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Windows Phone 8.1 |OT| Update 1
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The camera is brilliant, but you have to say that it's true that the competition have got a lot closer.
That's awful.
I took mine off the charger at 6 yesterday and it was on 66% half an our ago. Obviously I didn't use it overnight, but I did use it in the evening and this morning.
Is it still doing any account syncing or something similar?
I know quoting yourself isn't great, but to update:
Just done a hard reset...
Great OOB experience so far.
That fixed it a treat.. first thing I noticed was its silky smoothness.
So, where's my lumia gifts app? How do I get it?
Thank you.. it works
Been on to MS customer services for 45 minutes and its like pulling teeth.
HAs a look at battery saver...Outlook seems to be the culprit. I've deleted an account or two, and changes the least important ones to hourly syncs. Leaving only my Work and main Personal as push accounts.
Let's see how that goes.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
The G4 and the S6 have the best phone cameras on the planet. And now the Lumia 940/XL. LG made a massive leap in camera quality in just one year. Massive. Samsung has always had great cameras, this year they probably have the overall best camera on a phone.
Apple got complacent, they are no longer even in the top 5 phone cameras:Note 5/s6/Edge, Lumia 950/XL, LG G4/V10
My XL has settled into pretty good battery life now. According to the Battery monitoring app I installed, I've used ~3% battery per hour for last few days.
My usage has been a bit lighter, but I've still been using it for a lot of texting, Twitter, photos, email, sports/news and some YouTube. Yesterday I took it off the charger at 5:30 AM and went to bed at 11 PM without charging it at 50%. I woke up this morning at 6 AM and it still had 44%, so it used ~6% in the 7 hours I wasn't using it.
Not sure exactly what did it, but I disabled message syncing since all it did was pull down some messages from more than a year ago and I disabled message notifications from Skype Video since rarely every use Skype at this point.
Would be interesting to see a comparison with Samsung's latest phones.
We also need to see these comparisons done more professionally. Different locations, different objects, different lighting conditions etc.
Out of stock.. Boooo! I thought a pre-order would pretty much guarantee one too.
Loving the phone though. No problems at all
NeOak
Member
Most likely you were number 11. They already gave out the 10 docks they had.
Kinky John
Member
Edit: I forgot I had another "favourite place" set; the warning was for there!
Anton Sugar
Member
With moderate use, my 950 has 20-30% left after a 14 hour work day. However, heavy use seems to cause exponential battery usage. If I use my phone heavily, it can easily be dead before I leave work, or at least on battery saver.
Seems like it may be fixable with more updates/firmware.
Seems like it may be fixable with more updates/firmware.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Heavy use drains my G4 by noon. 
Heavy use drains my G4 by noon.
Post a picture of your battery usage meter.
Should show rogue apps.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Rogue apps? This is Android, it's not always that easy.
The biggest drainers for me right now are:
1. Android OS
2. Google services
3. Android system
Which one of those should I uninstall? Lol.
Post a picture.
Apps can use those services and hide it under like those names like GPS.
Those add up to maybe 10% of my usage. Maybe I disable some stuff.. I force removed some Google stuff I don't use.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Almost exactly one third of my usage. It's definitely a rogue app or two. I honestly don't feel like spending time investigating this. I shouldn't have to care about what app I install from the play store.
Definitely have. It would seem the 950 edges the G4 in overall IQ but it seems the G4's laser autofocus and the fact it doesn't have to sit and process images when you want to review what you just shot does sort of make up for that. This doesn't sound ideal and has been mentioned in most reviews
Someone else posted in the comments that the 950 can only keep it's shutter open for 4 seconds? Seems odd they'd limit it to that when the G4 can do 30s and do this
Now I'm sure 4s is fine for 99% of users but for a phone range where the camera has always been one of, if not the, main selling point I thought they'd have been a bit more flexible with the shutter and how long it can stay open.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
10 seconds seems a bit much, I don't recall waiting that long when using the 950 to test the camera, but like you said you can always just take multiple shots and then go back and review, that's what most camera people do anyways. Also, rich capture is much, much more useful than say..... the HDR function on the G4, which is pretty useless anyway. The S6 is beast mode, though, incredible HDR and fast processing of the photos, though not always instant either. Samsung just killed it this year with the cameras. Rich capture is very powerful, though I'm sure it's just a matter of updating the phone software to speed it up.
Yes, you can do as you said, it doesn't prevent continued camera operation.
It's also I'm fairly certain, just a glitch, because if you close out and just load photos app you can see the pics are actually done editing, even though in the camera itself it would still say processing.
lastflowers
Banned
I imagine someone isnt updating their dependency objects correctly...
