Windows Phone 7 Launch Thread

rc28

Hey how long did it take people to install Mango? I'm on an Omnia 7 (Meteor) and it has been stuck on step 6 for about 20 minutes now - what should I do?

Edit: In the end I had to press cancel and had to reboot the phone. Now it tells me it has lost all data since the last update and needs to restore to that point (August) :-(

garethmc

ah you should have let it continue, take about 40/50 mins at least to install!!

rc28

garethmc wrote: »

ah you should have let it continue, take about 40/50 mins at least to install!!

Crap:mad: But thanks for letting me know.:)

Alanstrainor

garethmc wrote: »

ah you should have let it continue, take about 40/50 mins at least to install!!

It just depends on your internet connection. Mine didn't take anywhere near that long, but i have a fast line.

Trevor451

rc28 wrote: »

Hey how long did it take people to install Mango? I'm on an Omnia 7 (Meteor) and it has been stuck on step 6 for about 20 minutes now - what should I do?

Edit: In the end I had to press cancel and had to reboot the phone. Now it tells me it has lost all data since the last update and needs to restore to that point (August) :-(

It took a good bit to install the update on my Optimus 7 (UPC 30mb) . Running mango now with no issues.

Oh and touch boards works properly now

evolutionqy7

rc28 wrote: »

Hey how long did it take people to install Mango? I'm on an Omnia 7 (Meteor) and it has been stuck on step 6 for about 20 minutes now - what should I do?

Edit: In the end I had to press cancel and had to reboot the phone. Now it tells me it has lost all data since the last update and needs to restore to that point (August) :-(

You should have just let it go. Part 6 is always a long one. Its doing something in the background. I remember for beta 2 for me it was rebooting for ages.

I just let it go and it eventually rebooted.

rc28

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

You should have just let it go. Part 6 is always a long one. Its doing something in the background. I remember for beta 2 for me it was rebooting for ages.

I just let it go and it eventually rebooted.

Ye glad I know now - I just didn't believe an update would take that long as no one on this thread seemed to mention it.

Trevor451

I don't think I will be using the voice search on bing too often

I said "boards.ie" and somehow it interpreted my voice as saying "porn star .ie"

neaideabh

Has anyone worked out how to sort out doing your custom ringtones???

Boo_hoo

Trevor451 wrote: »

I don't think I will be using the voice search on bing too often

I said "boards.ie" and somehow it interpreted my voice as saying "porn star .ie"

Yeah it couldn't find Boards for me either, but a few others worked like Dublin bus, vodafone, Irish rail and pandora.

Not too bad imo.

Terrontress

my phone fell on the floor mid update. The battery came out.

Now I get the picture of the laptop with the cable running to the phone and the arrow with the red circle and line.

Nothing else. Zune won't detect it and turning the phone on and off makes no difference. Any ideas?

Boo_hoo

Google Hard reset for your phone. Likely the process is holding down Windows key and Volume etc. Hopefully it will give you the option to reset to factory default.

I had left the Optimus 7 instructions but then realised there are more WP7 models than just my phone :P Duh

jahalpin

I updated to Mango last night am I am very impressed. The OS runs much faster on my HD7 than 7.0 and is much faster than Gingerbread on the Galaxy S. IE9 is very good and is a lot better than the Android browser.

I have always supported Microsoft with their mobile strategy and have had a number of Windows phones over the years (some of which are probably not worth remembering ). WP 7.5 should finally give them a chance over the overly-restricted Apple products and the "not quite finished" Android products

Dyr

Have'nt noticed any huge difference as of yet

wheresmybeaver

Mango is great but unfortunately I've lost my chevron unlock in the update so I'm rolling back to NoDo. Shame, as it really works well, but until Chevron unlock is officially released I can't run my own apps.

evolutionqy7

Trevor451 wrote: »

I don't think I will be using the voice search on bing too often

I said "boards.ie" and somehow it interpreted my voice as saying "porn star .ie"

I changed the Locality of the Phone to US, i got bing navigation and i think the Speech Recognition works better.

