[Great deal]

I posted this on the EE website and this is the response from an ex EE customer services rep...

[stiflingcobra]

Wow that's appaling of that advisor!!! Let us know if they reply again about invalidating the warranty as I've got the cv rom and am very tempted to flash it but don't want to lose my warranty...

[BPuk]

That's shocking! Am tempted to share it out on other social networks as well. Was he a sales advisor for sure?

[Great deal]

Hes an ex customer services rep at EE - that's what it says as his job on his profile.

[phander]

Former employee of EE, it appears. Fortunate for him as otherwise after EE saw this, he'd have all the time in the world to answer FB posts!

[BPuk]

Probably why he's an ex! Some people are just out to cause grief! Anyway, one month then leaving handing notice to EE. Glad I got a 12 month contract!

[Nick_1020]

I think the only way you'll reduce the "Other Storage" issue will be to do a full reset and start over again. My other has crept up to 1.95gb over the past 2 weeks.

Cheers.

That's a pretty poor workaround but unfortunately, it looks like the only one. I've read many posts where users have noted that it's something they have to do every few weeks/months in order to get space back.

Will my apps be automatically restored again after resetting? I've enabled backup for app list, settings and text messages. Also, do messages get backed up the moment they arrive or at certain times of the day?

Would I be right in thinking that any game progress will be lost unless there's a feature in the game to backup any saved data?

Finally, will I have to manually copy back all my music and photos to the phone and re-create all my playlists again?

Thanks for any help. I've only reset the phone once and that was the day I got it.

[BenGutt]

Jealous! I got a 24 month contract with them. Nearly half way now but I did get a really good price for my contract. Overall less then the cost of the 12 month one.

I've given up waiting for them to update, as EVERY other network has it out the door already. I seem to remember the release of the phone was delayed because of them dragging their feet approving the launch image.

I've put the UK CV version on my phone, now any delays should only be down to Nokia/Microsoft.

[greycounciller]

@Nick_1020

The good side of resetting is you keep all your Text and Apps from your app list.
The downside is that you lose all photos and music unless you've uploaded photos to SkyDrive.
Make sure you set Settings>Backup then app list to backup on and the same with Texts.
The text are saved from the first time you activated the phone, i.e mine go back to Dec 2012 when I got this phone. It never gets deleted.
Apps however is different. If some apps you have are no longer available, you will not be able to get them again.
Also, it takes absolutely ages to do. You'll also have to manually add music.
I realise I'll probably have to do a reset with mine as I'm having an odd problem loading this webpage for some reason(Only loads via PC).
Hope that helps.

[BPuk]

Jealous! I got a 24 month contract with them. Nearly half way now but I did get a really good price for my contract. Overall less then the cost of the 12 month one.

I've given up waiting for them to update, as EVERY other network has it out the door already. I seem to remember the release of the phone was delayed because of them dragging their feet approving the launch image.

I've put the UK CV version on my phone, now any delays should only be down to Nokia/Microsoft.

Managed to bag the 12month contract when handset was only 19.99 on any tariff! Remember I was lied to about being able to get EE Film on it as well straight away!

[Nick_1020]

First off, the positives:
I appreciate most of the changes in GDR2 and Amber. Some of the change log doesn't really apply to me but it's nice to have FM Radio again as this was something sorely missed after the transition Symbian. I'm keen to try the Xbox Music but I would really prefer if I could keep my artist and album images as they are. Data Sense looks good. I'm on an unlimited plan but it's still nice to see what apps are using a lot of data. I haven't as yet had a chance to test with ProCam app and the changes in the image algorithms but that should be a positive experience. The ProCam app looks extremely good (do I even need ProShot anymore??) and along with the new image/video apps available (SmartCam and Video Trimmer) after the update, the camera experience should be improved even more. The Glance screen is a great addition. Double tap to wake is ok as long as the impact on the battery isn't too bad. Flip to silence is a superb idea and I cannot wait to try it out when the missus calls me later :) Call and SMS filtering is another great feature to have on hand.

Now the things that still need to be looked at or improved:
I was really hoping (not expecting) that it would be possible to sync bookmarks with IE10 after this update. I can't work out why such a basic, but important feature in missing. There's still no way to create sub-folders in favourites either. I'm stuck using a workaround of exporting my bookmarks from FF, then uploading the html file to my website then bookmarking the page in IE10 on my phone. At least I can access my favourites, but I'd much rather have them locally stored on the phone in their folders. Madness.

The other storage bug is infuriating and needs an acceptable resolution asap. Some people have lost up to, and in some cases, more than 50% of their entire available storage and this isn't good enough. Resetting the phone periodically is not a practical solution for most people.

