Am I missing something?? letters of the alphabet in little squares app list

[jaj324]

On WP7.5 when you swipe from the home screen over to the list of apps you have the letters of the alphabet in little squares like in contacts. You can touch a letter and pull up the screen with all the letters to choose from. I don't see that on my 8x. Is that an option in WP8?

 

[Wayne Hixson]

Re: Am I missing something??

It works that way on my Lumia 920 anyway.

On WP7.5 when you swipe from the home screen over to the list of apps you have the letters of the alphabet in little squares like in contacts. You can touch a letter and pull up the screen with all the letters to choose from. I don't see that on my 8x. Is that an option in WP8?

 

[Coffee]

Re: Am I missing something??

You're definitely missing the search feature in the forums

http://forums.windowscentral.com/windows-phone-8/206878-no-alphabet-shortcuts-apps-list.html

 

[mparker]

Re: Am I missing something??

Microsoft is stupid for changing that.

It's been like that since the feature first appeared. The letters appear once you go over 45 apps and disappear once the count drops below something like 40 or 35.

 

[jaj324]

RE: Am I missing something??

On WP 7.5 the letter shortcuts are always there.
Sent from my Blue AT&T 8x using Board Xpress

 

[shinygerbil]

RE: Am I missing something??

No they are not. This was discussed back in the 7.5 days, everybody coming to the forums shouting "I JUST INSTALLED AN APP AND NOW I HAVE LETTERS WTF"

 

[Squatting Hen]

Re: Am I missing something??

He he he.

 

[jaj324]

RE: Am I missing something??

I have the same apps on my titan 2 as on my 8x and I have the shortcuts on my titan 2 but not on my 8x. That's all I'm saying.
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[Squatting Hen]

Re: Am I missing something??

I have the same apps on my titan 2 as on my 8x and I have the shortcuts on my titan 2 but not on my 8x. That's all I'm saying.
Sent from my Blue AT&T 8x using Board Xpress

Install more.

I think once you hit the special number (45?) if you uninstall a few, the letters stay. So you might have the same now, but at some point activated the letters on your Titan II.

 

[alfonz]

Re: Am I missing something??

I though you need to have a certain amount of apps (40+) for the letters to show up.

Even the Nokia rep that came to my work said the same thing.

 

[MojoHand69]

Re: Am I missing something??

Agreed. I am new to WP8 and thought something was amiss when the letters showed up. I now find it a completely useful feature and consistent with the rest of the OS.

 

[Slai]

Re: Am I missing something??

I have the same apps on my titan 2 as on my 8x and I have the shortcuts on my titan 2 but not on my 8x. That's all I'm saying.

No that is not all you were saying. You were saying that on WP7.5 the letters were always there. He only pointed out that you were wrong. This is needed in order to not spread flawed and false information to other readers.

 

[jaj324]

Re: Am I missing something??

downloaded apps until the letters appeared. deleted an app, letters went away. deleted the rest of the new apps and figured i'd live without the shortcuts. after deleting the apps I did a soft reset and the letters re-appeared.

 

[MikeInBA]

Re: Am I missing something??

I thought that was a bug in 7.x? Where if you uninstalled and got the # of apps below 40 (or whatever the magic number was), the jump list stayed, when it should have disappeared.

 

[shinygerbil]

RE: Am I missing something??

Which means it's not always there.....

 

[Dave Blake]

Re: Am I missing something??

Everyone take a deep breath and relax! Because I said please! Nothing to see here move on.

 

[jaj324]

RE: Am I missing something??

Once it's there its always there.
Sent from my Blue AT&T 8x using Board Xpress

 

[rpm1984]

Re: Am I missing something??

It is when you install your 46th app. Just went through this yesterday on my wifes 822. I told her 40 nothing happened then said 41 nothing happened then 45 nothing happened 46 it appeared. My 822 however had it there out of the box not sure why.

 

[jaj324]

Re: Am I missing something??

It is when you install your 46th app. Just went through this yesterday on my wifes 822. I told her 40 nothing happened then said 41 nothing happened then 45 nothing happened 46 it appeared. My 822 however had it there out of the box not sure why.

My Titan 2 had the shortcuts there out of the box as well.

 

[etlahrs]

Glad I found this. I just made the move to WP8 and thought I was going crazy when magically there were letters in my app list that weren't there before. Amazing what a little search can do.

Thanks.