brotkasten
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Oh Brot you know you miss being involved in the drama rather than just a passive viewer
Merry Christmas all.
Oh please, it's not like I miss you guys and all the problems or something like that!
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Windows Phone |OT3| Apollo has landed
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Oh please, it's not like I miss you guys and all the problems or something like that!
by design thanks to market researching soccer moms.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Especially when you live in the problem-free land of Android!!
brotkasten
Member
Cute Dragon Here
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*removes battery*
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Fuck you Windows Phone with your unreliable piece of shit GPS. Currently lost in some god forsaken part of LA and this phone will only locate my position and then stop telling me where to go. I was developing an app for this garbage, so I will keep it, but I am getting a phone with a real GPS soon. Fucking shit, I didn't want to go back to Android.
Angelus Errare
Banned
iPhone got google maps proper. So you could always go there.
What app are you using? I haven't had any problems with Nokia Drive.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
It was the damn case I bought. I took it off and the GPS started working just as well as I remembered. I really like how my Lumia looks with the case, so I guess I will only take it off when I attach the phone to the car.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Now you have to apologize to Apollo and Nokia.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Unless you bought a metal case this doesn't seem plausible. Which case did you have?
antiquegamer
Member
Happy Holidays Windows Phone Gaffers. And if you celebrate hope Santa brought you goodies you want.
So may be I am wrong. (nothing new according to my wife) Anyway, the fellow worker who got Lumia went back to iPhone. Now before you all scream, he has a valid reason, like Van he decided to "drop test" his Lumia and the screen shattered.
He was telling me how much he miss Windows Phone and iPhone is so slow and stale (it's an older iPhone). He told me there are things that iPhone is better (like playlist and sync) but he can't wait to get his Lumia back. He said he and his wife only care about good maps, browser and good camera. So may be that is all the average joe care about for their smartphone. He said Nokia map is decent not as good as google map but not as bad as Apple map. He ordered a screen and going to replace it himself.
So may be I am wrong. (nothing new according to my wife) Anyway, the fellow worker who got Lumia went back to iPhone. Now before you all scream, he has a valid reason, like Van he decided to "drop test" his Lumia and the screen shattered.
He was telling me how much he miss Windows Phone and iPhone is so slow and stale (it's an older iPhone). He told me there are things that iPhone is better (like playlist and sync) but he can't wait to get his Lumia back. He said he and his wife only care about good maps, browser and good camera. So may be that is all the average joe care about for their smartphone. He said Nokia map is decent not as good as google map but not as bad as Apple map. He ordered a screen and going to replace it himself.
Windows Phone 9
And in the 3rd quarter, we'll get 8.8 with expanded volume control.
Sweet, :lol. The volume control doesn't bother me, but I would still rather have it separate.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Conformed it was the case.
antiquegamer
Member
Talking to my casual smartphone users, my wife and her sister, they do think too many volume setting is confusing.
lastflowers
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My app (needs a looooot of work) after 5 days of work (some on vacation)
Frustrated_me
Member
You gotta quote that bro, looks good from a conceptual POV. Obviously going to get a lot better once the little details are injected.
He fucked one black person two times.
EazyWeazy3
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Good Notes app for WP8?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
OneNote
Penguins&PolarBears
Member
Are there any good options for syncing your Xbox music besides WinPhone app for desktop, Media Monkey, and WMP?
They really need to fix the media syncing for WP8 as it is horribly broken in it's current state. Don't understand why they didn't just stick with Zune program as it was nearly perfect. Hell they could have just removed the name Zune and called it Xbox Music & Video and nobody would have complained.
I used this barebones WP8 desktop sync app which is in beta still and half of my albums have no cover art on them. So then I have to download Media Monkey to embed the album art into the files themselves. Then I realize that my song ratings/likes are gone for all of my MP3s. So I made a playlist of liked songs in Zune, change the file name from .zpl to .wpl so that I can batch like in Windows Media Player. But I can't sync via Windows Media Player because it identifies files/folders differently than the WP8 sync app and duplicates songs. ARGH! So now I'm left rating the songs manually on the phone itself. Not that it really matters as currently likes and play counts are completely missing from Xbox Music service.
