Tonight, Verizon Wireless has pushed out a new PDF data sheet detailing the Lumia Denim and Windows Phone 8.1.1 updates that are long overdue for the neglected Lumia Icon.
Verizon previously had missed the Lumia Cyan update, but are now wrapping Cyan and Denim up into one update that was due in "early 2015".
The document is quite explicit about the upgrade:
"Verizon Wireless is pleased to announce the Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 for your Nokia Lumia Icon. Windows Phone 8.1 brings a host of new features and capabilities to your Lumia Icon, all designed to make your phone even more useful and personalized than ever before."
The five-page document goes on to detail everything from Cortana to Action Center to the new look in the Store and more. Perhaps the best part is the Lumia Camera 5.0 notes and algorithm improvements, noted as:
- Edit/share images faster with simplified UI
- Sharper and lower noise video
- Improved color and picture in the dark
- Shorter latency with autofocus
We do not want to get people excited too much, but from experience when Verizon publishes such a document, the update usually arrives within the next 24-hours. If we had to place bets, we would guess 1 pm ET either today or tomorrow (February 12) for the update. The document is dated as 2-11-15, so that should be a hint. Needless to say, as Lumia Icon owners ourselves, we are quite excited.
Stay tuned to Windows Central for when the update goes live. For now, you can peruse the PDF document yourself as a tease.
The ultimate irony? By tomorrow, the Lumia Icon may be the only Lumia in the US with the proper Lumia Denim update. However, since Verizon phased the device out from sales, you can no longer buy the phone from them. Brilliant.
Source: Verizon (PDF); Big thanks to Ryan D. for the tip!
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Verizon publishes Lumia Icon PDF detailing Denim and 8.1.1 – update inbound?
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My Icon is updating right now.
ITS DOWNLOADING ZOMG !!!!
DENIM IS FINALLY COMING TO MY ICON !!!!
(passes out )
You should fix the PDF link. Currently it redirects to a broken redirect that goes to the Spanish-language Verizon Wireless homepage.
Updated via recovery tool. Guess I'd be more excited if I wasn't already running DP but camera comparisons are bar none improved. I have a work Icon and updated mine first. Camera spanks the old one. Color, sharpness, saturation, speed, features, etc.
http://lumiaconversations.microsoft.com/2015/02/11/lumia-denim-now-rolli...
On that website it says, an updated Glance Screen. Really??
Nope. Won't be happening.
Downloading Lumia Denim for my ICON right now using Lumia Recovery Tool. Will update with screenshots in by 10:45 EST.
Does anyone know how this release affects the people on the Developer Preview? Do I have to revert back to 8.0 or will I just get the firmware upgrade? If i have to revert back to 8.0, will I be able to restore my start screen after I upgrade?
Word is you have to open the PFD app and uncheck the box to exit the preview and then you should be able to receive the OTA update.
Le sigh.....a moment too late.
idk I've been one of the people complaining this whole time but I'm kinda understanding now. The lumia icon has a powerful CPU and a lot of features are exclusive, I wasn't even aware we are getting 4k video, this is gonna be worth the wait I think...
Hopeful now, happy when I will actually have it installed - but not even close to giving those ass hats at Verizon any praise
Denim update is live via Lumia Software Recovery Tool...
Color me happy!
So I uninstall the Preview for Developers?
Finally... Super excited!!!
Will you need to downgrade if you have Windows Phone 8.1 preview?
A.B.
My question too, but I don't think so. I think that was due to a bitlocker issue with the first cyan release that included the official 8.1 rollout. That has been long fixed but we never got Cyan so it's hard to say what Verizon might require for OTA Denim until we start to see the actual release.
If Verizon gets denim before att I'm leaving att. This ridiculous. They have had the denim update for so long now and done nothing. They really know how to piss off their customers. Way to go att.
Tell them on Twitter
I left Vz for att and got the 830 which came with Denim.
I'll rejoice when I see it...#reserved
Well, another let down by Verizon. The link takes you to a Spanish website, not English, which makes me think that Verizon is gonna hold this update up as well. We will be lucky to get the Denim update sometime in March or April at this rate!
I'm still holding out for AT&T to release Denim update for the 1520. If they do before Verizon releases the Denim update for the Icon, I'm soooo leaving Verizon!!!!
here's the english http://www.windowscentral.com/e?link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kqzyfj.com%2Fclick...
nevermind, there's an english one but for some reason when you link it it takes you to the spanish site
Here is a direct Microsoft link about the Denim update for the Icon
http://www.windowscentral.com/e?link=http%3A%2F%2Fclkde.tradedoubler.com...
