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[Windows Phone 7 General] Minimalist360:
I have a Samsung Captivate which is a near identical phone as my Focus, and has an identical battery. I can charge my Captivate anywhere, on any USB port. My Focus charges some of the time from some of the USB ports. I can't tell what the deal is. Sometimes, it will be at 10% and I'll go to the battery debug and see it drift downward. Sometimes a reboot of the phone (hard reboot, by pulling the battery) will then allow it to begin charging again, but not always. However, it seems to ALWAYS charge from the supplied charger, which is the identical charger that came with my Captivate. And the Captivate charger will also charge the Focus no matter what.

Also if the battery is almost completely flat, it will always charge from a USB port to the point where it can boot up again, and then it'll go flat again, then go into the other mode and charge fine until it has enough to boot, etc.

That seems like some kind of software bug, perhaps in the firmware. I reported it to Samsung but I'm not confident that they will do anything based on it, it's a horrible system they have. Does anyone know of a good way to report stuff to Samsung?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Frank_Toronto:
I just came across this as well. I was hoping to use a Travel Charger I already had but as soon as I plugged it in, it froze my home screen. I unplugged it, got past the home screen, plugged it back in.. and boom, froze again.

As soon as I plugged the original charger, everthing was fine. Be warned if you are buying a second charger.

Cheers!
[Windows Phone 7 General] kenadams111:
apps updates "huge" size? :)

what about the updates size, as it is written in the description.

my Doodle God game update version 1.3.0 is about 19022848MB in size.

way more than my Omnia 7's 8GB. :)

silly bug but it's there. or maybe that field is about something else?

there is also a problem with the app updates in the market. i clicked "update" on Doodle God 1.3 update and goes to "pending..." then "installing..." then dissapearing from the list. but on the phone's home screen the Marketplace still displays a "1" as in 1 update available. i go in the Market app, click "1 update" and here it is... the "Doodle God 1.3 update" again... went through the whole process a few times...and the update it's still there.. reboot didn't fix anything either... hope they'll get the market fixed with the january update.
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
apps that are trial apps can't be updated at present (so yes it's bug). the only way to update those apps is to uninstall them and reinstall them. when you goto reinstall them they'll be the updated version. this is the only way to do that for now.
[Windows Phone 7 General] keery458:
Has anyone noticed how glitchy/choppy scrolling can be when you hold your finger on the screen and slowly drag it left and right?. I'm experiencing this on the HD7
[Windows Phone 7 General] andrew-in-woking:
Feature not bug

Hi keery458

I think that the software is doing diffrent things when you pan left and right than to when you swipe up and down.

If you look in an official WP7 User Guide/Manual you will see a list of screen gestures that are recognised by the OS. I get the feeling that whatever you are trying to do, the OS essentially interprets your action into one of the gestures. They are:

Tap:

When you want to type using the keyboard, select items onscreen such as apps and settings, or press onscreen buttons, simply tap them with your finger.

Press and hold:

To open the available options for an item (e.g. contact or link in a web page), simply press and hold the item.

Swipe or slide:

To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen.

Drag:

Press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to drag. While dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the target position.

Flick:

Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that you need to swipe your finger in light, quicker strokes. This finger gesture is always in a vertical direction, such as when flicking the contacts or message list.

Rotate:

For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the phone sideways. When entering text, you can turn the phone sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard.

Pinch:

In some applications, like Pictures or the web browser, you can “pinch” the screen using 2 fingers (for example, thumb and index fingers) to zoom in or zoom out when viewing a picture or a web page.

These are pasted from the official HTC 7 Mozart User Guide. I think that when moving from left to right the OS always interprets your action as "Swipe or Slide" because "Flick" is only available in verticle directions.

In other words, up and down is essentially scrolling and left to right is essentially jumping between "pages". If you move your finger slowly from one side to the other, the OS is trying to interpret your gesture to jump to the next/previous "page", but it can't because you still have your finger on the screen.

I think that MS have designed it in this way to get the maximim "intuitive" effect. If we had "smooth scrolling" in a horisontal direction we would loose our defined "jumps" betwen virtual "pages" from left to right.

