Microsoft warns of \tinkering \with Windows 7 Phone update Software giant asks customers to be patient, otherwise they will void your phones warranty.
UK operators O2, Orange and Vodafone have finally started pushing out Windows 7 Phone NoDo update that will provide highly sought after copy and paste function
By Jennifer Scott, April 7, 2011 at 11:39 The much-delayed Windows update 7 Phone still has not reached all customers, but Microsoft asks users to sit tight, and warn against solutions.
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The copy and paste the update was delayed after problems with a mini software upgrade in February, which led to a number of phones to crash, or delete data.
Eric Hautala, general manager of customer experience engineering at Microsoft, urged customers to be patient and warned against using unofficial patches
Microsoft said it would learn all it could from mistakes made unless the update before you throw out more celebration - even if it is ready and waiting from early March.
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The update - which was unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at the Mobile World Parliament in February - began to go out to users at the end of last month, but many are still waiting, leads them to try homebrew solutions to get the software on board their devices .
I've noticed that some of you are turning to the homebrew solutions to update the phone immediately, he wrote in the Windows Phone Blog
You want the latest technology and are you tired of waiting.
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Believe me, I get it.
As an engineer and a gadget lover, I completely understand the impulse to tinker
He added: But my strong advice is: wait.
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If you try one of these solutions, we can not say for sure what might happen to the phone because we have not fully tested these homebrew techniques.
You want the latest technology and are you tired of waiting
Hautala listed a number of things that could go wrong, such as the phone is misconfigured, not working properly or may not get future updates.
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However, his bottom-line solutions will cord to a void of handset warranty.
Believe me, I get it
We have made much progress in recent weeks, so I encourage you to be patient for just a little longer and wait for the official update notification to arrive, he concluded.
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Bottom line: unsupported solutions put you in unfamiliar terrain that can make phone warranty
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We have made much progress in recent weeks, so I encourage you to be patient for just a little longer and wait for the official update notification to arrive
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Microsoft has not had a successful run with the update of its latest mobile platform
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The company was forced to apologize after it released a minor update Windows phone that started bricking a few phones, and NoDo update has been delayed on several occasions. Microsoft has created a Windows Support Tool for customers who experience problems with upgrade
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