Like I said, they've given it back and said that if I have more issues then I can exchange it. I dunno if it's a particular batch of 920s or the software or what. It's my second handset in a month. The manager dude said that they'll probably issue a patch sometime and that might fix it.
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Like I said, they've given it back and said that if I have more issues then I can exchange it. I dunno if it's a particular batch of 920s or the software or what. It's my second handset in a month. The manager dude said that they'll probably issue a patch sometime and that might fix it.
brotkasten
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I was kidding about it being mirrored, but I could completely understand you if you would get something else.
Whenever I come in here, I mostly see people complaining about bugs and other annoying things. As much as I love the asthetics of Windows Phone, I'm glad that I didn't get a WP8 at launch and believe me, I really want to go back, after switching from a WP7 to a Galaxy Nexus in June (I think).
Waiting for Apollo+
Yeah that about describes me. I'd really like to stay with the 920 but if it means monthly crashing and software wipes then I don't know if I'd handle it. I'd rather swap to the dependable, if staid, iPhone 5.
frontieruk
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ah ha!
It was you I was going to reply to about battery life, id get a day out of it with decent usage. There is a post either here or in the 8s/x thread
brotkasten
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And yes, it's also weird seeing Windows Phone having phones that are popular enough to warrant a thread.
And then I look at the 8X and think "maybe not".
And then I look at the 8X and think "maybe not".
lastflowers
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wireless charging or USB charging? If the battery was fully discharged, it can take a while for the battery to charge up enough to boot.
Wired. It's been plugged in for almost a half hour now. Something seems wrong.
I'm just going to att now. Tired of waiting.
Edit: and the second I type that the Nokia screen comes on and it's stuck.
Sounds good, thanks. Currently updating and charging. Playtime and photosession comes later.
It's gorgeous though, really light and classy. Would have liked a 920 at Christmas, but Nokia is doing the wrong things
VanMardigan
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Your phone is dead. I went through this yesterday. You can either return the phone or do the process linked a few pages ago. Its not difficult, but it is time consuming. I brought mine back to life and you can too. Its basically loading a new firmware on your phone. But if you can't or won't, just know your phone isn't coming back on its own. You would have to return it if you are unwilling to go through the wpcentral method.
Edit: I should also point out that this method will also make it so you are safe to do hard resets in the future according to the folks at wpcentral. So you wouldn't have to do it again if you ever wanted to reset your phone.
Yeah ATT guy confirmed it was dead. Local service center doesn't carry it so I called the number. They didn't have them either and can't tell me when they will. They said they'd write on my account to make an exchange exception. In line now to try.
Edit: what a nightmare. The employee called
The manager and they immediately dismissed me without even looking at my account. Told guy to please at least look and then he walked in the back again to call the manager. Jesus, just swap the fucking thing.
frontieruk
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reboot phone, it's a bit flakey to start with
already tried. Metrotube, rss readers do not work. Integrated account is fine though.
Look, the amount of noise-to-signal goes up and down in this thread depending on unknow...trolls. Sometimes I gotta make sure.
That's really weird.
Anton Sugar
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What happens when you try? That's weird.
Unknown Soldier
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This post is an example of hilarious hypocrisy. You're the one accusing people who are reporting problems of not owning a device. I've done nothing but respond factually to people who are interested in having debates purely on the merits of the Windows Phone platform and the devices. Only the cultists seem to have any problems with me being here.
Iced_Eagle
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Are you on WiFi or cellular?
Tried it with both, always the same, same apps etc. I kinda hope it sorts out itself because... well... it's bad
edit: Just came to think... maybe it's the new update? Anyone tried those apps with it?
edt2: every app that requires an account permission seems to not work, twitter, google account things. Hmm.
It doesn't stop. From 2 to 1 then to 2g.
Maybe I will try to mess with the apn settings.
have been using whatapp since day one with my 920. Wonder why they pulled it? It's been working fine for me.
frontieruk
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It's gorgeous though, really light and classy. Would have liked a 920 at Christmas, but Nokia is doing the wrong things
What's Nokia doing wrong?
