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[Windows Phone 7 General] chubnut:
If internet and data services cease for whatever reason, check the APN settings under Mobile Network under Settings

For O2, these should be

APN = mobile.o2.co.uk

username = o2web

password=password
[Windows Phone 7 General] vladimir2989:
sorry if this have been asked b4 but is the a way to Refresh People or Me hubs ? my 'Me' hub is not updating :(
[Windows Phone 7 General] eeter:
Does it need an app to implement ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] chubnut:
Not sure. In the abscence of setting up automatic profiles it is a pain having to constantly switch BT/WiFi on and off all the time.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
updated the first post , I hope I didn't mist one :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] weepatc:
Change image on pictures tile

To change the picture on the picture tile on Home page, Tap Pictures tile, scroll to Pictures hub then hold your finger somewhere above the pics & a context menu will appear. Select 'Change background' & then select the pic you want to use. This changes the tile & the pic is also used as the background for the Pictures hub. Cool eh!!! :cool:
[Windows Phone 7 General] chubnut:
Like it!!! Done it!!! Shame it won't work for the other tiles too. They are starting to look well dull :o
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
You can sync mail, contacts and calendar from your hotmail account if you set it up as an Exchange server. So you dont have to use your hotmail login for XBox etc.
[Windows Phone 7 General] enjoythemusic:
>>>Download HTC App Sound Enhancer, allows some changes to be made<<<<

Where can i find this? URL?
[Windows Phone 7 General] sameerabedi:
An annoying feature I've discovered having had the HTC Mozart and now exchanged it for the Samsung Omnia7: HTC applications are not available in the MarketPlace on the Samsung.

Why is that??
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
LOL, because HTC want you to buy a HTC phone and not a Samsung.
[Windows Phone 7 General] tbk21:
I received my HD7 today, but I have some questions about the marketplace.

I made a new windows live account with location US. My zune account is also US of course, my desktop is set to US and my HD7 is set to US.

I can download all the free apps and demo's but if I want to buy one I need to add a credit card.

I have heard that you can use a non-US credit card but that you only need to put a real US address. But every time I get an error. On my phone and on my desktop.

I'm using Mastercard. Could some one please explain how I can use zune with a non-US creditcard?
[Windows Phone 7 General] oOp:
Why youre not linking to microsoft how to page?

German:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/de-de/howto/wp7/default.aspx

English:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-ww/howto/wp7/default.aspx
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
try to read the first view posts .

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8768748&postcount=2
[Windows Phone 7 General] oOp:
Thanks! My fault!
[Windows Phone 7 General] mangokun:
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...nes/25-windows-phone-7-tips-and-tricks-902641
[Windows Phone 7 General] Milky1:
I wish there was a way of making the MS apps on the market place the same colour as your theme, I'm really anal so I wont pin anything to my home screen if it doesn't fit with the theme.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
:D :D I got my hd 7 , let the party begin.

LOL: I got my phone from O2 Germany and it isn't branded :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] stlewis58:
various tips

If you like an alternative search engine to Bing, create a favourite and prefix the name with say ... - then it will appear at the top.

Syncing tasks and notes with a standalone Outlook is not currently possible. Remember The Milk has an Outlook-cloud sync option, and there is a free WP7 app, but RTM caution against using both.

Syncing web favourites with your desktop is not currently possible.

OneNote does a good job of syncing to Windows Live and back to the phone. You may prefer to keep task, notes and even favourites in it!

