Support - ‎Windows Phone 8X by HTC‎
Start screen

Start screen

Up front on the Start screen, you'll see live tiles that continuously update and show what’s most personal to you. You’ll see your photo album, how many new text and email messages you have, and more.
  • Simply swipe your finger up or down to scroll through the tiles.
  • Swipe your finger left to access apps and settings. Tap a letter tile to see all of the alphabet tiles.
  • To return to the Start screen from any screen, press .

Rearranging and resizing tiles

  1. Press and hold the tile you want to move until it floats.
  2. Tap the arrow in the lower right corner to resize the tile.
  3. Drag the tile where you want it to go.
  4. When you're done moving tiles, press or .

Pinning items to the Start screen

You can pin just about anything you want to the Start screen: apps, pictures, songs, favorite websites, documents, and even contacts.

For example, when you pin a contact to the Start screen, you’ll get all of that person’s updates — feeds, email, text messages, and call notifications — right from that tile.

  1. To pin something, press and hold it until a menu appears.
  2. Tap pin to start.

Unpinning a tile

  1. Press and hold the tile you want to remove.
  2. Tap .
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