Initial thoughts on Windows Phone 8.1?

[eric12341]

All of these features are great, 8.1 needs 1 more thing though! Other storage needs to be fixed! And before you go replying "oh well its already fixed..." NO IT'S NOT, I'm at 7 gb right now and that is not acceptable! and I have already had to hard reset it because it got over 15 gb (THAT'S POST UPDATE 3)

It is fixed here's what to do.

1) turn off the automatically set time feature
2) put phone in airplane mode
3) set date one year ahead
4)goto temporary files and hit delete

When I did this my temporary folder dramatically decreased from 2.8GB to 56Mb. Make sure to do it overnight so as to not disrupt the day.

 

[DennisvdG]

It is fixed here's what to do.

1) turn off the automatically set time feature
2) put phone in airplane mode
3) set date one year ahead
4)goto temporary files and hit delete

When I did this my temporary folder dramatically decreased from 2.8GB to 56Mb. Make sure to do it overnight so as to not disrupt the day.

thank you but "temporary files" and "other" are two different things...

 

[DennisvdG]

You've probably got a badly written app installed, having issues with SkyDrive and/or are doing a ton of drag and drop from a PC. This is probably always going to be an issue, but MS needs to give better insight into what's being stored there so you can troubleshoot.

you are probably right, and in that case I should be able to see which app is screwing me over, I'm pretty confident ms is working on it because there is no way that they would just ignore an issue like this, right? Right?? D':

 

[irvin792]

I like the update

 

[eric12341]

thank you but "temporary files" and "other" are two different things...

Not anymore, the other is changed to temporary files in update 3 which can be rapidly removed by following the above procedure.

 

[meddyrainzo]

There has been no word on actionable notifications (replying to notifications without going to the app) since. Is this still to be expected? Please anyone that has anything on this should reply

 

[wapoz]

Just download Avirall Time Suite. it's better than any built in

I have it, it sucks. Same problem as every other single 3rd party timer. Inaccurate over longer periods of time, sometimes the alarm doesn't go off, other times they randomly fail, etc. I'm one of WP's biggest fans, but it's downright pathetic that a basic phone feature such as timer/stopwatch has been neglected by MS for so long. I switched from an iPhone to WP on day one of WP's release, and the fact that such a BASIC and EASY to implement feature is still missing after 3+ years, is just plain inexcusable. Especially when it's on every single smartphone and dumbphone platform in existence.

My daily life makes use of timers constantly, and having this feature poorly implemented via 3rd party devs in its current form, is a huge annoyance. It's one of those seemingly insignificant things that becomes a huge annoyance over time and lessens the enjoyment of phone. Like a grain of sand in your shoe.

 

[juskteez]

Would be amazing to have:
- Start screen Backgrounds options
- Separate password for Kids Corner

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[guillams]

Are virtual buttons included in the SDK? If not, could they possibly be included in the actual update? I'm really looking forward to virtual buttons but I didn't see any forum posts about this yet (I didn't look too hard though).

yeah, i Just saw it in a video posted about the SDK...

But dude, is just for new hardware!

 

[untitled007]

so its almost confirm that we will not be getting any additional background colors aside from blacl and white or the ability to put some image?

 

[RJ Priest]

I am excited for the update & new hardware. I love my ATIV S, but I really want to get a Nokia pureview camera.

Although the leaks have helped to stir up some excitement, I hope that in addition to Cortana, there are some real surprises for the official unveiling. It's always a bummer when we know everything in advance of an official unveil.

 

[mrdeeds_72]

I'm thoroughly impressed. These will 1.5 years late, but at least it's not too late!

 

[sd173]

I'm thoroughly impressed. These will 1.5 years late, but at least it's not too late!

I think it is kind of really way too late, bit I still can't wait too upgrade my Lumia 900 to WP8.1! Its going to be such an overwhelming & awesome change!

 

[Manu Tyagi]

Nice additions some small some major, but not understanding that removal of FB integration, can some one please explain why ?

 

[anon(7900571)]

Nice additions some small some major, but not understanding that removal of FB integration, can some one please explain why ?

like they did in windows 8.1 , they remove Facebook chat, instead Microsoft promised an official application which will get new updates and more features than people hub , so they did it ; I guess same will apply for wp8.1 ; they will publish another Facebook app which will blend into people hub just like Skype is doing at moment;

 

[Manu Tyagi]

like they did in windows 8.1 , they remove Facebook chat, instead Microsoft promised an official application which will get new updates and more features than people hub , so they did it ; I guess same will apply for wp8.1 ; they will publish another Facebook app which will blend into people hub just like Skype is doing at moment;

currently skype into people hub of WP ??? didn't know that

 

[anon(7900571)]

currently skype into people hub of WP ??? didn't know that

Yes it is. Just install skype from store. Contacts will show in your people hub.

 

[DennisvdG]

Not anymore, the other is changed to temporary files in update 3 which can be rapidly removed by following the above procedure.

okay I hope you are right, I will do this a couple more times and see what happens

 

[Toni Erah]

How do I save apps to SkyDrive on my Nokia Lumia 520 please?

 

[IAm_Malc]

The menu should be improved from list view to a very nice, well designed grid view.

This is Windows Phone, not Android. They can have their grid menu, we have list view, I'm content with it