The FB integration thing is a legit complaint in my view. I personally didn't use the feature much to post or make comments from the hub, but I agree that it should have been left intact. The fact that you can still do this from twitter suggests to me that it might be a FB issue, and not a MS one.
List here what you DO NOT like on 8.1.
- Thread starter AV2RY
- Start date
The FB integration thing is a legit complaint in my view. I personally didn't use the feature much to post or make comments from the hub, but I agree that it should have been left intact. The fact that you can still do this from twitter suggests to me that it might be a FB issue, and not a MS one.
microSkop
New member
Nimdock
New member
You bring up some fair points, but I can't help but wonder what Cortana has to do with your keyboard function. In addition, if you set up quiet hours then your wish to be left alone at midnight will be granted.
Interesting. I haven't heard it yet. Perhaps I have only tried to charge during quiet hours. I have it set to go quiet during meetings, etc. in addition to at night. Love that feature.
Beckie Evans
New member
I'm having a very good experience with 8.1 on my Lumia 625. A lot of the bugs and gripes other people have mentioned, I've mercifully not had. There's been a lot of hate for Xbox Music, but I always used Nokia MixRadio anyway. I've had to set my phone region and language to US (I'm in the UK) to be able to use Cortana, but that works great--no problems with the store. I haven't noticed too much of a battery drain, and I haven't experienced any lag. The calendar app was not missing as some have said. I only ever have 1 or 2 games installed, so I'm not at all outraged by having the games showing up in the main apps list, though I can see what some people would hate that. There are one or two little niggles which I have, which are just that--niggles.
1) Cortana gives me temperature in Celsius instead of Fahrenheit, unless I specifically ask for it, but she doesn't know I'm British and would prefer not to subtract 32, multiply by 5, then divide by 9 every time I want to know what the temperature is. So, I can forgive her for this. She also only gives me US news, obviously for the same reason. However, it would be nice to be able to choose from several news sources here.
2) The photos hub is much less pretty than it used to be. It was gorgeous in 8.0. It's really rather bland and uninspiring in 8.1.
3) The fact that facebook integration has been moved to a separate app, and the whole sharing system is different. Sharing links doesn't work quite right, and I haven't yet been able to share to Twitter. (To be fair, I've only tried to share from Nextgen Reader, so it wasn't a comprehensive test.)
4) I wish we could have more than four toggles in the action center. I think at least 5.
5) I miss the agenda view in the stock calendar, and I think the redesign here is really not Microsoft's best aesthetic work. However, I use Cal anyway, so this is no biggie for me.
6) Unless there's a setting I haven't found, the action center doesn't group notifications from the same app, i.e. instead of giving me one notification saying I have 12 emails, it shows me all 12 emails in a long list. This is faster I suppose, and from a certain point of view, more efficient, but it's also messy.
Overall, however, I have to say I love the update.My niggles are all things I can live with, either in the long term, or until an update comes along to improve things. I was able to uninstall a handful of apps I had before because the OS now does the job that they did for me by default. The action center, tile backgrounds, the word flow keyboard are great, and the store redesign is excellent. I think the addition of Maps for non-Lumia phones which don't have Here Maps is also great, (though testing one against the other I have to say Here Maps consistently found me quicker routes.) I like that certain things have been added to the apps list, i.e. storage sense, battery saver, etc, as it makes it quicker to access these things. I understand that a lot of people are incredibly incensed by 8.1, and if they're the people experiencing bugs and lags I can understand why, but I really don't share that view.
1) Cortana gives me temperature in Celsius instead of Fahrenheit, unless I specifically ask for it, but she doesn't know I'm British and would prefer not to subtract 32, multiply by 5, then divide by 9 every time I want to know what the temperature is. So, I can forgive her for this. She also only gives me US news, obviously for the same reason. However, it would be nice to be able to choose from several news sources here.
2) The photos hub is much less pretty than it used to be. It was gorgeous in 8.0. It's really rather bland and uninspiring in 8.1.
3) The fact that facebook integration has been moved to a separate app, and the whole sharing system is different. Sharing links doesn't work quite right, and I haven't yet been able to share to Twitter. (To be fair, I've only tried to share from Nextgen Reader, so it wasn't a comprehensive test.)
4) I wish we could have more than four toggles in the action center. I think at least 5.
5) I miss the agenda view in the stock calendar, and I think the redesign here is really not Microsoft's best aesthetic work. However, I use Cal anyway, so this is no biggie for me.
6) Unless there's a setting I haven't found, the action center doesn't group notifications from the same app, i.e. instead of giving me one notification saying I have 12 emails, it shows me all 12 emails in a long list. This is faster I suppose, and from a certain point of view, more efficient, but it's also messy.
Overall, however, I have to say I love the update.My niggles are all things I can live with, either in the long term, or until an update comes along to improve things. I was able to uninstall a handful of apps I had before because the OS now does the job that they did for me by default. The action center, tile backgrounds, the word flow keyboard are great, and the store redesign is excellent. I think the addition of Maps for non-Lumia phones which don't have Here Maps is also great, (though testing one against the other I have to say Here Maps consistently found me quicker routes.) I like that certain things have been added to the apps list, i.e. storage sense, battery saver, etc, as it makes it quicker to access these things. I understand that a lot of people are incredibly incensed by 8.1, and if they're the people experiencing bugs and lags I can understand why, but I really don't share that view.
