The Windows 10 Mobile Technical Preview Bug and Issues thread

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Running the new Windows 10 Mobile Technical Preview on your handset is somewhat of an experience, with elements which are pretty great, like voice typing, and parts which are pretty rough, like Project Spartan.

If you have an issue, and wish to share it, let us and everyone else know in the comments below.

Below are some known issues to get you started, and we will look to add your comments to the list:

  • There might be situations in which auto-upload of your Camera Roll to OneDrive may not be working. Please be sure to back up your photos especially if you need to use the Windows Phone Recovery Tool to go back to Windows Phone 8.1.
  • The Office Hub has been removed from this build. You won’t be able to open Word, Excel, PowerPoint or OneNote files in this build. Preview versions of the universal Office apps will be available in the coming weeks.
  • We are redoing how text messages are handled and processed by Cortana so in this build text messages cannot be read out over Bluetooth.
  • After upgrade, some apps that have been installed onto a SD memory card will fail to launch. To fix this, uninstall and reinstall the apps.
  • About 1% of the time, incoming phone calls may not play a ringing sound.
  • Call + SMS filtering will not work after upgrade.
  • For people upgrading their phone from Build 9941, there is a bug in which your phone’s MMS settings will be lost after upgrade. The new Messaging app doesn’t yet have the ability to re-enter these settings. You will need to use the Windows Phone Recovery Tool to go back to Windows Phone 8.1 and then upgrade to this build to get MMS working again.
  • Also for people upgrading their phone from Build 9941, the tiles on your Start screen for the Camera and Photos apps may be missing or corrupt. You will have to unpin any corrupt tiles and re-pin the apps to your Start screen.
  • On some phones, due to a scaling bug the dismiss button won’t be visible when an alarm is triggered. To stop your phone from “alarming “just touch the arrow and swipe up on the notification and off the screen to end the alarm.
  • On phones with 512MB of memory, apps can randomly crash due to an issue with memory management.
  • Flight mode cannot be enabled.
  • Data connections can’t be disabled.
  • You may need to re-pin the Phone app after upgrade.
  • The Insider Hub is now included on Phone but may fail to launch on some phones.

In addition to this I have had issues connecting to my WIFI at home, with the phone showing “Limited Connection” and crashes when trying to customize my lock screen apps.

Other problems include:

  • SIM card not detected appears to be a common issue.
  • Lock screen settings not being saved.
  • Many users are reporting issues actually turning on their data connection.
  • Can turn on WIFI
  • Unable to close the Action Centre.
  • High battery consumption

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