[TBi]

Ok one last thing to try, when the phone updated it made a backup.

Open zune with phone connected, click the phone on bottom left to ensure it's detected. Go to settings (top right)->update and hit the restore button. It will restore to the last version and might fix your issue.

You aren't going to get your contacts off any other way so it's worth trying.

Although (don't mean to insult) but have you tried power cycling the phone?

[Odaise Gaelach]

Originally Posted by TBi

Open zune with phone connected, click the phone on bottom left to ensure it's detected. Go to settings (top right)->update and hit the restore button. It will restore to the last version and might fix your issue.

That might wipe the contacts if they aren't synchronised with an online service.

[stevenmu]

Originally Posted by Malice

Nope, there are no contacts listed. That was the first thing I checked when I logged in .

What way did you log in? I think there's a few ways and some won't show the contacts. If I go to Live.com, sign in, then hover over the hotmail link at the top and then click on contacts it lists all mine.

If it doesn't for you it must have never synced, you can choose how it syncs when you set it up on the phone and if you weren't using email you might have selected 'never'.

I know you said the email settings screen just kicks you out, does that mean when you go to 'settings' then 'email & accounts' it kicks you straight back out, or can you see the Windows Live entry there. If you can just press and hold on that and a menu will pop down that lets you sync.

Another way is by going to your people hub, clicking the ... at the bottom and going to settings, then scroll to the bottom and again press and hold on Windows Live to bring up the sync option.

[N64]

Guys I recently got a outlook.com email address. I did a reset of my phone and used my new email. Everything is okay (contacts, xbox live profile, etc) synced over but I have a problem with my podcasts. Its not giving me an option to subscribe with them (on my phone) zune lets me sync. I am going abroad and won't have access to a PC and I need my podcasts

Is this because my new outlook address is in the Irish region? Is there anyway around it?

EDIT: I was talking to a Zune customer service rep on live chat and he said to me my theory might be correct. He escalated it to a higher teir and I should hear back from them soon.

I would still like to figure a way around this though. Perhaps there is a third party app or a hack.

[N64]

Just did a bit of researching on XDA developers and I found a way around the regional restrictions.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...39&postcount=2

(Note: the guy made a typo. It should be EN-US instead of the way he had it)

I now have full access to the US marketplace and wow, we are missing out on so much stuff. Zune music is amazing and there are so many more apps on the US marketplace. Its like I am using a whole new phone altogether.

Just shows how much MS don't care about European/Irish users (although it could be that they can't secure the licences for Ireland)

[TBi]

Originally Posted by Odaise Gaelach

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That might wipe the contacts if they aren't synchronised with an online service.

It will revert back to a system backup which includes data at that point so should include the contacts.

There's no other way of getting the contacts off the damaged phone anyway so worth a try.

[neonman]

Originally Posted by N64

Just did a bit of researching on XDA developers and I found a way around the regional restrictions.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...39&postcount=2

(Note: the guy made a typo. It should be EN-US instead of the way he had it)

I now have full access to the US marketplace and wow, we are missing out on so much stuff. Zune music is amazing and there are so many more apps on the US marketplace. Its like I am using a whole new phone altogether.

Just shows how much MS don't care about European/Irish users (although it could be that they can't secure the licences for Ireland)

The only place I can find en-IE is under the following

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Zune/Service

the file is called MarketPlaceCulture is this what you might have changed from en-IE to en-US ?

[evolutionqy7]

Originally Posted by N64

I would still like to figure a way around this though. Perhaps there is a third party app or a hack.

You got the hack above. I just use iTunes. I download one podcast from iTunes and that carriers over information to Zune then. I can just subscribe from there then. Its a pity Podcasts aren't available here.

[N64]

Originally Posted by neonman

The only place I can find en-IE is under the following

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Zune/Service

the file is called MarketPlaceCulture is this what you might have changed from en-IE to en-US ?

This is what entered on my optimus 7:



The last field (where the box is blank) is where you enter the marketplace region. The marketplace region will reset to Ireland after you reboot the phone.

What phone do you have?

[celticbest]

Originally Posted by N64

N64 just wondering how you got the screen shot, I didn't think you could do this on a WP7?

[TBi]

Originally Posted by celticbest

N64 just wondering how you got the screen shot, I didn't think you could do this on a WP7?

I'd say the phone is (the equivalent of) rooted.

[N64]

guilty as charged

[AntiVirus]

To enable podcasts on any WP7 you don't need to have a rooted phone. You just need to change the Windows registry so that you can add podcasts to Zune. Follow the instructions in the link below

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-h...zune-software/

[Mr Cumulonimbus]

According to Nokia's own support pages the character counter should appear once you have typed in over 130 characters in an SMS message. However I am not seeing this on screen. Phone is a Lumia 610. Any suggestions why it is not appearing?

[stevenmu]

It works fine for me on a 710 anyway. The count appears as soon as I hit 130, and it did on my previous omni too,so I think its a general WP7 feature not just a Nokia one.