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Nokia Lumia |OT| Worth the Weight
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peppermints
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How is everyone liking their battery life? I took it off the charger around 1230 today and was at 22% by 10pm. I've been using it nonstop since I just got it so tomorrow might be more of a real use test.
also, does anyone have any good weather live tile apps to recommend? Not really a fan of the Weather Channel one and Microsoft's weather app doesn't seem to have live tiles.
also, does anyone have any good weather live tile apps to recommend? Not really a fan of the Weather Channel one and Microsoft's weather app doesn't seem to have live tiles.
Amazing Weather and Weather Live have nice Live Tiles.
Freaking love this phone! Such a modern feel compared to my iphone of the last 4 years.
Still trying to figure things out but there are a lot of nice touches in the OS. Loved how easy the transfer of contacts from the iphone was. Really digging Nokia Music.
Curious about the People app. It lists every contact. Is there a way to segregate my actual important contacts like work or close friends from my FB flotsam?
Still trying to figure things out but there are a lot of nice touches in the OS. Loved how easy the transfer of contacts from the iphone was. Really digging Nokia Music.
Curious about the People app. It lists every contact. Is there a way to segregate my actual important contacts like work or close friends from my FB flotsam?
You can filter contacts. You can also create groups to put people in.
Settings > People > Filter My Contact List
uncheck all the crap like Facebook, twitter, linkedin. Also its good to make groups.
There should be a setting to filter your Facebook contacts under setting->people.
Edit: very beaten
Thanks everyone!
Anton Sugar
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Loving the cyan, but I do miss the glory of the white 900 + Nokia blue/cobalt theme. Feel like the cyan theme is all I can really use.
Also, predictive text is so amazing.
Also, predictive text is so amazing.
lastflowers
Banned
I love seeing all the good impressions from people. Makes me smile 
antiquegamer
Member
Red with blue theme, my Lumia 920 is like Superman of smartphones.
SeaOfMadness
Member
Amazing weather is great because it has a live tile that updates with weather info for wherever you happen to be (using GPS location). (You can also pin specific places to the start as well).
jizzlobber
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To those who upgraded from a WP7 phone to WP8 do all the games work? and do they run any better?
I know stuff like fruit ninja were pretty stuttery.
also I was reading the white aper about this pureview screen or whatever it's called, apparently there should be less blurring when scrolling than other phones... slowly scrolling text my omnia 7 produces clear ghosting, and even my wife's iPhone 4s will blur when scrolling text.
Are things any better on the Lumia 920?
I know stuff like fruit ninja were pretty stuttery.
also I was reading the white aper about this pureview screen or whatever it's called, apparently there should be less blurring when scrolling than other phones... slowly scrolling text my omnia 7 produces clear ghosting, and even my wife's iPhone 4s will blur when scrolling text.
Are things any better on the Lumia 920?
I use instagram for the community not the filters. I guess I'll wait on picking up the lumia 920.
Liberty4all
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One worry of mine... Kobo is my ebook storefront choice and I have lots of books I expect bought with them. I don't see a Kobo reader in the windows store, nor did Google find me any mention of it planned for the future.
Also as I understand it apps I buy on a windows phone have to be rebought on Surface? That was a downer.
Aside from those quibbles and lack of instagram i think I may still take the plunge. I guess I can reluctantly switch to kindle and skydive photos from my phone to ipad.
Also as I understand it apps I buy on a windows phone have to be rebought on Surface? That was a downer.
Aside from those quibbles and lack of instagram i think I may still take the plunge. I guess I can reluctantly switch to kindle and skydive photos from my phone to ipad.
NeOak
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Games are a hit or miss due to a lot not being available for WP8. You just can't download them.
As for the screen, yes, its way better for scrolling.
antiquegamer
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I have, it sound great. I know it is a fake surround but it really expand the sound. As I said earlier, the Lumia 920 is awesome music player. Even with shitty headphone I used when I am at work it still sound good.
Any chance we get the charging plate if we get it through walmart?
johnny_park
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I heard its just the phone when you get it from Walmart.
I'm pretty sure if you go through the Nokia site you will. Not sure if Walmart does it.
It's all in the People Hub, to the left of your social feeds. Everyone from Facebook shows up by default, and you can add all the other info there. If you brought over your old contacts, it will usually link their info to the info from Facebook automatically. But you can also link it manually.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
I was thinking that Nokia should make a special clock app for the kickstand charger so the phone displays the hour and the alarms in a more fashionable way while charging. The alarm clock I keep by my bedside is crapping out and I could use the wireless dock as one...
