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Windows Phone uses your computer's internet connection only when the Zune software is open and connected to your phone. Your internet connection is then shared to your phone via Zune.
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Windows Phone 8 supports the Media Transfer Protocol and can be used like a mass storage device on supported target operating systems. Windows Vista and later natively support MTP, but additional software is required for older versions of Windows, Linux and OS X.
So as long as your disconnected computers are running Vista or later you can easily transfer ...
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There are mostly aesthetic and workflow streamlining changes.
Office Hub
(source: futurecdn.net)
The Office logos have been updated, and the tabs have been renamed. Recent documents are shown in a list rather than tiles. OneNote is a separate app and is not in the Office Hub. The recent documents list is synchronized with Office 2013 and Office Online.
In ...
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at the top, there is a collections tab; this represents media on your computer. These map to your libraries in Windows. It is from -here- that you drag and drop to the phone in the bottom left corner, not from windows explorer.
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Under settings/WiFi you can long tap on a connection and select edit.
From here you can see:
Encryption Type—shown in brackets next to the connection name e.g. AccessPoint1(WPA2)
Your IP address
Subnet mask
Default gateway IP
DNS server IP
DNS suffix
Your MAC address
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Nokia provides an App called Transfer my Data which allows you to transfer Contacts and SMS from your old device to the new Windows Phone 8.
There are certain limitations though. All contacts except one were transferred from my Lumia 800 to my new Lumia 620. One failed and I have no idea why.
The second limitation - the far worse one - is that only the ...
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You can't do much officially if your carrier hasn't pushed it out. But you can unofficially flash the official update with a tool called Sharp7Eighter (or its 'improved' version) which allows you to update to Windows Phone 7.8. They claim that:
Every single Windows Phone is supported, no matter the carrier nor the manufacturer (although there appears to ...
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This should work:
Windows Button > Phone section (which re-opens the call) > Press the back button. This should show the call history.
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I heard that the Samsung Focus SD card is most misunderstanding feature of all Windows Phone phones.
It was supposed to be used only for OEM and carriers do offer more room for games and files to the user. But without any possibility to remove or even use the SD card in another device.
As far as I know when you insert the SD card in the phone you need to ...
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Type in your friend's name and after the last character of the name typed (and before hitting space), tap the name which gives you and option like this:
Tapping the +[Somename] adds that word to the dictionary and will no longer be auto corrected.
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Click on your friend's name to select it, and you should see an option in the suggestion bar like +Dany. Click +Dany and it will add your friend's name to the dictionary.
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Follow the instructions here: Delete or reinstall apps on windowsphone.com
To reinstall apps from the web
Open a web browser and go to www.windowsphone.com.
Navigate to the My Phone dropdown menu, located in the upper-right
corner of the screen, then sign in with the same Windows Live ID
you've used on your phone.
In the My Phone menu, click Purchase ...
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As you are (propably) already using a Microsoft Account with your Windows Phone 7 device, these things will automatically sync:
Calendar
Tasks
Contacts
Mails
Documents stored in SkyDrive (OneNote)
Now for music, pictures etc., you're going to have to load them onto your new device manually.
As for your texts / SMS, you can use the Transfer my Data app. ...
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I was able to get the notifications I wanted by removing my four non-Outlook accounts from the phone, then re-added them starting with the two in order I wanted to show on the lockscreen.
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There isn't anything saying this. Actually the developer many times mention that the app is optimized to Windows Phone 8 if it is.
In the Store you can see if the app is compatible with WP8 but it not guarantee that it is optimized.
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Go to Settings>Wi-Fi
Press and hold on the name of the network
Press "Delete"
Turn Wi-Fi off for a few seconds
Turn it on
Then try to reconnect
If it doesn't work the first time, try clearing your history and making sure all your tabs are closed.
If this doesn't work you might need to contact support for your phone.
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No, you cannot upgrade the Dell Venue Pro to Windows Phone 8.
No Windows Phone 7 device is able to run Windows Phone 8 due to hardware requirements.
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You'll need the Zune Software for updating WP7 phones - I think you can still get it here. When you connect your phone it should offer you to download the necessary packages and update your phone - if Microsoft hasn't disabled this yet.
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Bluetooth is not working in WP 7.5 Mango, It is working in WP 7.8.
You can update the OS in nearest Nokia care.
If you want to update through Internet means, Not possible now. It may be first quarter of this year.
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I had a similar issue, but after one crash it just showed white screen and nothing more. I did some googling and found out that those devices have an issue with memory card. And i just replaced it with a new one.
On youtube, there are a lot of instructions about disassembling a device: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=htc+trophy+memory+card&...
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The solution to the Yahoo mail problem can be found here. The solution is,
Enable 2 step verification in yahoo account.
Generate app specific password and in the list of apps select "Other" and clicked on generate.
Enter the 12 digit code in place of password.
Now it will login successfully.
Regarding your problem connecting your phone with Windows 10 PC ...
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I have a Nokia Lumia phone and cortana stopped reading aloud my text messages
via bluetooth in my car. The problem was that I had the volume turned off for applications on my phone. When in car I got my wife to send me a text message when it came through I turned the volume up on my phone. everything fine now
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One solution is to reset your phone. It's a bit cumbersome, but definitely works. I had the same problem a few days ago - Cortana stopped speaking while the rest of the phone was working normally. I wrote to Windows Phone Central and received this advice, which worked for me.
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As mentioned in the comments, there appears to be an issue in the People and Me Hub on Windows Phone 7 and 8 where it uses a lot more data than normal.
Unfortunately, on Windows Phone 7 there is no way to monitor data usage on a system level. On Windows Phone 8, if you're running GDR2 (or newer), Data Sense will give you a break down of what each (system) ...
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There is no free way of doing what you want, as far as I know. If you really need registry access, pay the $19 USD per year. And maybe try your hand at the App Studio to easily create a specific app you might want as well: for that $19 you can publish that app worldwide.
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After reading the requirements on the program's website, I believe this is because you need to have the phone developer unlocked before using applications that access IsolatedStorage. The fact that it mentions you need the 7.1 SDK installed is enough for me.
You can now get a combined Windows Phone and Windows developer account, for life, for only $19. See #...
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To resolve this you need to do the following:
Uninstall both WhatsApp and Twitter.
Restart your phone.
Install WhatsApp and Twitter again.
If that does not help:
Try the solution above a few more times.
If that does not work do a factory reset of your phone.
If that does not do the job either, send your phone to a repair center.
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The only way to get iPlayer working on Windows Phone 7.x is to convince BBC to write a version of iPlayer that works on that particular OS.
The only people who could tell you if it's a technical limitation is BBC itself.
There are no work-arounds. It's likely a lack of resources at BBC that have thus far prevented them from porting iPlayer to WP7. And ...
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Open Phone Settings
Go to "Lockscreen"
Scroll down to "Choose apps to show quick status"
Choose the items you want, and in the order you want, right there.
Enjoy!
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