Microsoft stopped WP8.1 Developer Preview update for all devices.

[hopmedic]

My experience has proven me correct before, and will do so again. This is not a beta. I didn't become s WPCentral ambassador by putting out bad information.

 

[cckgz4]

Except, they added Speed Dial...but won't let you pin that to the Start screen.
Except, apps can integrate into the hubs...except APPS can integrate into the hubs, not services, so when you try to comment, BOOM off you go into your app.
They could have still separated the hubs from the core OS (which shouldn't be under carrier/OEM control anyway, that should be kernel/driver/radio and that's about it) and still maintained a much more integrated experience. In order to get updates out, they HAD to break all things multimedia into Music, FM, Podcast, AND Video?! FOUR apps to replace one Hub? Talk about losing their way and why some of us are frustrated!?!

Why would you pin a speed dial when you can pin a contact? Y'all are so extra

 

[hopmedic]

Well, maybe you need more experience, read the source of your source:



And...

You seem to be saying what I've already said.
http://forums.windowscentral.com/showthread/271799.htm

This isn't my first developer preview.

 

[cckgz4]

Reboot like android? Speak for yourself

 

[tohoshinki]

Honestly I think it's a good thing they pulled the update. Most people who installed it were expecting a completely finished polished product. It's a preview and they really rushed to get it out on time. Things will improve in due time when microsoft actually gets time to iron out bugs fix things. There were a massive number of registry changes in this update which aren't playing nicely with a lot of existing apps and hardware configs. Nothing has been optimized yet which is why we've got the lags and jitters.

Yeah its slower but hey, they've made the right decision. Maybe now all the tech illiterates complaining will shut their gobs about bugs. Microsoft didn't call this a Consumer Preview for a reason.

 

[taymur]

Everyone saying it's crap needs to take a deep breath and a step back. If you don't like playing with beta or even not final release software then don't become a "developer" and install this update. I've put it on my L920 and L1520 with zero problems on each device. I'm not saying everyone, but I wonder how many people didn't follow instructions on the update. Maybe you thought your phone was stuck so you did a hard reset and jacked things up. If your computer was in the middle of an update and you did a hard reset then yes you're gonna have problems. If you don't shut things down correctly you're gonna have problems. If you don't update your apps (or the developer doesn't update their software to work with the new update) then you're gonna have problems. Bottom line, this "developer preview" is for people who want to test things out and give feedback. If you're having a problem there is a place to submit issues or suggestions and it's not on WPCentral. Go to the MS forums and post there. If you aren't willing to do that then wait for your carrier to update your phone.

man, our complaints arethe feedback. what are you talking about. they give us something to test, we should keep our mouths shut and know that this is a beta and its suppose to have bugs. you cant be serious!

 

[psiu_glen]

Why would you pin a speed dial when you can pin a contact? Y'all are so extra

I have seen people complain, because apparently on Android you can do exactly that -- one tap. Not unlock, select the contact, then select the number...

Not a problem I've had, but it's a smartphone, and Android is the competition. And when Speed Dial is introduced as a solution to a problem...yet the dialer as whole seems to have gone backwards. Hmmm...

 

[elitejedimaster]

I, for one, happen to be enjoying the Dev Preview on my 1520, and my wife is loving Cortana, in all her beta glory, on her 920. It's understood that things may not be just perfect, but it's more polished than any custom Android rom I've ever loaded on my old droids.

 

[psiu_glen]

Yep. Unfit and incompetent to be beta testers

How so? Absolutely nothing wrong with the device or the install EXCEPT for many design decisions that have left many here upset (and confused since they don't address problems, introduce new ones, interrupt work flows, break established UI/UX on the platform).

There is plenty to like about it. But apparently anyone with a complaint should shut up according to the fanboys here. Ridiculous.

Also, it is not a BETA. It is a PREVIEW. Wish all these beta apologists would go ask Cortana for the definition of those two words.

Edit: the biggest overarching feel to the complaints I've seen (and I feel the same): it would be one thing if new features weren't quite there, but they've gone back, broken things, changed things (and not for any visible improvement) etc.

 

[SpaceyO]

man, our complaints arethe feedback. what are you talking about. they give us something to test, we should keep our mouths shut and know that this is a beta and its suppose to have bugs. you cant be serious!

Pointing out bugs and documenting them are one thing.

Some people here are acting like a change to the photo hub is the end of their mobile phone world, and the fact that Cortana won't say the temp in Celsius is proof positive that MS hates Europeans.

 

[psiu_glen]

Yeah its slower but hey, they've made the right decision. Maybe now all the tech illiterates complaining will shut their gobs about bugs. Microsoft didn't call this a Consumer Preview for a reason.

