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Taking Photos
Taking photos with your device’s built-in camera is as simple as
choosing a subject, pointing the camera, and pressing the
camera key.
Important!:Do not take photos of people without their permission.
Do not take photos in places where cameras are not allowed.
Do not take photos in places where you may interfere with
another person’s privacy.
To activate the camera mode:
1.From the Home screen, tap➔Camera.
–or–
Press the Camera key ( ).
2.Using the phone’s main display screen as a viewfinder,
adjust the image by aiming the camera at the subject.
Note:When taking a photo in direct sunlight or in bright conditions, shadowsmay appear on the photo.
3.Before you take a photo, touch+and-to zoom in or out.
You can magnify the picture up to 400 percent.
4.If desired, before taking the photo, you can touch the Photo
Camera Settings icon ( ) to access various camera
options and settings. For more information, refer to
“Camera and Camcorder Settings”on page 57.
5.Press the Camera key ( ) until the shutter
sounds.
Photos are automatically stored within your designated storage
location.
Automatically Sharing Pictures Online
If you are signed in to your Windows Live account, when you
view your first photo or video from within Camera, you are asked
if you want to
Automatically share pictures online?
Display ImagePhotos and
Camera Key
Zoom In
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Warning!:This uses your data plan and may incur charges.
1.Touchchoose an option, then touch one of following
options:
 friends: to share your pictures only with friends.
: to make your pictures available only to you.
 everyone (public): to let everyone view your pictures.
 don’t upload: to keep your photos from being uploaded to SkyDrive
(see“Uploading To SkyDrive”on page 53).
2.Touchok.
Shooting Videos
Tip:When shooting video in direct sunlight or in bright conditions, it is
recommended that you provide your subject with sufficient light by
having the light source behind you.
1.From the Home screen, tap➔Camera.
–or–
Press the Camera key ( ).
2.Touch the Camera or Camcorder Mode icon ()to
switch to Camcorder mode ( ).
3.Using the phone’s main display screen as a viewfinder,
adjust the image by aiming the camcorder at the subject.
4.Press the Camera key ( ) to begin shooting
video.
5.Press the Camera key to stop the recording and save the
video file to your Pictures folder.
Camera and Camcorder Settings
To access various camera and camcorder options and settings:
©Touch the Settings icon ( ). The Photo Camera Settings
or Video Camera Settings screen displays.
The following options appear for the camera only:
AF Mode: allows you to set the auto focus. Choices are: Macro
and Normal.
ISO: determines how sensitive the image sensor is to light. Valid
values are: Auto, 50, 100, 200, 400, or 800.
Metering: metering generally refers to the way the camera itself
comes about the correct exposure for a picture. Choices are: Matrix
Center Weighted, or Spot.
Photo Quality:allows you to set the photo quality to Low,
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Wide Dynamic Range: turn this option on to overcome large
difference in foreground and background light levels.
Photo Resolution: allows you to set the image size to either:
VGA (640x480), 2M (1600x1200), 3M (2048x1536), or
5M (2560x1920).
Anti-Shaking: turn this option on for clear and blur-free photos
even when your hands are shaking or when your subjects are
moving.
The following options appear for the camcorder only:
Video Quality: allows you to set the video quality to Low,
Medium, or High.
Video Resolution: allows you to set the video size to either: VGA
or 720p HD (24 fps).
The following options appear for the camera and the camcorder:
White Balance: allows you to set this option to one of the
following choices: Automatic, Incandescent, Fluorescent,
Daylight, or Cloudy.
Image Effect: allows you to change the color tone or apply
special effects to the photo. Options include: None, Mono,
Negative, Sepia, Antique, Green, or Blue.
Contrast: allows you to adjust the contrast: Options are:
Minimum, Low, Medium, High, and Maximum.
Saturation: allows you to control the intensity of the hues in
your photo or video. Options are: Minimum, Low, Medium,
High, and Maximum.
Sharpness: allows you to control the sharpness in your photo or
video. Options are: Minimum, Low, Medium, High, and
Maximum.
EV: helps you avoid underexposed (too dark) or overexposed
(too light or white) photos. Options are:-2(minimum),-1(low),0(medium),+1(high), and+2(maximum).
Restore to default: touch this option to restore all setting to the
default values.
To set the camera flash, touch:
To set the camcorder light, touch:To turn the flash on.
To turn the flash off.
To set the flash to automatic.
To turn the light on.
To turn the light off.
