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Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 che cosa ha inserito Microsoft nel nuovo aggiornamento ? L’elenco completo delle novit? nel changelog di Microsoft.
I telefoni Nokia Lumia hanno ricevuto o riceveranno l’ aggiornamento del sistema operativo a GDR1 ma, fino ad adesso, non si conosceva esattamente quali novit? Microsoft ha inserito nell’update.
Per fornire una risposta agli utenti Microsoft ha inserito la lista completa in una pagina dedicata all’ aggiornamento a GDR1 di Windows Phone 8.1. Riportiamo qui nel seguito la pagina con tutte le informazioni.
Phone bring-up
| New or updated topic | Description | ||
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| Windows Phone 8.1 Chassis Requirements Specification | Updated for Windows?Phone?8.1?GDR1:
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| Device Provisioning Partition overview | Updated. Added prescriptive guidance about writing to the DPP from code that runs while the Main OS is loaded. | ||
| Security chamber capabilities | Updated for Windows?Phone?8.1?GDR1. Added information on new ID_CAP_OEM_CUSTOM capability. |
Phone Image Designer
| New or updated topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Phone Image Designer: Configure | Updated the description for the Manufacturing Retail image type. |
| Phone Image Designer: Flash | Updated. Now includes a procedure for test images that uses the ffutool to skip the flashing screen and boot to the OS. |
Building and flashing images
| New or updated topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Optional features for building images | Updated. Added new entry for WIFI_FEATURE_PACK. This feature removes all cellular-related functionality from the operating system and is intended only for devices that will not be connected to a cellular network. |
| Building and flashing images | Removed reference to the feature: USBHOSTTEST. This feature was used for Microsoft-internal testing only. |
| Sign a full flash update (FFU) image | Updated. Now includes information on the manual process used for retail signing of FFU Image files. |
| OEMInput file contents | Updated for Windows?Phone?8.1?GDR1. Updated description of the Resolutions element to include 540×960, the resolution for native qHD. |
| Optional features for building images | Updated. Added information on the default transport settings for the KDNETUSB_ON and KDUSB_ON features. |
Hardware components
| New or updated topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Video capture metadata tags | New. Contains details about user-captured MP4 video date taken and location metadata tags. |
| IP over USB communication protocol | New. Contains details about the communication protocol used by the IP over USB interface. |
| Browser Optimization Service | New. Contains a comprehensive description of the Browser Optimization Service feature and how to manage exclusion lists. |
| Display | Updated for Windows?Phone?8.1?GDR1. Introduced the following changes:
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| Implement capacitive buttons | Updated the description for the Duration value under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\TOUCH\BUTTONS registry subkey to clarify that this can be set to a value between 0 and 1000 milliseconds (the old text stated a maximum value of 200 milliseconds). |
| Bluetooth | Updated. Added new PAN 1.0 profile, aptX codec support for A2DP, and browsing support for AVRCP. Corrected Bluetooth icon states. |
| Dual SIM | Updated. Added C + G support. |
User-mode software development
| New or updated topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Lock screen snapshot API reference | New. Describes the lock screen snapshot API, which returns data about the contents of the default lock screen. OEMs who implement a custom lock screen solution can use this API to retrieve the default lock screen data, and then they can display this data on their custom lock screen. |
| IOemCanExtForIMS | New. Added new interface IOemCanExtForIMS to the cellular COM API reference. |
| IOemIMSStatusChange | New. Added new interface IOemIMSStatusChange to the cellular COM API reference. |
Customization and runtime configuration
| New or updated topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Phone cover settings | New. Added instructions, sample customization answer file, and testing steps. Use this customization to enable a phone cover app to launch when the phone cover is closed and specify the default setting for the lock screen’s auto unlock setting. |
| Block using SD card for updates | New. Added instructions, sample customization answer file, and testing steps. Use this customization to either allow or block the use of the SD card for phone updates. |
| Auto scan for phone updates | New. Added instructions, sample customization answer file, and testing steps. Use this customization to show or hide the auto scan for updates setting for phones. |
| Configure C+G dual SIM settings | New. Added instructions, sample customization answer file, and testing steps. Use this customization to configure the settings for C+G dual SIM phones. |
| Extract phone numbers in strings | New. Added instructions, sample customization answer file, and testing steps. Use this customization to extend entity extraction by specifying whether the OS should detect a sequence of numbers that is concatenated to a string (in a left-to-right phone language) as a phone number. |
| Disable voicemail phone number display | New. Added instructions, sample customization answer file, and testing steps. Use this customization to control whether the dialed voicemail phone number is displayed below the Voicemail label on the call progress screen. |
