Some new undocumented features of Windows Phone Tango

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Windows Phone 8773 still has a few hidden things in information technology

While users effectually the world are slowly getting the Windows Phone Tango 8773 update, a few under-the-hood changes are being noticed by users. We ~~forced~~ manually installed the update onto our Focus ii, Titan II and Lumia 900 with the Focus ii (review) being our main device these days. Equally a result, we take had some experience running Tango and noticed a few lilliputian nuggets which we'll share below.

New wallpapers – We first noticed this on our Tango-fied Lumia 610 merely Microsoft is now including those new "nature" themed wallpapers in the Tango ROM
Faster numeric Pivot response – At to the lowest degree on our 8112 devices (Titan II, Focus 2, Lumia 900), when nosotros would attempt to unlock our Pin on our phone it would sometimes be very ho-hum and not register, requiring you to re-enter the number. While minor, information technology was annoying. That was fixed by updating all our devices.
Send ringtone via MMS – We can now adhere and send ringtones to others via MMS. You can only send custom ringtones though and goose egg that is "in ROM". This in addition to the new "send vocalism note" and attach multiple images in an MMS that'southward found in Tango too.
Letter indexing – On Windows Telephone 7.x later on a user installs 45 apps, the app list volition automatically index, giving you the "letter of the alphabet picker" to bound to observe your favorite app. The trouble, albeit pocket-size, was if you went below 45, the "letter picker" would not disappear. It was odd behavior and nothing nosotros e'er experienced but Tango evidently fixes this. [Forum]
More reliable notifications – Many users are reporting ameliorate notifications, both Tile and Toast, with the Tango update. To be honest, we experience this has more to do with "flushing the organisation" than whatsoever actual optimizations, though perhaps in that location are a few.

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Users tin at present share custom ringtones over MMS

Another anecdotal fix may be related to "the Net Sharing issues" which sometimes causes normal WiFi to cease working, then forces users onto cell data unknowingly. This only occurs if you've enabled internet sharing at some signal on the device. We've seen this on our Lumia 900 and so far information technology seems better to us under Tango, though we're however evaluating.

Things not bachelor that were thought to be:

Static IP for WiFi- Nosotros haven't seen this but you can reportedly enable it via a registry hack. Bad news is you lot need a rooted telephone to practise that. Some Nokia users supposedly have this though we assume it's tied to the firmware [Forum]
Location icon – This actually not a part of Tango (8773) despite previous reports, simply is function of 8779+, so don't wait for information technology or expect it
Export contacts to SIM – Not available though you tin enable information technology via a registry hack, assuming you lot accept a routed device [Forum]

Did we miss anything—specifically any new features or options? Nosotros get a lot of "this is now faster" reports merely those are near incommunicable to verify, and so nosotros're just looking for actual new additions to Tango 8773. If you have some, let united states of america know in comments.

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New nature-themed wallpapers are at present included in "Tango"

Finally, we have not seen a Tango update for any of our AT&T phones, including the Focus S, despite some isolated and unverified reports. Sorry, folks. Thanks, rockstarzzz, for the forum links

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