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Doomsday Jesus posted:If she is drawing from the national weather service for alerts, then this is normal. I don't live that close to large bodies of water, but my accuweather app constantly gives me weather alerts based on marine warnings. Does it not alert you of the corresponding land part of the storm, like severe thunderstorm warnings?
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The Lord Bude posted:Is it possible you have it set to upload in best quality? That would force it to wait till you were on WiFi. Afraid not- also I returned from my trip a week ago and have been on wi-fi pretty much ever since. I may have to manually copy them off the phone and paste them into my OneDrive camera roll folder.
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Partycat posted:Does it not alert you of the corresponding land part of the storm, like severe thunderstorm warnings? It gives me both.
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Guillermus posted:Is there any kind of clock widget/tile I can install so i have a big one that displays the time and if i push it it sends me to alarms. You'll have to live with them being separate apps. Use a live tile for Alarms and Glance for a big clock.
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Sep 7, 2014 00:07
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Some other good clock live tile apps (because I'm an expert on those apparently  ) are Analog Clock Tile or Start Screen Clock. 
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Sep 7, 2014 00:34
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Thanks for the suggestions, Start Screen Clock is nice. I'm adapting myself very well to WP, I went to my dad's for dinner yesterday and he liked the UI so he asked me to install the WP8 launcher for his android phone. I have to admit, as android fan, that is miles easier to use for a starter than android due to the tile setting.
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LentThem posted:If your phone ends up coming with the Cyan + 8.1 update I'd be really curious to hear about the battery life. Quoting you again since I had a few days to try out the phone both on working and non-working days. After messing with my 925 with Cyan 8.1 (still don't have cortana in my region  ) I have to compare battery life to my main phone, a Galaxy S4 (i9505) with stock android (less battery demanding than Samsung's touchwiz). After 17 hours since last charge, is on 64% and I've been using it like my S4 wich is mainly whatsapp messaging, some browsing and at 40-50mins of music playing while I run. Seems to be on par with my S4 despite this one having a 2600mAh battery (vs 2000mAh on the 925) same screen family (Super AMOLED vs Amoled on Nokia) and a slightly smaller screen on my 925 (4.5" vs 5"). To my eyes and considering that I honestly used my phone a bit more than usual seems fantastic so far for me.Take in mind that I'm not a heavy user during work days and I can stretch my S4's battery for 35-40h without charging it and still have about 30% remaining so the 925 has good battery life for my day to day use considering its smaller battery wich makes me think two things, that WP 8.1 is really nice and that even my stock Android 4.4.4 with all sorts of stuff to keep power usage lower (rooted, using an app to hibernate power hungry stuff etc) still shows that Android L can't come soon enough to really make a difference when it comes to battery life. After the newbie review, I have a deal breaking issue with Windows Phone 8.1. Is there any goddamn app, free or paid I don't care, that can play my music using folders and NOT playlists? It was one of the reasons I hated iPods a decade ago and made me just ignore completely iPhones. I'm a huge fan of folders and there are like 50 or more decent apps on android that can do that.
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Guillermus posted:After the newbie review, I have a deal breaking issue with Windows Phone 8.1. Is there any goddamn app, free or paid I don't care, that can play my music using folders and NOT playlists? It was one of the reasons I hated iPods a decade ago and made me just ignore completely iPhones. I'm a huge fan of folders and there are like 50 or more decent apps on android that can do that. Can you clarify your issue? If your metadata is correct, this shouldn't be an issue. You can use Xbox Music to sync your music to your phone correctly, regardless of folder structure or playlists as long as your metadata is good. Also, Folder Play or Folder Audio Player? They're pretty barebones for music players.
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bjobjoli posted:Can you clarify your issue? If your metadata is correct, this shouldn't be an issue. You can use Xbox Music to sync your music to your phone correctly, regardless of folder structure or playlists as long as your metadata is good. Sorry if I explained myself wrong. What I've been doing with all my mp3 players and phones is just copy-pasting folders into the internal (or SD) memory and just open the app and browse folders. And yes! Folder play is just what I was looking for, really barebones and not close to winamp or power amp but is perfect. Thank you! 
