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Windows Phone 7.8 (features, release date/s & how?)
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McCrazieGoalz
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WP7.8 has been out already for a while but the roll out has been halted because of problems with live tiles.
See my thread on live tile problems here.
WPCentral have just confirmed that Microsoft is aware of the live tile problem. So, either a fix or a new version of the 7.8 update will be available in the near future.
Update:
Seems like a fix will be released soon - Link.
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McCrazieGoalz
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Apparently there is a new 7.8 version rolling out according to www.wmpoweruser.com.
All my apps including AccuWeather are now completely static especially after I updated a few this morning. Hope its got something to do with the new roll out.
Fingers crossed.
All my apps including AccuWeather are now completely static especially after I updated a few this morning. Hope its got something to do with the new roll out.
Fingers crossed.
Dr@g0nic
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Well.... did the update last night... no difference.... and ye my AccuWeather is also static. Changed live tile to off, it went static as it should. Then switched it back on but it stayed that way.
McCrazieGoalz
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Sweet.
Sorry to hear that your WP7.8 is not working well yet.
I've just, (yes, just, like just now) finished updating my 7.8 and a number of my live tiles are now working, even the ones I didn't know were live tiles.
After the update I uninstalled and re-installed AccuWeather and pinned it back to my start screen. And voila. I then saw that the CNN tile was saying updated (it was a small tile). I enlarged it and it started to flip like it should showing a picture of the main story on the other side.
I didn't know that Allrecipes flips. Sweet oysters.
I'd advise you to uninstall and reinstall your live tile apps. Remember there may be different versions of the same app and one of them may be the one that doesn't live update or flip.
Update to the update:
My Shazam now flips again showing the image for the last song I matched.
My CNN app is updating every hour. 10:04 GMT then 11:03 GMT.
My BBC & XE Currency apps are now updating nicely. Its a pity I haven't found a local news app that has a live tile. I've got SuperSport and News24 and both don't have live tiles. Perhaps I should unistall and reinstall them.
I am using a Lumia 610 on MTN by the way.
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Dr@g0nic
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Ok... so according to this http://www.wpcentral.com/microsoft-...ndows-phone-78-update-set-fix-live-tile-issue my brain is officially scrambled....
So the update I did last night was not for the live tile fix but something random we will never know about. So latest version should be 8862 not 8860.
So that means I'm one update behind now.
So the update I did last night was not for the live tile fix but something random we will never know about. So latest version should be 8862 not 8860.
So that means I'm one update behind now.
McCrazieGoalz
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Yes, I saw that when I did the update, it first finished an update and then it said "looking for more updates" (or something to that effect). It then started the whole update process again.
The first phase of the update had 10 steps while second phase had 9 steps. The second phase however, was much much faster.
druidpromo
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Hi guys
Also been getting false phone is up to date statuses, I found this nifty method of updating my Lumia needs a bit of techie know how but it worked like a charm. Basically create the bat file in your C:/Users/yourpcname folder, when you run CMD it opens to this folder anyway so all you have to do is execute the file. Instructions below.
1) Connect your phone and let Zune run, then go to Phone>Settings>Update
2) Check the timing, try it click any option after clicking update
3) Mine takes 5 secs before Zune shows "your phone is up to date"
4) Once you get the timing right, deduct 1 sec (EX: 5 secs-1 sec = 4 secs[this should be your trick time])
5) Now, open command prompt (search "cmd")
6) Go to "my computer" then "C:" then "users" then "yourpcname folder"
7) Open notepad, then type this exactly what you see here
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
8) Save the file as "newip.bat", save it in C:/Users/yourpcname folder
9) Go to command prompt, make sure you are on the right directory
it should show C:/>users/"yourpcname": *** your pc name is the name of the folder you open in C:/users/**
10) Type newip.bat in command prompt but dont hit enter yet
11) Once you got the timing right, lets say about 5 secs Zune will say your software is up to date, when you are in the 4secs trick time, hit enter after typing newip.bat in command prompt.
12) If you did it right, it will show you "an update is available", there are might be 3 update, so you have to do this trick 3 times.
13) Enjoy you windows phone 7.8!!
Went through about 4 updates till I got the final update worked much better than the disconnect reconnect method. It didn't work so well when I had a network cable plugged in and wireless on, it kept checking wireless and LAN when I ran the bat file and timed out the update, so just use wireless.
Also been getting false phone is up to date statuses, I found this nifty method of updating my Lumia needs a bit of techie know how but it worked like a charm. Basically create the bat file in your C:/Users/yourpcname folder, when you run CMD it opens to this folder anyway so all you have to do is execute the file. Instructions below.
1) Connect your phone and let Zune run, then go to Phone>Settings>Update
2) Check the timing, try it click any option after clicking update
3) Mine takes 5 secs before Zune shows "your phone is up to date"
4) Once you get the timing right, deduct 1 sec (EX: 5 secs-1 sec = 4 secs[this should be your trick time])
5) Now, open command prompt (search "cmd")
6) Go to "my computer" then "C:" then "users" then "yourpcname folder"
7) Open notepad, then type this exactly what you see here
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
8) Save the file as "newip.bat", save it in C:/Users/yourpcname folder
9) Go to command prompt, make sure you are on the right directory
it should show C:/>users/"yourpcname": *** your pc name is the name of the folder you open in C:/users/**
10) Type newip.bat in command prompt but dont hit enter yet
11) Once you got the timing right, lets say about 5 secs Zune will say your software is up to date, when you are in the 4secs trick time, hit enter after typing newip.bat in command prompt.
12) If you did it right, it will show you "an update is available", there are might be 3 update, so you have to do this trick 3 times.
13) Enjoy you windows phone 7.8!!
Went through about 4 updates till I got the final update worked much better than the disconnect reconnect method. It didn't work so well when I had a network cable plugged in and wireless on, it kept checking wireless and LAN when I ran the bat file and timed out the update, so just use wireless.
