Something else to note is the Alarm 'app' is extremely limited.
There are no options to ring the alarm whilst phone is on silent etc.
The alarms rings at whatever volume you leave the phone at...
Obvious Tip:
Before bed put phone into Flight Mode in Settings to stop notifications and emails waking you up.
(Since you have to leave it on high volume to hear the alarm...)
2. When you turn the device off, it also turns off WiFi - the upshot of this is if you have disabled the data connection via the mobile network (in settings / mobile network) you will NOT get any new email!
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2nd, create an extra live account with false location settings, i set mine on beverly hills, california, so you can acces marketplace, xbox live etc.
(you can add an other account for your e-mail settings etc)
72 Windows Phone 7 tips and tricks here http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/36413/72-windows-phone-7-tips
72 Windows Phone 7 tips and tricks here http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/36413/72-windows-phone-7-tips
Top 10 are:
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1st, when you link your live account to the phone, you'll automaticly get an e-mail from microsoft phone 7 in your inbox.
this had some usefull links in it. for exemple, I didn't download the full zune package, but another version wich works as well and is quite a bit smaller.
2nd, create an extra live account with false location settings, i set mine on beverly hills, california, so you can acces marketplace, xbox live etc.
(you can add an other account for your e-mail settings etc)
tested it out today, and it works
So, if I add my Swedish Live account as a primary, and a secondary UK account, will I be able to access Xbox Live with my Swedish account, or only the UK one? And which account will "own" the Apps I buy?
Your Xbox LIVE account has to be the primary....what screwed me was the fact that my Xbox LIVE was not a @live.com or @hotmail.com - instead it was a passport of a @Gmail.com, so setting that as a primary caused all sorts of problems. I've now gotta wait 30 days to change my associated XBL Live ID on the Xbox itself, transferring the points.
To be honest, it's annoying. They should of added a seperate option for Xbox LIVE, like for facebook etc.
What do you mean it caused problems? I didn't think a passport account would be that big of a deal.
guys, one very important question: i know it's possible to pin settings as a tile to the home screen, but can you also pin a specific setting? i'd love to pin wi-fi and cellular as 2 spearate tiles to the home screen to quickly toggle those features on/off
In the next view day's I will get a hd7 to , and I think there is a need for a good tips and tricks thread.
I will be harvesting tips and tricks on xda for this new operating system .
I need you all to make this an useful thread , if you have some tips or tricks please post them here and I will update the first view posts .
1) general
2) we need tips on using ZUNE
3) Syncing Outlook , (email,contacts)
4) Multimedia
5) Mod's
oh and please don't start a flame war here , this is only for tips and tricks.
72 Windows Phone 7 tips and tricks here:
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/36413/72-windows-phone-7-tips
Top 10 are:
1. Using the Windows Phone 7 voice controls
Press and hold the Windows key at the bottom of your screen and you can start talking to your phone. Try saying "Open Calendar", to see what we mean.
2. Adding apps to the Start screen
When you are in the long applications list on your phone pressing on an icon and holding brings up a contextual menu that gives you a series of options, one of which is "pin to start". Press on this option and the app will be shown on the Start screen.
3. Add people to the start page
No it's not just about adding apps to the start page, but people too. Find them in your contacts book, click on the "pin" icon, and they'll be added to your Start page so you can speed dial them whenever you need.
4. Moving your tiles around
Adding a new app or tile to the Start screen will place it right at the bottom. If you want it to be elsewhere, press and hold on the tile in question and then you are free to move it up and down and rearrange your tiles to best suit your needs.
5. Removing apps from the Start screen
You like the app, but you don't really want it on your Start screen anymore. No worries. Hold your finger on the tile in question for a couple of seconds and when it highlights press the no pin icon in the top right-hand corner.
6. Uninstalling apps
You've tried it and you don't like it. No problem. Head over to the menu list and press down on the app in question until you get the contextual menu. Select uninstall and you're done.
