Is it worth downgrading my WP8.1 DP so I can get Cyan?

[roni09riku]

Just now I found out that Cyan is now available for the Lumia 1520 here in the Philippines, which is good since it was way faster than I expected. However, I updated my phone via Preview for Developers when I got it a few months ago, and it's working fine. Sure there's the excessive battery draining and sometimes it really kills my phone overnight when I leave it at less than 20%, and when using cellular data for internet, I have problems with it (not sure if phone or the carrier because I've always had a problem with Sun's mobile internet even in my Lumia 900) but it doesn't matter much because I use wifi at home. Other than those issues, everything runs smooth and it's really satisfying to use. I'm worried that if I downgrade then update to Cyan/WP8.1, I might encounter more problems than fixes.

So is it worth my time downgrading to WP8.0 and then updating to WP8.1 and Cyan? Or should I just wait for MS to fix the update and allow WP8.1 DP users to update directly?

 

[Maaz Mansori]

I've found that resetting the phone (hard reset) mostly resolved my battery issues when I was on DP and they further improved when I went to Cyan. So, since you should do a reset anyway, you may as well downgrade and update to Cyan while you are at it. Updating directly when able to do so may or may not resolve the issue.

 

[Martsicky]

Just wait few days. Windows Phone 8.1 update 1 is coming via Dev. Preview Program in next week. They may include the fix to this update and unlock the cyan release to Dev. Previewers once update 1 is out. If it doesn't happen then downgrade and install 8.1+Cyan via OTA and then enroll to the dev preview and download update 1. That's the best choice imo.

 

[TEEBEEWEEBEE]

It's worth it IMHO. Camera and power buttons respond much faster with Cyan. If you have a SD card, all of the pics/vids won't get erased. Touch and camera work better also.

 

[rpac78]

It's totally worth it. I was hesitating as well with the downgrading process but it only took an hour or so. I was also afraid that I would have to re-download all my apps but if you backup your phone before you downgrade, WP8.1 does it for you! I didn't even need to fix my start screen; it was set just like I had it.

 

[Talderon]

Honestly, unless you are ok with losing all your data, I would wait. Yes, Cyan is awesome, but, is it worth the restore time/work for you?

I did it because I was having other issues (internal builds) and needed to get off those since I am leaving. Now that I have wiped it and am back on retail WP8.1, all is good.

 

[Yipcanjo]

For the record, I took the jump, downgraded, updated to Cyan + the official WP8.1, and restored from backup. I'm totally happy that I did. The camera improvements + speed are AWESOME, the phone itself feels snappier, some "bugs" appear to have been fixed, and it didn't take long at all to get my phone back to a normal state (after the restore).

My advice? Take a backup of your phone, run the Nokia Software Recovery tool, and go for it! Well worth it, if you ask me

 

[roni09riku]

I've been trying to downgrade and I'm currently at 54% in the downloading part. Sometimes it seems to stop on its own sometimes because of "network problems" (is this normal?). I just continued. Earlier my PC crashed and I couldn't run Nokia Software Recovery Tool so I copied it to a different location and ran the program, and now it's downloading again (started from scratch again). Hopefully nothing bad happens.

 

[roni09riku]

Done downgrading. I don't see any updates. What's wrong?

 

[rpac78]

Did you refresh under PHONE UPDATES?

 

[HeyCori]

With 8.1 Update 1 happening next week, I'm just going to hold on to my DP for a while longer.

 

[Yipcanjo]

Wondering if others are seeing this...but since updating to Cyan + the official WP8.1 release, my battery life is truly great. Like I unplugged my phone around 8AM yesterday, used it quite heavily all day long, and was at 50% battery by 11:30pm. I was staggered. Today looks about the same.

I *LOVE* the Cyan firmware so far. Truly great.