[INFO]Please don't close this thread for reasons that there existed other threads with the same issue. Only one such thread exists but its more like a general thread and it doesn't just focus on the issues but also about opinions on updates. I've tried the best do distinguish this thread from the rest and hence, its a request.[/INFO]
So, my Lumia 920 in India got the Black update about a week before and I as obvious as anyone else updated it right then. While I enjoyed the still beta Nokia StoryTeller and the charming Nokia Beamer apps, there were stuff I was left totally disappointed and frustrated with. The main reason being the camera which was the outstanding feature of this ex-flagship. Today, I thought myself to compile all the known bugs I've known from Amber to Black and see if anyone else has the same thing happening in their L920s.
1. Camera Bug -- Photos getting blurred and tinted with yellow/green hue [ORIGIN: AMBER] [BLACK STATUS: EXISTS]
This is the most common bug that's existing within the Lumia 920s (and some other Lumias too) since Amber. As mentioned, the photos look blurry and the colours are not at all natural in the saved photo. This was first encountered in Amber and I since started collecting samples from the camera roll and took screenshots of the preview to prove the problem in post-processing. Since then, I tried posting numerous threads and contacting Nokia but failed. However, I was glad to find more people having the same problem and from the photo samples, its very clear.
Later in Nokia Camera, Nokia made sure that the preview lasted for lesser time (I don't know if they did that purportedly to hide the bug) and made it all in a way that people won't notice any differences in the preview scope and in the final saved image. While I thought it fixed the issue, I found that it was just a veil to hide the existing problems and this didn't please me at all. And now, in Black, hopes were destroyed again as the bug sprouted again to a more massive scale. I don't know why some people call it a "yellow" tint but it was pale green and blurs all the way from the beginning for me.
There's also one thing that I noted. I tried many different camera apps and almost all showed the same result. But with 6tag, I'm not so sure whether it reproduces the same problem. So far, I haven't found any notable differences in the preview and in the saved image and so far, the pics all look good. I don't know if its me or I don't know if 6tag uses some different camera technique but I need to know whether it exists for all camera apps or for the main ones only. I'll update more on that later.
[INFO]Update #1: Added more photo comparisons that show the decrease in clarity and color to a greater extent. I am not sure whether this'll be enough for all to finally acknowledge this issue. How I miss the good old days.
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2. Increasing/Decreasing Volume Fail to Work [ORIGIN: AMBER] [BLACK STATUS: YET TO CONFIRM]
This was a rather unexpected bug that frustrated me a lot. I often found that volume increase and decrease doesn't work even though the levels are clearly being changed. Number increase and decrease doesn't affect the actual volume.
I first passed this as a problem with Nokia Music files as they were always weird to me due to their low sizes and improper working in WMP but I later found that it occured whilst playing a video too.
I don't know whether this has been fixed in GDR+BLACK as so far, there hasn't been a problem. If anyone still has this, please comment.
3. Screen getting Posterized (like Glance) on Waking for a few seconds [ORIGIN: AMBER] [BLACK STATUS: EXISTS]
Yet another random bug. I happened to see this after using Glance. On waking the phone (at oddly rare moments), the screen gets sort of posterized or over-coloured just like Glance and everything goes slow like the swipes and it lasts for about 5 seconds and then goes back to normal. This was really weird for me and once I tried to take a screenshot and found that the screenshot was perfect and had no problems even though the screen was displaying the posterized version.
So far, I haven't seen it yet. Maybe they fixed it after BLACK as it could be associated with Glance. Again, let me know if this still exists.
[NOTE]Update #1: I have recently noted whilst I was unlocking my device by double tapping on the screen, it happened as the lockscreen got over-rendered and colorized and everything went slow like sliding to top to unlock but it lasted for just a few seconds and all was normal. Again, taking screenshots didn't do any good as the lockscreen was perfect in screenshots.[/NOTE]
4. Music+Videos shows error when playing Music the first time [ORIGIN: PORTICO] [BLACK STATUS: EXISTS]
This is not as troublesome as the rest but I thought I should mention this as well. Again, at random moments, especially when you are switching the device on and then going to music+videos to play a song, it first shows an error and I have to go back and play it again to start. It happens for the first-times mainly and later at random moments. But as soon as you go back and tap the same song again, it plays. This happens whatever order in which I try to play the music -- whether its from the new list or history or directly after searching for it in the full list.
I thought I should report this as well. It's a bug after all as the music will eventually play. Next time, I will take the screenshot and post it.
These are the only known [major] bugs I've experienced. Some of these looks fixed while some clearly remains a pain in the *** for me. Clearly, the Lumia 920 is a superb phone but the apparent bugs are killing it.
