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Windows Phone 8.1 |OT| Update 1
- Thread starter brotkasten
- Start date
PW syncing works after all in Spartan.
Re: Music: Delete The app, restart, delete it again, then install from the store by searching for it from the store itself.
Worked for me.
edit: The keyboard us far worse at recognizing swipes than in 8.1 btw. Annoyingly bad, in fact.
Re: Music: Delete The app, restart, delete it again, then install from the store by searching for it from the store itself.
Worked for me.
edit: The keyboard us far worse at recognizing swipes than in 8.1 btw. Annoyingly bad, in fact.
Broman1978
Junior Member
Photos are missing in the new build?
Also I cant change the wallpaper.
Anyone else?
(Lumia 640 Here)
Also I cant change the wallpaper.
Anyone else?
(Lumia 640 Here)
He did his job of gutting Nokia.
Sky Interloper
Member
I wonder what's the point of such a gigantic group that encompasses both OS and hardware, as they operate with different expectations. Maybe Myerson will fix the clusterfuck that is the current Lumia lineup and finally integrate the Lumia features to the OS, as the extras menu in Windows 10 mobile is just for their sake and looks ugly compared to the rest of the settings.
Steelyuhas
Member
Wow, these mobile builds are dreadful. Almost nothing works for me on the new build.
juliushandle
Member
AYeah the mobile builds show where Microsoft's priorities are. Some say they'll focus on mobile after the desktop launch but I doubt it. They'll just focus next on desktop updates and Xbox. Oh, and focus on their apps for Android and iOS.
I hope I'm wrong and a flagship is released with home screen smoothness WP is known for.
I hope I'm wrong and a flagship is released with home screen smoothness WP is known for.
Steelyuhas
Member
I doubt they'd release something "final" that wasn't up to snuff, but it seems like it's not going to be anytime soon based on the quality of the latest build.
Design on mobile is a pretty big step back from 8.1 on most fronts in my opinion as well, but I guess that aspect is something I'll just have to get used to.
lastflowers
Banned
We will.
Flagship please.
I looked at iPhone and said if it has 2GB or more. I don't like how iMessage is platform proprietary.
I looked at Android, and I wanted a Galaxy S6 Active, but it's on AT&T. I'm waiting for the next Nexus phone.
lastflowers
Banned
Hardware, I know nothing about. I don't work on hardware specific features anymore, so there's much less day-to-day interaction with hardware. That being said, even if I knew about new phone hw I wouldn't tell you about it...i like my job! The latest releases were complete surprises to me (though I hoped they were going to release some better phones).
Really? Works "fine" for me. Obviously performance could be a lot better, the UI could be more consistent, but everything does work.
I think this build is comparable to what we saw on desktop around 3 months ago.
The lack of new features is concerning, btw.
edit: When I say everything, that's not true btw. Tiles for certain apps aren't live and linking contacts crashes the people app.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I didn't get the option for update 2, so I'm on the new w10 build, it's definitely smoother. Still ugly, and I still struggle to see anything special about this OS that would attract buyers which skipped on Wp8. Not to mention developers. What's the hook here?
I really wish windows phone had taken off, it's a shame so many of us had to move on, and I haven't seen anything in this build that would turn the tide.
I really wish windows phone had taken off, it's a shame so many of us had to move on, and I haven't seen anything in this build that would turn the tide.
Definitely true.
Nokia was fucked long before Elop arrived.
NeOak
Member
Probably. But a lot of people would have bought Nokia Android phones based on the Nokia brands.
And I mean true Android with the Google Store
Also true, but Microsoft paid Nokia $1bn to get them to go Windows Phone. They could've gone under trying to go Android. I doubt Google would've ploughed that amount of capital into them.
coughlanio
Member
How's Win 10 doing? Should I hold off installing the preview on my 640 XL?
José Mourinho
cocknose
Yup, hold off.
Not sure if it was only put in the last build or if it's always been there. But I'm glad the option to have the background on the tiles remains. I don't like the full background. I don't like smaller tile spacing of 10 either.
Astral/H3X
Member
So I'm trying to get music actually on my Windows phone for my MS Band to be able to control music through Cortana, and I have a question: If I get my music library setup on Xbox Music on my desktop, in my dropbox folder, it seems my computer can pull all of that. Can I get my phone to do that as well?
EDIT: I meant OneDrive, not dropbox.
EDIT: I meant OneDrive, not dropbox.
Sky Interloper
Member
If your collection is in the Music folder in OneDrive, the Music app in the phone should pull it as any other in the Xbox store, and you can download them to the local storage. Any other OneDrive music located in a different folder won't be retrieved.
LostMyNarbles
Member
If I recall correctly all music saved in OneDrive is accessible on Xbox Music for any of your devices. I recently added my music collection to OneDrive and it shows up on my Lumia 635.
José Mourinho
cocknose
I know this isn't really the place for it, but I bought a Surface 3 -- 4GB -- and I have to say, it's really quite nice. If only there were tons of decent apps then it would be the complete machine.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Address bar at the top is dumb.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
Surface brand is doing so well. I am disappointed how come they dont have a phone out yet.
MrGreencastle
Member
Yeah I thought they would have an option for it on the bottom?
Put the address bar on the bottom with a "hamburger menu" three line thingy at the top that disappears when you scroll... Like in the Cortana app...
Everyone at Microsoft agrees too
HarryDemeanor
Member
I don't like the change to having swipe left be Archive now in Outlook Mail. I was so used to deleting useless e-mails so easily.
NeOak
Member
Cause everyone at Apple disagrees.
Kinky John
Member
One of these days they'll add backlighting to the brand logos.
