How to use ‘inner circle’ with Cortana on Windows Phone

Cortana, as it says, does try to make life of Windows Phone users a bit easier. When you turn on ‘Quiet Hours’ in Cortana’s notebook on Windows Phone, she takes all the responsibility to see that you are not disturbed by any calls or messages until you turn off those ‘Quiet Hours’.

But there may be also some people, to whom you give the flexibility to call or text you even when you wanted some ‘Quiet Hours’. Adding those people to ‘inner circle’ makes Cortana understand that, it is OK to allow calls or texts from these people even during ‘Quiet Hours’.

This post will make it clear to you about what actually inner circle is and how to use it with Cortana on a Windows Phone.

How to add people to ‘inner circle’ on Windows Phone:

1. Go to Cortana by pressing search button  to the bottom right of the phone.

2. Tap on Cortana’s Notebook (the three bars)  and go to ‘Inner Circle‘.

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Microsoft announces Lumia Denim as the next update for Lumia Windows Phone

Microsoft, at Berlin today, announced the next update for Lumia Windows Phones -the Lumia Denim!  From the press conference today, every Windows Phone enthusiast was expecting the announcement of the new Lumia Devices like the Lumia 730 and Lumia 830.

Prior to the announcement of these devices, to much surprise, Microsoft announced Lumia Denim to be the next software update for Lumia devices. The features that come with the Denim update are as exciting as the announcement.

Hands-free Cortana use: Hey! Cortana

The first and foremost was the “Hey! Cortana” feature. This is introduced to bring a more hands-free usage of Cortana on Windows Phone by voice activation. As of now, we need to unlock the phone  first and then reach out to Cortana through its app button or through the search button. But without needing to do all those, “Hey! Cortana” is coming to Windows Phone users to make life a bit more easier than it is doing now. With Lumia Denim, to access Cortana, all one needs to do is say “Hey! Cortana” to their phone, and Cortana will be at your service within a moment.

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Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 (GDR 1) rolling out for Developer Preview users

Last week, Joe Belfiore of Microsoft made the Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 (GDR1) official while also revealing Cortana’s arrival to China, UK, India, Australia and Canada. He also mentioned that this Update 1 (GDR 1) of Windows Phone 8.1 will be rolling out this week to Windows Phones with Developer Preview installed. It seems that the time has arrived and the Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 has been rolling out to the devices registered with Preview for developers.

READ ALSO: Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 to bring Cortana to China, UK, India, Australia and Canada

This update for Windows Phone 8.1 brings in a lot of new features including Live Folders support, Live Store Tile, Cortana for many new countries and more. Read the article below to check the coverage of the new features that arrive with Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 (GDR 1).

READ ALSO: Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 to roll out next week to developer preview devices, brings many new features

So, those of you who registered your Windows Phones with Developers preview, download the Update 1 right now and let us know what you think!

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Lumia Cyan update now available for Lumia 1320 in India and most of the world

by prakash rao Kancharla | Jul 29, 2014 | Smart phones, Updates, Windows phone | 0 comments

Nokia has started rolling out the most awaited Lumia Cyan update to Lumia Windows Phones since last week. So far, Lumia 625, Lumia 925 and Lumia 1520 have been the ones to receive the update. Today it is the turn of Lumia 1320. The page from the official Nokia website confirms this news and leaves the Lumia 1320 users at joy.

Below is the list of all the countries that are receiving Lumia Cyan update right now.

Read: Lumia Cyan update starts rolling out worldwide, starting today

The list of countries that are currently receiving the Lumia Cyan update for Lumia 1320 are:

How to install apps directly to SD card in Windows Phone 8.1

Windows Phone 8.1 brought many new features to Windows Phone some of which were word flow, storage sense, Cortana (currently only for U.S), customizable start screen background, transparent tiles and many more. Installing apps directly to SD card is one more feature that Windows Phone presents us, provided the phone allows a microSD card. This post will give the details on how to install apps directly to SD card which can be of great use because it saves space on phone.

READ ALSO: How touninstall or move multiple apps and games to SD card in Windows Phone 8.1

How to install apps and games directly to SD card in Windows Phone 8.1:

Apps and games can be directly installed into the SD card on Windows Phone 8.1 with Storage sense. This is how to do it:

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Lumia Cyan update available for Lumia 1520 in India

Lumia Cyan update is starting to hit Lumia 1520 Windows phones in India. Although many users claimed that they already started receiving the update two days back, the official page of Nokia Support today shows that the much awaited Lumia Cyan update is no doubt starting to reach Lumia 1520 smartphones in this region.

