Lumia 830 Bugs + Defects

[Harrie-S]

I have problems with the speaker.
Most of the time it's not working anymore - when I put some pressure around the speaker, then I can hear the sound. Release it and sometimes it works for a couple of minutes 'til days and the it stops again.
First when I got the phone everything worked fine, and then it started and getting worse.
Anyone else facing this problem?

PS: it started also with that horrible sound when a message notification was played.

It does not really matter if other users have this problem it think because it is definitely a case of using your warranty.
So I would advice you to send it in for repair/replacement.

 

[Julian Williams2]

Yes, I've noticed the sound distortion. Very infrequent but definitely odd. Doesn't happen enough to bother about but still is a strange occurance.

 

[zack251]

For the past few days I am having a problem with the speaker. Just reset the phone and it's still happening. The problem starts when I play games like Candy Crush. At first I thought it was Candy Crush but then even when I open sound files sent over Whatsapp, the problem occurred. The phone was fine when I first bought it September last year until few days ago. The speaker will eventually goes back to normal after a while. Anyone encounter this problem?

 

[akks]

Yes, I've noticed the sound distortion. Very infrequent but definitely odd. Doesn't happen enough to bother about but still is a strange occurance.

Me also having the same sound distortion.. Very infrequent though..
Mostly during message or WhatsApp notification..

 

[BU2B2]

I got my phone back from repair and they replaced a bunch of things
CARE UI ASSEMBLY ROW DARK GRAY
4JR JOPO CAMERA FLEX ASSY
MSM COPPER TAPE
EARPIECE SEALING GASKET
VIBRA GROUNDING TAPE
ALS BOOT
GRAPHITE HEAT SPREADER

Now I have noticed that there's a gap between the bottom of the screen and the metal frame and now there's an ever-so-slight light bleed coming from the 3 capacitive buttons. It looks as if there should be some paint covering that area. If I can I'll take a photo of it.

 

[Marty89]

I got my phone back from repair and they replaced a bunch of things
CARE UI ASSEMBLY ROW DARK GRAY
4JR JOPO CAMERA FLEX ASSY
MSM COPPER TAPE
EARPIECE SEALING GASKET
VIBRA GROUNDING TAPE
ALS BOOT
GRAPHITE HEAT SPREADER

Now I have noticed that there's a gap between the bottom of the screen and the metal frame and now there's an ever-so-slight light bleed coming from the 3 capacitive buttons. It looks as if there should be some paint covering that area. If I can I'll take a photo of it.

But the light bleed is only visible in dark, isn't it?

 

[Marty89]

Does anybody have a problem with GPS? When I use Here maps or Here drive in offline, the phone keep searching for GPS signal and cannot find my location.

 

[grininja]

My GPS is flawless. It connects instantly. This is one thing I love about Lumias compared to Android phones.
And about the light bleed: I also noticed it but it is visible only in darkness and only if I pay attention to it.

 

[Marty89]

My GPS is flawless. It connects instantly. This is one thing I love about Lumias compared to Android phones.
And about the light bleed: I also noticed it but it is visible only in darkness and only if I pay attention to it.

My phone connects instantly only if it wants to.

 

[BU2B2]

But the light bleed is only visible in dark, isn't it?

Yeah, pretty much. It's not really an issue, but it definitely looks like the black coating is missing from the bottom of the screen.

 

[conorn]

Can't recall your reason for returning. Was it because of resets? Has it helped?

Yeah, pretty much. It's not really an issue, but it definitely looks like the black coating is missing from the bottom of the screen.

 

[Marty89]

The new denim update solves the random reboots issue.

 

[bokchoy1]

Does anybody have a problem with GPS? When I use Here maps or Here drive in offline, the phone keep searching for GPS signal and cannot find my location.

My maps are always offline. It generally works in seconds but sometimes has trouble when travelling significant distances, e.g. in a foreign country with flight mode on. Too bad, that's when I really could have used the maps lol. Everything was fine on Wi-Fi.

My old Lumia 710 did the same thing. I gave up after waiting more than 5 minutes for a signal. Someone once said that was normal. Maybe it is, I don't know.

 

[pankaj981]

The new denim update solves the random reboots issue.

Hope you don't get any surprises. Either way, good to know that. Besides that, do you know of any performance improvements? And what about focusing speed in Lumia Camera 5?

 

[Marty89]

Hope you don't get any surprises. Either way, good to know that. Besides that, do you know of any performance improvements? And what about focusing speed in Lumia Camera 5?

I hope too, but it's five days since I got denim and no restart yet. Before my 830 rebooted every day. And on nokia discussions there's an article about features and benefits of denim for 830 and there's also stated: stability improvements.
Performance improvements... well maybe. And focus in LC5 is really fast.

 

[zack251]

After some app updates, the issue finally gone. Yay! I think one of the apps on my phone probably corrupting the system.

For the past few days I am having a problem with the speaker. Just reset the phone and it's still happening. The problem starts when I play games like Candy Crush. At first I thought it was Candy Crush but then even when I open sound files sent over Whatsapp, the problem occurred. The phone was fine when I first bought it September last year until few days ago. The speaker will eventually goes back to normal after a while. Anyone encounter this problem?

 

[grininja]

Guys, I experience an issue with Lumia Camera after updating Denim. Viewfinder for photos is laggy and it's stuttering. I tried disabling living images, changing to full manual control, simplifying all... but no luck, the viewfinder does not provide a smooth image. This is not happening in video mode. Is this happening to you too?

 

[fabiomarp]

After some app updates, the issue finally gone. Yay! I think one of the apps on my phone probably corrupting the system.

I have the same issue, as I already posted here. Still having sound problems with Candy Crush, Subway surfer, Zello, and many others. I don't think it's an sourdough l specific app issue, seems much more a bad OS build or even a hardware problem.

 

[zack251]

I don't have the issue of sound missing anymore but still the sound is a bit jittery. But using earphones or connecting it to bluetooth speaker is ok.

I have the same issue, as I already posted here. Still having sound problems with Candy Crush, Subway surfer, Zello, and many others. I don't think it's an sourdough l specific app issue, seems much more a bad OS build or even a hardware problem.

 

[vaderag]

My speaker occasionally goes funny... Usually when on wireless charging or next to something with nfc - anyone else have this?