Recent content by Paul Verizzo

  1. P

    Trouble with SMS backup for xfer

    Problem solved. See: https://forums.windowscentral.com/windows-10-mobile/498629-woo-hoo-got-all-my-sms-mms-messages.html#post3803162
  2. P

    Woo Hoo! Got all my SMS and MMS messages!

    With photos, even! Many of us have tried unsuccessfully to get all our texts before switching over to Android. MS gave us seldom working contact+messenger. Cut off Onedrive access years ago. Closed "bugs" that let people actually go to their sms XML file internally. Thank you MS! WP...
  3. P

    Step into Android or go all out?

    How do you autosync a new photo to Onedrive/Pictures/Camera Roll directly? Using Onedrive as a gallery I found has it's burps 'n farts. OK, but not best. And being on a Priv, of course, no idea about Samsung options.
  4. P

    How to install Android apps in Windows 10 Phone

    So, so many of those moments over the years. They start things and then withdraw. For us, buying Nokia and then abandoning a $7 B...b...b...billion dollar investment in a couple of years is the poster child for MS and their whipsaw decisions. Add to those, the failure to fully commit to...
  5. P

    Step into Android or go all out?

    I went to the Dark Side as the clock was approaching the new year. I have spent 100, 200? hours beating the BB Priv I bought into submission and since I was almost "there," it seemed like a logical time to switch. Marshmallow 6.0.1, BTW. Getting it to run as I would think a phone should. The...
  6. P

    Trouble with SMS backup for xfer

    Still no luck on getting my SMS messages back. I had to get my W10 lappy repaired before I could try WP Message Backup on it again. Same incomplete results as on two differerent W10 Mobile phones. I have emailed the developer twice asking for help. Crickets. I "unplugged" my 950XL before...
  7. P

    Trouble with SMS backup for xfer

    A lot of us are going through this hell as we get ready to leave WP. Contact+Message app has NEVER worked on a series of four phones. It starts to work on the 67 contacts and crashes at 49. This is a notoriously buggy app. I have used the WP Message backup successfully in the past. Now...
  8. P

    Does any former Windows Phone user feel like moving to Android was a downgrade?

    I don't know about "downgrade," but very frustrating. I'm not totally unfamiliar with Android, having had a couple of phones that I barely used and two tablets. Never a long term daily driver. I decided to buy a Blackberry Priv because it has a real keyboard like my long line of beloved...
  9. P

    Should I buy an Alcatel Idol 4S?

    My experiences and observation about the Idol 4S and 950 XL DS: Time to upgrade from my several Nokia 925's. Bought a 4S............initially loved it........then found out it doesn't have Glance. Bzzzzzzt! A non-starter. Lesseeee...........an informative screen vs. ........black nothing...
  10. P

    Lumia 640 about as good as an 810 replacement as any?

    Jeez, what a an uncaught typo. Meant the 640.
  11. P

    Lumia 640 about as good as an 810 replacement as any?

    I bought my 810 almost two years ago. Initially, I hated it. With updates and 8.1, loved it. I made a disastrous foray into the land of the 925 so that I could have Wifi Calling, mostly. Literally hundreds of dollars and hundreds of hours of my time wasted. And in the end, back to my 810...
  12. P

    [L640] Using T-Mobile prepaid in Mexico?

    What exactly are you asking? If your TM account is good for roaming in Mexico? I can't answer that, but don't forget your Wifi Calling! When you are on a wifi network, make sure your WFC app is set to "WFC Only," make and receive calls to and from US numbers just like you were sitting in Omaha.
  13. P

    T-Mobile Lumia 640 has VOLTE out of the box!!!!!!!!!!

    You're wrong. It's been in the specs all along. You just had to know what LTE bands to look for. Frankly, my knees quiver with the thought of a better voice algorithm. Not hardly. Why all the excitement for a somewhat better voice codec? The real excitement should be far better...
  14. P

    T-Mobile Must Consider the 640 SUPER Valuable!

    Thank you for that. Certainly well hidden, like synchronizing the phone to the MS cloud account. Not apparent. I've heard this complaint from many others, so I guess I'm not the only one who failed to find this. But, thanks. The other issues remain.
  15. P

    T-Mobile Must Consider the 640 SUPER Valuable!

    God, I loved Symbian! From the 9290 through the E90, E93, and touch screen Belle. All able to connect to your PC, Outlook, Nokia Store, etc. WP is a poor challenger in ways that still matter.