Lumia 950
Version 1511
10.0.10586.0/29
1. Alarm
When you open the details of an alarm you've set, or create a new alarm, it's not possible to preview the ?Default? alarm sound.
The "Default" sound is listed, yet when you want to change this setting you can quick select ?Vibrate only? or pick from your music or from ringtones. If you select the ringtone option all the sounds are displayed with the preview play in front of the name, EXCEPT the top option which is ?Use default? (which you can?t preview). Note the sounds at the very bottom (after alarm 6): Ahead of Time, Archipelago, Beep Alarm, Birds in the Woods, Clokkastrophe, Early Chill, Epic Day, Lumia Clock, Riverbank Dawn, and Torchbearer.
If you go to
Settings -> Personalization -> Sounds -> Manage App Sounds or
Settings -> System -> Notifications and Actions
and select Alarm & Clock, the Notification sound once again says ?Default? without the option to preview it! So where is this mythical Default sound? Also, the sounds I mentioned previously (which were available directly in the Alarm app) are not available here.
Checked, and turns out this is wrong: Also, the alarm volume is controlled by Media + Apps slider and not by the Ringer + Notifications slider. So if you silence the Media + Apps before sleep, you won?t hear the alarm!
2. Pressing ?at? performs paste
Don?t know how to recreate this one, but happened a couple of times. Quite frustrating if you?re trying to write an email address, and when you press ?at?, a paste is performed with whatever you have in the clipboard.
Changing the language on the keyboard got rid of this one. Interestingly, the only connection I can find is that I use the Croatian keyboard which (on a desktop) has the ?at? on the AltGr + V (which is basically Ctrl + Alt + V), and paste is just Ctrl + V.
3. Automatic update + SIM PIN
Automatic update schedules a restart at 3:00 in the morning. On restart, the phone gets stuck at the SIM PIN input screen, which in turn disables the phone until you enter the PIN (in the morning).
4. SIM PIN
When starting your phone, if you cancel the PIN input, it?s hard to get the phone to ask you the SIM PIN again. Back in WP8.1 the SIM PIN entry was displayed if you started the Phone app, but now when you start the Phone app it actually starts, but doesn?t ask for the SIM PIN (the Dial pad is displayed). It does say ?PIN required? on the top, but nowhere to enter it. Dialling even a single digit finally brings up the SIM PIN entry.
5. Conversations (skype images)
Images sent via Skype are not displayed. ?Unsupported content in this message? is displayed (even though the image is stored in the cloud and displaying it is trivial).
6. Calendar
The calendar live tile has reverted to WP8 look with all the text on the tile being the same size. WP8.1 had the day and date justified to the right, and the date in double the size font for easier readout.
7. Calendar view
The month view has again reverted to the WP8 look with the screen split, and the month view on the top and the details on the bottom. WP8.1 had a clearer month display, especially if you have multiple calendars.
8. Lock screen + weather
Weather is no longer available as a lock screen. My picture, Sample images, Bing and Twitter are the only options. Can?t understand why weather is not an option. There is an option to use weather as a quick status, but allegedly that one only displays when there?s a weather warning. It is possible to show weather as a detailed status though, but I have the calendar there.
9. Maps
HERE trinity is still missing from the store, and with it all the Favourites saved within them. Not possible to import the Favourites from HERE to the built in Maps app.
10. Restoring from OneDrive backup
If you DON?T enter your Microsoft account when initializing the 950, there is no way to restore from the backup later. When you later enter the MS account, the device won?t ask to restore from a backup. Additionally, if your device name is the same as your last backup, your old backup will be overwritten. Bye, bye backup.
11. Screen + Touch
There is a significant delay when swiping left from the start screen to the Apps, but this might be a ?cosmetic delay?. I?ve found the screen response in Maps (especially when multitouch is used) is horrible.
12. Maps multitouch mess
When moving two fingers up/down, the map should just tilt up and down. Instead it?s combining the up/down and (slight) left/right to rotate as well, making a jittery mess. If (general) up/down motion is used, only tilting should occur.
13. Camera
Adding the finishing touches? Nuff said.