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Windows Phone 8.1 |OT| Update 1
- Thread starter brotkasten
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Mine's been acting up when I try to wake it up, I see the Iris Scanner light up, but the screen never leaves Glance, sometimes, it works by just pressing the power button again (twice), other times, it gets stuck there and I have to soft-reset to get it to work.
Strangely, the screen not waking up is a common issue I've had with my SP4 as well (Enterprise version, not on any preview rings).
Overall the Redstone build is a bit glitchy, and needs som more love from Microsoft.
Strangely, the screen not waking up is a common issue I've had with my SP4 as well (Enterprise version, not on any preview rings).
Overall the Redstone build is a bit glitchy, and needs som more love from Microsoft.
Yup, same issues.
Downloading the new build now. Can I get living images on my 1520 running Win 10? Lumia Camera doesn't work anymore and the default camera app doesn't have much options in it. Can you still tap the screen to take a photo as well? So lost, maybe I should've stuck with 8.1 for a while!
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
It looks like I'm getting a company Galaxy S7.
It was good to know you, WP-GAF
It was good to know you, WP-GAF
brotkasten
Member
It looks like I'm getting a company Galaxy S7.
It was good to know you, WP-GAF
Like I said, no real person uses a Windows Phone.
But seriously, the S7 looks like a great phone, despite the bland design and glass back. Seems like they caught up with 2012/13 Nokia, in terms of little useful gimmicks (double-tap to wake, glance, wireless charging).
Looks like it's my next phone, if bombs as bad as the S6.
I'm real god damnit!
The S7E looks an incredible phone.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
I've been toying around a review unit for the past few days.
It is.
It's basically the glass-metal version of my adored 920 in terms of "must have features". It's got Qi, glance, an incredible display and the best camera on the market, all of that with no evident compromises.
No Android phone until the S7 had managed to converge all those things, which is the sole reason I remained firlmy on the WP camp. But specially now that Windows 10 turned out to be a hot mess. I'm only annoyed because I'm a huge Surface Pro whore and I wanted to give the Surface Phone a fair chance.
I'll be getting the flat screen model if I'm allowed to pick versions. The Edge is pretty, but the flat one is better shaped and sized, IMO.
brotkasten
Member
Are you going to get a case for it?
As real as the WP market share.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
I like to live dangerously, so no.
This may be the only thing that I'll miss about my 920, though. That thing took the craziest bumps you could imagine and it kept chugging along until I busted its SIM tray. Its corners are actually rounded from all the times I dropped it.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
How do I do that? I switched oh the insider app but it won't change me back.
Also, is it true that the SD implementation on the S7 is different than the one used in Marshmallow that makes it all one memory pool?
Opus Angelorum
Member
Yes Apps can only be installed to the internal memory, although apparently this can be changed via a possible firmware/software update.
Pretty sure you need to hard-reset to back out of Redstone.
brotkasten
Member
So you all agree that "have you tried a hard-pressed yet?" is the best subtitle for the thread?
Only if the subtitle of the Android thread is "Have you tried a keyboard with proper word prediction/recognition yet?".
nillapuddin
Member
MLB.TV, please come soon :'(
Also, obviously only 2 days in, but no problems at all (950)
Should I just stay on the updates it allows me to get, or get back on the dev preview?
Also, obviously only 2 days in, but no problems at all (950)
Should I just stay on the updates it allows me to get, or get back on the dev preview?
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Damn, but what is the process? I hard reset, then what happens?
juliushandle
Member
Fuck my 920 would have kept chugging if it wasn't for the sim slot too. I even ran my 920 over with my car accidentally and it survived.I like to live dangerously, so no.
This may be the only thing that I'll miss about my 920, though. That thing took the craziest bumps you could imagine and it kept chugging along until I busted its SIM tray. Its corners are actually rounded from all the times I dropped it.
Windows Device recovery tool to latest official release, and then back to preview and select slow/preview ring to get the latest updates for 10586.
n64coder
Member
I'm on the slow ring and I find it to be pretty stable (950XL). There are still lots of bugs to be fixed but it keeps getting better.
