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Windows Phone 8 : The Multimedia Experience - Xbox Music Pass (part 1) - Connecting Your Phone to Xbox Music Pass

To connect to Xbox Music Pass, you must configure your phone to use the same Microsoft account as you used when you signed up for it

Windows Phone 8 : Working with File Explorer (part 3) - Copying Multimedia Content to Your PC

You can easily use File Explorer to copy phone content to your PC by dragging and dropping music, video, or picture files from the phone and onto a computer’s hard drive.

Windows Phone 8 : Working with File Explorer (part 2) - Removing Media from Your Phone

Just as you can use File Explorer to copy media to your phone, you can use it to remove media from your phone.

Windows Phone 8 : Working with File Explorer (part 1) - Adding Media to Your Phone

The easiest way to add media to your phone is to simply drag and drop items from your collection. To do so, you must connect your phone to your computer or tablet using a USB cable.

Windows Phone 8 : Orientation and the PhoneApplicationPage Class (part 5) - Animating the Entire Page When Orientation Changes

While animating UIElements is performed within the page, to animate the page itself requires implementation of a custom PhoneApplicationFrame. This is achieved by subclassing the PhoneApplicationFrame class, and then subscribing to the frame’s OrientationChanged event to initiate the animation.

Windows Phone 8 : Orientation and the PhoneApplicationPage Class (part 4) - Animating Page Elements When the Page Orientation Changes

The VisualStateManager can be used to animate UIElements when the page orientation changes. This can be done by defining a set of VisualStateGroups corresponding to the PageOrientation values.

Windows Phone 8 : Orientation and the PhoneApplicationPage Class (part 3) - Setting Page Orientation at Runtime

As you saw in the previous section, the Orientation property of the PhoneApplicationPage class cannot be assigned at runtime. Another approach is required to change the page orientation. For this turn to the SupportedOrientations property, which is assignable at runtime.

Windows Phone 8 : Orientation and the PhoneApplicationPage Class (part 2) - PhoneApplicationPage Orientation Property

The Orientation property can be used in data binding expressions and allows you to adjust the layout depending on the availability of space. You can maximize space utilization by hiding or revealing content when the orientation changes.

Windows Phone 8 : Orientation and the PhoneApplicationPage Class (part 1) - OrientationChanged Event

Both the PhoneApplicationFrame and PhoneApplicationPage include an OrientationChanged event that allows you to detect when the orientation of the page changes.

Windows Phone 8 : Working with the Windows Phone Software (part 9) - Copying Phone Content to Your PC or Tablet

Although the Windows Phone software is primarily intended as a mechanism for copying content from your PC to your phone, you can also do the reverse.

Windows Phone 8 : Working with the Windows Phone Software (part 8) - Removing Multimedia Content - Removing Pictures from Your Phone

If you want to remove a picture from your phone using the Windows Phone software, you can do so by completing these steps

Windows Phone 8 : Working with the Windows Phone Software (part 7) - Removing Multimedia Content - Removing a Video from Your Phone

If you want to remove a video from your phone using the Windows Phone software, you can do so by completing these steps

Windows Phone 8 : Working with the Windows Phone Software (part 6) - Removing Multimedia Content - Removing Music from Your Phone

If you want to remove music from your phone using the Windows Phone software, you can do so by completing these steps

Windows Phone 8 : Working with the Windows Phone Software (part 5) - Using the Photo Interface

The Windows Phone software provides some additional options for viewing photos and their attributes. If you click the Photos pane in the On Your Phone window, you can view and select any folders on your phone that contain photos. From there, you need only click the photo to see it full-screen.

Windows Phone 8 : Working with the Windows Phone Software (part 4) - Adding Content from Nonstandard Locations

If you have music, video, or photos stored in nonstandard locations on your computer (places outside your Music, Video, or Pictures libraries), it is still possible to add that content to your phone.

Windows Phone 8 : Working with the Windows Phone Software (part 3) - Adding an Album to Your Phone,Adding a Musical Artist to Your Phone

To add multiple albums from an artist to the phone using the Windows Phone software, click the Add Music button from the On Your Phone window and follow these steps

Windows Phone 8 : Working with the Windows Phone Software (part 2) - Adding Videos to Your Phone,Adding a Song to Your Phone

To add videos to the phone using the Windows Phone software, click the Add Video button from the On Your Phone window and follow these steps.

