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To those waiting for the 8.1 update

To those who've been talking about the 8.1 update. Instead of complaining non stop about it, why don't we spend our time helping Verizon find the problems so they can solve them and get it released sooner then later. Anyone who downloaded the developer preview, please list below the problems you had with it. Grant it, that some of the problems may have already been fixed in the last couple of updates Microsoft released. But this is a start and would be a better use of our time then nagging the FCC.

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primortal

What are these so call problems VZW is having with 8.1 you speak of?

My Icon was running 8.1 and now 8.1 Update 1 and have not had a single problem on VZW network

rjlevine105

8.1.1 DP works flawlessly on my Icon.

Th3GingerHitman

Since I don't have DP, I am stuck waiting for Verizon to get around to caring about it's customers. Why should we help a company who doesn't even acknowledge us?

mythos28th

I am pretty tech savvy guy, but I don't have time to register as a developer and "volunteer" my services for a cell phone carrier that I pay every month. Also, I already paid the manufacture upfront for the phone! Also, downloading the update as a developer voids the warranty. I will continue to complain because the update is overdue. It looks like iPhone 6 will be released before this ever does!

rjlevine105

Joining the developer program takes all of two minutes. Then you add the app to your phone and hit phone updates in your settings. You'll be on Windows Phone 8.1.1 before you know it.

And the only thing that voids a warranty is the unauthorized alteration of the phone. This is coming straight from Microsoft to all who have joined the program. Cell phone carriers would be hard pressed to call this unauthorized.

unknown

Although I like your reply. I want to point out that when android devices were r o o t e d to get updates that actually worked and that had the ability to remove all bloatware from the carrier, there was and still is no law that says your warranty is voided.

However, the phone companies will not update your devices until the r o o t e d has been returned to factory settings. And the carriers have all stuck to this qualifier.

Alteration to your device does not necessarily mean cosmetic alteration but any alteration to the OS is still an alteration and that is the grounds Verizon and others will not warrant or provide updates to such altered devices.

No matter what Microsoft say's. It is totally carrier dependent what they want or allow on their networks.

:smileyhappy:

mythos28th

Joining the development team costs $19.99. Are you going to pay it for me?

primortal

It's only $19.99 if you build apps with your own code. Go with Option 2 in Step 1 and it's free, Windows Phone Preview for Developers – Windows app development

MikeAdams

Problems with 8.1? None, zero, zip, nada. Everything works as advertised

speedpilotf16

Well Primortal, I started this thread in hopes that maybe that anyone who did have problems with 8.1 DP would list their problems here, and that Verizon would look at this tread to help find the and solve the stated problems. That would hopefully speed things up at Verizon so they could push 8.1 out to quiet all the cry babies out there. As to your question about problems with 8.1, several problems have been noticed by users of it. Some of them has been solved recently by Microsoft ixnay Update1 and update 2 (rumored to be released to developers in the fall). I thank you for your input and happy to hear that you are not having any problems with you phone, but some people out there may not be as lucky as you. That is who this thread is for.

Please see the attached pages below for listing of different problems people have had.

Solutions to 801881cd, 80188265, 801881d0, and other update issues on Windows Phone | Windows Phone How-to (United Sta…

Windows Phone Central Forums

primortal

Thanks speedpilotf16 but VZW doesn't listen to these posts let alone report OS problems back to Microsoft; not their problem. If it's a network connectivity issue or related you should be calling support and not reporting here being this is a peer-to-peer community.

Along with WPCentral forums to get needed support with Windows Phone OS issues Microsoft's own community is another resource; Windows Phone - Microsoft Community Plus if you want to see specific features added to Windows Phone visit, Feature Suggestions: Hot (59956 ideas) – Feature Suggestions for Windows Phone

DC4000

How about Verizon take a few of their Nokia Lumia Icons that they have sitting around, update them, test them, and send the feature packed update out to us in a decent time frame?

"Har har we don't care little man. You little nobody smartphone user. You need service and devices and you will keep paying us for them no matter how we treat you. We will send the update when we get good and ready. If you want more features right now then buy the newest phone. Your phone works as well as it did when you bought it. We don't owe you anything. Deal with it."

So, its like that? Yep, sure is.

unknown

Right,............!

tvan15

Have had no problems at all on my Icon except for my battery life not being quite as good as it was - hoping the Cyan update fixes that though whenever it comes. Other than that, its been awesome, no issues at all with both 8.1 and 8.1 update 1.

primortal

tvan15 wrote:

Have had no problems at all on my Icon except for my battery life not being quite as good as it was - hoping the Cyan update fixes that though whenever it comes. Other than that, its been awesome, no issues at all with both 8.1 and 8.1 update 1.

What type of battery life are you getting?

I get about 2-3 days with light usage on my Icon. Make sure you have turned off non-essential settings and disable applications running in the background you don't need.

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