Should I upgrade my Lumia 640 to Win10 Mobile?

Robert Lau

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I have a Lumia 640, and I have been hesitant to upgrade, for fear that Win10 Mobile my be resource heavy, or still too buggy to put on my only phone.... Thoughts?
 

xandros9

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Are you OK with spending the time erasing the phone and starting fresh at a moment's notice?
Then sure, you can try it.

If your phone is mission critical and needs to be online 24/7, don't do it quite yet.
 

charlatan1978

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Hi, from my experience I would wait, especially if you are happy with how WP8.1 performs.
I have tried a few builds on my secondary Lumia 625 and have always ended up rolling back to WP8.1 after about a month.
 

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I just did on a whim, and while there are a lot of super cool features, I really should've just stayed on 8, which was easier, smoother, etc and took less effort to use since I just don't have the time to keep up with 10. I am really looking forward to the final build though!
On a similar topic, I know you can use the recovery tool to roll back, but about how long does that take? As in, closer to an hour or so, or several hours?
 

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I know you can use the recovery tool to roll back, but about how long does that take?
Takes about 15-20 mins to roll back on my Lumia 625.
I think when you first install the Recovery Tool you have to download the image for your phone from Microsoft which can take a while.
But subsequent roll backs only take me 15-20 mins.
 

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Thanks. I went ahead and did it yesterday and was surprised at how fast it was. Downloading the program, the image, and finishing up was about 45 minutes, and I appreciate 8.1 even more now. 10 was fun and has a lot of great features, but I really like things like using Cortana from the lock screen and being able to search. 😊
 

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