Live Tiles are another area that need to be looked at imo. The updates fail far too often. In fact, all mine failed again after applying gdr2/amber. Whilst I appreciate that the cause may sometimes be a third party app, surely MS can do more to make it possible for users to get things working again with relative ease? Again, why should people have to reset their phones for something that should be possible to resolve without inconvenience?

I'm sure I read somewhere that the Snapdragon S4 supports USB-OTG. Well, I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that this would be an awesome feature to implement on WP8. Space is a premium for most people, especially with the 'other' storage bug. The 1020 is likely to be limited to most users to 32GBs and it won't take long for a casual photographer to fill up the phone...add a few apps and games and within a very short space of time, the phone will be full. USB-OTG could ease some issues. This would require MS to open things up a bit and imho, that would be another good thing too.

I'm still waiting for a practical solution to using a heart rate monitor for apps like Runtastic and Sports Tracker. Both developers are blaming MS and WP8 for their inability to provide a feature. Hopefully this will be fixed asap.

It would also be nice to have a fully functioning Windows app for transferring files, creating and editing playlists, sync bookmarks...perhaps even viewing/editing contacts etc.

On the whole, I'm still very happy with WP8. There is progress being made but some areas are light years behind other platforms. Symbian is well ahead in most things except performance due to their dated CPUs and limited RAM and Symbian is dead. If MS are serious about competing, then they need to pull their finger out and make WP more convenient as well as providing the features that the hardware can support.

[VegaNovus]

i posted this on the ee website and this is the response from an ex ee customer services rep...

i'm famous!

[Blocks9]

I'll wait for this update from EE, but when Windows Phone Blue surfaces next year, i'll flash the rom. Because god knows if Blue will even come to the 920 on EE. They have no desire when it comes to WP seemingly.

[fancyabrew]

they hope to roll out amber by mid September. Just read this on their twitter feed https://twitter.com/EE

[Blocks9]

At least we are a little more informed! So hopefully within 10 days we will see it! Their feed says "rejoice", "sorry", would have been better!

[fancyabrew]

I'm still not going to hold my breath!

[Nick_1020]

@Nick_1020

The good side of resetting is you keep all your Text and Apps from your app list.
The downside is that you lose all photos and music unless you've uploaded photos to SkyDrive.
Make sure you set Settings>Backup then app list to backup on and the same with Texts.
The text are saved from the first time you activated the phone, i.e mine go back to Dec 2012 when I got this phone. It never gets deleted.
Apps however is different. If some apps you have are no longer available, you will not be able to get them again.
Also, it takes absolutely ages to do. You'll also have to manually add music.
I realise I'll probably have to do a reset with mine as I'm having an odd problem loading this webpage for some reason(Only loads via PC).
Hope that helps.

Thanks again greycounciller.

I do have a couple of apps that have since been withdrawn from the Store so I'm gonna hold off on the reset for the time being or until decent alternatives become available.

Do you know if saved game progress and app data are restored after a reset?

[BenGutt]

Thanks again greycounciller.

Do you know if saved game progress and app data are restored after a reset?

Most app data and saves are lost.

I've lost quite a bit. But I thought it was probably better to do it sooner as I was really fed up with EE slowing things down. The longer I left it the more I'd loose.

[Nick_1020]

Most app data and saves are lost.

I've lost quite a bit. But I thought it was probably better to do it sooner as I was really fed up with EE slowing things down. The longer I left it the more I'd loose.

Thanks for the reply.

That's a shame.

I hope WP8 gets hacked at some point. Having root access and being able to copy game/app data before flashing/resetting is a huge plus.

[antonyfrn]

I managed to get an answer out of EE the other day according to the manager the girl grabbed who was with the Nokia rep EEs software isn't compatible with GDR2/Amber so there taking there time aptitude I got was horrible I was told "Well your phones working what's the problem?"

[windev]

@ Windev
With the Amber Update, my photos are better than they ever been.
Are you talking with Pro Cam App?

I'm using the stock camera.

[greycounciller]

I think even with the stock camera mine has really improved leaps and bounds.
Here's 2 examples of my keyboard with both, the top is with ProCam...

[darknight_247]

Received my update today on 3 Uk. GDR2/Amber on Lumia 920 is great, im having an awesome time playing with glance :D


If your on 3 and haven't had the OTA notification then do a manual search in settings.

[KKRLessey]

I heard on Twitter that GDR2+Amber will be released around mid-Sep on EE in the UK. Might be the same period for AT&T.

[Vaco85]

I already have amber Update,but just 10min ago i downloaded the new update. Some1 know what is this? Lumia 920 Vodafone UK.