Nokia Lumia 800

mad muffin · 03-04-2012 2:56pm

Ronan H wrote: »

I haven't tried it yet, but this looks interesting.

So the actual icons are built into the keyboard like on the iPhone?

Ronan H · 03-04-2012 3:07pm

mad muffin wrote: »

So the actual icons are built into the keyboard like on the iPhone?

No I don't think that works yet. When you click on the smiley face in the keyboard at the moment, there's a list of smileys, but they are represented by the characters, so it's hard to figure out which are which. Also, some of the built in ones don't work when you use them.

The list on the websites are extra ones, but I dunno if there's a way to integrate them into the phone interface, so short of having a photographic memory, it might be a bit cumbersome to use.

As you suggest, it would be far better if they were represented by the actual picture. Maybe down the line?

FGR · 04-04-2012 1:00am

Is there any shop in the Waterford/Cork area that will let someone play around with the Lumia before buying?

All the shops I've been to only have tablets and iPhones to sample. The Lumias are all dummies.

Neffa2 · 04-04-2012 9:40am

I'm pretty sure that all Vodafone shops have live Lumias you can use

Bulmers · 04-04-2012 9:13pm

So the new sw update for the Lumia has greatly improved the battery life - but just for info, when mine is fully charged, the most i get for battery life is 1day 7'hrs..is this what everyone else gets?

Also after a day of heavy usage as work phone ,defo needs a charge..prob 2-3 hrs talk, emails ( manual sync) and some bluetooth calls in car, wifi browsing at home, general browsing on 3G during day.

I do find the iPhone 4 better for battery, but I am liking the Lumia , hoping for more sw updates to improve the phone and better apps to come

impr0v · 04-04-2012 10:57pm

Battery life on this phone pre-update really is crap - I got less than 12 hours today with only light web usage - no calls/music/whatever. Meteor update still 'waiting for approval'. A stupid decision to ship the phone with that type of life imo.

Also, does anyone have the music icon on the (default) Bing search app? It's supposed to function like Shazam but apparently is region-specific.

Corruptedmorals · 04-04-2012 11:06pm

impr0v wrote: »

Also, does anyone have the music icon on the (default) Bing search app? It's supposed to function like Shazam but apparently is region-specific.

I don't anyway. My phone is German.

evolutionqy7 · 04-04-2012 11:27pm

impr0v wrote: »

Battery life on this phone pre-update really is crap - I got less than 12 hours today with only light web usage - no calls/music/whatever. Meteor update still 'waiting for approval'. A stupid decision to ship the phone with that type of life imo.

Also, does anyone have the music icon on the (default) Bing search app? It's supposed to function like Shazam but apparently is region-specific.

Its part of Bing/Zune Music search which is not available here. You can still use third party apps

adox · 06-04-2012 10:03am

I've had mine a day or so now and really liking it. One thing though, mines a Vodafone phone and the firmware ends in 11501 and is showing as the latest firmware available, both on the phone and in Zune yesterday on the work PC. Shouldnt the latest firmware end in 12070?

hadoken13 · 06-04-2012 1:02pm

adox wrote: »

I've had mine a day or so now and really liking it. One thing though, mines a Vodafone phone and the firmware ends in 11501 and is showing as the latest firmware available, both on the phone and in Zune yesterday on the work PC. Shouldnt the latest firmware end in 12070?

Vodafone may not have released the firmware update yet. Best to contact them or search for it in Google.

AntiVirus · 06-04-2012 1:07pm

adox wrote: »

I've had mine a day or so now and really liking it. One thing though, mines a Vodafone phone and the firmware ends in 11501 and is showing as the latest firmware available, both on the phone and in Zune yesterday on the work PC. Shouldnt the latest firmware end in 12070?

Vodafone might not have rolled it out yet for your lumia yet

The Nokia chart show that the update is available for Lumia's with the product code: 059M749

You can find your Lumia's product code on the sim tray.

http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/nokia-lumia-800-software-update/nokia-lumia-800-software-update-availability

adox · 06-04-2012 4:08pm

Thanks guys. Have the sim card left in the office in work so will check it on Tuesday when I'm back there.

adox · 06-04-2012 6:18pm

I seem to be having a problem with Twitter integration. I have the Twitter app downloaded and am logged in and getting updates in the app but, if I go into any of the integrated tiles, me, people, Im not getting any feed from the Twitter account, although Facebook is working fine. Also if I go into my photos and look to upload one, there is no option to upload to Twitter.

