How To Change your Picture Tile Image and Picture Hub background on your Windows Phone 7

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Windows Phone 7 has a great fast, snappy User Interface. The Tiles on the home screen are movable and some of them even display live information. It is very easy to find out how to change the image for your Lock Screen, but there is a way to change the image on your picture tile and the background of your Picture Hub as well.

How To Change your Lock Screen Image

The following steps are to change your Lock Screen Image. These steps are easy to find.

Home Screen
Select Pictures
Select an images in one of your albums
“Tap and hold” the image or “Tap” the three little dots on the bottom right.
A menu pops up and select “use as wallpaper”
Move the image around within the given frame.
Select the “v” check mark
Now your lock screen will have this image.

How to Change your Picture Tile Image and your Picture Hub Background Image

The following steps will give you the opportunity to change your Picture Tile image and the background image in your Picture Hub.

Home screen
Select Pictures
Under the Title “Pictures” Tap and Hold
A menu pops up and select ‘Change background”
Select a images in one of your your albums
Move the image around within the given frame.
Select the “v” check mark
Now your Picture Hub background image has been changed as well as your Picture Tile on the home screen.

Video Demonstration

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