When I heard about the Critical Update being released to Lumia 830's and Lumia 930's, I thought "great, if some people are having issues it's good that Microsoft is fixing them." But I never had any issues with my Lumia 830. Hardware and software-wise it was very sound, with no issues except for the design quirks I detail in my full review.
However, after this "critical update" was installed on my phone, I started having random crashes and freezes! What kind of update dedicated to solving random crashes and freezes gives a perfectly good phone the issues it's trying to solve?
Even worse, when the phone crashes you can't turn it back on with the power button. You have to remove the battery.
When the phone freezes you have to remove the battery.
One time I removed the battery after a crash and when I put it in and held down the power button it took nearly a full minute before I felt the little vibration.
And, now the capacitive keys are having issues as well. I had issues with them when I had a screen protector but after removing it the keys worked fine. Now they don't work sometimes from the lock screen. That's where I use Cortana the most, from the lock screen, and now half the time the button won't even work.
There are serious issues with this critical update.
However, after this "critical update" was installed on my phone, I started having random crashes and freezes! What kind of update dedicated to solving random crashes and freezes gives a perfectly good phone the issues it's trying to solve?
Even worse, when the phone crashes you can't turn it back on with the power button. You have to remove the battery.
When the phone freezes you have to remove the battery.
One time I removed the battery after a crash and when I put it in and held down the power button it took nearly a full minute before I felt the little vibration.
And, now the capacitive keys are having issues as well. I had issues with them when I had a screen protector but after removing it the keys worked fine. Now they don't work sometimes from the lock screen. That's where I use Cortana the most, from the lock screen, and now half the time the button won't even work.
There are serious issues with this critical update.
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