Theres a couple things i hate with 8.1 The deintegration of facebook chat from messaging is a big one.
The removal of upload to skydrive from photo.
The onedrive app has no upload mutiple files function, you have to slect each file individually.
The lack of notification in the me tab,
I dont mind the game in main app listing,
But the actual games app is now slow and buggier than anything, and instead of keeping an xml of games you have on the phone, it has to check and load each time u slide left or right, leave app, etc.
Dont get me wrong i like most of the updates but there a s few which still need to be had.
Touch seek capabilites in basic music/video playback.
would be nice to have back forward controls with any youtube apps,
Universal media storage for music/videos. so you can access vids from any app you choose, instead of downloading a video to an app that can play the format.
Example ( loading flac through usb and using flac player app. instead of having to upload to skydrive then download with the flac player app.
The removal of upload to skydrive from photo.
The onedrive app has no upload mutiple files function, you have to slect each file individually.
The lack of notification in the me tab,
I dont mind the game in main app listing,
But the actual games app is now slow and buggier than anything, and instead of keeping an xml of games you have on the phone, it has to check and load each time u slide left or right, leave app, etc.
Dont get me wrong i like most of the updates but there a s few which still need to be had.
Touch seek capabilites in basic music/video playback.
would be nice to have back forward controls with any youtube apps,
Universal media storage for music/videos. so you can access vids from any app you choose, instead of downloading a video to an app that can play the format.
Example ( loading flac through usb and using flac player app. instead of having to upload to skydrive then download with the flac player app.
hello can anyone confirm with the issue I'm facing with my lumia 720 ..the bluetooth icon not showing up at top while switched on.... Im not whining about the issue just want to know if anyone facing the same ... 
anybody confirm please if its a issue or not
anybody confirm please if its a issue or not
Last edited:
thomasdtran
New member
I can't install the Facebook app still. Battery saver usage should reset after charging the battery, or have the option to
hello can anyone confirm with the issue I'm facing with my lumia 720 ..the bluetooth icon not showing up at top while switched on.... Im not whining about the issue just want to know if anyone facing the same ...
No it doesn't show up there
He's talking about customizing the order in which they show up in the action center.
Can we expect sooner update? I want Onedrive back so bad. I can't even upload pictures directly from the app, it gives me an error..1 file cannot be uploaded...but when I hit more info it says...all files were successfully uploaded..
SAM 77
New member
Features have been messed with that should have been left alone.
Phone (cant send a message or edit contact from within app can only call person)
People (no longer integrated into phone see above)
I preferred the old layout of the photos hub. The new layout is a bit clunky.
There was nothing wrong with the 8.0
Phone, People, Messaging and Photos.
Hopefully they can revert back in future updates.
These arent hard things to do so I hope they concentrate on fixing these issues for us before they decide to roll out/glorify new features for 8.1
Plus if you hit bluetooth in the notifications it doesnt take you to the bluetooth settings unlike the wifi which does. (minor but it should be sorted)
Makes me wonder sometimes how testers get chosen because basic stuff like the bluetooth issue should have ben caught.
I have not done a phone reset so maybe some of these lil probs might clear up.
Phone (cant send a message or edit contact from within app can only call person)
People (no longer integrated into phone see above)
I preferred the old layout of the photos hub. The new layout is a bit clunky.
There was nothing wrong with the 8.0
Phone, People, Messaging and Photos.
Hopefully they can revert back in future updates.
These arent hard things to do so I hope they concentrate on fixing these issues for us before they decide to roll out/glorify new features for 8.1
Plus if you hit bluetooth in the notifications it doesnt take you to the bluetooth settings unlike the wifi which does. (minor but it should be sorted)
Makes me wonder sometimes how testers get chosen because basic stuff like the bluetooth issue should have ben caught.
I have not done a phone reset so maybe some of these lil probs might clear up.
photohub having to open the onedrive app, same with facebook photos opening the facebook app is terrible, miss the integration =(
Windows Phone 8.1 Notification Center demonstrated on video | The Verge
What is that 11/22 to the right of the battery power meter (see link picture)? Is this some sort of update? How do I clear up or remove this?
TIA,
F
What is that 11/22 to the right of the battery power meter (see link picture)? Is this some sort of update? How do I clear up or remove this?
TIA,
F
I have cortana enabled. Country set to US, as well as phone language and speech. But keyboard and regional settings are set to Portuguese/Portugal.
With the regional settings of Portugal I have 24h clock format, euro currency and Celsius degrees in Calendar. Cortana yes, present me the temperature in ?F by default.
It is the date. Month and Day... Or day and Month, depending on your regional settings.
Alain_A
New member
jasqid
Member
How do you know if you were invited then? That was the beauty of the old FB cal... not to mention is was built in. Now it takes you to the D@mn app. The way it worked previousely was awesome. You see your invite, you reply you are not going and its gone.
Similar threads
Trending Posts
-
Microsoft closes Arkane Austin, Alpha Dog Games, and Tango Gameworks
- Started by Windows Central
- Replies: 8
-
Post pictures of your latest purchase- Started by Laura Knotek
- Replies: 3K
-
Report: Microsoft Gaming turned down a sequel to critical Xbox hit Hi-Fi Rush
- Started by Windows Central
- Replies: 1
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram