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    Doesn't Lumia 730 have a Built-in Wireless charging?

    Great, i asked the seller if the 730 will have the feature of wireless charging if i use a 735 back cover and he replied yes, a bit sad after also realized that gsmarena, wikipedia, etc states that the phone have gyroscope while it doesn't...
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    Nokia 735 problems?

    Except gsmarena, plenty of websites have the 730-735 as having a gyroscope. I found out that it doesn't the hard way through sensors app. Not cool but my mistake as I should have check it better before my purchase instead of believing websites, wikipedia, etc.
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    WP8.1 GDR1 - update downloaded couldn't be opened

    After 4 failed attempts, (downlading complete, went to cogs screen and restarted after a few seconds) I've made a soft reset, restored my apps an my online backup and then at the first attempt everything worked as it should and updated correctly. Lumia 820 GB CV.
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    Why So Many Capabilities? (Why does X app use Location, Media, etc.?)

    Thank you for taking the time to reply, really appreciated. My main concerns are still there though and it is only up to Microsoft to make things as clear as possible and protect us final users. It is not the best thing to know that someone can access you data without you knowing it, but it is...
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    Why So Many Capabilities? (Why does X app use Location, Media, etc.?)

    Hi, I came here from the link you provided at Lux o meter app. I wanted to ask you a few things if that's okay. If an app needs for example access to video and picture libraries as you said for advertisement reasons, if the developer is lets say unethical, can he access my photos and videos ...
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    Capacitive light buttons not working after 8.1 Developer Preview install

    For some weird reason the buttons now only light up when I press switch off the phone, while showing the good bye for a couple of seconds. I guess a future update will stabilize the issue and probably the option to enable / disable according to users taste will be nice.
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    List here what you DO NOT like on 8.1.

    About background tasks, go to Battery Saver, there is the list with the apps, if you press an app that allows you to turn off the background tasks (for example facebook) it will take you to a panel with options for this specific app. The apps that allows you to turn off the background tasks have...
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    List here what you DO NOT like on 8.1.

    Yeah, actually... THIS!
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    List here what you DO NOT like on 8.1.

    Relax dude, he just tried to help, a "thanks but this is not what I wanted to point out" would be nice.
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    List here what you DO NOT like on 8.1.

    It is not that I don't like the following things, I just wish we could have the option to control some of these options. 1) It would be nice to have the option to enable the data connection from notification center 2) Xbox game settings are now auto sync either you want or not 3) Games now...
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    List here what you DO NOT like on 8.1.

    You sure about that ? I still have the option under settings - touch, to disable the vibration for wp keys. (Lumia 820 black updated to 8.1) Check it once more.
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    Capacitive light buttons not working after 8.1 Developer Preview install

    Yeah, if it is not anywhere in settings to enable it, I was thinking the same
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    Capacitive light buttons not working after 8.1 Developer Preview install

    Hi guys, I have installed WP8.1 developer preview on my Lumia 820 UK variant and everything works fine, only issue is with the capacitive buttons. They don't seems to light on any more, I made a couple of reboots but still nothing. Anyone else noticed the same thing ? Maybe is it just a setting...
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    some privacy concerns on WP8

    No he is not paranoid at all, what we should demand to be the obvious about our privacy it seems paranoid today. We have to educate and alert people especially children about what these requirements are and once they are aware they can make their choices as the will. I believe firstly microsoft...