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Control & customize
Calls
Contacts
Messages
Email
Type
Socialize
Browse
Photos & videos
Music
Books
Games
Locate & navigate
Organize
Connect & transfer
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Protect
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First look
Your new Moto G has pretty much everything—a big, brilliant 
display, stereo speakers, camera, Internet, and more. You can 
even change the back cover for a new look with Motorola 
Shells.
Note: Motorola Shells are sold separately and availability varies 
by country.
Note: Your phone may look a little different.
microSD
Memory
Card Slot
(under
back cover)
Optional
Second
Micro SIM
Card Slot 
(dual SIM phones
only, under
back cover)
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Stereo
speakers
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Micro USB/
Charger 
Headphone
Jack
Microphone
Front
Camera
Power Key
Micro SIM
Card Slot 
(under back
cover)
Volume Keys
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Recent 
Apps 
Microphone
Tips & tricks
• Start: Ready to start? 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 
Help. Want even 
right on your phone. Touch Apps
more? See “Get help & more”.
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Note: Certain apps and features may not be available in all 
countries.
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.
Caution: Before using your phone, please read the safety, 
regulatory and legal information provided with your 
product.
Tips & tricks
• Interactive: To get started quickly, touch Apps
>
Help for interactive tutorials.
 
• Google™ help: In most Google Mobile apps, you can 
touch Menu  > Help. You can also view the Google Help 
Centers online at www.google.com/support.
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Check out what your phone can do.
• Personalize your home screen: see “Redecorate your 
home screen”.
• 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 “Play Movies & TV”.
• Protect your phone: see “Screen lock”.
• Walk through interactive tutorials: see “Help & more”.
• Get all the help you need: see “Get help & more”.
Start
let’s get up & running
Start
   Remove the back cover
   Put in the SIM cards
   Put in the optional memory card
   Power on
   Dual SIM card settings (for dual SIM phones)
   Battery life
   Sign in
   Old phone to new phone
   Google Play™
Remove the back cover
Turn your phone upside down and take off the back cover.
Caution: Don't use tools to remove the cover—doing so may 
damage the battery and could cause burning or injury. 
Put in the SIM cards
Note: Some phones have a second SIM card slot for an 
optional second SIM card.
Caution: Make sure you use the correct sized SIM card, and 
don’t use adapters with your SIM card.
1
Take off the back cover.
TTTa
1. 
Put your finger in the charging port 
at the bottom of your phone.
2. 
Press your thumb in the 
center of the back.
3. 
Pry the cover off.
Don’t be afraid to 
use a little muscle.
2
Put in the SIM cards. 
With the gold contacts facing down, push in a card. 
The SIM card clicks in.
Micro SIM
Micro
SIM
SIM Nano SIM & Adapter
Second
Micro
SIM
(dual SIM
phones only)
Note: To remove a SIM card, push it in to release it. Then slide it out.
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Watch a video to see how:
www.motorola.com/backcover
Start
Start
   Remove the back cover
   Put in the SIM cards
   Put in the optional memory card
   Power on
   Dual SIM card settings (for dual SIM phones)
   Battery life
   Sign in
   Old phone to new phone
   Google Play™
Put in the optional memory card
Put in the microSD card. 
Power on
Press and hold the Power key until the screen turns on. Then 
charge up the battery when you need to.
• Power/Sleep key: To make the screen sleep or wake up, 
press the Power key. To turn your phone on or off, press and 
hold the Power key.
• Battery: Use your battery as efficiently as you can. 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.
3
Put in the optional memory card. 
With the gold contacts 
facing down, push in a card.
microSD
(optional)
4 Power on.
Note: To remove the 
memory card, just pull it out.
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Press & hold 
Power until the 
screen lights up.
Charge up, when 
you need to.
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Start
Start
   Remove the back cover
   Put in the SIM cards
   Put in the optional memory card
   Power on
   Dual SIM card settings (for dual SIM phones)
   Battery life
   Sign in
   Old phone to new phone
   Google Play™
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Dual SIM card settings (for dual SIM phones)
With a dual SIM phone, you can use one or two SIM cards. If 
there's only one SIM in the phone, it's ready to use. With two 
cards inserted, you can use either or both.
To set up your phone to use two SIM cards, insert both cards, 
turn on your phone, and follow the prompts. To finish dual SIM 
setup, drag down the status bar at the top of the home screen 
and touch Welcome to your dual SIM. 
Tip: With two SIM cards, you see 
 