Anyone got any ideas?

Edit: Hadnt added the account to email and accounts. Doh! Ignore me.

mad muffin · 07-04-2012 8:56am

How are people getting on with the USB cover that sticks out, charging it in the car and using it with a phone holder?

Also another question.

Is it unlocked and stock from Vodafone via the carphonewarehouse, or is it branded by Vodafone?

AntiVirus · 07-04-2012 2:31pm

mad muffin wrote: »

How are people getting on with the USB cover that sticks out, charging it in the car and using it with a phone holder?

No problems using it in the car with my modified holder

moby2101 · 07-04-2012 7:28pm

Hi
apologies if this has been asked before..
I have received an email with an mp3 attachment that plays ok but can't download it ..This is driving me nuts!!
I've tried everything!!
Thanks

evolutionqy7 · 07-04-2012 9:25pm

moby2101 wrote: »

Hi
apologies if this has been asked before..
I have received an email with an mp3 attachment that plays ok but can't download it ..This is driving me nuts!!
I've tried everything!!
Thanks

You cant, you can only put music in through Zune or an application that enables the PC to read mass storage of your phone.

Copyright/Security reasons

hadoken13 · 08-04-2012 8:42am

adox wrote: »

Thanks guys. Have the sim card left in the office in work so will check it on Tuesday when I'm back there.

It'll be in the sim tray of the phone, not the sim card.

hadoken13 · 08-04-2012 8:44am

AntiVirus wrote: »

No problems using it in the car with my modified holder

Where did you get the holder? I have to get rid of the crappy dumb-phone holder that came with the car (even though it's a 08).

adox · 08-04-2012 10:12am

hadoken13 wrote: »

It'll be in the sim tray of the phone, not the sim card.

Thanks for that. Had a look and its 059M749 so theres supposed to be an update available. Still no sign of it though..

AntiVirus · 08-04-2012 7:28pm

hadoken13 wrote: »

Where did you get the holder? I have to get rid of the crappy dumb-phone holder that came with the car (even though it's a 08).

I'm using a brodit proclip with some bog standard universal mobile phone holder attached to it. A 30cm USB cable and a dual USB car charger I got from deal extreme for a few euros.

http://www.brodit.com/proclip.html?pn=prod&sm=pc

Undead · 08-04-2012 10:23pm

AntiVirus wrote: »

No problems using it in the car with my modified holder

Jesus I wish I didn't have a black Lumia, look at that sexy beast!

mad muffin · 08-04-2012 10:44pm

does the mail app not check for mail when I enter it unless I hit sync?
Also doesn't the phone vibrate whilst it's ringing?

Seems to only vibrate at the start.

And is there no autocorrect? And how do you fix words with a red squiggly line under them?

evolutionqy7 · 08-04-2012 10:50pm

mad muffin wrote: »

does the mail app not check for mail when I enter it unless I hit sync?
Also doesn't the phone vibrate whilst it's ringing?

Seems to only vibrate at the start.

And is there no autocorrect? And how do you fix words with a red squiggly line under them?

No it doesnt check them when you go into it. I never ever thought of that, id only ever go into it when i see i got an email.

The phone does vibrate when ringing

Auto correct is on by default, click on the word and it will show you the correct spelling, once you spell it right it will take of the "red squiggly line" just like in office word

mad muffin · 08-04-2012 11:17pm

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

No it doesnt check them when you go into it. I never ever thought of that, id only ever go into it when i see i got an email.

The phone does vibrate when ringing

Auto correct is on by default, click on the word and it will show you the correct spelling, once you spell it right it will take of the "red squiggly line" just like in office word

I guess I'm used to my iPhone checking mail as I enter the app.

Phone vibrates a couple of times and then rings (doesn't ring and vibrate throughout the whole ringtone)

So there's no autocorrect iPhone style?

