How To: Flash ATT Lumia 830 (RM-983) with 8.1 Update 2 and Proper Denim

[Derausgewanderte]

First, thank you for posting this. I'm a little late to the party here, but it looks like the files are still available. I'm having a couple of issues i hope you can help with. In the NokiaCare instructions, when I get to 5. Choose RM-983 (Nokia Lumia 830) all I see is RM-983 (RM-983). I choose that and proceed with the steps, but when I get to step 8. I don't see any packages under properties. I've tried this a couple of times, using both my laptop and my PC, and always get the same result.

Does anyone have a suggestion of what I should try next? There is probably something very obvious that I'm missing...

Thanks in advance for any suggestions

that's most likely due to the folder structure not being accurate.
C:\ProgramData\Nokia\Packages\Products\rm-983\
and all the files from the download should be in there without a subfolder.
you should see this in that folder:

 

[MichaelMcD]

I used the Refurbish option and it worked great, with many fewer steps. All I had to do was download the RM-983 package, put it in the correct folder, then selected the Refurbish option in the Nokia Care software and that was it! Now I am a happy Full Denim user. No more music skips on bluetooth, Here Drive+ no longer freezes on me, and of course now Lumia Camera 5 works. I haven't tried call forwarding, but I don't have any need. For the record, I also do not have a "Calls+" setting app. The closest looking apps I have are "cellular+SIM", "Network+", and "call+SMS filter". The "Network+" app appears to be where I would set call forwarding. I don't have any need, though, so I don't want to jinx it by trying! I am on the AT&T network, with an AT&T branded Lumia 830 phone.

 

[Derausgewanderte]

I used the Refurbish option and it worked great, with many fewer steps.

you are welcome. btw. I am not sure that you will save "many" steps doing it the refurbish route. I listed everything, including opening NCS, clicking onto a button as a step as well as creating the folder with files. Fewer maybe.

 

[gordonfink]

Do people with an RM-985 with 8.1u2 have this issue?

I'm not sure that 8.1u2 I available for 985 phones. I haven't tried to flash mine, or look for a ROM for it, but nothing has come OTA. Mine is a direct from Microsoft US 985 model, so if it was available, I'd think I'd get it.

 

[camaroz1985]

This worked on my 830 too. Got tired of the "Loading..." and lagging on W10. With the birth of our twins last week I needed something reliable, and quick to take pictures, and Denim gave me just that.

 

[Nick Metro]

I used the refurbish option as well, worked like a charm. Very much appreciate this, thank you!

 

[MichaelMcD]

Thank you very much! And I apologize for neglecting to say thanks in my previous post. You have come through for all of us AT&T Lumia 830 owners where a global telecommunications company could (or would) not.

 

[thepolicecall911fordetails]

Is this solution still active? I want to know if I could do it.

 

[gordonfink]

Is this solution still active? I want to know if I could do it.

I believe so. It was only a few days ago that I did it.

 

[Derausgewanderte]

Is this solution still active? I want to know if I could do it.

yes. Nothing has changed since I posted the OP. You'd hear it here first if ATT or MS released the firmware or 8.1 update 2

 

[ashram]

Is this solution still active? I want to know if I could do it.

yup, since the firmware files are hosted, this solution is active until someone takes it down or MS/AT&T releases it again.

 

[thepolicecall911fordetails]

Lets hope it stays that way until the weekend.

 

[Derausgewanderte]

Lets hope it stays that way until the weekend.

no worries, it will be available until it's not necessary anymore.

 

[oryan_dunn]

Lets hope it stays that way until the weekend.

If you're really concerned, just download the files now and install whenever you have time.

 

[thepolicecall911fordetails]

If you guys could make a step by step video, that would be nice

I am asking for too much.... but hey, it might benefit the community!

 

[gdobro]

Hi, i installed the new firmware like two weeks ago.. Thanks! Everything is working great and fixed the Netflix and i love the Lumia Camera 5.0 BUT im having major problems with the GPS since... I cant get reliable signal for long. Its constantly loosing and showing like a 50/100mts difference which is a lot in driving and most for running... Its almost unusable in this ?rea... The apps cant count the kilometers i run because it never gets strong signal for more than a second ir two. Someone experienced this? I dont know if its entirely for the fiirmware but it wasnt like that with the previous versi?n. Any thougs?

 

[Derausgewanderte]

If you guys could make a step by step video, that would be nice

I am asking for too much.... but hey, it might benefit the community!

there are instructions with screenshots on XDA.... (start with point 6).
Print the screenshots and make a small thumb theater book :winktongue:

 

[ashram]

Hi, i installed the new firmware like two weeks ago.. Thanks! Everything is working great and fixed the Netflix and i love the Lumia Camera 5.0 BUT im having major problems with the GPS since... I cant get reliable signal for long. Its constantly loosing and showing like a 50/100mts difference which is a lot in driving and most for running... Its almost unusable in this ?rea... The apps cant count the kilometers i run because it never gets strong signal for more than a second ir two. Someone experienced this? I dont know if its entirely for the fiirmware but it wasnt like that with the previous versi?n. Any thougs?

did you do a factory reset RIGHT AFTER updating?? I had a few other issues that were fixed with a factory reset

 

[Gilbriem]

did you do a factory reset RIGHT AFTER updating?? I had a few other issues that were fixed with a factory reset

Let me first admit my lack of knowledge about how some of this works, but I am curious to know why a factory reset is needed when the install leaves it in a state that seems like it has been reset. I have seen my own little quirks with the update, but I also missed the factory reset step.

 

[ashram]

Let me first admit my lack of knowledge about how some of this works, but I am curious to know why a factory reset is needed when the install leaves it in a state that seems like it has been reset. I have seen my own little quirks with the update, but I also missed the factory reset step.

I understand your train of thought. It's just something that seems to happen too often after flashing Windows (and android) devices. Sometimes, just sometimes, devices have a few "quirks" after a firmware/os flash and a factory reset fixes. My 830 had some sound issues after upgrading and a factory reset got it all working. It's something that has become "standard practice" in most communities, like XDA, to perform after a flash.