Take care of your apps, Update your phone – Motorola Droid Turbo User Manual

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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 (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 phone as soon as you turn it on,
restart in Safe Mode: Turn off your phone, then turn it back
on—when you see the “Motorola” logo 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 from Google Play Store, tap

Apps

>

Play Store, then tap Play Store (in the upper

left) >

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

Clear data, Clear cache, 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 54.

Update your phone

Use your phone or computer to check, download, and install
phone software updates:

Using your phone:

If your phone 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 phone downloads updates over your Wi-Fi connection
(if available) or mobile network. We recommend that you
download updates over 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/update.

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