Also how do you dismiss the keyboard?

Corruptedmorals · 08-04-2012 11:36pm

By touching a part of the screen not taken up by the keyboard.

Odaise Gaelach · 09-04-2012 2:35am

Or by pressing the Back button.

mad muffin · 09-04-2012 8:48am

What are some good sites for the lumia and wp7 in general?

AntiVirus · 09-04-2012 9:32am

mad muffin wrote: »

What are some good sites for the lumia and wp7 in general?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1378

And

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=605

mad muffin · 09-04-2012 11:24am

Another question. Where do I find on the phone how much data its using? Or is there an app?

AntiVirus · 09-04-2012 2:32pm

mad muffin wrote: »

Another question. Where do I find on the phone how much data its using? Or is there an app?

You can't at the moment, you'll have to see if you can see it on your mobile providers website.

mad muffin · 09-04-2012 2:39pm

What do I need to do to get album art to work property on the lock screen and Zune player?

I imported all my songs from iTunes. They have artwork that comes up in Zune but not on the lock screen or tile and background.

I played a song from the marketplace and it displayed properly.

AntiVirus · 09-04-2012 2:57pm

mad muffin wrote: »

What do I need to do to get album art to work property on the lock screen and Zune player?

I imported all my songs from iTunes. They have artwork that comes up in Zune but not on the lock screen or tile and background.

I played a song from the marketplace and it displayed properly.

for this to work you first need a microsoft live ID which is set to a country which supports Zune marketplace. From what you've said it seems that you do have that type of live ID but when copying from iTunes the albums are missing some properties that need to be set.

Try Zune Social tagger to fix that problem.

http://www.xda-developers.com/windows_phone/zune-social-tagger/

use this link to find the download file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097873

mad muffin · 09-04-2012 3:49pm

AntiVirus wrote: »

for this to work you first need a microsoft live ID which is set to a country which supports Zune marketplace. From what you've said it seems that you do have that type of live ID but when copying from iTunes the albums are missing some properties that need to be set.

Try Zune Social tagger to fix that problem.

http://www.xda-developers.com/windows_phone/zune-social-tagger/

use this link to find the download file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097873

Thanks, have you used it? Doesnt seem to work I'm at a loss...

Also what's the story with the Facebook app? Only three friends are appearing in my list, were in the iOS app and web they are all there?

evolutionqy7 · 09-04-2012 8:13pm

mad muffin wrote: »

What do I need to do to get album art to work property on the lock screen and Zune player?

I imported all my songs from iTunes. They have artwork that comes up in Zune but not on the lock screen or tile and background.

I played a song from the marketplace and it displayed properly.

Its not album art your looking for, I pressume you can see the little square box which is your album art, the stuff your looking for is called artist flow (which doesnt happen here in Ireland cause we dont have Zune music).

If you have a Hotmail account thats set up as in the country that supports Zune Music then you would automatically get Arists Flow running over in the background and on your tile and on the lock screen.

If you have a developers unlocked account you can add these manually with an app. Though as said you have to have a dev unlocked phone. If not sit tight and wait till Zune gets the finger out

mad muffin · 09-04-2012 8:42pm

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Its not album art your looking for, I pressume you can see the little square box which is your album art, the stuff your looking for is called artist flow (which doesnt happen here in Ireland cause we dont have Zune music).

If you have a Hotmail account thats set up as in the country that supports Zune Music then you would automatically get Arists Flow running over in the background and on your tile and on the lock screen.

If you have a developers unlocked account you can add these manually with an app. Though as said you have to have a dev unlocked phone. If not sit tight and wait till Zune gets the finger out

When I tried a sample track in the marketplace it did this.

Sorted the Facebook app by uninstalling/reinstalling

Why doesn't the marketplace ask me for a password every time I make a purchase?

Bulmers · 09-04-2012 10:08pm

Does anyone know if it's possible to rollback sw.

I upgraded my Lumia to 1207 using this link http://nokiainnovation.com/2012/03/guide-how-to-get-the-latest-lumia-800-update-now/ but might try to get the official version as I see it's available for my phone when I check product code?

