Nokia Lumia 800

FGR

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

I've had this phone for a while and love it.

One issue I have is with Viber. The Viber Messenger app works fine for messaging.

If I install the Nokia Viber app (which supports voice calls), messages work a bit oddly. If I send a message to contact John Doe (0871234567), I will get a reply in a separate thread from +353871234567. I can't reply to him in this thread though, I have to go back to the original thread and send it that way. This gets a bit irritating as send and received messages are in two separate threads.

Does anyone else get this problem?

I get this problem as well. The only way around it is to convince other Viber users to register their number as 87xxxxxxx as opposed to 087xxxxxxx. It's annoying as most people don't even think of codes, nor should they really; and because of that I have to put up with it while they get normal messages from me.

Viber really need to fix it but I reckon it's the last we'll see of support for WP7.

stevenmu

The main viber app supports voice calling now, you don't need the nokia one any more. The main one seem a little more reliable and faster to open too, although the incoming call support is just as crappy.

I haven't had that number issue with either version though so can't comment on that.

hadoken13

andrewdeerpark wrote: »

I have to disagree. I would got for the 820 over the 920, reasoning:

Common to both
Same processor and memory
Wireless charging
NFC
Front and rear cameras

920 Pros
The 920 has a bigger screen, brilliant camera.

920 Cons
Screen too big, admittedly down to personal choice
No SD slot
No removable battery
Back cover not changable

820 Pros
Removable battery, cover
SD slot allowing you to easily and cheaply add 64GB storage

820 Cons
Back cover tricky to remove
Camera not as good as 920 however is as good as the iphone / S3 one

My wife has the 820 since christmas and loves it in particular the Windows 8 fluid very stable OS. Its also brilliant web browsing, facebook and office doc phone.

Either choice is excellent I just do not see the 920 as the clear winner.

But the comparison was for the 800 and the 920 not the 820 - I just mentioned that phone as another option.

Dunny

Is there any way to personalise the ringtone on this yet? Sick of the nokia tune

hadoken13

Dunny wrote: »

Is there any way to personalise the ringtone on this yet? Sick of the nokia tune

Tons of ways. There are numerous free apps like free ringtones (download any free ringtone app and set any song as your ringtone) and the Nokia ringtone maker or make your own through Zune or iTunes (http://www.windowsphone.com/en-ie/how-to/wp7/start/create-ringtones). This has been available for the last year or so.

Cerbera

If you set the genre of something in iTunes as ringtone you can use that.

FGR

And the third time the sensor is gone on my lumia 800! I really do like this phone but it's beginning to bother me that I can't have it functioning normally for more than two/three months at a time.

I noticed that the freepost service doesn't exist on the Nokia Support website anymore. Is it completely gone?

Edit: Nevermind! Found the link on the Lumia 800 page as opposed to their generic support page.

Mint Sauce

Does City Lens use the proximity sensor? The compass is not calibrating when I open it up, dispite doing the figure of 8 thing.

FGR

Filled out the form and banged the phone in the post - hopefully Nokia will be willing to repair my phone (or replace! ) for a third time. I'm worried though that they might just chuck it back at me and say they reckon it's been dropped (though it hasn't!). I haven't had a problem with anything on this phone just that bloody proximity sensor. I wonder does it just come loose over time ?

Gatling

FGR wrote: »

Filled out the form and banged the phone in the post - hopefully Nokia will be willing to repair my phone (or replace! ) for a third time. I'm worried though that they might just chuck it back at me and say they reckon it's been dropped (though it hasn't!). I haven't had a problem with anything on this phone just that bloody proximity sensor. I wonder does it just come loose over time ?

I got one for the OH at Christmas Its had the same issue 3 times in the last 8 weeks she's still under warranty though ,each time it was sent off component replaced and within 2 weeks black screens unable to dial numbers or top up credit

FGR

I would be more than happy if there was an option to disable the proximity sensor. I don't mind if that means the screen still being on when in a telephone call - it sure beats not being able to hang up!

FGR

Just for your information lads the freepost address and repair service on the Nokia website is no longer active and don't post anything to it or it will get lost!

