* The Official HTC Windows Phone 8X (Accord) Thread *

Jonny ///M · 30 Nov 2012 at 03:07

Got myself one of these in black today and I love it. I couldn't get on with the size of the lumia and couldn't afford to buy it unlocked and EE are overpriced.

First thing I've noticed is I need to have wifi on my desktop to tether, pain in the arse. Is there ANY way I can tether via the usb cable?

Battery life from full charge is saying 1 day 15 hours....and I've had my first random restart after a few hours of use. Yay.

theheyes · 11 Dec 2012 at 00:23

There is an update imminent for 8X owners so keep an eye out... all three of you.

BoomAM · 11 Dec 2012 at 12:08

Source?

agolding · 11 Dec 2012 at 12:55

got my update this morning, Few things, log visible at wpcentral

BoomAM · 11 Dec 2012 at 14:45

Wonder how long it'll take to roll out to 02 phones?

theheyes · 11 Dec 2012 at 17:09

BoomAM said:
Wonder how long it'll take to roll out to 02 phones?

I'm on O2 and its not appeared for me yet.

Porkie · 13 Dec 2012 at 09:30

Well I updated the 8X yesterday and from first impressions it does seem to have helped the battery life. My phone lost hardly any charge last night which is a good thing. Hopefully this will keep up and was not a one off coincidence.

BoomAM · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:08

I'm on 02, just had the update...its downloading now.

BoomAM · 14 Dec 2012 at 12:44

Took ages to do.
Cant see a difference tbh! lol.

theheyes · 14 Dec 2012 at 16:56

Mine hasn't rebooted since so hopefully that's fixed. Can't say I've noticed the battery is any better. I think they added drafts to SMS messages which is great because I missed that.

wsh · 15 Dec 2012 at 18:08

Does iplayer work on the 8X?

theheyes · 15 Dec 2012 at 18:29

Not that I'm aware of unfortunately. There are some radio player apps in the store, not tried any though.

wsh · 15 Dec 2012 at 18:48

Thanks. What's the new 4OD app like?

theheyes · 15 Dec 2012 at 19:59

On the Windows 8 store? Its ok, lots of ads to sit through though and no subtitles apparently. But hey, I'm not complaining.

wsh · 15 Dec 2012 at 21:52

Is there still no way to subscribe to podcasts?

Jonny ///M · 16 Dec 2012 at 11:00

The update does seem to have helped the random restarts. Doesn't stop the phone crashing like **** playing words with friends.

Don't use the 'text me' call divert thing, or the multi message delete is a bit handy.....wifi with lock screen is better though.

tsinc80697 · 29 Dec 2012 at 15:47

I've just got one of these as I fancied a change from iOS, so far I love the UI but to me the app store is really lacking. Not just for a lack of apps, but for the apps that are there just aren't as good as their iOS counterparts. Twitter and Facebook most notable for being lesser than the same app on iOS.

Also struggling to find a way of putting media on to the phone via my Macbook Pro as the only official Windows app requires the latest Mac OS and I'm on the 1 pervious :/

theheyes · 29 Dec 2012 at 17:49

The Facebook app is ok. I personally don't know why these huge companies just write first class apps for ALL platforms. It's their brand after all and development costs must be a drop in the ocean compared to what they rake in.

Twitter have ended up shafting the third party alternatives with their API restrictions and the iOS Facebook app was really bad for a long time. I use the Facebook integration within Windows phone more than the Facebook app itself.

tsinc80697 · 29 Dec 2012 at 19:27

Is is possible to open IE and go to the previous page you were viewing? If i press the back button it just closes IE.

huppy · 20 Jan 2013 at 13:16

tsinc80697 said:
Is is possible to open IE and go to the previous page you were viewing? If i press the back button it just closes IE.

Press '...' for the menu and then choose 'recent'. Ought to do it.

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