giving up

judeboy101 · 16-12-2017 5:04pm

They'll have to prise my MS phone from my cold dead hands.

Yggr of Asgard · 16-12-2017 5:50pm

I actually have migrated back onto a Windows Phone for work purposes because it just works flawless with the corporate environment and is pleasant to use.

They offered me an iPhone/android but I rather use my old Windows Phone as it does everything I need for the corporate environment, sure one could replicate most with android but it just so easy to use and some programs are just better than their android counterparts.

Private I still use an Android device due to the application gap but the corporate apps are all available either as windows or internet apps.

tampopo · 24-03-2018 12:11am

Is there a radio on the 535? And where is it?

What happened to all my pics on Zunes? Where did they go, and are they gone for good? Thousands of them

MJohnston · 24-03-2018 12:12am

tampopo wrote: »

Is there a radio on the 535? And where is it?

What happened to all my pics on Zunes? Where did they go, and are they gone for good? Thousands of them

There's an FM Radio app, or was anyway. I don't know what your second question means.

tampopo · 24-03-2018 1:51am

Thanks.

Several years ago, when I connected my phone to a pc, it transferred all my pics to Zunes, presumably Microsoft's photo cloud. Haven't heard of it for years and I wondered if anyone had a similar experience

MJohnston · 24-03-2018 1:59am

tampopo wrote: »

Thanks.

Several years ago, when I connected my phone to a pc, it transferred all my pics to Zunes, presumably Microsoft's photo cloud. Haven't heard of it for years and I wondered if anyone had a similar experience

Maybe try logging into OneDrive, Microsoft's cloud storage service, and see if they got transferred to that? Use whatever account you used back then, I suppose?

beauf · 24-03-2018 2:08am

tampopo wrote: »

Is there a radio on the 535? And where is it?...

Microsoft removed the stock radio in some of the updates. Dunno if your is effected. You have to download a radio app if it is.

beauf · 24-03-2018 2:13am

tampopo wrote: »

Thanks.

Several years ago, when I connected my phone to a pc, it transferred all my pics to Zunes, presumably Microsoft's photo cloud. Haven't heard of it for years and I wondered if anyone had a similar experience

I don't think Zunes was cloud service.

tampopo · 24-03-2018 2:21am

beauf wrote: »

I don't think Zunes was cloud service.

I see. Do you know what it was?
I don't expect to see them again but thought here would be the best place to ask

MJohnston · 24-03-2018 2:35am

OneDrive is the only Microsoft cloud photo storage service still available, so if it's not there, it won't be anywhere.

beauf · 24-03-2018 2:49am

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zune#Zune_software

Sounds like it was just stored on the local PC.

tampopo · 24-03-2018 8:25am

Thanks

leck · 25-07-2019 11:59pm

Giving up ... and moving on. Today I bought a Samsung A70 to replace my old Windows phone - a Nokia Lumia 950XL.

Now the fun begins in trying to transfer everything over. OK with Contacts, Calendar and email as they are all linked to my Google account.

But problems with:
Whatsapp
call history
SMS

Anyone have a solution for transferring these?

Beagslife · 26-07-2019 9:15am

I'm not sure if this would be of any benefit. MS Launcher
I've only recently picked up a 950XL after a couple years with the 950. Still enjoying it despite some of the hardships!

Fingleberries · 31-07-2019 1:43pm

leck wrote: »

Giving up ... and moving on. Today I bought a Samsung A70 to replace my old Windows phone - a Nokia Lumia 950XL.

Now the fun begins in trying to transfer everything over. OK with Contacts, Calendar and email as they are all linked to my Google account.

But problems with:
Whatsapp
call history
SMS

Anyone have a solution for transferring these?

For SMS, I used this method. It worked well for me on a 950 and 950XL with thousands of SMS messages.

For WhatsApp, it looks like it might be possible as long as you don't have a 950/950XL. I have seen anecdotal evidence of others with an old 640/XL lying around and they switched to use that for WhatsApp (restored backup from OneDrive) and then exported. I didn't have any other phones lying around.

This was no good for the phones I had, though. So I guess I was out of luck and just had to export the chat history to keep as a plain text history, and unfortunately cannot confirm if this worked.

Call History, I couldn't find a method for this - sorry.

I have found Microsoft Launcher to be surprisingly good, close to stock Android launcher with a bunch of nice MS-specific twists.

leck · 26-08-2019 10:58pm

Fingleberries wrote: »

For SMS, I used this method. It worked well for me on a 950 and 950XL with thousands of SMS messages.

For WhatsApp, it looks like it might be possible as long as you don't have a 950/950XL. I have seen anecdotal evidence of others with an old 640/XL lying around and they switched to use that for WhatsApp (restored backup from OneDrive) and then exported. I didn't have any other phones lying around.

This was no good for the phones I had, though. So I guess I was out of luck and just had to export the chat history to keep as a plain text history, and unfortunately cannot confirm if this worked.

Call History, I couldn't find a method for this - sorry.

I have found Microsoft Launcher to be surprisingly good, close to stock Android launcher with a bunch of nice MS-specific twists.

I'm just trying to transfer SMS messages this evening using the first method. But I'm stuck.

I did a backup on my Windows phone, which created an 856KB file in the folder smsBackup. I copied that to OneDrive.

Next I went to the Android phone and checked that I could see the backup file in OneDrive.

I started the app Import SMS From Windows Phone but of course it tells me it can't find the backup file. I know I need to move it into the phone itself but not sure how to do that. Any advice?

[EDITED TO ADD - I figured it out. I either shared or copied (can't remember) the backup file to the phone, then the app could see and I think now all my messages are restored]

leck · 28-08-2019 12:42am

My next step is to attempt moving Whatsapp from Windows phone to Android.

But I have a 950XL on Windows 10.0 and the transfer app won't work on that.

One suggestion is to update an older phone to Windows 10, then load Whatsapp on that before transferring to Android. I have two old Windows phones - a Nokia Lumia 521 on Windows 8.0 and a Nokia Lumia 630 on Windows 8.1. From what I've read, it's not easy to install Windows 10 on either of those. Anyone tried similar?

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