Nokia Lumia 630 - Personalise the start screen

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Personalise the start screen
Make your start screen yours – choose your background photo, pin your favourite apps and

much more to the start screen, or change the tile size and layout as you like. To get the most

out of the space on the start screen, group apps into folders.
1. To add a background photo, on the start screen, swipe down from the top of the screen,

and tap ALL SETTINGS > start+theme > choose photo.

2. Tap a photo, crop it as you like, and tap .

Tip: Why not match your background and tile colours with your background picture?

Tap Background or Accent colour. To share your theme and other settings to all your

Windows devices, on the start screen, swipe down from the top of the screen, tap ALL

SETTINGS > sync my settings, and switch theme to On

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Move a tile

Tap and hold the tile, drag and drop it to the new location, and tap the screen.

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Resize or unpin a tile

To resize, tap and hold the tile, and tap the arrow icon.
The tiles can be either small, medium, or wide. The bigger the tile is, the more info it can show.

To unpin the tile, tap and hold the tile, and tap .
Group tiles into folders

Tap and hold the tile, and drag and drop it on top of the tile or folder you want to group it

with. To open an app from the folder, tap the folder, then tap the app you want. To change

the name of the folder, tap and hold the name, and type in the name you want. To remove a

folder, unpin the tiles in it.

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Pin an app

Swipe left to go to the apps menu, tap and hold the app, and tap pin to start.
Pin a contact

Tap People, tap and hold the contact, and tap pin to start.
When you pin contacts, their feed updates are shown on the tile, and you can call them directly

from the start screen.