Windows Phone 8 : Working with the Windows Phone Software (part 1) - Adding Photos to Your Phone

To add photos to the phone using the Windows Phone software, click the Add Photos button from the On Your Phone window and follow these steps

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Phone Storage

With the Phone Storage feature, you can see how much storage space is currently being used and redirect the storage of new content to an SD card (if available).

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Battery Saver

The Battery Saver is a feature that can disable some of the phone’s functions when the battery gets low, as a way of saving power. When the Battery Saver is enabled, the phone still receives calls and texts, but apps run only when you open them and e-mail must be synchronized manually.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Backing Up Your Phone (part 5) - Restoring Your Backups

Microsoft does not provide direct access to your backups. You can access your backups only if you are setting up your phone for the first time (you can reset your existing phone or replace it with a new phone).

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Backing Up Your Phone (part 4) - Determining Backup Quality for Your Photos and Videos

If you have photos or video on your phone that you really don’t want to lose, it is extremely important to back them up. Windows Phone 8 uses the Photos backup function to back up both photos and video, although you can control photo and video backups separately.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Backing Up Your Phone (part 3) - Backing Up Text Messages

Windows Phone 8 makes it possible to back up your text messages. The interesting point about the way Microsoft implemented this feature is that there are separate settings for regular text messages and group text messages.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Backing Up Your Phone (part 2) - Removing Your Backup

Be careful not to press the Delete button by accident. Windows Phone 8 does not prompt you for confirmation before deleting your App List+Settings backup.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Backing Up Your Phone (part 1) = Backing Up App Lists and Settings

When you back up your app lists and settings, you are really backing up your Internet Explorer favorites, a list of all the apps that were installed on the phone, and the configuration settings for your apps.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Providing Feedback

The Feedback option enables you to control whether user experience information is sent to Microsoft. The information that is collected is used to improve Windows Phone.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - About Your Phone

The About option is designed primarily for people who need technical assistance. The About screen provides virtually everything you need when seeking help, including detailed information about the phone’s hardware and firmware and contact information for the technical support department.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Find My Phone

If your Windows Phone 8 device is ever lost or stolen, you can use the Find My Phone feature to locate it. This feature enables you to locate your phone by forcing it to ring (even if it is on silent or vibrate mode) or by displaying the phone’s location on a map.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Accessibility (part 2) - Enabling the Screen Magnifier, Using Speech for Phone Accessibility

Even though the accessibility features are primarily intended for use by disabled persons, the Speech for Phone Accessibility feature is one of my favorite phone features.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Accessibility (part 1) - Adjusting the Text Size, Enabling High Contrast

A normal Windows Phone 8 display (using the default theme) displays some text in white and other text in gray. You can make the text earlier to read by using a high-contrast display.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Configuring Regions and Languages

Windows Phone 8 supports custom localizations for more than just the keyboard. You can also configure device-wide settings that control things such as the preferred language and the preferred currency.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Controlling the Keyboard’s Behavior (part 3) - Customizing the Keyboard’s Behavior

Windows Phone 8 lets you fully customize the onscreen keyboard’s behavior. For instance, you can disable the Auto Correct option or automatic capitalization.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Controlling the Keyboard’s Behavior (part 2) - Clearing Custom Suggestions

As you compose e-mail and text messages, you will occasionally use words that are not built into the phone’s dictionary. Windows Phone 8 pays attention to the words that you use frequently and adds those words to the list of suggestions that are displayed as you type.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Controlling the Keyboard’s Behavior (part 1) - Setting the Keyboard Language

The keyboard defaults to using the language that you specified when you initially set up the phone, but you can add support for additional languages. You can also change the keyboard’s language.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Screen Brightness (part 2) - Manually Adjusting the Screen Brightness

Manually adjusting the screen’s brightness enables you to maintain a certain level of brightness, regardless of the current lighting conditions. For example, Windows Phone 8 is designed to automatically dim the screen when you are using the phone in a dark area and to brighten the screen when you are in a bright area. I