The link lists a software number that is well behind the Developer Preview build number I currently have on my phone. Last five digits on my phone with DP is 10241. Last numbers on referenced link is 0047. Software version listed on Verizon's web site for Update 1 is completely different: 02540.00019.15024.38022
So woke up this morning and saw pigs flying, heard a fat lady singing and it is extremely cold outside. Any coincidence?
I am looking forward to Miracast support. It would be nice to project my phone display onto my TV through my Roku 3...
Quick, someone check if pigs are flying & hell is freezing.
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Oooooh the irony lol
It's out on Navifirm+. Downloading now
Does this update include Bluetooth 4.0 and new nfc support? I was at a Microsoft store last night about to purchase the DT903 fancy charger, but the notification features don't with with the icon. Every other phone in the store worked. Will this fix that issue?
Based upon what we know of the Cyan/Denim roll-up update, BT 4.0 LE is supposed to be included. However, until we actually receive the update and verify, I would remain cautiously optimistic, as the BT 4.0 LE would also enable the pairing of my Fitbit activity tracker, as well. (crossing fingers here)
Wow that only took 10 months to create a PDF
Wow, did hell freeze over ? The shy must be falling!! Verizon is finally going to release denim for the ICON...
l just woke up and I am already speechless!!
But 822 and 928 arelady has Denim right?
I have Denim with 8.1 on my Verizon Lumia 822, but Daniel informed me that there is a newer build of Denim for the Icon that includes more features. I didn't know either.
No forgiveness here. Welcome but unacceptable after one year of waiting on a unit no longer sold by the carrier.
A day late and a dollar short. I give Verizon no credit for slowly bleeding the life out of the WP eco system. Why they want it to failed (and why MS allows it to happen) in the US is a mystery.
does anyone know if "glance screen" is included in the denim upgrade?
Icon/930 doesn't support Glance.
But is should support Double-Tap to Wake. #fingerscrossed
it doesn't support either. Never will. It lacks display memory.
well, that is very interesting because i have double-tap on my 930 with denim
That is news indeed!
My 930 always had Double Tap, even with Cyan
Word from users who installed with recovery tool is confirming no double tap to wake.
Kk
Carriers really shouldn't have a say in when software updates are pushed out to phones. Carriers are the main reason for fragmentation in my opinion.
This has to be the worst handled and coordinated update ever... MS sort it out
Microsoft can't "sort out" Verizon's phone updates.
I mean more widely. The update as a whole to denim is just a shambles... Microsoft always have method in their madness, this time their method is harder to see
I could possibly, maybe, quite probably, highly likely, Okay I'm gonna cry. I'm crying now
Checking Updates on my phone and it keeps freezing. Some error about connecting to the server. That's never happened before. Wondering if they are uploading it now....
All my phones with Dev Preview enrolled can't check for updates anymore. After Windows Insider was lanched.
Actually I downloaded a couple of updates on my 8X last week after I downloaded the Insider App ... I checked for one & the phone notified me about the other later on
I certainly hope this doesn't cut out the free WiFi Hotspot I have been making great use of.
Tell me more please.
IF THE ICON GETS DENIM BEFORE I DO (1520-AT&T) IM OUT
K
Cya
Cya(n)
I see what you did there
of At&T or Windows Phones... Not really a reason to attach windows but more importantly your carrier.
Do you not have Cyan and 8.1? Because the Icon never got it.
While I still wait for 1520 CV Hong Kong :/
Do you guys think I should load up a different country ROM or is it worth the wait? The last time I did this custom ROM thing, my 1520 started to heat up. I had to restore it using the Lumia recovery tool...
If you look at Verizon's .pdf, you'll notice that in the IE page, WPCentral is the website! Also, in the software update guide .pdf, they mention removing the battery if the update fails. Really guys? Remove the battery?!?!
Wtf you talkin about?
Look at the .pdf on page 3. They talk about IE 11. What website do they show? Why WPCentral of course! It's an article about Nokia's Amber update.
Also, on the second .pdf about installing the update, they fuck up by advising the consumer to remove the battery if the Demin update fails. Come on Verizon, the battery isn't removable.
Haha you got good eyes
The links do not work to the PDF. I hope this isn't a hoax.