Cheers

andrew-in-woking
[Windows Phone 7 General] cpimentel:
License problem with Puzzle Quest 2

Ok... this is f**** up =(

I was waiting for PQ2, waited the download (long)... when it reached 100%!? License problem!

Retryied! License problem!

Now marketplace if 'thinking' that I'm downloading it, and only shown the 'check install' and 'share' buttons. No download.

FRAK!

I want that game! =\
[Windows Phone 7 General] kenadams111:
viewing landscape games screenshots in marketplace

here's an annoying issue...

i am browsing through marketplace (in portrait mode - the only orientation available) and check out the games screenshots. some of the games are built for landscape so the screenshots are also landscape pictures, and i am viewing them in portrait. don't like to bend my neck so i rotate the phone to landscape orientation to view the landscape screenshot properly and... the screenshot rotates too :)... now i hold the phone in landscape mode and the screenshot picture is orientated the wrong way again but worse, it's covering a small part of the screen.

so now i am playing.. catch the screenshot in the right orientation.. i win for like 2 seconds..and then lose.. :P .. but at least my neck doesn't have to suffer...

omnia 7
[Windows Phone 7 General] Zailynne:
Freeze at Samsung Splashlogo

I just encountered the most annoying bug on my Samsung Omnia 7... Yesterday the phone froze at startscreen, though I could press on the backbutton and do other stuff, when I went to the startscreen again, I couldn't scroll or tap on anything there. So when I turned the phone off, and now try to turn it on, it just freezes at the Samsung logo... :(
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
dang that sucks. try performing a hard reset by holding down both volume keys and powering on the device.
[Windows Phone 7 General] tbk21:
Since a few days my wireless sync has stopped working. I already disabled my firewall but it didn't helped. I have a HD7. When I try to setup wireless sync again with Zune on desktop I get a error: 8007042C. I can't find anywhere on the web a solution for this.
[Windows Phone 7 General] bozzaj:
LQ Quantum here. No matter how slow I moved my finger, it seemed to always be smooth. The only thing I *did* notice is in some apps (pictures, weather), the screen would bounce back if I went too slowly.

Tried it from the home (start) screen and was able to slide my finger slowly left and right and it tracked my finger perfectly.
[Windows Phone 7 General] CyK1:
here's something no one seemed to notice. If you hang up on someone by clicking "ignore" when u get a call, it still shows up as a missed call. I don't think that's the way it's supposed to be, at least from my experience.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Coleman:
How should it be?
[Windows Phone 7 General] CyK1:
I purposely hung up so techincally i didnt "miss" the call. it should show up on the log but the live tile shouldn't show a missed call notification (neither should the lock screen).
[Windows Phone 7 General] hidden_hunter:
Microsoft really need to think more carefully before setting backgrounds in the marketplace, I can see bugger all with the red and white from the Australia post app
[Windows Phone 7 General] bbezja1:
funny how thread is called list of bugs, but mainly its about missing features or features not working like what you would personaly like it to work :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
that's how it works on Winmo 6.5 as well so I don't see how that is a bug.

agreed.

A software bug is the common term used to describe an error, flaw, mistake, failure, or fault in a computer program or system that produces an incorrect or unexpected result, or causes it to behave in unintended ways.

A bug is not a missing feature, or a feature that works differently than the way YOU, THE END USER, expects it to. As long as it works as the developer intended, then it is not a bug.

Maybe we need to change the title of this thread to:

WP7: what I don't like about it
[Windows Phone 7 General] hidden_hunter:
I'd count readability as a fairly big issue
[Windows Phone 7 General] mike21pr:
^^^^ AGREE!!!!

can we please clean up the list and exclude *features miising / features i'd would like?* from a BUGS thread???

