Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update breaks phone scaling

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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TheWindows 10 Mobile Anniversary Updatepacks140 new features and improvementssuch as Action Center and Cortana optimization, a new Windows Store version,Notification Syncing, and more. In addition, this major update also improves battery life and system performance.

Unfortunately, the Anniversary Update also comes with someannoying problemsfor Windows 10 Mobile devices. According to user reports, devices such as theLumia 635,636, 638 andAcer’s Liquid M330are plagued by scaling issues — and there is a high chance other devices are affected by this issue as well.

It seems that this scaling issue is cutting off the bottom of applications on these devices, blocking access to any buttons that may be located there. The problem is that most of the applications usually have their buttons located at the bottom of the screen, which means Microsoft should fix this as soon as possible or else many users will bevery disappointed.

Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update breaks scaling on many phones

I have a Lumia 635 with Windows 10, which recently updated (24th August 2016), although it provided a few new features it has also caused problems with the Messaging and Outlook Mail apps in that the ‘new message / people / settings’ icons are hidden by the navigation bar along with the text box where I type messages and the send button, there is a similar problem with the Outlook app where the ‘move / delete’ icons are hidden.

To make things even worse, this problem also affects some of Microsoft’s apps. For example, while using the Phone App, you can’t see the voicemail or the search button. The same issue is found in the People App where you can’t access the “New Contact” button on the app bar. However, this issue can be easily fixed and we think Microsoft is already working on a patch to fix this problem.

If you are experiencing this issue on your device, we suggest youroll backto Windows 10 MobileVersion 1511until Microsoft fixes this bug.

Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update breaks phone scaling#

Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update breaks scaling on many phones#

Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update breaks phone scaling

Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update breaks scaling on many phones