HTC Mozart
[Windows Phone 7 General] pikacz:
that's quite normal to me, i've never seen an O2 branded phone :) only vodafone, orange, t-mobile...

can you explain more please cause i don't understand
[Windows Phone 7 General] stlewis58:
The standard search button - on the far right of the phone - uses Bing in the appropriate places. If you want to have easy access to say, Google, in the browser, add it as a favourite, editing the name to be "...Google"
[Windows Phone 7 General] markgamber:
I bought a Samsung Focus today. I'm not sure if it'll replace the iPhone 4 or not but I have 30 days to figure it out. Meanwhile, nice thread, thanks!
[Windows Phone 7 General] Croak:
1. Buy a Windows Phone 7 device on launch day

2. Discover you can't connect to either your work or home WiFi networks because they are hidden.

3. Discover you can't install Zune x64 software on your work Vista machine without the installer crashing.

4. Discover that the colours on the Surround are waaaay off, red looks like orange, orange looks like yellow.

5. Discover that you can't read more than 4 email headers without scrolling.

6. Discover there is no way to reduce the text size in the email applications.

7. Discover that you can't use the device as portable storage.

8. Discover that when you do get Zune installed at home, your LiveID from the US won't work while you're in Canada.

9. Discover that the market is driven from the X360 points system, and that your confused country status won't even let you purchase points with a credit card.

10. Discover that the points thing is not really an issue, since there's nothing in the market worth paying for anyway.

11. Discover that your fancy speaker-slider phone with kickstand has no landscape menu system when in the Zune media player.

12. Discover that while the front panel of the HTC Surround is aluminium, it does not survive being hurled at a brick wall in frustration.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
this is a tips and tricks thread , Not a "I hate my phone" thread.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Croak:
There are 12 tips there. Really. They all boil down to one though...don't buy one of these. :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Silent Shark:
This has been known for quite some time, and if using your phone as a storage device was important to you, something you should have been aware of before you bought it.

It does surprise me how many people buy smartphones with no prior research. I can understand if they have never bought a smartphone before, but if they are moving smartphone platforms, you really need to do your homework to find out if all the things you want to do will be possible on your new device. If you've never bought a smartphone before, then you can't really complain when your phone doesn't do something you probably weren't expecting it to do in the first place.
[Windows Phone 7 General] enjoythemusic:
Agreed. Or as some of us guys might say, "RTFM".
[Windows Phone 7 General] panflute:
GREAT phone & OS

If you see all of the reviews on YouTube you will find a variety of opinions. Some of the reviewers have limited imaginations. I like the OS and the phone and it is only going to improve in short order.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Tone_:
Dial ##634# and select "Call"

There should now be a "Diagnosis" option in your app list

Go into Diagnosis and a keypad comes up and enter *#1234#

Shows versions\MAC addresses

link

Not sure if this is just for samsung..
[Windows Phone 7 General] chubnut:
Think it might be as it didn't work on my HD7 :confused:
[Windows Phone 7 General] saitir:
Another probably Samsung only tip: Tethering!

Call ##634#

From the new debugging menu, enter: *#7284#

You see three options come up: Zune, Modem Tethered Call, Modem Diagnostic.

Select the 2nd option. A restart is prompted. After this, when you connect via USB to a PC it configures a samsung modem. You'll need your mobile operators network login details, but there you go.

A number of people are having problems with the drivers, more on that as it develops I guess.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
confirmed NOT working on a hd7 , the "##634#" thing isn't working.
[Windows Phone 7 General] chubnut:
There must be reciprocal codes for the HD7. I've started trawling the web to find them but zero luck so far
[Windows Phone 7 General] Milky1:
I was thinking about the home screen earlier, and how I would improve it, and came up with this:

I reckon they should have done the app bar in a similar way to how the Zune HD has its main menu, whereby the main part is big and the smaller pins and history section is small and in the background, then you swipe to the left to make the pins zoom in and the main menu zooms out into the background. Same principle here but with the app list and the main menu, smaller app list on the right and you swipe to the right it then zooms in and the main menu zooms out to the background and visa versa.

Amazing concept to help you visualize it:
[Windows Phone 7 General] DaJanni:
Silent ringing phone

to come back to serious hints and tricks here is what I found out:

When you get a phone call while in meeting or somewhere else where you want your phone to shut up there are 2 possibilities:

1. to just silent the ringer and maybe accept the call 10 seconds later press one of the volume buttons on the side of the device

2. to make the device silent, refuse the call and turning the display off while somebody's calling you just press the power button on top of the device.

pretty smart when you keep it in mind and use it in such situations...

edit: of course with HTC devices you still have the ability to turn it face-down to mute.
[Windows Phone 7 General] owczarb:
Working great on my Omnia7.