I use the Speech Recognition to text back people and call people when im driving. Everyone i showed this to was blowed of their heads how a phone could do so

Press and Hold the Windows Button. Call out who would you like to call or text. If ya text i think as long as you speak clearly, no background noises (like open window seems to feck it up) I think it works perfect.

Google has their speech to text but its not very usefull since it doesnt allow what windows phone 7 does.

K3v

AntiVirus wrote: »

Try this trick to update to Mango

1. Start Zune
2. Turn off Data connection and Wifi on the Phone
3. Connect the Phone with the PC (USB)
4. Start the update search in Zune
5. About 3 seconds later, disconnect your PC from the internet (Turn WLAN off).
6. Zune finds Update. Press OK.
7. Connect to the internet again and install the update.

Worked like a charm!

markpb

My phone (Samsung Omnia on Meteor) is updating right now without any hacks. I didn't get any notification on the phone itself but Zune picked up the update anyway.

rc28

After restoring last night my Omnia 7 has forgotten all the numbers in my contacts list (I had them on my Gmail but also manually entered on phone in some cases). It says it has synced fine with all my email and Facebook accounts so what has gone wrong??? It had restored to a point in August btw

markpb

markpb wrote: »

My phone (Samsung Omnia on Meteor) is updating right now without any hacks. I didn't get any notification on the phone itself but Zune picked up the update anyway.

And failed because the driver didn't install Every update I've done on my WP7 phone has failed: the update search in Zune usually fails the first 5-6 times and then the update fails because of device driver fails to install so I have to retry or hack at it until it works. It's not overly confidence inspiring and it's worth pointing out that I *never* had any problems updating my iPodTouch.

evolutionqy7

markpb wrote: »

And failed because the driver didn't install Every update I've done on my WP7 phone has failed: the update search in Zune usually fails the first 5-6 times and then the update fails because of device driver fails to install so I have to retry or hack at it until it works. It's not overly confidence inspiring and it's worth pointing out that I *never* had any problems updating my iPodTouch.

What OS are you using? I know previously some people had trouble in XP. Think a few had some in Vista too. Windows 7 seems to do the trick perfect.

Try this, its a patch for omnia drivers. Samsung phones always have problems with drivers for some reasons. So sammy released a driver update for it

Just download. Plug in your phone. And let it update it

This was meant to be fixed when NoDo was rolling out. But some glitches might be left.

Down South

In my office which has a decent broadband connection. Phone upgraded in about 20 mins. It now seems to be upgrading again but is on step 7 for the past 2 hours or so. Time to try again ?

fjon

AntiVirus wrote: »

Try this trick to update to Mango

1. Start Zune
2. Turn off Data connection and Wifi on the Phone
3. Connect the Phone with the PC (USB)
4. Start the update search in Zune
5. About 3 seconds later, disconnect your PC from the internet (Turn WLAN off).
6. Zune finds Update. Press OK.
7. Connect to the internet again and install the update.

Worked after a few tries. Update took nearly an hour to install.

Is there anywhere I can see a full list of updates/ changes in Mango?

rc28

rc28 wrote: »

After restoring last night my Omnia 7 has forgotten all the numbers in my contacts list (I had them on my Gmail but also manually entered on phone in some cases). It says it has synced fine with all my email and Facebook accounts so what has gone wrong??? It had restored to a point in August btw

Nevermind, I installed Mango successfully and it seems to have fixed all of that. I really love mango so far - everything seems even faster than ever! However, on my Omnia 7 the 'daily briefing' app hasn't been updated - it doesn't show any live tile like it was supposed to.

bruce wayne

are we missing some features......are features location based, ie more features in the states than Ireland

for example I don't have this in my maps
http://youtu.be/UZrTEohyfKo

I also dont have the music search in bing

I upgraded to Mango this morning

Tinie

Handy app to have...

http://www.wp7connect.com/2011/09/15/mango-app-network-dashboard-updated-pin-wifi-to-start/

Added the ability to enable WiFi and mobile data state on start screen pinned tiles.

Handier than going into settings all the time.

