Unanswered Questions
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How are podcasts managed on the file system in WP8?
The preview apps for syncing WP8 are so useless when it comes to podcasts that people are actually suggesting using iTunes to sync podcasts! Excuse me, I think I'm getting physically ill.
But, there ...
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1answer
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How can I sync Music from the phone to SkyDrive?
Has anyone found an app for Windows Phone 8 that can synchronize the music on the phone with a Music folder on SkyDrive?
The SkyDrive app allows me to view the music in SkyDrive but doesn't support ...
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How to share internet over USB from PC to a Windows Phone 8 device?
I know, that this works out of the box for Zune-compatible devices, but what about Windows Phone 8? I don't have a micro-SIM yet and there is no way to set up a WiFi hotspot.
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Is there a gapless music player for WP?
Apparently, some people are very keen on gapless playback. Fruit seems to think it's important.
So, is there any music player on WP that supports gapless playback?
Does the default player support ...
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How can I unlock my phone that has been locked via windowsphone.com and encountered an error?
I was just testing Find My Phone on windowsphone.com. I locked it and entered password as 1234, windowsphone.com displayed a message that it cannot lock at the moment and asked me to try again later ...
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Is there a way to auto silence the phone at a particular time?
I want my WP8 phone (Lumia 920) to be in Silent mode on every Sunday from 9 to 11 AM and be released from it automatically or to a particular time when I am in a meeting, which could be in my ...
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“Read text messages to me” has stopped working
Got a wireless headset a few months ago and discovered that it would read incoming SMS messages to me. It would neatly interrupt a podcast currently in progress, read the message, then go away again ...
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Change the way zune syncs music files from computer
I am using Zune 4.8.2345.0, whenever I connect my mobile to computer it syncs music files and stores it in music folder. I am annoyed by the way it syncs it. It saves in folders by Artist name instead ...
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The sms commands or codes to send manually to windows phone
is there any way to send manually sms command to my windows phone to unsilent it or triangulate its position? I can't use windows' platform because my country code is not listed so I can right down my ...
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DNS issues when connected to wireless network without cellular data connection
I am having issues using my Windows Phone on any wifi network, because for some reason DNS lookup doesn't seem to be working. I discovered it first when I was for holiday in Germany last week and ...
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Does Mac Phone Connector Increase Play Count?
Updating the play count for a song in iTunes is important for Last.fm scrobbling.
Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac is meant to increase the play count in iTunes when you sync your device.
On the ...
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Is there a way to quickly switch between silent and vibrate? (not vibrate and ring + vibrate, or silent and ring)
I only ever want my phone on one of two settings:
Completely silent at night, during classes, and during meetings
Vibrate during the rest of the day
I never want it to ring, ever.
When I change ...
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Hard refresh on Internet Explorer
How do I tell Internet Explorer in Windows Phone 8 to refresh the page by sending new request to server and not displaying data from cache (hard refresh)? Something like pressing CTRL-F5 in a PC ...
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2answers
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Xbox Music Cloud collection not available on Windows Phone 8
Very simple, and I assume the only issue is that Xbox Music isn't bug free yet. All of my music that has been cloud matched are on both my XPS 10 tablet (Windows RT) and on my Windows 8 laptop. But ...
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Daylight saving disturbed Exchange ActiveSync
This weekend daylight saving time was applied in Germany. This interrupted my company's email account from syncing with the Exchange Server. Colleagues using iPhone or Android didn't report problems - ...
