Official 8.1/Denim for the Icon?

[Greg Hutchison]

Thanks for the information! Gives me hope for denim.

 

[SpaceyO]

I wonder if Verizon offered the following choice to its customers, what would people choose?
"Verizon Customer, there are issues between the MS firmware update in Denim and our awesome added-on VZ apps. You can have the Denim upgrade right now...HOWEVER, if you choose to do so, you MUST relinquish all of our awesome added-on VZ apps. Your choice, please. We're waiting..."

Seeing as how I (and I'm gonna guess most of us) have long ago deleted the awesome added-on VZ apps, I'll take that option...

 

[MatsuDano]

Definitely. It's like when a gaming company delays the launch of their new game so they can work out the bugs they found. Gamers hate having to wait longer, but when the game finally launches and it's a gorgeous game with little to no issues, it was SO worth the wait.

[End of rant]

Except developers and publishers typically give a release date. They don't say a game is "coming soon" then just launch it whenever they want. If there is a delay, most of the time they are incredibly transparent about what caused it.

Your red shirt is showing.

 

[David Feifer]

Lol.. The first thing I did when I got this phone was uninstall all of Verizon's apps.

I wonder if Verizon offered the following choice to its customers, what would people choose?
"Verizon Customer, there are issues between the MS firmware update in Denim and our awesome added-on VZ apps. You can have the Denim upgrade right now...HOWEVER, if you choose to do so, you MUST relinquish all of our awesome added-on VZ apps. Your choice, please. We're waiting..."

 

[Indistinguishable]

Friend at Verizon told me they got the test notice for 8.1 for the Icon. I didn't ask if that meant Denim, but at least it's finally gotten back to VZ.

Sorry, I should probably know this, but what is a "test notice?"

 

[Kieta]

 

[2390]

Sorry, I should probably know this, but what is a "test notice?"

I have no clue either. I hope it's how they're testing OTA deployment

 

[arbyjr]

Seeing as how I (and I'm gonna guess most of us) have long ago deleted the awesome added-on VZ apps, I'll take that option...

Odd story, but the other day I was "shopping" at a local AT&T store and was talking to one of their sales reps about switching. We were then talking about their offerings for Windows phones and this rep told me something very odd, he told me that I would probably miss the VZ navigator app. I was a little confused and asked if I heard him correctly, and he went on to tell me that he really likes that app. He told me his personal phone is from VZW and he uses VZ navigator all the time and thinks it's one of the best navigation apps. I was very confused and just stopped talking and walked out of the store backwards...

All my VZW apps were deleted right after the phone was activated, so am i missing something? has VZnav gotten better?

 

[MobileVortex]

It's not a bad option, but not worth paying for...

 

[anon(7901790)]

Sorry, I should probably know this, but what is a "test notice?"

Soak test maybe? They send the OTA to certain devices to test how it affects both the devices and the network.

 

[anon(7901790)]

Odd story, but the other day I was "shopping" at a local AT&T store and was talking to one of their sales reps about switching. We were then talking about their offerings for Windows phones and this rep told me something very odd, he told me that I would probably miss the VZ navigator app. I was a little confused and asked if I heard him correctly, and he went on to tell me that he really likes that app. He told me his personal phone is from VZW and he uses VZ navigator all the time and thinks it's one of the best navigation apps. I was very confused and just stopped talking and walked out of the store backwards...

All my VZW apps were deleted right after the phone was activated, so am i missing something? has VZnav gotten better?

I used VZ Navigator for a couple of years. It is actually pretty decent. At the time it was better than Google Navigator. However, as Google caught up I switched to Google and saved myself like $50-60 dollars a year. Once I moved to Windows Phone I switched to Here+ Drive. It's biggest problem wasn't quality of the app, it is that you have to pay a subscription fee for it. If Verizon offered it for free, I would consider going back to it.

 

[arbyjr]

...It's biggest problem wasn't quality of the app, it is that you have to pay a subscription fee for it. If Verizon offered it for free, I would consider going back to it.

Right and don't the Windows phones from AT&T have the Nokia navigation apps?

 

[anon(7901790)]

Right and don't the Windows phones from AT&T have the Nokia navigation apps?

ALL Windows phones can run Nokia's Here+ Drive regardless of carrier.

 

[arbyjr]

i though so, but was confused. I'm not trying to say that they are better, but they work very well and are free.

Sorry for going off topic...

 

[2390]

Soak test maybe? They send the OTA to certain devices to test how it affects both the devices and the network.

I wish I got one

 

[Mr Hyde]

Just slightly off topic...

I bought an Icon off an eBay seller a few weeks ago in anticipation of the Denim release. While waiting, I have set it all up the way I like but I needed a sim for the phone (I currently have a Lumia 822 and the sim is a different size). Yesterday I went into my local Verizon store to get the sim and get the phone activated. The sim and activation was free.

While I was waiting, I was looking around and I saw the HTC m8 for windows. Looked a bit further and found a Lumia 928. Looked around a bit more and found an Icon on display. I'm not sure what it all means but it was nice to see some windows phones on display.

 

[GoJays]

Unless the Icon was running Denim, it means nothing. Verizon has already stated they are still selling the Icon in some stores.

 

[ckc5022]

Just got an icon today. The previous owner must have installed dev preview because the phone says it's running 8.1. Will I have to do anything special when the update comes out? Is it possible to revert to stock if my phone starts getting buggy?

 

[Harrie-S]

No you do not have to do anytimg special to get the update. But you can go to SETTINGS > PHONE UPDATE > and mark or clear a box to your liking)
You can use the Lumia software recover tool to get the last official OS for your phone.
See below link
https://forums.windowscentral.com/e...singleTopic%26topic%3DFA142987&token=YiUmuFZF

Enjoy your Icon.

 

[Kasey Pierce]

I'm waiting patiently for Denim and all, what i want to is what do we have to do/wait for to get the "Hey Cortana" update. Is that a firmware update? or a software update...for phones running Denim only...?