We have seen the launch of new smartphone by Motorola by name Photon Q. This phone has Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Though we have used Android 4.0 in many other smartphones and maybe many of us know how to use Android operating system on smartphones very well. But I think that Motorola has done a great job of enhancing the smartphones and making good changes in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. I am writing this article to let the users how they can utilize the Motorola Photon Q for their benefit by tweaking some features or maybe using features like circle widgets, synchronization features to enhance the working of Motorola Photon Q for own benefit.
Circle Widgets
The first thing that you will notice on the screen of the Motorola Photon Q is the circle widgets. The circle widgets will be displaying time and date, weather details and battery life. Though these displays look normal, you can edit them according to your will to get necessary information directly on your screen. You can change the settings of the circle widgets by clicking on it or change the widget’s side to display new information by flicking it. You just have to slide your finger vertically on the circle widget to flip it. If you click on the circle widget for the time, you will get options for settings alarm, date and time settings and timer. Similarly if you click the weather widget, you can get detailed information of the weather of the region to which you have set it. You can flip this widget to add more locations whose weather will be shown to you. In same manner you can also flick the widget for the battery and set it to show the notifications for messages and missed calls.
Preventing Malware Attacks
Since Android is an open source operating system and it has grown so large in few years, almost every developer ranging from an individual to a full fledge company have been releasing its apps. You will find many apps for Motorola Photon Q on Google Play. But let me tell you that many apps are not proper and lead to problems in your phone. So whenever you download an app for your Motorola Photon Q, first check out its rating. The app is rated according to the developer’s recognition, valid certificates from Google, level of security and so on. I suggest that if you should avoid apps which have less than four star rating.
You can also read the users’ comments on the apps page. Many users who have downloaded the app previously will share their experiences. These comments will include problems regarding the app or also good comments regarding the app. You can refer these comments to decide if this app will be good for your smartphone or not. You can also check out the permissions of the applications and also the valid certificates it has. If you find an app interesting and are not sure about the certificates it carries or the quality of the app, you can post queries regarding it on Android based forums or technology based forums like Techarena. If you still are worried about the quality of the app, you also check the app developer’s website or send them email regarding it.
Also remember that, if you come across any app that has any problem or maybe issue with any feature of the phone, don’t forget to add it in the comment. It might help other users like you for sure.
Setting up Microsoft Exchange email
You can get the notification for the new emails directly o you phone. For this, you will need to synchronize your Motorola Photon Q with the Microsoft Exchange email. Here are the steps to get it on your home screen,
- Click on the Home Screen and go into settings. Here in settings, go in Accounts and Sync.
- Now click on the ‘Add account’ option and go in corporate.
- Here you will need to provide your email address and password. Once done, click on next button.
- Now you will be asked for the domain name, server name. You will be shown the SSL certificates. You will have to check the secure or unsecure connection. Click on Next.
- Now it will ask you to mark the synchronization options for this setup. It will ask you if you want to synchronize contacts, calendar, tasks, email and so on. You can select what you want and leave the others. Click on Done to finalize the settings for your Microsoft Exchange email account.
- In final step, you will be asked to name this account.
Synchronizing the Blackberry contacts
If you have been using Blackberry phone before getting Motorola Photon Q, then I am sure that you will need to transfer contacts from Blackberry phone to Motorola Photon Q. The basic method includes the contacts from Blackberry phone to be converted into .csv file before transferring it into Motorola Photon Q. Transfer of contacts from Blackberry phone to Motorola Photon Q can be done using three methods.
1st Method
You can download app for synchronization of contacts from Blackberry phone to Motorola Photon Q by downloading app from Blackberry app world. Install this app on old Blackberry phone and provide your Gmail account to it. It will automatically start synchronizing the contacts and you will soon find them on your Motorola Photon Q.
2nd Method
You can connect your Blackberry phone to the Blackberry desktop manager and synchronize the contacts with Microsoft Outlook. Then synchronize the Microsoft Outlook in your computer with your Gmail account to get the contacts on your Motorola Photon Q.
3rd Method
Start the Microsoft Outlook in your computer and click on your contacts. Under file tab on top, you will find Import and Export option. Go for Export and select the .csv format for exporting the contacts. Select contacts and then select location on local hard drive to save them. Click on the ‘map custom fields’ to make confirm that default fields are set. Then click on finish.
Now enter your Gmail account. Now on the left panel in the Gmail account, you will find the contacts. Click on them and then on top right import you can import file contacts by importing the .csv file. All your contacts from Blackberry phone will be imported to Gmail.
Now you can connect your Motorola Photon Q to the Gmail account to synchronize the contacts from Blackberry phone.
Smart Action Application
As we use a smartphone in our daily life, we tend to do certain activity repeatedly. For example, put phone when getting into office, set specific ringtone when going out with friends in evening and so on. So using the SMARTACTIONS app, you can set the timetable for certain activities. For example, for specific time, the phone should switch to silent profile at certain time. You can also set brightness for different levels of the battery of Motorola Photon Q. Using this app you can create various rules that your smartphone.
You can also connect this phone to large screens with HDMI connection using the corresponding wire. You can enjoy videos and images on large screen. This will prove Motorola Photon Q good for purpose of entertainment. If you have a projector with a HDMI connection, then you can even connect your phone directly to it.
You can directly take the screenshots of this phone by holding down the physical keys of power button and the volume down button for one second. Using this, the screenshot can be taken if you want to demonstrate some feature of this phone. The screenshot this taken will be saved in the picture gallery in this phone. If you continue to hold these buttons for 5 to 10 seconds, the phone will go into battery remove and replace mode.
I hope this guide for using Motorola Photon Q has helped you. If anything new is found in this phone, you can contribute by adding your knowledge and opinion in the replies.
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