Running S3 with TH2 (1511) update. Just after connecting my Surface to a Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter (miracast), my apps stopped working correctly. Many apps such as Disney free fall games and slot machine style games would hang on their splash screens for 30 seconds before loading. Some games such as Xbox Rabbids Big Bang would hang at their splash screen for 30 seconds and then crash to desktop.
I did a factory reset and setup the S3 from scratch (no restore). Everything was running smoothly for about a week. I then did a System Restore Point (prepared this time). Then I connected it to the Miracast again. Same thing happened - app my apps started messing up. Restart, shut down, nothing solved it. So I restored the system back to the restore point (took 5 mins!). Apps started working properly again.
Is anyone else having this problem? Is your S3 on Windows 10 with the November update (TH2) applied? Make sure you turn on System Restore (I have a 128GB S3 so I set System Restore to use 3% of the drive) and set a restore point just before you connect to Miracast.
I did a factory reset and setup the S3 from scratch (no restore). Everything was running smoothly for about a week. I then did a System Restore Point (prepared this time). Then I connected it to the Miracast again. Same thing happened - app my apps started messing up. Restart, shut down, nothing solved it. So I restored the system back to the restore point (took 5 mins!). Apps started working properly again.
Is anyone else having this problem? Is your S3 on Windows 10 with the November update (TH2) applied? Make sure you turn on System Restore (I have a 128GB S3 so I set System Restore to use 3% of the drive) and set a restore point just before you connect to Miracast.
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