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Sep 8, 2014 17:56
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Is there a good reason to use the Nokia camera app over the WP8.1 app on a 1520 if all you use it for is point-and-shoot? The Nokia one seems more awkward to use and I can't tell if it's taking better pictures or anything. I don't see myself using the animated "live photos" or whatever either.
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Sep 8, 2014 19:12
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I haven't seen anyone mention this in this thread yet, but apparently Blu is releasing two windows phones. Both devices are dual-sim and unlocked. The first is $89 on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/BLU-4-Inch-Windows-Unlocked-Phones-White/dp/B00M9KSSUI/) and comes with 4GB storage and 512 MB RAM. The second isn't available yet but is a 5 inch device for which the specs aren't out yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NAXzuKFazA
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Guillermus posted:Sorry if I explained myself wrong. What I've been doing with all my mp3 players and phones is just copy-pasting folders into the internal (or SD) memory and just open the app and browse folders. There is no reason to not set up track metadata. You will open yourself up to a magical new world when you stop relying on folder structure.
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Naffer posted:I haven't seen anyone mention this in this thread yet, but apparently Blu is releasing two windows phones. Both devices are dual-sim and unlocked. Oh wow, Snapdragon 200 4 Gb internal and 512 ram, I'd really caution against this device. At least until some reviews show it's not as weak as it looks on paper. A $129 Moto E may well blow this away (I know ewww Android).
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$40 can be a lot depending on circumstances; a week's worth of groceries for a family, for example.
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Factor Mystic posted:There is no reason to not set up track metadata. You will open yourself up to a magical new world when you stop relying on folder structure. For some stupid reason my phone has trouble with Chinese characters in the ID3 tags, meaning that in some cases I can never ever find a song even if I know the exact file name and location. On the plus side, outside of this specific situation metadata means I don't really have to sort any of the files and can just dump them all onto the phone.
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LifeSizePotato posted:Is there a good reason to use the Nokia camera app over the WP8.1 app on a 1520 if all you use it for is point-and-shoot? The Nokia one seems more awkward to use and I can't tell if it's taking better pictures or anything. I don't see myself using the animated "live photos" or whatever either. I don't have 8.1 but the Nokia app takes much better photos on my 521, particularly in low light. Downside is it takes 6-7 seconds to launch whereas the default is about 2 seconds.
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Since we on camera chat, does Nokia cam replace Nokia Smart Cam?
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Has there been any word on the HTC One W8 coming to ATT?
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Does anyone know why the camera app on my 930 might be deciding to randomly launch itself without me doing anything? It happens 2 or 3 times a week.
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Factor Mystic posted:There is no reason to not set up track metadata. You will open yourself up to a magical new world when you stop relying on folder structure. Can you elaborate? My mp3 collection just doesn't seem amenable to metadata. What I did was copy my hierarchical directory structure into the "genre" tag, so that I could at least browse it in iTunes. * I don't use concept of "Album". As for "Artist", it's sometimes the composer and sometimes the musician. * I like to drill down in folders. For instance, I'm in the mood for some Baroque music, I check out what I've got, settle on Bach, and decide from there which piece and which recording to play. Or I feel like listening to some comedy as I fall asleep, and out of my 3000 odd recordings, I'll browse through and pick ones that will make sense. code:
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wormil posted:Since we on camera chat, does Nokia cam replace Nokia Smart Cam? It replaces both Smart Camera and Pro Camera.
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Guillermus posted:Quoting you again since I had a few days to try out the phone both on working and non-working days. After messing with my 925 with Cyan 8.1 (still don't have cortana in my region Man, I'm super jealous. I don't know what's different about my settings, but after about 12 hours (from time I unplug phone from charger to the time I get home from work) my battery is in the 40s, and that's with 2-2.5 hours of use during my commute, and the rest of the day just being in standby (and maybe checking the chat app a couple of times). Basically, my battery drain is 15-20% per hour of active use, and 2-3% per hour on standby.
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LentThem posted:Man, I'm super jealous. I don't know what's different about my settings, but after about 12 hours (from time I unplug phone from charger to the time I get home from work) my battery is in the 40s, and that's with 2-2.5 hours of use during my commute, and the rest of the day just being in standby (and maybe checking the chat app a couple of times). Basically, my battery drain is 15-20% per hour of active use, and 2-3% per hour on standby. That's odd.I normally get 2-3 days out of my 930. Admittedly I don't use it for music, just web browsing, forum browsing, and communication type stuff - email, sms, calls etc.
