Microsoft Lumia 535 Tips and Tricks

To rate your applications to help other users, go to the Applications list. Then Press and Hold on the app. Select Rate and review and give it a rating out of five

To turn on Caps lock, double press the Shift key.

To turn it off, simply double tap Shift again to disable.

To find an address on maps, then go to a location by panning and zooming.

Then Press and Hold on a location to drop a pin.

This will give you the address of the location you have selected.

To change the homescreen background to white, then start from the homescreen and scroll to the right.

Then choose Settings – Theme.

You can then change the theme from dark/black to light/white.

If you would like your phone to announce who is calling you, then from the homescreen, scroll to the right and choose Settings. Then Easy of access. Then press Speech for phone accessibility.

To bookmark a website, go to Start – Internet Explorer.

Then go to a website that you want to bookmark.

Make sure the phone is in Portrait mode. Then press the Favourite button.

Then if necessary you can change the name of the bookmark. Select Ok.

There is a way to filter your contact lists, however by default your Contacts list will show all Contacts for the various accounts you have setup on your phone. This list may include Facebook and Twitter and the list can become quite long.

To filter your contacts, go to Start, then flick left to the Applications list. Then press Settings – Applications – People. Then select Filter your contact list. Then choose the accounts you want displayed on your Contacts list.

If you are listening to the radio and like a song, but don’t know the name or artist, your phone can help you. This is similar to the Shazam music service.

Simply open the Bing App and press the Music button. The phone will then search for the song and provide you the song, artist, album cover and a link to purchase the track (or album) from the Zune marketplace.

To save or share pictures on websites, then find a picture you want to share/save.

Then press and hold on the image.

An option to share or save will appear.

To send an MMS, simply start typing a text message and press the Attach icon to attach a picture