Def not a hoax. Just go to Verizon's Icon page. It's right there.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/dam/support/pdf/system_update/benefits-no...
Wasn't 8.1.1 bogus?
No, definitely not.
Happy for all icon owners. I had the Denim update couple of weeks back on my 930. What a difference in pics plus all the awesome camera features. Hope it hits tomorrow. Enjoy and I can't wait for W10 mobile preview releasing this Friday.
Even Verizon is upgrading the Icon and my 930 (unlocked - Brazil) is still on Cyan
+930
You're still on Cyan, but Icons are still on Black and 8.0. We never got Cyan or 8.1.
Why doesn't AT&T just kick us in the nuts and be done with it?
Ask them.
Yeahhhhh...........
I'm sure many people will finally be happy!
Verizon is ass backwards.
Daniel is there problem in the denim update.. Usually India where no carriers are present updates comes 1st when took cases of black cyan etc...but of denim something is missing only 520 got update... Any information about that ...
Finally...
How about Digi, Maxis, Celcom, Umobile in Malaysia?
In Malaysia only have CV model aka country variances. Nothing to do with the Telco carrier in Malaysia.
Useless Verizon... Get your act together instead of crapping up phones with your ugly logos.
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Saaaweeeet!.
*Breaking news*
Denim on Lumia Icon no longer allows lockscreen/wallpaper customisation and will fix the image in the article as the lockscreen and wallpaper.
In addition, each Live Tile will now incorporate a small Verizon logo in the bottom right corner.
Lol
FINALLLLLLYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy shit
Ryan D. should win a prize for this find.
HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY
You can still get the Lumia Icon on contract or off it's available at every Microsoft store and online
I'm so excited! Love the release but still don't like how they treat their customers......mainly bad customer service to "windows phone" users.
It's funny I noticed the recent ncis LA ep. showed quite a few Lumia icons
Yea they been have been using Icons for the entire season. Replaced the 920s from the previous season & HD7s from before ... In one episode, Sam uses Cortana to text his wife
Pretty excited. I skipped the dp when I heard about the issues.
Great news, here's hoping that they begin pushing updates more often after this
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Happy birthday to me!!!
Better late then never.... But then again, is it? This update thing is all jacked up! (on Mountain Dew!)
But when will it come to "India"! lol
Hell hath frozen over :)
Let me double check with my mom....hold on...we gotta wait. The devils having his way with her.
Great to see it will be happening
screwed updating system.... next they might skip 10 to directly 10.1 :p
I figure the Verizon logic worked like this: Icon owners are customers who demonstrated that they have money to buy a top of the line phone. They could afford an iPhone. Therefore, starve them mercilessly until 2015 for an update. Any Icon owners who didn't give up on waiting because they wanted to do things like use a Microsoft Band or pay via NFC are obviously never going to give up, so might as well save some face and give them their update. I for one am one of those stubborn Icon owners, so I'm happy to get it. But when my contract runs out, I am done with this ride on the Verizon train. Flagship? F U Verizon. I'm still gonna dump your @$$!
Let's hear it for us stubborn Icon owners! FU Verizon!
I am also one of those Icon owners. Stubbornly hanging on. But I came from an iPhone. And AT&T cost the same, if not more. So... I'm afraid I'll probably stick around.
I got my icon for free on contact....
Yay! Icon users can stop whining finally!
We have all the reason to. Arguably the best phone Windows Phone has to offer, and one of the only phones to TRULY take advantage of the Denim update? You'd better believe we're going to be upset when we wait forever.
Only thing it doesn't note is if they enabled VoLTE & qc2.0
If Verizon does VoLTE the way AT&T is, the entire network will support it this year... but only one of their devices will.
Omg so excited!!! Finally!!! :D
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sorry tp be very much off tooic but im excited to tell that Microsoft has 17.6% market share in india behind samsung which has 20% in india. if they role out more devices and a flagship soon we will easily overtake Samsung.
Go India!
yeah
Micromax passed Samsung in India a while ago, They're at 22%.
even they are having a declinebin sales bcoz of 535,630,730
In this case, when in India is working.
Will this update occur/work if I have preview for developers 8.1 on my device?
Yes.
The Bitlocker bug was fixed ages ago...
When I see the date, i guess its November 2nd :D
AT&T where is my fucking update?
Hang on, ill go see if we have it in stock in the backroom...nope. Want a rain check?
