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This poll is just for Samsung devices!!!
I have made a poll for Samsung users to see how many Samsung wp7 devices were sucessfully updated... and on which update release...
Omnia 7 8GB, I have updated fine in the end. But here's my story on how.
I've initially tried at work, on my desktop. Failed.
Searched on the net and found someone who freed 4.5 GB (in Zune not in phone) and successfully updated. I freed 4.5 GB but it still failed. I just got home and retried here, different computer, same Zune. It worked! The only difference I did is installed this: MicrosoftFixit50581.msi from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2484484#ReceiveErrorUpdating because for the first update attempt (from 23 Feb) I was getting the error: C1010007
Hope others can do it like I did, try it on different computers!
Also, I've posted here:
http://www.zdnet.com/tb/1-94102-1801460
Not working for me, I will try on a laptop but I'm against deleting things or resetting the phone as I shouldn't have to do that .
No notification here yet (Omnia 7 Orange UK). Still I will wait a few days and make sure there are no more horror stories of bricking handsets before trying!
Freypal said:
No notification here yet (Omnia 7 Orange UK). Still I will wait a few days and make sure there are no more horror stories of bricking handsets before trying!
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Did you plug it in comp/Zune?
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Yup, says i'm up to date at *004 version.
No notification yet, I have a Omnia 7 on Orange UK. Zune says version: 7.0 (7004)
HTC Mozart Orange UK, not yet any notification.
Omnia 7 Orange FR, notified yesterday night, and updated just fine.
(Omnia7 previously flashed with latest Samsung firmware because i've got the bad bootloader 4.10.1.9 preventing update without USB plug )
I update a few days ago never go notifications though, I was just syncing my phone and Zune said there was an update...
I have a O2 Branded HD7 running on Vodafone
still no notification, Omnia 7 on Orange UK.
I finally updated my Omnia 7!
- Tried about 4 times: failed
- Deleted all my music (around 8.5GB): failed
- Deleted all my apps except Engadget and Diodict: failed
Next steps should have been to delete games, then accounts, until I would be left with no choice but to do a factory reset.
Luckily I had TweetDeck tracking the error code in case something came up and surely, @dvroegop found a trick: He turned off Wifi then deleted all his pictures and managed to update straightaway.
At this point I had nothing to lose, really wanting to avoid a factory reset (didn't want to lose Engadget, Diodict apps and game saves) so I gave it a go (deleted videos too) and it worked first try .
Could be pure luck but if you don't want to hard reset it's worth a shot .
Stupid Pice of $#!T phone!!!
I've done the above, received the same results, followed every 'tip' and still get the C1010007 error. I THOUGHT the above mention of deleting EVERYTHING on the phone would help, so I deleted everything and still the same error ... except ... this time it got to 71% of the backup whereas before it always stopped at 68% before it crapped out.
I uninstalled all the applications I had on the phone and tried one last time. Now, the phone goes through the process and only gets to about 55% then $#!ts the bed.
Why is this so dang painful?!?!?! I might as well hard reset at this point. I have a feeling that won't matter and I'll still get this same error.
I have the LG Quantum from at&t and I have to factory reset and still cant update my phone!!! any suggestions?????
I am using the Focus and I used the Cheveronupdate tool like as soon as it came out, I have just done a 3min search to see what this update does for the focus. Has anyone else had this occur recently?
And the Update PR stunt (note)
I guess the generic MS saying it will prevent your phone from updating is now proven false as well, granted I don't know if this update has done anything yet since I am on step 7 of it creating a backup file.
ATT Focus
I also used the Chevron Updater and updated to 7390. I received a notification via Zune for the standard update last night and tried to update. Went through all steps and then I got an error 80180005 for which I could find no explanation, but the update failed. I then plugged my USB cable to the back USB ports on my laptop and the installation succeeded and changed the bootloader number, firmware and radio software numbers. These numbers were NOT CHANGED with the NoDo update from the CXhevron Updater method.
This is the Samsung firmware update.
I also unlocked my phone using Chevron to update to NOdO weeks ago but am yet to see the samsung firmware update.
buffalosolja42 said:
I guess the generic MS saying it will prevent your phone from updating is now proven false as well, granted I don't know if this update has done anything yet since I am on step 7 of it creating a backup file.
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Not quite the case.
@BrandonWatson said:
@Strider_Aus our guidance remains - Walshed phones will not update past NoDo (specififcally build 7390)
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well mine went through
without a hitch yes OS revision numbers didn't change and I am not sure about firmware. Can't tell you that I see any difference right now.
capacitive buttons should be less sensitive, and dont work if you press the screen on a different place at the same time (for gaming or video playback etc, accidently hitting back button, it should be disabled now)
camera should auto default to anti-shake setting ON.
screen should be responsive even on a soft surface (pillow)
this is what I read, not sure, can people confirm this? Is this also for the omnia7? Mine is at the store for repair but these things were some annoying things and will be nice if they are fixed on the omnia as well.
first, sorry if this was already posted, please feel free to delete this post.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...26-958a-84816e8a19e4?page=21&tm=1330575160400
from MS Answers forum
Hello All,
We're currently having success in resolving this issue by altering the date on a PC to March 1st, 2012.
