We recently wrote that the Nokia Black distribution for Nokia Lumia 925 and 1020 has begun in China. Starting yesterday, the update will be available globally for these two smartphones - Nokia Lumia 925 and Nokia Lumia 1020. For all other smartphones in the line, the update will come a little bit later. What's new in Nokia Black?
App Folders. With the App Folders app, you can make better use of your Lumia home screen. Select multiple apps and group them into one folder on your home screen. In addition to applications, you can also group various settings for quick access to them;
Nokia Glance Screen 2.0. You can always be aware of the status of your smartphone simply by looking at its screen without removing the lock. After all, now the Glance screen displays not only the clock, but also the number of incoming elements - missed calls, incoming messages, mail, VKontakte messages, Whatsapp or others;
Bluetooth 4.0 LE. All Nokia Lumia that run on Windows Phone 8 will receive Bluetooth 4.0 LE support. This technology will be more gentle on your smartphone’s battery, and will also make it possible to work with new types of peripherals on your smartphone;
Nokia Refocus. The application, which was previously only available for PureView smartphones, can now be installed on any Nokia Lumia. With Nokia Refocus you can shoot and only then focus. Expand your photographic abilities and open up new avenues of creativity.
Nokia Beamer. This application will turn your Lumia into a full-fledged projector. The application will be available after the update only for smartphones with 1GB of RAM. Using Nokia Beamer, a smartphone will broadcast images from any part of the smartphone to the screen of a TV, computer, tablet or even another smartphone.
Nokia Storyteller. Collect all your photos and information about them in one place. Show your life stories along with geotags on an interactive map. Showing photos has never been so interesting.
Nokia Camera. Last year, with the release of Nokia Lumia 1020, a great application appeared in the app store - Nokia Pro Cam. Later it became available for other PureView-Lumia, and even later merged with Nokia Smart Cam. After updating Lumia Black, non-PureView devices will be able to install Nokia Camera. For Nokia Lumia 1020, the update enables support for shooting in RAW (DNG).
Updates from Microsoft. The Lumia Black comes with Microsoft's General Distribution Release or Update 3, which includes an updated task manager, orientation lock, in-car mode, and the ability to set your own notification ringtones.
To update your device, go to "Settings" - "Device Update" - "Check for Update". To recap, Lumia Black is now shipping for Nokia Lumia 925 and 1020.
In February 2015, Microsoft officially announced the release of a new version of its mobile operating system - Windows 10. To date, the new “OS” has already received several global updates.
However, with each major addition, more and more old devices become outsiders and stop receiving official support from developers.
Officially, this OS can only be installed on a limited list of smartphones with an earlier version of the operating system. However, in practice, the list of gadgets that can accommodate version 10 of Windows is much wider. Not only Nokia Lumia owners can rejoice, but also users of devices with a different operating system, for example, Android.
Windows Phone models that will receive the official update to Windows 10 Mobile:
If your device is on this list, updating to a new OS version will not be difficult. However, it is worth approaching this issue carefully.
If your device is no longer receiving official updates, you can still update it to the latest version of the OS. This method is relevant for the following models:
The new version of Windows is not optimized for these models. You take full responsibility for the incorrect operation of the system.
In the Interop Unlock section, enable the Restore NDTKSvc function
Activate the checkboxes for Interop/Cap Unlock and New Capability Engine Unlock
You can disable automatic updates in the “Store”
You can install Windows 10 Mobile on unsupported Lumia using the Interop Tools application
Before a full reinstallation of the operating system, it is strongly recommended to determine the tasks that the updated device should perform:
If you still need to have a full-fledged “ten” on board, before installing a new OS, make sure that your device has enough space for a new heavy system. Pay attention to the characteristics of the device's processor. Windows can be installed only on processors with ARM architecture (does not support Windows 7) and i386 (supports Windows 7 and higher).
Now let's move on to the installation:
If your smartphone receives official updates, there will be no problems installing the new OS version. Users of earlier Lumia models will also be able to update their smartphone without any problems. The situation is much more deplorable for Android users, because their smartphone is simply not designed to install Windows, which means that if a new OS is forcibly installed, the owner of the phone runs the risk of getting a fashionable, but very useless “brick.”