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How to reinstall paid apps on Windows Phone

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Sometimes, a situation may come where you need to reinstall some of the apps you already had before on your Windows phone. This happens when you accidentally uninstalled an app or switched to a new Windows Phone. If the apps you want to reinstalled are paid apps, you need not pay for them again to get them back on your Windows Phone, provided they are still available on the Windows Phone Store. This post will show you how to reinstall apps or games on Windows phone:

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Windows Phone 8.1 preview gets an update

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Microsoft is ready with a new update to Windows Phone 8.1 (preview for developers version). This update has begun reaching devices across all countries since yesterday and will change the OS of the Windows Phone to version 8.10.12393.890.

This is the second update to Windows Phone 8.1 and the changes that this update brings to the Windows Phone are still to be looked into while the first update improved the battery life and fixed minor bugs.

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Telegram Messenger now for Windows Phone

Until recently, it was said that ‘Ngram’ , the unofficial Telegram Messenger app would be declared as official by the Telegram Team. But now, the Windows Phone Store shows the Ngram app re-branded as the Telegram messenger Beta. The version of this Telegram Messenger Beta is v0.14.5.27.

News is that, Telegram has open-sourced its app development and paved way for a contest in which it lets number of other developers to bring up messenger apps similar to it for Windows Phone platform and then Telegram team would chose the best among them and declare it as the official Telegram messenger app for Windows Phone

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So, are you going to try Telegram Messenger on Windows Phone? Say it in the comments.

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Official facebook app on Windows phone gets a new update

The official Facebook app for Windows Phone by Microsoft received an update one day ago. This update changes the version of the Facebook app from 8.1.5.9 to 8.1.6.0.

This update isn’t expected to bring any big changes. Only some small bug fixes are expected.

While the beta version of Facebook for Windows Phone 8.1 is still at version 8.1.4.25, the official app of Facebook for Windows phone is now at 8.1.6.0.

But reviews from many users with the updated Windows phone official Facebook app said that, after the update, Facebook on their Windows Phone keeps crashing very often. So that doesn’t seem appealing and so users will be looking forward to the next update from Microsoft for the official Facebook app to fix this.

Get the Official Facebook app for Windows Phone from the Windows phone store here:Facebook

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Automatically change Windows Phone lock screen

Wishing for a good Lockscreen pic isn’t a bad thing considering the lock screen is the first thing seen when Windows phone is turned on. So here is a cool new app called “Lock pic” (by developer “rouge code” from the Windows phone store) that automatically changes the pictures of the lock screen at regular intervals which results in giving a fresh look to the windows phone when it is turned on.

By installing this app in Windows phone, the picture of the phone’s lock screen gets updated for a preset period of time. The source for this app to collect the photos and display on the lock screen can be set by the user. So with the ‘Lock pic’ installed on the Windows phone, user can select:

• The source from the photos for Lockscreen have to be taken:

This app give the flexibility of selecting from: Bing image search, Flickr image search, Bing image of the day, NASA Astronomy picture of the day, Phone photos.

• The time period for which the Lockscreen photo has to change:

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Nokia Lumia Tips

Get the lyrics of a song you’re listening to, navigate quickly between apps, take a screen shot.. you name it, Nokia Lumia has a tip for it!

This post will present some cool tips for Nokia Lumia smartphone users, and these tips are officially given by Nokia. We will keep updating this post with new Lumia tips further.

Tip #1: Block a number

Annoyed by the calls coming from a particular number? Here’s a way to stop receiving their calls.

Go to call history and  scroll to the number that is to be blocked. Now, tap on that number and hold for few seconds. In the options that drop down, select Block number. Then tap OK and it’s done!

Tip #2: Take a screenshot

Do not hesitate to capture ans save the contents on the screen! With Nokia Lumia in hands, screen capture is just two buttons away. Press and hold home button (Windows icon) and the power button together to get a screenshot.

Tip #3: Quickly access the notification bar

Swipe down from the top of the screen to quickly check the battery life, wi-fi and blue tooth connection and service  signal strength.

Tip #4: Easy way to Unlock the screen

Double tap and swipe on the screen to easily unlock the Lumia.

Tip #5: Silence an incoming call

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Temple Run 2 for 512 MB Ram windows phones

When windows phone launched temple run 2 game in the Xbox live, it was only for the low memory support devices which have 512 MB ram like Nokia Lumia 520, Nokia Lumia 620 , HTC 8S etc.

