Nokia Drive seems to be okay. Also, man, terrible timing for Whatsapp to get removed from the store :/ It's most likely coming back, right? That's one of the things my father wanted too.
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Windows Phone |OT3 Update 3| Please be excited
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killer rin
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What about the Here Maps app? As long as you have those two I'd assume he would be fine as that would be the two main Map apps (directions and generic mapping)
Opus Angelorum
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One thing I noticed with the new update, if an App needs updated the notification takes you directly to the downloads page.
Cute Dragon Here
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Thing is, you probably don't really need to remove an app to put an update on it. Then again, it might be because too many people are seeing a buggy app. (I don't have any issues with WhatsApp at all.)
It looks like the issues 8.1 users were experiencing may have been the main reason it got pulled. I wonder if they didn't see a quick fix and decided to unpublish the app with 8.1 coming around the corner.
Is the static hiss issue there on 8.0? I wonder where that's coming from, could also be related to the battery drain issue.
Not sure, I don't use WhatsApp =/
megarockexe
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So I just watched the misfortune of a Lumia 920 on AT&T get data locked after updating to 8.1 No backup, which means a required hard reset will take away everything. Has this been a common issue? What are solutions? I know I'm not updating anytime soon until OTA hits.
José Mourinho
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Just replaced my white 820 shell due to various cracks from the multiple drops it had been through. I opted for cyan -- which matt. MS really need to get back on the cyan train that Nokia seemingly abandoned. It's the best colour.
Just had an idea last night concerning Games in the App list.
The home screen is basically a Pivot screen, with the first pivot being the start screen and the second being the app list.
Why not add a third pivot, which would look just like the second, but with only the games in it?
Thoughts?
The home screen is basically a Pivot screen, with the first pivot being the start screen and the second being the app list.
Why not add a third pivot, which would look just like the second, but with only the games in it?
Thoughts?
show me your skeleton
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i think the left/other pivot is used for kid's corner, unfortunately.
LukasTaves
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How about adding an extra pivot to the right?
Seems like it could work, but it would make the games app even more useless XD
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Nope, kids corner is a right pivot from the lock screen. The left pivot is available, many of us had suggested they use that space for notifications, but it is currently not used.
show me your skeleton
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huh! well there we go. seems like it should be used for something.
Opus Angelorum
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My 920 battery life is definitely better since yesterdays update.
I take my phone off charge at 8am, and normally by 6pm it's at 17-25%. Now (8pm) it's still at 36%.
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Midnight now and the battery has only hit 20%, massive improvement.
I take my phone off charge at 8am, and normally by 6pm it's at 17-25%. Now (8pm) it's still at 36%.
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Midnight now and the battery has only hit 20%, massive improvement.
José Mourinho
cocknose
820 battery has always been poor in my opinion. Can't say it's gotten any worse since 8.1 mind.
juliushandle
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Bluetooth and Pandora work fine in my car.
Just because you're bar had Bluetooth doesn't mean it can stream music. When you check the Bluetooth connection does it say voice and music?
I have an 820 with 8.1. Honestly I think battery life is outstanding. Right now at 61%, been off the charger over 12 hours at this point. That's pretty much my norm.
Yes, the battery is poor if I GPS track a walk or bike ride, but that's normal because the battery itself is smaller than the 920/930, for example, but GPS uses the same amount regardless of phone specs/size.
Settings>Cellular+Sim>Sim settings
Opus Angelorum
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I can't highlight how much better my 920 battery life is. Took it off charge at 8am and now (11am) it's still at 94%. Previously it would have been in the 70% range.
Yep, it really is a drastic improvement.
Well a few days after the update and I'm starting to run into the same issues as before. The start screen needs to load after unlocking the phone. The start screen also would sometimes lock up when I try to open an app, forcing me to lock/unlock my phone before the app would open.
A new issue I've run into is not being able to close apps. Happened a few time last night alone. Would slide the card down to close the app, just for the same app to appear on the screen. The back button became unresponsive during these times. One instance, I had multiple apps open, tried to close them but the cards just came in a loop where I closed the same three cards three times before giving up and finally restarting my phone. All has been well since the restart last night, but it's still disappointing to see the performance issues have not been resolved.
A new issue I've run into is not being able to close apps. Happened a few time last night alone. Would slide the card down to close the app, just for the same app to appear on the screen. The back button became unresponsive during these times. One instance, I had multiple apps open, tried to close them but the cards just came in a loop where I closed the same three cards three times before giving up and finally restarting my phone. All has been well since the restart last night, but it's still disappointing to see the performance issues have not been resolved.
lastflowers
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This really is a shame, and isn't acceptable. Have you done a Reset-My-Phone? I can't help but wonder whether something went wrong during the update, or perhaps there's a horribly misacting driver. Which phone do you have?
Opus Angelorum
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920?
I tried resetting my phone with the original 8.1 update and similar to now, it runs fine for a few days before bugging out again. You think I should do it again after the recent update? Luckily I had the diagnostic app monitoring for general issues when my phone started really acting up. Hopefully it was able to monitor the cause of my issues.
I'm using an Icon. I've had it since launch day without issue until the 8.1 update. I have faith you guys will get it all sorted out. =)
Yep, stand by battery usage improved a lot with the update. I took my 1020 off the charger at 6:30 AM yesterday, and after more than a day of light/moderate usage I'm sitting at around 40%.
I intentionally didn't charge it over night as I normally do, and it only used 5% (60% to 55%) in about 7 hours.
My wife's 920 has gone bonkers after the update. Cortana pops up every time she hits the power button. The proximity sensor stopped working and she is hanging up on people constantly. It randomly goes into "airplane" mode. Sometimes the screen becomes unresponsive, happened this morning when her alarm went off, lol.
Yup. I disabled Cortana now - maybe it's that.
NeOak
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Yup. You can't change it with the AT&T devices.Here? I don't see it.
Don't tell me this is a stupid AT&T restriction again.
What I did was delete the browser history. It fixed everything.
Woah, you have my love. Had that problem for more than one day now.
juliushandle
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no QUALCOMM surface tablets announced today. interesting
NeOak
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Yeah, idk why the browser history gets crowded and sends your bandwidth to the depths of hell for any app.
And lets not forget IE11's fear of using available RAM to cache.
TheBryanJZX90
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Aaaargh stupid phone. I just saw the ghost of Paul Walker driving down the Ventura Freeway towards downtown LA in a silver R-34 Skyline GT-R but I couldn't take a picture because apparently this phone can't play a podcast over Bluetooth, give turn by turn GPS navigation and directions over Bluetooth, and shoot video all at the same time. So the camera app would load but every time I tried to actually take a picture or start video rolling the app crashed. Then I almost crashed. Dammit.
Same on mine. Let's say I go to sleep when my 620 is at 70% battery. When I wake up, 620 is at 10% or so. Just terrible, even with everything turned off (cellular data, apps running in the background, location services, etc).
Steelyuhas
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Yeah I'm a bit surprised they didn't announce the mini. I guess they'll group the RT products together with a Surface RT refresh and mini in the fall.
Bloomberg says it was pretty much done and Microsoft and Elop killed it.
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