How to Change the Home Screen on a BlackBerry Curve
The BlackBerry Curve smart phone allows you to customize the home screen to a specific theme, allowing you to alter the colors, background picture, icon images and also alter the way information is displayed on your screen. If you like the way your icons are displayed, you can simply change the background image to a personal photo. There are themes preloaded onto your device, as well as websites where you can download themes for free or purchase a theme for a small fee.
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Instructions
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Changing the Home Screen Image
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Press the "BlackBerry" button, located between the green "Call" button and the trackball on your device to bring up a list of your applications.
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Use the trackball to scroll to the "Camera" icon and press the trackball to open your camera. Opening the "Camera" icon will automatically bring up your camera as if you are going to take a picture.
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Press the "BlackBerry" button to display a menu on the left side of the screen. Click on "View Pictures" which will automatically be highlighted when the menu appears. Your Pictures will be categorized by "Device Memory" (pictures saved to your BlackBerry or Memory Card) and "Preloaded Pictures" (installed on every BlackBerry Curve as samples). If you do not have a personal picture on your phone, highlight "Device Memory" and press the trackball to open it. Use a personal picture, or highlight and open "Preloaded Pictures" to select a preloaded image.
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Scroll to the image you would like to use. Pressing the trackball will display a full-screen image of the picture. Press the "BlackBerry" button and select "Set image as Home Screen Image." Pressing the red "End Call" button will bring you to the home screen, displaying your new background image.
Change the Theme
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Press the "BlackBerry" button from the home screen to list your applications.
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Use the trackball to scroll to the "Options" icon (shaped like a wrench) and press the trackball to open the "Options" menu.
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Scroll to "Theme," which will be in alphabetical order between "Status" and "Voice Dialing" and press the trackball to open the "Theme" menu.
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Scroll through the list of themes to preview each theme in the lower portion of your screen. Your active theme will be noted in bold lettering, and will list "Active" after the title of the theme.
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Press the trackball once you have your chosen theme highlighted to update your theme. Changing your theme will automatically bring you back to the main list in the "Options" menu. Pressing the "End Call" button will bring you to the home screen, which will now display your new theme.
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Tips & Warnings
You can use your BlackBerry camera to take a picture, press the "BlackBerry" button, and select "Set as Home Screen Image."
If you change your theme and don't like the theme you have selected, you can go into your list of themes and select a new theme, or press the "BlackBerry" button and select "Reset Theme Defaults" to bring your theme settings back to the original phone settings.
When searching the internet for BlackBerry Themes, be sure to note your BlackBerry Device model number or series (such as 8330 or 8900) and current Operating System to ensure you will find themes that are compatible with your device. Device information is displayed in the "Options" menu under "About".
