Question on the charger and charging time:
- if I plug the charger to the wall - followed by plugging to phone - then turning on the wall switch - it charges slower - as in taking nearly 50mins to go from 11% to 50%. Total charging time will be around 2-3 hrs.

but:

- if I plug the charger to the wall - followed by turning on the wall switch - followed by plugging to phone - quick-charge is active and will take 30mins to go from 11% to 50%.

Local set - on the latest update (.318).

Does anybody else encounter this?

The anniversary update is great so far on my 950 - on the previous build - battery will drop to 85% in the morning by 7am after a full charge at 12am for no reason.. with the latest update - 97% in the morning after a full charge at night.

You mean it drains fast during usage or standby?

Mine is non-XL - On standby, not using it - mine drains 2-3% per hour.
If using whatsapp on mobile data/wifi - it could drop 3% per minute.

I set the following:
- setting outlook e-mail sync to daily
- remove the Skype integration from messaging (sign-out of Skype in the message settings - not sure if this is till applicable for anniversary version)
- turn off location for some apps
- brightness to 25% with sunlight readability on + auto brightness
- wifi turn on only when using it
- mobile data turn on only when using it

I assume this is the 950XL?
I just got mine from GEM5 during the sale last month - sealed new set - at first it wouldn't update - so I had to flash the phone with WDRT on PC - then it was ok. Only used it 2 weeks - didn't encounter problems like yours - although mine auto rebooted a few times after a day - sometimes it can go over 3 days and still be fine. I suspect the problem related to camera and SD cards. Other than that - no issues - battery life is reasonable doesn't warm up when idle - I use all features - glance, iris scan, etc.

Are you using a SD Card - what is the size? I read going above 64GB on certain brands can cause problems.

Microsoft is either slowly going low-profile on mobile or leaving it so even their support center won't be too helpful for weird issues like rebooting, etc..
Sad to read Sunway pyramid store closing down - the klcc store closed in august - the 1u, curve and pavilion stores still there - I suppose these will be gone by month end from what you wrote.

Maybe you can try this:
1. Flash the phone with WDRT.
2. Sign in Hotmail. Do not restore from a backup. Update STORE app first - pause all the others. (otherwise updating apps will be slow)
3. Proceed to update ALL the other apps.
4. Reboot.
5. Update the phone with whatever new updates available from Settings/Phone update.
6. At this point - the phone should be on the latest update - I performed another reset (from the About screen) one more time just to be safe - but its optional.
7. Update all the default Windows apps.
8. Reboot.
9. Install your own apps.

This post has been edited by lyn_grayskale: Oct 26 2016, 04:45 PM

I see - I believe the bulging battery is a telltale sign -- I think the local service should be able to order the battery .. but it sucks they need to keep your phone when ordering it.

This is a similar case to yours:
http://forums.windowscentral.com/microsoft...umia-950xl.html

About getting another phone - was just wondering the same thing after thinking about what happens when the Microsoft store stops supplying apps and updates to Windows mobile - like whatsapp, etc. At this point, I was looking at the Sony xperia XZ just released - which looks so much like a Lumia - the 735 to be exact - with new snapdragon... very tempting.. but I really like the 950XL large amoled..