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Windows Phone 8.1 |OT| Update 1
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Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
My Lumia 920's SIM reader broke for the second time.
Repair shop asks €55 for fixing it.
LOL.
The piece in question goes for €1 or so over AliExpress. Fucking scalpers, I swear.
Repair shop asks €55 for fixing it.
LOL.
The piece in question goes for €1 or so over AliExpress. Fucking scalpers, I swear.
NeOak
Member
What about the tools and putting it on?
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
I'm thinking about it, but it looks like I have to tear the entire thing down so I can access the SIM tray.
I'm probably done with it. I love it, it's the best phone I've ever had, but I'll probably hang to my meh Motorola until Panos blesses us all with the Surface Phone.
It can serve as a pretty alarm clock cum web browser in the meantime.
I'm probably done with it. I love it, it's the best phone I've ever had, but I'll probably hang to my meh Motorola until Panos blesses us all with the Surface Phone.
It can serve as a pretty alarm clock cum web browser in the meantime.
Damon Bennet
Member
Still my biggest gripe with MS is the region locking of all the Cortana features. All the proactive stuff sounds great *US and GB only
I wonder why no one puts pressure on Microsoft for this. So many features and even products (Microsoft band) are only for selected markets. Doesn't make much sense to me.
Yeah, this has been an issue since WP7. Unfortunately the only "solution" is to set your region to US. At least it doesn't involve as many headaches as it used to, but it would be nice to just leave it set to Canada and still have the same experience.Still my biggest gripe with MS is the region locking of all the Cortana features. All the proactive stuff sounds great *US and GB only
It's weird on my phone I switched to US then back to Canada and some of the cards in
Cortana stayed such as following a sports team. One problem with keeping it Canada is that Cortana gives miles instead kms.
Looks like firmware updates are going to be delivered to Windows Insiders as well.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...s/48bea9be-8082-47ec-904d-cc60037461a7?auth=1
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...s/48bea9be-8082-47ec-904d-cc60037461a7?auth=1
That's neat!
Yeah, the distances are always in miles but I can live with that. Weather is at least reported properly in Celcius.
killer rin
Member
Thanks for the input guys. Decided to go ahead and updated. Figured if something did go wrong I can just roll back anyways, although I would prefer not to.
Some first impressions on my device
- Where did the Me tile go? I didn't actually use the app all that often, but it was nice to have as a Tile showing ownership.
- I had to repin the NeoGaf tile... but why does it only show the Edge icon. I don't want that.
- In the same breath, alot of my tiles disappeared. I kind of figured that would happen, but just went on and repinned them. I'll also have to recompile a few of my utility apps, but that's not a big deal. A couple minutes at most.
- MMS, and Texting is working still... Though for some reason my Cellular Data isn't. In fact it seems I am getting a worse signal overall (Before I used to get 1-2 bars from my desk, but now I get 0-1, maybe 2). On the same front, the cellular signal is showing an up arrow almost constantly, so it's trying to do something. Maybe I'll try deleting the APN and re-inputting it in manually. I'm with Wind Mobile now, so my phone isn't on the original carrier it came with.
- It was laggy at first, although it seems to have sped up dramatically. It still stutters occasionally, but I'm sure that will clear up
- Does Swipe forwards and backwards in Internet Explorer...er, Edge not work? That's an odd choice
- You're right about the Calendar live tile being broken. That's a shame
Not sure if it was a combination of updating + re-pinning the tile, but I fixed this by adding a new event/appointment. Tile went "live" after a few minutes (sync-ing?). I'm guessing you just have to add something new for it to refresh. An existing appointment even for the next day will not work if it was previously there.
I use the smallest tile so the live tile is just the static number/day and doesn't show the full event details. Before that it was always stuck as the calendar icon.
Steelyuhas
Member
My calendar icon works fine.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
haha
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Dammit, wasn't there supposed to be a new build today? Videos are broken on my device. Literally cannot shoot video without the results being choppy and skipping. I need the firmware update and a new build yesterday.
LukasTaves
Member
Damn, Ms garage released today what it seems is my dream news app. But it's iOs only
killer rin
Member
That fixed it for me. Thanks... Must have just been a syncing thing I guess.
In other news, my Cellular Data is working again. Yay! Signal is till weaker overall than before the upgrade, but its always weak in my area since I'm on the absolute edge of the Wind Network.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
My phone failed pretty spectacularly in the clutch today. At work, it rebooted twice while looking through the work calendar to put in a date for a workshop. People were waiting on me to give them a date. Seems like a bug because I think I can recreate the scenario.
Then, in the evening I was taking pictures and videos of my daughter for her first birthday. Videos are useless, and the camera app basically refused to take multiple photos in a row. At one point, the word "saving" flashed in the viewfinder indicating that I couldn't take any photos. Very frustrating, though I still got some good shots.
So yeah, bring on the updates.
Then, in the evening I was taking pictures and videos of my daughter for her first birthday. Videos are useless, and the camera app basically refused to take multiple photos in a row. At one point, the word "saving" flashed in the viewfinder indicating that I couldn't take any photos. Very frustrating, though I still got some good shots.
So yeah, bring on the updates.
juliushandle
Member
Soooo true.
hankster
Member
Blonde ambition....
