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Windows Phone 8.1 |OT| Update 1
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Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Lumias tend to have decent screens, even if low res. My 920 outperforms any OLED display under direct sunlight, which is a tremendous advantage in the summer. I can actually use the phone while I walk on the street.
ClearBlack + Sunlight Readability are amah-zing.
Oh. If it means losing my weather flow wallpaper that is a deal breaker.
What could work is if an app created a wallpaper, then put it in a folder that the lock screen is cycling through? Might be useful and would let you put all sorts of information on the lock screen
Cute Dragon Here
Member
Same for me. I've even taken a liking to the orange colour.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I want a 930 bad. I've read that battery life isn't great on it though, is that true?
I thought the idea was that there were more APIs for app devs to use. So the weather apps could create their own Live Wallpaper.
Tried the lockscreen app and I don't like it. There sometimes seems to be a slight delay between the screen turning on and the content showing up. Also the screen is unresponsive for a few seconds after unlocking the phone. That's the biggest deal breaker for me.
I'd say it's average. I have six email accounts syncing, just about every social media app syncing, a home screen full of live tiles, and the phone will last until night with moderate use. If you're more of a power user who plays a lot of games, watches movies, or spends a lot of time browsing the web, you'll need to charge it once to make it through a full day. IE has consistently been the app that takes the most juice on my phone.
I'd say it's average. I have six email accounts syncing, just about every social media app syncing, a home screen full of live tiles, and the phone will last until night with moderate use. If you're more of a power user who plays a lot of games, watches movies, or spends a lot of time browsing the web, you'll need to charge it once to make it through a full day. IE has consistently been the app that takes the most juice on my phone.
Damon Bennet
Member
I think ill go buy a 930 this week. Glace is not too important for me
killer rin
Member
They haven't released the new lockscreen APIs to anyone other than a few top developers in the store. That said, I wonder what the purpose of it overriding Kids Corner is, its not like any of those custom lockscreens use a horizontal swipe.
The only issue I have with it is that it sucks.
ClosingADoor
Member
Battery is fine for me. Easily lasts a day while I'm using it. Won't worry too much about it. But I'm not using 3G for much during the day. Does get a bit hot when using that a while though.
antiquegamer
Member
Yeah, I remove it because the lack of weather support and the lag when turn on the phone sometimes. It also cause weird hang up. May be when it's a little more stable and tie into Bing weather for lock screen.
antiquegamer
Member
Didn't you just buy HTC One? Already looking for replacement? I have OnePlus One coming.
Dental Plan
Member
Open up Cortana and ask her "Beat up Martin"
TheBryanJZX90
Member
So, turns out everyone was exaggerating a bit on how bad Xbox music is on WP 8.1. I don't know if it's be caus I babysat the thing during the whole "updating collection" process but haven't really had any problems yet. No live tile and no lock screen for 90% of my collection is absolute bullshit, though.
Also: What the fuck did they do to the cursor when typing? This is horrible.
Also: What the fuck did they do to the cursor when typing? This is horrible.
lastflowers
Banned
It used to be absolute garbage. It's much better now, but no where near where it should be.
It was borderline unusable at launch, but it's much better now. With a live tile and improved performance, I would prefer it to the old hubs.
I can barely operate the new cursor.
Main Problems I Have with Xbox Music (or problems that already have solutions that I'm unaware of because I'm still new to WP):
--Inconsistent album art support. For some reason, the album art (and track info) fails to load for any songs I try to play direct from my Onedrive. Only the track plays. I have to actually download the album onto my phone for that info to show up.
--Onedrive integration could be a whole lot better in this regard. I was expecting seamless integration with my phone (like the music I have saved to my Onedrive showing up in my library), but right now having Onedrive is really no better than having a dropbox account.
--Why is there no cursor so I can scroll between places in the track from anywhere in the app? I have to be IN the Music app to do that.