| Preload the Files app | New. Added instructions, sample customization answer file, and testing steps for partners that want to preload the Files app, which is an app for managing files on Windows Phones. |
| Preferred data provider list | New. Added instructions, sample customization answer file, and testing steps. For operators that require it, use this customization to specify a list of MCC/MNC pairs for the purchase order (PO) carrier or primary operator so that it can be set as the default data line for phones that have a dual SIM. |
| Start tile layout for Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 | New. Added instructions and sample customization answer file. Use this customization to configure the Start screen for Windows?Phone?8.1?GDR1 including adding and prepinning a folder. |
| Store live tile | New. Added instructions, sample customization answer file, and testing steps. Use this customization to change the default behaviors in the OS. You can turn off the Store live tile and prevent the OS from using cellular data to update the Store live tile in the background. |
| Cortana phone number | New. Added instructions, sample customization answer file, and testing steps. Use this customization to add a phone book entry for Cortana to allow users to initiate speech from a car that doesn’t have support for activating speech on the phone that is connected over Bluetooth. Partners can also determine whether the custom Cortana (or Speech) phone book entry will be added. |
| Network Time Protocol support | New. Added instructions, sample customization answer file, and testing steps. Use this customization to automatically set the time, using an NTP client, in a Windows?Phone device that doesn’t support NITZ or when cellular data is not available. |
| Building images with user-managed software buttons | Added instructions and updated the sample customization answer file to include nav bar settings added in Windows?Phone?8.1?GDR1: BurnInProtectionMode, BurnInProtectionIdleTimerTimeout, BurnInProtectionMaskSwitchingPeriod, BurnInProtectionWhiteReplacementColor, BurnInProtectionBlackReplacementColor, UserEducationHintDisable, and DoubleTapOff. Corrected the descriptions for BurnInProtectionWhiteReplacementColor and BurnInProtectionBlackReplacementColor to specify that partners must use ARGB values for the replacement color. Also added information about the default values used by the OS. |
| Phone metadata in DeviceTargetingInfo | Updated to include a new RoamingSupportPhoneNumber setting, which can be used to specify the OEM or mobile operator’s roaming support contact phone number. Partners shipping C+G dual SIM phones may need to set this. Updated the description for the PhoneManufacturer setting and removed the list of OEM IDs that was previously included in the documentation. Partners should contact their Microsoft representative to obtain the OEM ID that applies to them. |
| Additional Internet APN settings | Updated the instructions and sample customization answer file to include the new IPV4V6XLAT value that you can use for the APNIPTypeIfHidden setting. |
| Data transfer indicator | Updated. Changed the settings path from Shell/SystemTray/DataActivityIcon to Shell/SystemTray/DataActivity to reflect the last MCSF policy. |
| Sending SMS messages to SMTP addresses | Updated the instructions and sample customization answer file to include the AllowSMStoSMTPAddress setting, which is used to enable sending SMS messages to SMTP addresses. |
| Managing runtime configuration data | Updated the Persist variant data section to include more information about the use of the MainOSRTCDataReservedSectors element in the OEMDevicePlatform.xml file. |
| Dial string overrides when roaming | Updated. The Windows?Phone?8.1 and Windows?Phone?8.1?GDR1 kits contain an incorrect MCSF policy setting for this customization. Partners can work around this issue by creating their own MCSF policy setting, which is described in the updated customization topic. |
| Improved user experience for phones without a HW camera button | Updated. Added the instructions for using the MCSF policy setting for Windows?Phone?8.1?GDR1, HWCameraShutterButtonNotPresent, and added a new sample customization answer file (HWCameraShutterButtonNotPresent.xml) to support this customization. Also updated the description and testing steps to match the current implementation of the customization. |
| Wi-Fi Sense | Updated. Added a note that all Wi-Fi Sense settings must be on unless Microsoft executive approval has been granted for specific mobile operator requests. Also specified the default values used by the OS for each Wi-Fi Sense setting if partners do not configure the initial default values. |
| Settings for IMS services | Updated the instructions and sample customization answer file to include information on how to add the resource-only .dll that contains the custom display strings and the format for the values for VoLTEToggleDescription and VoLTEToggleTitle, which now support fully localized strings.Note that this change only applies if you are using Windows?Phone?8.1?GDR1. |
| Preloaded map data in the user store | Updated the customization description and instructions to include more information. |
| Voice over LTE call indication | Updated the customization description to indicate that the AMR-WB codec is required for VoLTE call indication. |
| Dialer codes to launch diagnostic applications | Updated the note to clarify that this customization only works if the app is a Windows?Phone Silverlight 8.0 app. |
| Defining capacitive button behavior | Updated the instructions to state that the allowable values for the VibrateDuration setting is between 0 and 1000 (decimal), in milliseconds. Partners may also use the hexadecimal equivalent for these values (between 0x0 and 0x3E8). |