home screen.
Dual SIM with intelligent calling
Your phone learns your usage patterns to choose the best SIM 
for an outgoing call. You phone automatically prompts you in 
the status bar to enable this feature. Or, you can enable it 
anytime by touching Apps
Settings > Dual SIM 
settings > Call settings > Automatic SIM selection.
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.
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Tips & tricks
To save even more battery life between charges, you could 
reduce:
• 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
 >
Settings > Location > Mode 
> Battery saving to turn off GPS tracking.
• Display brightness: Touch Apps
Settings > Display 
> Brightness >  (slide dimmer setting left), if you don’t want 
to use the automatic light sensor.
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• Display timeout delay: Touch Apps
> Display > Sleep > (shorter setting).
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Settings 
• Widgets that stream information to your home screen, like 
news or weather.
• Unused online accounts that you registered: Touch Apps
 
Settings. Go to the ACCOUNTS section, and touch the 
>
one you want to remove. Touch it again, then touch 
Menu > Remove account.
• Recording or watching videos, listening to music, or taking 
pictures.
Start
Start
   Remove the back cover
   Put in the SIM cards
   Put in the optional memory card
   Power on
   Dual SIM card settings (for dual SIM phones)
   Battery life
   Sign in
   Old phone to new phone
   Google Play™
Sign in
If you use Gmail™, you already have a Google™ account—if 
not, you can create an account now. Signing into your Google 
account lets you use Google apps, see your contacts, 
appointments, photos, and more.
Just select your language and follow the screen prompts to get 
started.
Tips & tricks
• Wi-Fi network: For faster Internet access or to conserve 
data use, flick the status bar down, touch
and hold WI-FI. There’s more in “Wi-Fi Networks”.
, and then touch 
• Accounts: To add, edit, or delete accounts, touch Apps
Settings. Go to the ACCOUNTS section, and touch 
>
 
Add account. Or, touch an account > Menu  > Remove 
account to delete it from your phone, if allowed. To set up 
email accounts, see “Email”.
For help with your Google account, visit 
www.google.com/accounts.
• 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.
Got Google?
Do you have a Google Account?
If you use Gmail or Google Apps, answer 
Yes.
Mail, contacts, appointments,
photos, & more—sign in
to see it all.
Or, touch here to create
a new Google account.
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Start
Start
   Remove the back cover
   Put in the SIM cards
   Put in the optional memory card
   Power on
   Dual SIM card settings (for dual SIM phones)
   Battery life
   Sign in
   Old phone to new phone
   Google Play™
Old phone to new phone
Copying your personal stuff from your old phone to your new 
phone with Motorola Migrate is easy. 
• From Android™: On your old phone, download the 
Motorola Migrate app on Google Play™ to get started. 
 >  Motorola 
Then on your new phone, touch Apps
Migrate > Android to get started.
• From iPhone: On your new phone, touch Apps
Motorola Migrate > iPhone to get started.
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Tips & tricks
• While you’re migrating to your phone, you can keep using 
your phone.
• If you didn’t copy your content when setting up your new 
phone, you can always do it later.
• Signing into your Google account copies your apps if they 
are backed up to the cloud.
• For phones that support copying music, not all music can be 
copied. (If you want to know more, you can search online to 
learn about digital rights management or DRM-protected 
files.)
Tip: If you 
don’t copy 
your content 
right after 
setting up your 
phone, you 
can always do 
it later. 
Motorola Migrate
Make the switch from old to new.
Copy your stuff from your old phone to
your new one in just a few minutes.
Which phone are you moving your 
stuff from?
Android
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