Nokia Lumia 830 Tips and Tricks
A useful feature called Word Flow is now built in to Windows Phone devices.
This is similar to the Swype App which allows you to drag your finger from letter to letter to form a word, rather than typing each one. It does take some getting used to, but many users consider this a quicker way to type.
To skip to the next track in a playlist, press the Track list below the album cover. This will let you move through the playlist
To PIN people to your start menu, go to your People list and find the person you want to add.
Then Press and Hold on an item and select Pin to start
A recent addition to Windows Phone is what’s called Wi-Fi sense which allows you to share your trusted Wi-Fi networks with your friends on Facebook, Outlook, Skype etc. They must also use a recent version of Windows Phone however.
The feature allows you to share your Wi-Fi credentials with your contacts although they won’t actually see the password.
To enable Wi-Fi Sense then go to Settings – Wi-Fi and scroll down where you will find it.
To protect your phone from kids, Windows Phone comes with a Kids Corner feature.
To activate it, go to Settings – Kids Corner and enable it. You can then enable or disable certain content that you want to prevent access to. Options include games, videos, music and apps.
Once it is setup, swipe from Right to Left and you should see Kids Corner. And then swipe Down to Up to remove the Lock Screen.
If you would like to join your email inboxes so that all messages appear in the same space, then you can Link them.
First go to one email account you want to link and press the symbol that looks like three full stops. Then select Link inboxes and choose two inboxes you want to link together.
To silence incoming calls while the phone is ringing, you can simply press the Volume button.
If you also want to silence the call AND make the screen blank, then press the Power button.
After you have finished typing a sentence, simply double tap the spacebar. This will insert a period (full stop), a space and capitalise the first word of the next sentence
Sometimes, especially if you’re going abroad, you will want to save maps to view when your phone is offline.
This isn’t an obvious feature to find, but you should go to Settings – Applications – Maps – Download Maps.
From here you can download whole regions, countries or continents to your phone for viewing when you don’t have a data connection. Be warned that this can take up a lot of storage space however. For example the whole of the UK might take around 500Mb of storage space.
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