Use this tag when you have a question regarding settings and configuration.
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Finding/Setting the first day of the week
I am using a time tracking app that can report time spent on various categories in a day, week, month and so on. The developer tells me that the "Week" code uses a phone setting for the first day of ...
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Is it possible to turn off buttons light on Lumia 920?
When i watch movies on my phone in the dark, the three buttons light up and are disturbing my view. Is there any way to turn them off? or an app that do this for me?
I have read that if you lock the ...
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1answer
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“My phone number” Incorrect
The number that is displayed in the phone settings page is not my number. This is on a Nokia Lumia 620 running Windows Phone 8 (8.0.10211.204).
Where does the phone get this number from? Is there a ...
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Change Photo Resolution
Is there a way to change the photo resolution in Windows Phone 8? Specifically I have a Nokia Lumia 920.
The 920 takes pictures at 8.7 megapixels with an image size of 3264 x 2448 pixels. For most of ...
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How can I turn off app notifications in Windows Phone 8?
How can I disable app notifications in Windows Phone 8? Specifically, I'm looking to turn off notifications on a per app basis so I can disable notifications from Whatsapp.
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Changing mail settings without deleting the account
In my company, we changed our email hosting provider.
The username used to send and receive mail is not the same.
With Outlook or Thunderbird, no problem. We just have to change the username into the ...
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Windows Phone 8 Silent Mode
I am not sure if this is possible in WP8, but I am trying to tweak the audio playback settings and would like to know if anyone else has been able to accomplish this.
What I am looking to do is have ...
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How to Make Phone Calls Interrupt Music/Podcasts?
On my Lumia 920, when listening to music or podcasts, and the phone in vibrate mode, I often do not notice the vibration for an incoming call.
Is there a way to set the phone to interrupt playback ...
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Is there a way to enable FIPS mode on a Windows Mobile device? [closed]
I'm using a Windows Mobile 6.5 device, and was wondering, is there a way to enable FIPS only mode on it, the way you can in Windows 7 and XP?
The equivalent setting I've found on a desktop OS is:
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1answer
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Live tiles stopped working
I have myself, my photos, and a friend pinned to my start. The tiles used to rotate photos, but I forgot my wallet pin, did a reset, and now those tiles don't update (my 'weather view' app tile does ...
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237 views
Flush the DNS on mobile
Is there a way to flush DNS like we do on windows PC. Actually, deleting history is a pain and again entering all the credentials and setting cookie is tough.
The reason i need to flush DNS is ...
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1answer
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Are unlocked phones upgradable to 7.8
For some weird reason, Samsung has stopped offering Omnia W in India and launched Omnia M.
Omnia W(A.K.A. Focus flash on at&t) is much better and I am interested in buying the same. This device ...
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2answers
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Workarounds for failed proximity sensor (screen blanks out during calls)?
I've got the opposite problem to the one raised in this question - the screen goes blank once a call is initialised and that makes it nearly impossible to end a call.
The phone's gathered plenty of ...
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2answers
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Facebook functionalities in people hub
The people hub is really good and the integration of Facebook and twitter is just great. The hub is so good that its restraining me from installing the dedicated Facebook app.
But since both exists ...
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1answer
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How can I enable the “Personalize my music” setting?
I was downloading an app that was unrelated to music, and saw this dialog:
I did not realize this was part of the new User Agreement from Microsoft, and I unchecked the box so as not to give the ...
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2answers
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Impact of frequent resetting
I have a stupid habit of resetting my phone every month. Does this have any bad impact on WP7 phone??
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1answer
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Photos rotate automatically
There is some strange thing happening with my lumia 710. Some of the images taken in the portrait mode appear as taken in landscape mode in my camera roll albums.
I am not sure how is this ...
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1answer
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Where are the videos from 3rd party apps saved
I have whatsapp installed on my lumia 710 running on 7.5 tango. Yesterday one of my friends send a Picture and video but I deleted the chat later.
Now, I can find the image in pictures album Saved, ...
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Garbage cleanup on windows phone
From a sole user perspective, are there any ways or tools to keep the phone clean and fresh.
I mean people install and remove many apps daily on their phone which must leave a lot of foot prints on ...
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Battery comparison on 2G vs 3G
Nokia lumia 710 is great windows device but with a mediocre 1320 mAh battery. The phone needs a charge twice a day with moderate to heavy usage. Right now I am using a 3G internet pack on mobile which ...
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2answers
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How does the calendar on windows phone work?
I am unable to understand or able to make use of calendars. Right now I have a Facebook account and a windows live account setup on my phone. Contact have been filtered to just show the live contact ...
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1answer
568 views
Media player buttons in volume control
What's the deal with music player for windows phone 7.5. Whenever I stop playing music and return back, the mini player starts showing on the lock screen and disappears automatically after some time. ...
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1answer
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How to setup e-mail settings to maintain conversations?
My brother has a WP7 phone, and when he answers to my e-mails, it becomes a new conversation in Gmail. If we write to each other in the same subject e.g. 8 times, I will have at least four ...
