Ryster Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Wasn't sure where to report this, but the official Windows 8 Neowin app seems to have stopped getting updates since about 5 days ago. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but it just pulls down the same stories again. Latest story is the one about 4 Sony Experia phones no longer receiving updates. Any ideas please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraSonic Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Wasn't sure where to report this, but the official Windows 8 Neowin app seems to have stopped getting updates since about 5 days ago. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but it just pulls down the same stories again. Latest story is the one about 4 Sony Experia phones no longer receiving updates. Any ideas please? Happens with the windows phone app also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Kyle Subscriber¹ Posted September 18, 2014 Subscriber¹ Share Posted September 18, 2014 Latest story is the one about 4 Sony Experia phones no longer receiving updates. Ironic? Ryster, Praetor and +E.Worm Jimmy 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryster Posted September 19, 2014 Author Share Posted September 19, 2014 Who develops the Neowin apps anyway? And how do we know if you know about this issue and are fixing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted September 21, 2014 Administrators Share Posted September 21, 2014 It was done with Microsoft, will mail them :) +Kyle 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted September 22, 2014 Administrators Share Posted September 22, 2014 Not had an answer yet, we have an update but the publisher name is wrong so they need to change it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted September 23, 2014 Administrators Share Posted September 23, 2014 Got a response from Microsoft, the app will get an update sometime this week (hopefully) which also adds Windows 8.1 compatibility (and Store indexing) after which it should work fine again. Dot Matrix 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryster Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 Seems to be working again today Steven, thanks.. though I didn't get any app update..? p.s. How do you get Microsoft to make apps for you...? I've been trying and mostly failing to write my own app for W8 and WP8 pulling a news feed from my gym's website and displaying it in an app, perhaps with a live tile and a notification of new news being posted. But I'm useless at it. Search for JCB HLC in the WP app store and you'll see what I mean lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zlip792 MVC Posted September 25, 2014 MVC Share Posted September 25, 2014 Seems to be working again today Steven, thanks.. though I didn't get any app update..? p.s. How do you get Microsoft to make apps for you...? I've been trying and mostly failing to write my own app for W8 and WP8 pulling a news feed from my gym's website and displaying it in an app, perhaps with a live tile and a notification of new news being posted. But I'm useless at it. Search for JCB HLC in the WP app store and you'll see what I mean lol. Do you tried? http://appstudio.windows.com/en-us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted September 25, 2014 Administrators Share Posted September 25, 2014 Microsoft offered it :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoman Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Microsoft offered it :PI love Microsoft... You can say that I am a proud fan boy ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted September 25, 2014 Administrators Share Posted September 25, 2014 Seems to be working again today Steven, thanks.. though I didn't get any app update..? p.s. How do you get Microsoft to make apps for you...? I've been trying and mostly failing to write my own app for W8 and WP8 pulling a news feed from my gym's website and displaying it in an app, perhaps with a live tile and a notification of new news being posted. But I'm useless at it. Search for JCB HLC in the WP app store and you'll see what I mean lol. Microsoft may have tweaked something, some of our RSS feeds went crazy during and after the update. Can confirm the live tile now updates properly. (y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryster Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 Do you tried? http://appstudio.windows.com/en-us Yep, that's what I used to make this app (http://www.windowsphone.com/en-gb/store/app/hlc-news/cf951f07-8b18-4912-af6f-390a1551f3c1): It's no great though... it has a basic RSS pull from the website, but none of the formatting from the news articles comes through ( http://jcbhlc.com) so you see tags and things when you open an article in the app. I also couldn't figure out how to get live times and notifications working through app studio, if indeed you ever can. I love Microsoft... You can say that I am a proud fan boy ;) I love them too, passionately. I got an Xbox One, Windows 8.1 PC, Surface Pro 3 and a Nokia Lumia 930. Most people look forward to a week off because of the time off... I'm looking forward to having next week off to hear about Windows 9 lol Proper sad... I'm almost as bad as Dot Matrix ;-) Microsoft may have tweaked something, some of our RSS feeds went crazy during and after the update. Can confirm the live tile now updates properly. (Y) Thanks for your efforts Steven, and again for renaming me a few weeks back. Steven P. and macoman 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 My live tile on Windows Phone 8.1 hasn't been working either. I've given it some time after the issues Steven was mentioning but it's still static. I've tried rebooting, unpinning and repinning the website. Still static. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted October 6, 2014 Administrators Share Posted October 6, 2014 It's working for me this morning.. there are two right? :P Our own.. which is pinning Neowin to the start screen from Internet Explorer (which also includes the newslogo in the background) and the official app.. I have been informed that the app will be updated near the end of October by Microsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 It's working for me this morning.. there are two right? :p Our own.. which is pinning Neowin to the start screen from Internet Explorer (which also includes the newslogo in the background) and the official app.. I have been informed that the app will be updated near the end of October by Microsoft. In the past I just had the website pinned through IE. I would put it as a wide tile and it would update. It hasn't in a while. I've had it happen that something like weather would stop updating and there was never a specific action I took to get it working again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted October 6, 2014 Administrators Share Posted October 6, 2014 Same here ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryster Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Let's hope that app update comes sooner rather than later Steven, as it seems to have stopped updating again. Last story in the app is this one: https://www.neowin.net/news/developers-of-room-app-threaten-legal-action-against-facebook-for-stealing-idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryster Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Lol, and no sooner do I post this, than it starts working again :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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