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Is it normal my phone heat becomes unbearable?
Sadly it does sound normal for the 925 and a lot of other devices when playing games:
As expected, these values increase under full load, up to 47.0 °C in
the case of our test device. Thus, the ...
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How can I keep the screen always awake?
Well, as I said I would use double tap to turn on the phone, I currently use it on L930 and I had used it before on a Lumia 925
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mobile/support/faq/?action=singleTopic&...
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Lumia 925 screen goes blank after dialing a number
Check so there is nothing that covers the proximity sensor. The purpose is to blank the screen when you hold the phone to your ear while in a call.
My dad had the exact same problem and he put a small ...
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WP8.1 screenshot not working
The timing has to be quite good - you have to press volume up and power at the same time - if the presses are too far apart in time, it will treat the press as the first button you pressed, rather ...
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WP8.1 screenshot not working
Use your two fingers to do this. The tolerance for pressing the both keys should be less than your current situation.
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Integrating Office and OneDrive
Office on Windows Phone will be automatically connected to the OneDrive that belongs to your primary Microsft Account (the same one you use for store downloads).
To change where a document should be ...
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Don't see "Filter my contacts" under settings
Go to the People app
Open the app bar at the bottom and select Settings
Press filter contact list
Filter!
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Lumia 925 won't connect to cellular network
Several reasons what is wrong:
The device is locked to be used only for specific SIM
The device is set up to manually search and register to another network (other than T-Mobile)
Settings - Network +...
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Lumia 925 with WP 8.1 keeps freezing
Micosoft has acknowledged the problem and promised to release a fix soon.
http://www.windowscentral.com/struggling-lumia-925-lumia-1020-freezes-microsoft-will-soon-release-fix
PS: Will update this ...
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Cannot disable Internet Sharing SSID
This is actually a feature, not a bug. Your notebook recognizes that your phone is near and that you could start internet sharing without explicitly activating it on your phone. For this your phone ...
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What is the format of video produced with WP 8.1?
Both the Lumia camera and the stock camera app record Videos as .mp4 files.
EDIT:
Here are the specs reported by MediaInfo (stripped of all irrelevant data like duration or date and of course some of ...
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Equilvalent spy software/apps for windows phone (8.1) Nokia
Third party apps do not have the capability to read SMS/MMS messages on the Windows Phone platform.
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Nokia Lumia 925 network selection problem
As Apoorv mentioned you could try and make a reset. But before that you should:
Check if there is another update available. Including installing and running Upgrade Advisor from Store.
Remember to ...
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My phone is blocked
Go to here: https://account.microsoft.com/devices and click on "Find my phone". Then click "Lock". Enter a new Lock code to lock your phone with a code you know. Then go back to the phone to unlock ...
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Cannot register at Facebook Messenger with telephone number
Yes it is true that you can use messenger app without a facebook account but the WP app does not support that functionality. You may consider creating a facebook account. That's not a very big deal. ...
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Lumia 925 doesn't start up, Lumia Software Recovery don't support it anymore
Lumia Software Recovery Tool is very outdated. You should be using the current version of the software, which is the Windows Device Recovery Tool. I've had good success using this tool with a wide ...
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How can I keep the screen always awake?
if you want to keep the screen to never turn off, such an option is only available in interop unlocked phones. tutorials are available on winphonehub.org . but, i seriously recommend you to not do ...
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Nokia Lumia 925 network selection problem
Why dont you try to reset your phone ! Try to reset it and then see. Sometimes the firmware do creates problem so resetting is the only fix
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WP8.1 screenshot not working
It may take a little practice, because you can't hold one button and then press the other, even for a millisecond.
I use two hands, and click both the power button and volume up button together ...
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Phone is unable to connect to any Wi-Fi network
I also experience the same issue on my Lumia 930 which I bought in April 2015.
Turning the WiFi off and on solves the issue.
Hopefully when we upgrade to the latest OS this issue will be eliminated....
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Windows Phone 8.1 Keyboard Freezing (Skype/Whatsapp/Viber/SMS)
I've found a resolution here; http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/winphone/forum/wp7-wppeople/keyboard-freezes-after-adding-a-space/1d4b902d-f776-4183-993a-b4b6f0560d98
If you disable the 'suggest / ...
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new phone has locked and asking for password but I haven't set one yet!
No there default password. Could someone else have set it? Did you buy it from someone?
The only way to access the phone if you can't figure it out is doing a hard reset.
(I'm assuming you're not ...
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Lumia 925 doesn't charge
If the battery life was working great, then it suddenly changes; the most likely cause would be an app or apps that are running in the background and draining the battery.
Run the Battery Saver app. ...
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Nokia Lumia 925 is not being recognised by my laptop
In the past, I've resolved this by going into Device Manager, right clicking, and selecting "Uninstall" on all the phone related options in the "Portable Devices" and "Universal Serial Bus devices" ...
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Unable to turn on WiFi on Nokia Lumia 925
Downgrade your Nokia Lumia from Windows Phone 8.1 Preview and and get the official update to resolve this issue..
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Unable to turn on WiFi on Nokia Lumia 925
If hard resets won't work I think your only option is to repair your device using the Nokia Software Recovery Tool.
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Is it normal my phone heat becomes unbearable?
Yes it is common for Lumia 925 (in case for most of the devices) while in Lumia 925 it happens very frequently but after reaching a particular temperature it seems constant. If its not your case then ...
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Is it normal my phone heat becomes unbearable?
Yes! It is!
All devices that has a processor may become hot when you are playing games or when you browse internet for a long time.
It has a built-in anti-heat damage system so you don't have to ...
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