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Microsoft could seem to get the first Windows Phone 7 updates to function properly in the beginning. Even before the first major update, Microsoft was having trouble getting a minor update to play nice with Samsung phones. Fed up with all the waiting and uncertainty, some people had turned to third-parties to supply Windows Phone 7 updates. Microsoft advised against doing this and now we know why. Phones that installed unauthorized updates may never receive another update again.
Chris Walsh is a .NET developer who released a tool to expedite the updating process ahead of official releases in the form of an executable file named ChevronWP7.Updater. Everything seemed to be fine until Walsh was contacted by Microsoft who informed him that his tool will leave phones in a “non-serviceable state.” Walsh emboldened “will” in his post. There’s doesn’t appear to be any doubt that this updating tool will essentially break the phone on the inside.
Walsh explained on his blog what Microsoft believed to be the root of the problem.
“Part of the problem, the company says, is that I incorrectly used an undocumented API to deliver updates,” Walsh wrote.
Walsh apologized to anyone who have, or may experience issues with their phones after using his tool.
Via [My Coding Adventures]
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