--Inconsistent album art support. For some reason, the album art (and track info) fails to load for any songs I try to play direct from my Onedrive. Only the track plays. I have to actually download the album onto my phone for that info to show up.
--Onedrive integration could be a whole lot better in this regard. I was expecting seamless integration with my phone (like the music I have saved to my Onedrive showing up in my library), but right now having Onedrive is really no better than having a dropbox account.
--Why is there no cursor so I can scroll between places in the track from anywhere in the app? I have to be IN the Music app to do that.
I have to say I love the camera of the Lumia 930. Picture quality is great and Nokia's Living Images really add to the experience. Especially in combination with the Storyteller app.
I'm not sure how exactly they've implemented the Living Images. When I transfer the photos to my PC, I suspect it's just the static pictures, right? What if I transferred them to another Nokia phone? Would the Living Images still work?
If I could change one thing, I'd like to have an easily and quickly accessible switch to turn off the Living Images feature of certain pictures. For some static pictures that start with a split second of camera shake, it doesn't really help.
I'm not sure how exactly they've implemented the Living Images. When I transfer the photos to my PC, I suspect it's just the static pictures, right? What if I transferred them to another Nokia phone? Would the Living Images still work?
If I could change one thing, I'd like to have an easily and quickly accessible switch to turn off the Living Images feature of certain pictures. For some static pictures that start with a split second of camera shake, it doesn't really help.
IIRC the cameral is slightly better. Colors aren't over saturated like they are on the GS5 and photos contain more detail which is more obvious when zoomed in. Plus the 930 has OIS, which has additional benefits such as clearer pictures, steadier video, and better night time shots. I'd say the only camera phone better than the 930 is the 1020.
Admittedly the video recording capabilities is hit or miss. Sometimes the video is nice and clean while other times it's a tad on the grainy side.
Cool thing though, the phone can record audio in DD 5.1 while recording video.
Yup the new cursor is hot garbage.
brotkasten
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Astral/H3X
Member
Someday, the 8.1 official update will arrive.
brotkasten
Member
Yeah, the lock screen app is very ugly. I uninstalled it after 10 minutes as well. The fonts are ugly and the animations aren't nice to look at either.
Astral/H3X
Member
Lemme guess I'm the only one who likes the lock screen.... Although yeah Resuming on it is silly.
yankeehater
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So my wife and I both have Lumia 928s, and I am on 8.1. I upgraded her phone to 8.1 last night and she has Cortona installed but my phone doesn't. I went into phone update and it says my phone is up to date, does anyone know what I can do to get Cortona on my phone?
runningjoke
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language and region have to be US
José Mourinho
cocknose
I wish every app had to offer the options of a live tile with the app brand colour, accent and clear.
Perhaps not a big thing to most people but I just don't know why you wouldn't offer the option.
Perhaps not a big thing to most people but I just don't know why you wouldn't offer the option.
yankeehater
Member
That fixed it, thanks. No idea why my phone region was set to UK when everything else was USA.
show me your skeleton
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should have been an API and integrated into then os but nope, it's an app.
all that gdr1 stuff looks boring too.
I didn't like it either. The biggest problem is that after I've uninstalled it I'm still getting the resume screen. Ugh.
Some nice bluetooth additions to GDR1
http://www.wpcentral.com/microsoft-full-details-gdr1-update-windows-phone-81
I'm guessing those need new hardware.
I'm curious to see if there are more consumer facing features (other than folders) in GDR1
http://www.wpcentral.com/microsoft-full-details-gdr1-update-windows-phone-81
wpcentral said:
I'm guessing those need new hardware.
I'm curious to see if there are more consumer facing features (other than folders) in GDR1
Making it an app sounds like the worst possible way to handle it.
What's wrong with baking it into the OS and supporting theme packages? Ugh.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
I hate you 😒
Kinky John
Member
Just speech settings, or everything set to US like it is now?
frontieruk
Member
hmmmmmmmmmmmm sexy