Once the date has been changed, close the Zune Software and disconnect the Phone, then go ahead and reconnect the Phone and the Zune Software should start automatically. If not, go ahead and start the Zune Software as normal.
Ideally, the Phone should be detected and you may have to go through the process of naming the Phone and checking for updates again.
Right now, this is just a workaround, however.
Kind Regards,
Matthew N.
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I spent a few hours desperately trying to connect my wife's phone to zune, no go with all MS knowledge base suggestions.
Win7 64bit, two user accounts. My phone connected to Zune fine, my wife's did not with Zune always throwing error
"Connection Error" "Can't connect to your phone. Disconnect it, restart it, then try connecting again."
I tried on a different PC with freshly installed Zune, same thing.
I decided I have to hard reset the phone at some point. I posted my problem on MS forum (top link) and got a boat load of emails today with people reporting identical problem.
turns out it's a leap day bug. LOL
I thought that was something reserved for Apple
Wasn't there a leap day bug that rendered some zunes bricks the last time around?
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Wasn't there a leap day bug that rendered some zunes bricks the last time around?
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I own a Zune HD, not sure I heard about this. Certainly didn't experience it.
can you imagine all the folks who went out to buy a windows phone 7 today and find out they cannot connect to Zune? How frustrating....
Too bad I didn't see this until March 1st.
Lol.. I am one of the joker that got the titan on the 29th that I was so eagerly waiting to arrive... Spent many hours trying to resolve the problem.. Till I gave up and it worked miraculously the next morning!!
Hi Guys,
I followed the guy as follows(Repeated 3 Times) and has successfully updated the my Lumia 900 ROM to 7.10.8779.8 -> 7.10.8783.12 .. and then again to 7.10.8858.136 ..
wmpoweruser.com/windows-phone-7-8-update-now-on-zune-regardless-of-carrier-and-model/
Internet Disconnect trick (REALLY WORKS!!!)
1- Turn off cellular data, and Wifi on your Lumia 900 or WP device(see below).
2- Connect to Zune, check for updates and time yourself by counting "1-1000, 2-1000,etc". Stop counting when it says your phone is up to date and remember it.
3- Change to a different tab other than update in the settings.
4- Disconnect phone, then reconnect it.
6- Now, get ready. You will need to hit the “Update” button and unplug (Or disable your NIC card in Network and sharing center) the network cable from your computer at about minus 1-1000 (if you counted to 8-1000 for update check, then disconnect at 7-1000) after hitting this button. It will present an update is available!
7- Remember to reconnect internet, then hit Update!
8- Now update!
There will be three updates.
First Update will be some fixes to app purchasing and marketplace.
Second Update will be some fixes to WP and support for phones without camera hardware button.
Third Update will be the main WP7.8 update itself.
Thank you for the step by step instructions. I was able to update my Nokia Rogers phone on TELUS network after several tries but was the effort. My recommendation is to use ethernet cable.
So much nicer.
Confirmed that this worked for both my AT&T Lumia 900 and LG C900. I was able to update both to 7.8.
Confirmed that this worked for both my AT&T Lumia 900
It took me around 100 tries but it works on my Omnia 7
Made it work, at last. Timing the disconnection from the internet is VERY important.
Took me quite some time to find the perfect timing...
It took about two dozen tries but I got it to work. What I didnt realize was that I would have to do it again to get the subsequent updates. I only had two windows phone updates before getting to 7.10.8858.136 update.
There was also a Nokia update after I got the two windows updates.
Finally, when all was said and done I could not text nor use the internet despite showing an LTE connection at the top left corner. I turned on Wifi and was able to use online services and text. I turned it back off and it continuted to work so not sure what that was about.
Worked for me... Thanks!
worked for me and I also updated my HD7 to 7-8,,,
Still not working for me if I connect to Zune with my phones Wifi and Celluar data offf I get an error from Zune saying it can't check for updates.
Not sure how or why this works.....but it worked like a charm for me. It took about 4 tries the first time, but after that I had no problems. Updated and definitely liking 7.8 on first impression.
I'm still kind of ticked about not being able to get 8 on a phone I've only owned for a few months....but it works well, so I suppose I can put up with it until my contract expires or I decide just to buy something new.
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Still not working for me if I connect to Zune with my phones Wifi and Celluar data offf I get an error from Zune saying it can't check for updates.