Steelyuhas
Member
So camera roll photos are showing up as "living images" in the photos app now, which is cool, but is there a way to replay the living effect without navigating away from the photo and then back?
juliushandle
Member
How's slo-mo on the 950s? Any samples on YouTube yet?
NeOak
Member
IIRC, there has never been a way other than changing pictures
I hate the inconsistency with copy and paste, though I don't see them changing how it's done in Edge when long hold is used in browsers on other platforms.
I think it's stupid. If it wasn't for trial and error, you'd never know that past actually works in Edge, only that you can't do it the same way everywhere else on the phone.
If they want to keep the long hold in that's fine, but then they should also add the traditional option back in.
If they want to keep the long hold in that's fine, but then they should also add the traditional option back in.
Got the 950, set it up, got the code for the display dock... sold out on Microsoft store... (apparently they're working on getting it buyable again).
First impressions:
Fast, responsive.
Display is gorgeous, specially compared to the 640 (duh).
on-screen buttons seem fine, and work.
Windows Hello works great, fast. (as fast as on the surface pro 4 imo), though misses my eyes sometimes, will try to get a few more captures to see if it gets better.
Camera is fast, and takes good (enough) pictures with point and click (oh how I've wanted this)
Already missing double tap to wake up.
Can't decide if I should restore my 640's backup to the 950 (is that even possible), or start a new. Gonna be sort of annoying to redo my tiles hmm...
First impressions:
Fast, responsive.
Display is gorgeous, specially compared to the 640 (duh).
on-screen buttons seem fine, and work.
Windows Hello works great, fast. (as fast as on the surface pro 4 imo), though misses my eyes sometimes, will try to get a few more captures to see if it gets better.
Camera is fast, and takes good (enough) pictures with point and click (oh how I've wanted this)
Already missing double tap to wake up.
Can't decide if I should restore my 640's backup to the 950 (is that even possible), or start a new. Gonna be sort of annoying to redo my tiles hmm...
Went to Carphone Warehouse on Oxford Street in London at lunchtime and got to handle the 950/XL, although they were dummy models. The plastic backs definitely don't feel as good as my 1020 or 830 and the buttons didn't feel as nice either.
Also tried the Nexus 6P which I'm leaning more towards until Windows 10 becomes a bit more stable and the 'Surface Phone' hopefully shows up later next year (assuming it's not completely geared towards business use).
Funnily enough, two of the sales guys at CPW were using Windows Phones and took a sharp intake of breath when I mentioned potentially moving to Android.
Also tried the Nexus 6P which I'm leaning more towards until Windows 10 becomes a bit more stable and the 'Surface Phone' hopefully shows up later next year (assuming it's not completely geared towards business use).
Funnily enough, two of the sales guys at CPW were using Windows Phones and took a sharp intake of breath when I mentioned potentially moving to Android.
maximum360
Member
This. This. This. I got a decent rubber case but it covers over the buttons so it makes try to differentiate between the volume buttons and power buttons even more of a pain. I just ordered a new case that has a cutout for the buttons because of it.
Opus Angelorum
Member
What is happening there
Mouse is charging, pen is charging from iPad Pro and official extended battery pack.
Its back in stock.. just got mine.
Anton Sugar
Member
Anton Sugar
Member
Speaking of, is there a guide to "using" USB-C or charging, rather?
My USB-C phone charger (not a USB cable, but a direct connection to the wall) is fantastic--phone charges insanely fast. However, I don't seem to be able to use my actual USB-C cable (which also came with the phone) in all situations I used to be able to.
When I plug my USB-C into the Surface charger (charges the surface and has a USB accessory port), only one or the other works--it's like there's not enough juice for both, so sometimes my phone won't charge (although sometimes it works fine).
On a trip I just took, I was going to use my Poweradd charger to keep my phone alive between charges, but it just didn't want to charge. Plugged it into my phone, phone vibrates and shows its charging, but would stop a minute later.
Same kinda behavior with my in-car charger.
Do I need to specifically buy "USB-C compatible" branded stuff now? Car charger, portable charger, etc.?
Are you in the US? I noticed in Japan my USB port on my Surface Pro 3 power supply didn't work as the power was of a lower voltage than the US.
What is happening there
Where's the iPad Pro cover?
The Faceless Master
Member
Anton Sugar
Member
Yeah, US. Entirely possible that voltage requirements are different...just gotta replace everything now :-| I wonder if the SP4 charger has the same problem.
And a National Geographic Lumia 950 promo of the great barrier reef.
https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2...xl/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2...xl/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
This is unbelievably great news. Now I'm leaning towards buying it. My mother's phone needed a restart, the notification shade wasn't working and neither was Hello, but updates like this immensely increase my confidence.