HP Veer 4G (AT&T) manual Screen & Lock, Formats, Change screen brightness, Change your wallpaper

4Confirm you want to use the new language, or revert to the original language.

Your smartphone restarts after you select a new language. The restart does not affect your data or applications.

Formats

You can set your smartphone to format numbers, currency, date, and time in the style you prefer. You can select the format commonly used in your country or region, or any style you prefer.

1Open Regional Settings .

2In Formats, tap the country name.

3Do one of the following:

•Begin typing the name of another country, and when it appears, tap it.

•Scroll down to find a country, and then tap it.

4Confirm you want to change the format.

Your smartphone restarts after you select a new country format. The restart does not affect your data or applications.

Screen & Lock

Change screen brightness

1Open Screen & Lock .

2Under Screen, drag the Brightness slider to the preferred level.

Set the interval for turning the screen off automatically

By default, your screen turns off after one minute of inactivity to save battery power. You can change this interval.

1Open Screen & Lock .

2In Turn off after, tap the interval shown, and then tap the number of seconds or minutes.

Change your wallpaper

Your wallpaper is the screen background in Card view. You can customize the wallpaper to show a favorite picture.

1Open Screen & Lock .

2Tap Change Wallpaper.

3Do one of the following:

•To use an existing picture as the background: Tap the album containing the picture, and tap the picture.

•To use a new picture as the background: Tap New Photo and take the picture.

4(Optional) Do either or both of the following:

•To zoom out or in on a part of the picture: Pinch in or out on the picture.

•To capture the portion of the picture you want for your wallpaper: Tap and hold the picture, and then drag the portion you want to the center of the onscreen box. This portion becomes the wallpaper.

5Tap Set Wallpaper.

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