Sky Interloper
Member
I was thinking on installing the latest Threshold build to my old 820. Has MS delisted the older phones from the Insider rings?
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Windows Phone 8.1 |OT| Update 1
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I was thinking on installing the latest Threshold build to my old 820. Has MS delisted the older phones from the Insider rings?
Steelyuhas
Member
Does anyone here know if a brick and mortar MSFT Store exchange something you bought from the MSFT Store online?
I got a Band 2 about a week ago, a marked improvement over the first iteration in nearly every facet, but it appears that GPS doesn't work on my device.
I got a Band 2 about a week ago, a marked improvement over the first iteration in nearly every facet, but it appears that GPS doesn't work on my device.
NeOak
Member
I don't think you can install Threshold.
No, the online store is separate. You'll have to request an RMA online. I asked about the deals online once and I was told that.
I have returned an online purchase in store with no issues. They just need to look up order as its a separate system. So print out your receipt.
antiquegamer
Member
I have to RMA my online stuffs and shop it back, the bricks and mortars stores are run by separate companies I was told.
José Mourinho
cocknose
Mate, who said anything about Android?
Even at that, the state of Android is still streets ahead of WP.
Updated my mothers 930 to 10 and the experience is quite decent. Still nowhere nearly as good as it should be mind. I'd love WP to turn it around, but I adopted the platform quite a bit after many on here and it feels like I've been saying that since day one.
I got a Band 1 a number of months back and had really patchy GPS. A factory reset stopped the GPS working altogether and a second factory reset got it working again. Fingers crossed it's all good.
maximum360
Member
I just woke up today and all my contacts are gone. I have the 950 XL.
I also recently upgraded my wife's BLU LTE and she lost a bunch of contacts as well. Also despite adding her hotmail account several times it just won't show under the mail icon.
What a mess.
I also recently upgraded my wife's BLU LTE and she lost a bunch of contacts as well. Also despite adding her hotmail account several times it just won't show under the mail icon.
What a mess.
lastflowers
Banned
sry bud ;_;
I don't understand how this happens?
So odd when you see such different situations. The guy (guys actually) did not bat an eye when I brought in my return. It just took a few extra minutes to process.
If they're google contacts I definitely do...
Steelyuhas
Member
José Mourinho;198656746 said:
Hmm didn't think of that, maybe I'll try that first. Everything else has been great on it, but I've tried to go for a few runs and it just doesn't find GPS.
So since I busted the wonky touch 1520 out again, I was wowed by having a good display (over the One M8) again, bigger screen etc...
So I popped my SIM back into the beast... and I forget all the quirks it had. The camera metering is atrocious - though of course the potential is infinitely better than the One M8, it's a bit TOO big, certainly it's fat compared to the One M8, and worst of all I forgot that it has SMS issues. They don't send right away, they "build up" before popping into my phone at random times. For months I thought it was an AT&T issue since it often fixed itself right when I left my place, but the HTC never had this issue, and I had it 30 minutes after swapping phones on the 1520.
Not sure which one I'll end up using. I need to mix them together for the perfect phone. (Probably a not buggy 950 series one, but gotta wait for that price drop)
So I popped my SIM back into the beast... and I forget all the quirks it had. The camera metering is atrocious - though of course the potential is infinitely better than the One M8, it's a bit TOO big, certainly it's fat compared to the One M8, and worst of all I forgot that it has SMS issues. They don't send right away, they "build up" before popping into my phone at random times. For months I thought it was an AT&T issue since it often fixed itself right when I left my place, but the HTC never had this issue, and I had it 30 minutes after swapping phones on the 1520.
Not sure which one I'll end up using. I need to mix them together for the perfect phone. (Probably a not buggy 950 series one, but gotta wait for that price drop)
José Mourinho
cocknose
That was my issue too. Standing around for what felt like an age before it connected, but now it's grand.
LukasTaves
Member
About half of WinPhone 8.1 userbase won't be getting win10 mobile:
http://www.winbeta.org/news/roughly-50-windows-phone-devices-use-wont-get-windows-10-mobile
There's clearly something wrong when you go from "All 8.1 phones will be upgraded", to half of your users being blocked of the new version.
http://www.winbeta.org/news/roughly-50-windows-phone-devices-use-wont-get-windows-10-mobile
There's clearly something wrong when you go from "All 8.1 phones will be upgraded", to half of your users being blocked of the new version.