I just reformatted my Verizon Lumia Icon today. After all the updates, I now have Lumia Denim.
http://1drv.ms/1Fx0f9e
That's most likely a common bug. Do you have the new camera features? If not, you still have Black and it's just a bug showing Denim.
No, you have Cyan. It's a bug with Preview for Developers.
Correct me if I'm wrong but the Icon also did not have cyan, which is part of everyones complaint. It was that far behind. So maybe he really does have denim, he can't have a cyan bug without cyan right?
The bug appeared in extras+info when it was updated to support Denim. I don't think anybody else was running Black at that point to confirm whether the bug affects devices not running Cyan firmware.
So, we don't know if the op can really read or not?
I'll believe it when I see it.
I'm so excited
Oh god oh god oh god oh god
I keep feeling the carriers are taking turns being late so as to keep standards low.
//takes off JC Denton sunglasses
I guess we've been asking for another coordinated worldwide update since Mango. Looks like the carriers and Microsoft coordinated one: 10 months after the code RTMed...
I really am crossing my fingers for all Icon owners. This would be great!
link dead?
The link didn't work for me. :-(
Nooo what'll become of Princess Zelda!
Its dangerous to go it alone, here take this (hands over firmware!! )
I wouldn't have expected Verizon to beat At&t on the Denim update. With At&t's quickness on Cyan and other countries already having Denim, I'm surprised my 1520 is still waiting.
Don't be too loose with praise for Verizon. Their flagship Lumia hasn't been available to buy for months and it doesn't have WP8.1 yet. That's bad. Who cares if they beat other carriers to Denim when they completely skipped Cyan and killed off their best phone prematurely.
Not so much a praise for them, but more so a disappointment from At&t. As I've seen from others on here, it'd be nice if we could get the firmware updates outside of carriers that decide they no longer want to support a device. If the update came from the manufacturer's, I suppose they too can decide to end support so they can better market new hardware. At least Microsoft has been on top of software updates since I got my first Windows phone last February.
It's not just AT&T. There are a shockingly high number of unbranded, CV devices across the world that aren't getting Denim yet. No carrier can be blamed for that; it's all on Microsoft. Now they should be held completely accountable for not delivering there.
Shocking ye say. I'm as distressed as you sound. Thank goodness life is ample enough we can fret over such things.
What's weird is that I check Navifirm EVERY SINGLE DAY and it seems that for the past week or so, MS has only been pushing out new firmware to older devices who don't really get the new firmware.....for awhile they were pushing out to a lot of 930/1520 CV's....I guess they stopped?
I'll post this again... I think it was Daniel that said that the CV models have to obtain some baseline approval from ALL carriers in the region before they get the update. That's why they are almost always last. I wish I could remember where I saw that...
That moment when Verizon Lumias will get the update earlier than my unlocked RM937 APAC HK 1520.
That moment when Verizon pushes out the update before any other carrier in the US. ....and of course the all non-carrier phones who don't have it yet either....
I guess Microsoft selected what countries,carriers and phone who should receive the Denim update.
Countries, yes, but carriers? I think MS gives the updates to all carriers immediately for the carriers to test the updates, and its up to the carriers when to deploy the updates. I could be very wrong though.
By the way, my unlocked 1520 is still on Cyan and I have no clue as to when it will get Denim. I want to use the Lumia Camera 5 so badly to the point that I've decided not to use my phone's camera anymore until I get Denim. The Lumia Camera 5's features excites me more than Windows 10 to be honest. I'm not usually vocal regarding these updates, but man, I'm getting a bit tired of waiting and waiting. But there's really not much I can do, right?
You are not wrong. The update was given to carriers for testing in April of 2014. There was a bug found after the updates were pushed out to phones with Bitlocker enabled and all updates were stopped until September of 2014. Testing restarted once the firmware was updated but on Verizon's network, it was found that the Nokia firmware was breaking the official Verizon apps. Verizon rejected the firmware (even though typically the app developer is the one that is supposed to fix their apps, not demand the MFG fix the lowest level code just to make their apps work). They finished testing in December on the two budget phones, but are just now getting the Icon updated.
I wish Icon users really understood the arrogance of Verizon in the delaying of the Denim release. I really don't care who has the greatest market share, if an system update requires your app to update, then update it for the sake of your customer. They would never have told Apple to downgrade their firmware to accommodate their spam ware.