I contacted the repair company and they've informed me that my phone has not reached them as their freepost repair service is no longer active - though still listed on nokia.ie. Given that the PO box address associated with that repair is no longer active I'm now without a phone and am hoping that it's in An Post's National Returned Letter Centre. In the meantime I went and bought a Sony Xperia T - and although it's a superb phone it's nothing compared to the ease and speed of the Lumia 800.

My recommendation - stay with WP. I know it's annoying that certain apps and browsers aren't available for it but the built in contacts/messaging and calendar systems are far superior.

Maybe I'll get used to it. I don't know. Hopefully I'll get my Lumia back in the meantime.

Corruptedmorals

Thanks for the heads up. Thought I'd have to use it again as my phone had a hard fall yesterday and the sensor slowed down..but thankfully turning it off and on again has it 100% perfect again. I'm hoping it will somehow never give up- 16 months old now- I've seen the 820 and 920 and they're just too big.

evolutionqy7

Corruptedmorals wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up. Thought I'd have to use it again as my phone had a hard fall yesterday and the sensor slowed down..but thankfully turning it off and on again has it 100% perfect again. I'm hoping it will somehow never give up- 16 months old now- I've seen the 820 and 920 and they're just too big.

I wouldn't let size throw you off. Literally anyone I know has said that phones are too big these days and after using them for a week the pros of a large screen outweighs the cons of a big phone.

My mum went from a Lumia to a note 2 and she finds it great now. Never gets off YouTube now lol

FGR

I contacted Nokia about the error on the site and they have taken the link down. And, in fairness, they have rectified the situation in a manner that again shows why they're known for fantastic customer service.

andrewdeerpark

Corruptedmorals wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up. Thought I'd have to use it again as my phone had a hard fall yesterday and the sensor slowed down..but thankfully turning it off and on again has it 100% perfect again. I'm hoping it will somehow never give up- 16 months old now- I've seen the 820 and 920 and they're just too big.

I am waiting for the Lumia 720 to drop in price a bit it seems the ideal replacement for the Lumia 800 size wise.

AntiVirus

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

I wouldn't let size throw you off. Literally anyone I know has said that phones are too big these days and after using them for a week the pros of a large screen outweighs the cons of a big phone.

My mum went from a Lumia to a note 2 and she finds it great now. Never gets off YouTube now lol

i thought the 920 was a bit to big but now it feels normal and my 800 feels like a toy phone ðŸ˜

g0g

Begining to wonder what my next phone should be after the 800. Was really interested in 820/920, but even on work upgrade they seem pricey enough. Needs to be a Vodafone upgrade or non network locked. Would the 520 be a big step down? Are the 820 or 920 expected to take a big price drop anytime soon!?

Would like to stick with Nokia as like their phones and the free maps/directions!

FGR

Given that you're accustomed to a good screen I'd recommend the least you get is a 620 - the 520 is a fantastic phone but the screen is nowhere near as bright/colourful as the 800's. The 620 isn't as good but is almost on par in terms of brightness. Function wise the 520 and 620 are buttery smooth.

Corruptedmorals

I dunno, I have little girly hands and when I picked up the 920 to try it out for size I could tell straight away I wouldn't be able to use it one-handed.

Cerbera

I'm getting problems with emails and Vodafone have checked and reckon it's nothing with their end and the IT guy who looks after that stuff for us says it not at his end so it really only leaves the phone as the possible culprit

The emails work fine on PC / laptop

They are erratic and will only send some of the time but I'm not getting any warnings or error messages to say if they did or didn't go.

Also I've got the "cc myself" box ticked but they don't do that any more either

All was working fine up to a few days ago

Do any of you who know about this kind of stuff reckon it could be a phone problem?

Oh and FWIW no settings have been changed on the phone.

Garzard

For the past two days now my phone's been having a problem with YouTube - I'll press on a video and it'll then take me to the video again, with ratings, comments and related videos underneath. Then when I press play on the video itself, it'll highlight for a second, but won't play. No matter how many times I press play again it's just doing the same thing. It does this sometimes where it just won't play videos for maybe an hour or so and then randomly go back to normal, but never for this long. It's extremely annoying. Has this happened to anyone else?