Problem with drivers can occure only if you dont have zune installed. Install, reconect and will be good.

Source here:

h**p://mobilitydigest.com/windows-phone-7-tethers-you-can-do-it-now-heres-how/
[Windows Phone 7 General] spfrance:
Password to use MFG on LG Optimus 7 : http://www.smartphonefrance.info/actu.asp?ID=5925 :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
FieldTest Working on HTC HD7

FieldTest Working on HD7
[Windows Phone 7 General] boogeyman:
Hi,

I entered via MFG the "Other Settings".There I could enable the ADC (AutoDataConfiguration), which was set to disabled by the carrier.

But... how do I start now the ADC?

Background: I must change the MMS-settings from vodafone (branded) to e-plus, which is impossible without autoconfig.

salut

boogey
[Windows Phone 7 General] jasongw:
I'd also add, if you're worried about portable storage, use your*******Skydrive account :)

Mod edit: Language removed
[Windows Phone 7 General] Dirty H4rry:
Hold down the screen for about 3 seconds and a refresh option will appear
[Windows Phone 7 General] bworls:
Working on AT&T HTC Surround.
[Windows Phone 7 General] zulu208:
activate voice menu via bluetooth

hi,

not sure if someone posted this or not but w/ wp7, you start the voice cmd app by pressing and holding the 'windows' button.

tonight, for the heck of it, i pressed and hold the talk button my bluetooth and it activiated the voice cmd.
[Windows Phone 7 General] shamreez:
Tried it and got the refresh button but it is not refreshing my list of contacts in facebook.

(Specially if I add a new friend the details does not show in my phone even after I do a refresh)
[Windows Phone 7 General] loomx:
Iv just noticed that when you get a notification (for example a new text message) when the bar pops up at the top, you can swipe it to the right to dismiss it!
[Windows Phone 7 General] cdgoin:
It personally went by me.. Also with the tethering issue it was a matter of will it or wont it.. I am quite shocked that it doesnt have tethering. Thats always been the Big + for me and one of the main functions I use my phone for.

Mind you I am NOT trying to be a basher of WP7... I had the greatest hopes for it.. and still do. But I hope they fix a lot of this stuff.. Otherwise, I am going to invest in a number of touch pro 2s, to keep incase I need a replacement later. Because they have REALLY hamstrung WP7 for the power user.

Maybe they will come out with more WM6.5 phones later, Maybe something like the HTC Throphy that was mocked up last year (as seen last year not the WP7 unit in Europe) will come out as a new Windows Business Phone. I think refaced with something like the energy ROM, windows 6.5 can compete with any OS and has more functionality than the rest of them too.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Graveworm:
Hi.

I solved the problem.

Go to Zune (at your Desktop) and select the album with the missing cover than right-click there. Now you should see "Add cover" (or something similar)(I have the German Version). You can now add the cover and after the next sync with your Windows Phone you will see the cover at your mobile device.

Hope it works for you, too.

Originally posted in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833871
[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
Actually, it's not true. Old Zune registry hack works perfect, I'm able to copy files to Samsung phone.

P.S. Can't post a link, will describe shortly:

- Make sure your Zune is not plugged in and your Zune software isn’t running

- Open up Regedit by going to the start menu and selecting “run”. Type regedt32 and hit “OK”

- Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet002\Enum\USB\

- Search for “PortableDeviceNameSpace”. This should be contained in the Vid_####&Pid_####\########_-_########_-_########_-_########\Device Parameters within the above …\USB\ The ##’s listed here will be numbers and letters specific to your Zune.

- Change the following values:

* EnableLegacySupport to 1

* PortableDeviceNameSpaceExcludeFromShell to 0

* ShowInShell to 1

- Plug in your Zune, and make sure the Zune Software starts up.

