About Lumia 1520 discharge rate

Hello
I have a question about my L1520 battery life and its discharge rate.
Cellular: On ( LTE )
Internet Sharing: On ( One laptop connected )
Display: Off
BT: Off
Location: Off
Double tap to wake: Off
Glance: Peek
Apps open on the background: Nothing most of the times
Applications allowed to perform in the background ( Almost used for PUSH Notifications and the apps are not open. ): Viber, Whats app, Outlook ( One email ), Insider, Weather ( For two cities )
And I think that's all,
Battery consumption: about 2 percent every 20 minutes.
I want to know if it is normal or not. Because I'm a little worried about the discharge rate and the bettery health.
Thank you

Hi, Shayan_D. Welcome to Microsoft Mobile Community! The battery life will depend on the phone usage. 93tid is correct with its current performance. This link will also help: How can I prolong the battery life of my Lumia phone?. Note that the link is applicable regardless of your location. Keep us posted if you have other questions.

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Lumia 1520 Discharges 18% per hour in standby with...

When we first got 1520 6 weeks ago, battery performance was pretty good but now
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2. Took 1520 back to Microsoft Store and have now had 2 replacements and all behave the same
Discharge between 18 and 22% per hour - no data, no tasks running and phone not even being used

Thanks for those who replied - so the issue is now basically solved
What we did was :
1. Reset phone
2. Setup phone as a new phone and did not download any of our purchased apps from Microsoft Store
3. Voila - battery now behaves perfectly - discharge rate is 2.53% per hour - down from over 18%
4. So although - we never had any apps runnig when the battery was discharging at 18% - we surmise that some app was behaving badly
5. Now all we need to do is to find out which app was the culprit
Thanks again to forum members for their input

A bit confused about Lumia 1520 compatibility

So, I've wanted a Nokia Lumia 1520 for quite a long time now. One of the features that sold me on the phone was the wireless charging plate. Does this thing work or not? I feel as if I am being mislead.
This link shows all accessories for the Lumia 1520.
http://www.nokia.com/us-en/accessories/all/?action=accessorysearch&product=3092640
The Nokia Portable Wireless Charging Plate DC-50 is listed. However, directly under, in the description, says not compatible with 1520 AT&T varient. I was under the assumption that this was a AT&T exclusive phone. I googled briefly to get some answers and I came across methods involving soldering to get this thing to work.
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Someone please clear this up. How do I get this feature if I am planning on getting this phone?!

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Lumia 1520 Battery Discharge Issue After Updating ...

After updating to Denim, my Nokia Lumia 1520 started to experience the following symptoms:
Phone charges to 100%, I disconnect and use an app like Instagram BETA, Internet Explorer, Lumia Camera, or any game--after no more than 5 minutes of use, the phone gives a "Critical Low Battery" alert and shuts down. If I try to restart phone immediately, it makes it to the AT&T splash screen or lockscreen and then same battery message appears and shuts down. If I wait 10-15 minutes after the shutdown to restart phone (without recharging) the phone will stay on, but battery level will report to be in the low 20s or 10s (whereas no more than 20 minutes ago, it was 100%).
When phone is at 100% battery: I take 2-5 photos or record mere seconds of video and I get the same "Critical Low Battery" alert. Upon restarting, some of the photos or video are nonexistent or corrupt files and battery level is reported at 2-5%.
However, if my phone is plugged in to charger, none of these "Critical Low Battery" alerts come up and I am able to use phone as usual. Considering that I cannot take a vacation and capture nature's beauty with an AC adapter always connected, this is a serious drawback.
Steps I've Taken:
Soft-reset
Full factory-reset
Moved all apps off microSD card (this improved situation maybe 5%)
Disabled almost all background app use in Battery Saver
Replaced microSD card when I thought this was a memory write/read issue
Installed "Battery" app to monitor battery use. After 750 data points were logged, my average battery life is reported at "16 minutes," which sounds about right.
My warranty should be expired since I purchased the phone December 2013, so I'm checking in here if anybody has had any luck with battery replacements or with a solution to this issue? At the same time, this issue arose strictly after updating to Denim and I've seen other users report this EXACT scenario. Is there any hope for Lumia 1520 users on this?
Other reported cases:
Battery Issue after Denim update: http://forums.windowscentral.com/nokia-lumia-1520/347112-battery-issue-after-denim-update.html
Battery critically low and shutdown: http://forums.windowscentral.com/nokia-lumia-1520/342343-battery-critically-low-shutdown.html