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1answer
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How to change sensitivity of proximity sensor on my phone
My Dell Venue Pro (DVP) often places calls on hold while I am actively participating in a call to other people.
I suspect that the proximity sensor re-enables the screen when I have the phone right ...
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1answer
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What does the the phone use to set the date+time “automatically”?
In the "date+time" settings, there is an option to set them automatically - where does it get this information from, as I've noticed that it can disagree quite a bit with other sources (for instance, ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to modify or add my own colour themes?
Under Settings > Theme, there is the option to choose an "Accent colour" - is it possible to alter any of the elements in this list? I see that there is an "htc" option on my phone that is almost ...
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1answer
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How to customize the interval for email setting “Download new content”?
Settings -> email + account -> select an account
Under Download new content, I see options normally like as items arrive, 15 mins, 30 mins hourly and manually.
How can I set customized hours like ...
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Is it possible to decrease the sensitivity of sideways swiping?
Thinking that this may be a system-wide setting rather than being specified within the app, is it possible to alter the sensitivity of sideways swiping?
For example, when scrolling through lots of ...
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WP7 phone not detected by computer
I have an LG E900 WP7 which was locked to orange UK network.
I recently had the phone 'unlocked' to other networks (done by a phone shop) which I believe was done via the MFG app tool so I could go ...
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2answers
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Is there a utility equivalent of 'Disk Cleanup' for Windows Phone 7? does the phone fragment? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to see a breakdown of the reserved space and other content?
I am hitting the space limit on my wp7 device. I have tried to delete a few items, i.e. ...
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Which email setting consumes less power, push or poll?
I would expect hourly polling to consume the least power, but I cannot find a conclusive answer on forums. This post says that push is better, but only for Hotmail accounts, which is strange since the ...
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1answer
610 views
Is it possible to save a screen capture? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I take a screenshot on a Windows Phone device?
I know that applications, can use code to capture screens inside themselves, offering a "Save Screen" like option. ...
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2answers
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Is it possible to change the USB connection volume?
At work I have my ringer volume set to 1/30 (which still seems very loud...). When I connect the USB cable to sync or charge I still get a very loud notification sound. Is it possible to reduce the ...
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2answers
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How do I change call forward number?
I have two phones, one from work and one of my own. Outside office hours I still want to get calls from customers or colleagues, so I use call forwarding feature a lot. The Windows Phone remembers ...
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1answer
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Is there a way to specify the “Display Name” (or “File As”) in the People Hub?
In desktop Outlook if you have an entry in your contact address book which is maybe just a first name and company name you can set the company name (or anything else) as the display name (actually on ...
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Can I make the it ring from my phone speaker instead of the headset when I have a bluetooth headset connected?
When I connect my headset to the phone all of the ring, notification and alarm signals go through the headset speaker. This makes it quite hard to hear the phone ringing when I take of the headset ...
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Is it possible to change volume of ring signal without volume of the wakeup alarm being changed?
Is it possible to change volume of ring signal without the alarm volume being changed?
It's quite annoying having to check that the wakeup alarm is on a normal volume every night before going to bed.
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Custom tone for new text messages etc
Mango introduced the ability to create and add custom ringtones to your phone, but is there a way (programmatic or otherwise) to create a custom tone to be used for a new text message or meeting ...
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Change format and appearance of inbuilt calendar live tile
I was wondering if we can change the date format of the calendar on the start screen. The current format "Tue 1" is pretty brief and I'd like to see a more detailed day/date format. Also, can we ...
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How To Erase A Phone
I started off with a Samsung Focus, and recently moved to a Lumia 900. I would now like to sell my Focus.
How should I go about making sure that the phone has been properly erased of all personal ...
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Can Samsung Windows Phones use the Swype keyboard interface?
Samsung is known for pioneering Swype in its own and Android smartphones. Its an efficient way to do keyboard input. On my Samsung Focus S, is there anyway to enable a Swype keyboard?
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How Can I Change My Live ID?
When I initially setup my Windows Phone 7, I used my work Live ID. Now I want to change it to my personal one. How can I change the Live ID account I initially used to set up the phone?
When I tap ...
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1answer
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How can I modify the hosts file on Windows Mobile 2003? [closed]
I have a Windows Mobile 2003 PDA.
I need to map some hostnames to different IP addresses on this machine, but it has no hosts file.
I know it's possible because I've seen some for-profit apps ...
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2answers
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How can I remove the recently used programs on Windows Mobile 2003 [closed]
I have a PDA running Windows Mobile 2003.
Every time a program is used, it shows up in the recently used section of the start menu.
I have a program that saves the device registry state so I can ...
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1answer
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Link to WiFi settings on the start screen?
Is there a way to pin a shortcut to the WiFi settings on the start screen? It's just one extra click, but sometimes I need it really fast.
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How can I set my Windows 7 Phone's default DNS server?
I have a strange issue with my internet connection, where people coming over to my house are sometimes unable to connect to the internet. On my own computers I have also experienced the issue, but I ...
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How can I customize the appearance of Windows Phone?
To what extent can I change and customize the appearance of the Windows Phone interface? Are there built-in customization options or perhaps third-party apps that allow this?
