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I remember iOS being even worse in that regard until iOS 5. The worst part about it was that they didn't tell you until you'd actually chosen to 'buy' the app - Windows Phone at least displays a confirmation dialog after checking whether you've bought it already. Still, it would nice to have the 'install' button in the app page like the newer version of iOS.
Forward and Find on page being gone is extremely frustrating.
VanMardigan
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I have a PDF I downloaded to my phone. How do I get it out of there? Any way to email it or share it out? Right now, I can only view it through the adobe app, but I want it saved on SkyDrive.
Just select "Buy" and when it goes to the payment confirmation screen, it will indicate that you have already bought the app and just gives the "Install" option.
brotkasten
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SkyDrive had a feature where you could "upload" files on your SD via E-Mail, but Microsoft removed the feature, because users hardly used it.
I hope that adds to the frustration.
The nearly pathetic level of activity in the WP Gaming thread has depressed me, but not as much as the fact that I have already played most of the XBL games I am interested in only a few weeks of Lumia ownership...I tried Glyder today and hated it, not even worth 99 cents...need to open up access to XBL Apis... ridiculous that 200 good XNA games have been released for Xbox indie games and they seem incapable of converting many of the best to WP7
Galaxy Nexus for the moment.
VanMardigan
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There are some real gems that aren't Xbox live enabled, but it's tough to find them because the market doesn't surface them effectively. I think appflow does a better job, so you can try that out.
VanMardigan
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Sucks, but not a single person I know is looking forward to an LG phone, on any platform. My wife owned the Quantum, and it was solid, but also had plenty of questionable design choices. Still, you want as many oem's as possible, if only to get some hardware variety. LG and Dell were the only ones doing hw keyboard, and now both are off the roster of wp7 hw manufacturers. Even if I personally dont care, it would be nice to have more oems.
lol, you still don't understand.
LG phones are not really something anyone is interested in *looks out for brot ninja attacks*.
Luckily there's an easy bookmarklet to put the Forward command back.
There's also one for Find on Page that works ok, but not nearly as nice as the original.
Makes no sense why they're gone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311086
For Foward, make this a favorite. I saved it as (Forward) so it would be at the top of my Favorites List
For Find on Page:
javascriptfunction(){function G(){var pf=doc.getElementById('pf');var qt=doc.getElementById('qt');if(null==pf){pf=doc.createElement('div');pf.id='pf';var s=pf.style;s.position='absolute';s.zIndex='99';s.top=(scT||scBT)+'px';s.left=(scL||scBL)+'px';s.width='100%';s.backgroundColor='#FFFF00';pf.appendChild(doc.createTextNode('Search: '));qt=doc.createElement('input');qt.id='qt';qt.type='text';pf.appendChild(qt);var sb=doc.createElement('input');sb.type='button';sb.value='Find';sb.onclick=function(){P(qt.value)};pf.appendChild(sb);doc.body.appendChild(pf);}else{pf.style.display='inline';count=0;}}function P(s){document.getElementById('pf').style.display='none';if(s==='')return;var n=srchNode(document.body,s.toUpperCase(),s.length);alert("Found "+count+" occurrence"+(count==1?"":"s")+" of '"+s+"'.");pf.parentNode.removeChild(pf);return n;}function srchNode(node,te,len){var pos,skip,spannode,middlebit,endbit,middleclone;skip=0;if(node.nodeType==3){pos=node.data.toUpperCase().indexOf(te);if(pos>=0){spannode=document.createElement("SPAN");spannode.style.backgroundColor="red";middlebit=node.splitText(pos);endbit=middlebit.splitText(len);middleclone=middlebit.cloneNode(true);spannode.appendChild(middleclone);middlebit.parentNode.replaceChild(spannode,middlebit);++count;skip=1;}}else{if(node.nodeType==1&&node.childNodes&&node.tagName.toUpperCase()!="SCRIPT"&&node.tagName.toUpperCase!="STYLE"){for(var child=0;child<node.childNodes.length;++child){child=child+srchNode(node.childNodes[child],te,len);}}}return skip;}var count=0,scL=0,scT=0,scBL=0,scBT=0;var w=window,doc=document;if(typeof doc.body!='undefined'&&typeof doc.body.scrollLeft!='undefined'){scBL=doc.body.scrollLeft;scBT=doc.body.scrollTop;}if(typeof doc.documentElement!='undefined'&&typeof doc.documentElement.scrollLeft!='undefined'){scL=doc.documentElement.scrollLeft;scT=doc.documentElement.scrollTop;}G();})()
brotkasten
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VanMardigan
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How do you get these to work again? I copied the code but I forgot where to put it.
brotkasten
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Save it as bookmark.
Hey! Verizon is releasing a WP8 phone, I swear!
VanMardigan
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Yeah, I added it to favorites but no dice. I know I got it working before...
Must be something wrong with the code he posted.
I just used the instructions from that link and got both working flawlessly.
VanMardigan
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Which code did you use? The one on xda is impossible to copy from the phone.
Emailed myself the code. Copy and pasted from there.
VanMardigan
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We both know that's not possible on windows phone. Tell me how you REALLY did it.
