***The Official Nokia Lumia 920 Thread***

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Egon said:
OK. Thought it might be that. A bit limiting to those who don't get about much then. I've taken 19 zones but can't do anything else right now till i get home and from where I am (France).

I found it killed my battery earlier too.
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Fighting on two fronts hey! That never goes well ;)
 
Cappadocie said:
Its definitely a screen issue...The colours seem dull and lifeless on the yellow one.
Very strange indeed.
Its going back for a replacement...
Its very hit and miss regarding quality...
I'd rather pay more money and have the phone made in Finland or Germany where you can be assured the quality will far exceed that of products made in China.
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I think there may be something in this...my replacement screen after the cracked one seems to be much better then the old one.

There was nothing obviously wrong with the old one, but the blacks seem to be much darker on this one, and the colours seem to pop out of the screen much more vibrantly.

Maybe there is some quality issues with some of the screens?
 
Loving this phone, a couple of questions;

i) Just bought wireless charger online and it came with European plug connector (2-pin) and they provided an adaptor for 3-pin. It all works. Should I assume most of you got traditional 3-pin but there is nothing to worry about?

ii) I seem to be using considerably more data than I did on 3G despite no obvious increase in my activity (I use the 4G for the 1hr train commute to London). The only other thing is I have installed is a standard BBC news app. Is 4G, or the BBC app drinking more data, or have I simply been using my new toy too often? sorry for the odd query
 
Now Google is blocking Windows Phones from accessing maps.google.com
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I guess we missed the declaration, but it seems the cold war between Microsoft and Google has really warmed up.

Google has previously already said they will not be making apps for Windows Phone and Windows 8, but now they have taking things a step further by blocking Windows Phones (both 7.5 and 8) from accessing maps.google.com.

If you try you are automatically redirected to Google’s mobile search page, even if your phone is in desktop mode, which of course does not give you access to Google Maps.

Strangely enough, for now, maps.google.co.uk works perfectly fine, indicating some switch somewhere did get flipped.
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sativa said:
Loving this phone, a couple of questions;

i) Just bought wireless charger online and it came with European plug connector (2-pin) and they provided an adaptor for 3-pin. It all works. Should I assume most of you got traditional 3-pin but there is nothing to worry about?

ii) I seem to be using considerably more data than I did on 3G despite no obvious increase in my activity (I use the 4G for the 1hr train commute to London). The only other thing is I have installed is a standard BBC news app. Is 4G, or the BBC app drinking more data, or have I simply been using my new toy too often? sorry for the odd query
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I got my charger from Nokia/Phones4U promotion. It came with a 3 pin, no adaptor required, so can't comment. I use my razor charger with an adapter and never had an issue, so don't see why that'd be one.

AS for BBC App, I have mine running in background and my phone on 3G isn't running any more, so irregardless if it's 4G, that app isn't draining. You're likely to be playing too much when you're in 4G space, especially if you run a vid or 2 in HD?

If not, keep monitoring.


Google is being real mature here.
Not that it matters for me, I've got Nokia Maps, Bing Maps and oh look, gMapsPro works fine.
 
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[RXP]Andy;23493303 said:
Isn't there a Nokia counters application or was that in WP7 :confused:? Luckily enough I am on Vodafone testdrive at the moment, so I don't have to keep a eye on the data usage.
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There is BUT it's only compatible with certain carriers, EE is exclusive and they don't do it. Orange app is a shambles, so the best way is to access via browser and check up whenever it updates.

On orange, they update around every 24 hours via Orange website.
 
Windows Phone users appear to have been cut off from accessing Google maps from the browser.

Tinfoil hat remains in the drawer... for now.
 
lol..that was my reaction above to Andys post...seems I cant have a quote inside a quote...its like a prequel to Quotception.
 
on a windows phone my understanding is, there is currently no way to monitor data usage. The EE website does not provide details of data usage either.
 
There is BUT it's only compatible with certain carriers, EE is exclusive and they don't do it. Orange app is a shambles, so the best way is to access via browser and check up whenever it updates.

On orange, they update around every 24 hours via Orange website.
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God what a hassle, they need to get data sense rolled out.
 
nightmare99 said:
God what a hassle, they need to get data sense rolled out.
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I suspect that's going to be a when they can be bothered. Unfortunately carriers aren't too fussed about such easy sharing of information as they can make more money when customers overuse. Especially if you're on 4G with EE.

How cynical of me... Maybe this article about how Google is flat out lying about IE on WP8 incompatibility with webkit will ease my cynicism.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/jq0Z81UejbI/

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For the record, here is Google’s formal statement on the issue:


The mobile web version of Google Maps is optimized for WebKit browsers such as Chrome and Safari. However, since Internet Explorer is not a WebKit browser, Windows Phone devices are not able to access Google Maps for the mobile web.

The statement is somewhat odd. It would appear to be Google’s point that as Internet Explorer 10 for Windows Phone 8 uses a different rendering engine than what WebKit employs, it cannot process maps.google.com. This is perplexing as Internet Explorer 10 for Windows Phone 8 uses the same rendering engine as the desktop build of Internet Explorer 10, which is certainly capable of loading and running Google Maps.

Firefox, which is powered by Gecko and not WebKit, is also capable of rendering Google Maps. The mobile version of Mozilla’s browser does not, however, experience a redirect like Internet Explorer. We wonder what Google would say to this if Firefox was available for Windows Phone 8.

Furthermore, if you tell your Windows Phone 8 handset to render webpages in desktop mode, and head over to maps.google.co.uk, it should load. Google may redirect this link as well in the near future, so your mileage will vary. This contrasts with what TNW was told earlier; it was indicated to this publication that Google Maps had in fact never functioned on Windows Phone 8.

Our readers were quite upfront with their discomfort with this narrative:


“According to what TNW has learned, there has been no recent change leading to maps.google.com not functioning on Windows Phone 8 devices. This is as it has been”

As you can see in the video, that statement is rather inaccurate. What has changed is the redirect.

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Google is flat-out lying. They’ve modified their code to break Google Maps on Windows Phones. It worked before, but with the ‘redirect,’ it no longer works.
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Brenn47 said:
I really hope Micro$oft release a service patch that bans the use of ALL google services from PCs. That would amuse me a lot.
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Has to start small and subtle - Google's playing the long term game with small and subtle moves to attack MS WP8 *Tinfoil hat* and then worm it's way out without much complain.

If MS starts too hard, it'll face the wrath of anti-competition.

Oh and here's an update regarding Halo 4 / Forza on Smartglass for WP8/WP7.5/WRT/W8

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/04/halo-4-smartglass-windows-phone-8/

It took me tipping off Engadget before MS started replying to the thread and coming forth with a reply on 'they're looking to fix it'. Halo 4 has been released 2 months now and a Billion Dollar software company can't get it's own work in order, how does that reflect on their commitment to WP?

/Cynicism
 
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