No idea what possible problems you are having. I don't think others have had this issue yet.
Amazing Weather just got some competition. Weather Flow got a big update and it supports lockscreen weather.
http://www.wpcentral.com/stunning-weather-flow-gets-updated-win-phone-8-and-brings-lockscreen-goodness
http://www.wpcentral.com/stunning-weather-flow-gets-updated-win-phone-8-and-brings-lockscreen-goodness
Funny as I just uninstalled it because I was tired of the ugly tile. Large tile doesn't flip in the new weather flow??? Wack! Live wallpaper is really nice though.
Wow this is really nice. May buy it.
A lot of options for the live tile (metro or enhanced) for each size, lock screen image can be current weather, bing, or custom.
I had bought it a long time ago so I just re-downloaded it. It is pretty nice, especially the lockscreen. There is less info within the app however. I
Rowi hasn't been specifically updated for Windows Phone 8, but it works tremendously well on 8 and has always had a helpful live tile.
I don't necessarily need a helpful live tile. Just a tile that shows my twitter pic in high quality. Gleek does exactly what I want when I pin my account the picture quality is atrocious.
antiquegamer
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It so sad reading this thread, they finally have phones that people excited about but they completely botch the software. You guys think I am being dramatic calling Windows Phone 8 fuck up but reading about all the bugs I am just curious how many just returned the phone and will never touch Windows Phone again.
I only have to exchange the phone once and even me, I almost reconsider my choice and switching to Nexus 4. I haven't have any problem since exchanged it except for couple of crash. I am at Disney World today and the phone have been running like champ. Battery last until i got back to the hotel even with lot of pictures, a video and a lot of locations and internet (on LTE and wi-fi). The low light pictures and Nokia Cinemagraph even make my wife who doesn't care about gadget proclaimed that the camera on my phone is better than her point and shoot Cannon. A guy sitting next to me was shock at my picture taken without my phone flash fired.
Love this phone but I will be shocked if Microsoft didn't just completely fuck up Windows Phone future with all these issues.
I only have to exchange the phone once and even me, I almost reconsider my choice and switching to Nexus 4. I haven't have any problem since exchanged it except for couple of crash. I am at Disney World today and the phone have been running like champ. Battery last until i got back to the hotel even with lot of pictures, a video and a lot of locations and internet (on LTE and wi-fi). The low light pictures and Nokia Cinemagraph even make my wife who doesn't care about gadget proclaimed that the camera on my phone is better than her point and shoot Cannon. A guy sitting next to me was shock at my picture taken without my phone flash fired.
Love this phone but I will be shocked if Microsoft didn't just completely fuck up Windows Phone future with all these issues.
got my TDK A33 and the differences are like night and day, seriously amazing sound from a unit the size of a brick.
Check out Wonder Reader
antiquegamer
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Low light image is just godly.
Heh, I just switched to Amazing Weather after using Weather Flow for a long time, and now with the new update I'm back to Weather Flow. The upgraded HD tile is nice, plus I like the way Weather Flow shows information via the live tile, now we've got weather getting dynamically updated from the lock screen. Cool stuff. There's some seriously interesting things that some developers can do with the lockscreen. Another I saw recently was Hello Friends, an app that gives you the option of a lockscreen populated by your contact list pictures, which it updates periodically.
Going to be interesting what sort of apps show up once more and more apps are updated and created using the new APIs. And just to keep the tone of the thread lately thematically apt, stupid Microsoft releasing the latest SDK so late, so many low res, WP7 apps that make for a really bad first impression. They should have been ready and released it months in advance.
Humbug!
Going to be interesting what sort of apps show up once more and more apps are updated and created using the new APIs. And just to keep the tone of the thread lately thematically apt, stupid Microsoft releasing the latest SDK so late, so many low res, WP7 apps that make for a really bad first impression. They should have been ready and released it months in advance.
Humbug!
Awesome. Is that with or without flash? Also do you tend to use the touch to focus or the camera button?
Edit: Here is a recent one I took.
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