- Hopefully at this point you can open up “My Computer” and browse your device, though it does NOT show up as a drive letter.
[Windows Phone 7 General] baimo:
Wow - Great tip. Cant wait to get home and give it a try. i am having a hell of a time getting pictures moved from my camera roll to my computer - get error c00d11e4
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
could you explane some more ? , I just tried everything you write but itisn't working ( maybe I am doing something wrong?)
[Windows Phone 7 General] paulf707:
Tried this on Windows 7 with HTC Mozart - yes an icon appeared in Computer folder (infact 2 appeared) - but both of them were empty when opened, and I couldn't drag files from desktop onto them.

Anyone else got this working on a WP7 device?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
could you explane this a little bit more noob prove ( how did you did that step by step )
[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
I didn't test too much but created folder called "Videos", and copied a couple wmv files to that folder. Video clips appear immediately on the Samsung phone.

P.S. If no "Portable devices" appear in Explorer, try to change values described above in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
this one did the job and if you make a folder named "Pictures" and copy a pic in it and then drag/drop it to your device it is there :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
maybe we can side load apps like this ?

edit: is there someone who know the name of the folder (on the phone) where the app's are being copied/downloaded before there are executed/installed by the os ?

edit2: it let you only copy .jpg files all other aren't working (.exe,.wmv,mp3)
[Windows Phone 7 General] rjh1:
I dont have a ControlSet002 mine just showes ControlSet001 & ControlSet003

also how do I find out what is my Vid_####&Pid_####\########_-_########_-_########_-_########\ for my HD7? there are 51 vid_ files in each of these ControlSet00x entrys

Thanks,

Rick
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
I used this one and it worked

edit: Search for “PortableDeviceNameSpace”. in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet and the right one will pop up.

you can also try than on "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet002\Enum\USB\"
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
under windows 7 :

goto folder options (control panel-folder options)

goto "view"

select "Display the full path in the title bar (classic theme only)

now you can see what is on the phone :D

but (there is always a but) I have only the folders:

Albums

Artists

Music

Pictures

Video

actually after doing this I can copy whatever file i like (now it is a big usb stick )
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
what incentive do the carriers have to offer tethering? If it's device capable, someone will hack it so they don't have to pay for it. I'm guessing that you aren't paying for your tethering right now. Personally I would love them to end all tethering so the bandwith hogs will get shut down. At least on t-mobile they seem to enforce the data cap (at least for me on my first month they did).

I remember reading about people on sprint using 40-50gb of data a month via tethering.
[Windows Phone 7 General] loomx:
Done whats said above, I see the two folders but I cant do anything with them
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
make a folder named Pictures on a local drive and then put in a .jpg file .

drag/drop that folder to one of the to icons and then go to Pictures on the phone and look if that .jpg is there .

ps do you have windows 7?

and did you did this:

under windows 7 :

goto folder options (control panel -> folder options)

goto "view"

select "Display the full path in the title bar (classic theme only)
[Windows Phone 7 General] subform:
Hi there,

I was googling this particular error code to see if I was not alone out there. There is no evidence of what this code is or how to fix it. Orange are blanking me, as are MS... any ideas people? I have a Mozart too and the same thing happens. All camera roll photos are visible on the device, but will not export to the PC.
[Windows Phone 7 General] subform:
I got to the point of having 2 folders in my computer, but then no contents within them. I tried the above but still empty. Unfortunately, I'm using XP. Any ideas?

Thanks so much for your help
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
maybe "unhide" system files and folders ?

look at the screen shot (that is what I have)
[Windows Phone 7 General] loomx:
like I said, I have done everything said, and I just have the two drives show, but no folders inside. I have done the bit needed for windows 7 as well, and I already have show hidden folders on.

It did work last night once, but nothing has changed and its doing the same thing of not showing anything again, which is annoying because I copied a folder called ringtones with some mp3s into it to see if it would add any... it didnt and now i cant get the folders to show again to delete it!