CaptainABAB
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Actually, I think they have produced that many Win phones - so you can't say they didn't keep their word
VanMardigan
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It doesn't copy the whole thing from email. Josh was right, I'm emailing my apology to him as we speak. :/
I guess there will be no find in page for me, dammit.
LMAO
I copied it from that page from my Win Phone.
It took a while because I could only highlight so much, then I had to slide the Code box to the left to reveal more code, then highlight more, then slide the box, repeat until all the code was highlighted.
Otherwise you can host a txt file and then you should be able to copy it all at once.
Much like you can copy the older version of the Find on Page code from here:
http://www.1800pocketpc.com/shared_files/Bookmarklets.txt
It took a while because I could only highlight so much, then I had to slide the Code box to the left to reveal more code, then highlight more, then slide the box, repeat until all the code was highlighted.
Otherwise you can host a txt file and then you should be able to copy it all at once.
Much like you can copy the older version of the Find on Page code from here:
http://www.1800pocketpc.com/shared_files/Bookmarklets.txt
Wait you're serious? That's the exact method I used just a few hours ago.
I was doing that method then I got sick of how long it was taking. So I copied from firefox and then pasted into an email which I sent to myself. Copied from there no problems.
Not in this case because hwalker and I were able to copy and paste the whole thing.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Yeah I was able to copy the whole thing from this site when dallow posted it, so it's probably the way I pasted it on the email.
New convert here. Got my Lumia 900 last week... Actually 3 of them for all my lines. I settled for black rather than waiting for cyan or white.
I've been mostly using android over the last few years and the experience of Windows has been very refreshing and mostly positive.
The only things I miss about android are the browser and flash. The android browser did a great job of resizing text to fit on screen when you zoomed in or out. And I know flash didn't work that well on android but it worked good enough to view videos in browser or apps like Pulse.
I'm gladly giving those up in favor of the Metro UI though... I hope MS gets some momentum going. The Barnes and Noble partnership will help too.
I've been mostly using android over the last few years and the experience of Windows has been very refreshing and mostly positive.
The only things I miss about android are the browser and flash. The android browser did a great job of resizing text to fit on screen when you zoomed in or out. And I know flash didn't work that well on android but it worked good enough to view videos in browser or apps like Pulse.
I'm gladly giving those up in favor of the Metro UI though... I hope MS gets some momentum going. The Barnes and Noble partnership will help too.
Nice phone, both my brother's have one. Wish more people had a chance to live with ICS, Google actually pulled off a decent UI. Size of the phone hurt your experience any?
At times, yeah, even though the screen is boss, it can be odd to handle on occasion, probably stepping down to a 4.3 and handing this off to someone with bigger hands than me.
Then why so snarky on the 900's size, or why link to the review where Joe Shmoe reviewer's biggest beef was, big phones suck? Or were you just trying to represent who the iPhone masses of consumers out there would view the Lumia, Hipster and small handed as they are, would be so daunted, unintelligibly mind you, at such a glorious metro UI. I mean, iPhone users are simple creatures at heart, what with their vast hardware options ye olde Apple bestows upon them and all. Android users? Too smart for Windows Phone. Amirite or amirite?
The phone didn't need to be so obscenely huge when it's not even pushing a worthwhile screen. Since they unveiled the 900 I've been shitting on it's flat screen and it's excavated internals. Had they left the pentaband antenna in the 800 I'd probably be right here crying with the rest of you about the future of Apollo.
They started the N9's bastardization with the 800 and completely wrung out all of it's essence with the 900.
VanMardigan
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The screen on the 900 is gorgeous.
I dunno, for the price, pretty solid for what you get. Granted, it IS older tech compared to this years latest stuff. But what you're saying, and maybe I'm stepping out on a limb here; with HD resolution, and Nokia build, you'll give the Windows Phone ecosystem a...6?
Complex Shadow
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this maybe the saltiest post on the interwebs right now. i mean common man, no one is crying about apollo. wer past that, the new thing is dissing the verg. also the 900 is the greatest looking device besides the iphone on the market right now. N8 was DOA, saying anything otherwise is denial, meebo was going nowhere fast. the only "bastardization" that is happening, is taking the default ICS skin and fucking it up with a custom UI. HTC is a prime example of how to take a nice UI and completely fuck it up. there hasn't been a single good OEM ICS skin EVER. and stop crying. if your a man, act like one.
Welcome.
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Wow this guy. Three videos would be too much, I think it is time for him to hang em up.
This is a nice little community, a diamond in the rough on GAF. For the most part the thread is Troll free (with the obvious exception).
If you can't figure anything out or needs tips on good apps feel free to ask.
NeOak
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Thanks for the help. I had downloaded the trial and didnt work, but now that i've downloaded the paid version again it works so far.
I wasn't aware of it, but looks like RunKeeper discontinued support for their Windows Phone and Symbian apps because there wasn't enough use to devote time to keeping them up to par. It still works, but is no longer available in Marketplace.
I'm going to migrate over to Endomondo I guess, or does someone know a better running app?
I'm going to migrate over to Endomondo I guess, or does someone know a better running app?
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