Also, another frustrating problem with Youtube on the Lumia is when you press on a video, a notification will come up saying: ''The content owner has not made this video available on mobile. Add to playlist to watch it later on a PC.'' What's with that? It does this for I'd say about a third of all videos I go into but when I go into the desktop version it'll play it without a bother.

evolutionqy7

Garzard wrote: »

For the past two days now my phone's been having a problem with YouTube - I'll press on a video and it'll then take me to the video again, with ratings, comments and related videos underneath. Then when I press play on the video itself, it'll highlight for a second, but won't play. No matter how many times I press play again it's just doing the same thing. It does this sometimes where it just won't play videos for maybe an hour or so and then randomly go back to normal, but never for this long. It's extremely annoying. Has this happened to anyone else?

Also, another frustrating problem with Youtube on the Lumia is when you press on a video, a notification will come up saying: ''The content owner has not made this video available on mobile. Add to playlist to watch it later on a PC.'' What's with that? It does this for I'd say about a third of all videos I go into but when I go into the desktop version it'll play it without a bother.

Just use metro tube for YouTube. Regardless of the OS or the phone. if the video is not made available on YouTube , nothing you can do about it

Cerbera

Cerbera wrote: »

I'm getting problems with emails and Vodafone have checked and reckon it's nothing with their end and the IT guy who looks after that stuff for us says it not at his end so it really only leaves the phone as the possible culprit

The emails work fine on PC / laptop

They are erratic and will only send some of the time but I'm not getting any warnings or error messages to say if they did or didn't go.

Also I've got the "cc myself" box ticked but they don't do that any more either

All was working fine up to a few days ago

Do any of you who know about this kind of stuff reckon it could be a phone problem?

Oh and FWIW no settings have been changed on the phone.

It looks like I've got an issue that's somehow connected to the last software update but I'm fu(ked if I can fix it

I'm now getting the error code 80072FA8 when I try to check my emails and the Microsoft site says this ...

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/winphone/forum/wp7-wppeople/error-code-80072fa8-after-setting-up-pop3-not-live/abec6b05-dbe6-4b12-89e0-561843a98e8b

... and I've done what they suggested here ...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2484484/en-us#80072FA8

... but still no joy.

:mad:

I'm rapidly getting p!ssed off with this phone and it's getting to the point where I just may try to solve this with a big hammer

:eek:

A smartphone that won't let me send emails is useless to me :mad:

Any suggestions folks (other than a new phone) ?

g0g

Anyone know if there's a way to have the screensaver show more than your next calendar item? I recently got my phone connected to work Outlook account so have a synced calendar, but so far it only shows my next entry and it would be handy to see what's coming up for a full day.

vectra

On the off chance anyone is in need of a Lumia 800 see my link.
Price quoted is guide as per rules.

maudgone

How can the notification alerts for birthdays be turned off. I do some night work and have to sleep during the day occasionally, and it is very annoying when the alert go's off at 1.00pm if it's someone's birthday.

Cerbera

Cerbera wrote: »

It looks like I've got an issue that's somehow connected to the last software update but I'm fu(ked if I can fix it

I'm now getting the error code 80072FA8 when I try to check my emails and the Microsoft site says this ...

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/winphone/forum/wp7-wppeople/error-code-80072fa8-after-setting-up-pop3-not-live/abec6b05-dbe6-4b12-89e0-561843a98e8b

... and I've done what they suggested here ...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2484484/en-us#80072FA8

... but still no joy.

:mad:

I'm rapidly getting p!ssed off with this phone and it's getting to the point where I just may try to solve this with a big hammer

:eek:

A smartphone that won't let me send emails is useless to me :mad:

Any suggestions folks (other than a new phone) ?

It's started working again all by itself.

Weird.

overshoot

anyone being having the phone just switch off like the battery is dead? iv had it suddenly happen about 4 times since friday evening. there could be plenty of charge on it but it will not switch back on until its put on the charger

Copper_pipe

My lumia 800 is on its last legs id say. Have it charging but the percentage charge is going down instead of up.

andrewdeerpark

Get the Lumia 620 or the direct size replacement the Lumia 720.

