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talha — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:51:34 GMT

Oh damn :-( mass effect and real racing requires 1 gb

Lumia 620 has 512

bump :-(

jonatanaugusto — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:08:27 GMT

You could make it possible to call someone from the messages screen. Like it is on Android, if you select a message topic and slide to the right you call the number. It's simple !

Aaron Sauve — Thu, 23 May 2013 06:10:21 GMT

Another update: As part of our debugging here we actually found an issue that would affect a subset of people! I am hopeful this is the root cause of the issue we are seeing. We have a fix that is targeted to be out in a few weeks if all goes well. I will re-post when it gets released, or if the estimate changes substantially.

In the meantime, if you've already gone through the steps I outlined earlier, one additional thing you can do to make it more likely this will get pushed to your phone is to ensure it is connected to the internet *before* you plug your device into power for the night. This will not work 100% of the time, so some people will need to wait until the fix comes down in a few weeks.

Again, thank you for your patience on this!

SMBowen, if you select 'best quality' it will not pre-upload a 'good quality' photo over cellular first. It will upload only the full resolution photo once you connect to Wi-Fi.

Bill_McC — Thu, 23 May 2013 05:57:50 GMT

Hi Aaron,

Thanks for chasing up the problems we're having. Just to let you know, a couple of days ago Telstra released a WP8 update for the Lumia 920; unfortunately the photo backup settings still don't update. Again I tried to change region, and could get the full res setting (after a lag period) for US, but after changing back to Australia they disappear (eventually).

The new OS and firmware for the 920 with Telstra, Australia, are:

os: 8.0.10211.204

firmware: 1232.5962.1314.0009

Thanks :)

btsrinath — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:05:02 GMT

I appreciate your effort in adding this article. I would expect more native functionality. Have you tried RapDialer(Free version) ? Its worth every penny. We would like to see something like that on OS only rather than depending on an app.

BTW: RapDialer your app rocks.

1. Add favs(like iphone) less clicks(I still dont know why it asks for confirmation).

2. Type letters, phone number comes

3. Type numbers, name comes

4. Text option for contacts...

Let windows give a try to make things better after all "Windows makes life and tasks simpler".

GoodThings2Life — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:59:53 GMT

These tips are pretty obvious but ultimately useless. Why not point out that you can use speech to initiate a call as well?

And let's cut to the chase... what would really make sense is a feature that existed waaaaaaaaaaay back in the Windows Mobile days with Smart Dialing (you know, typing the name/number and having it auto-filter your contacts). Let's make that happen, eh?

SMBowen — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:01:16 GMT

Aaron...just curious; if I select "Best Quality", will it upload a "Good Quality" initially over data then overwrite with a "Best Quality" when on Wi-Fi? I am trying to balance the instant backup option with the quality backup and both would be great!

Thanks!!!

@SMBowen

Aaron Sauve — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:39:57 GMT

Quick update: As we were walking through the update steps with the internal phone we found which originally had this issue, the correct settings ended up appearing successfully. It is not clear why that device did not have the settings ahead of re-walking through these steps as this person had gone through the correct steps initially.

I'm now trying to find another phone that has this problem internally as that is the best way for us to troubleshoot this. Thank you for your patience on this!

Praks — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:34:32 GMT

This phone's pretty bulky, but is impressive.. I could realise Nokia's decision to adopting Windows Phone os, and is putting up some amazing phone, I came across a review on the 920 online, it's pretty good..www.gadgetride.com/.../nokia-lumia-920-full-review.html

Praks — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:31:10 GMT

Lumia 928 is an amazing smartphone in a very elegant design.. Windows and Nokia have been committed to make a really nice phone..I came across a review that was descriptive.. www.gadgetride.com/.../nokia-lumia-928-full-review.html

redsquirrel — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:30:40 GMT

I should correct myself, my phone is a Lumia 820, not 800, so it's not the WP version that's the problem.

redsquirrel — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:29:05 GMT

Which countries is this available in? And why do you never say? Is this a US blog or an international blog? There is nothing anywhere saying the blog is US-specific, so one assumes international. And there is nothing anywhere saying the app is US-specific, so again one assumes international. My Lumia 800 can't find this app in the app store in the UK though, and if I follow the link it says either it's not available in my country or I don't have enough memory (I've no idea why it can't work out which one it is).

litepurple — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:56:55 GMT

Thanks Aaron,

I still don't have the options here in Australia. Telstra-branded unlocked Lumia 920 here.

OS 8.0.10211.204

Firmware 1232.5962.1314.0009

I've been in the store for a few minutes, browsed around, soft reset and hard reset and still no joy. Hopefully, you can work out soon what's preventing us from getting this very useful feature.

bogdan89 — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:22:06 GMT

My Lumia 920 is also unbranded. I still don't have the option, and the region is set to Romania.

--Aaron do you have any news?

cheeky_47 — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:58:03 GMT

No.....mine is unbranded from Allphones...... No options here either.... :(