It has been said that Microsoft has an advantage over Google’s Android platform due to their ability to have universal updates. However, in order for the updates to be superior and beneficial over Google’s, I suppose they should be done efficiently and fluently. That was definitely not the case this time around.
On Monday, Microsoft sent out their first update to Windows Phone 7. It’s Microsoft, so it must have went very well, right? That’s 100% wrong. If you are one of the lucky people in which the update actually is visible, then you would more than likely run into one of two problems in the 10-step process to updating your phone.
The first problem you might have had is the phone freezing up on step 7. The phone would reboot, but would not contain the update. And the less common issue is happening on step 6, in which the update completely corrupts the existing firmware. That being said, quite a few are having their phones bricked, making them utterly useless.
There have been a few complex fixes to this issue, but these fixes take patience and only work for a remote percentage of users. Microsoft has released a statement that I received from Ars Technica, in which they stated:
“We are investigating reports related to the Windows Phone update process and will provide additional information and guidance as it becomes available.”
If this whole process isn’t catching your attention, it has come to the attention of the Microsoft Support forums that some carriers are actually blocking the update from happening, as more than likely all it will do is cause problems. Basically, the carrier has the ability to skip this update, but will receive the March update which contains the highly anticipated “cut-and-paste” feature.
Thus far, the problem with the update is mainly being observed on Samsung devices, so Microsoft has advised not to download the update if you are using a Samsung device, at least until they fix the problem in approximately three days.
By now, you must be asking what was in this update that people are willing to wait for? Well, it was an update to make sure you can update to the March’s update in March. Hopefully Microsoft gets this fixed pronto and is more careful in future releases.
Source: Ars Technica
Users of the Windows 7 Mobile Phone’s have recently been having troubles with bills going way higher than they ever imagined. Why, do you ask? This was due to the phone causing extreme amounts of data usage because of Yahoo Mail’s not being integrated with the Windows 7 Mobile OS. Over the typical month, running Yahoo Mail could cause many gigabytes of data usage. The typical data plan is 5GB, and is then priced per MB. With data usage, if you go over 1GB, that’s 1024MB. So even if it is pennies per MB over your limit, which it isn’t, prices tend to become very steep. So it had to have been Yahoo’s problem, right? Well, Yahoo is now pointing the finger.
