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blackjack17
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  #1826395 21-Jul-2017 10:51
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marlinz:

 

Nah its the 6 , it really frustrates her

 

 

 

If you remember where, please feel free to let me know

 

 

 

 

I did it on the 7 and the settings menu is different.  

 

But some things you could try

 

 

 

  • make sure battery saver is off.
  • make sure do not disturb is off
  • make sure that you can see all notifications when device is locked (under sound and notifications)
  • make sure that messenger has a notification alert (under messenger settings)






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  #1873317 26-Sep-2017 20:04
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Now that these have been released a while, how happy are current users with the V8/N8?


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  #1873375 26-Sep-2017 22:07
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GregV:

Now that these have been released a while, how happy are current users with the V8/N8?



V8 works well

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  #1873419 27-Sep-2017 06:59
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blackjack17:

 

marlinz:

 

Nah its the 6 , it really frustrates her

 

 

 

If you remember where, please feel free to let me know

 

 

 

 

I did it on the 7 and the settings menu is different.  

 

But some things you could try

 

 

 

  • make sure battery saver is off.
  • make sure do not disturb is off
  • make sure that you can see all notifications when device is locked (under sound and notifications)
  • make sure that messenger has a notification alert (under messenger settings)

 

 

 

Thanks for the suggestions , the problem seems to of sorted itself out now


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  #1901388 15-Nov-2017 17:07
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N8 now down to $149 just about everywhere.  Might just be time to upgrade my wife's Galaxy S4

 

V8 down to $279 at Warehouse Stationery.  Might finally be time to upgrade my SU6 :)


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  #1907931 26-Nov-2017 11:28
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With the Emergency Alert test today, I'm keen to hear how v8 users go. Bought a couple as above, but they won't be unwrapped just yet :)

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  #1910935 30-Nov-2017 10:39
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Only just seen this but I got the emergency alert with the V8. It made a loud noise and spoke the message. My partner didn't get it on her Samsung J7 Prime.

 
 
 

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  #1910995 30-Nov-2017 11:21
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Switched my Grandma to the N8 in the weekend after her old Samsung died, she's loving it - Especially the simple mode.

 

She also did get the Emergency Alert as well which she was quite pleased with :) 





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  #1911032 30-Nov-2017 12:08
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Technical question but would the V8 work with 2 Degrees being a Vodafone branded phone? Thinking of changing the the data hunt but don't want to switch my number to then find it won't work.

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invisibleman18: Technical question but would the V8 work with 2 Degrees being a Vodafone branded phone? Thinking of changing the the data hunt but don't want to switch my number to then find it won't work.

 

Yes, V8 is unlocked and works fine.





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  #1911555 1-Dec-2017 11:01
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Great, thanks.

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  #1920280 15-Dec-2017 16:13
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just curious... a colleague has today (?) noticed a new icon appear in the 'status' (top right hand side) section of his Smart V8.

 

Hard to describe ... sort of a circle, half of which is greyed out, and a "+" in the centre ....

 

anyone know what that is indicating?


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  #1920284 15-Dec-2017 16:17
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kiwi_64:

just curious... a colleague has today (?) noticed a new icon appear in the 'status' (top right hand side) section of his Smart V8.


Hard to describe ... sort of a circle, half of which is greyed out, and a "+" in the centre ....


anyone know what that is indicating?



Phone on silent mode maybe

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Edit : Do not disturb feature

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  #1920288 15-Dec-2017 16:27
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no, not do not disturb ... a) that's a circle (filled circle) with a minus sign, where as this is unfilled, with a plus, and b) IIRC they are normally shown on the top left of the screen, whereas this is on the top right (beside the network status indicators) ... a mystery ....undecided 


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  #1920289 15-Dec-2017 16:32
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kiwi_64:

 

no, not do not disturb ... a) that's a circle (filled circle) with a minus sign, where as this is unfilled, with a plus, and b) IIRC they are normally shown on the top left of the screen, whereas this is on the top right (beside the network status indicators) ... a mystery ....undecided 

 

 

Battery saving mode maybe?

 

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