So I installed 8.1 Preview for Developers a few months ago and have had issues ever since. I should first point out that since then the phone has updated automatically a couple of times... to 8.1 Preview for Developers! I dont understand why it would update two or three times to 8.1 preview for developers if it was already installed. Anyway, I am constantly losing service. The 4G icon disappears and I cannot receive, send texts or even make or receive calls. The only fix is shutting off Wi-Fi .
Now my second issue is not being able to power the phone off unless taking the battery out. Holding down the middle button and 'sliding down to power off' does nothing but reboot the phone. This did work properly before updating to 8.1.
My third issue, while not a major one, is definitely an annoyance which I'm sure has been discussed. There is absolutely NO WAY to update the music libaray. I'm always updating the tags to my music and copying it over to the SD card on my phone but the phone never updates these files. I have tried connecting the phone to my PC and showing the hidden files on the phone, going into the music folder and deleting the artists/album files but they are protected and as far as I know there is no way to delete them.
I just deleted the Preview for Developers app and the OS is showing Windows Phone 8.1 Update now instead of the Preview for Developers version. I'm also about to do a hard reset (if I can figure out how to save my contacts first) to see if anything improves. I did enjoy using this phone at first & would really like to get it working properly and keep using it instead of switching to an Android or something so any help is greatly appreciated.
Now my second issue is not being able to power the phone off unless taking the battery out. Holding down the middle button and 'sliding down to power off' does nothing but reboot the phone. This did work properly before updating to 8.1.
My third issue, while not a major one, is definitely an annoyance which I'm sure has been discussed. There is absolutely NO WAY to update the music libaray. I'm always updating the tags to my music and copying it over to the SD card on my phone but the phone never updates these files. I have tried connecting the phone to my PC and showing the hidden files on the phone, going into the music folder and deleting the artists/album files but they are protected and as far as I know there is no way to delete them.
I just deleted the Preview for Developers app and the OS is showing Windows Phone 8.1 Update now instead of the Preview for Developers version. I'm also about to do a hard reset (if I can figure out how to save my contacts first) to see if anything improves. I did enjoy using this phone at first & would really like to get it working properly and keep using it instead of switching to an Android or something so any help is greatly appreciated.
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