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As I mentioned earlier, timing the disconnection is very crucial. For example, I used my laptop with a netstick (USB cellular modem).
The client which connects the netstick to the internet shows the data usage. I noticed that when searching for updates with Zune, the data usage steadily grows until in about 8 seconds since I started looking for updates with Zune - the action reaches to a usage of about 650Kbps and then quickly declines to 0kbps.
I found out, that after a second the connection speed declines (e.g., goes below 650Kbps) - that is the "sweet spot" to disconnect from the internet and then Zune finds the update.
It worked for me all 3 times (there are 3 updates from 7.5 to 7.8 - one is a minor update, the second is 7.8, and the third is a Nokia minor update) when I timed my disconnection to that "sweet spot"...
Hope it helped somehow. I tried to update a million times before, and until I realized how to time it right, I didn't succeed - once I got it right, it was easy to reproduce it.
Nope, still a no go.
Hi all, I recently got a Surface RT and reinstalled Windows RT on it as brend new device.
Windows starts from RT 8.1 and after some updates (almost 70) it updates the Surface firmware and switch to Windows 8.1 RT update (1). From that a few more updates and than my Surface can't find any windows updates and can't install Store Apps.
The Windows Update keeps being stuck on "serching for updates" forever and the Store apps won't install giving me an error about my slow internet connection.
I know for sure that the last Update is the update 3 for Win RT which I won't ever be able to install. I'm pretty sure that some update screwed my Windows Update center. I've re-installed a fresh new Win few times and alwyas got stuck at this point.
Any help?
Hi,
I have a very similar problem at the moment. I refreshed my surface 2 last week as the storage had filled up and couldn't be cleared by any other normal means. After reset, the first batch of updates would install but afterwards would get stuck on the "searching for updates". I have reset several times with the same problem occurring each time. Finally I reset using a usb recovery following the guide given on windows central forums (wont let me post link)
This time after installation, even on the first check for updates, it gets stuck. Been running now for over 24 hours and still nothing.
Hopefully someone on here will know the answer. I will follow this thread with interest.
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Typical, no sooner had I written the post above then the search for updates finally finished after 25 hours. 262 updates found and ready for installation. Turns out that nothing other than (extreme) patience is required for the problem to sort itself out. It might be worth adjusting your power settings so that your surface does not go to sleep and hence interrupt the search. Good luck and hope it works out for you.
Hi and thanks for answering, I don't feel alone anymore. Here's my story:
The first time I resetted Windows was just after purchasing my Surface, brand new Win on and I used my surface for almost a week, researched for updates and installed it (firmware update and something like 76 first and 35 later) till the Windows RT 8.1 update (1).
I realized something was wrong as soon as Windows Store started giving me the same network error for each app I was trying to install. Looking for windows update was stuck on "Checking for update" for more than one hour (standby time on AC plugged in setted to never). Latest update available for the Surface RT is the Windows RT 8.1 Update 3.
Restored Windows, kept my apps but removed all the updates. Windows Store worked again, same for Updates. Installed two cycles (just like before) and again same situation... Windows Store started giving me the same network error for each app I was trying to install, looking for windows update was stuck on "Checking for update" for more than one hour (standby time on AC setted to never).
I tried every fix coming up on the web: wsreset, windows troubleshooting app for windows update and windows app and even deleting the SoftwareDistribution folder.
At this point I chatted with an MS employ through Surface assistance web page. She suggested me to reinstall a fresh windows copy from Microsoft web site using a USB drive and so I did...
Yesterday night it all came back, second cycle of updates, Windows Store started giving me the same network error for each app I was trying to install, looking for windows update was stuck on "Checking for update" for more than one hour (standby time on AC setted to never). I again tried all the fixes, nothing worked and so I restored Windows keeping my apps.
I'm now typing from my Surface, just restored but no updates installed yet. I'm really getting upset to MS for all this ****. Hope you get more luck.
Next week I won't need my Surface to much so I may try looking for updates for more than 24 hours and see if I can get out of this updates cycle.
Looking forward for better news and know if thing are working for you.
P.S. Text me the link you were talking about.
Updates: I've installed the KB2029xxx update (Update 1) and after that, as alwyas, Windows won't find any other update. I've let it check for more than 24 hours but still on "checking for updates".
Don't know what else to do.
Hi, I think it's about their servers aswell. I've tried everything and more to get out of this situation but nothing worked.
Last thing I did yesterday was:
1. Flush DNS "ipconfig /flushdns"
2. Run Windows Update troubleshooting
3. Checking for updates
And again is was stuck for hours till I gave up and shut it down.
The main difference is that flushing in DNS clear the Windows Update cache so it now looks like no updates are installed and updates history is blank.
Nothing changed tho. I guess MS removed (or blocked?) updates after Update 1.
Somewhere, somehow, I've red it's possible to "cook" your own ISO of Windows RT including major updates.
