Nokia Lumia 900 User Guide

Social networks

Learn how to make the most of your favourite social networking services.

Set up an account

Set up your social networking service accounts.

Select > and email+accounts.

Select add an account and the name of the service, and follow the displayed instructions.

Change your profile picture

When you set up a Facebook or Windows Live account on your phone, your profile picture from one of these social networking services also becomes the picture in your contact card on your phone. If you change your picture on your phone, you can update your Facebook and Windows Live profiles at the same time.

Select People , and swipe to all.

Select your own contact card and your picture.
Select your picture again, and in the Pictures hub, select a new picture.
Drag the picture around to adjust the cropping, and select .
To set where to update your picture, select Post to, select or clear the check boxes, and select .
Select .

See your friends' status updates

After you set up social networking services on your phone, you can follow your friends' status updates in the People hub.

Select People , and swipe to what's new.

Post your status

If you feel like reaching out to your friends, let them know what's on your mind. Post your status to the social networking services that you use.

Select People , and swipe to all.

Select your own contact card and post a message.
Write your message.
In the Post to field, select the check box next to each account to post to, and select .
Select .

Write on your friend's wall

In Facebook, you can contact your friends by writing on their Facebook wall or by commenting on their status updates.

Select People .

Swipe to all.
Select a Facebook friend's profile and write on wall.
Write your message, and select .

Comment on a friend's post

Swipe to what's new. Recent posts from your friends are displayed.
On the post, select .
Write your comment, and select .

Upload a picture to a service

After you take a picture, upload it to the web so all your friends can see what you're up to. You can also set up your phone to upload pictures automatically to social networking services.

Select Pictures .

Browse your photo albums for the picture you want to share.
Select and hold the picture, and select share....
Select the sharing method. You can send it in a text message or mail, or upload it to social networking services.
Add a picture caption if you want, and select .