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[Phii]

Got an update as well, but I guess it isn't W8.1? Downloaded in seconds.

 

[jossueinacoma]

updating now

per WPC pre-view is now live

 

[Lucius86]

It says it makes it easier to update to 8.1 - not sure if this is a preliminary update...

 

[Paganmoon]

seems small doesn't it? took all of 20 seconds to download

 

[jossueinacoma]

yea, looks like an update to help update

 

[brotkasten]

The spinning gears are taking forever. Just as my lunch break started, too.

 

[Lucius86]

The spinning gears are taking forever. Just as my lunch break started, too.

I get so nervous seeing my phone with spinning gears

 

[brotkasten]

I get so nervous seeing my phone with spinning gears

At least they added a progression bar with GDR2 or 3.

 

[toff74]

Mo too.. Its on!

 

[Lucius86]

At least they added a progression bar with GDR2 or 3.

True, but when that progress bar doesn't move for 15 mins, I get nervous!

 

[brotkasten]

True, but when that progress bar doesn't move for 15 mins, I get nervous!

It didn't move for 15 minutes and then just jumped right to the end. Phone's rebooting now. Now right next to 8.1?

 

[hadareud]

Excited.

 

[show me your skeleton]

PRE UPDATE UPDATE.

 

[Lucius86]

It didn't move for 15 minutes and then just jumped right to the end. Phone's rebooting now. Now right next to 8.1?

Same. So around 20 mins for update 1 on my Lumia 920 for those interested.

Now the next update...

 

[brotkasten]

Same. So around 20 mins for update 1 on my Lumia 920 for those interested.

Now the next update...

Still migrating data here. :/

 

[Paganmoon]

Migrating data, damn this part takes long...

 

[brotkasten]

Migrating data, damn this part takes long...

Probably depends on how much stuff you have on your phone.

 

[jossueinacoma]

second set of updates started for me.....guys, its happening

 

[Lucius86]

Oh, I didn't get the migrating data screen, and now none of my apps are loading up.

That's not good.....

 

[Paganmoon]

downloading second part, woooho

 

[Kinky John]

The 2nd update's been sitting at "Preparing to install 96%" for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages.

 

[José Mourinho]

Just awake and downloading it. Is it beautiful? Is it all we ever dreamed?

Edit: Oh, nobody is up and running yet!

 

[hwalker84]

OMG it's happening isn't it!!!! WHOOHOOO!!!

 

[JaggedSac]

Do these download over cellular? I've been at 0% for a while now.

 

[hadareud]

Still migrating data. ffs

 

[José Mourinho]

Still migrating data. ffs

Same here.

 

[Nero3000]

Yep migrating data (i've already gone out to get and eat lunch). I do have a lot of music on here.

Also will have to go through this again with the proper update.

 

[maeh2k]

Time for the big one. Looks like those gears will be spinning for quite some time. Barely any progress made so far.

 

[Nero3000]

Right downloading the chunky one.

I should probably do some work in the meantime...

 

[Kinky John]

Barely any progress made so far.

Once the progress bar got 1/3 of the way it started to pick up a fair bit. I'm just about to hit 100%.

 

[Paganmoon]

5000 EULA agreed, reboot, this is so exciting!

 

[Kinky John]

It's weird seeing the wifi icon over on the left now.

 

[hadareud]

Finally time for the big one. Yay.

 

[Bullza2o]

This is a lot earlier than I expected, which was around noon. Now downloading the first update! I was gonna sleep but now I can't!

 

[frontieruk]

me three

 

[Kinky John]

I probably should have switched my phone to "US English" before updating (for Cortana).

 

[Lucius86]

I probably should have switched my phone to "US English" before updating (for Cortana).

What language is your default?

 

[Ape]

Is this The Big One?

 

[Kinky John]

What language is your default?

The Queen's English. No Cortana in sight.

 

[maeh2k]

Done.

 

[frontieruk]

The Queen's English. No Cortana in sight.

Noooooooooo... wait no it's not 8.1...

 

[hadareud]

Verge review.

Ecosystem: 6

 

[brotkasten]

This OS update sucks. Still stuck at preparing to install 96%. Meh. 4/10.

Is this The Big One?

At least two full OS updates big.

Verge review.

Ecosystem: 6

Made me look.

 

[frontieruk]

region settings changed, update 2 downloading

 

[Kinky John]

Noooooooooo... wait no it's not 8.1...

I thought the beta was coming with 8.1 for US. :-/ I should pay more attention.

 

[maeh2k]

Verge review.

Ecosystem: 6

"For the first time, Windows Phone 8.1 feels obvious. That is of course largely because it now works much the same as Android and iOS, but I could now hand my Lumia 1020 to my iPhone-wielding mother and she’d quickly understand how to use it."

Finally the OS becomes manageable for iOS users now that it has the same notification center that iOS didn't have until recently!

 

[frontieruk]

"For the first time, Windows Phone 8.1 feels obvious. That is of course largely because it now works much the same as Android and iOS, but I could now hand my Lumia 1020 to my iPhone-wielding mother and she’d quickly understand how to use it."

Finally the OS becomes manageable for iOS users now that it has the same notification center that iOS didn't have until recently!

notsureifserious.jpg

are you a writer for the Verge?

 

[hadareud]

http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/14/5611992/windows-phone-8-1-review

 

[Nero3000]

Another small but welcome change: in full-screen apps, such as games, pressing the Search button will not take you out of the app and into Bing or Cortana. You'll have to press the button twice to do that. It's a nice bid to reduce the number of accidental task switches.

Thank you jebus.

 

[José Mourinho]

Frig me, the last 5% of "preparing the install" for the second update is taking forever.