Hi albertico, TeJazz, and Samgh. Welcome to the Microsoft Mobile Community. We understand your situation and in response to this issue, we suggest that you perform the suggestions in the photo attached. If the issue persists, we recommend recovering your phone's software using the Windows Phone Recovery Tool. This link will work regardless of your location. If the same thing happens, it's best to take your phone to the nearest Care Point in your area for evaluation. Backup first to avoid data loss.
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My Nokia Lumia 1520 has a plethora of issues

This is mainly about my Nokia Lumia 1520, but also some other Nokia Lumia phones.
After I inherited my Nokia Lumia 1520 I had to wait a few weeks before I could install Windows Phone 8.1 (Blue) + Nokia Lumia Cyan on it, after doing so I signed in with my Microsoft-account (as it was of a deceased family member before, and I was using his Microsoft-account, so I had to factory reset it), after resetting it I noticed a plethora of issues that weren't present in Windows Phone 8, no offence to anyone at Microsoft, but Windows Phone 8 had absolutely 0 bugs I ever experienced, no crashes, no oddities, ever since the new operating system was released all my phones as well as my ex-girlfriend's and my girlfriend's phones have been experiencing issues, but none more than my Nokia Lumia 1520, here is a summation of each phone. Note that I am a huge Windows Phone fanboy, so I have purchased several devices for multiple people, and I'll write what they've told me down here too. Note that most are either Nokia Lumia or Microsoft Lumia, but one is by the Cantonese manufacturer, Huawei so I don't know if that will be considered (ir)relevant by the moderators.
Nokia Lumia 1520:
* Sometimes the touch-screen randomly doesn't respond (which is really annoying while playing Age of Empires: Castle Siege where I lost the chance to get several British banners due to this error), this recovers sometimes by going stand-by, but this alternates and seems completely random when the screen gets responsive again, and when not.
* It randomly starts pressing physical buttons, and when I try to press them it's not recognized by the phone, and there is no way to turn my phone off or even put it in stand-by while it's doing this.
* There is no back-up for settings and app data, it did this before but for some reason it does notify me that I haven't backed up in a while and any attempt to back it up is met with countless of errors, before my phone backs up my data again I don't want to factory reset it because I don't want important data to get lost, so please help me fix this.
* It sometimes starts crashing random applications with provocation.
* Sometimes it won't charge.
* It crashes randomly while playing videos on Google YouTube and other websites.
* It can't download Lumia Help + Tips.
* Sometimes the screen goes all black, and the camera stops to work, but here is the odd part, whenever I click on the back-button and hold it it shows me the ''open'' applications, but they all remain black.
* Half of the time when I take pictures with it there is a 3 second delay, and most of the time those pictures aren't saved, so I only use it to take screenshots, and maybe 1 in every 10 screenshot is actually saved.
* It won't show the profile pictures of my Microsoft Skype-contacts.
* The calendar doesn't work on the lock-screen, and shows me the wrong information all the time.'
* Cortana randomly starts in the middle of other things.
* Internet Explorer Mobile randomly crashes and closes the tab I'm on at that moment.
* Internet Explorer Mobile randomly opens tabs I didn't ask for.
Nokia Lumia 920:
* The phone sometimes won't restart after going completely off unless one would hard reset it.
* There is no back-up for settings and app data, it did this before but for some reason it does notify me that I haven't backed up in a while and any attempt to back it up is met with countless of errors, before my phone backs up my data again I don't want to factory reset it because I don't want important data to get lost, so please help me fix this. (note for my Nokia Lumia 920 this happened after I returned from Hanoi, the issue has been constant on my Nokia Lumia 1520 even while it was in Europe)
* Microsoft Skype crashes when I want to upload a picture or drawing (unique to this specific phone, it works seamless on all the other devices).
* Microsoft Cortana often notifies me about news, but can't fetch anything when I click on the message in the Action Centre.
* It can't download Lumia Help + Tips.
* On some (Vietnamese) Wi-Fi connections it can't update nor download several applications regardless of size (for example an Angry Birds game called Angry Birds Go! that is nearly 1 G.B. nor an 8 M.B. N.O.R.A.D. Santa Tracker).
* When there is a flippable protective case around it the cellular network will crash, and can only be restored after rebooting it, before I got S.I.M. errors on it nearly 5 times a day, each time it required me to restart my phone.
* It permanently shows 2 unread mails in Microsoft Outlook and 8 in Google Mail for no reason, I have 0 mails in Yahoo! Mail but it does tell me that I have ''unread'' ones in several (NON-EXISTING) folders.
* The Calendar doesn't appear on the lock-screen, and if it does it's either several weeks too late, or shows me messages for months about things that happened last year.
* Sometimes one ear-plug goes without sound, rather than being a hardware problem it gets fixed by rebooting the phone.
* Sometimes I can't copy or paste anything.
* Internet Explorer Mobile often doesn't recognize images I want to save, while somehow it does recognize those same images either the day before and/or the next time.
Nokia Lumia 520:
* The phone sometimes won't restart after going completely off unless one would hard reset it.
* It doesn't recognize the Micro-S.D. card it did before (it worked while on Lumia Cyan).
* It can't download Lumia Help + Tips.
* It sometimes won't charge.
Nokia Lumia 530 Dual S.I.M.:
* After inserting a Micro-S.D. card it can't download in-app videos (Microsoft Skype) or voice messages (WhatsApp-Messenger) or even links (Facebook Messenger).
* It can't download Lumia Help + Tips.
* Sometimes it doesn't recognize the 2nd S.I.M. Card.
* Like before, the Calendar doesn't function on the lock-screen.
Microsoft Lumia 353:
* Touch related issues similar to the Nokia Lumia 1520 as expressed above.
Huawei Ascend W1:
* The phone will detect low storage even when there is lots of free space.
Unrelated to these phones, but still ''Nokia'' hardware is the Nokia charger that comes with Nokia Lumia phones for some reason doesn't work, I mean like ever, and Microsoft forces me to buy new chargers, plus I still use the charger I had on my old H.T.C. Windows Phone for my Nokia Lumia 920. All the above phones have many more issues, but I just simply can't remember them right now.