And the phone wasn't embedded in the wall after the 2nd one? Good control....
antiquegamer
Member
Well if it was an Android phone or Apple Van would be less forgiving. I feel bad I jinx him by asking about the reboot if it was catastrophic, and I am sure it is now.
I would be pretty miffed if my phone reboot or stop recording during my daughter viola session.
Have it replaced, I think you've got a lemon. Mine reboots (only at night, while I'm sleeping), but you seem to have major issues. I'd definitely see if I could get it replaced.
brotkasten
Member
Actually, now that you pointed it out.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
It's absolutely true that I prefer Windows Phone, I don't think anyone is confused about it. That said, I was honest with my android experiences. And I've been honest about my WP experience with the 950. In terms of iOS, I don't think I've trashed anything outside of the boring core interface, the trash keyboard, and the highly overrated camera.
n64coder
Member
What's up with the reboots at night? I've seen that as well. Yet my Windows version and firmware version did not change.
It irks me that I'm not getting a list of what has been updated. Maybe this is intentional since they don't want you to know how much changes are happening.
I had Bing Wallpaper as my lock screen in WP8.1 With my Lumia 950XL, it wasn't working until today. So something got updated or fixed but I don't know what it is.
maximum360
Member
I disagree. It's more like razor blades at wrists and ready to go. This place needs a heavy dose of Cymbalta.
brotkasten
Member
Little rant on pocketnow, "Windows Mobile called, it wants all of its features back"
http://pocketnow.com/2016/01/27/windows-mobile-called-it-wants-all-of-its-features-back
The issues with WM don't sound better at all. It just feels like if your G4 crapped out while taking pictures or videos during the first birthday of your daughter, it would've sounded a little different than "bring on the firmware updates".
http://pocketnow.com/2016/01/27/windows-mobile-called-it-wants-all-of-its-features-back
The issues with WM don't sound better at all. It just feels like if your G4 crapped out while taking pictures or videos during the first birthday of your daughter, it would've sounded a little different than "bring on the firmware updates".
He clearly has a hardware issue if he's already done a hard reset. Not sure why he doesn't get a new one...
I've always chalked my random reboots at night to crashes, as you mention, there hasn't been any updates on the phone. However, the last 2 times my phone rebooted like that, functions that weren't working started working again, things that hadn't helped with manual reboot or soft reset (some apps not launching for one, and Lumia Offers not working properly was the second one).
But VanMardigan really should try to get his phone replaced. I think his problems are more hardware related than the software acting up.
brotkasten
Member
Windows 10 Mobile |OT| Have you tried a hard reset yet?
Honestly that's perfect.
Anton Sugar
Member
Ugh, I haven't yet, but I'm considering it. Almost daily issues with my 950 now.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Yeah, probably, because I prefer WM, like I said.
I have owned the phone for more than 30 days now, well past the AT&T return window.
See above. Most I could do is sell it on eBay. AT&T isn't taking this phone back, I don't have a MS store anywhere near me.
I've been avoiding it as well, but I've decided to do a hard reset after the next firmware or OS build update. I was hoping we would have a new build this week.
Don't you have consumer protection laws in the US? This seems like a out of the box issue/manufacturing issue, so if AT&T won't accept a return (on behalf of the manufacturer), Microsoft should themselves, I really suggest you contact Microsoft support either through their websupport or via phone.
Astral/H3X
Member
Consumer protection laws? You mean freedom restriction laws.
Anyway, I thought my battery life was crappy. Then I updated to latest fast build. Now its draining even faster it seems. Ugggggghhhhh.
There's a warranty, but that typically involves sending the phone away for repairs.
TheBryanJZX90
Member
Yeah AT&T as the seller might not take it back but there has to be something like a 1-year warranty from the manufacturer right? There was on the Nokia phones while Nokia was still making them.
HarryDemeanor
Member
Joe turned into a Final Fantasy character.
Just send it back... tweet gabe aul or something. it has a warranty more than 30 days
The Faceless Master
Member
damn, Beats and their bass boosting is now under the protection of iVerge
Lol
Also, it appears that new mobile preview builds will only be released on devices that shipped with W10. This pisses me off a bit.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
So WP share in US dives to new low in USA. God damn it. Just when you think could it go even lower, but it does.
http://m.windowscentral.com/windows-phone-sales-us-plummet-all-time-low
http://m.windowscentral.com/windows-phone-sales-us-plummet-all-time-low
somuchwater
Member
I dunno - what's wrong with this. He's saying something analogous to that which was said about the iPod and smartphone cameras before it - that appealing to what matters to people is, for many many people, more important than "objective" standards of quality.
somuchwater
Member
It was kinda inevitable, though, right? They are deliberately pulling back, they had one new phone on one carrier. Still, I'm not quite sure what happens from here. It doesn't really make sense to give up bc of UWP etc., but it doesn't really make sense to keep going when it's pretty clear that there's no catching up to Android/iOS any time soon (if ever).
What matters most to people is branding. Being expensive and cheaply made certainly isn't something that matters to people.
juliushandle
Member
(830 w W10)
My photo app won't open, I can't attach media to mms, and my outlook can't seem to delete emails.
My photo app won't open, I can't attach media to mms, and my outlook can't seem to delete emails.