It makes it looks worse that it really is... we need a list of glitches, lockup situations, and related issues

Personally the only one i have encountered was the occasional marketplace issue although my second HD7 (missed it after getting a G2) hasnt done it yet, but still an issue
[Windows Phone 7 General] Cruzer1:
Not sure if this has been mentioned. Just checked my Omnia 7, and the IE favorites have disappeared, except for the 2 default ones... ><
[Windows Phone 7 General] simesime:
Besides the automatic rebooting issue that I come across a few times every day, I've noticed another bug that doesn't seem to be addressed. Sometimes (randomly), the microphone in my HTC Trophy doesn't work. I can be in a call, everything is fine, and when I hang up, someone else calls, and they do not hear anything at all. I can hear the personen on the other end perfectly. It can also happen when I call someone up. Mute is not active, or at least it doesn't display that it is. A reboot fixes this. Luckily it reboots itself often enough, so I've "only" come across this about 5-10 times in the two weeks I've had the phone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
Guys,

I've tried to reorganize the 1st post consequently.

Sometimes the frontier between what users consider a bug and a what is actually a design inconsistency is narrow.

E.g. the fact that camera settings are not saved is by design. But almost all end users find this truly annoying and may call it a 'bug' even if it is not.
[Windows Phone 7 General] CyK1:
but why would there be a "restore to default" button at the end of the camera options?!! i know it might be to restore them after changing them without quitting and reopening but given how minimalistic wp7 likes to be it doesn't make sense. I personally prefer it not saving but just thought of this...
[Windows Phone 7 General] truffle1234:
my first and last sumsung was i780 and i will never buy another.... they have too many propritory software on there device...

never to buy anything but HTC... i am very happy with my HD7...

lucky i did not get the dell venue pro as they still cant launch the device and have replaced the initial launch devices for the first owners...
[Windows Phone 7 General] neoxphuse:
Is there like a way to disable alarm notices from emails say between 12 to 8? I don't need to know if I have emails when I'm asleep.

Now I just turn it off.
[Windows Phone 7 General] V1ViD:
Messages don't save as a draft if you leave the messaging app?
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
don't believe so, sorry.

whilst that may be true, you can tap back till you reach the message thread you were on, and the text will still be there. i do this all the time.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ione2380:
bugs on my htc 7 mozart

when i get a call the slide up doesnt work on the first try, i have to slide it many times to respond, and then the "answer" button doesnt work and i finally miss the call.:( The same thing with the "end call" button i have to press it 3-4 times for it to work. This happens all the time and it is very annoying, if someone else is having the same problem please tell me, so that i now if it is a problem with wp7 or just my device, thank you!:confused:
[Windows Phone 7 General] Boby-HRZ:
I don't have such problems. I can answer and end a call without a problem.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
Had my first reset on my hd7 tonight while watching a t.v. show via zune. Video went nuts, then the phone reset itself. Atleast it doesn't lock up requiring a battery pull.
[Windows Phone 7 General] gbbsoft:
From time to time.

Just switch off and on phone for 1 sec and everything works well.

PS. I have HD7
[Windows Phone 7 General] jwzg:
That may be related to Attentive Phone. I have not had that happen since I updated the application. Let me know if that's the case.
[Windows Phone 7 General] TomFrom:
Not sure if this has been mentioned, i have a HD7 from 02 (uk) and screenshots in the marketplace are upside down
[Windows Phone 7 General] fuzemaster:
The email client (incident confirmed on Gmail but I'm guessing it stands true for Outlook) does not properly interpret Reply-To email headers. For instance:

Return-Path: <listmail-request@listserv.net>

Old-Return-Path: <friend@gmail.com>

From: Thomas Joy <friend@gmail.com>

Reply-To: listmail@listserv.net

...should create an email to listmail@listserv.net upon replying, whereas in the email client it creates an email to friend@gmail.com when replying.
[Windows Phone 7 General] kroukes2000:
some missing features & bugs:

-call duration counter.

-when I update app then I go to view what's the new in or version or the size, the size of this app was too big like 1578743659 Mb.

-can't save pdf files from mail or IE.

-USSD code take too much time to get the information sometimes, and I get nothing the most of time.

-Poor quality of microphone sometimes, I don't know when but somtimes was very poor & they can't understand me (I don't know if this is form my 7 trophy or WP7).

Sorry for my english :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] raimeiken:
I just noticed this, I don't know if it's been mentioned already.