If you haven't updated your smartphone to , then it's time to do it. Completely new functions and capabilities are available in this version of the OS. The interface has become more thoughtful, easier and more concise. Not sure if it's worth upgrading to Windows Mobile 10? Then we recommend , which demonstrates the operation of a device with Windows 10 Mobile installed.
In this article, I will cover the following question: how to update your phone to the latest version of Microsoft's mobile operating system. But first, you should familiarize yourself with the list of devices for which this function is available.
Important! To update, you need a pre-installed Windows Phone 8.1 system and at least 8 GB of memory. In addition, the battery level should not be less than 50% before starting the upgrade.
Helpful advice. To find out which build is currently installed on your device, go to: Settings → About device → Details. There you will find all the necessary information.
Microsoft understands that the update process can be difficult for many, so Microsoft employees have created a video clip that shows the update procedure step by step.
To quickly and conveniently upgrade your phone from Windows Phone to Windows 10 Mobile can be downloaded update assistant. This is a special application that allows you to get the necessary information about whether your phone needs an update and, if so, it automatically downloads the latest system build.
By the way, there are times when, when checking for an update in smartphones running Windows Background 8, a message appears stating that the device does not need updates. Although the 10th version of the mobile OS has been released a long time ago and can be installed on supported devices. In such cases, the application in question will help.
Now you need to go to the settings and select the “Update” item on your phone, check for updates and install them.
Download the assistant from the official Windows Store:
How to recover a forgotten Microsoft account or lock screen password
How much joy did the owners of Nokia Lumia 925 have when both the tracker on the Nokia website and we announced the availability of the Lumia Cyan update for Russian and Ukrainian firmware. But, unfortunately, the corresponding section in the system, which allows you to check for an update, reported that there were no new updates for the phone. It still displays this message to this day for those users who use smartphones running both Windows Phone 8.1 Developers Preview and Windows Phone 8. Microsoft, in turn, brushes it off and claims that they are having problems with the mailing due to some then restrictions in the registry. Why then did foreign owners of this model receive the update, but Russian and Ukrainian ones could not? This question still remains unanswered. Therefore, we recommend that our users who are still sitting and waiting for the mailing to begin, manually install Lumia Cyan using a simple procedure for flashing the smartphone, which is described in this manual. You can read more detailed information about the article “How to get the Lumia Cyan update for Nokia Lumia 925?” in the full version of our review below.
To flash your smartphone you will need the following:
Nokia Software Recovery Tool.
- Windows 7/Windows 8/8.1 installed on the computer.
- Working USB port and cable.
- Smartphone battery charged 50%-100%.
Step 1. Download and install Nokia Software Recovery Tool.
Step 2. Launch the program and connect your smartphone to your computer using a USB cable.
Step 3. Make sure that the software version, which is displayed in the middle of the window, is higher than the software version under the smartphone image. If it is higher, then click on the “Install” button.
Step 7. Upon completion of the firmware, the program will reboot the device and report the successful update of the phone software.
Is there an upgrade for Lumia 925 to Windows 10?
Whether you can upgrade to Windows 10 depends on several factors:
WindowsTen.ru
Two photographs have appeared on the Chinese website Tieba, which show a Nokia smartphone with the Windows 10 Preview update installed and running. This is the first live shot of a Windows 10 smartphone (other than the devices we saw at Microsoft's presentation last month).
In the photos you can see the new PowerPoint application and the new start page with transparent tiles, which. however, it is not much different from the start screen in Windows Phone 8.1.
Now we know for sure that the Nokia Lumia 925 will soon receive an update to Windows 10. Obviously, it will also soon be available to other flagship smartphones: Lumia 930, Lumia 1520, etc.
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We all remember that last winter, Microsoft introduced a beta version of its new mobile operating system - Windows 10 Mobile. Since then, several builds of this OS have been released, and not a single smartphone has frozen when installing a new system from Microsoft.
Of course, childhood mistakes, such as broken fonts and installation freezes, are already behind us. It won't be long before your Windows Phone device alerts you that an update to Windows 10 Mobile is available. Today we will tell you whether it is worth switching to a new OS or not.
The upgrade process from Windows Phone 8.1 to Windows 10, depending on the phone, takes on average about an hour with installation of all applications. At this moment the phone gets very hot, my Nokia Lumia 925 had to be cooled on the balcony. I did not experience any problems with the update, neither on the Lumia 535 nor on the Lumia 925.
After the transition, all applications and settings remain in place. The basic concept of tiles, which was in Windows Phone 7,8,8.1, has also not gone away. There is a main screen, also known as the desktop, and there is a menu that appears on the right. If the concept remained the same, the interface changed significantly, the distance between the tiles decreased, a background appeared, transparency of the tiles, icons in the settings menu, a different type of buttons, notifications and tabs. All this makes the new Windows 10 Mobile operating system much nicer than what we saw in Windows Phone 8.1.
The new OS, unlike Windows 8.1, is slower. This feels good when you don’t have the phone under review, but when you use it every day. We can assume that this is due to the fact that Windows 10 Mobile is still raw, but perhaps it is simply more demanding on the smartphone’s resources, since similar posts on the topic of the speed of the new OS have already appeared on the Internet.
Most applications on Windows 10 Mobile have been rewritten to take into account the new interface. Here we are greeted by a new calendar, a new, much more convenient alarm clock, as well as contacts and messages. The latter have integration with Skype and if you use it, then this should be a plus for you.
Microsoft is trying to get rid of the Internet Explorer browser by renaming it Microsoft Edge. Unfortunately, on Windows 10 Mobile there is practically no difference between the operation of the two browsers. The only exception is that on my Lumia 925 Microsoft Edge runs much slower than IE, and even freezes on heavy sites. Unfortunately, in the case of Edge they did not present anything new; people were waiting for Google Chrome and continue to wait. The Opera browser, which is presented on Windows Phone, is much worse than IE in terms of speed, so it is not a competition.
Windows Phone 8.1 had a stylish and convenient MP3 player, in the top ten, they cut it out and added a new one - Groove. Microsoft did a great job here - the player quickly finds new files, looks great, has no delays during playback, and also easily allows you to create playlists. In a word, everything was done conveniently.
Contacts were not spared either. Now it's called "People". This is something like a hub where contacts from all connected accounts go. For example, for me it is Outlook and Gmail. In addition, Microsoft follows the fashion and made round contact icons, which some people just find annoying.
Microsoft has created a new application store, which is not inferior in convenience to Google Play. The new store is truly a great update that everyone has been waiting for.
One of the killer features that has been in Android for a long time, but appeared in a stripped-down form in WP 8.1, is the notification and navigation panel. In Windows 10, it was perfectly redesigned, now the notification panel is the same as in desktop Windows 10.
Ability to disable application permissions. This feature appeared in Android 6 and is now available in Windows 10 Mobile. You can now block applications from accessing certain smartphone functions. For example, access to a camera or GPS. This is very convenient, since previously you either agreed with the rules and installed the application or refused to install it.
Is it worth switching to Windows 10 Mobile right now? If you have a powerful smartphone, for example Lumia 640 and higher, then it’s worth it. If you have a Lumia 4** or 520, 525,530,535, 620, 630 smartphone, then it’s unlikely. The update will not bring you joy, as the system speed will drop by 30%.
Speed issues are the only reason to delay an upgrade. I hope Microsoft can make the new Windows mobile as fast as 8.1. You just have to wait a little, although in the case of Windows Phone 8 you had to wait one year for the update to 8.1. Otherwise, 10ka on a smartphone is an excellent system, thanks to which there will be more people using Windows 10 Mobile.
Update of the article from 04/16/2016.
I sold my Lumia 535, Lumia 925. Due to the fact that on the first smartphone Windows 10 Mobile works simply disgusting and very slow, and Microsoft refused to update the Nokia Lumia 925. Wait a minute, this smartphone cost 20,000 rubles in 2013 and such spitting is not permissible.