But now, users with these above mentioned Windows phone of 512 MB Ram also can rush into the Windows phone store and install the new Temple Run 2 game for free on their  Windows phones!

The new updated version of Windows phone is the 1.9.1.0 and this works on Windows phone 8 or Windows phone 8.1.

Download and install Temple Run 2 game from the Windows phone store here: Temple Run 2

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Windows phone backup and restore

Whenever windows phone is upgraded to 8.1 or if the phone has been reset due to some reasons, or if a new Windows phone is bought, user can restore his old Settings, apps, text messages, email, passwords, photos, videos and other data into the  upgraded or the new Windows phone. But for doing so, first creating a backup is mandatory.

To know how to create a backup of the data in the Windows phone 8 or Windows phone 8.1, read this post:  Backup Windows phone

In this post, the way to restore the data that was taken backup into the Windows phone 8 or Windows phone 8.1 will be explained. If the back up of data is done into the cloud (as explained in the previous article) that is, into OneDrive of the Microsoft account that was added to the Windows phone primarily, then the restoration of data back into the phone from OneDrive will require an internet connection to the phone. If the data to be restored is large, then it can consume time. So it is wise to connect the phone to the internet using Wi-Fi rather using mobile internet data plan.

To restore data into Windows Phone :

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Backup Windows phone

Windows phone has an inbuilt option to backup the data from it in a very simple manner. When the Windows phone is in sync with the Microsoft account provided by the user, there is an option to enable the automatic backup option. This backup data will be stored to the Microsoft account linked to the phone and also to OneDrive of the Microsoft account. Get to know more about OneDrive.

By enabling backup option in the Windows phone, the backup copy of the following data from the phone will be created:

• Apps that are installed on the Windows phone, including the progress and scores of any game apps.
• Saved passwords of the accounts that are used through Windows phone
• Call history
• Text messages
• Photos and videos
• The accounts that have been setup (added to ) on the phone.
• Any words that have been added to the dictionary.
• Start screen, its layout and its theme, lock screen.
• Other settings from the phone.

Manually, backup of the data in the Windows phone can be done at any time by going to“Settings” -> “Backup” -> “Apps+Settings”.

Slide the “Settings Backup” bar to the right and turn it ON. Then tap on “Backup Now”.

To backup apps+Settings from Windows phone automatically:

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How to add email account in Windows phone

In the previous post, “How to setup Microsoft account on Windows Phone“ detailed procedure on adding the primary Microsoft account to the windows phone is given. In this post let us see how users can add email accounts from other email service providers to their windows phone.

To add an Outlook.com, Hotmail, or live.com account:

Remember that this email account is not the same as the Microsoft account that is allowed to sync with the Windows phone. That Microsoft account cannot be changed. This email from Outlook.com, Hotmail or live.com is a secondary email account which the user wishes to use. Photos, messages, music etc from the Windows phone will be not be in sync with this secondary email account.

1.Swipe the Start screen to the left and go to the App list.
Tap on “Settings” -> Email+accounts

2. If the phone is a Windows Phone 8, then tap on
Add account -> Outlook

3. If the phone is a Windows phone 8.1, then tap on
Add account -> Outlook -> Connect

[ If there is no Outlook.com option, then it implies that the user has not added the primary Microsoft account on his Windows Phone. To do that, read this: How to add Microsoft account on Windows phone ]

(The option “Microsoft account” shown in the above picture will appear only if the user has added the primary Microsoft account on his Windows phone. Otherwise, he needs to add this by following thee steps given in the link mentioned above.)

To add a Google account:

1. Swipe to the left on the Start screen and App list menu will appear.
Go to “Settings” -> “Email+accounts”

2. If the phone is a Windows Phone 8, then tap on
Add account -> Google

3. If the phone is a Windows Phone 8.1, then tap on
Add account -> Google -> Connect

4. Enter the email address and password of the Google account and then tap on “Sign in”

5. Tap on “Accept”

The email, contacts and calender of the Google account that the user provided will be in sync with the phone immediately.

To add a Yahoo! mail account:

1. Swipe to the left of Start screen and the App list will appear.
Go to “Settings” -> “Email+accounts”.

2.  Tap on “Add account” -> “Yahoo! mail”

3. Enter the email address and password and then tap on “Sign in”

The user’s Yahoo mail will be added to the Windows phone and it will be in sync with the phone immediately.

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