User Experience for Mobile and Desktops

LENOVO A6000 - SIM Card not detected / Zero Network Signal   Image copyright - www.phonearena.com One of the widely faced problems with the Lenovo A6000 is - SIM card not detected / Not connecting to the Phone Network. To be precise, your phone detects the SIM card, recognizes the carrier, but the Tower / Network signal on top is shown blank. Remedy - Thinking of phone RESET? No. Do not do that. It is not required to reset your phone. - Just pull out the battery. Keep the phone idle without battery for a few hours so that the phone electronics get into a Power-Reset mode. - Later put the battery in, and Power-On your phone. Still not getting the tower signal? - Try swapping the SIM cards (technically this does not have any effect), but it may do the trick. - Let the phone battery discharge (while in phone) completely,  remove the battery for few hours and then put it back. This remedy worked for me.

The Windows Phone Experience   After a brief stint with a Nokia Lumia 730, I had my opinion changed towards Windows Mobile 8. Before I get into the details, let me tell you that Nokia Lumia 730 was my first Windows Mobile. Everything worked fine, except the famed Gorilla Glass. The moment, the phone fell down, the glass cracked. Well the display was working fine, but there were cracks on the glass that can challenge Spiderman's web. The cracks made the readability worse. But I decided to live with the cracked glass, as replacing the glass was quoted at INR 9,000 which is 60% of the phone's retail price. To top up the injury, the replacement glass+display does not have a guarantee against cracks. It too might develop cracks, if the phone kisses the tarmac. So I started living with the cracked display. Once I started looking beyond the cracked glass, the Windows Phone user experience emerged. It took a bit of getting used to with the interface. Not months, but a few da...