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Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE Tips and Tricks

How to Factory Reset Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE

Resetting your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE will restore the default settings of your device. It will also delete all your files on your phone, so it is recommended to have a backup of your important files on your computer. There are two ways on how to reset your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE. It can be done through the settings or through the hardware buttons.

Resetting Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE on Settings:

  • On your Home Lcd, press Menu.
  • Go to Settings, and select Privacy.
  • Tap on Factory data reset.
  • Then tap Reset phone.
  • And Erase everything to confirm the reset.

How to Hard Reset Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE:

These steps is also helpful when your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE is unresponsive or frozen and theres no way to access the settings. If it is frozen, remove the battery and reinsert it after a few minutes.

  • Power up the device pressing both Volume UP and Down keys at the same time. Use the Volume down key to highlight recovery mode and volume up to select it.
  • When in recovery mode, you will see an android with a red triangle. Press Volume up and Volume down at the same time. This will bring up a blue menu at the top of the Lcd.
  • Press Volume down to select "wipe data/factory reset" and press the Power key to select it.
  • Now press Volume down to highlight Yes and press power to select it.
  • Finally, when the device finishes it will have "reboot system now" selected. Just press power to select that option.


How to Extend Battery Life of Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE

Battery Life depends on how you use your device. For Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE device, if you want to save your battery to last longer hours, you may need to adjust your settings. Follow these suggestions:

• To see whats using your battery more, go to Settings > Battery. If you want to set an automatic rules of saving more battery, tap on Apps, and select Smart Actions.

• Turn down your device volume with the volume keys.

• Close any apps or features when you are done using it so they will not continuously running in the background.

• Turn off the network connection if you are out of range so that your device will stop searching for a network signal.

• You should use the latest version of the software update. Software updates improves some features and fixes some bugs on the previous software version.

• Turn off the camera flash.

• Use the Airplane Mode if you are not using any connections.



How to Update Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE

There will come a time that Motorola or your Internet Service Provider will give a software update for your Motorola Droid Photon Q 4G LTE device. The update is needed to fix some bugs and for you to experience the newly added features. It may come by batch, but if you have not receive the update for a while, then you may need to manually check for the updates.

1. On your devices Lcd, tap on Apps

2. Then go to Settings menu.

3. Then tap System updates.

Make sure that your phone is connected to the Internet to install the update successfully.



How to Uninstall and Reinstall Apps on Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE

There will come a time that you no longer want to play the app that you have downloaded and want to remove it from your phone (Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE). If this time will come, you just need to uninstall or disable the app so it will be removed on your phone.

Follow these steps on how to uninstall and reinstall your apps.

To uninstall an app:
  • From your Home Lcd, tap Menu.
  • Then select Manage Apps.
  • Tap on the app you want to Disable or Uninstall.

Disabling the app will remove it from your menu. If you want to Enable it again, just reopen the window and tap Enable.

In case the app locks up your phone as you turn it on, just restart your phone in Safe Mode. Turn off your phone and turn it back after a minute. If you see a Motorola logo during the power up, press and hold both volume keys until you see the home Lcd, with Safe Mode in the lower left. Then you may try removing the app.


To reinstall an app:

If the app is from Google play store, simply go to Apps Play Store > My apps. From there you can see your apps ready to download again.



How to Add, Resize, and Remove Widgets on Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE

Adding Widgets on your HomeLcd will help you improve your productivity in using your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE. If you dont know what widgets means, Widgets are small applications that you can directly use on your HomeLcd. These will serve as your shortcut icon so will no longer need to access the Menu.

To add a Widgets:
  • Go to Apps.
  • Tap and hold on the widget.
  • To change your wallpaper, tap and hold an empty spot on the home Lcd.
  • You can also add a folder to organize your shortcuts.

There are also app that include special widgets. If you want to download apps, just tap on Apps, then select Play Store.


To move or delete widgets:
  • Tap and hold on a widget you want to delete/move until it vibrates.
  • Then drag it to another spot/page, or simply Remove at the top of the Lcd.


How to Request a Refund for a Paid App on Motorola Photon Q

You can still request for a refund on your purchased apps if it is still with 24-hours of the purchase. Your credit card will not be charged and the application is uninstalled from your phone. You can still repurchase the apps, but there will be no refund for the second time.

1. Touch Apps > Settings > Apps > Downloaded

2. Touch the application to uninstall. 

3. Touch Uninstall & refund. Your application is uninstalled and the charge is cancelled. 

4. Touch the reason for removing the app, and then touch OK.



How to Make Your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot

Smartphones these days can now share its mobile data connection and act as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. And like those high-end gadgets, Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE is sure to let you experience the benefits of making it as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Heres how you can make your Motorola phone the next Wi-Fi hotspot.

1. Touch Apps > Settings > Tethering & Mobile Hotspot > Mobile Hotspot settings > Configure Mobile Hotspot if you have already turned it on. 

2. Touch a setting to modify some settings.

  • Your Network SSID, or the name that you want on your wifi hotspot. 
  • The Security: Choose the type of security you want, and then touch Save: WPA2 PSK
  • Your Password.
  • Broadcast Channel: Select a channel that minimizes potential interference. You may need to try different channels after your hotspot is active for a time. 

3. Touch Save when the settings are complete.


To activate your Wi-Fi Hotspot:

  • Touch Apps > Settings > Tethering & Mobile Hotspot > Mobile Hotspot

When your Wi-Fi hotspot is active, other Wi-Fi enabled devices can connect by entering your hotspot’s SSID, selecting a Security type, and entering the correct Wireless password (if applicable).

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