I'll find more out.
Keep us updated, the longest time for me was about 27 hours.
Inviato dal mio Nexus 4 utilizzando Tapatalk
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I checked again last night (48 hours) and again this morning. The Windows update bar was still scrolling away doing nothing. However, when I right clicked to shutdown, I now had option to 'Upsate and restart'. Choosing this it began installing 183 updates.
This was all done with Surface2 plugged in, sleep set to never, running via Wifi to 1GBps fiber broadband. I'm just happy it actually did something. Data must be drip-feeeding in using BITS at inperceptibly slow rate. So good news, it can work but just barely.
Wish you luck with yours. Hopefully @never_released can provide us an alternative OS solution in near future.
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Great news. What would you suggest now? I can't let my Surface RT plugged for 2 days 'cause I need it, however I was thinking about pluging it in and let it check for updates during the night time, should be about 10 hours per day, and repeat this process till I find the magic "Update and Restart" button takes over the classic restart.
I've alwyas been checking using the metro Windows Update and not the Desktop's one.
Same issue here on my surface 2. I bought it off a buddy and reinstalled windows from an image found on the MS website. after installing the first batch of updates it just keeps searching. I found that while its searching I cannot download apps from the store it keeps spitting back the network is not fast enough despite being able to watch NF on multiple devices at once. its starting to bug me a little bit cuz i do want the new start menu.
Its not confirmed yet, but it might be worth to mention.
I've contacted Microsoft for this problem, and after hours, maybe days of troubleshooting they finally came to the conclusion that its pretty annoying.
However I did a request for making new system images (for the RT devices) since they are not supported by updates anymore.
The request has been sent and awaiting response. Let's all hope that my request will be get through and we will get new recovery images which are up-to-date anywhere soon.
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Its not confirmed yet, but it might be worth to mention.
I've contacted Microsoft for this problem, and after hours, maybe days of troubleshooting they finally came to the conclusion that its pretty annoying.
However I did a request for making new system images (for the RT devices) since they are not supported by updates anymore.
The request has been sent and awaiting response. Let's all hope that my request will be get through and we will get new recovery images which are up-to-date anywhere soon.
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Please keep us updated!
Looks like that the ony way to go trought this at the moment is to just let your Surface check for updates, AC pluged, never set to sleep, for something about 30-40 hours till, still checking for updates, opening the shutdown menu shows the "Update and Restart" option.
I just had an idea. Maybe it could work maybe not but the people who where able to receive the updates on surface rt/2 upload the contents of their SoftwareDistribution (including Software distribution.Old if present) folder located in the windows folder so us that can't get them can just install them manually. Just an idea tho.
Quick update after factory reseting my surface 2 and attempting to do the first batch of updates I found that a bunch of my important updates fail to install. Causing my tablet to loose ability to install apps and find updates no matter what fix I try. Going try installing updates manually over the next few days and see if that helps.
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Mine also had many failed updates in the first batch of 64. Keep doing update/restarting. Once you get through that initial batch, they seem to more/less succeed after that.
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I've gotten through about 3 sets of updates further then I've gotten before. This time I didn't use my Microsoft account and just made a local account and I only installed the one that were auto ticked I figure I've don't about 120 updates now. It's checking for updates atm but hopefully by morning it'll be done.
Hi. Windows RT 8.1 update 3 is here. But the update problem remains.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49143
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Hi. Windows RT 8.1 update 3 is here. But the update problem remains.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49143
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Please tell me they just posted this and I didn't just miss it. This is the one update I wanted I do the really care for the security patches cuz I do the really think rt can get viruses.
I don't know. It was here.
https://support.microsoft.com/it-it/kb/3033055
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I don't know. It was here.
https://support.microsoft.com/it-it/kb/3033055
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oh well thanks for that. I just hope that maybe they will make a recovery image with all the updates pre-applied. or even unlock it for us but that's just being hopeful.
now I keep getting "connection too slow" error from the app store and when I run the troubleshooter I keep getting "service registration missing or corrupt - not fixed" I've contacted support via helpdesk but they are almost useless and i cant go to the surface support because it wants me to pay because my warranty is up.
Edit- just after typing this they put me in contact with someone from the surface department. hopefully they can help fix these issues.
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The Windows Update Troubleshooter always says Service Registration Missing or Corrupt. Even on a freshly recovered Surface RT/2.
It claims to fix the problem. Run it again, it detects no issue. But this only lasts until you restart. After restart, it behaves same as before. I think the Troubleshooter is actually just incorrect.
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Mine won't even fix it
these issues are really starting to bug me I've reset my surface 2 about 10 times within the last 3 days. even if they stopped supporting the device we should be able to update and use it on the latest updates with no problem. talking to support is useless they always tell you to do the same steps over and over again.