| APN configuration | Updated. 464XLAT can be enabled on a per-APN basis by setting the IPType setting to “IPv4v6xlat”. |
| Runtime configuration | Updated. Includes a new Roaming key section, which provides information about the addition of a new key to allow OEMs to create configuration sets (or variants) that are triggered when the roaming state changes. |
| Customization | Updated the Backwards compatibility with Windows Phone 8 section to include a statement and emphasize that the Windows?Phone?8 customization method cannot co-exist with the Windows?Phone?8.1 customization method. OEMs must choose one or the other. |
| Registry values for mobile operator IDs | Updated. Added new MOIDs: ETB-CO and VMO-VN. Renamed AIO Wireless to Cricket Wireless. |
| Configure Quick Settings | Updated. Corrected a typo in the documentation and updated the code example and instructions to remove the “s” in DefaultQuickSettingsSlotX and corrected this to DefaultQuickSettingSlotX. |
| APN configuration | Updated. Added warning about the IPv4v6xlat value and roaming to networks that do not support IPv6. |
| Third-party social networks | Updated. Removed Sina Weibo as one of the supported social networks that can be overridden using the provXML. |
| Cellular data connection icon | Updated. Fixed the typos in the setting names for EVDODEFAULT, GSMGPRS, and UMTSHSPAPLUS. |
| Support HTTP cache-control no-transform for MMS | Updated. In the sample customization answer file, corrected the typo in the setting name, which was missing an “s”. The corrected setting name is SetCacheControlNoTransform. No updates were made to the instructions, which had the correct setting name. |
| Screen time-out for AMOLED and OLED displays | Updated the instructions and sample customization answer file to change the setting name from Screen Time-out to ScreenTimeOut to reflect the changes in the MCSF policy file. |
| Internet sharing (hotspot) | Updated. Added new parameter MaxBluetoothUsers. |
| Connectivity configuration MMS configuration Push proxy gateway configuration |
Updated. Corrected case from ?IPv4? to ?IPV4? in push proxy gateway text and sample XML. |
Provisioning and device management
| New or updated topic | Description |
|---|---|
| EnterpriseAssignedAccess configuration service provider | New configuration service provider for the enterprise added in Windows?Phone?8.1. This CSP allows the enterprise to configure settings and lockdown the device so that only applications and settings in the allow list are available to the users. |
| DeviceInstanceService configuration service provider RemoteLock configuration service provider RemoteRing configuration service provider PolicyManager configuration service provider VPN configuration service provider WiFi configuration service provider |
New configuration service providers for the enterprise added in Windows?Phone?8.1. |
| CertificateStore configuration service provider DeviceLock configuration service provider DMClient configuration service provider EnterpriseAppManagement configuration service provider NodeCache configuration service provider RemoteWipe configuration service provider Storage configuration service provider w7 APPLICATION configuration service provider |
Updated. New elements added to the CertificateStore and DMClient CSPs. Some of these CSPs were missing from the previous releases of the docs and are now added back for completeness. |
| CM_CellularEntries configuration service provider | Updated. Added warning about the IPv4v6xlat value and roaming to networks that do not support IPv6. |
| CM_CellularEntries configuration service provider | Updated. 464XLAT can be enabled on a per-APN basis by setting the IPType parameter to “IPv4v6xlat”. |
| HotSpot configuration service provider | Updated. Added new parameter MaxBluetoothUsers. |
Partner application development
| New or updated topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Create a preinstall task for a preloaded application | New. Topic provides guidance about using the Preinstall Task to enable preloaded applications to run code shortly after initial phone setup completes. |
| ZMedia functions and ZMedia enumerations |
Updated. Added new RPAL APIs associated with ZMediaQueue for FM radio. |
Testing
| New or updated topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Including Qualcomm modem logs in the Field Medic report | New. Describes the Qualcomm modem logging feature. |
| Test Central overview | Updated. Added location of MTBF specific documentation. |
Update
| New or updated topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Initialize-FirmwareSubmission cmdlet | Updated. New required field added: -WspcCompliant. This field identifies the submission as Windows Phone Standard Package Compliant. |
| Update | Updated. Improved the description of Microsoft updates and OEM updates and the process for scanning an update. |
| Update requirements | Updated. Made several minor corrections. |
| Update runtime configuration customizations | Updated. Made several minor corrections. |
| Initialize-FirmwareSubmission cmdlet | Updated. Made several minor corrections and clarified that the type of submission can be image or FFU, but not update. |
| Ingestion Client for Windows Phone | Updated. Problem escalation instructions were updated, using email to escalate issues is not a supported scenario anymore. |
| New-RequestForMicrosoftUpdate cmdlet | New. This cmdlet is used to submit Microsoft only request for updates. |
| Update runtime configuration customizations | Updated. Made several minor corrections to the topic. |
| Update | Updated. Updated the update installation process diagram and clarified that the default update download size limit is 100 MB and configurable. |
| New-RequestForUpdate cmdlet | Updated. Added a note indicating that separate RFUs must be submitted for each phone operator pairing. |
