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AntiVirus · 07-12-2011 02:02AM

fits wrote: »

The playlist thing is a joke, I cant drag and drop without putting that mix into my music collection and picking out the 32 songs (out of a few thousand) individually.

GAH!

(any hints)

Maybe this might help?

Zune playlist generator based on folder structure

http://vishaljoshi.blogspot.com/2008/12/kritzu-zune-playlist-generator-based-on.html

Tinie · 07-12-2011 08:36PM

Xbox Companion app is out now

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-IE/apps/b057fbe2-ceb1-470f-a7fe-09c862ca6dd9?wa=wsignin1.0

Daniel S · 08-12-2011 06:59PM

Does anyone have the APN settings for Meteor bill pay?

I've tried data.meteor.ie and data.mymeteor.ie.

Just can't get it working.

danger_mouse_tm · 08-12-2011 07:04PM

Anyone have any problems picking up their vodafone mail? I'm getting the text messages to say there is an new mail but the mailbox can't sync. Checked settings and everything appears to be as it should. Should I dive deeper into MFG?

DjFlin · 09-12-2011 08:11PM

Well, I'm still without a phone. Called Vodafone today to see what the problem with my NAC code was, they say I never requested it. Turns out their websites NAC code form has a glitch, and doesn't actually do anything. So now they're asking me to wait another 7-10 business days for an unlock.

I cant really afford to wait another 3 weeks, so I'm going to have to go to one of those places in town that unlocks phones.

I'm really amazed by Vodafone's lack of support. It took me almost half an hour to get through to support, and once I did they were useless.

Trevor451 · 10-12-2011 03:05AM

I downloaded the windows phone 7 sdk today and just was trying out the emulator. It uses a location in the US so all of the features advertised with the mango launch are available.

we Irish users are missing out on so much

Jet Black · 10-12-2011 07:25PM

Daniel S wrote: »

Does anyone have the APN settings for Meteor bill pay?

I've tried data.meteor.ie and data.mymeteor.ie.

Just can't get it working.

Did you get it working? My sister is on meteor bill pay and had the same problem. I put the same apn settings as my phone but it didn't work. She needed the proxy server URL and proxy port number which someone in the meteor store did and fixed it.

Have you put in username as my and password as wap?

DjFlin · 11-12-2011 07:16PM

Trevor451 wrote: »

I downloaded the windows phone 7 sdk today and just was trying out the emulator. It uses a location in the US so all of the features advertised with the mango launch are available.

we Irish users are missing out on so much

It is quite disappointing.

There are one or two things you can do to get a few of the features the US have:

Registry hack to enable SmartDJ

The SoundHound app allows you to find what song is playing, similarly to Bing Music

Add artist pictures to Zune

Download apps that arent availible in Ireland

A few of these require unlocked phones.

Alanstrainor · 13-12-2011 09:48AM

Right gents, something weird has happened. My Optimus 7 is no longer recognised by zune. I've tried it on multiple machines and it's the same on each...it's really bugging me at this stage!

I've reinstalled drivers, and nothing. When i plug it in, my pc will recognise that there's something connected, it's just that zune will not pick it up.

I got the new black keys album and neeeeeed it on my phone!

Davy · 13-12-2011 10:14AM

Basic thing to try but a lt of the time it works, is rebooting both devices. Also try another USB port

Malice · 13-12-2011 11:05AM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Right gents, something weird has happened. My Optimus 7 is no longer recognised by zune. I've tried it on multiple machines and it's the same on each...it's really bugging me at this stage!

I've reinstalled drivers, and nothing. When i plug it in, my pc will recognise that there's something connected, it's just that zune will not pick it up.

I got the new black keys album and neeeeeed it on my phone!

You might be better off sticking that post into a separate thread. Can you check Device Manager to see if there are any mis-behaving USB devices?

evolutionqy7 · 13-12-2011 06:18PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Right gents, something weird has happened. My Optimus 7 is no longer recognised by zune. I've tried it on multiple machines and it's the same on each...it's really bugging me at this stage!

I've reinstalled drivers, and nothing. When i plug it in, my pc will recognise that there's something connected, it's just that zune will not pick it up.

I got the new black keys album and neeeeeed it on my phone!

Did you try a diff cable? Or is still charging when plugged in?

Alanstrainor · 13-12-2011 09:13PM

Cheers for the responses lads.

Phone and pc have both been powered off and restarted.

I used a different pc and nothing.

Used different cable and nothing.

The weird thing is that my optimus 7 is telling me there is an update available...which afaik there shouldn't be! Think it's just got itself confused.

God damn!

DjFlin · 13-12-2011 09:41PM

Does your phone say its charging when you plug it in? If not, there may be a problem with the port on the phone.

Alanstrainor · 13-12-2011 10:06PM

DjFlin wrote: »

Does your phone say its charging when you plug it in? If not, there may be a problem with the port on the phone.

Yeah, when i connect the phone it charges fine. And the pc will pickup a usb device too. I'll have a look at the devices now.

stevenmu · 13-12-2011 10:23PM

Funny, I've had similar with my Omnia when there has been an update for it, it has trouble connecting with Zune. What seems to work for me is some random combination of plugging it in, letting Zune auto-launch, plugging it out, closing zune, manually opening zune, plugging it in again and trying various combinations of connecting and disconnecting with zune either already open or not. After a few goes it normally just connects.