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After a couple of weeks with 8.1 gotta say that Cortana is seriously useful and the speech recognition is scary good.
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The Lord Bude posted:That's odd.I normally get 2-3 days out of my 930. Admittedly I don't use it for music, just web browsing, forum browsing, and communication type stuff - email, sms, calls etc. The only thing I haven't tried yet is doing a hard reset without restoring from backups. Maybe I have some bugged settings somewhere. But that's going to waste half a weekend.
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furaxu posted:It replaces both Smart Camera and Pro Camera. Thanks. I read some pretty harsh reviews on Nokia Cam and am hesitant to install it if it replaces Smart Cam.
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Whenever I connect my phone to something via Bluetooth, the volume rocker will ONLY ever operate for that Bluetooth connection from there on out. Even after disconnecting the device and straight up turning Bluetooth OFF on the phone. Want to adjust the ringer or call volume? Nope, it will only adjust a non-existent Bluetooth connection. Trying to watch a Netflix video and want to turn the volume up? Nope. Still trying to adjust a Bluetooth connection. Anyone else run into this bug?
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No, never seen that, and I use Bluetooth audio several times a day every day. Negative answers don't help you much though I guess 
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The Lord Bude posted:Does anyone know why the camera app on my 930 might be deciding to randomly launch itself without me doing anything? It happens 2 or 3 times a week. This happens almost daily on my 1520. Only happened after 8.1 DP, and not fixed by Cyan or update 1.
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And another issue: every now and then the volume (all volumes, for alarms, notifications, ringtone, general typing sounds, etc) disables itself and the only way to get sound back is to reboot the phone. I rely on the phone for an alarm clock, if it ever happened overnight it could be an issue, although granted at worst 1 day per week is a 'hard' wakeup for me.
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I think as long as I've owned a WP phone I've been extremely glad I don't use Bluetooth for anything. Has Bluetooth ever not been broken on this OS? e: also I just ?-button'ed all of my posts in this thread and I'm pretty sure  is my #1-used emoticon here, lol
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Bluetooth works for me when pairing my phone to my surface for Office remote, but that's probably no help.  Bude, I do get that no audio bug once in a while, but only with Cortana. Never had it happen to music, calls, notifications, alarms, and the like. I do keep the keyboard silent on purpose.
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My Nokia suddenly went into rebooting loop. Googling suggests this is an 8.1 problem but I'm still on 8.0. Took the battery out for a few minutes then returned it and restarted the phone. That stopped the reboot loop temporarily but the date/time was screwed up. A soft reset didn't fix that problem. Turning date auto update off then on fixed the date. If it starts again I'll have to try a hard reset. Frustrating. Anyone else experience this?
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Well, that's something I guess, but they really need to get something out there to replace the 920/925 and 1020:quote:AT&T confirmed it will add the Nokia Lumia 830 to its leading portfolio of Windows Phone 8.1 devices. Further details on pricing and availability will be announced at a later date. http://about.att.com/story/att_to_carry_the_nokia_lumia_830.html
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Stick100 posted:Oh wow, Snapdragon 200 4 Gb internal and 512 ram, I'd really caution against this device. At least until some reviews show it's not as weak as it looks on paper. It looks pretty decent compared to the Lumia low-ends. Flash, FFC, ambient light sensor, dual-SIM, etc. http://www.wpcentral.com/blu-win-jr-unboxing-windows-phone (video review) http://www.bluproducts.com/index.php/win-jr It's one of those android manufacturers slapping 8.1 on their android hardware. And I don't think people buy on price points alone anymore, I think they choose their ecosystems and then see what they can afford. Jumping ecosystems based on price every upgrade cycle just seems like a big headache.
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Bought a Lumia 635 on a lark from T Mobile and using it is like when I went from a dumb phone to an iPhone. This is so different I feel all stupid and intimidated. Are these phones totally rad?
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vigorous sodomy posted:Bought a Lumia 635 on a lark from T Mobile and using it is like when I went from a dumb phone to an iPhone. This is so different I feel all stupid and intimidated. Are these phones totally rad? 
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I use my second-favorite podcast manager since my otherwise favorite has an ugly non-theme-color tile. This is important stuff.
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