User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Set up phone
- Learn the basics
- About your home screen
- About your lock screen
- New to Android?
- Get around on your phone
- Frequently used tools
- Work with text
- Personalize your phone
- Apps
- About your apps
- View two apps on screen
- View notifications
- About Moto experiences
- Enhance your gaming
- Manage your apps
- Search and browse
- Text messaging
- Calendar app
- Clock app
- Photos app
- Calls, contacts, voicemail
- Phone calls
- Contacts
- Voicemail
- Music
- Battery
- Storage
- Network and internet
- Connected devices
- Connect with Bluetooth
- Connect with Wi-Fi Direct
- Make contactless payments
- Share or receive with NFC
- Ready For
- Cast screen or media to TV
- Share files and links with nearby Android phones
- Transfer files between phone and computer (USB)
- Print from your phone
- About wireless sharing
- Other settings
- Apps & notifications
- Display
- Adjust screen brightness
- Use Dark theme
- Adjust screen colors at night
- Stop screen flicker
- Change display style
- Show apps full screen
- See Peek Display notifications
- Change screen timeout
- Stop automatic rotation
- Choose color mode
- Adjust refresh rate
- Change font and display size
- Set recording options
- Set lock screen preferences
- Location
- Security
- Accounts
- Accessibility
- System
- About phone
- Fix a problem
- Hardware issues
- Call and SIM issues
- Battery issues
- Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB issues
- Account and sign-in issues
- App issues
- Maintenance procedures
3. Do any of the following:
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To limit number of devices allowed, touch Device limit.
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To temporarily disconnect devices until your next hotspot session, under Connected devices, touch
the device's name > Disconnect. The device will remain unable to connect until you turn off and
restart the hotspot.
To allow only specified devices to connect:
1. Get the MAC addresses of the devices you want to allow to connect. (Connect devices to the hotspot
normally, then go to Manage devices, and touch the name of each connected device to view its MAC
address.)
2. Touch Manage allowed devices > Add allowed device.
3. For each device, enter the MAC address and device name.
4. Once you add allowed devices, they are saved unless you delete them, and you can turn this feature on
and off by checking or unchecking Allow all devices any time.
To restrict access for a previously allowed device, touch the device name, then touch Delete.
View or change hotspot password
1. Go to Settings > Network & internet > Hotspot & tethering.
2. Touch Wi-Fi hotspot.
3. Touch Advanced > Hotspot password to see the current password.
4. To change the password, type over the current password.
Note: Although you can turn off passwords for your hotspot, keeping a password prevents unauthorized
usage of your cellular data.
USB tethering
To connect a device to the internet using your phone's cellular data and a USB cable:
1. Check that cellular data is on. If cellular data is off, your phone doesn't have an internet connection to
share.
2. Connect your phone to your computer with a USB cable.
3. On your phone, go to Settings.
4. Touch Network & internet > Hotspot & tethering.
5. Turn on USB tethering to start the connection.
You'll see in your notifications.
To stop the connection, touch the notification and turn off USB tethering, then disconnect your phone and
computer.
Bluetooth tethering
To connect a device to the internet using your phone's cellular data and a Bluetooth connection:
1. Check that cellular data is on. If cellular data is off, your phone doesn't have an internet connection to
share.
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