DjFlin · 13-12-2011 10:51PM

Hmm. I remeber that an initial tethering hack for the Optimus 7 involved changing the USB settings so that it was picked up as a modem instead of a phone. Maybe something has happened to your registry. :O

Alanstrainor · 13-12-2011 10:55PM

DjFlin wrote: »

Hmm. I remeber that an initial tethering hack for the Optimus 7 involved changing the USB settings so that it was picked up as a modem instead of a phone. Maybe something has happened to your registry. :O

This sounds interesting! That's what's picked up in the device manager!

AntiVirus · 13-12-2011 11:09PM

DjFlin wrote: »

Hmm. I remeber that an initial tethering hack for the Optimus 7 involved changing the USB settings so that it was picked up as a modem instead of a phone. Maybe something has happened to your registry. :O

Yes DjFlin could be on to your problem. I had this problem before. By switching the USB port setting type I was able to get it working again.

If you don't have the MFG app installed dial ##634#, then press the Call. That should install the MFG app for you

When asked for the password enter APPMFG#*# (277634#*#)

Select the Engineer menu -> Port settings -> USB Switching and try each of the 3 options. I can't remember which one fixed it for me??

DjFlin · 13-12-2011 11:27PM

Here is an XDA thread that details the tethering registry hack.

Maybe that might help you.

I vaguely remember a few folks here giving out that their GPS wasnt working, while looking for the link above, I found this. According to this post, Vodafone's update for the LG WP7's actually broke the GPS. The post offers a fix. I havent tried it, as I never use GPS.

Alanstrainor · 14-12-2011 02:09AM

AntiVirus wrote: »

Yes DjFlin could be on to your problem. I had this problem before. By switching the USB port setting type I was able to get it working again.

If you don't have the MFG app installed dial ##634#, then press the Call. That should install the MFG app for you

When asked for the password enter APPMFG#*# (277634#*#)

Select the Engineer menu -> Port settings -> USB Switching and try each of the 3 options. I can't remember which one fixed it for me??

You sir, are a complete legend!

That's fixed it!

After going into the menus you mentioned, it was the 3rd option in the list that did it for me. MS COMPOSITE.

Thanks so much! Love boards!

AntiVirus · 14-12-2011 08:57AM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

After going into the menus you mentioned, it was the 3rd option in the list that did it for me. MS COMPOSITE.

Ah the old MS COMPOSITE type, I couldn't remember which one it was. Good to see it fixed it.

On the update, there's been 2 updates since the Mango update so its most likely you do have an update.

fjon · 15-12-2011 12:59PM

DjFlin wrote: »

Here is an XDA thread that details the tethering registry hack.

Maybe that might help you.

I vaguely remember a few folks here giving out that their GPS wasnt working, while looking for the link above, I found this. According to this post, Vodafone's update for the LG WP7's actually broke the GPS. The post offers a fix. I havent tried it, as I never use GPS.

How can I tell if my gps is working or not? I suspect it isn't, but is there any way I can tell for sure?

AntiVirus · 15-12-2011 04:58PM

fjon wrote: »

How can I tell if my gps is working or not? I suspect it isn't, but is there any way I can tell for sure?

Download the Endomondo app, create an account, start it up, go for a walk or drive, upload it to your account and look at the map of your walk/drive online and see if its correct

Trevor451 · 15-12-2011 10:52PM

After trying a few supposed fixes, none of them worked

. I don't really care much though because I rarely use GPS. I called LG support up and they stated that it was a firmware issue and you have to send it back to them to get the issue fixed.

AntiVirus · 15-12-2011 11:49PM

Trevor451 wrote: »

After trying a few supposed fixes, none of them worked . I don't really care much though because I rarely use GPS. I called LG support up and they stated that it was a firmware issue and you have to send it back to them to get the issue fixed.

If its a firmware issue you could just flash on the EU Open firmware and that should fix the problem. I think the GPS problem only affected LG Optimus 7 phones with the vodafone firmware.

GPS works great on my phone with the Open firmware.

DjFlin · 16-12-2011 12:23AM

AntiVirus wrote: »

If its a firmware issue you could just flash on the EU Open firmware and that should fix the problem. I think the GPS problem only affected LG Optimus 7 phones with the vodafone firmware.

GPS works great on my phone with the Open firmware.

Problem with the EU Open firmware is that there's still no Internet Sharing.

G-Money · 16-12-2011 06:29PM

Apparently the European Lumia 800's won't work in the US

http://www.winsupersite.com/blog/supersite-blog-39/windowsphone75/headsup-european-nokia-lumia-800-work-141643

DjFlin · 16-12-2011 10:35PM

G-Money wrote: »

Apparently the European Lumia 800's won't work in the US

http://www.winsupersite.com/blog/supersite-blog-39/windowsphone75/headsup-european-nokia-lumia-800-work-141643

No surprises there. North America uses a lot of different network types and bands. Europe is much more standardised. Any European cell phone will have limitations in the US.

AntiVirus · 16-12-2011 11:16PM

G-Money wrote: »

Apparently the European Lumia 800's won't work in the US

http://www.winsupersite.com/blog/supersite-blog-39/windowsphone75/headsup-european-nokia-lumia-800-work-141643

They do work in the US. The worst that could happen is that you can only use 2G data while roaming. Best to look for wifi free bars/cafe's when roaming in any country, data rates are a bitch.

The European edition - FCC ID: LJPRM-801:
GSM/EGSM : 850/900/1800/1900
WCDMA : 900/1900/2100

The North American edition - FCC ID: RM-819
GSM/EGSM : 850/900/1800/1900
WCDMA : 850/1900/2100

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