Samsung have just announced the availability of the Samsung Z1 Beta software test program. Eligible users will be able to get new software / firmware versions to install on their Z1 Smartphone before anyone else. The idea is you get to beta test the early release and to provide feedback and win a prize worth 1000₹ for best feedbacks received.
Samsung are hoping that the voice of the community can be implemented early as part of the Samsung Z1, and possibly other Tizen handsets, during the software life cycle.
The Size of the FOTA download is approximately 230MB. After applying the update it will take about 20-25mins for the device to show the home screen. The Beta test for TIZEN 2.4 binary is only available for Tizen Z1 customers in India. Tizen 2.4 Beta update for Tizen Z1 will be rolled out by mid-september.
Tizen 2.4 for Z1 has so many issues , i dont know that these beta testers have tested , i am posting here some of the issues i faced till now after updating my device some 10 days back,
1.The Calendar widget keep on asking for refreshing for loading it.
2.The Music player now dont have the option for showing and hiding lyrics , it was there in previous version.
3.Device is hanging more often
4.Earlier device provided three great inbuilt themes they should have kept them and provided additional themes , instead they removed them and loaded two new themes which looks so shabby
5.The page scrolling was like infinite scrolling , in the sense if you have 5 pages where all your apps are displayed and after scrolling you reach the 5th page then on further scrolling you will get the 1st page , now to get 1st page after reaching 5th page we have to scroll back 4 times
6.Even when i have closed all the apps which include my music player , it shows the pause icon in the notification bar.
7.When connected to Wi-fi , it still shows the sign for wifi network with question mark on the right side , which does not go off automatically.
8.The ultra data saving mode is just crap , they just took the inbuilt browser functionality of previous version in which there was option to reduce data usage by compressing it and option to select it from the browser.
9.The music player thumbnails were very clear and little big larger in size and in the latest update , they look like crap , also the Queue option screen is made so small in size now which is really irritating.
Tizen 2.4 for Z1 has so many issues , i dont know that these beta testers have tested , i am posting here some of the issues i faced till now after updating my device some 10 days back,
1.The Calendar widget keep on asking for refreshing for loading it.
2.The Music player now dont have the option for showing and hiding lyrics , it was there in previous version.
3.Device is hanging more often
4.Earlier device provided three great inbuilt themes they should have kept them and provided additional themes , instead they removed them and loaded two new themes which looks so shabby
5.The page scrolling was like infinite scrolling , in the sense if you have 5 pages where all your apps are displayed and after scrolling you reach the 5th page then on further scrolling you will get the 1st page , now to get 1st page after reaching 5th page we have to scroll back 4 times
6.Even when i have closed all the apps which include my music player , it shows the pause icon in the notification bar.
7.When connected to Wi-fi , it still shows the sign for wifi network with question mark on the right side , which does not go off automatically.
8.The ultra data saving mode is just crap , they just took the inbuilt browser functionality of previous version in which there was option to reduce data usage by compressing it and option to select it from the browser.
9.The music player thumbnails were very clear and little big larger in size and in the latest update , they look like crap , also the Queue option screen is made so small in size now which is really irritating.