Thursday, April 24, 2014

How to instale windows phone 8.1

My dear readers, as i mentioned earlyer is was to give the instructions os how to instale the windows phone 8.1 on your windows phone.

Showcased at BUILD conference, the  Windows Phone 8.1 update has started rolling out for developers. As many of you would already know, the new software comes with a plethora of improvements such as virtual assistant Cortana, more customisable Start Screen, Action Center (copy of Android's notification bar), Internet Explorer 11, swipey keyboard, and tighter Skype integration. The best part is that the update is compatible with all WP8 handsets including the entry-level Nokia Lumia 520. Note that developer preview is not the final version of Windows Phone 8.1, so you may come across a few bugs.
Jealous of all those developers rocking the latest version of OS? Well, you too can participate in this program and get WP 8.1 update today. The procedure is quite easy, just follow these instructions:
1. Go to appstudio.windowsphone.comand register. Use the Windows account ( Live.com,  Outlook.com,  Hotmail.com) associated with your phone. It's free.
2. Download the Preview for  Developersapp on your phone.
3. In the app, use the same Microsoft account to login.
4. Now again go to appstudio.windowsphone.com. You'll be asked whether you want to let this service access your email addresses in your profile. Click 'Yes. You can these permissions at any time.
5. Go to Settings - Phone update. Click on 'check for updates'. The automated process will back up your data before the big update. The 8.1 update is around 500 MB in size. So download it over Wi-Fi.
We've tested the update on Lumia 520 and HTC 8X. It's working fine on both. Here are a few screenshots of the new features. After the software refresh, feel free to share your start screen in the comments sections and also get back at me if you encounter any problems.

Monday, April 21, 2014

Break through to the windows phone


When the window phones were released unfortunately they had to face lots of critics. They faced very high competition from the android devices. Good news to windows phone users, windows phone os 8.1 is out. Its not actually out to the public but all the windows developers can get it (any one can be a windows developer, its free). I have just updated my lumia 520 and its awesome. Dont wait for three months or so for the update to be available to you, get it now. Have a feel of the start screen.
On how to get this update on your windows phone will be on my next post.