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Viewing Photos and Videos
To view photos and videos while in Camera:
1.Drag the photo or video at the left of the display area onto
the display area. Sweep across the screen to the right to
view more photos and videos.
2.While viewing a photo, touch each side of the photo and
swipe inward or outward to zoom in or out. You can
magnify the photo up to 400 percent.
Touch and drag a magnified photo to move the focus to the
area you touch.
3.To play videos, touch . Touch to pause the video
playback. Touch and hold
to fast forward through the
video or touch and hold
to rewindthe video.
4.Sweep across the screen to the left or press the Camera
key to return to the viewfinder.
Photo and Video Options
When you view a photo or video, you can access and use various
options.
1.Touch and hold on a picture or video while viewing.
The following options display for photos and videos:
 delete: delete the photo or video.
These additional options display for photos:
 add to favorites: add the photo to your favorites. For more
information, refer to“Pictures”on page 53.
 upload to SkyDrive: upload the photo to SkyDrive (see“Uploading To SkyDrive”on page 53).
 share...: use this option to share the photo with others. Options are:
–Messaging: opens a New Message screen with the photo in-line. For
more information, refer to“Creating and Sending Multimedia
Messages”on page 62.
–Email: opens a New Email screen with the photo in-line. This option
varies depending on how you have your email set up.
–upload to SkyDrive: upload the photo to SkyDrive (see“Uploading
To SkyDrive”on page 53).
 use as wallpaper: displays a box around the picture that indicates
the wallpaper size. Touch and drag the picture to frame the area of
the picture you want to use for wallpaper. Touch to crop the
photo and save it to the Wallpaper folder. For more information,
refer to
“lock & wallpaper”on page 74.
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Accessing Photos and Videos
When you take a photo or shoot a video, the file is saved in the
Pictures folder. You can view your photos and videos immediately
or view them anytime in the Camera folder.
©From the Home screen, tap➔Pictures
➔all, date, favorites.
For more information, refer to“Pictures”on page 53.
Assigning an Image To a Contact
The Camera is also used to create an image that can be assigned
to the profile of one of your contacts or to your Me profile.
1.From the Home screen, touch➔People
➔➔edit.
2.Touchadd photo➔camera.
3.Take a photo and touchacceptorretake.
4.Touch each side of the photo and swipe inward or outward
to zoom in or out within the crop area. Touch and drag the
photo to move it within the crop area.
5.Touchcropto assign the cropped photo to the
contact.
For more information, refer to“Your People Hub”on page 40.
Assigning a Photo as Wallpaper
You can assign a photo as wallpaper immediately (see“Photo
and Video Options”on page 59) or by the following alternative
methods:
1.From the Home screen, tap➔Pictures
➔all,date,orfavorites.
–or–
From the Home screen, tap➔Settings
➔system➔lock & wallpaper➔change wallpaper.
2.TouchCamera Rollthen touch the photo you want to use as
wallpaper.
3.Touch each side of the photo and swipe inward or outward
to zoom in or out within the crop area. Touch and drag the
photo to move it within the crop area.
4.Touchcropto assign the cropped photo as
wallpaper.
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Section 7: Messaging
This section describes how to send and receive different types of
messages. It also includes the features and functionality
associated with messaging.
Types of Messages
Your phone provides the following message types:
Text Messages
Multimedia (Picture) Messages
Email Messages
The Short Message Service (SMS) lets you send and receive text
messages to and from other mobile phones or email addresses.
To use this feature, you may need to subscribe to your service
provider’s message service.
Important!:When creating a message, adding an image to a text message
changes the message from a text message to a multimedia
message.
When messages are received, the number of messages is
displayed in the Messaging icon on the Home screen.
Creating and Sending Text Messages
To create a new message and send it to another mobile phone or
an email address:
1.From the Home screen, touchMessaging.
–or–
Touch➔Messaging.
2.Touchnew.
3.Tap on theTofield to manually enter a recipient. Touch the
123key on the on-screen keypad to enter a phone number.
–or–
Tap on the button to the right of theTofield to select a
recipient from your People list. Valid entries must have a
wireless phone number. Contacts with only an email
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Tap the button to add additional recipients from your
People list. Each contact is placed in the
Tofield separated
by a semicolon (;).
–or–
Add more recipients by touching the recipient field.
Note:Each additional recipient entry must be separated by a semicolon (;).
5.To remove recipients, tap the entry in theTofield then tap
remove. You can alsoopenthe contact’s profile orcancel
and return to the New Message screen.
