HTC HD7 - Windows Phone 7.8 Update

[Anonymous]

Hi, Does anyone have any indication if or when O2 are going to release this update for HD7?

[Anonymous]

The Live Tile is just blank, it's a known issue apparently.

[Anonymous]

Ive completely given up although i did update to 7.8 using the workaround posted previously. Bought a SIM Free Lumia 620 so to hell with O2 and long contracts.

[Anonymous]

O2 still haven't released it then? I updated mine myself several months ago, if O2 STILL have failed to release the update then I agree. I was going to get a Nokia but I shall make the switch to another network.

[Anonymous]

Got an update on my HTC HD7 thinking that it was the start of the updates to 7.8 . Sadly it was the one update to bring it to 7.10.8779.8 .  Sorry to reignite the old thread but anyone heard anything new? Hate being left in the dark... 

Thanks

Aaron

[Anonymous]

I just upgraded using the method explained in this thread. It doesn't matter to me if O2 release the update soon though as I've bought a SIM free ATIV S.

[Anonymous]

I just got that small update as well.  The force update thing with pulling the internet just doesn't work for me.  An O2 support person told me a month ago that it was imminent. So where is it O2? Why are you the last network to give us the 7.8 update?

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

The force update thing with pulling the internet just doesn't work for me.

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Is there a reason why you don't want to use the SevenEighter method? This should work for everybody.

[Anonymous]

Yes there is. It's because I can't afford to risk bricking my phone.

David

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Yes there is. It's because I can't afford to risk bricking my phone.

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Fair enough, any update is "at your own risk", but it's worth noting the following.

1. The "seveneighter" process is not a ROM-flash. It just downloads the standard MS update files, without running the provider-check.

2. The process creates a restoreable backup prior to update.

3. I have now updated 15 phones using this method. There have been no problems whatsoever. The only thing you need to do is make sure that you "tick" the right language packs when running the update. If in doubt, choose them all....

To be clear, the standard MS-Update routine does the following: (1) Check if there is an update available; (2) Check if the service-provider has approved that update; (3) install the update. The seveneighter process just skips step (2), that's all.

In other words, it's pretty much the same as the force-update, but without all the connect/disconnect faffing about.

[Anonymous]

I was tempted by that utility but Googling it reveals that several people have had problems with it. Even it's own website says it cannot be refstored back so I'm not sure why you say it can. Interestingly I could find no reports at all of anyone's phone being bricked by the official update despite the statutory warnings.  There just seem to be too many people who have had issues with Seven-Eighter and the one question that sticks in my mind as a programmer; why can it not detect the languages required and install them like the official update obviously can?

I need my phone to stay in touch with family and clients. I simply cannot risk being without it. If this was just a spare phone then I would use that utility without hesitation but in this never-ending recession when money is tight I can't risk screwing it up and having to go out and blow nearly £500 on a new smartphone.

I tell you  something though: In the future I will always buy unbranded phones. Last year I dumped my contract and went solo with a small provider who uses the O2 network. Now, given the cash, I can buy any phone I want, any time I want. AND I get unlimited internet instead of some silly 500MB per month!