Also would anyone know if the version used at this site would be diff than the official one released from Nokia?

AntiVirus · 09-04-2012 10:15pm

mad muffin wrote: »

Why doesn't the marketplace ask me for a password every time I make a purchase?

Its not supposed to, that would be very annoying if it did.

mad muffin · 10-04-2012 8:30am

Bulmers wrote: »

Does anyone know if it's possible to rollback sw.

I upgraded my Lumia to 1207 using this link http://nokiainnovation.com/2012/03/guide-how-to-get-the-latest-lumia-800-update-now/ but might try to get the official version as I see it's available for my phone when I check product code?

Also would anyone know if the version used at this site would be diff than the official one released from Nokia?

I think that's the latest official version anyway?

I updated through this as well as it said there is an update available for Vodafone but Zune kept telling me I had the latest version.

adox · 10-04-2012 10:37am

Bulmers wrote: »

Does anyone know if it's possible to rollback sw.

I upgraded my Lumia to 1207 using this link http://nokiainnovation.com/2012/03/guide-how-to-get-the-latest-lumia-800-update-now/ but might try to get the official version as I see it's available for my phone when I check product code?

Also would anyone know if the version used at this site would be diff than the official one released from Nokia?

I got my phone last week(Vodafone) and its still showing 11501 firmware. When I log in to Zune its telling me the phone is up to date, so I`d be wary of rolling back as you mightnt get the update.

Ive posted in the Vodafone forum asking about it so will post back here if and when I get a reply.

senordingdong · 10-04-2012 11:00am

I'm interested in getting one of these but I've only just recently upgraded to a 700.
I really love the 700s weight and size against the more ostentatious smart phones out there. But I'm finding the symbian belle interface quite cumbersome.

Has anyone here ever used both? Would there be that much of an improvement?

mad muffin · 10-04-2012 11:04am

When I purchase apps from the marketplace it never asks me for a password like the Apple App Store, is this right?

DjFlin · 10-04-2012 2:27pm

mad muffin wrote: »

When I purchase apps from the marketplace it never asks me for a password like the Apple App Store, is this right?

Yes, it is right. Only Apple asks for your password every time you want an app.

AntiVirus · 10-04-2012 2:40pm

DjFlin wrote: »

Yes, it is right. Only Apple asks for your password every time you want an app.

That used to piss me off big time having to enter the password even to download free apps! I'm amazed they didn't get you to enter your simlock code every time you tried to make a phone call.

AntiVirus · 10-04-2012 2:41pm

mad muffin wrote: »

Another question. Where do I find on the phone how much data its using? Or is there an app?

The guys over in Nokia have written an app just for you

http://wmpoweruser.com/new-exclusive-nokia-wp7-app-nokia-usage-monitor-aims-to-eliminate-overage-charges/

mad muffin · 10-04-2012 3:16pm

AntiVirus wrote: »

The guys over in Nokia have written an app just for you

http://wmpoweruser.com/new-exclusive-nokia-wp7-app-nokia-usage-monitor-aims-to-eliminate-overage-charges/

Nice

I'll have to keep an eye out.

What's the deal with the battery update? I thought it was supposed to fix it? Took it of charge 7 hours ago and only 47% left

AntiVirus · 10-04-2012 3:39pm

mad muffin wrote: »

What's the deal with the battery update? I thought it was supposed to fix it? Took it of charge 7 hours ago and only 47% left

Looks like you could have a dodgy battery. If I leave my phone sitting idle for 7 hours it uses 7-10%

mad muffin · 10-04-2012 4:09pm

AntiVirus wrote: »

Looks like you could have a dodgy battery. If I leave my phone sitting idle for 7 hours it uses 7-10%

Are there dodgy batteries in the lumia? I lost another 5% since I posted last.

If I return it to the carphone warehouse shop where I bought it from, how do I back up the phone?

mad muffin · 12-04-2012 11:28am

Finally got artist flow working on all my albums.

TBi · 12-04-2012 12:52pm

mad muffin wrote: »

Finally got artist flow working on all my albums.

How?

Nokia Lumia 800

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