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re: Have you updated to Windows Phone 7.5?

thebrother — Mon, 21 May 2012 10:18:59 GMT

I'd love to upgrade to 7.5 but unfortunately I'm stuck at 7.00.7403. Here's my sorry tale. I started with a Windows 6.5 phone and upgraded it to a Windows 7 phone (HTC 7 Mozart), I then had to wait 2 months for my contacts etc to be transferred from the Windows 6 backup cloud to the Windows 7 version. I've been travelling so unable to upgrade my phone software. Now when I try to upgrade I repeatedly got an error ( 80072fa8). I finally managed to upgrade today but got 7.10 not 7.5. When I switched on my phone after the upgrade said it was completed - no contacts, no mail accounts - zilch but music! I restored back to 7.00.7403. So now I'm off to buy an iPhone.

re: Have you updated to Windows Phone 7.5?

ScubaDog2011 — Mon, 21 May 2012 06:41:29 GMT

@aizat1900, WiFi sharing is pretty much device- and carrier-specific. AT&T, for example is only supporting it on the newest devices (e.g., the Lumia 900 and, I believe, the Titan II). The only OEM that appears to be REALLY pushing hard to update their devices is Nokia. Every time I turn around it seems they are deploying a new or updated app unique to them or some other update. So, at this point it seems to me that folks will want to think hard about choosing a device other than Nokia. Just sayin'.....

re: The Wrap: The Focus 2 arrives, “Dear Windows Phone,” new 99 cent Xbox games

ScubaDog2011 — Mon, 21 May 2012 06:35:14 GMT

Okay, @Nathan and others. Could you give an example of where you would need to be able to paste a number into the dialer? So far, every situation I've run into was handled by the fact that phone numbers are recognized as such in various apps (for example, in a text message) and you can simply tap the number and it brings up the number in your dialer.

re: The Wrap: The Focus 2 arrives, “Dear Windows Phone,” new 99 cent Xbox games

T Windows — Mon, 21 May 2012 03:19:26 GMT

@abm

Thanks for the feedback and break-down on the native dialer.

It looks like you may have helped the developer out quite a bit on his next update for the ” 7Dialer “ app, as well as added some needed insight for the Windows Phone Dev Team.

- Thanks again @abm

I really hope the release of (A8) has the majority if not all of our wish lists included when they decided to release it, until then…

- Stay Powered by Windows

re: The Wrap: The Focus 2 arrives, “Dear Windows Phone,” new 99 cent Xbox games

abm — Mon, 21 May 2012 00:44:31 GMT

@T Windows, thanks for chipping in. The idea really is to paste the number on the native dialer. Third-part app won't cut it! Reason being; the windows phone dialer API (Microsoft.Phone.Tasks.PhoneCallTask: msdn.microsoft.com/.../microsoft.phone.tasks.phonecalltask(v=vs.92).aspx) restricts the security numbers like *166# etc. for security reasons (it's simple to fathom!)..

Nonetheless, the dialer app should accept the alphabets. Let's say when I tested with Microsoft's tool-free number; 1-800-Microsoft, the 7Dailer sent the string as is to the native phone dialer. The native dialer simply truncated the letters and dialed 1 800 !! The letter-to-number translation is required via the following system

(source: www.dialabc.com/.../keypads.html)

0 = none (in some older telephones, OQ or OQZ)

1 = none (in some older telephones, QZ)

2 = ABC

3 = DEF

4 = GHI

5 = JKL

6 = MNO

7 = PQRS

8 = TUV

9 = WXYZ

Moreover, to retain the intended format, the dialer should respect the phone-number decorators when dialing: SPACE, plus sign +, parenthesis () and dash/hyphen -

The format mismatch between Windows Phone and Windows Live contacts is yet another issue. If you have saved the contact's number like +1 (800) 888-7777 in Windows Phone, once sync, try to edit the contact on contacts.live.com. You will find the country (under mobile phone) is not detected automatically and if you save it, it will alter the format. More on: answers.microsoft.com/.../ae4fa457-0d5b-4c3b-aa1b-58b068b7eeab

re: The Wrap: The Focus 2 arrives, “Dear Windows Phone,” new 99 cent Xbox games

Rodney E. Jones — Sun, 20 May 2012 23:50:31 GMT

I agree with Nathan... We definitely got to have copy and past into the dialer... This must come!

re: The Wrap: The Focus 2 arrives, “Dear Windows Phone,” new 99 cent Xbox games

T Windows — Sun, 20 May 2012 22:01:35 GMT

@Nathan

@KR

@abm

After reading your feedback post I thought surely by now there has to be an app resolution in-place for us.