K3v

AntiVirus wrote: »

... to unbrand it you need to flash it with the Euro Open firmware. Once you've done that it will show OPN in settings under carrier.

Anyone who has unbranded there LG Optimus will get the Mango update today!


Here's a link to all LG Optimus 7 fireware's http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=935578

I have an LG Optimus 7 which I updated to Mango. I was hoping that the update would fix the problem of not being able to send and receive MMS messages. Is the only way of fixing that to flash my phone with the Euro Open Firmware? If I have to does that mean I have to reinstall the updates?

AntiVirus

K3v wrote: »

I have an LG Optimus 7 which I updated to Mango. I was hoping that the update would fix the problem of not being able to send and receive MMS messages. Is the only way of fixing that to flash my phone with the Euro Open Firmware? If I have to does that mean I have to reinstall the updates?

yes to all I'm afraid

fjon

Don't suppose anyone is having trouble accessing the touch.boards.ie site?
I'm getting "The requested item could not be loaded! (Status Code:400)"
It seems like it's trying to download a file called ads.xhtml which is causing the issue.

robbie67

Originally Posted by AntiVirus
Try this trick to update to Mango

1. Start Zune
2. Turn off Data connection and Wifi on the Phone
3. Connect the Phone with the PC (USB)
4. Start the update search in Zune
5. About 3 seconds later, disconnect your PC from the internet (Turn WLAN off).
6. Zune finds Update. Press OK.
7. Connect to the internet again and install the update


Got it working after a few tries so thanks for the advice

markpb

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

What OS are you using? I know previously some people had trouble in XP. Think a few had some in Vista too. Windows 7 seems to do the trick perfect.

Try this, its a patch for omnia drivers. Samsung phones always have problems with drivers for some reasons. So sammy released a driver update for it

I'm running Win7. I applied the Samsung patch before but I did it again today just in case (can't hurt, right? ). Now when I run Zune, it says I don't have an update waiting (7392 is my current version). Back to the waiting list :-/

Tinie

Just been messing about here trying to get the custom ringtones, heres how to get them:

1. Download Audacity here http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
   
2. Install it
   
3. Open it, and Click and drag whatever song you want to create a ringtone from and drop it in the main grey area in Audacity
   
4. Let it load up the waveform of the song
   
5. Next find and decide what part of the song you want to be the ringtone. It has to be less than 39 seconds long to work as a ringtone by the way.
   
6. Now at the bottom of audacity, select your time line; what I find handiest to do is, select the start point of the ring tone you want, then enter the time in the "selection start" box.
   
7. Next, change the button beside that from "End" to "Length". Then under that, enter the length you want the ringtone to last for.
   
8. Next, go to Edit -> press Cut. Select File -> New -> Edit -> Paste
   
9. Go to File -> Export. Name your ringtone, then select Options on the right of the window. Press the "save as type" drop down list, and select MP3 files.
   
10. Change quality to 128kps I advise. Select Joint stereo if you prefer. Press OK, then Save it.
    
11. In the Edit metadata pop up window, leave everything empty apart from Genre. In genre enter "Ringtone". Select Ok.
    
12. Open Zune on your PC. Connect phone via usb. In collection, under unknown artist at the top of all your other artists, the ringtone should be there. Click and drag it into your phone on the bottom left to sync it.
    
13. Disconnect phone and on your phone, go to settings -> ringtones -> ringtone and at the top under custom should be your ringtone.

Done.

AntiVirus

TuneIn Radio

The best radio app for Windows Phone has been updated to support Mango and best of all its FREE.


It might be an idea for someone to start a thread and add in any apps they know that have been updated to support Mango.

