Do not buy a lumia 950

[Craig Montgomery]

Being a diehard Windows Phone fan, I wasn't ready to give up and go Android yet. I saw a refurbished, in-box 950 for pretty cheap, so I thought I would give it a try, to replace my 640. (I've previously had 920 and 1020. How I wish the 1020 still worked.)

When the 950 is working, it's great. Beautiful screen, amazing camera. But I didn't do my research and learn about the rebooting issue. I have no SD card and no crazy apps, but this phone just can't stay on for any length of time.

There's a good reason Microsoft pulled these off the shelves.

 

[camaroz1985]

Never had that issue with either of my 950s. Sorry to hear that your experience isn't as good as what many of us have had.

 

[xandros9]

MS pulled them because the phone had lived its life and they were just cleaning up Windows 10 Mobile's store footprint.

 

[ixhussa]

Being a diehard Windows Phone fan, I wasn't ready to give up and go Android yet. I saw a refurbished, in-box 950 for pretty cheap, so I thought I would give it a try, to replace my 640. (I've previously had 920 and 1020. How I wish the 1020 still worked.)

When the 950 is working, it's great. Beautiful screen, amazing camera. But I didn't do my research and learn about the rebooting issue. I have no SD card and no crazy apps, but this phone just can't stay on for any length of time.

There's a good reason Microsoft pulled these off the shelves.

See if the problem persists when plugged in to power. I experienced similar problems in the past and it turned out to be a failing battery.

 

[Sedp23]

I thought the problem was the battery needs to be replaced?

Sent from Idol 4s

 

[MrockNroll]

Also check the pins on the battery, make Shure they are all about the same distance " level" and not bent in to far.

 

[kaktus1389]

I am using the 950 since October 2016 and I never had any similar issues. A lot of people seem to be very unlucky

 

[dov1978]

Had a 950, fell out my pocket and shattered the screen and I replaced it with a 950xl. I've never had any rebooting issues with either of them.. Like ever. I've had 2 x iPhone 7 Plus, a Galaxy s8 Plus and now the LG G6 since I got my 950xl and still keep going back to the Lumia as I still really like it and it's super reliable as a backup/2nd phone

 

[maciej paczuski]

Hi, new one here, so I have WP since 520, now on 550, month ago I decided to buy 950xl, but like four days ago my 550 start rebooting six times a day, battery dropped to zero in 3hrs and now when I try to call just "call dropped" or something like it. So my question is: go for 950xl and she be ok and will work for long and Microsoft will fix all problems or they don't give a s... and software will crush sooner than later and we all will need new phone, cheers

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Being a diehard Windows Phone fan, I wasn't ready to give up and go Android yet. I saw a refurbished, in-box 950 for pretty cheap, so I thought I would give it a try, to replace my 640. (I've previously had 920 and 1020. How I wish the 1020 still worked.)

When the 950 is working, it's great. Beautiful screen, amazing camera. But I didn't do my research and learn about the rebooting issue. I have no SD card and no crazy apps, but this phone just can't stay on for any length of time.

There's a good reason Microsoft pulled these off the shelves.

Buying a used phone always carries extra risk. You save money, but can can also find out the hard way why someone sold it and it might not be to buy groceries or a newer phone.

Sorry you are having bad luck with yours.

 

[maciej paczuski]

Phone is with 2 years warranty, so I m not worring about hardware but the software is my concern

 

[seventeenapg]

Being a diehard Windows Phone fan, I wasn't ready to give up and go Android yet. I saw a refurbished, in-box 950 for pretty cheap, so I thought I would give it a try, to replace my 640. (I've previously had 920 and 1020. How I wish the 1020 still worked.)

When the 950 is working, it's great. Beautiful screen, amazing camera. But I didn't do my research and learn about the rebooting issue. I have no SD card and no crazy apps, but this phone just can't stay on for any length of time.

There's a good reason Microsoft pulled these off the shelves.

I have a 950 since they came out and I love it. Even though I am on Insider builds it's never gave me any headaches and I use it extensively as my daily driver. Have you updated it to latest software?

Sent from my Windows Phone using mTalk

 

[Zachary Boddy]

I have a 950 XL as my daily and a 950 as my Fast Ring device. I've had a smattering of bugs with each (more with the 950 of course) but I've never had my XL reboot while I was using it. My 950 has a few times but it was always early on into a new development cycle.

 

[nate0]

@Craig Montgomery
Did you try any of the suggestions?

What Firmware version is it? It could also be back in fw if you just booted it up recently for the first time after purchasing.

 

[darrell reimer]

I just got this update today on my 950 XL; love this Phone!!!

 

[Craig Montgomery]

https://www.bing.com/search?q=lumia...nid=1FDA431F430B49B99D0AAC732601537A&pc=EUPP_

 

[nate0]

There is a difference between a Software crash and reboot and hardware fault that causes a reboot. That is why I asked.

 

[nate0]

When I owned the HP elite X3 back in October. It crashed on me like 3 or 4 times within 6 hours. But later over time after HP began pushing updates and the OS stability improved around it, they never came back.

 

[nate0]

Even my Alcatel IDOL4s has spontaneously rebooted a couple times. Not near as much as any other phone I have owned. But it too is not immune...

 

[Craig Montgomery]

The reboots have stopped so far today, maybe an update fixed it?