On top of this Xbox Music cloud collection is mismatching some of my songs and there is no way to edit that. The cloud service is identifying songs I don't own and there's no way of deleting them from the list, also the service duplicates all of my playlists which is ridiculous.
I think they'll get this sorted eventually as the Desktop sync app for Windows 7/Windows 8 is promising, but it feels like they are reinventing the wheel for no good reason. Zune app worked fine for syncing and should have just been updated.
They really need to fix the media syncing for WP8 as it is horribly broken in it's current state. Don't understand why they didn't just stick with Zune program as it was nearly perfect. Hell they could have just removed the name Zune and called it Xbox Music & Video and nobody would have complained.
I used this barebones WP8 desktop sync app which is in beta still and half of my albums have no cover art on them. So then I have to download Media Monkey to embed the album art into the files themselves. Then I realize that my song ratings/likes are gone for all of my MP3s. So I made a playlist of liked songs in Zune, change the file name from .zpl to .wpl so that I can batch like in Windows Media Player. But I can't sync via Windows Media Player because it identifies files/folders differently than the WP8 sync app and duplicates songs. ARGH! So now I'm left rating the songs manually on the phone itself. Not that it really matters as currently likes and play counts are completely missing from Xbox Music service.
On top of this Xbox Music cloud collection is mismatching some of my songs and there is no way to edit that. The cloud service is identifying songs I don't own and there's no way of deleting them from the list, also the service duplicates all of my playlists which is ridiculous.
I think they'll get this sorted eventually as the Desktop sync app for Windows 7/Windows 8 is promising, but it feels like they are reinventing the wheel for no good reason. Zune app worked fine for syncing and should have just been updated.
You should be able to fix the matching in the Xbox Music app in Windows 8. Right click on an album -> Match album info.
Personally, I have just gotten used to manually dragging and dropping music. I have lost some of the things I liked about Zune (like Smart Playlists), but no issues otherwise.
killer rin
Member
Alright... I love the Chat integration in WP, but there is one thing that is annoying me. I have this one Bot which keeps on messaging me. I have checked and it's not on my contacts list nor on my facebook and I have no clue where it came from. Is there any way to block this Bot from messaging me?
The only solution I have come up with is to just appear offline to everyone, but it makes it really inconvenient. Anyone know how to block a user?
Honestly, the one thing that would make me happy with Xbox Music and Video is when they allow you to get access to your cloud locker from the phone itself. In Windows 8 any computer you log into you can pull in your music and stream/download from your locker, all they have to do is just extend that functionality to WP and eventually to Xbox
The only solution I have come up with is to just appear offline to everyone, but it makes it really inconvenient. Anyone know how to block a user?
Happy holidays antique
Honestly, the one thing that would make me happy with Xbox Music and Video is when they allow you to get access to your cloud locker from the phone itself. In Windows 8 any computer you log into you can pull in your music and stream/download from your locker, all they have to do is just extend that functionality to WP and eventually to Xbox
To bad that Match Album Info is absolutely horrible.
#1 Misses music when the album title is almost perfect (Don't = finds the info Dont = no clue what song this is.) Just an example.
#2 Can't tell what albums only partially matched unless you look into every automatically matched album
#3 By default matches the clean version
#4 Doesn't seem to be a way to wipe out the cloud and start over.
killer rin
Member
On Windows Phone you currently only have access to stream/download the things that you have purchased... although on Windows 8 its just log in and you can stream/download/add any song on your locker
Are you in another country or something? That's not how it works in America.
MMS is extremely sketchy on my Lumia 822 and 8X on Verizon (I'll get one out of every 10 sent). Also, I don't get any texts that are sent to multiple recipients (probably because they are sent as MMS. Any idea how to correct these issues? Never had an issue when using Droids or iPhones...
Have any other issues with your data connection?
None. I stream music all the time without any interruption.
After a first couple weeks of bad battery, the phone's been pretty much flawless for me. Absolutely love using it, battery lasts all day, and I'm using it as a hotspot for my surface and laptop really frequently too.
The app situations is improving pretty dramatically too. The games are still of course mostly ports from other platforms, but it's nice to have absolutely great versions of Where's My Water and other top games. All the weather, news, twitter, etc. apps are hugely improved too.
And the camera in my 920 continues to blow me away, especially after the update.
The app situations is improving pretty dramatically too. The games are still of course mostly ports from other platforms, but it's nice to have absolutely great versions of Where's My Water and other top games. All the weather, news, twitter, etc. apps are hugely improved too.
And the camera in my 920 continues to blow me away, especially after the update.
killer rin
Member
Well I'm in Canada but the two services are just disconnected. I have my music scanned into the locker from the PC Side, just cant stream it from the phone. Although Paul Thurrot is saying the same thing I am so its not country related.
What apps should I tell my mom to get for her fairly new WP8 (Lumia), I doubt she has installed much of anything...
She loves Bejeweled, I wonder what the best jewel game is these days - there was a free gem one but I can't remember the name...I don't think WP8 has Bejeweled Blitz yet right...
She loves Bejeweled, I wonder what the best jewel game is these days - there was a free gem one but I can't remember the name...I don't think WP8 has Bejeweled Blitz yet right...
Per Thurrot's latest post, matching is fully functional if you have Xbox Music Pass. This reflects my experience as well. I don't know if this is the long term plan (kind of defeats the purpose) or just an intermediate step.
killer rin
Member
It seems to me like its just an intermediate step for now, I mean its soo obvious that they want to move towards integrating everything better. Doesn't make it any less annoying thou
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Just got my red Lumia 920 delivered this morning. I don't have a sim card yet, so I'm on wi-fi, and I have some questions:
Is the only way to restore my apps and photos through the initial set up menu? Its really not accessible afterwards? So far only my texts came back, not my pics and not the app list, which is what I want. That sucks because it doesn't ask you for wi-fi during the setup so I could not sign in to my MS account at that time.
I downloaded the Portico update, did that fix the hard reset bug where the phone would end up bricked? If I have to hard-reset my phone once I get a sim card so I can get my app list, I don't want it to die on me.
Is the only way to restore my apps and photos through the initial set up menu? Its really not accessible afterwards? So far only my texts came back, not my pics and not the app list, which is what I want. That sucks because it doesn't ask you for wi-fi during the setup so I could not sign in to my MS account at that time.
I downloaded the Portico update, did that fix the hard reset bug where the phone would end up bricked? If I have to hard-reset my phone once I get a sim card so I can get my app list, I don't want it to die on me.
antiquegamer
Member
What happen to your old sim card (that was in your ill-fated Cyan)? Can't you just pop that in the new (and superior) Red?
I try to remember how the process went when I switch from my first Red to 2nd one, I am pretty sure all the app come back up to the point where you last did your back up . Photo doesn't you going to have to either sync it back to the phone. It is not a full back where it fully restore everything. Only thing I wish it would save are the app setting (ie game saves).
Nokia new firmware was suppose to fix the lock up when you do full reset but I have not try it personally.
killer rin
Member
Man I love the back button on WP. I was playing with my brother Ipod last night trying to see if my internet sharing from the phone worked (My laptop was being stupid at the time) and I found myself a few times trying to press where the back button would have been, had it been there. Took me a few seconds to realize it was a different platform.
Edit: Anyone know when skype is leaving beta?
Edit: Anyone know when skype is leaving beta?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
No, I had to use an OG Focus and so I had to get a big SIM card from AT&T. I got a new small one from them just now and did the hard reset. It was an easy process, it even remembered my theme settings. Too bad it didn't arrange my homescreen how I had it before. Also, you are correct, the pics don't come back, although of course they are available on SkyDrive. All in all, this was a very smooth transition, much better than on WP7.5, but there is still room for improvement.
Glad to be back on Apollo though, and very excited to have a Lumia 920 again. I think the red looks sexy as hell, though I'd give the notch to the Cyan still.
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