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Nokia Lumia 1520 ,experience full of dissapointmen...

First of all, I was very eager to switch to Windows Phone and I am not a hater. It is a gem in a lump of coal.
Buying a phone is not that easy for me from financial reasons. Since Lumias are hard to get to in my country I got my hands on an unbranded unpacked Lumia 1520. A friend of my bought it from another country for me. I was very hyped about it and even throught out the issues I've faced i still am.
I never dropped my phone and I always kept it safe and secure. There is not a dent on it.
After a few weeks the side buttons of the phone started to lose their hardness and begin to flunk in the body.
I managed to ignore it since they all were working.
The earpiece speaker is an utter disaster. When set 5/10 the speaker is cracking.
And than came the screen. While in the task manager / switch apps window i noticed that the black rectangular windows leave a trace, something like contrast issues. That started to bug me. It was a new phone and the screen already failed me.
After that i noticed that on a white background i can see several brighter spots on the screen. Something like small screenburns. My love for Windows Phone kept me going even with those issues.
Than came Lumia Denim....
Not to keep the text longer, my headphones started not to work properly since the update. The phone started to make *clicking* sound through the speaker.
The Wifi lost almost all funcionality. Speed was ridicously slow and losing connection all the time. In the Cyan version the Wifi worked great. It was so weak that I couldn't activate and restore my phone after factory reseting.
That was it for me.
Since I live in a third world country and Microsoft's support is almost non-existant and the services too I nearly couldn't setup a payment method to purchase apps. And the official nokia service center does not accept the warranty on the phone since it is bought from another country i cannot return it.
I really really tried to love windows phone and the lumia product line. I don't feel angry at this point. I feel utterly dissapointed. I feel betrayed. I migrated every single service i use in my private and work life to Microsoft services.
PS: Please let there be a DWG viewer for Windows Phone. For God's sake symbian had a dwg viewer.
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Sounds to me like the charger you are using is not powerful enough. Are you using the charger that came with the phone? You mentioned adaptors etc so thought you may be charging with another charger. You could also try charging with high output usb chargers, typically ones for tablets.

