Steelyuhas
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I have almost separately purchased a 5x and 6p this week, but I just can't bring myself to do it.
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Windows Phone 8.1 |OT| Update 1
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Thanks.
I'm not ready to jump off WP yet, my 640XL with WP10 has been working perfectly fine, but good to know the support level is mostly high on either Android or iOS. I suppose I could switch to Spotify or Google Play if Groove doesn't work well elsewhere.
My wife's 950 XL is by far the best camera I've ever used on a phone - and I personally have an iPhone 6S Plus.
The Camera app is excellent now, at least on the 950XL. It loads instantly, takes pictures instantly, and picture quality itself is best-in-class. And it still retains the control and manual adjustments that Lumia Camera had.
Sky Interloper
Member
I can't talk about Android, but at least in iOS it works, even if it is a barebones experience compared to the Windows UWP. It depends on your needs of a music player.
NeOak
Member
I guess I can update back to the production branch then.
juliushandle
Member
950 cameras are best in class but the app still needs work. There are focusing issues with slow-mo and HDR processing issues when shooting bursts.
And no panorama.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
I think that implied image quality. I wish Samsung had kept their pixel count high and their field of view wider, but the s7 seems like the obvious counter to the image quality crown.
LukasTaves
Member
The Ms maps is utterly terrible for me at the moment though. It simply refuses to give any local result pointing me to other states and sometimes even countries instead.
Even for POIs that show right there on the map near me, I make a search and it only shows another place Thousand miles aways.
Your best bet is to PM a dev on the Maps app on Reddit/. He was Dave or something on /r windowsphone. Search for Maps thread there.
Personally, I feel the Maps app is a joke. Maps is just like a search engine. The more people use it, the better it gets. But this thing is only available on Windows. Worse than Bing search restricted to US only.
TheBryanJZX90
Member
Dammit I was looking at a 6P too and your comment made me look up some long term reviews. Kinda scary, sounds like a lot of similar problems people complain about on preview W10 builds here. Are Nexus phones the android fast ring?
Something to consider about the 6P: https://youtu.be/tTIaUH6PIvo
5x: https://youtu.be/-MC9Zc7uzd0
950 XL: https://youtu.be/snmG1QOOXXI
Android updates are not like Windows updates. Microsoft is trying to do updates like they do for the desktop/laptop way (traditional). Difficult attempt since these embedded devices generally are written with images that require a total reflash/reset. That's why you always see users complaining on smartphones/tablets about stuff not working after an update.
That said, Google writing the updates will allow you to be patched up to the latest security bulletin. Very important in today's tech world. Often, cheap Android phones are rarely or never updated because updating a device's kernel can break the current driver. Non-Nexus phones typically lag behind on updating to the latest.
hankster
Member
It works. Gonna do it. Can't stop me. Someone stop me. Too late...
Syncing maybe?
NeOak
Member
What may it be syncing?
Is it related to the option to keep duplicates together or something?
Could be syncing down some of your files for quicker access I suppose?
NeOak
Member
It has eaten around 1GB of cellphone data and from 90% of battery when I first posted to now 34% at this moment.
What a mess. Really.
TheBryanJZX90
Member
Windows 10 Mobile | OT | at least we're better than crackberry fans, right?
hankster
Member
Yeah we are! Whoo!
NeOak
Member
Ok, so OneDrive was uploading 20GBs of videos that hadn't been uploaded. It was hidden pretty well, so took a while to find the why.
Now that it is done, the phone still continues to burn battery like crazy. Am I supposed to wait a few days until it stabilizes? It eats the full battery of my 1520 in around 3 hours, and that's mostly with the screen off.
Now that it is done, the phone still continues to burn battery like crazy. Am I supposed to wait a few days until it stabilizes? It eats the full battery of my 1520 in around 3 hours, and that's mostly with the screen off.
LukasTaves
Member
Can we add a feature request so Ms can stop removing features from their apps just so we have to vote to bring them back?
The latest one is the Remote Desktop App, even the translations were removed and are under a "vote wall".
The latest one is the Remote Desktop App, even the translations were removed and are under a "vote wall".
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
Ok, so OneDrive was uploading 20GBs of videos that hadn't been uploaded. It was hidden pretty well, so took a while to find the why.
Now that it is done, the phone still continues to burn battery like crazy. Am I supposed to wait a few days until it stabilizes? It eats the full battery of my 1520 in around 3 hours, and that's mostly with the screen off.
Thats crazy. I believe new build is coming next week.
Astral/H3X
Member
Back to 8.1. Just cuz it works. And battery.
NeOak
Member
Funny thing, this is on the production branch. So it is .318, not even Redstone.
Doing another hard reset to see if that helps.
NeOak
Member
Second hard reset, this thing still keeps eating battery and it says it is the "screen".
I'm doing what I did with 8.1. And the phone is quite warm doing nothing at all. I haven't even set up Outlook FFS.
Oh, and it seems I have that bug where System eats data a lot.
Time to roll back to 8.1, and then force Update 2 again. Sigh. What a mess.
Edit: Moved to the Slow Ring because why not. Release is not helping.
Edit 2: 14295.1005 stopped the battery drain. The fug?
Edit 3: Dropped from the Windows Insider for now, I don't want to get another update that kills my battery life.
I'm doing what I did with 8.1. And the phone is quite warm doing nothing at all. I haven't even set up Outlook FFS.
Oh, and it seems I have that bug where System eats data a lot.
Time to roll back to 8.1, and then force Update 2 again. Sigh. What a mess.
Edit: Moved to the Slow Ring because why not. Release is not helping.
Edit 2: 14295.1005 stopped the battery drain. The fug?
Edit 3: Dropped from the Windows Insider for now, I don't want to get another update that kills my battery life.
My only, minor issue, with the latest build is... I can't use half of my apps
Please new build soon.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
Anyone saw Pocketnow's 6minth later impression? They still dont recommend th device. Which is crazy because I am running 950XL without any issue.
Good call
Good call
NeOak
Member
Oouch. It eats battery when it is active, but not like before. 8.1 is the king of battery tbh.
It is quite hit and miss
My only, minor issue, with the latest build is... I can't use half of my apps
RIP
juliushandle
Member
Is there a new production build release today?
Only heard some rumors of a new fast ring build, nothing about production.
And it seems fast ring is out of the question for today as well
Opus Angelorum
Member
Current build is awful, lots of random lockups.
Just checking in: my time with Android so far has me really confused. Why did this OS win so much market share?
Seriously, it's just the apps, right? On one of your flagship Nexus devices, using your most up to date OS version I expect music apps to work every time I open them. I expect the camera to open when I click on it. I expect the phone to stay connected to WiFi the whole time I'm using it.
The world isn't fair. This is not my beautiful phone OS, this is not my beautiful home...
Seriously, it's just the apps, right? On one of your flagship Nexus devices, using your most up to date OS version I expect music apps to work every time I open them. I expect the camera to open when I click on it. I expect the phone to stay connected to WiFi the whole time I'm using it.
The world isn't fair. This is not my beautiful phone OS, this is not my beautiful home...
NeOak
Member
Funny thing: I'm more likely to jump to Android while using W10M than while using 8.1.
The lack of reliability in W10M can reach Android levels.
Not having these issues with the S7. It's a boring phone, yes, but it just works.
NeOak
Member
Seems I got the previous build just in timelatest redstone build just got pushed to Slow ring, still nothing new for fast ring
brotkasten
Member
You're acting like it's normal behavior, when it's not.