WP7 NoDo Compared to WP7 Mango (Part 5)

Among the most anticipated new features coming to Windows Phone with the Mango update this fall, is the ability to multitask. Take a look at the attached video for a quick look at this great feature!

Enjoy!

By dbG33K

WP7 NoDo Compared to WP7 Mango (Part 4)

One of the most unique features included alongside Windows Phone's debut into the world of consumers was it's in-depth integration of Facebook into the the OS itself. No longer needing to navigate into and through a 3rd Party App, features like updating your status or posting on someone's wall could be done without leaving the confines phone's native software. Well, just like they say, good things only get bettter, and so it is with the Mango update coming this Fall.
Take a look at Part 4 of the Windows Phone 7 to Mango comparison videos for a closer look at some of the new features brought to the plate for the "People," "Me," and the new "Groups" tiles.

Enjoy!

By dbG33K

WP7 NoDo Compared to WP7 Mango (Part 3)

Welcome back to another exciting comparison video between the features of Windows Phone 7 NoDo and the upcoming 7.5 Mango update. This video will be journeying into the adjustments and capabilities of the Xbox Live games hub.

Enjoy!

By dbG33K

Project ' Let's Jailbreak NoDo ' aims to unofficially developer unlock devices running NoDo

Everybody remembers Chevron unlocker which provided a simple way for users to developer unlock their device and sideload applications to their devices without paying the 99$ registration fees. Sadly, the void / security hole that led to the hack was fixed in the NoDo update and consequently the flourishing and growing homebrew community suddenly came to a standstill. XDA Forums user, Jaxbot, started a thread on XDA Forums today commencing the Project ' Let's jailbreak NoDo '.

The aim of the project is to " jailbreak " or unlock your Windows phone 7 device running NoDo unofficially. Read more about his project here

Hope we some progress in this thread, we will keep if you updated if we find something useful. Homebrew community is something that plays a significant role in the growth of the platform and looks like the WP7 community hasn't given up yet. Let's see what those bright and talented people at XDA come up with.

By Rahul Mathur

Microsoft explains the "Walshed" Windows Phone NoDo update , Fix Coming

Used Chris Walshie's method to update your WP7, and now are unable to go past the NoDo update (build 7390) ? There's some good news for you, Microsoft has approved a fix for the people who used the ChevronWP7 updater.

ChevronWP7 updater was a tool created by Chris Walsh, to allow users to update their WP7 device before the official update by carriers. Using the ChevronWP7 updater could put the device into a state, where its unable to receive future updates and reflashing it would be the only fix, says Microsoft.

Quoting Brandon Watson from Windows Phone Developer Blog :

Phones updated via the unsupported method do not contain an official image and cannot be updated further at this time. Due to scheduling of engineering resources, we did not anticipate having to undue the changes made to phones by these unsupported methods. While we are not ruling out having a fix in the future, for now there is no fix.

In the blog post, Watson also tells that users trying to update their Walshed phones using the Zune software would receive a 80180048 error. Even if you try to get your phone replaced via a manufacturing return, the operators will know the situation due to the error code and its upto them to decide what to do. Still, its not all bad.

We understand that this isn’t ideal. Unfortunately, our engineering priorities are focused on improving the process by which updates get to Windows Phone, issuing the security update you just got and working to getting Mango to market. Undoing this specific problem was not in our schedule.

However, the creators of the unsupported tool are a clever bunch, and wanted to get a timely fix created for customers who have put their phones into this state. They believe they have created a way to get these phones back on the officially supported path. We will work with them to validate their solution and applaud the team for taking responsibility to do this.

The ChevronWP7 team has already tweeted that a fix has been approved and more details will emerge soon. Still, nowhere has Microsoft mentioned that the Walshing of phones wouldn't have happened if so much had not gone wrong with the NoDo. After this is all fixed, users may well forgive Microsoft is the king of fruits arrives in a timely manner for everyone.

By Akshay Bakshi

NoDo update causing a touchscreen bug in Windows Phone 7 devices?

Youtube user and Windows Phone 7 app developer kotsoft is reporting some serious issues with the multi touch input on WP7 devices. Watch the video embedded below where he explains the bug in detail :



His application ( Grantophone) utilizes the multi touch input so he is rightly concerned.I couldn't replicate his experience while using the Grantophone application since I could sustain with 3 or 4 multi touch input points. Probably I didn't comprehend the logic behind all this or this is a rare bug,it could even be a hardware related issue!
You can download his TouchTest application and deploy the application to test it out yourself.

By Rahul Mathur

NoDo update for Windows Phone 7 finally pushed to Indian devices!

I have this habit of clicking the update button on the Zune software on my PC every couple of hours whenever I'm at home. Unlike other cruel days, tonight, at this ungodly hour, I have been treated with this message:

We recently reported Zune marketplace launch in India. So it's one good news after another. If you want to know what's new in the update, click here to see the update changelog .

We are quite certain that the update was pushed after 02:00 AM IST ( and I am writing this post at 03:00 AM ) . Can you let me sleep in peace, Microsoft ?

By Rahul Mathur

So why did Microsoft change the NoDo update changelog ?

Twitter is filled with buzz of exciting from users who have their phones updated to NoDo. Most of them are happy. But a twitter user @oxilumin noticed something unusual. He still couldn't associate a credit card with a non US address which was supposedly offered in the NoDo update changelog.

By Rahul Mathur

How to get NoDo update on your Samsung Omnia 7 right now ! [ update : works on other devices too! ]

Nobody does it better than the guys at XDA. I was hovering over the Omnia 7 thread for any NoDo update information and found this post by XDA member Bonebreaker describing the process to get NoDo on your Samsung Omnia 7 and to our delight, it seems it is  working pretty fine for most of the users according to follow up responses on XDA and twitter. More details after the break.

By Rahul Mathur

Joe Belfiore responds to NoDo update criticism, admits process is ' rocky '

Joe Belfiore, Director of Windows Phone Program,  recently gave a video interview discussing the NoDo Update process ( video and response embedded after the break ) where he mentioned how the process actually works or doesn't work - depends if you have NoDo or not. He mentioned how they have this throttling approach where they push the update to limited number of phones i.e they are basically sending the update in phases.

By Rahul Mathur