Nokia Lumia 1520 video recording on Microsd card i...

First off, I have a Nokia Lumia 1520 for about one month now. I love the screen size and everything. My picture/video recording to phone memory works fine. I have recently purchased a Class 10 Sandisk Pixtor 64GB microsd card from Best buy for video/pictures storage due to this device having only 16GB of memory.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/sandisk-pixtor-64gb-microsdhc-class-10-memory-card/1299201.p?id=12190475...
Picture taking is fine writing to this card. However, I noticed that on all video recording mode (720p to 1080p), the video would sometimes skip and lose a few frames here and there. For example, when i try to record a video of a kid running, the video playback will show the kid run across but would jerk or freeze a bit during his run (almost like the phone is too busy doing other tasks during recording). Playing the same videos on a computer show the same result which means the video taken were bad to begin with. My temporary fix is to switch video/picture recording to the phone storage itself but that defeats buying the sd card in the first place.
Anybody else having this issue? I couldn't find another microsd card to test but i wonder if the phone itself is having a performance issue with sd cards in general. Should i engage with tech support from Nokia?

It is quite well known that Class10 card are overkill on a mobile phone and in many cases have been proven to actually have worse performance when compared to even Class4 cards.
Class10 cards really only make sense in (high end) DSLR ca,eras where itis a requirement the shots can be written to the card fast. In practical use the class only indicates the card cab sustain a transferrate of X MB/s and with that in mind a Class4 card even will be plenty fast for your mobiel phone.
Due to the fact a Class10 card is basically overspec for the hardware it may even cause timing issues.
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Nokia Lumia 1520 - Screen Brightness Problem

I have two Nokia Lumia 1520.
Both of them have the same problem. I will explain the problem to you in detail and before that let me assure you I am a Windows Phone long time user , have been part of the development , developed several apps for the platform and I have used Lumia 800 , 720 , 920 , 925 and now 1520. So I am well aware of all the settings , sunlight readability , automatic brightness etc. This problem is not due to any of these , I can assure you
Now the problem ,
I set the automatic brightness option OFF
I move the brightness to HIGH
Then I lock the phone
When I unlock the phone , the brightness drops by 10% suddenly without any intervention
This problem happens sometime. Some days I see this problem , some days I don't and there are few days where I see this problem very heavily.
I purchased another 1520 and it has the same problem. I am very sure , from my experience that this is a firm ware issue. This is NOT a hardware problem , but a serious problem from your software end. It is prudent that Nokia recognizes this problem and finds a solution to this. Interestingly , I am not the only one who is facing this problem , the whole globe is facing the same problem and for such a pricey phone , this is a frustrating experience - very frustrating. I am sending some links , which will show the problems users are facing:
http://forums.wpcentral.com/nokia-lumia-1520/255608-lumia-1520-screen-brightness-dimming-unwantedly-...
http://forums.wpcentral.com/nokia-lumia-1520/251303-screen-dimming.html
http://forums.wpcentral.com/nokia-lumia-1520/252501-screen-brightness-fluctuates-purpose-bug.html
http://forums.wpcentral.com/nokia-lumia-1520/255508-lumia-1520-screen-brightness-problem.html
The phone is rock solid and amazing except this irritating problem.
I have only few days within which I can request a exchange from the merchant. So if any Nokia official can confirm that a software fix is on the way , it would be super helpful
Nokia , please help !
Moderator's note: We have removed the IMEI numbers. Posting of personal information is not allowed in this forum for security purposes.

