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Windows Phone 8.1 |OT| Update 1
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brotkasten
Member
It's supposed to, yes. But apparently there have been compatibility problems with the preview build and the firmware, so it's taking a bit longer.
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
Got my Lumina 1020 last night and its the first windows phone I have owned. Switched over from an Iphone. I love this thing. Downloaded Cyan and have almost every app I had on my iphone. Twitch is the only thing missing.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
LiveGaming works well.
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
Thanks. I'll check it out.
antiquegamer
Member
It's new for those that don't have Windows Phone 8.1. I added more option to battery saver for 8.1 and calendar is much better.
Anton Sugar
Member
Great article of a former iphone/android user who's been using WP for a month so far.
http://www.zdnet.com/the-windows-phone-one-month-later-7000032820
http://www.zdnet.com/the-windows-phone-one-month-later-7000032820
I could have sworn battery saver has been there since 7.
That Music Drop app is pure genius.
It has been but you get more control over it with 8.1.
Yeah I never knew it existed before reading this article, really nifty app.
NeOak
Member
He means Battery "sense".
Ah, the bit where you can see what apps are using the most battery.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Canada please.
This. Pretty sure we will be only getting the 730 and 830 though. You can buy the 930 from this place out of Edmonton, but I don't have the cash to pony up.
killer rin
Member
Robellus laughs at your petty pleas for a good phone.
Come on Rogers, I have a free upgrade I want to use.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
How much is it there? Did a quick Google search for websites selling it in Canada and it's about $700. There's Craigslist but I'd never drop $600 on a cell phone from there.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
The increase in usability provided by the new notification center has made WP ten times more tolerable.
Not exaggerating at all. The new browser is also several orders of magnitude better.
Not exaggerating at all. The new browser is also several orders of magnitude better.
Omega Cell has it for $675
Looks like I picked the right time to buy a Windows Phone then. Only 512MB RAM though. Performance is Great now, but I hope It stays that way with future updates.
Btw why does My Phone randomly put the First letter of some words in capitals?
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
Ya, seriously wtf. Why no good Windows Phone come to Canada. Damn it.
Poindexter
Member
It does it at the beginning of sentences and proper nouns for mine.
Probably because My selected language is Dutch then? When I switch to English I get a querty keyboard while I'm used to azerty.
I have the same problem with the same language settings.
Are you looking for anything specifically?
should get my 930 tomorrow. Went for white in the end instead of orange. Coming from a red 920 which has had 8.1 for a little while in the dev preview.
Assuming I sign in with the same MS account, it'll sync up all my apps and settings right? Don't need to do anything special.
Not sure what to do with my 920. Any good uses as a non-sim wifi only device? have an ipad for general use. maybe use it as a car-based podcast player, I can pick up my home wifi from the driveway and pocket casts seems decent at updating regularly.
Assuming I sign in with the same MS account, it'll sync up all my apps and settings right? Don't need to do anything special.
Not sure what to do with my 920. Any good uses as a non-sim wifi only device? have an ipad for general use. maybe use it as a car-based podcast player, I can pick up my home wifi from the driveway and pocket casts seems decent at updating regularly.
Yes. It works really well. To be sure you can check beforehand if your 920 is set up to sync apps and settings.
Not really, I've been digging through the store and there's not much that appeals to me. So far I really like Major Mayhem and Star Wars: Tiny Death Star. The last one's really addicting though a bit too much micromanaging for my taste.
How are Civilization and Super Monkey Ball?
My buddy picked up the Icon, didn't realize it's now free with an upgrade at Verizon. Though he may need to take it back because he can't get a good signal and keeps dropping calls. He claims he was able to use a signal booster antenna in his last two phones but he was able to take the backs off of those. Any suggestions? He loves the phone so far but can't keep it if he can't fix the signal problem.