Holy shit. They really could care less about their mobile crap.
Sky Interloper
Member
What a shame. I would have liked to have the option to experiment with it with a spare phone, but I think I understand their reasoning. Still, the lack of official clarification is appalling.
I think at this point MS could care less about their marketshare.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
I do this all the time. No issue at all. Go to store and return and exchange it.
Kinda interesting how different they view PC and mobile
PC's are now more or less being forced to go over to 10, while on mobiles they just drop half their user base
megarockexe
Member
Maybe the others should just buy a new phone ;p
It's understandable why they'd do this. Some phones are old. Much easier to mess up and have it run like crap. PC on the other hand...
Well, if you ever tried 10 on a 512 MB phone, it isn't really that surprising. I tried the insider builds on my 720 and it just wasn't a good experience. Even the cheapo 530 I bought as a temp is way better with 10.
Nikodemos
Member
Not that surprising. Let's face it, 512 MB phones are practically dinosaurs. The iPhone 4S runs the latest iOS like absolute hammered shit, and Android has killed off any support for 512 MB devices aeons ago. MS eliminating those antiquities from their supported devices list isn't that surprising.
Maybe we should? It's becoming quickly apparent that Windows Phone isn't any better. Almost worse even, because it's more locked down with few of the advantages.
And even those advertised as getting 10 aren't getting it...
http://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-bl...e-blu-win-jr-eligible-windows-10-nearly-year/
Looks like a simple typo to me
no way Microsoft did false advertising or false promises regarding Windows 10
u wot. Can you not read?
I assume this was another typo
and this http://www.bluproducts.com/images/winjrlte/WINJRLTESALESGUIDE.pdf
and this
Microsoft actually went and changed the Store listing when it was publicised https://twitter.com/bdsams/status/710878131947741184
The Faceless Master
Member
Yeah I got fucked twice on that too. Luckily my 8.1 phone is mostly just for testing purposes and travel to dangerous regions where a cheap phone makes you safer.
So I'm not that bummed. But I would be if it was my daily driver like my WP7 device was.
Roberto Larcos
Member
Lawsuit incoming. And they absolutely deserve it.
One of the most annoying things for 1020 owners is that there is no successor to buy. Anything is a downgrade. If you won't give us the update, give us an update.
One of the most annoying things for 1020 owners is that there is no successor to buy. Anything is a downgrade. If you won't give us the update, give us an update.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
The blu owners should get offered a refund. Everybody else....I don't see how your 2013 phone is entitled to this, or what responsibility MS holds for carrier blocking. It's crappy, I'm not excusing it, I'm just saying legally.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
Can we say they have a clear vision now? With Windows 10? Because they are going all in, with every fucking product they got for W10. If this fails, everything fails.
This isn't just mobile failing anymore.
LukasTaves
Member
Supposedly the reason they had so many resets was to get to the point where they are now, with an unified platform and a single core among many platforms, so in the very least I expect them to iterate over that from now on, instead of doing resets. I don't think they even can afford all the resets they have already done, let alone a new one.
Nikodemos
Member
Worth pointing out that the BLU Jr. is a 512 MB device, thus ineligible from start.
brotkasten
Member
And no one outside of Microsoft knew that until last week.
Nikodemos
Member
It would have been more prudent to announce the upgrade to Win10M on a per-device basis, true.
Opus Angelorum
Member
Settings > Advanced Settings
IIRC, that disappeared for some reason with 8.1 update 1 (but if you had previously set it in 8.1 it carried over). On Win10 Mobile you can set Google as your default search engine when typing in the URL field of Edge.
Steelyuhas
Member
Copy paste in Edge is broken again in .164 for me. Sigh, this browser is a mess.
Roberto Larcos
Member
Lumias and LGs always drop like stones in price. If you can wait, wait.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Not true for the flagship lumias.
Roberto Larcos
Member
Is in the UK. The Lumia 950 is available for less than £300 (open-box return) with a 12 month warranty from Currys / PC World on eBay. That's less than the USD amount, before you remember that there's 20% sales tax in the UK.
It wasn't true for the previous flagships in the UK.
Also, open box is not technically new. New it's still over 370.
Where?
Well, this price is likely to only be around for a week or two.