Lumia 520 : Discussion thread

[pranav0091]

Tired of androids Now Looking Forward To Purchase Lumia 720 As soon as i get my bonus. may be 10th of this month or 1 st September. Purchasing mainly due to battery backup.

First day of the 520 and seeing drain of ~4% per hour. So i guess you should be doing ~3% per hour or better with your 720. Also keep in mind that the battery life improves over the first week of use.

 

[Flash]

First Major WP goofup. Cant restore my apps from my 920. Apparently I have to do this when I first login to the phone, but at the stage when its supposed to ask for me if I wish to restore my backup, it hasnt even got the wifi settings. And once you have seen the homescreen there is no way to restore the backup. Basically there is no way to backup the phone from a saved image from the cloud. Thats a major flaw

That's an inconvenient truth. Even the saved backup of installed apps won't install by themselves. You've to push notify the apps or install manually from store.
But i've seen a video of "backup and restore" by wpxbox, where he restore the phone (after reset) and the saved apps install automatically from cloud.

 

[Gauravs90]

That's an inconvenient truth. Even the saved backup of installed apps won't install by themselves. You've to push notify the apps or install manually from store.
But i've seen a video of "backup and restore" by wpxbox, where he restore the phone (after reset) and the saved apps install automatically from cloud.

Yes the apps will install themselves from backup when you have a data pack(preferably 3G) active on your SIM on first startup. Unfortunately on first startup device cannot connect to the wifi. The only option is 3G or GPRS.

 

[Flash]

The only option is 3G or GPRS.

GRPS too, is of no use.

 

[pranav0091]

GRPS too, is of no use.

I didn't have a specific data plan, but I did see the gprs icon and still i wasn't able to login to the account to restore the backup.

I didn't have a specific data plan, but I did see the gprs icon and still i wasn't able to login to the account to restore the backup.

That was posted using IE on the 520 @Gaurav..

the mobile template has a rather small text box though.

 

[Gauravs90]

When I try to post using quick reply box, my keyboard just open up and closes immediately. It keeps doing that and I'm unable to post.

I'm surprised tjis dosen't happen in L520 cause the browser is same. Are you using any other theme?

 

[vijju6091]

First day of the 520 and seeing drain of ~4% per hour. So i guess you should be doing ~3% per hour or better with your 720. Also keep in mind that the battery life improves over the first week of use.

I expecting More then taht because my usage will be bit heavy as whats app will be con. used, push mail notifications, and of course Social sites are there . though i want only 12 Hours back up and i think Lumia 720 is capable of giving enough juice for me.

 

[Flash]

L520 will be enough for a day (9-5) with 2G ON, occasional whatsapp (block whatsapp in the background task), bit of music/videos/browsing.
Gaming will easily suck the major portion of the charge in few mins..

 

[pranav0091]

When I try to post using quick reply box, my keyboard just open up and closes immediately. It keeps doing that and I'm unable to post.

I'm surprised tjis dosen't happen in L520 cause the browser is same. Are you using any other theme?

I tried both the destop version (version 6.5) and the mobile template. Didnt see any issues like you mentioned. This may sound silly, but did you try tapping inside the text area ONCE ?

 

[Flash]

^ That happens occasionally. I've experienced it once, but not nowadays.

 

[pranav0091]

I expecting More then taht because my usage will be bit heavy as whats app will be con. used, push mail notifications, and of course Social sites are there . though i want only 12 Hours back up and i think Lumia 720 is capable of giving enough juice for me.

12 hours should be okay I believe. Considering the 33% larger battery. I was easily fine for 12 hours (about 16 hours when you include the small rest that follows the commute back home and the supper and all that stuff) using texting heavily and WiFi on all the time. Basically it was recharge once every 24hrs with the 920. 720 is known to be significantly better.

 

[theterminator]

What you guys think of its visibility infront of sunlight? My Samsung Galaxy Ace is a PITA to read in sunlight. I have been thinking to buy this device for a senior citizen but I haven't had it in possession so could you all fill out the dots..

 

[Gauravs90]

is there any other way to do so..

strangely I'm able to reply before page finishes loading. But when page fully loads the problem returns.

 

[Flash]

What you guys think of its visibility infront of sunlight? My Samsung Galaxy Ace is a PITA to read in sunlight. I have been thinking to buy this device for a senior citizen but I haven't had it in possession so could you all fill out the dots..

L520 lacks clearback, but if you can set the brightness to medium/high in sunlight, you'll be able to see.

is there any other way to do so..

strangely I'm able to reply before page finishes loading. But when page fully loads the problem returns.

Just stick to mobile theme..

 

[pranav0091]

is there any other way to do so..

strangely I'm able to reply before page finishes loading. But when page fully loads the problem returns.

If you are using the desktop mode under settings of IE, switch to mobile and vice versa and see.

L520 lacks clearback, but if you can set the brightness to medium/high in sunlight, you'll be able to see.


Just stick to mobile theme..

If you are outside,thats actually a bad ide. Better to set the backlighting to 'automatic' and enable the 'sunlight legibility' mode. Thats what I feel most comfortable with. Will report how the 520's screen is tomorrow.

 

[theterminator]

If you are outside,thats actually a bad ide. Better to set the backlighting to 'automatic' and enable the 'sunlight legibility' mode. Thats what I feel most comfortable with. Will report how the 520's screen is tomorrow.

Pls do that

 

[pranav0091]

First day battery update for anyone looking to buy a 520:
10% remaining after 19 hours of syncing 2 mail accounts (Live as push sync and Gmail as every 15 minutes), roughly 30 sent messages (and the same amount of received ones), WiFi on all the time (though for the first ~9 hours it was on only when screen wasnt locked) 20-30 min of browsing (during which it repeatedly smoked a S3 and a SP in page rendering speed. S3 using Chrome and the SP using both Chrome and Dolphin v10), some 7 alarms in the morning that blared full length. 30-45 minutes of music, ~ 10 minutes of FHD video. Not great, but not bad either.

 

[mohit9206]

First day battery update for anyone looking to buy a 520:
10% remaining after 19 hours of syncing 2 mail accounts (Live as push sync and Gmail as every 15 minutes), roughly 30 sent messages (and the same amount of received ones), WiFi on all the time (though for the first ~9 hours it was on only when screen wasnt locked) 20-30 min of browsing (during which it repeatedly smoked a S3 and a SP in page rendering speed. S3 using Chrome and the SP using both Chrome and Dolphin v10), some 7 alarms in the morning that blared full length. 30-45 minutes of music, ~ 10 minutes of FHD video. Not great, but not bad either.

I want to know is receiving and sending email through gmail just as easy as it is in android phones?Can i set Gmail as my default email and receive notications for Gmail in my homescreen ?Coz i rarely use Hotmail or Live.

 

[Pasapa]

I want to know is receiving and sending email through gmail just as easy as it is in android phones?Can i set Gmail as my default email and receive notications for Gmail in my homescreen ?Coz i rarely use Hotmail or Live.

Yes , you can receive notifications for Gmail in your homescreen.

 

[AndroidFan]

I want to know is receiving and sending email through gmail just as easy as it is in android phones?Can i set Gmail as my default email and receive notications for Gmail in my homescreen ?Coz i rarely use Hotmail or Live.

You want Gmail to play nice, with contacts syncing, calendar syncing and instant notifications, then go Android.

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