Nokia Lumia 800 User Guide

Personalise your phone

Learn how to personalise the home screen, and how to change ringtones.

Personalise the start screen

Would you like to have only the content you need on the start screen? Move or remove tiles, and pin contacts, apps, and websites to the start screen.

You can also pin music and pictures, your latest mail, favourite contacts, and more. When you pin a contact, their feed updates are shown on the tile, and you can call them directly from the start screen.

Pin a contact

Select People .
Select and hold the contact, then select pin to Start.

Pin an app

Select to go to the apps menu.
Select and hold the app, then select pin to Start.

Pin a website

Go to a website, then select > pin to start .

Move a tile

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

Remove a tile from the start screen

Select and hold the tile, then select .

Change your theme

You can change the colours, to match your taste and mood.

Select > and theme > Background or Accent colour.

Tip:

You can save battery power if you use a darker background.

Change the background pictures

Want to view your favourite pictures more often? You can change the background picture of the lock screen, or the Pictures hub or live tile.

Change the lock screen wallpaper

Select > and lock+wallpaper > change wallpaper .
Select a picture, adjust it to get the best possible fit, and select .

Change the background of the Pictures hub and live tile

In the Pictures hub, select > choose background .
Select a picture, adjust it to get the best possible fit, and select .

Tip:

If you like variety, select shuffle background, and the phone will shuffle through your pictures.

Personalise your ringtone and other tones

You can personalise your phone tones.

Select > and ringtones+sounds.

Select the type of ringtone or alert you want to change, and select the sound.

Tip:

You can use the Zune PC app to create ringtones from your favourite songs.

Make your own ringtone

You can use your own sound files as ringtones.

Connect your phone to your computer with a compatible USB cable.
On your computer, open Zune.
Select the sound file you want to use as a ringtone. The file must be in MP3 or WMA format, and should be less than 40 seconds long and less than 1 MB in size.
Right-click the file, then select Edit.
Write ringtone in the genre field, or select it from the list.
Drag and drop the new ringtone to your phone.
On your phone, select > and ringtones+sounds, then select your ringtone.

Silence your phone

When you switch silent mode on, all ringtones and alert tones are muted. Use this when you are, for example, at the cinema or in a meeting.

Press a volume key to see the volume status bar, then select ring . Silent mode is switched on. If you have set your phone to vibrate, vibrate mode is switched on instead of silent mode.