Just found out you can pin radio stations to the start screen!

stevenmu

As an FYI, there's reports on XDA that people forcing the update using the trick are not getting their drivers updated. Haven't had a chance to catch up with everything, but from what I read in the lead up to release, Mango should come as a 2 part update including Mango itself from Microsoft, and driver/other firmware updates from the OEM. I'm guessing that forcing the update only gets the Mango/Microsoft part, not the OEM bundle too. This may also be deliverable as a seperate update, so you might be able to get a notification and update just the OEM part later.


more: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1279945

AntiVirus

stevenmu wrote: »

As an FYI, there's reports on XDA that people forcing the update using the trick are not getting their drivers updated. Haven't had a chance to catch up with everything, but from what I read in the lead up to release, Mango should come as a 2 part update including Mango itself from Microsoft, and driver/other firmware updates from the OEM. I'm guessing that forcing the update only gets the Mango/Microsoft part, not the OEM bundle too. This may also be deliverable as a seperate update, so you might be able to get a notification and update just the OEM part later.


more: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1279945

From reading the thread you can see that some people who did a forced update got the new firmware, some people who did the forced update didn't get the firmware update, some people who's phones automatically updated received the firmware update and some peoples phones that automatically updated didn't get the firmware update.

So that thread doesn't really explain much. You'll see here that some people who where not on Mango RTM received 2 updates. Anyone on Mango RTM would have received only one update, the firmware update which is what I got. Forcing the update make's no difference.

GerardKeating

Terrontress wrote: »

my phone fell on the floor mid update. The battery came out.

Now I get the picture of the laptop with the cable running to the phone and the arrow with the red circle and line.

Nothing else. Zune won't detect it and turning the phone on and off makes no difference. Any ideas?

Something like this happened to me, left the update running over lunch, and when I came back, the PC had "lost contact" with the phone.

Rebooted phone and PC a few times, and then just left it connected for a while and it righted itself...

Terrontress

AntiVirus wrote: »

From reading the thread you can see that some people who did a forced update got the new firmware, some people who did the forced update didn't get the firmware update, some people who's phones automatically updated received the firmware update and some peoples phones that automatically updated didn't get the firmware update.

So that thread doesn't really explain much. You'll see here that some people who where not on Mango RTM received 2 updates. Anyone on Mango RTM would have received only one update, the firmware update which is what I got. Forcing the update make's no difference.

I have forced an upgrade but when I attempt to install Tunein Radio it tells me that my software is not up to date.

I wonder how, when Mango is released properly for my HTC 7 Pro, I will be able to install the HTC firmware.

AntiVirus

Terrontress wrote: »

I have forced an upgrade but when I attempt to install Tunein Radio it tells me that my software is not up to date.

I wonder how, when Mango is released properly for my HTC 7 Pro, I will be able to install the HTC firmware.

Doesn't sound like you got any Mango update. The problem in the other post has to do with firmware drivers for the model of the phone. This would not cause a problem with installing any mango apps but you would have a problem running Mango apps that need drivers updated on the phone, for example the Compass app.

obriea3

AntiVirus wrote: »

TuneIn Radio

The best radio app for Windows Phone has been updated to support Mango and best of all its FREE.


It might be an idea for someone to start a thread and add in any apps they know that have been updated to support Mango.

Just found out you can pin radio stations to the start screen!

Out of interest, how did you realise there was an update?
I use this app and think its da bizz. However when I launched it today (with Mango on the phone) there was no update message. I launched the Marketplace and no note to say I have updates waiting!!

Is it pure luck you know there is an update?

obriea3

obriea3 wrote: »

Out of interest, how did you realise there was an update?
I use this app and think its da bizz. However when I launched it today (with Mango on the phone) there was no update message. I launched the Marketplace and no note to say I have updates waiting!!

Is it pure luck you know there is an update?

Please ignore this. Just launched the Marketplace again and I have updates waiting!!!!:o:o

Sorry

markpb

Colour me very confused! My phone never got the OTA update message but Zune tried to update my phone (which failed). Later, when I tried again, Zune said there was no update for me. Later again, my phone got the OTA update message but now Zune says it's up to date already (7392).

evolutionqy7

obriea3 wrote: »

Out of interest, how did you realise there was an update?
I use this app and think its da bizz. However when I launched it today (with Mango on the phone) there was no update message. I launched the Marketplace and no note to say I have updates waiting!!

Is it pure luck you know there is an update?

The phone only refreshes for updates every once in a while.

