Final Windows Phone 7 Mango Build Leaked
There has been plenty of rumormongering surrounding the final release date of Windows Phone 7 Mango, one of the mobile operating system's first major refreshes. But whether the anticipated September 1 release is truly a rumor or not, interested phone hackers can now get their hands on the final Mango build thanks to an early internal leak.
In order to install build 7720, as it's known, your Windows Phone has to be running Nodo (build 7392) or one of the two beta builds, Mango (7661) or the Mango Developer Beta (7712). The internal update isn't device-specific, which might muck up any specialized software your phone happens to have installed. And you'll probably want to have a little experience in flashing your phone or, at least, a keen eye for the approximately 20-step process that the unofficial Mango update requires.
The full details of the update, which can take up to one and a half to two hours to complete, can be found within a post on the xda-developers forum. The update has been confirmed to work on the following handsets so far: HTC's HD7, HTC's Mozart, HTC's Trophy, Samsung's Focus, HTC's Arrive, Dell's Venue Pro, and LG's Optimus 7.
