Hi Guys,
This post is mixed with complaint and feedback of Nokia Lumia 820. I hope Nokia people read it here and start doing something about it.
Note:- I was an Android(Sony xperia) user before switching to Lumia.
- Navigation/Maps :- I have always appreciated Nokia's maps and their accuracy. And it was a delight for me when I found that on my Lumia 820, I can download a map, can use it offline, can get directions offline(Nokia drive beta)(with 2d 3d map), can search a place/destination offline , and with turn by turn navigation, with quick/real time re-calculation of your route(in case you missed or changed). These all things were amazing but now I have started facing problem which is a big one. Map doesn't show my exact location.
For example - if I am sitting in my office then on map it shows I'm in some other building(next 2 buidings), but it starts working perfectly once I start driving back to home(exact and accurate), but again once reaching home, it doesn't show my exact location, always in some other building, not in my building. Means -When I am still it doesn't work(neither Nokia Maps nor Nokia drive), but when I am driving it works. (While I am typing I did check again, and its same problem.) Please NOKIA do something about it.
- Camera - Quality vise Its ok, just ok. Even in day-light, its just ok. Yeah good things are, its fast, clicks very fast, saves faster, starts working even with locked phone, have some good, unique & different lenses e.g.. - cinemagraph, smart shoot etc.(which are exclusively for NOKIA phones and thanks for that). But the problem is quality and availability of modes for photo shooting. All my pictures, which I clicked in different environments - in the car, in day light, in night etc., all of them has a reddish shade. Why
Yeah, I had cleared my camera lenses before clicking pictures.) And Top of that, you have only 5 modes to change/select between. Why not add one more for daylight shooting? And let them all(modes) have a default setting, once selected. Its a very small thing, because once I have selected the mode, then I believe flash should work according to that mode, which I can change if I want to. But it doesn't work like that in real, I have to change it(flash) separately (And till I does it that moment which I wanted to save has gone.) Even the front camera had same reddish effect on my pics.
- Messaging - I used to think that this phone is not saving my words from my language(Hindi) in its dictionary and not using it in predictive texts/words, but no, it does. Yes, it does save my words and shows them exactly in prediction. Keyboard/pad is good. Atleast, its very good for me.
- Email - The best part I liked it is if I have read my mail in phone then it doesn't show - unread - in my mail account, opened in my PC.(It's not like other mobiles).
- Apps:- I know Nokia+Microsoft are still building up their clan of apps, but I guess they should get some feedback for that(what they have already).
- App - Handy scan - It sucks. The picture/PDF quality is not good. Its not clear(even after clearing my cam lenses), blurs and it gets worse when zoom in. And we don't have any other app to try as there is not a single app available same like this(for free). (Sorry but I found this app nothing in front of an app available in android market - "camscanner").
- App - Ringtone Maker from Nokia - Please let us make a ringtone longer than 20 seconds. At least 40 seconds. Rest is good.
- App - Translator - This app deserves 5/5 stars. Amazing app. I wish you could add Arabic language also.
- App - Facebook - its good, refreshes quickly, shows posts, notifications etc. quickly but unfortunately it doesn't notify me. What I mean, phone will not show any notification whether I received a message or a Friend request on FB.(May be because it doesn't work in background - running app.) But I believe it should. May be they disabled it in order to save battery. And yeah, this app missed "share" button, to share any post or pic.
Rest of the things are just awesome for me. Speed, no lagging yet, simple.
I may counter some changes/problems later. I'll keep posting here, if they(NOKIA) find it, read it. And work on it.
Thanks
DRebel
failing that, you will need to take your phone back to your point of purchase, or if they are being less than helpful, to your local Nokia Care for inspection: http://nokia.com/support
- Camera : I'm of the same opinion as DRebel. I've come from an iPhone 4, and to be honest, I feel the simple 5mp camera lens on that thing was A LOT better. When I take a pic with the 820, initially (looking through the lens) it looks very clear, but as soon as I snap a picture it removes all the sharpness, and natural colour!!
