Samsung Ativ S - Windows Phone 8.1 Update - Developer Preview

[MisterLFP]

Do you think there are going to be any problems with the developer preview of Windows Phone 8.1 on Samsung Ativ S? Is it still Samsung branded?

 

[Ezhik]

There won't be.

 

[Athull]

Do you think there are going to be any problems with the developer preview of Windows Phone 8.1 on Samsung Ativ S? Is it still Samsung branded?

No Dev preview has nothing to do with ur OEM or Carrier since its only a software update and not a firmware update so u shouldn't face any issues.

 

[Jaskys]

Your phone might explode, but that's no big deal

 

[Forrestliu]

my ativ s even don't update to GDR 3.

 

[neo158]

No Dev preview has nothing to do with ur OEM or Carrier since its only a software update and not a firmware update so u shouldn't face any issues.

That's not strictly true, the GDR3 dev preview had a catastrophic bug on the ATIV S where it would boot to a black screen after a factory reset. Then there was a 50/50 chance it would come back perfectly after performing another factory reset.

 

[tofmin]

That's not strictly true, the GDR3 dev preview had a catastrophic bug on the ATIV S where it would boot to a black screen after a factory reset. Then there was a 50/50 chance it would come back perfectly after performing another factory reset.

This bug was preventing me from installing GDR3 from PfD. Any "rumors" if they fix it in 8.1?

 

[svenhassel]

Has anyone updated an ativ s? Please tell us your experiences!

 

[tofmin]

Yep. 20 minuts, works like a charm (no hard reset of course, I'm not suicidal). Still testing but, for me, I have not encountered any error.

edit:
Overall? OK!

Two things I don't like:
- battery, time, range icons are always visible (meh)
- there's no option in action center to turn on/off mobile data

edit 2:
Bugs?
- tiny, really tiny stuttering (during scrolling in menu or startscreen)
- built-in photo app - my photos are always sort by date and hour, even if I turn off this option (hate this view)

 

[Kevin Henrique]

My keeps reboot to 30 in 30 seconds after the update even after hard reset the error persists.

 

[lucadc]

Mine reboots every 30 secs too

 

[svenhassel]

Damn, seems I?ll skip the developer preview in the Ativ S, there are many errors reported.

 

[lucadc]

hard reset doesn't solve the reboot loop bug

 

[SatanWantYou]

I don't have any problem guys with my ativ s.Everything its working fine.No lag ,no problems.

 

[Jose_Rey]

hard reset doesn't solve the reboot loop bug

It solved it for me. It was started by the soft reset. That's how I got the bug. It worked perfectly, but for some stupid reason I decided it would work better if I soft reset. Bad decision. Anyways, I hard reset it and it's been working for the last two hours as I downloaded my apps. Now, I'm re-downloading my maps. Probably another 2 hours on ma sloooooow internet connection (3Mbits)

 

[lucadc]

Yeah, I think you're right. The bug maybe starts with the soft reset. I did another hard reset and now it seems that works fine.

It solved it for me. It was started by the soft reset. That's how I got the bug. It worked perfectly, but for some stupid reason I decided it would work better if I soft reset. Bad decision. Anyways, I hard reset it and it's been working for the last two hours as I downloaded my apps. Now, I'm re-downloading my maps. Probably another 2 hours on ma sloooooow internet connection (3Mbits)

 

[Kevin Henrique]

The bug happens when you hang up the phone! hardreset softreset not work for me. So off once it starts

 

[kingenu]

is your store working?

 

[Kevin Henrique]

For me not found any Bug, Only after that **** off of restarts happens ... I'll have to reset my phone every morning, and do not install anything until ready.

 

[Jose_Rey]

is your store working?

My store is Working, I'm in the US, if that makes a difference.