Flawed Windows Phone 7 update affects 10% of users
Microsoft has admitted that a small update to Windows Phone 7 caused problems for one in ten users.
Earlier this week, Microsoft rolled out its first upgrade to the mobile OS, to prep the update system for a more important patch due next month. Once the minor update rolled out, users reported it wasn't installing properly, with a few saying it had bricked their handsets. Most of the problems seemed to centre on Samsung phones.
While Microsoft at first said the issue affected only a small number of users, it has now said one in ten had trouble installing it. "Of the 10% who did experience a problem, nearly half failed for two basic reasons — a bad internet connection or insufficient computer storage space," said communications manager Michael Stroh in a post on the Windows Phone blog. "Luckily, both are easy to fix."