If it did it constantly battery life would be reduced

Try just going to the app in the marketplace. If theres an update button down the bottom it means it just hasnt refreshed yet. But you can still get it

If there is no update you will only see share button

Terrontress

AntiVirus wrote: »

Doesn't sound like you got any Mango update. The problem in the other post has to do with firmware drivers for the model of the phone. This would not cause a problem with installing any mango apps but you would have a problem running Mango apps that need drivers updated on the phone, for example the Compass app.

Definitely had some form of update. Holding back button gives multiple apps, friends groups, web url at the bottom of the screen etc.

I tried to update Tunein and was told that I already have the most up to date, even though that was the 1. version. So I uninstalled and tried to update and was told my phone software was not up to date.

I think I will just restore back to the previous software and wait for the official HTC update.

Boo_hoo

K3v wrote: »

I have an LG Optimus 7 which I updated to Mango. I was hoping that the update would fix the problem of not being able to send and receive MMS messages. Is the only way of fixing that to flash my phone with the Euro Open Firmware? If I have to does that mean I have to reinstall the updates?

No, It's really easy to get it working. All you need is the LG network Setup App and then re-set the apn.

Like I said here

gman2k

Problems today (after yesterdays Mango update) - I've the bargain alerts German LG e900.
I lost the Vodafone data connection, although the vodafone.ie apn was still entered and correct. After a lot of time on the phone with vodafone today they gave me a vodafone.com apn and it worked straight away.
Also, and annoyingly, when you 'lock' the phone with the power button, the phone will come back 'on' if you press the windows button....very annoying if you have the phone in a protective leather case!
Battery life is still sh1te, I know that is not the fault of Mango, but cmon, it's totally rubbish! I have location, bluetooth and wifi turned off during the day, and the phone was dead by 4pm.

stevenmu

AntiVirus wrote: »

From reading the thread you can see that some people who did a forced update got the new firmware, some people who did the forced update didn't get the firmware update, some people who's phones automatically updated received the firmware update and some peoples phones that automatically updated didn't get the firmware update.

So that thread doesn't really explain much. You'll see here that some people who where not on Mango RTM received 2 updates. Anyone on Mango RTM would have received only one update, the firmware update which is what I got. Forcing the update make's no difference.

I probably should have read properly before posting I'd been wondering if forcing the update could cause something like that so when I spotted the threads on XDA just assumed I was right.

Anyway just plugged my phone (Omnia 7 on Vodafone, but originally from 3) into zune and it prompted me to update so Mango on the way now.

wheresmybeaver

Ok well after lots of messing this evening I've managed to upgrade to mango on my HD7 and keep it chevron unlocked (bloody nightmare), but because of the method I used I didn't get the firmware portion (for example, mango compass apps are unsupported). I expect I'll have to wait for it to come through on its own via Zune in the coming weeks, or wait for xda to figure it out ;-)

Meanwhile, mango is great. Multitasking is implemented in a very smart way. So many great apps too. A new lease on life for a year old phone!

Also, I contacted the Navigon team and they're saying their offline gps nav software will be out this week. It looks incredible, and is especially handy for us poor Irish and our lame implementation of Bing maps..

danger_mouse_tm

I plugged my phone into the pc and checked for update and it says my phone is already up to date on 7.0 I have the LG bought from vodafone. Is mango not due out for me?

AntiVirus

Boo_hoo wrote: »

K3v wrote: »

I have an LG Optimus 7 which I updated to Mango. I was hoping that the update would fix the problem of not being able to send and receive MMS messages. Is the only way of fixing that to flash my phone with the Euro Open Firmware? If I have to does that mean I have to reinstall the updates?

No, It's really easy to get it working. All you need is the LG network Setup App and then re-set the apn.

Like I said here

That won't work, people have been trying that since they got their phones

Boo_hoo

AntiVirus wrote: »

That won't work, people have been trying that since they got their phones

All I can say is it works now. I updated to Mango yesterday. Installed the network App after that and now mms works perfectly. Would you like an mms to prove it>?