ETA: Just tried it on my work computer, now I see two HD7 drives, as I did on my home computer, but when I click that theres a folder called storage, I open that and there is nothing inside :S
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
if you droped a folder you can find it in the folder Music (thats way the ringtones don't work work ,ps I think that ringtones has to be .wav or wma)

In zune there is an option to look in folders on the phone (look in the Music folder)

edit Sorry, go to phone in zune and then to sync groups ,there you can remove that folder to .
[Windows Phone 7 General] rjh1:
I too am using XP I see the phone in My Computer but I am not able to copy anything to it the mouse pointer showes the circle with the line thru it!

any ideas about this also??

Thanks,

Rick
[Windows Phone 7 General] loomx:
Wierd its working on my computer again now :)

I just closed every program, made sure it was in classic mode, plugged the phone, zune opened itself, and then I could see the folders in explorer. It even working when im not in classic mode now.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
I believe you only need to reconnect phone (and re-run automatically Zune software). UI modes are not related...

P.S. Will be interested to get list of all possible folders. I've tried binary search in the phone's ROM but w/o success.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
ok , I think it is a hickup of your pc :D , but nice that it is working again.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
you have only the folder that are also in zune , pictures etz
[Windows Phone 7 General] ChrisKringel:
delete this post please...
[Windows Phone 7 General] copilot19:
I have to close Zune and reopen windows explorer, then all folders on HTC HD7 are shown in windows explorer.

THX :-)
[Windows Phone 7 General] fb401:
C'mon, you didn't think they'd make it THAT easy did you? This is MS! I added both wav and wma versions of a ringtone in a folder to my phone and it did not pick it up. It probably only picks up those wma and/or wav files for ringtones when they're in the root folder.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
yes :( most important folders are hidden for us .
[Windows Phone 7 General] rjh1:
has anyone been able to get this to work on XP? I can see the phone in "My Computer" but cant see any folders and cant copy anything to it..

Thanks

Rick
[Windows Phone 7 General] kwill:
I only see ControlSet001 and ControlSet003. Both seem to have the same keys under them. SO, not sure which one to change?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
I changed them all and that did the trick for me

and:

Search for “PortableDeviceNameSpace”. in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet and the right one will pop up.

you can also try than on "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet002\Enum\USB\ "
[Windows Phone 7 General] kwill:
I just got it and thanks for helping out. I went to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB and did the search from there instead of just HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet and now my device pops up. So, I'm wondering now if we can get into the root somehow to the ringtones. That would be awesome as the one's built in are not only the only ones you can use. But, they pretty much suck:D

Only thing I can't get to show up is the folders that you mentioned when changing the view under the "Classic" theme setting. May be the OS I'm using which is XP though.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
I think that more having problems with that
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
you could try to shut down zune and disconect your hd7 then reconect it again , maybe you have the folders then
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
cool cool cool Read this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9287427#post9287427
[Windows Phone 7 General] kwill:
Ah yeah! Good stuff for sure. Looks like folks are making some headway on getting this thing a little more unrestricted:D
[Windows Phone 7 General] lekki:
Don't forget to start zune and then close zune. After doing that the trick should work.
[Windows Phone 7 General] kwill:
I get the same as you on XP. Two drives show up and can't add anything or create a new folder.
[Windows Phone 7 General] enjoythemusic:
Same here yet using Vista 32-bit.
[Windows Phone 7 General] HowlinPsycho:
I found this tip on the internet. How to activate call waiting:

Bring up the dialpad, and press *43# and callbutton. To reverse press #43#

Source: HERE
[Windows Phone 7 General] kwill:
Ok, so I rebooted pc today and then plugged in my phone again and now the folders show up. Magical! Dang, we just need to get ringtones now and tethering. And that's all the hacking I'll need.
[Windows Phone 7 General] albinojoe:
The USB trick wont work if the Zune software is loaded. You'll only see 2 empty USB drives. If you close the zune software, you'll be able to browse the phone. Keep in mind the Zune software will autoload whenever you plug the phone in (but it might take a minute or it might load minimized depending on your settings) so just wait for that and close it first, otherwise it might screw up your file transfer.
[Windows Phone 7 General] eternalemb:
+1. Although id love a file explorer.