With 8.1 GDR1, do we need new drivers again for aptX and Quick Charge 2.0?

[Bugrahan]

Actually, the question is in the title.

I am currently running 8.1+Cyan on my 1520 and eager to try out GDR1 as soon as it is out. My major concern is that it may mess up with the Cyan-specific driver updates for the phone so I may lose some functionality. OR that may not happen but we may need new drivers (post-Cyan) to use aptX, Quick Charge 2.0 support, etc.

The good thing is WP8.1 supports near-seamless backup to the cloud, so I may just revert back to 8.1+Cyan if I do not like GDR1.

 

[wuiyang]

Actually, the question is in the title.

even if we need, it is not possible to gain it from update, you will need to buy new phone for it (lumia x30). for aptX, i dont know,, but Quick Charge may apply on most windows phone (battery with 3000mAh above)

I am currently running 8.1+Cyan on my 1520 and eager to try out GDR1 as soon as it is out. My major concern is that it may mess up with the Cyan-specific driver updates for the phone so I may lose some functionality. OR that may not happen but we may need new drivers (post-Cyan) to use aptX, Quick Charge 2.0 support, etc.

windows phone wont mess up your phone, and it wont burn down your phone or malfunction some driver, cyan is an update for driver firmware, your windows phone wont write/edit your driver firmware

Actually, the question is in the title.
The good thing is WP8.1 supports near-seamless backup to the cloud, so I may just revert back to 8.1+Cyan if I do not like GDR1.

windows phone will auto upload everything on your phone (some app data too, please refer to your app developer if they enabled option to upload data to onedrive, or they have built-in onedrive upload/download system)

 

[jhoff80]

AptX is just a codec. I don't see why it wouldn't just work.

 

[Bugrahan]

Thanks but this is all known info.

even if we need, it is not possible to gain it from update, you will need to buy new phone for it (lumia x30). for aptX, i dont know,, but Quick Charge may apply on most windows phone (battery with 3000mAh above)

Snapdragon 8XX series (so 1520, 930 and Icon as of today) will benefit from Quick Charge 2.0.

windows phone wont mess up your phone, and it wont burn down your phone or malfunction some driver, cyan is an update for driver firmware, your windows phone wont write/edit your driver firmware

This is not true. Remember Nokia Black supported BT4.0 LE, but with 8.1DP installed on top of Black disabled that feature. Nokia provided 8.1+Cyan update re-enabled it.

windows phone will auto upload everything on your phone (some app data too, please refer to your app developer if they enabled option to upload data to onedrive, or they have built-in onedrive upload/download system)

As I have said this is all known info, hence I stated "near-seamless"

 

[Bugrahan]

AptX is just a codec. I don't see why it wouldn't just work.

Hopefully you are right.

 

[loofmodnar]

This is not true. Remember Nokia Black supported BT4.0 LE, but with 8.1DP installed on top of Black disabled that feature. Nokia provided 8.1+Cyan update re-enabled it.

I might be wrong but if I recall correctly that was due to a change in how the OS handled bluetooth not a change to the phone driver. In that case Cyan would be updating the drivers to work with the new method.

 

[wuiyang]

Thanks but this is all known info.

Snapdragon 8XX series (so 1520, 930 and Icon as of today) will benefit from Quick Charge 2.0.

This is not true. Remember Nokia Black supported BT4.0 LE, but with 8.1DP installed on top of Black disabled that feature. Nokia provided 8.1+Cyan update re-enabled it.

As I have said this is all known info, hence I stated "near-seamless"

Maybe due to they separate the Bluetooth from the firmware to the OS

 

[tanzim31]

Why not?

 

[Bugrahan]

Why not?

why not what?