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Take Care of your apps From your home screen tap 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 smartphone as soon as you turn it on, restart in Safe Mode: Turn off your smartphone, then turn it back on-when you see the "Motorola" logo and the smartphone vibrates during power-up, press and hold the Volume Down key until you see the home screen, with Safe Mode in the lower left. Then, try removing the app. • Reinstall apps: To reinstall apps on Google Play Store, tap Apps > Play Store > Menu > My apps. The apps you downloaded are listed and available for download. • Share, show, or clear app details: Tap Apps > Settings > Apps. A bar at the bottom tells you how much app storage space you have left. Swipe left or right to see the list of DOWNLOADED, RUNNING, or ALL apps, then tap an app in the list to show its details and storage usage. You can tap Share, Clear data or other options. Tip: To quickly show these app details from your app screen: Touch and hold an app, then drag it to App info. • Show app data usage: To show which apps are using the most data, tap Apps > Settings > Data usage. For more, see "Data use" on page 53. Update your smartphone Use your smartphone or computer to check, download, and install smartphone software updates. • Using your smartphone: If your smartphone 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 smartphone downloads updates over your Wi-Fi connection (if available) or mobile network. We recommend that you download updates when you have 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/support and check the "Software Updates" links. If an update is available, just follow the installation instructions. 16 Home screen & apps

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Home screen & apps
Take Care of your apps
From your home screen tap 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 smartphone as soon as you turn it on,
restart in Safe Mode: Turn off your smartphone, then turn it
back on—when you see the “Motorola” logo and the
smartphone vibrates during power-up, press and hold the
Volume Down key until you see the home screen, with
Safe
Mode
in the lower left. Then, try removing the app.
•
Reinstall apps:
To reinstall apps on Google Play Store, tap
Apps
>
Play Store
> Menu
>
My apps
. The apps
you downloaded are listed and available for download.
•
Share, show, or clear app details:
Tap Apps
>
Settings
>
Apps
. A bar at the bottom tells you how
much app storage space you have left. Swipe left or right to
see the list of
DOWNLOADED
,
RUNNING
, or
ALL
apps, then
tap an app in the list to show its details and storage usage.
You can tap
Share
,
Clear data
or other options.
Tip:
To quickly show these app details from your app
screen: Touch and hold an app, then drag it to
App info
.
•
Show app data usage:
To show which apps are using the
most data, tap Apps
>
Settings
>
Data usage
. For
more, see “
Data use
” on page 53.
Update your smartphone
Use your smartphone or computer to check, download, and
install smartphone software updates.
•
Using your smartphone:
If your smartphone 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 smartphone downloads updates over your Wi-Fi
connection (if available) or mobile network. We
recommend that you download updates when you have 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/support
and
check the “Software Updates” links. If an update is available,
just follow the installation instructions.