Microsoft gives nod of approval for Windows Phone device fix

Microsoft has just given its approval for a fix for its range of Windows Phone 7 devices after a handful of owners decided to run the ChervonWP7 updater by it. The ChevronWP7 updater, with Chris Walsh being the creator, enables phone owners to receive the March 2011 “NoDo” Windows Phone update right before it was made official for their respective carriers. Needless to say, Microsoft did warn against the use of the updater, and requested Walsh to remove it from his site. According to Microsoft, using the ChevronWP7.Updater might actually place the unofficially updated Windows Phone 7 device into a difficult position as it can no longer receive future regular updates to the OS anymore. The only fix offered? Re-flashing the device using an original stock ROM.

According to Brandon Watson, Director of Developer Experience for Windows Phone, “Despite the fact that many people have claimed that an unofficial update mechanism worked fine for them, we cautioned that phones which were updated via this method were not going to be able to update past build 7390. 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.”

What do you think of the whole shebang? Are you one of the few who could not wait for your proverbial eggs to hatch, and gone ahead with the unofficial ChevronWP7 updater tool already?

Edwin Kee
Categories: Cellphones
Tags: Windows, Windows Phone 7