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Screen Brightness (part 1) - Automatically Adjusting the Screen Brightness

Windows Phone 8 can automatically adjust the screen’s brightness based on the current lighting conditions. If you want the phone to adjust the screen’s brightness automatically, go to the Settings screen and perform these steps

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Date and Time (part 2) - Changing Time Zones, Using Military Time

If you can receive a cell signal, most cellular providers automatically adjust the time zone for you. But for that to work, you need to have a signal and have the time configured to be set automatically.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Date and Time (part 1) - Setting the Date and Time

Windows Phone 8 provides two methods for setting the date and time. You can manually set the date and time, or you can have the phone to do it automatically. In either case, you can access the date and time settings by going to the Settings screen and tapping Date+Time.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Passwords and Screen Timeouts (part 4) - Disabling a Password

Although it is not necessarily recommended, you can disable your device’s password so that you are no longer required to enter a password to access the device. To disable a password, return to the Lock Screen settings and complete these steps

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Passwords and Screen Timeouts (part 3) - Changing Your Password

Most security professionals agree that changing your password on a regular basis is a good idea. You can change your password by returning to the phone’s Lock Screen settings and completing these steps

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Passwords and Screen Timeouts (part 2) - Enabling a Password

The single most important thing that you can do to protect your phone is to configure it to require a password for access. To enable the password requirement, return to the lock screen and complete the following steps

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Passwords and Screen Timeouts (part 1) - Setting the Screen Timeout

In an effort to preserve battery life and improve security, Windows Phone 8 is designed to time out after a period of inactivity. When the timeout threshold is reached, the device’s screen automatically turns off, forcing you to re-enter your phone’s password to regain access.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Wi-Fi Networking (part 2) - Removing Known Networks

Windows Phone 8 is designed to remember the settings for every Wi-Fi network you connect to. If you intend to connect your phone to a lot of public Wi-Fi hotspots, you will eventually accumulate a long list of known networks.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Wi-Fi Networking (part 1) - Enabling or Disabling Wi-Fi, Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network

Some organizations disable SSID broadcasts to hide their wireless networks. Windows Phone 8 fully supports connecting to a hidden Wi-Fi network, as long as you know its name. If you need to connect to a hidden Wi-Fi network, go to the Wi-Fi settings screen and tap the Advanced button.

Windows Phone 8 : Configuring Basic Device Settings - Accessing the Device Settings Screen - Changing the Device Theme

Although most Windows Phone 8 devices use red as the primary color for Live Tiles and some configuration options, you can alter the device’s primary color by changing the device’s theme.

Windows Phone 7 : The Silverlight Controls (part 9) - Layout Controls - ScrollViewer Controls

The ScrollViewer contains a StackPanel whose Width and Height have both been set to Auto so that they automatically expand to match the sizes of the controls contained within. Eight Button controls have then been placed into the StackPanel, causing it to grow much larger than the ScrollViewer that contains it.

Windows Phone 7 : The Silverlight Controls (part 8) - Layout Controls - StackPanel Controls, Canvas Controls

If this should present an issue, you can work around it by using the Canvas control's Clip property. By applying a rectangular clipping area that exactly matches the size of the Canvas, anything that falls outside of that area will be clipped and obscured from view

Windows Phone 7 : The Silverlight Controls (part 7) - Layout Controls - Grid Controls

This control can seem somewhat puzzling to developers who encounter it in Silverlight after having worked with grid controls in WinForms development because the expectation is that it will offer functionality along the lines of a data grid, presenting tables of data to the user.

Windows Phone 7 : The Silverlight Controls (part 6) - Interactive Controls - ApplicationBar Controls

The ApplicationBar is responsible for displaying the small toolbars that are often seen at the bottom of the screen. It can hold up to a maximum of four image-based application buttons, and also a potentially unlimited number of menu items.

Windows Phone 7 : The Silverlight Controls (part 5) - Interactive Controls - CheckBox Controls, RadioButton Controls

A simple but useful control, the CheckBox allows simple boolean values to be gathered from the user. When the control's value is true, it displays a check mark within the control; when it is false, the box is shown empty.