@SeraphX2: Those Verizon apps that everyone uninstalls as soon as they setup their phone.
So your holding your own camera hostage?
Exactly! That would force it to update to Lumia Camera 5 on it's own.. in my mind.
Lol
Not really. What most people who don't own an icon understand is that our Lumia is still on the black 8.0 firmware. So not only do we not have cyan, we don't officially have 8.1.1 either.
Lumia 822 from Verizon has had the 8.1 & Denim for a while.
Yeah, but we're talking the PureView Denim update aka build 14226 with Camera 5.0 and Hey Cortana.
As far as I know, the 822's hardware was never capable of running those parts of the Denim update. The "Hey Cortana" part requires a better processor at the least.
You should have specified that in the article because my first thought was that I have had Denim on my 928 for several months.
That there is a rude awakening.
They should change it to "Yo Corty!"
Oh. I didn't know what you meant by "proper" Denim update. You mean "full" Denim update. I have the proper update for my device (822).
Am I dreaming? What year is this?
I'm not sure how it would be done, but MS really needs to step in and do something about this update situation in general..... The update structure is starting to look a lot more like Android, but the example to follow should be iOS and BB10
Funny how Microsoft want to compete with Apple,when they wont step up on giving a software update worldwide for windows phone.
Unfortunately, 8.1 is dependant on the Nokia firmware if you didn't have the developers preview. No carrier was allowing 8.1 on Nokia phones that didn't have the latest firmware date. This had nothing to do with Microsoft not giving a software update. In fact, they did offer the 8.1 update through the developer preview which circumvented the carriers who won't release it without the latest firmware.
Well since the Firmware update is just as much a part of the update process why would they not push it together.. your argument is totaly usless
the firmware is actually written by the chip manufacturers, in our case qualcom, and tested by Verizon. The only play Microsoft has in it is to verify that the new firmware is compatible with the os.
You can't push a Nokia/Microsoft Mobile firmware to a Samsung ATIV phone though...
Actually, no it is not. The Developer Preview only updated the OS. Microsoft is not allowed to deliver the firmware on their own. And until the carrier approved it, Microsoft is not allowed to push it to phones.
If you really want me to, I can go hunt down the several page thread on Microsoft where some of us were complaining about the whole fiasco and were told the process directly from Microsoft and how they are contractually unable to deliver firmware updates without carrier approval but are still allowed to deliver OS software updates separately.
It's obvious, Microsoft needs to modify its agreements with Verizon. Apple insisted on controlling its own release. If nothing else, Microsoft needs to add a titmetable to the agreement. This situation was unforgiveable. Either Verizon is that bad or the Nokia firmware was that bad.
Except the reason for the firmware being rejected is that it broke Verizon's proprietary apps. Typically developers are the ones that have to adapt, but since Verizon controls the update, instead of fixing their app, they took the lazy way out and pushed it back to Microsoft. Denim is on plenty of phones and working just fine.
Also, if they could do it I'm pretty sure they would modify the agreement. I'm also pretty sure Apple and Android have to deal with this as well, it's just easier for Apple since they have a handful of devices to verify and Google keeps fragmenting the phone base so technically they only have a handful of phones to check when new updates are to be made because they limit it to newer phones.
Appke doesnot go through this. It is why it took so long for theiPhone to come to VZ, initially. VZ wouldn't budge but they started to loose too many customers. If you remember, it wasn't long ago that an Apple update was bricking phones.
Yes, follor iPhone, with all those bugs...
Finally!
I love your avatar. Ultraman was fantastic.
Jesus Christ!
Amen, can I get a hallelujah?
Yes, your right. Jesus Christ was a man
Actually, perhaps oddly, some (very few) say perhaps a woman.
It's party time.......
LOL at the irony. I can't believe you can't buy it anymore. Still think the 830 is a significantly better looking phone. How do their cameras compare aside from mp count?
IMO, Lumia 930 is much better/less grainy for the camera.
It's absolutely ridiculous that you can't buy a Lumia on Verizon for nearly two months now (with no foreseeable end to that). WP will never take off if you literally cannot even buy them even if you want to, especially on the largest carrier in the U.S.
You mean on contract
I bought mine last month.
It is absolutely ridiculous for Verizon to continue to sell a phone no one bought. They tried selling a Lumia phone and guess what, no one cared. Windows Phone will never take off because there are much better choices available that don't carry the Windows stigma.
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