Experiences From The First WP7 Update

[Richard Chao]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.liveside.net/2011/02/21/windows-phone-update-1-not-without-problems/' target='_blank'>http://www.liveside.net/2011/02/21/...thout-problems/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"For the first time, an update for Windows Phone is being gradually pushed out to users beginning today."</em></p><p><img height="420" src="http://www.sciencemagnews.com/wp-content/uploads/images/Microsoft_Windows_Phone_7_Update_to_be_Called_Mango.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" width="600" /></p><p><em>Image courtesy of www.ScienceMagNews.com. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.sciencemagnews.com/wp-content/uploads/images/Microsoft_Windows_Phone_7_Update_to_be_Called_Mango.jpg" target="_blank" title="Link">Link</a></em></p><p>It appears that while some owners of WP7 devices have been able to apply the update smoothly, others have not been as lucky. &nbsp;There are reports of devices hanging during the update process thereby rendering them unusable. &nbsp;If you have not updated yet or are one of those with a bricked device, you may want to take a look at the forums here and Microsoft's Answers for guidance. &nbsp;For those of you who have not received the update yet, now is a good time to make sure you've updated your Zune software to the latest version and to create a back-up of your important data.</p>

[Richard Chao]

Out of curiosity, has anyone here received the update yet? And if you did, how was the update process?

[Nurhisham Hussein]

Just finished.

Went pretty smoothly. I don't know if it's my imagination but like someone else said in the other thread - it does seem faster, or at least they reduced the delay on the transitions. Using an HD7 here.

[virain]

That's not fair! I am in NYC, and still no update!

[Fritzly]

Same here; HD7 with T-Mobile in the US and nothing yet........

[Richard Chao]

Nothing for my AT&T Focus yet either. Nurhisham, how long was the backup process?

[Nelson Ocampo]

Nurhisham, who is your service provider? Where do you live?

I live in California and use AT&T. No update so far. My wife and cousin haven't received update notices either.

[SLIM V3n0m]

I live in Toronto Canada and I tried doing the update last night on my Samsug Focus, but the update process hung for about 4 hours. I finally found the courage to hit the cancel button on the Zune software interface and luckily it did not brick my phone. It seems to be working as usual.

SV

[Jason Dunn]

Still no update for me. :mad: I have an AT&T LG Quantum on the Rogers network in Canada.

[virain]

Maybe it's a good thing, 'cos some alarming news for Samsung owners http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/22/first-windows-phone-7-update-not-going-smoothly-for-some-samsung/

[Fritzly]

Has anybody using an US carrier received this update? I have T-Mobile and..... nothing.
Some friends of mine with AT&T are in the same situation........

[Don Tolson]

Jason... didn't you say in a post yesterday (or so) that it seemed like European users were going to get this first?

From what I've seen on the internet, I don't think any North American users have seen the update yet.

[Nurhisham Hussein]

For those asking, I'm not in NA but in Asia. But even here the rollout's uneven, maybe because some operators are exercising their right to skip one update cycle.

For info: using an HD7, on Maxis Malaysia.

[Don Tolson]

A friend of mine from XDA Developers, whose on Bell here in Canada received his update on Tuesday, the 22nd. Took about 15 mins, went without a hitch.

So, it looks like some carriers in Canada are starting to push out the update.

While his phone is 'unlocked', it's still a 'Bell' phone and registered within it's network.

Jason -- my suspicion is that in our case (AT&T phones unlocked and running on Rogers) we'll have to wait until AT&T pushes out the update.

[mas98110]

What is in the update? I understand that copy & paste is still not available.

[Jason Dunn]

What is in the update? I understand that copy & paste is still not available.

Basically nothing more than an update to the update software to the REAL forthcoming update will work better.