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a quick look
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First look
Your new Moto G has pretty much everything—
camera, Internet, email, and more. You can even change the 
back cover for a new look with optional covers.
Note: Your phone may look a little different.
Tips & tricks
• Start: Back cover off, SIM in, charge up, and sign in. See 
“Start”.
• Top topics: Just want a quick list of what your phone can 
do? See “Top topics”.
• Help: All your questions about your new phone answered 
Moto Care. Want 
right on your phone. Touch Apps
even more? See “Get help”.
Note: Certain apps and features may not be available in all 
countries.
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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 1.5 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. 
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Tips & tricks
• Intuitive: To get started quickly, touch Apps
Moto Care for interactive tutorials.
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Top topics
Check out what your phone can do.
• Customize your phone: see “Redecorate your home”.
• Make a quick change: see “Quick settings”.
• Go online: see “Browse”.
• Explore: see “Google Play™”.
• Find apps: see “Download apps”.
• Be social: see “Socialize”.
• Find it yourself: see “Locate & navigate”.
• Take a photo: see “Take photos”.
• Connect to Wi-Fi: see “Wi-Fi Networks”.
• Watch a movie: see “Watch on Google Play”.
• Protect your phone: see “Screen lock”.
• Watch interactive guided tutorials: see “Moto Care help & 
more”.
• Get all the help you need: see “Get help”.
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let’s get up & running
Start
   SIM in
   Power on
   Battery life
   Sign in
   Old phone to new phone
   Google Play™
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SIM in
Your SIM may already be in your phone. But if not, take off the 
back cover and put in the SIM.
Caution: Before using your phone, please read the safety, 
regulatory, and legal information provided with your 
product.
Activate your SIM cards
In some countries, you can use a second SIM. If there’s only 
one SIM in the phone, it’s ready to use. With two, you can use 
either or both. 
Touch Apps
Settings > Dual SIM Settings and select 
settings, like which SIM to use for calls, texts, and more. Also, 
during setup, you’ll be asked which SIM to use for data.
Power on
Press and hold the Power key until the screen turns on. Then 
charge up the battery when you need to.
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1
2
2
Take off the back cover to see if your SIM is in. 
If it is, you can replace the cover & get started.
1
Power on.
Press the 
center and 
grip the 
bottom 
edge. 
Lift up 
from the 
bottom.
Put the SIM in. 
With the gold contacts facing 
down, push in the first micro SIM 
until it clicks.
(If your phone supports it, 
push in the second SIM on 
the lower, opposite side.)
SIM 1
SIM 2
Press & hold 
the Power key 
until the screen 
lights up.
2
Charge up, if you need to.
3 H
Tips & tricks
• Power Key: To make the screen sleep or wake up, press the 
Power key. To turn your phone on or off, press and hold it.
• Battery: Squeeze every bit of juice out of your battery. See 
“Battery life”.
Warning: Don't try to remove or replace the battery 
yourself—doing so may damage the battery and could cause 
burning and injury. If your phone becomes unresponsive, try a 
reboot—press and hold the Power key until the screen goes 
dark, and your phone restarts.
Battery life
Your phone is like a small computer, giving you tons of 
information and apps, at lightning fast speed. Depending on 
what you use, that can take a lot of power.
To see what's using up battery power, touch Apps
> 
Settings > Battery. To set automatic rules to save power, 
touch Apps
 >
Assist. See “Motorola Assist”.
Start
Start
   SIM in
   Power on
   Battery life
   Sign in
   Old phone to new phone
   Google Play™
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Tips & tricks
To save even more battery life between charges, you could 
reduce:
• Recording or watching videos, listening to music, or taking 
pictures.
• Widgets that stream information to your home screen, like 
news or weather.
• Unused online accounts that you registered: Touch 
Settings. Under ACCOUNTS, touch the one 
> 
Apps
you want to remove, then touch Menu
account.
 > Remove 
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® use: Touch Apps
> 
Settings, 
then touch the switch next to Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to turn them 
OFF
 when you don’t need them.
• GPS use: Touch Apps
> 
and uncheck GPS satellites.
Settings > Location access, 
• Display brightness: Touch Apps
> 
Settings > Display 
> Brightness > (slide dimmer setting left).
> 
• Display timeout delay: Touch Apps
Display > Sleep > (shorter setting).
Settings > 
• Screen use by setting a screen saver when docked or 
> 
Settings > Display > 
charging: Touch Apps
Daydream.
Start
Start
   SIM in
   Power on
   Battery life
   Sign in
   Old phone to new phone
   Google Play™
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Sign in
If you use Gmail™, you already have a Google™ account—if 
not, you can create an account now. Sign in to your Google 
account to see your contacts, appointments, photos, and 
more.
Just select your language and follow the screen prompts to get 
started.
Got Google?
Do you have a Google Account?
If you use Gmail, answer Yes.
Mail, contacts, 
appointments, 
photos, and 
more—sign in 
to see it all.
Or, create a 
new account.
Yes
No
Tips & tricks
• Wi-Fi network: For faster Internet access, flick the status bar 
down and touch
 > Wi-Fi.
• Reboot: In the unlikely event that your phone becomes 
unresponsive, try a reboot—press and hold the Power key 
until the screen goes dark and your phone restarts. It may 
take a couple minutes.
• Accounts: To add, edit, or delete accounts, touch 
> 
Settings. Under ACCOUNTS, touch + Add 
Apps
account to add one. Or, touch an account > Menu
Remove account to delete one from your phone, if allowed. 
To set up email accounts, see “Email”.
For help with your Google account, visit 
www.google.com/accounts.
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• Contacts: To get your contacts from your old phone, you 
have options. If your old phone was also Android™ and you 
used the Android Backup and Restore feature, your contacts 
automatically appear on your new phone. Otherwise, use 
the Motorola Migrate app in “Old phone to new phone”. 
Or, visit www.motorola.com/transfercontacts.
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.
Tips & tricks
• While you’re migrating, you can keep using your phone.
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   SIM in
   Power on
   Battery life
   Sign in
   Old phone to new phone
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Old phone to new phone
Moving your photos, music, text & call history, contacts and 
more from your previous Android™ phone is easy—we 
promise. 
On your previous Android phone, download the Motorola 
Migrate app on Google Play™ to get started. Then on your 
new phone, touch Apps
the instructions on your screen.
Note: Music has to be non-DRM to migrate. Signing into your 
Google account migrates your apps.
 > Motorola Migrate and follow 
Motorola Migrate
Don’t want to start from scratch? Copy 
your stuff from your old phone to this 
one.
We’ll take care of...
Text Messages
Text Messages
Call History
SIM Contacts
Media
Volume & Screen Brightness
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Tip: If you 
don’t migrate 
right after 
setting up your 
new phone, 
you can always 
do it later. 
Touch here to 
get started.
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   SIM in
   Power on
   Battery life
   Sign in
   Old phone to new phone
   Google Play™
Google Play™
Google Play is a digital content experience from Google 
where you can find and enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV 
shows, books, magazines, and Android apps and games. It’s 
your entertainment hub: you can access it from the web or 
from your Android device, and all your content is instantly 
available across your devices.
Note: Content varies depending on your service provider and 
region.
• Find more about Google products: See 
www.google.com/about/products.
• Log in or open a Google account: Visit 
www.google.com/accounts. 
• Google help: See www.google.com/support. 
• Download Android apps: Touch Apps
• Access all of your files in the cloud: Check out “Your 
 > 
Play Store.
cloud”.
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.
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