6.Touch thetype a messagebox and use the on-screen
keypad to type your message. For more information, refer
to“Entering Text”on page 34.
7.Review your message and touchsend.
Note:If you exit a message before you send it, the message is not saved.
Creating and Sending Multimedia Messages
A multimedia message is a message that contains a picture
attachment. To create a multimedia message and send it to
another mobile phone or an email address:
1.From the Home screen, touchMessaging.
–or–
Touch➔Messaging.
2.Touchnew.
3.TapontheTofield or touch the button to the right of
the
Tofield to enter a recipients.
For more information, refer to“Creating and Sending Text
Messages”on page 61.
4.Touchattachto choose a picture. Sweep the screen
to choose from
all,date,orfavorites.
5.Touch the picture to attach to your message.
–or–
Touchcamerato take a photo with the phone’s
camera and then add it to your message by touching
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For more information, refer to“Camera”on page 55.
6.Touch thetype a messagebox and use the on-screen
keypad to type your message. For more information, refer
to“Entering Text”on page 34.
7.Touchremoveto remove an attachment from the
message.
8.Review your message and touchsend.
Messaging Conversations
Any messages you have sent or received can be viewed in the
Messaging conversations list.
Sent and received text and picture messages are grouped into
message threads. Threaded messages allow you to see all the
messages exchanged (similar to a chat program) and displays a
contact on the screen. Message threads are listed in the order in
which they were received, with the latest message displayed at
the bottom.
Displaying a Messaging Conversation
To view a conversation in the Messaging conversations list:
1.From the Home screen, touchMessaging.
–or–
Touch➔Messaging.
The Messaging conversations list displays any messages
you have sent or received.
All messages to or from another phone or email address
are grouped in one conversation. Entries in the Messaging
conversations list contain the recipient’s phone number,
contact name, or email address, the time that the last
message was received or sent, and the first words of the
message.
An entry for conversations with multiple recipients starts
by indicating the number of recipients (such as
3 recipients) and then the recipients are listed.
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The Messaging conversation is displayed. Each message
to or from the recipient, and the time that the message
was sent or received, is shown in a message box.
Messages sent to you are shown in a From message
box
.Messages that you sent are shown in a To
message box
.
3.Touch thetype a messagebox and use the on-screen
keypad to type a reply message to the recipient. For more
information, refer to“Entering Text”on page 34.
Viewing a Picture Attachment
To view a picture attached to a message:
1.Touch an entry in the Messaging conversations list.
2.Locate the message box that contains the picture
attachment.
3.Touch the picture to open the picture viewer and display
the picture. Touch the picture with two fingers and drag
outward to zoom in or drag toward the center of the picture
of zoom out.
4.Touch to return to Messaging conversations.
Viewing a Video Attachment
To view a video attached to a message:
1.Touch an entry in the Messaging conversations list.
2.Locate the message box that contains the video
attachment. The file name is underlined.
3.Touch the video file name in the message box.
The video player opens and plays the video.
4.To play a video attachment, touch.
To pause playback of the video attachment, touch .
To stop playback of the multimedia message, touch .
Listening To an Audio Attachment
To listen to an audio attached to a message:
1.Touch an entry in the Messaging conversations list.
2.Locate the message box that contains the audio
attachment.
3.Touch the file name to open the audio player and play the
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Deleting a Messaging Conversation
To delete a Messaging conversation:
1.From the Home screen, touchMessaging.
–or–
Touch➔Messaging.
The Messaging conversations list displays any messages
you have sent or received.
2.Touch and hold a message in the list, then touchdelete.
–or–
Touch a message in the list, then touch
➔delete conversation.
3.Touchdeleteto delete all messages in the selected
conversation or touch
cancelto return to Messaging
conversations.
Deleting a Message
To delete a message in a Messaging conversation:
1.Touch and hold the message box that contains the
message you want to delete.
2.Touchdeleteto display the Delete message? screen.
3.Touchdeleteto delete the message or touchcancelto
return to Messaging conversations.
Forwarding a Message
To forward a message in a Messaging conversation:
1.Touch and hold the message box that contains the
message you want to forward.
The
deleteandforwardoptions display.
2.Touchforward.
The New Message screen displays with the contents of the
selected message included.
3.TapontheTofield or touch the button to the right of
the
Tofield to enter a recipients.
For more information, refer to“Creating and Sending Text
Messages”on page 61.
4.Touchsendto forward the message.