So no GDR3 till early 2014?

[psiu_glen]

Edit: this post is in jest, all passengers without their sense of humor aboard please disembark prior to reading.

My brain just died reading the posts arguing with hopmedic.

seriously, "the sky is brown"

Hop: no, it's blue, you can look outside.

Rock: "NO IT'S A SKY "PREVIEW" NOT BLUE UNTIL IT'S FINAL!"

 

[N_LaRUE]

I'm wondering.... can we move on now?

 

[CageJ]

It's clear that who doesn't understand that the gdr3 preview it's a preview build and the rtm build has still to be built, is not a developer.
Let them think this is the final one... we don't want to ruin their favorite toy, do we?

No..
the HTC 8XT has also the same build... 10512..

 

[neo158]

IT'S BEEN RELEASED FOR A DEVICE!

What part do YOU not understand?! We have the final build numbers. We have that on our dev preview devices. And it has been officially released for at least one phone. What more do you want?!

*pounds head off table*

Exactly, I think some people are being purposefully dense about this. In my comments I never stated that the dev preview WAS the RTM, I simply stated it was feature complete i.e. no more features being added!!

 

[hopmedic]

A Microsoft Developer Preview is never the final release. What part of preview (and Microsoft's very clear definition of preview in its post beta world) do people not understand? You can say it as many times as you like, but until it is finalized and released for a device, it is still a beta.

Welcome to a new era of Microsoft. The same build that developers got has now been released in the wild. The day before you posted this comment. Less than 13 hours after this whole discussion started, I was vindicated. I've already been proven right. Can we move on now?

 

[hopmedic]

Edit: this post is in jest, all passengers without their sense of humor aboard please disembark prior to reading.



seriously, "the sky is brown"

Hop: no, it's blue, you can look outside.

Rock: "NO IT'S A SKY "PREVIEW" NOT BLUE UNTIL IT'S FINAL!"

That's pretty much how it is these days. Not just about comparatively insignificant things like phones or computers, but about a lot of things, sadly.

 

[iliramove]

It is the GDR3 guys. The build may be different due to bug fixes but at the end of the day, it will be GDR3.

Lets move on. No need for hating each other over semantics in this helpful forum



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[hopmedic]

It is the GDR3 guys. The build may be different due to bug fixes but at the end of the day, it will be GDR3.

Lets move on. No need for hating each other over semantics in this helpful forum
FYI the build won't be different. It's already been released for the HTC 8XT on Sprint. Same build.


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It won't be a different build. Microsoft has already published documentation of the final build numbers, and they match what we have, as well as the build that Sprint HTC 8XT owners have already started receiving. It's over. Done. The builds that are being pushed out are final, and they match the dev builds. It's been said many times in this thread, with documentation to support.

 

[marcomura]

Well, it seems I was wrong. This preview is actually the final build.
I'm pretty surprised and disappointed for this... surprised because this is the first time MS releases a preview which is already the final build, disappointed because this preview seems to be pretty buggy.

( also, I was secretly hoping they would add an option to force the store to check for updates in the rtm relase )

 

[unstoppablekem]

Well, it seems I was wrong. This preview is actually the final build.
I'm pretty surprised and disappointed for this... surprised because this is the first time MS releases a preview which is already the final build, disappointed because this preview seems to be pretty buggy.

( also, I was secretly hoping they would add an option to force the store to check for updates in the rtm relase )

This! I have so many bugs on my gdr3 lumia. Wish I could go back, and didn't upgrade.

 

[xconomicron]

This! I have so many bugs on my gdr3 lumia. Wish I could go back, and didn't upgrade.

Use the software updater for retail. You can flash back to the latest official rom.

 

[HaibaneReki]

Well, it seems I was wrong. This preview is actually the final build.
I'm pretty surprised and disappointed for this... surprised because this is the first time MS releases a preview which is already the final build, disappointed because this preview seems to be pretty buggy.

( also, I was secretly hoping they would add an option to force the store to check for updates in the rtm relase )

I honestly didn't see this coming, You made my morning (friendly pun intended)

 

[hopmedic]

Use the software updater for retail. You can flash back to the latest official rom.

But going back is pointless, unless you want to remain stagnant with GDR2 forever. If you want black when it comes out, it's going to come with GDR3, too.

 

[marcomura]

This! I have so many bugs on my gdr3 lumia. Wish I could go back, and didn't upgrade.

Have you tried with a hard reset?
I know this isn't a good solution, because of the poor WP backing up system which leaves out something, but since there are users without evident bugs (I'm one of them) probably the bugs appears only with specific OS instances... you could fix them with a clean install.

 

[tk-093]

Since we have real versus beta settled can we move on to dry rub versus sauce?

A: dry rub

 

[hopmedic]

Sauce, without a doubt.

 

[hopmedic]

More specifically, I live in GA, but I import my sauce from Bandana's in St. Louis. St. Louis Sweet & Smokey all the way.

 

[N_LaRUE]

More specifically, I live in GA, but I import my sauce from Bandana's in St. Louis. St. Louis Sweet & Smokey all the way.

I prefer hot and spicy myself. At least we moved on from the debate about the preview.

 

[Nabkawe5]

Nokia relaxed when Microsoft kicked in the early GDR3 try out program, basically if you sign up for free in the App creator Microsoft created a while back you'll get access to GDR3. FOR FREE.
Meanwhile Nokia can perfect its update rather than push it out of the door in a hasty fashion, and don't forget its not just one phone
Nokia is writing for Lumia520/521/620/625/720/810/820/822/920/925/928/1020/1320/1520. that's a mile to code huh?

 

[N_LaRUE]

Nokia relaxed when Microsoft kicked in the early GDR3 try out program, basically if you sign up for free in the App creator Microsoft created a while back you'll get access to GDR3. FOR FREE.
Meanwhile Nokia can perfect its update rather than push it out of the door in a hasty fashion, and don't forget its not just one phone
Nokia is writing for Lumia520/521/620/625/720/810/820/822/920/925/928/1020/1320/1520. that's a mile to code huh?

Um, yeah we already knew this. We had a large debate about it on this thread. You missed all the fun.