- Phone Freezing : this has now happened twice. Considering I've had the phone for only six weeks, and considering the manufacturer is NOKIA, I wouldn't expect this to happen - I expected quality
- SD card not being recognised?? - what the hell is this all about? The phone has been recognising the damn card for the past six weeks, and then when I wake up this morning, swtich the phone on, I get a message saying that the phone may not recognise the SD card, and that I need to check it out via my PC?!
- Unable to confirm whether I show BUY an app or not, due to the fact that I don't have Wifi. This should've came as a BIG BOLD sticker on the box - MUST HAVE WIFI. I never had problems downloading ANYTHING to iPhone.....come on Nokia, get a grip!!!!
I'm seriously losing faith in what I thought was going to be a high quality, fault free product. I don't make many purchase mistakes, but think this has been a REAL BIG one. 
DRebel wrote:Hi Guys,
- Camera - Quality vise Its ok, just ok. Even in day-light, its just ok. Yeah good things are, its fast, clicks very fast, saves faster, starts working even with locked phone, have some good, unique & different lenses e.g.. - cinemagraph, smart shoot etc.(which are exclusively for NOKIA phones and thanks for that). But the problem is quality and availability of modes for photo shooting. All my pictures, which I clicked in different environments - in the car, in day light, in night etc., all of them has a reddish shade. Why
Thanks
DRebel
I don't have any reddish hue in my L820 pictures. Perhaps your lense is dirty? Try cleaning that with alcohol or something. I have 1232.5951.1249.10xx software.
Hi,
I don’t know if it’s really a lag, but there are times when I open the messaging, the animation of the tiles isn’t as smooth as when I open other app. It’s kind of annoying to me, since I always hear/read that Windows Phone is really smooth, fluid and lag free, yet there are times that when I open the messaging hub it isn’t really smooth. 
I’ve also experienced freeze on my phone, I was listening to the music player, then when I swiped it to change the song, the screen just froze (I can’t remember if the music continued playing) it won’t respond to anything I do, I pressed every physical buttons but the screen remained the same, so I had to remove the battery to restart the phone. After that everything went back to normal and another is also when I was using the music player. After the last music was done playing the next music won’t play anymore, same as the following songs, so as usual I restarted the phone. Then everything went back to normal. I wish that will be the first and last time that will happen.
I haven’t received the .1308 update yet, maybe it’s because of my location.
But other than that, I’m REALLY HAPPY with my Nokia Lumia 820 (so far).
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Hi Boon3232,
We cannot tell whether it's a hardware issue or not as we further need to isolate the issue. Did it happen again? We hope not. In case it did happen, you can reboot your phone. You can also try to press the down volume and power keys together until the phone vibrates and starts up.
Make sure that you have the latest update installed on your phone. If you have not received it yet, best action is to wait as the delivery of this update is gradual: http://discussions.nokia.com/t5/Software-Updates/U
joshua1593 wrote:
Hi,
I don’t know if it’s really a lag, but there are times when I open the messaging, the animation of the tiles isn’t as smooth as when I open other app. It’s kind of annoying to me, since I always hear/read that Windows Phone is really smooth, fluid and lag free, yet there are times that when I open the messaging hub it isn’t really smooth.
I’ve also experienced freeze on my phone, I was listening to the music player, then when I swiped it to change the song, the screen just froze (I can’t remember if the music continued playing) it won’t respond to anything I do, I pressed every physical buttons but the screen remained the same, so I had to remove the battery to restart the phone. After that everything went back to normal and another is also when I was using the music player. After the last music was done playing the next music won’t play anymore, same as the following songs, so as usual I restarted the phone. Then everything went back to normal. I wish that will be the first and last time that will happen.
I haven’t received the .1308 update yet, maybe it’s because of my location.
But other than that, I’m REALLY HAPPY with my Nokia Lumia 820 (so far).
We hope it's the first and last thing to happen too for your phone, Joshua. You can try to perform the above reset provided to boon3232 if in case it did happen (that we hope not!). And yes, it's best to wait for the update as this further improves the phone's performance. Cheers.