Liberty4all
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I was thinking that Nokia should make a special clock app for the kickstand charger so the phone displays the hour and the alarms in a more fashionable way while charging. The alarm clock I keep by my bedside is crapping out and I could use the wireless dock as one...
I was looking at that stand too if i end up with a 920 but wonder if in my groggy morning state I'd smash the phone off that stand ... Anything holding the phone in place?
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
There is a small indentation in the bottom plate.
Besides, I don't think you could smash that beast with just one hand.
hate you guys. Took it off the charger at 5:50pm yesterday and the battery was critically low by 9:50 with on and off usage.
antiquegamer
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I am thinking something is really wrong with you Lumia. I have mine on since 8:00pm and it's now 3:00 am, the battery is at about 70%. I have been using it for listening to podcast, downloading couple apps and browsing websites (gaf and wpcentral). It said remaining battery for me is 15 hours.
Either you have something running in the background that draining your battery or battery is defective. I did notice something today that Nokia Drive (beta) was somehow still running in the background even when I am not using the app so I reboot the phone. It does that annoying beep at me while I was driving to work telling me I was going over speed limit that how I knew it was running. I had it open earlier when I woke up to download some of the map.
The beep!! I posted about that in the WP thread. While driving and listening to Nokia music it kept beeping at me. Wait is that the little circle next to my battery??? Maybe something is running.
I went into Nokia Drive and turned location services off. Lets see if things improve. If it was running, how was it getting started without even being opened from the last reboot?
antiquegamer
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Sorry, I wrote that in a hurry (if you can't tell I am usually at work when I browse GAF). I rebooted the phone AFTER I heard the beep (the same beep you get when you use Nokia Drive and your car goes over speed limit) I knew exactly what the beep was so I promptly restart my phone to make sure the app is closed. This never happen with my 900, I haven't really use the app on the 920 but I DID open it earlier at home downloading the map pack and then switch out. I am thinking the app doesn't suspend properly and somehow still running in the background. Nokia Drive suck up so much batter on my 900, I have to have it plug in the entire time if I were to use it in the car (it's typical, not unlike GPS system). Sometimes I think it drain battery faster than my car can charged it on the old 900.
Anyway, that Nokia Drive app is still beta so ... hopefully they notice it. I am not sure how to submit bug report to Nokia.
edit: Oh yeah, the little circle next to your battery mean there is an app accessing your location.
lol the Will Arnett ad campaign has some potential:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=beQzrplsP-s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=beQzrplsP-s
Have you owned iPhone before? I've had it for three years now and need a change.
Poindexter
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Thanks! Been meaning to ask this everytime I see it pop up randomly.
So I woke up yesterday at 8am, pulled my phone off the charger. all day I was listening to music, watched a few tv episodes on crackle, surfed the net (A LOT!) and played some games (minesweeper mostly lulz). I got home at 9:45pm. I still had 16% battery left. My message status is set to Offline and my screen brightness is set to High. The best battery in any smarthphone I've ever used hands down.
Wow. Nice.
Do it. I have 200.00 extra to my name and a really great phone.
a man can dream. Got to 100% at 8:40. Light use this past hour and I'm at 96%. Its better than before but we'll see how it fares today during a huge stress test: entertaining me while my fiancé shops.
Loving reading the positive opinions on the 920.
I will be buying a surface RT for Christmas and hoping that the next lumia will iron out all the kinks.
So MS please moneyhat the devs to get the app store up to speed. I can't wait to see how surface, nextbox and windows phone all work together.
Exciting times indeed, just don't gimp the nextbox specs please.
I will be buying a surface RT for Christmas and hoping that the next lumia will iron out all the kinks.
So MS please moneyhat the devs to get the app store up to speed. I can't wait to see how surface, nextbox and windows phone all work together.
Exciting times indeed, just don't gimp the nextbox specs please.
I am experiencing similar results of light use. I tried letting the battery drain to 0% and charged back to 100% but it didn't make much of a difference. Here are some of my settings.
Lock-screen: 1min
Brightness: Automatic
Bluetooth: Off
Email (exchange): As items arrive
Backups: app list, text and photo set to On
EightBitNate
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10 hour battery life confirmed!
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