Yup. I'm glad I rolled back to this build. Has been pretty solid.
nillapuddin
Member
cool beans, thanks for the heads up
brotkasten
Member
While I can't wait for the WP keyboard port, SwiftKey is amazing. Sometimes scary good, even with 3 languages enabled.
NeOak
Member
You got some identifiable information there.MLB.TV, please come soon :'(
Also, obviously only 2 days in, but no problems at all (950)
Should I just stay on the updates it allows me to get, or get back on the dev preview?
TheBryanJZX90
Member
I like to live dangerously, so no.
This may be the only thing that I'll miss about my 920, though. That thing took the craziest bumps you could imagine and it kept chugging along until I busted its SIM tray. Its corners are actually rounded from all the times I dropped it.
Damn, sometimes I forget just how good the 920 looked.
nillapuddin
Member
oops! thanks I removed it.
Was being careless just figured it was the easiest way to show my os version out of the box
1020 -> 920 -> everything else
and the 925 looked even better
Not that good on that particular occasion
Recovery tool, then slow ring.
Did it this morning, the only pain was that my steps and calories up that point disappeared from my band/MS health.
brotkasten
Member
Android N looks amazing, guys. I'm afraid there's no turning back. Can't wait to have it in two years on my S7. I'm pumped!
No, it really is amazing for me. It learned every little thing, even all user names from gaffes who I interact with on a regular basis, just because their names appear in the quoted part of the text field. There's a reason Microsoft bought them.
It's typing that the WP phone keyboard does better, imo. And I'm a little afraid they're going to screw it up during the porting process. Did anyone here use the iOS version?
Not that good on that particular occasion
No, it really is amazing for me. It learned every little thing, even all user names from gaffes who I interact with on a regular basis, just because their names appear in the quoted part of the text field. There's a reason Microsoft bought them.
It's typing that the WP phone keyboard does better, imo. And I'm a little afraid they're going to screw it up during the porting process. Did anyone here use the iOS version?
brotkasten
Member
What? It automatically resizes the picture based on your browser window.
you actually use a keyboard that has its logo on the space bar? i'm disappointed
I always switch between different skins. Some have it, others don't. The look is another thing they can't get right.
Liberty4all
Banned
Making me really happy to hear you say this as I'm upgrading from my 920 and felt the same particularly regarding camera and Qi. The 920 was such great hardware considering it released in 2012.
n64coder
Member
Is this the built-in Mail client for Win 10 mobile? If so, I haven't had any issues with it. It's a big improvement over W8.1. I especially like the integrated inbox.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
Weird. It has been perfect for me.
W10M Build 10586.164 - In-depth look at problems, issues, and bug analysis of the entire system.
http://www.reddit.com/comments/49qx7e/
http://www.reddit.com/comments/49qx7e/
The Faceless Master
Member
How much of your stuff was recovered when you went back with the recover tool? Particularly SMS messages?
I'm on Fast Ring still and there are some things now working now (Cortana Bluetooth SMS and notifications to my Band), so I'm thinking of going back to the Release Preview ring. However, I'm in the middle of a kitchen reno and I've got a lot of messages/images from my designer/contractor/wife that I'd rather not lose by resetting.
I just enabled the sync messages option in the messaging app, but I've never used that setting before so I'm not sure if my messages will be synced back after I do the reset.
Ok, cool... maybe I'll give it shot this weekend while the wife and kids are away.
Though, if you just enabled SMS sync/backup, I'm not sure how long it's going to take for it to send it all to the cloud. The SMS backup/restore function is slow as hell for some strange reason.
Are SMS messages backed up through the normal phone backup, or only through the messaging app? I think they used to be backed up through the app in WP8, which always broke my MS account syncing and was why I had is off before.
Now, in W10M there is no option to backup anymore, just to sync and it doesn't seem to break my MS account when I enable it.
megarockexe
Member
Doesn't it use Microsoft Word to render HTML? That should already make it much worse than the 8.1 version, especially when iOS mail exists.
All my messages are there. There's a few apps that require you to log in again and that don't back anything up, but the vast majority do. Games, less so.