TBi

Or an 820 since it isn't that much more expensive than the 620 but much better.

g0g

Anyone any thoughts on the HTC 8S in comparison with the Lumia 800? I see it's € 149 on VF at the moment. Think I'm gonna splash out on 1020 when it comes out, but as an inbetween gadget it wouldn't cost much to sell an 800 and get an 8S if there's any/much improvement? That said, I do have a strong like for Nokias!

andrewdeerpark

The HTC 8S is not a bad little phone at all often overlooked. The only weakness I see in it is the battery is poorish with medium usage you will struggle to get through the day with it.

beauf

I don't have one, but the from what I've read online, the main issue with the HTC 8S, is low onboard storage. Only 4GB. You can't move apps to the SD card like on android. And its full of HTC default apps and such. So theres only about 1.6 GB or so free.

http://forums.wpcentral.com/htc-8s/207108-4gb-enough-how-many-apps-can-you-have.html
http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/reviews/item/16813_HTC_Windows_Phone_8S.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_windows_phone_8s-5000.php

Even the Lumia 520 has 8GB.

Planet X

Phone is dead, any ideas on how to start up please?
Charging for an hour or so. Dead.
Thanks.

Copper_pipe

Try plugging into the computer for a few minutes and windows might detect it

OR
Try this


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZxdgrIXLI4

Planet X

Yeah, thanks for that. I'm on a Mac but plugged it into my kids PC laptop and it didn't even show up on Control Panel etc........

eh i dunno

Planet X wrote: »

Phone is dead, any ideas on how to start up please?
Charging for an hour or so. Dead.
Thanks.

Press and hold all 4 buttons on the right hand side at the same time for about 20 seconds. Worked for me in the past

Planet X

Yeah, tried all the various online advice.

Banged off an email to a Nokia Care Centre. Seems a 24 month warranty applies? Anyone use this?

evolutionqy7

Planet X wrote: »

Yeah, tried all the various online advice.

Banged off an email to a Nokia Care Centre. Seems a 24 month warranty applies? Anyone use this?

Most people got a quick good service off them.

Copper_pipe

Planet X wrote: »

Yeah, tried all the various online advice.

Banged off an email to a Nokia Care Centre. Seems a 24 month warranty applies? Anyone use this?

When I sent them my phone, I had it back after 2 weeks.






Does 300mA seem small when I have my phone charging? It hovers around 300 in the dianostics mode.

Planet X

Anyone give me a clue as to how to contact them please? Was on Nokia.ie and fired off 3 emails over the last few days but no response. Emailed their Care Centre in Newbridge also. No reply.

obliviousgrudge

Planet X wrote: »

Anyone give me a clue as to how to contact them please? Was on Nokia.ie and fired off 3 emails over the last few days but no response. Emailed their Care Centre in Newbridge also. No reply.

Nokia have always replied to me on Twitter and Facebook, try that maybe.

Planet X

Sorted. Thanks.

calex71

Anyone got issues with whatsapp since the last few updates? Like new messages not being sorted by contact who last sent a message and new message being at top of list, and live tile message counter not resetting after reading new messages? Now have 39 unread according to the live tile.

Dub XV

New update again this morning.

What I have is Whatsapp messages not being pushed as they're sent. Or the same notification coming in multiple times.

Hopefully todays update fixes this

calex71

Still no update for me, and since the last one I'm finding it causing massive battery drain, nothing else got updated or installed / changed so must be whatsapp :mad:

Also finding the phone is warmer than usual, as If id been playing games on it.

g0g

Whatsapp doing my head in too at the moment! Have recently become more active on it and since this update I’m finding:
1) Battery drains a lot faster
2) I seem to often get notifications (top of screen) of new posts in group chat, but when I open them they’re not there and seem to be lost forever!

Planet X

Planet X wrote: »

Sorted. Thanks.

Crap service actually!

Phone boxed and waiting on the Hall Table for the last 9 days for UPS collection.
Repair Form everything included but no show.