
on 09-11-2013 17:45
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on 09-11-2013 17:45
Hi everyone,
Hoping someone can help...........
I have just bought a Lumia 520 (my first smart phone), previously had a Nokia X2-00 on PAYG and used opera mini for web. Hardly used my 100MB data allowance ever.
Totally new world with the Lumia, but basically I only want to use my Mobile Data for web browsing not for updating Apps and other progs. If I leave Mobile Data on, is there anyway to stop everything else using my data allowance?
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on 09-11-2013 19:07
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on 09-11-2013 19:07
I use an app called "connectivity Tiles" which gives me a shortcut from the homescreen to all network & data functions.
Also make sure you don't have any live tiles updating all the time on your homescreen, like Facebook, Twitter etc....
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on 09-11-2013 18:31
Check that you have background updates turned off for all apps and you should be able to keep data usage to a minimum.
The ideal amount on a smartphone is not less than 500mb a month.
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on 09-11-2013 18:48
Unless I am being stupid, I don't seem to be able to shortcut turning Mobile Data on/off, I have to go settings/mobile/network/dat connection dropdown then select ON. Seems a long way around when I just want to have a quick check of something on the web.
Whats the best way to check the background updates are all off ?
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on 09-11-2013 19:07
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on 09-11-2013 19:07
I use an app called "connectivity Tiles" which gives me a shortcut from the homescreen to all network & data functions.
Also make sure you don't have any live tiles updating all the time on your homescreen, like Facebook, Twitter etc....
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on 09-11-2013 19:41
So with the Tile App could I put a homepage shortcut to turning data on/off ? And do the same to the battery page ?
Have you seen any apps which allow the old style of SMS display?
Many thanks
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on 09-11-2013 19:45
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on 09-11-2013 19:45
I only got into Windows phone at Win 8 GDR2 so I'm not sure what the old style SMS was, sorry....??
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on 11-11-2013 08:59
With contacts, I imported from my old sim which was just phone numbers. I also have a hotmail account so now all my phone numbers and emails appear in
a) my mobile contacts
b) my hotmail address book
Is there anyway of just showing phone number contacts in my phonebook?
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on 11-11-2013 11:10
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on 11-11-2013 11:27
yep, but if I untick Hotmail, all contacts disappear. I presume because my initial contact import from Sim copied to my Hotmail ?
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on 11-11-2013 12:44
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on 11-11-2013 12:44
Log in here and click on View Contacts to see what's sync'd to your windows ID.
https://www.windowsphone.com/en-gb/my
If nothing, copy your contacts in and edit them then the phone will sync with this contact list and you can delete the others if you wish.
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