I found one that seems to work for me and it looks similar to the WP default dialer; the copy and paste feature works quite well.

If you’re interested check out “ 7Dialer “ on the marketplace, they have a free & paid versions of the app – hope it helps in the meantime, at least until we get an update or Apollo lands.

App link - www.windowsphone.com/.../search

- Stay Powered by Windows

re: The Wrap: The Focus 2 arrives, “Dear Windows Phone,” new 99 cent Xbox games

abm — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:36:21 GMT

@Nathan and KR,

This is the exact feature request for which these people are voting on uservoice windowsphone.uservoice.com/.../2157707-allow-pasting-in-the-phone-dialer. I agree iPhone should not be considered as *model* when it comes to dropping basic features. A simple usecase could be; copy the phone number from Word file in Office Hub, the website or the Bing vision etc and paste it in the dialer.

re: The Wrap: The Focus 2 arrives, “Dear Windows Phone,” new 99 cent Xbox games

KR — Sun, 20 May 2012 16:49:15 GMT

@Nathan

I'll second that feature request.i need that function on daily basis and get frustrated when I realize I can't paste a number in the dialer

re: Windows Phone designer is named one of country’s most creative

NokiaBeast — Sun, 20 May 2012 15:45:09 GMT

Congrats Jeff! I love hearing about the people who design the things I use everyday--their inspirations and methods for making things functional, unique and beautiful. I can't wait to see what's up your sleeve in the future!

re: The Wrap: The Focus 2 arrives, “Dear Windows Phone,” new 99 cent Xbox games

Nathan — Sun, 20 May 2012 15:17:14 GMT

@Michael, @Windows Phone division, @Microsoft.

I admire the way Windows Phone is progressing and where its heading.. the only thing that bothers me "Why does Microsoft teams get inspired by Apple"? Im not trolling.. I have one reason to feel like that!

"The unavailability of Paste feature in Windows Phone dialer! "

iPhone was the only smartphone on the planet lacking this feature and now Windows Phone second it... Ask any pre-WindowsPhone nokia guy or Windows Mobile guy... does it even qualify as a "feature"? no then why? "because iPhone doesnt have it so there must be some technical reason behind it"! This is the way Microsoft is underestimating their own intellect..

Michael, please before iPhone do that, ask the dev team to *secretly* include the copy-paste feature in Windows Phone's phone dialer..and you will gain +10000 respect by me 8-)

re: The Wrap: The Focus 2 arrives, “Dear Windows Phone,” new 99 cent Xbox games

Rodney E. Jones — Sun, 20 May 2012 09:40:33 GMT

I need some high resolution Metro wallpapers.. Anybody got any ideas?? Preferably Beta Test Over stuff..

re: Have you updated to Windows Phone 7.5?

superr marios — Sun, 20 May 2012 07:59:40 GMT

hy....i makee update on my phone htc hd7 and after the display is black....

re: The Wrap: The Focus 2 arrives, “Dear Windows Phone,” new 99 cent Xbox games

T Windows — Sun, 20 May 2012 02:18:35 GMT

@Michael

Thanks for the post – I can see Rodney now working on his own Metro mix with a few Windows Phone guitar apps.

ROCK ON! -@Rodney metro style!

@Albert

I agree sounds like .99¢ is the magic number for apps; I’m hoping the price drop on angry birds is a indication for the new –coming soon “angry birds in space” debut on Windows Phone.

@Windows Fans –everywhere check out the love this Windows Fan is showing here in article post from – wmpoweruser.com/are-you-fan-enough-to-shave-the-windows-phone-logo-into-your-hair

- Stay Powered by Windows

re: The Wrap: The Focus 2 arrives, “Dear Windows Phone,” new 99 cent Xbox games

Albert — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:08:39 GMT

Main reason I finally bought Angry Birds on Windows Phone was that it dropped to the .99 price point :)