If you have any other bug to report, please do so here so that we can confirm its existence and atleast make WPCentral and Nokia reps and other communities raise these issues.
So, my Lumia 920 in India got the Black update about a week before and I as obvious as anyone else updated it right then. While I enjoyed the still beta Nokia StoryTeller and the charming Nokia Beamer apps, there were stuff I was left totally disappointed and frustrated with. The main reason being the camera which was the outstanding feature of this ex-flagship. Today, I thought myself to compile all the known bugs I've known from Amber to Black and see if anyone else has the same thing happening in their L920s.
1. Camera Bug -- Photos getting blurred and tinted with yellow/green hue [ORIGIN: AMBER] [BLACK STATUS: EXISTS]
This is the most common bug that's existing within the Lumia 920s (and some other Lumias too) since Amber. As mentioned, the photos look blurry and the colours are not at all natural in the saved photo. This was first encountered in Amber and I since started collecting samples from the camera roll and took screenshots of the preview to prove the problem in post-processing. Since then, I tried posting numerous threads and contacting Nokia but failed. However, I was glad to find more people having the same problem and from the photo samples, its very clear.
Later in Nokia Camera, Nokia made sure that the preview lasted for lesser time (I don't know if they did that purportedly to hide the bug) and made it all in a way that people won't notice any differences in the preview scope and in the final saved image. While I thought it fixed the issue, I found that it was just a veil to hide the existing problems and this didn't please me at all. And now, in Black, hopes were destroyed again as the bug sprouted again to a more massive scale. I don't know why some people call it a "yellow" tint but it was pale green and blurs all the way from the beginning for me.
There's also one thing that I noted. I tried many different camera apps and almost all showed the same result. But with 6tag, I'm not so sure whether it reproduces the same problem. So far, I haven't found any notable differences in the preview and in the saved image and so far, the pics all look good. I don't know if its me or I don't know if 6tag uses some different camera technique but I need to know whether it exists for all camera apps or for the main ones only. I'll update more on that later.
[INFO]Update #1: Added more photo comparisons that show the decrease in clarity and color to a greater extent. I am not sure whether this'll be enough for all to finally acknowledge this issue. How I miss the good old days.
[/INFO]2. Increasing/Decreasing Volume Fail to Work [ORIGIN: AMBER] [BLACK STATUS: YET TO CONFIRM]
This was a rather unexpected bug that frustrated me a lot. I often found that volume increase and decrease doesn't work even though the levels are clearly being changed. Number increase and decrease doesn't affect the actual volume.
I first passed this as a problem with Nokia Music files as they were always weird to me due to their low sizes and improper working in WMP but I later found that it occured whilst playing a video too.
I don't know whether this has been fixed in GDR+BLACK as so far, there hasn't been a problem. If anyone still has this, please comment.
3. Screen getting Posterized (like Glance) on Waking for a few seconds [ORIGIN: AMBER] [BLACK STATUS: EXISTS]
Yet another random bug. I happened to see this after using Glance. On waking the phone (at oddly rare moments), the screen gets sort of posterized or over-coloured just like Glance and everything goes slow like the swipes and it lasts for about 5 seconds and then goes back to normal. This was really weird for me and once I tried to take a screenshot and found that the screenshot was perfect and had no problems even though the screen was displaying the posterized version.
So far, I haven't seen it yet. Maybe they fixed it after BLACK as it could be associated with Glance. Again, let me know if this still exists.
[NOTE]Update #1: I have recently noted whilst I was unlocking my device by double tapping on the screen, it happened as the lockscreen got over-rendered and colorized and everything went slow like sliding to top to unlock but it lasted for just a few seconds and all was normal. Again, taking screenshots didn't do any good as the lockscreen was perfect in screenshots.[/NOTE]
4. Music+Videos shows error when playing Music the first time [ORIGIN: PORTICO] [BLACK STATUS: EXISTS]
This is not as troublesome as the rest but I thought I should mention this as well. Again, at random moments, especially when you are switching the device on and then going to music+videos to play a song, it first shows an error and I have to go back and play it again to start. It happens for the first-times mainly and later at random moments. But as soon as you go back and tap the same song again, it plays. This happens whatever order in which I try to play the music -- whether its from the new list or history or directly after searching for it in the full list.
I thought I should report this as well. It's a bug after all as the music will eventually play. Next time, I will take the screenshot and post it.
These are the only known [major] bugs I've experienced. Some of these looks fixed while some clearly remains a pain in the *** for me. Clearly, the Lumia 920 is a superb phone but the apparent bugs are killing it.
If you have any other bug to report, please do so here so that we can confirm its existence and atleast make WPCentral and Nokia reps and other communities raise these issues.
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