Gabb Phone 4 Quick User Guide
In this guide, you’ll learn how to get started with your Gabb Phone 4 and learn about its features.
Install or replace Gabb Phone 4 battery
Before activating your device, you’ll need to install your Gabb Phone 4 battery:
- Remove back cover: Hold your Gabb Phone 4 with the screen facing you. There’s a small indent on the right side of the phone near the bottom. Put your fingernail in that indentation and pull the cover off.
- Insert the battery: Insert the battery, barcode side down, with the gold contacts in the upper right corner.
Turn on your Gabb Phone 4
Press & hold the power button for five sections to turn on your Gabb Phone 4.
Setting up your Gabb Phone 4: Activating your phone
If you need help with activation, setup, & pairing, find out how in this article or this YouTube video.
Set up parental controls
Gabb’s proprietary operating system provides a safe tech environment for kids. GabbOS comes pre-installed on the Gabb Phone 4.
The Gabb Phone 4 is equipped with real-time GPS location tracking & customizable Safe Zones. You can set up a Safe Zone in a few steps, as outlined here.
Gabb Messenger flags or blocks messages that may be harmful to your child. You’ll get a notification from the Gabb Messenger iOS or Gabb Messenger Android app when this happens.
Download Gabb Messenger from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store to be notified of flagged messages & more.
Learn more about Gabb Messenger for parents.
Learn more about Gabb Messenger for kids.
Gabb Messenger Phone allows your child to make app-to-app safe video calls to other Gabb Messenger users. Parents can make video calls to your child using the Gabb Messenger for parents app. Parent-approved friends and relatives can also use the app after your child sends an approved contact a link.
Keep your kids safe from potentially harmful content and encourage them to spend time off screens.
The Gabb Phone 4 offers select, curated apps available for download from the Gabb App Store.
Learn how to download apps in this YouTube video.
Gabb Music doesn’t bleep out lyrics—instead, we use our industry-leading tools and proprietary technology to filter out explicit and suggestive songs. Gabb Music is included on Standard plans, and Gabb Music+ is included on Advanced Plans.
Gabb Guard automatically blocks up to 90% of suspicious calls and texts, keeping unknown callers from contacting your child.
A Gabb ID is a secure account login that you create for your child when you activate your Gabb Phone 4. This allows your data to be backed up on Gabb Cloud.
Gabb Cloud backs up the phone’s data every night when logged into the Gabb ID app on the Gabb Phone 4.
You can monitor your child’s text & call text & call history from within your Gabb account.
Set up voicemail on your Gabb Phone 4
- Access voicemail: Dial *86 from your Gabb Phone 4.
- Follow the prompts: Listen to the automated instructions & follow the prompts to set up your voicemail.
You can access your voicemail at any time by dialing *86.
Add contacts to your Gabb Phone 4
Follow these steps to add approved contacts in the Gabb Messenger app:
- Log in to Gabb Messenger on your (parent’s) phone. Use the Gabb account login credentials that you use to log in to your Gabb account (not your child’s login).
- Build your approved contacts list:
- Tap your child’s profile icon, then tap Controls.
- Tap Contact Management.
- Enable the Parent-managed toggle.
- Tap Approved contacts list.
- Tap Approve a new contact.
- Enter the contact details, then tap Approve contact.
Download apps on your Gabb Phone 4
The Gabb Phone 4 comes with 15 essential apps pre-installed, including:
- Camera
- Photos
- Gabb Messenger
- Weather by Gabb
- Calculator
- Notes
- Clock
- Audio Player
- Sound Recorder
All of our pre-loaded apps are designed to keep kids safe and do not have access to the internet or social media.
Gabb offers eight additional curated apps on the Gabb Phone 4:
- Gabb Maps
- Bible App by Olive Tree
- Chabad.org Daily Torah Study
- Chess
- Gospel Library
- Greenlight
- Quran
- Solitaire
- Sora
Here’s how to add one of these apps to your child’s Gabb Phone 4:
- Log in to the Gabb App Store from a web browser.
- Browse or search for the app you want to download.
- Click Add next to the app’s name.
- Click Add App.
- Connect your Gabb Phone 4 to WiFi, log in to the Gabb ID app then select Check for Updates. The app will be added to the Gabb phone.
What’s in the box & specs
- Nuu X6 Plus phone
- SIM Card pre-installed
- Removable battery: This phone can’t be shipped with the battery installed. After you receive your Gabb Phone 4, insert the battery into the back of the phone. The gold contacts must be in the top right.
- Charging brick
- USB-A to USB-C charging cable
- 3.5mm headphones
- Insert with activation URL
Device model | Nuu X6 Plus |
Network capability | 4G |
Processor | Quad-Core |
Display | 6.1” |
Storage | 32GB of storage |
Cameras | 13MP Wide/5MP Ultrawide |
Activation Troubleshooting
Check out our activation, pairing, and setup troubleshooting in this article.
If you’re having an issue with something that isn’t related to activating your Gabb phone, please reference our Gabb Phone 4 troubleshooting article.
Still need help? Contact Gabb Support.