The default music player doesn't have a duration bar! wtf?!

I listen to a lot of DJ mixes/sets that are 1hr-2hrs long and the only way to skip forward to to hold on to the forward button? Why couldn't they put a duration bar so I can just slide my finger on the part of the song that I like?
[Windows Phone 7 General] bennyj71:
I didn't see it list: Pictures live tile doesn't change. When I go in and select change for me it will only use the "sample pictures". I have over twenty pictures on there that have been added to favorites and uploaded to Skydrive. None have every shown up on Pictures Live Tile.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cbebop7:
@kroukes2000

WP7 will save PDFs from emails and IE. Do u have Adobe reader installed? All saved PDFs should show up in Adobe reader.

@bennyj71

It works for me; have u stored the pictures locally on your device?
[Windows Phone 7 General] bennyj71:
@bennyj71

It works for me; have u stored the pictures locally on your device?[/QUOTE]

Yes, I don't have a sd card yet. Been following the SD Thread in Focus. What steps did you do? Maybe I missed something. Did you do anything in your live account or skydrive as well?
[Windows Phone 7 General] kroukes2000:
Yes I have it, and I check it now all my PDFs from mail are in. Thank you brother
[Windows Phone 7 General] krjcook:
MS needs to add more more multimedia features for Zune.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Reed-Sternberg:
UpToDate on WP7?

Anyone (most probably doctors) can confirm if "Uptodate" (clinical software) works on wp7? I'm about to upgrade my current HTC HD and I need to install Uptodate 18.2 on my device. it's kinda decisive for me.

tnx
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
First post updated with a fix for the Youtube plugin not working ( on both IE when embedded and in facebook app ).

Thanks to theOne for the tip

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10112207&postcount=21

Video : http://www.1800pocketpc.com/2010/12/27/get-embedded-youtube-videos-to-work-on-windows-phone-7.html
[Windows Phone 7 General] kroukes2000:
Another one:

The phone can be switched off also when the screen are locked, anyone can test it?
[Windows Phone 7 General] moh0:
False, for my HD7 atleast.

I got two things not mentioned yet:

1. When back swiping to review pictures in camera mode, the pictures don't rotate when you change orientation of the phone.

2. There is no batch delete option for pictures hub. Very annoying!

Using an HD7.

EDIT: My phone CAN be turned off when locked. I read can't, oops.
[Windows Phone 7 General] tiwas:
Trophy 7: while the screen was off and locked, pressed and held the power button and it turned off. That's nasty...
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
I don't think they have released an app for wp7, but mobile.uptodate.com works fine.
[Windows Phone 7 General] knave:
Encountered this issue yesterday. I received an email from a friend and in the mails listing, I can see the attachment icon on the side of the subject. But when I opened the email, the link to download the attachment is missing. I tried all sorts of methods and I just couldn't find the download link, nor can I see the name of the file that is attached.

Then I tried to forward the email to myself. In the forwarded email, I can see the attachment when I opened the email and download/open it as per normal. Has anyone experienced this too?

*There was a total of 2 emails to me, 1 was sent via desktop, the other was sent via iPhone. Both from Gmail to my Gmail account, and both contained an Excel attachment that has a long single word file name.

e.g. [xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx][29].xls (a single word, 29 char file name)
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
Yes, this bug has been mentioned by several other users.

It seems to happen most of the time with Gmail, but not only.

E.g.

http://social.answers.microsoft.com...7/thread/537f5877-6136-40db-8978-e890ad962dce
[Windows Phone 7 General] redblues:
Not really a bug, though SMS messaging needs a batch delete option.

Is WP7 not supposed to sync with the My Phone used on WM6.5? A bunch of my WM6.5 stuff is stuck up there and it's not coming down to my WP7 device.
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
batch delete? you can delete a whole conversation if that's what you're referring to. though i think you could be referring to say "older than blah" delete. which could be handy, though given how the phone is, it doesn't really need it.

