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Windows Phone 8.1 |OT| Update 1
- Thread starter brotkasten
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VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I haven't used the iOS app in a long time, android version is garbage tho.
Steelyuhas
Member
Tweetium costs money ($3) and that doesn't allow to get push notifications. Lol come on
NeOak
Member
Isn't that twitter's fault?
Steelyuhas
Member
For not extending their UAP to mobile so I bought a third party app, yes it's their fault!
I have no idea though
Sky Interloper
Member
The iOS app is garbage too. I can't believe the Windows 10 version is the leading release.
brotkasten
Member
Do the iOS and Android apps finally have a Scrubber?
Sky Interloper
Member
I can't talk about the Android one, but in iOS it doesn't have that. The app is barebones.
Anton Sugar
Member
Took a trip to Montana this past weekend and my 950 failed me so many times, I was furious. Missed out on photos, video--even just adding contacts, because it kept freezing, not waking up, or rebooting.
Doing a hard reset sometime this week and gonna give it a month. Jumping ship if it keeps happening and/or MS doesn't update the firmware significantly--really can't stand this shit anymore. My dedication to this platform makes less sense every year.
Doing a hard reset sometime this week and gonna give it a month. Jumping ship if it keeps happening and/or MS doesn't update the firmware significantly--really can't stand this shit anymore. My dedication to this platform makes less sense every year.
NeOak
Member
I think that's more W10 than the firmware. It did that shit on my 1520, and that firmware is stable.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I felt that way in December and early January, ready to cut and run, but then I got on the fast ring and did a hard reset and so far my phone is super stable and I'm really enjoying the platform again. I'm hoping it's not something where it just degrades with time like android and big Windows.
Steelyuhas
Member
I guess that means they'll be pushing Redstone builds to fast and slow rings in the future and the release ring will just feed you the cumulative updates for 10586
Maybe not Beta, but I thought they were fairly upfront with the idea that Windows 10 is a platform that will continue to be built upon.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Guys, if your own a WM10 device and you love podcasts, check out Grover Pro. Fast, clean, and although it's $3, you get the desktop version because it's a universal app.
It's weird seeing this philosophy from Microsoft since Microsoft's marketing has always made fun of Google for doing that.
Pay for instability now for a better product later.
Have you tried it? I saw the article on WC and it sounds like exactly what I'm looking for, but I haven't tried it yet.
I currently use Podcast Lounge on the phone as it works best for downloading my podcase subs, but it's interface is pretty dated now. It "just works" though.
I also own and have tried Pocket Casts, and what it gains in UI appearance, it loses in functionality. It rarely downloads my podcasts correctly unless I do it manually and I often end up backing out of the app my mistake.
I'd like a good reliable podcast app that would sync between phone and PC. This one seems like a good bet.
Steelyuhas
Member
Does Grover sync between desktop and mobile? If it does, I'll move to that from pocket casts.
Apparently, but I haven't tried it yet. The desktop only version is free, but the universal app that syncs is $3.
Well, it is a preview program. How many actual updates has the general public gotten? Outside of the usual stuff that Windows has always gotten updates for.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I bought it today and I've listened to a few podcasts, but I haven't been able to take it through all it's paces (background sync, etc.). So far I'm very impressed with the speed and fluidity.
Yes, I tried it quickly, it's not something I would personally use a lot. I did have to manually hit a sync button for it to happen, haven't messed around with the settings to see if there is a way to automate it.
all they did was make it worse.
I have music that i have purchased legally, and that i either manually downloaded onto the phone via USB or uploaded to one drive and downloaded through one drive, well now out of fucking nowhere i can't listen to half of it because i need some sort of groove music pass. And then when i try to manually download them again, which is odd in the first place since they should already be on the phone, it says "Error there was a problem" so over half my playlists either have about half their songs unable to play or some that have 0 songs that will play.
Couple that with the fact that with every passing update my icon has become worse and worse, to the point now my mom sent me some pics tonight and i cant fucking see them because it says "download" and then i click "download" and nothing fucking happens.
I'm not that demanding on a phone, and i think im pretty forgiving on bugs, it is "preview" or "beta" software afterall, i dont need a bunch of apps, but i want the ones i have to work.
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juliushandle
Member
Microsoft to cut more jobs in Finland, from their Mobile group. Sucks for everyone.
Just what they needed. Cut more marketing jobs.
Like why would they need people to promote products they clearly don't want to sell?
juliushandle
Member
slap a Lumia sticker on Alcatel and Jade Primos phones already
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Grover is in beta, it's still picking up features where I think Cast is more fully featured. But the core experience on Grover is great, feels very much like a 1st party app at times. So if the $3 is a big deal for you, or you need all the features, just use Cast and wait to see how Grover comes along.
yea and the other stuff i posted about a month or more ago still happens. My phone routinely resets itself after taking a photo. I have to like quickly take the photo and then exit the app and most of the time it wont crash. But if stupid me tries to take two pictures in a row it crashes about half the time.
yea my battery life has gotten abysmal. It used over 25% just listening to music in airplane mode, wasn't playing any games, or otherwise using the phone except for music on a 3 hour flight the other day.
n64coder
Member
Which build are you on? I was on 10586.29 (production) and just switched to insider slow 10586.71.
After the update to .79 Was broken for me on the Band 2. Slowly fixed itself but now with .107 broken again...slowing fixing itself aswell.
NeOak
Member
Can you disable encryption? That seems to eat battery like crazy both on W10 and Android.
It did on my 1520, but I think the SD800 doesn't have HW encryption.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
NeOak
Member
Only one device can control music on WP. Enable them first on the band and then pair the BT headset or speaker.Band 2 music controls have never worked for me
Lumia 450.
juliushandle
Member
app announcements may not even be enough now. there are no phones out there for people to buy. only fanboys know about the Microsoft store.
A Samsung device?
brotkasten
Member
That arrogant prick is probably teasing his own self important asshole again.
That would only matter, if they'd brand it as a Galaxy and sell it like one. Otherwise it would be just another Ativ.
runningjoke
Member
Hey awesome, with the new build, text/image scaling in the mail app is fixed. I complained about it here
Now please support media queries :>
Now please support media queries :>
its never going to happen
Hmm, latest fast ring (now also on slow ring) update MIGHT have broken something with Wifi and ipv6.
We've had some issues with our wifi today being overloaded, due to something sending lots of data to mobile phones. Our net-ops are claiming it's my Windows Phone sending DHCPv6 request broadcasts 1000 a second (thing is, our network isn't even ipv6 aware, so not sure why the hell that'd even be a problem considering I'm sitting at another location, and broadcasts shouldn't go over our switches anyway).
But there -might- be a problem.
Also, could very well be part of the age old "dev-ops blames net-ops, net-ops blames dev-ops".
I work at dev-ops and think net-ops are just looking for a scapegoat...
We've had some issues with our wifi today being overloaded, due to something sending lots of data to mobile phones. Our net-ops are claiming it's my Windows Phone sending DHCPv6 request broadcasts 1000 a second (thing is, our network isn't even ipv6 aware, so not sure why the hell that'd even be a problem considering I'm sitting at another location, and broadcasts shouldn't go over our switches anyway).
But there -might- be a problem.
Also, could very well be part of the age old "dev-ops blames net-ops, net-ops blames dev-ops".
I work at dev-ops and think net-ops are just looking for a scapegoat...