There's a demo for each of those games. I tried civilization a long time ago and it seemed like a good mobile port. Never tried super monkey ball but I remember reading the second one is much better than the first. Badland has been enjoyable so far for me. There is a decent selection of apps and games depending on what you're looking for. Asphalt 8 and GT racing 2 are excellent racing games. Nova 3, Modern Combat 4 & 5, Halo Spartan Assault, and Crimson Dragon are good shooters of various types. Final Fantasy 3, Dragon's Blade 1 & 2, Spectral Souls, and Chaos Rings are good RPGs. Plenty of choose your own adventure type games like Zombie High. Plenty of strategy games too such as Heroes of Order and Chaos, Cloud Raiders, and age of sorcery.
There's a demo for each of those games. I tried civilization a long time ago and it seemed like a good mobile port. Never tried super monkey ball but I remember reading the second one is much better than the first. Badland has been enjoyable so far for me. There is a decent selection of apps and games depending on what you're looking for. Asphalt 8 and GT racing 2 are excellent racing games. Nova 3, Modern Combat 4 & 5, Halo Spartan Assault, and Crimson Dragon are good shooters of various types. Final Fantasy 3, Dragon's Blade 1 & 2, Spectral Souls, and Chaos Rings are good RPGs. Plenty of choose your own adventure type games like Zombie High. Plenty of strategy games too such as Heroes of Order and Chaos, Cloud Raiders, and age of sorcery.
juliushandle
Member
Miracast dongle to be announced soon. Let's hope it's priced at $35 or less.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
david pierce at The Verge said:
Mr. Pierce is trolling me hard now. I want to reach through the webpage and slap the guy, lol.
Steelyuhas
Member
y he no challenge LF??
What is this from?
EDIT: Nevermind, I see. Best smartphone that money can buy. Ignorance or willful?
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Weird. My phone is downloading ANOTHER update. This is the third one since Cyan became available for the local version of the 920.
I'm not sure how I feel about this.
I'm not sure how I feel about this.
mattacular
Banned
Anyone had issues with embedded videos? It was working fine but now they don't work and they display a page failed to load message where the video should be. I can't watch the embedded video above for example without it loading the link.
Anton Sugar
Member
I had a small (~700 mb) update the other day. I'm on the dev preview of WP 8.1, but my phone does feel noticeably smoother now. I was having a lot of sluggishness.
NeOak
Member
No. That's how they do "unlimited tabs"
So just to be sure, there's absolutely no way I can stay in a chat room in one tab while using another tab?
Also what are the advantages of closing apps in the background? It just saves battery life? It seems kind of odd to me that I can't even keep only 2 apps active at the same time.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
I was just thinking about the lack of Back-to-School advertising that MS is doing. I think last year they did some advertising with W8 but I haven't seen any this year (though I have seen ads for the XB1). Kind of a missed opportunity to showcase WP, Surface Pro 3, and W8.1 working together.
Have any of you since Cyan had the app not surviving reboot/OS update issue?
When Cyan installed 3 apps (Facebook Beta, Stop the music, and Vine) all say "installing" and never finished. The apps are completely unusable. I removed them and reinstalled them. Facebook being the worst as i have to link a lot of people. Finally decided to get back into the dev preview and the same thing happened to these same 3 apps. Lumia 1520.
Flowers any way to force an app to reinstall even though it's installed?
edit: Just uninstalled and reinstalled for a second time this week and moved to the phones internal storage.
When Cyan installed 3 apps (Facebook Beta, Stop the music, and Vine) all say "installing" and never finished. The apps are completely unusable. I removed them and reinstalled them. Facebook being the worst as i have to link a lot of people. Finally decided to get back into the dev preview and the same thing happened to these same 3 apps. Lumia 1520.
Flowers any way to force an app to reinstall even though it's installed?
edit: Just uninstalled and reinstalled for a second time this week and moved to the phones internal storage.
Shit, it needs a nano SIM...
I'm hoping either a phone shop tomorrow will chop it down, otherwise a trip to the local unlocking guy in the market should do it.
Restored from my 920 backup just fine. As a bonus it came with another wireless charger (the smaller circle one) so I can use that in my office area.