7. Rating and reviewing apps
You really love the new app you've downloaded, so much so that you want to rate and review it so anyone else interested knows whether it's any good or not. With Windows Phone 7 you don't have to wait until you delete it to rate it, you can rate and review it at any time. Press and hold down on the app in question until that contextual menu appears and then choose "Rate and review". It will bring up another page allowing you to have your say and give it a rating out of five. Easy peasy.
8. How to change the theme
If you've got your Windows Phone 7 phone from Vodafone the theme is going to be all red, O2 is dishing out blue themes and Orange, orange ones. An all red themed phone might be a bit much (we hear you), but fret not as you can change the colour of the tiles and other features in the Setting area. Zip on over to the menu list, select Settings, and then Theme. Here you can choose the colour of the background and the accent colour. Background options are "Black" or "White" while you'll get nine accent colours to pick from. Lime, anyone?
9. Swipe to the left
Windows Phone 7 is built around the idea of panoramic tiles that you swipe to reveal more content off screen. It's always worth seeing if you can swipe to the left as there might be more stuff waiting to be revealed.
10. What are the dots?
Whenever you see three dots at the bottom of the screen, that's a menu for more options. In photo playback for example, it will give you the options to delete the image or perform a quick upload.
I have some few questions:
- How to quickly switch the phone to Silent mode/Vibrate, etc?
Press the volume button on the side and change from Ring to Vibrate and vicer versa
- How to quickly stop the audioplayer playing when you are somewhere else in the menu ?
Press volume button and audioplayer should show in a bar at the top and you can pause the song
- Why some album cover arts are wrong, or black in Zune?
Don't know, haven't noticed that yet
- Is there a way to change the music/audio settings (equalizer, bass, treble ?)
Download HTC App Sound Enhancer, allows some changes to be made.
thanks
A couple of tips from me.
Firstly - More for O2 members here regarding call waiting, call divert etc. All from the O2 website as their help desk aren't up to speed on the device yet:-
If you're not reachable, you can:
To divert calls when your phone is busy:
- Activate diverts by pressing * * 62 * 901 # [send]
- Cancel diverts by pressing # # 62 # [send]
- Check the status of your divert by pressing * # 62 # [send]
To divert calls when there's no reply:
- Press * * 67 * 901 # [send] to activate
- Press # # 67 # [send] to cancel
- Check status by pressing * # 67 # [send]
Note: You only need to press * 11 * if you want to change the length of time your phone rings before it goes to Voicemail. It's normally set to 30 seconds, but if you prefer, you can amend this to 5 - 25 seconds in increments of five seconds.
- Press * *61 * 901 * 11 * number of seconds # [send]
- Cancel by Pressing # # 61 # [send]
- Check status by pressing * # 61 # [send]
To divert all calls:
To cancel all your diverts:
- Key * * 21 * 901 # [send]
- Cancel by keying # # 21 # [send]
- Check status by keying * # 21 # [send]
- Key # # 002 # [send]
Call waiting
Call waiting lets you take another call when you're already on the phone. Just dial *43# [send] and you'll be able to see if someone's trying to get through when you're already on a call. It's free to all O2 customers.
Have set but not fully tested any of this yet. The device confirms the settings when you send so I'm assuming it has worked.
Next set of tips is for those of you wanting to use Exchange (whether business or personal) rather than Live for your contacts and calendar.
More later
- Outlook in Office 2010 will enable you to have 2 Exchange accounts on the same profile!! This means that if you have a business and personal exchange account you can have them both open on one Outlook at the same time and it means ..... you can do the same drag and drop as if you had used the Outlook connector to link to Live!
- When setting up the Exchange accounts on the phone, remember - the Server is the OWA address not the actual server address.
Select multiple keyboard languages in the settings. When done so, your virtual keyboard will show a regional button right of the spacebar. Changing keyboard layout will change the dictionary.