The Nokia Lumia 920, developed by Nokia and released on November 2012, utilizes Windows Phone 8 operating system.
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No matter what you do, you can’t get your Nokia Lumia 920 to turn on.
Charge your phone fully, at least 4 hours then try to turn it on.
Press and hold the Power and Volume Down keys simultaneously for 15 seconds. After some time, the phone may vibrate then release the button and the phone will restart.
Go to Settings > About > Reset your phone . This will bring back the phone to factory defaults. Remember if you do this, it will erase all your personal content on your phone.
If you cannot access the phone settings, follow the steps below:
Disconnect the phone charger.
Press and hold the Power and Volume Down keys simultaneously.
Release the pressed keys when phone vibrates and then immediately press and hold the volume down button until the phone displays an exclamation mark (!) on the screen
Release the volume down key.
Then press the volume and power keys in the following order: volume up, volume down, power, and volume down.
Wait for your phone to reset, during the reset you will see gears rotating on the screen for up to 5 minutes, after which the screen goes blank for 30 seconds and then your phone will restart.
Go through the initial phone setup. Make sure that you have the date and time set correctly on your phone by going to Settings > date+time.
If the battery is completely empty, charge your phone again for at least 20 minutes using phone’s wall charger. And if you try this with computer USB, those typically supply less current and charging time is much longer. Then try to turn on the phone again.
Remove the battery for about 30 seconds and put the battery back in the phone.
Leave the phone connected to charger, then press and hold the power and volume down keys simultaneously until the phone vibrates.
Release and the phone will reset.
Try the charger with another compatible phone to check if the problem is with the charger.
If the phone cannot load the start screen, please refer to Hard reset your phone on Nokia Lumia 920 won’t turn on.
Battery will not hold much of a charge. Phone turns off after a short time of use.
Please Refer to Nokia Lumia 920 won’t turn on, Step 2 and 3.
Go to settings > switch battery save mode to on
If you want the phone to switch to battery save mode at 20% battery life: select the When battery is low icon.
If you want the phone to switch to battery save mode from now until the next time it’s charged: select Now until next charge icon.
If you do not properly close a program or app, the function will continue to run in the background.
In order to properly close the program:
Hold the Back button on the touchscreen > Swipe through the app you wish to close > Tap the X that appears after swiping.
Switch off location services: Tap Settings > Tap location > Switch Location services off.
Switch off Bluetooth: Tap Settings > Tap Bluetooth > Switch off.
Stop music from connecting to a cloud: Start the music app > Tap settings > Switch desired settings off.
Reduce the screen brightness: Tap Settings > Tap Brightness > Switch Automatically adjust Off > Slide brightness level to low.
Turn Nokia Glance Screen Off: Tap Settings > Tap Glance > Switch Off.
Please refer to the replacement guide for the battery
The person I am calling can not hear me.
Check that the microphone is not muted.
Connect a wired headphone that has a microphone. If the headphones work while connected, remove wired headphones and continue onto troubleshooting the internal microphones.
Restart the phone and test if the audio is working. Select one or both of the following options:
Option 1: Record a new voice note: Select Start > Messaging > New (+) > Attach > Tap Voice Note to start recording > Tap Done and play the recording. > If you can hear the recording, the microphone is working.
Option 2: Test your outgoing audio by making a Skype test call: Start Skype app > search for Skype Sound Test service (echo123) in your contact list > Tap Call > Talk and listen to see if you can hear yourself.
Locate the phone’s microphone and see if the opening is blocked.
If the opening is blocked, try to gently clear the blockage.
If it is not blocked, the internal microphone may need to be replaced.
Please Refer to replacement guide for the microphone
