[vikram_d]

Originally Posted by h@r$h@l

Are you guys installing developer preview or is the official 8.1 released?

This is the developer preview and the not the general release.

[bejoy]

Originally Posted by h@r$h@l

Are you guys installing developer preview or is the official 8.1 released?

Yes, I am on the developer preview from Microsoft. Hope Nokia rolls out the Cyan update soon.

[zenren]

Originally Posted by bejoy

New volume settings.

That is probably the most useful feature for me. There have been numerous occasions where I turned down the volume while playing games and missed many calls since I forgot to increase the volume afterwards.

[500ContyCruiser]

Originally Posted by bejoy

Typing this using the swift keyboard (Word Flow?), which I missed badly in Windows.

Its called Shape Writing keyboard.

[StrangeWizard]

I have a lumia 525 and is it impossible to change the whatsapp ringtone?

Also how do I mute whatsapp notifications while keeping ringtones and email alerts switched on?

[shishir_bn]

Originally Posted by StrangeWizard

I have a lumia 525 and is it impossible to change the whatsapp ringtone?

Also how do I mute whatsapp notifications while keeping ringtones and email alerts switched on?

Click on the whatsapp group name and then there is an option for mute. Keep it to ON and the msg sound won't come

[StrangeWizard]

Originally Posted by shishir_bn

Click on the whatsapp group name and then there is an option for mute. Keep it to ON and the msg sound won't come

I am aware that we can mute group chats, but what about personal chats ?

[thebfg]

Originally Posted by StrangeWizard

I am aware that we can mute group chats, but what about personal chats ?

It depends. If you're on 8.1, simply go to settings>notifications+actions>scroll down>tap on WhatsApp>notification sound>none. As of now, there is no way to do this on windows phone 8. If you want to get 8.1 go to this link:http://www.wpcentral.com/how-sign-wi...iew-developers. Hope this helps!

[h@r$h@l]

Anyone facing FB app issues on Lumia? In am on win 8 on my lumia 720 and unable to open FB app. Freezes on the blue opening screen. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling.

No luck

[vb-saan]

Originally Posted by h@r$h@l

Anyone facing FB app issues on Lumia? In am on win 8 on my lumia 720 and unable to open FB app. Freezes on the blue opening screen. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling.

No luck

No issues with FB app. Are you trying on wifi or via 3G?

[h@r$h@l]

Originally Posted by vb-san

No issues with FB app. Are you trying on wifi or via 3G?

hi,

tried with wifi & 3G both. It refuses to open. Just freezes at the start screen.

[deoelect]

Did anyone try Cortana? Been playing with it since the last couple days. You've to change the phone region to U.S to install it. Does most of the things as advertised. The sad part is it replaces the default Bing search screen(which has those awesome wallpapers everyday) when you hit the search button.

[bejoy]

Originally Posted by h@r$h@l

hi,

tried with wifi & 3G both. It refuses to open. Just freezes at the start screen.

Hope you tried a restart. Is the phone low on memory?

As a last resort, you could try 'Facebook Beta' app (similar to the non-beta one), from Microsoft which is updated more frequently.

[deep_bang]

Originally Posted by deoelect

Did anyone try Cortana? Been playing with it since the last couple days. You've to change the phone region to U.S to install it. Does most of the things as advertised. The sad part is it replaces the default Bing search screen(which has those awesome wallpapers everyday) when you hit the search button.

Yup! And Cortana is super. Having used Siri and Google, I think Cortana is better at recognizing my English. Well, and this is the US version - not even the Indian version of speech recognition.

You can still type your query on the Search box and get the same results as bing. The best part is it can also search your phone - which was missing earlier.

[deoelect]

Originally Posted by deep_bang

You can still type your query on the Search box and get the same results as bing. The best part is it can also search your phone - which was missing earlier.

Yes that's correct. I was talking about the bing wallpaper that used to show up when we hit the search button. It also had a little icon on the lower left side detailing the image and source. Now the wallpaper is replaced by Cortana asking me whats on my mind