I have Nokia Lumia 1520 Black.
I have also been facing the same problem with screen brightness.
The problem occurs only when the Brightness is in Automatic mode.
--> When the Brightness is set to Automatic mode & take out from dark location to bright location the display turns out to weird grey color.
--> And then if the brightness is set to low, medium or high display comes to normal.
Is this issue related to the hardware or software.
If it is related to the Software will you be able to fix it ? or else How about the replacing with the new one ?
Awaiting for the response.
nonnin8 wrote:
Same here i have white 1520
I have another problem with the screen, when it wakes up or i get a call the colours are off grey colour are very light grey and after few moments it turns to normal.
I am using WP 8.1

Nokia Lumia 1520 OVERHEATED Symptoms and Died Afte...

My new phone Nokia Lumia 1520 is beautiful and it works great. I like its big 6" screen and everything else it was designed to do.
However, for first two months of using this new phone, it started showing overheating problem. I remember overheating occurred at least 4-5 times in last two month period. Last time overheat issue got really worst yesterday. It was not hot enough to burn your skin but It got to the point of intolerable. Overheat happens when my phone was heavily in use: frequent calls, texting, and internet usage, and other apps running in background like Microsoft OneDrive Cloud. I talk many times over 15 and 30 minutes long on the phone, and the phone heats up. When it overheated, I stopped using the phone and let it cooled. It cooled off after it has a little rest. The battery was always good; it runs almost of the entire day and only needs recharge at end of day.
Then until yesterday, I turned on the feature "Internet Hotspot Sharing" in Settings for very first time to get my laptop online. I worked on my laptop for several hours. When I got home last night, Nokia Lumia 1020 was completely knocked out. It went blank and unresponsive. I left it charging the entire night. This morning, it didn’t even turn on or off. It was just a dark screen, dead weight.
Today I am going to take it back to AT&T service store and have it checked out. I went online today and found this overheat discussion going on, and so here I post my facts to share with everyone.
Usage in 2 month period (60 days):
Phone calls: 1,503 times, 25.1 calls per day
Phone call length at least 60 minutes: 1 time
Phone call length at least 30 minutes: 17 times
Phone call length at least 15 minutes: 66 times
Total minutes used: 5,271 minutes
Total Picture/Video /Text/Data Used: 735 times, 24.5 messages per day
Data used: 168 times
Text used: 476 times
Picture & Video Used: 91 times
Total data used: 3,695 MB or 3.6 GB
Solved!
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To: yasfer21 Mobile Visionary
Looking at the statistic of many people reporting overheat problems with the phone. Does that tell you something? I think Nokia is aware of their inferior product. Nokia needs to improve their product quality or risk of losing customers like me. I'm one of many reports about overheat problem. This is not an issolated issue; it's commonly reported from users like me regarding this phone.
I will be happy to show you proof of my transaction with AT&T. I can post it here for everyone to see. I bet if you go to Nokia assembling facility, you would probably see tons of returned overheat phones. Research it yourself rather than speculating. Your thought is irrelevant to the overheat issue experiencing by users.
The replacement phone I received from AT&T seems to be working fine now. It's working ok. Overheat issue has disappeared from the replacement phone. I will post my comment again if overheat issue repeats. Technology we using today is just a temporary for a better invention and idea tomorrow. Remember we have progressed from a little pager device clipped to your waiste 20 years ago to smartphone screen today?
There's no such thing as perfect on this planet earth, ranging from birth defects to space shuttle disasters Challenger & Columbia. All we can do is to learn, improve, and keep on moving toward Type 1 Civilization. We can never reach a perfect point, our universe is forever expanding.

Nokia Lumia 1520 mini?

I LOVE the design of the Nokia Lumia 1520. The slim body of the phone, the display, the camera, everything! But the only thing that I don't like about the phone is its too big! Although I know its a phablet. But I was hoping what if Nokia makes a mini Lumia 1520 of about 4.5 inch display? With the same specs maybe and in the same available colors. It will be AWESOME and look way more sexier Plz Nokia think about it.

called the 930 and coming soon..
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Nokia Lumia 1520 Overheating & Battery Drain after...