My Phone is legacy now. it's only used for wm6.5. I heard a rumour that a remake was coming for wp7 but hthat's all it is. a rumour. no more word around it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] moh0:
I think he meant selective deleting of individual texts.
[Windows Phone 7 General] kratos2027:
i dunno if someone has had this before, but on focus(after downloading and messing around with the phone) i noticed that at night when i was trying to use it in bed, the screen wont respond. thats cuz i was using my index finger(weird i know...) it only would respond if i used my thumbs. i kept trying with my index and other finger and the screen would barely respond only if i touch it with the tips of my fingers. a reboot fixed it, but still i was really pissed like wtf why would that happen.
[Windows Phone 7 General] redblues:
I meant deleting entire conversations from multiple contacts. I get paged by SMS and each page comes from a different number, so I end up having hundreds of SMS "conversations" that were easy to remove in WM6.5 but a royal pain to do so on WP7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] eortizr:
No dithering on images, causing pictures and videos to look like crap on SAMOLED displays. :mad:

Another way to fix that is to use a 24bit Color Depth for the OS instead of 16bit as is right know.
[Windows Phone 7 General] dov74:
Zune background

I switched to the light theme today, just for a change(!). Anyway, when using the music player, I noticed that the artist background is hardly visable?

When you change artist is goes darker for a second then very faint again. Not sure if this is a bug, but it spoils the look of the player. I switched back the dark theme and it looks great again.

I'm using a Mozart by the way. Is this the same on other devices?
[Windows Phone 7 General] moh0:
Missing feature:

Zune: can't put a song on continuous repeat

Nvm
[Windows Phone 7 General] bennyj71:
That's not exactly true. In the Zune Player. Swap where the album art is(Doesn't matter if you have the actual art or not) Swap lightly on the album art, then the option to repeat, rate, or shuffle. I hit repeat and it keep playing the same song for me over and over four times in a row.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
I rememeber people saying here that you can't delete messgaes one by one, but only threads.

Well it's not true! You can!
[Windows Phone 7 General] JamesAllen:
Great pics and videos

On my focus the pictures and video are brilliant and crisp.
[Windows Phone 7 General] kainy:
When I use normal headphones (without mic, didn't tested it that way) and I get a call while listening to the music, I would remove the headphones and answer the call (tried it when removing the headphones after answering), and after the call ends, the music resumes from the speakers, which is unacceptable.

Sometimes my phone will not awake after pressing the home button. I should press it a little longer, or several times, or harder (don't know what actually happens)

For no known reason a phone connection will end, like if I ended it on purpose. I assumed some of the keys was working when the screen is turned off, but now I assume it's the screen that turns on and let's me end the call with my cheek.

My phone is Samsung Omnia 7
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
that's different from mine. If I pull the 3.5mm connector out of the jack (plugged into my car stereo for podcasts), it pauses the music and will not restart unless I press play. Easy way to pause it when I get to work and pick it up when I go home in the morning.

Must be a samsung issue.

why don't you take the call with headphones in? Mic will work.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ruscik:
Do not know if this one was covered.

Today I tried to delete a entire sms conversation in one go. I went to messages tab, tap and hold on number/name I want to delete. Sub menu opens with delete and forward. I select delete. Phone asks to confirm delete which I do. It goes back to messages tab but nothing has changed.

Reboot does not help so for now to delete entire conversation I have to go in it and delete messages one by one.

I have HTC HD7
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
that's weird. No problems deleting whole threads on my hd7. I would call htc, though they'll probably just tell you to hard reset.
[Windows Phone 7 General] martani:
windows phone bug when using caretbrush

This is a bug for apps developers, when you change the color of the Carte (CaretBrush), all the visual elements before it starts to blink with the caret.

I posted more details on the app hub with a video here http://forums.create.msdn.com/forums/p/71760/438154.aspx
[Windows Phone 7 General] icon_e:
Reboot on my Omnia7

A few days ago my phone rebooted 2 times without a reason. Someone had the same problem or know why this happend?
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
My phone never rebooted itself.

But I start to really wonder what Microsoft was thinking releasing this.

Today I discovered:

1. Word is complete crap. It is not able to correctly display most of the files I receive

2. Another huge letdown - if attachement has some nonstandard spelling, email app is not displaying this attachement at all!!!!!!