Windows Phone 10 preview

Raithlin said:
Also, the calculator has been buffed up in a serious manner, now able to do scientific and programmer functions, as well as conversions. Really slick, and good looking too.
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The Calculator has had the three options ever since the initial WP 8.0: Upright (portrait) it would be a normal calculator. Hold the phone on its side (landscape) and it changes to a scientific calulator. Turn it around on the other side and it changes to a hexa-decimal calculator.
 
p51mustang said:
The Calculator has had the three options ever since the initial WP 8.0: Upright (portrait) it would be a normal calculator. Hold the phone on its side (landscape) and it changes to a scientific calulator. Turn it around on the other side and it changes to a hexa-decimal calculator.
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Yeah, okay. It now does more.
 
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So I had to reboot my phone twice this morning. It would appear that accessing the GPS for an extended amount of time (more than a few seconds, that is) causes the phone to hang - not always, but regular enough that I have noticed it. :(
 
Anybody got any of these bugs yet?
http://www.windowscentral.com/here-are-known-issues-and-workarounds-windows-10-phone-preview

Microsoft has posted a list of current known issues with the just-released Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones. Many of those issues do have workarounds or will be fixed in future preview releases:

The list is as follows:

Existing alarms will not be migrated to Windows 10. Workaround: Reset alarms after upgrade
Wi-Fi settings don't roam when phone is upgraded to Windows 10. Workaround: Manually set Wi-Fi settings when on Windows 10
VPN not available in current Windows 10 builds. Setting will fail to launch. Coming in a future update.
Additional language keyboards may not be present and may not be able to install on US builds after upgrading to Windows 10. Workaround: Reopen the Windows Insider app and re-select Insider Fast/Slow again. The download of keyboard packages will then work
Photos app will fail to launch periodically when attempting to add a photo attachment to an email, OneNote or Facebook item. Workaround: Try again. Succeeds after a few attempts.
Quiet Hours is missing the automatic rule that enables Quiet hours during calendar appointments marked busy. Also the setting "Anyone breaks through if they call 2 times in 3 minutes" us unchecked but enabled.
Apps are not displayed in Battery saver after the upgrade.
Access Point Names (APNs) in recovery images can fall out of date. For some phones/networks, this will block the cellular data and MMS capabilities of a phone when recovering back to the base image. Workaround: Before using the Windows Mobile Recovery Tool to recover, record the specific APN settings on your phone. Set manually once phone restored
Cellular data not working while roaming, despite enabling data roaming. Workaround : The setting doesn't work the first time it's enabled. Turning off and then turning on again will enable data while roaming
Using a Bluetooth headset while playing back video results in low frame rate for video, due to a bug in the interaction between video playback and Bluetooth. Workaround: Use wired headset for listening to audio when playing videos.
Sync to Microsoft Band doesn't work after updating to Windows 10. If you have your phone synced to Microsoft band, it will not pair after the update to Windows 10. Workaround: After upgrade to Windows 10, go to Bluetooth settings, un-pair the Microsoft Band device and re-pair it.
DataSense resets data use history on upgrade to Windows 10. No workaround: Will calculate correctly after the reset.
Trying to set lock screen picture will fail at times. Workaround: Re-attempt the operation.
After upgrade, tapping on "Playlist" from start screen or from within Music App fails to play music. Playlists are greyed out.
Cortana tile and settings are missing on the start screen after upgrade. Workaround: Go to app list and re-pin the tile
Of course, there are likely lots of issues with the Windows 10 preview release for phones that are not currently known to Microsoft, so be aware of that before you download the OS,
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Raithlin said:
Most of them - all of the migration issues, obviously. Cortana doesn't work for me at all. I haven't used VPN, and APN settings were fine. Of course, with the reset I did this morning, I'm hoping not to get any upgrade-related issues now.
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Is your region set to USA? That's how you get Cortana to work.
 
axon1988 said:
Also your voice settings should be set to English USA and in my case I also had to set my regional language to English USA.
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No idea how different it is in WP 10 but enabling Cortana is 8.1 is overly complex. Too many different properties that must be changed and they're not located in the same menu.

Its enough to scare off any non technical person.
 
Way69 said:
No idea how different it is in WP 10 but enabling Cortana is 8.1 is overly complex. Too many different properties that must be changed and they're not located in the same menu.

Its enough to scare off any non technical person.
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It's because it's not supported in our country. And probably won't be in the forseeable future. If it were supported it would get activated when the user set up their region and language preferences. It makes complete sense to me. We are trying to jippo the system after all.
 
axon1988 said:
It's because it's not supported in our country. And probably won't be in the forseeable future. If it were supported it would get activated when the user set up their region and language preferences. It makes complete sense to me. We are trying to jippo the system after all.
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Yeah, I understand that. Compare it to enabling siri in a different country though and its still overly complicated. Regional settings should be grouped together in the same location.
 
Way69 said:
Yeah, I understand that. Compare it to enabling siri in a different country though and its still overly complicated. Regional settings should be grouped together in the same location.
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That's true, but most people who fiddle with regional settings are the most tech savvy of sorts. And the ones who develop the settings are software developers. And I guess rarely do companies try to find out how their customers might prefer the settings to be laid out.
 
Way69 said:
No idea how different it is in WP 10 but enabling Cortana is 8.1 is overly complex. Too many different properties that must be changed and they're not located in the same menu.

Its enough to scare off any non technical person.
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Actually, enabling Cortana in 8.1 for me was as simple as changing my region to UK. Nothing overly complex about that. I even got to keep my regional settings to English - South Africa, so I still get ZAR, etc.
 
Raithlin said:
Actually, enabling Cortana in 8.1 for me was as simple as changing my region to UK. Nothing overly complex about that. I even got to keep my regional settings to English - South Africa, so I still get ZAR, etc.
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Strange, mine wouldn't change until I had the location, regional settings and keyboard set.
 
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