Hello,
I've been experiencing an intermintent problem with my Nokia Lumia 1520 (AT&T, 16GB model) where my phone overheats and the battery drains. The problem started after I upgraded to Windows Phone 8.1 and Lumia Cyan. As of now I haven't figured out a good step by step method to reproduce the problem on demand however I have noted that when this problem occurs and I wake the phone and unlock it the Start screen shows a never ending or unusually long "Loading" message and my phone will overheat and drain the battery. So far the only way to mitigate the problem is by shutting it down manually or performing a "soft" reboot of the phone. Afterwards the problem gets resolved and the phone resumes normal operations after rebooting with the phone returning to a normal temperature and battery drain rate that is consistent with the use it is being given.
Given that I don't know anyone else carrying a Lumia 1520 has anyone seen something similar to the problem I am describing on this post with their Lumia 1520 unit after updating to Windows Phone 8.1?
So far the only big resolution step I've taken is to perform a complete phone reset and not recovering the phone from my back ups, effectively making it a "new" phone in terms of settings and software conditions.
My theory for this problem is that it is software driven as an overheated phone and a stuck "Loading" message instead of the Start screen after unlocking the phone indicates that a software process (either OS or separate Application) may be behind the issue.
Thanks for any assistance on this matter!
Michael
Nokia Lumia 1520 | Windows Phone 8.1 "Lumia Cyan"

Morpheusprime wrote:
Did not work unfortunately... But I have resolved my overheating and battery drain issue...
CORTANA is the culprit and needs to be unpinned from the start screen.
Here is the process if CORTANA is piined already..
1) Unpin CORTANA
2) Go to "Settings.. Applications and open Cortana
3) Turn off Cortana
4) Phone will RESET
5) Go to "Settings.. Applications and open Cortana
6) Turn on CORTANA
DO NOT PIN TO START SCREEN
7) Swipe your start screen over to your applications
8) select CORTANA and allow it to set it self up again.
Now CORTANA is still accessible by the Search icon or from your application menu.
Now your battery.. Before the update my battery was reading "1 day, 14+ hours"
After update After recharge I was getting 14 hours then it would start draining.
After taking CORTANA off the start screen my phone stop getting hot near the camera (Upper left) and after 2 days (Battery cycling) my battery has returned back to reading "1 day, 14+ hours"
My assumption - The matter will be resolved with the Lumia Denim update coming later this qtr.
When that arrives my understanding is CORTANA is off BETA in US. Some additional Firmware tweaking, along with the camera updates and more.. Which "SHOULD" resolve this battery drain & over heating with CORTANA
Per my experience, I believe you're right that Cortana is the culprit for the problem described by the original poster. I unpinned Cortana from my start screen 6 days ago, and so far so good. I have not had a recurrence of that problem. I did not turn Cortana off and then back on again though. I just unpinned it, and that seems to have done the trick.
I'm also hopeful the Windows Phone 8.1.1 and Lumia Denim update will fix this since Cortana will be off Beta in the U.S.

Nokia lumia 1520 loud speaker grinding sound and w...

hi,
my nokia lumia 1520 has been making sound grinding sounds which can only be heard if you put your ear close to the loud speaker. i emailed the company that i bought the phone from and this is what they said:
"for this type of issue, you can do a Master Reset on your phone (please take note that by doing this all of your data will be erased). If the problem persists, kindly go to your nearest Nokia service center to have it checked. If it's still under warranty, any repairs will be free of charge. If it's NOT under warranty, please get the code from the service center and forward it to us through [email protected] so we can review the charges (subject for approval) and give you a refund for it."
i did as they said but when i went to the nokia care centre, since i live in uk and the phone is from dubai they said that its out of warranty so i asked them for a code as the company said to me but nokia care team had no idea what i was talking about. i showed them the email and nothing
so i was wondering if anyone can help me out
id really appreciate it
thanks

Hi thedeepsleeper,
Welcome to the Nokia Support Discussions!
Are you still having an issue with your Lumia 1520? If yes, did something happen to your phone prior to the issue? What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far? Does it happen only when you put it on a loudspeaker? How about when connecting your earphone to your phone?
If you would like to send it for repair and since there's no international warranty, we suggest sending it to a Nokia Care Point in Dubai instead. To know more about the difference between the warranty in the UK and in Dubai, see these links:
http://www.nokia.com/gb-en/support/manufacturers-limited-warranty/
http://www.nokia.com/ae-en/support/manufacturers-limited-warranty/

Nokia Lumia 1520: was just sold a prototype model,...