Hahahaha, yeah, that's rich. The huge mass market of tech illiterates using Windows Phone who ALSO signed up for the Dev Preview? Riiiight....

 

[LTTG]

How so? Absolutely nothing wrong with the device or the install EXCEPT for many design decisions that have left many here upset (and confused since they don't address problems, introduce new ones, interrupt work flows, break established UI/UX on the platform).

There is plenty to like about it. But apparently anyone with a complaint should shut up according to the fanboys here. Ridiculous.

Also, it is not a BETA. It is a PREVIEW. Wish all these beta apologists would go ask Cortana for the definition of those two words.

Edit: the biggest overarching feel to the complaints I've seen (and I feel the same): it would be one thing if new features weren't quite there, but they've gone back, broken things, changed things (and not for any visible improvement) etc.

Man! I think both of us have the same complaints! And everybody thinks we're stupid... I'm sure many of them are having problems but they just don't want to admit!! Microsoft fixed something that wasn't broken in the first place, and that's a big mistake! It makes me wanna get rid of my WP. But I won't, I'm going back to 8 until Microsoft fixes their s***

 

[anon(123856)]

man, our complaints arethe feedback. what are you talking about. they give us something to test, we should keep our mouths shut and know that this is a beta and its suppose to have bugs. you cant be serious!

Yes this true, but a lot of the feedback is cloaked in noise and no where near lucid and constructive. Also I see quite a lot of "feedback" that's just "my favorite thing isn't included and iOS and Android have it". Some of it seems downright hysterical. People are hyperventilating over this, that or the other thing. MS can't possibly add all the stuff people have been complaining about. We wouldn't see that update until 2016 or later.

 

[Kunalya]

Guys as stated in Wpcentral forums for updating 8.1, as I updated by downloading Developer Preview app and singin all stuff, after that said to go settings and check for updates as Already had updated to lumia black update then too show 8.0 update which is Back one not 8.1 coming... As I know they stopped 8.1 for some reasons and errors but why it shows me only 8.0 update.. I Updated 3 times too get 8.1 update but only shows 8.0 one...

 

[TripsG]

I think WP 8.1 works just fine with my Lumia 1520, no problems so far.

My 1520 has been a bit glitchy. Silly things like the camera randomly booting, it not truly going to "sleep", occasionally not waking up (I get a white screen with scrolling dots across the screen), a random reboot, it gets hot and the battery life is less than it was, though still better than my 920 ever was. Glance doesn't seem to be playing well with the new update either. I know this is just an app or background task causing the issue and will be fixed in a future update, but it hasn't been all rosy for me, and I usually have spectacular performance with all updates.

 

[TripsG]

It's a developer preview..... This is why companies pull their hair out with people saying its garbage, etc. It's available for people to try out, test code against, get a sense of what's working, what's tempermental, etc. The core has few problems. Most are app specific and many are already fixed or in the process of being fixed. Others will be fixed with vendor specific firmware/updates. As much as I love these versions being public available, I almost wish they wouldn't do it and keep it closed to MSDN just to stop people that have no clue and justcomplain when nobody forced this update on them and it is simply not a finished product (though likely the core is close).

I wish this could be screamed from the rooftops. It's a preview and nothing else. It's going to be glitchy and a little testy from time to time. You have to be patient. People forget that they had to OPT IN to this, it wasn't pushed on them in the least bit. Nice comment, keep spreading the truth.

 

[SpaceyO]

Guys as stated in Wpcentral forums for updating 8.1, as I updated by downloading Developer Preview app and singin all stuff, after that said to go settings and check for updates as Already had updated to lumia black update then too show 8.0 update which is Back one not 8.1 coming... As I know they stopped 8.1 for some reasons and errors but why it shows me only 8.0 update.. I Updated 3 times too get 8.1 update but only shows 8.0 one...

There's a small update to 8.0 before you download 8.1.

 

[Tansen]

It proves nothing, simply WP8.1 is buggy garbage right now, so they decided to stop giving it away, until they fix their ****

Personally WP8.1 on my L925 is fantastic, if anything works better than WP8.0 did, and really has lots of much needed features.

 

[Jaskys]

I wish this could be screamed from the rooftops. It's a preview and nothing else. It's going to be glitchy and a little testy from time to time. You have to be patient. People forget that they had to OPT IN to this, it wasn't pushed on them in the least bit. Nice comment, keep spreading the truth.

It isn't a preview, it's a final version aka RTM. Nothing will be added, the only thing that will be pushed with official release is small bug fixes

 

[anon(123856)]

People forget that they had to OPT IN to this, it wasn't pushed on them in the least bit.

This.