B (micro USB) chargers and uncertified adaptors and cables, as they may damage your phone.
Tip: to make the screen sleep or wake up, press the Power button. To turn your phone on or off, press and hold it.
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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 in to your Google account lets you access, sync and back up your stuff. See your Google apps, contacts, calendar, photos and more.
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.
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.
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 different.
Return: to return to the Home screen from any location, tap Home .
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 (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.
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.)
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 off.
Icons at the top right of the screen tell you about phone status:
Volume & interruptions
Lock and unlock your phone, navigate your phone and more with just one touch. Press the side volume buttons up or down to select a ringer volume from high to vibrate.
Control with one touch
Lock and unlock your phone, navigate your phone and more with just one touch.
Find it: Moto > Moto Actions > One-button nav
Activating One-button nav will remove the Back , Home , and Recent buttons from your screen. You will navigate your phone using the fingerprint sensor instead.
To navigate using the fingerprint sensor, use these gestures:
What is Moto Alexa on the Moto X4?
Great News! You can now integrate your Amazon Alexa experience with your Motorola Device.
There is no need to already own an Alexa enabled device. Simply open the Moto Alexa app and sign into your Amazon account.
Then, train your device using the voice prompts provided.
Now, say “Alexa” even when your phone is locked and Alexa will activate! Easy!
Use Alexa to Look up the Weather, Play Videos, Search for Restaurants, Control your Smart Home and Music Playlists.
The possibilities are endless.
Note: Moto “Alexa” and “Ok Google” can be enabled simultaneously!
Whether its images, music, videos or applications we know that the most important stuff on people’s phones is stored in the user memory. The Moto G (5th Gen.) allows you to expand your memory by using a micro SD card.
1. With the phone facing down, insert the SIM tool into the tray hole to pop out the tray.
2. Put in the SIM card with the gold contacts facing up. Put in an optional microSD card on the tray’s back with the gold contacts facing down.
3. Push the tray back into your phone.
When you insert an SD card for the first time, you can choose to either use the card as Portable Storage or Internal Storage.
Portable Storage | Internal Storage |
Select this mode if you frequently swap your SD card between devices, use your SD card for media storage only. | Select this mode if you want to completely extend your device storage with the card, and need the card to store large applications, games, and their data. |
You have a Class 2, 4, or 6 card. | You have a high-speed card (UHS-1) |
If you frequently swap cards, use SD card to transfer content between devices and do not download many large app, we recommend configuring your card as “portable”. | If you want to store large games on the card, if your device storage is always filling up, and you plan to always keep this card in the device, we recommend keeping your card as internal. |
Only pictures and media can be stored on the card. | The SD card can become your device primary storage Downloaded applications, their data and media can be moved to the card. |
Downloaded applications, their data, is always internal. they can not be moved to the card. | The card is not readable by other devices. (another phone, Mac, PC, digital camera) |
The card is readable by other devices (another phone, Mac, PC, digital camera). | The card is always encrypted, and can not be decrypted on any other device. |
Content on the card is not encrypted by default. The card will NOT be reformatted when Portable storage is selected. | The card will be formatted when Portable storage is selected. |
We recommend use of a high speed card , such as a UHS-1 type. Class 4 and Class 2 micro SD cards are not recommended for adopted internal storage usage. The performance of these cards is typically 10x slower than internal storage performance.
High speed card are identified by these logos:
If your card it too slow, your device will warn your during the adoption process. If you encounter this dialog, we advise to upgrade your card to a UHS-1 card first.
If you decide to defer this decision, the card will be used as portable storage by default. you can change this selection through Settings -> Storage at a later stage
Applications will always store their content in the preferred storage location by default. You will not need to indicate in each application setting where to store content; for example
How do I use the smart lock features on my Moto X4?
Smart locks allows you to keep your device unlocked when it’s clear that you have your device with you – for example when it’s connected to your Moto 360, when your home, or when it recognizes your face.
Trusted Bluetooth device:
Trusted places
Trusted face
You can have your device unlock when it recognizes your face. After setting a trusted face, every time you turn on your device, it will search for your face and unlock when it recognized you.
To set a trusted face:
Notes:
Trusted Voice
Allows “Ok Google” to unlock your phone when the sound matches the voice model.
To set trusted voice:
On-body detection
Just unlock your device once and it stays unlocked as long as you keep holding your device or carry it on you.
To enable On-body detection:
What security and screen lock options are available on my Moto X4?
Your device has several different lock options available. If a lock is set for your screen, the screen goes dark and locks when the display goes to sleep or if you press the Power button.
To access your lock options, touch > Settings > Security > Screen lock
Screen Lock Options
Important note: Your phone may contain security policies set by your IT administrator which may override any settings you attempt to set under screen security. Please contact your IT Admin for more information.
Automatically lock
Set the period of time after sleep, to lock your phone, except when kept unlocked by Smart Lock
Power button instantly locks
The power button will instantly lock your screen, except when kept unlocked by Smart Lock
Use fingerprint security – Moto X4
Use the fingerprint sensor to unlock your phone, make fast and secure online purchases, and sign into bank and finance apps. You can add more than one fingerprint. Fingerprints are stored securely on the phone.
Set up fingerprint security
Add more fingerprints
You can add fingerprints for other fingers you might use or for other users.
Keep in mind that:
Use fingerprint sensor
To wake and unlock your screen, or any time you see on the screen, touch your finger to the sensor to verify your identity.
After you touch , you’ll also need to enter your pattern, PIN, or password if:
Remove a fingerprint
1. With the phone facing down, insert the SIM tool into the tray hole to pop out the tray.
2. Put in the SIM card with the gold contacts facing up. Put in an optional microSD card on the tray’s back.
3. Push the tray back into your phone.
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