I've been trying out the windows 10 builds with my old lumia 920 which I keep as a backup phone. I knew i'd eventually get the 1020 updated to windows 10 once it became stable and that happened once build 10571 came out which ran really well on the 920 - 10581 came out shortly after and it was at that point good enough for my daily phone. Being as the hardware is very similar I knew if anything it would run even better on the 1020 since it has double the ram.
A few things to consider.
You will want to do a factory reset after updating to windows 10. You can try not to but even though the phone will seemingly work fine you'll come across some really critical glitches. Some really important functions and menus will overlap with older versions causing some issues which can't be remedied by rebooting or hard resets. You can successfully recover a very recent backup without ruining the stability of your phone though. Retrieving the data after the factory reset worked really well.
When you update the phone the process will take a very long time. I'd say I had the gears animation, black lifeless screens and loading bars that looked like they weren't going anywhere etc. . .for over an hr. Give it time, it will take longer than previous updates. Do not try resetting your phone or powering it off etc. . you will be one of the people on the forum talking about how the newest build is a joke and it ruined your phone. Don't be one of those people.
Choose the Lumia Camera as your default application for your camera. You may have to download it from the store. The new default camera app isn't capable of using all of the 1020's resolution. Despite other phones not allowing the use of lumia camera and instead rerouting you to the new camera software, microsoft has allowed it's use on the 1020.
Performance:
Battery life is great, just as good as the latest 8.1 build which for me was stellar. The phone is fast and very stable. I would say in most cases is outpaces 8.1 Some apps such as 6tag will load slower upon initial launch but overall everything works faster. Feels like a new phone, it's that good.
A few things to consider.
You will want to do a factory reset after updating to windows 10. You can try not to but even though the phone will seemingly work fine you'll come across some really critical glitches. Some really important functions and menus will overlap with older versions causing some issues which can't be remedied by rebooting or hard resets. You can successfully recover a very recent backup without ruining the stability of your phone though. Retrieving the data after the factory reset worked really well.
When you update the phone the process will take a very long time. I'd say I had the gears animation, black lifeless screens and loading bars that looked like they weren't going anywhere etc. . .for over an hr. Give it time, it will take longer than previous updates. Do not try resetting your phone or powering it off etc. . you will be one of the people on the forum talking about how the newest build is a joke and it ruined your phone. Don't be one of those people.
Choose the Lumia Camera as your default application for your camera. You may have to download it from the store. The new default camera app isn't capable of using all of the 1020's resolution. Despite other phones not allowing the use of lumia camera and instead rerouting you to the new camera software, microsoft has allowed it's use on the 1020.
Performance:
Battery life is great, just as good as the latest 8.1 build which for me was stellar. The phone is fast and very stable. I would say in most cases is outpaces 8.1 Some apps such as 6tag will load slower upon initial launch but overall everything works faster. Feels like a new phone, it's that good.
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