Hi everyone, subject explains it all. I bought the phone off someone in a local classified, now deleted of course, only to come home and find out that it is in fact a prototype. They showed me it worked and everything with a sim card in it, but it's my understanding that this phone still will be limited in functionality and potentially not able to update or eventually work at all?
So my big question is, what am I supposed to do? I understand this phone is considered stolen property, so am I supposed to turn it in to Nokia? And I'm afraid I'm in for some bad news here, but are they able to work with me on this for replacing it with a legitimate model, or perhaps crediting me towards a purchase of an official one? I'd hate for this to simply turn into a situation where I end up having to return it to Nokia for nothing. That way, the seller gets a couple hundred bucks, Nokia gets their phone back, and I ended up paying for nothing. Thanks everyone.

@paulheu :
Yeah, I thought someone from regulars / moderators would've written that sooner or later.
I dunno whether you're affiliated with Nokia anyhow but the fact is that the company should take better care of their manufacturing process and only deal with the people/companies they can trust.
Nokia Communicators (might have been the first smart phone ever introduced) were manufactured in Finland. Have you heard any prototype material of Communicators being sold on Ebay???
When Nokia closed its factory in Salo, Finland, first Lumia phones were manufactured in South Korea (might have been the same manufacturing plant where Samsung and/or LG Windows Phones were manufactured). For example my Lumia 710 is manufactured in South Korea. Have you heard any prototype material of Korean Lumias being sold on Ebay???
Nowadays the majority of mobile phone manufacturers have moved their production to Chinese manufacturing plants (subcontractors?) because of the cheaper manufacturing costs. So did Nokia: my Lumia 625, 928, Icon and my wife's 1020 have all been manufactured in China. And now there are prototype items sold on Ebay and illegal copies (inferior Android version) of Lumia 1020 sold in China. The perception/understanding of legal matters is not necessarily so strong/well informed in China like it's in other countries. Maybe this Chinese Ebay seller didn't even know he was selling illegal stuff??? iPhone is also manufactured in China but as far as I know (I'm not an "iBeliever" and never will), there hasn't been any illegal iPhone stuff (displays etc.) on Ebay.
If we'd consider the legitimacy of my purchase, I didn't know I was about to purchase an illegal item when I made the purchasement. So when I received the item and opened the package I found out that it's a prototype item. The seller is in China so I had the following alternatives:
1) the seller will ship me an original legal version of Lumia 1020 display package (well I don't think the guy would've even had those legal versions) or
2) return the item to the seller (ship it back from Finland to China, doesn't sound worthy at all) or
3) report it to Finnish police (the seller is in China so what are there possibilities to do anything about it) or
4) report it to Ebay. They'd probably close down the account of that Chinese guy or do nothing at all (example: take a look at those BAD ESN phones sold on Ebay. Some of them are stolen but they're still sold over there). EDIT: if Ebay would've closed down seller's account, he probably would've created another one and restarted his business, or
To summarise the whole thing: these two things (the guy with his Lumia 1520 and the current display of my wife's Lumia 1020) would've never happened if the manufacturer would've only dealt with the people/companies they'd be able to trust to.
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Nokia Lumia 1520 signal issues

Hello
I bought my Nokia Lumia 1520 about 3 weeks ago. It has the international Hong Kong version. Since the first day I've been experiencing singnal issues. Sometimes I can't even get a 3G or H+ signal! It keeps dropping on Edge. I tried the same SIM card on my Samsung Galaxy S3 and it has perfect 3G signal ! I tried with a reset, manual preference for network and it still gives the same output.. I tried the same SIM card even on Samsung Galaxy Core and Samsung Galaxy S4 mini and they still have a better signal..
So..what should I do? Did anyone else have the same problem..is there any fix..?
Thank you!

Nice to see you posting here in our community. I hope you are using a regular micro SIM card. BTW, have you tried using another SIM card? If no, try using it first. If yes, the last option is to contact the point of purchase for warranty options.

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