Windows Phone – Update info to Windows Phone 7.8 – 7.10.8858.136

Today I took the journey to update my Nokia Lumia 800 to the new windows phone update version 7.10.8858.136. So what does this all mean?   Previously released Windows Phone hardware is incapable of being upgraded Windows Phone 8, due to changes in the kernel requirements and hardware specifications. However, Microsoft announced at the Windows Phone 8 announcement event that Windows Phone 7.x devices would receive a free upgrade to Windows Phone 7.8. This includes me. Nokia’s first flagship Windows Phone Lumia 800 has been updated to Windows Phone 7.8 updated now in several countries. The update includes some of the features present in Windows Phone 8, including the revised start screen.

Some other new features of v7.10.8858.136 include:

• New start screen UI with customisable sizes of the tiles, as found in Windows Phone 8 – I have been hanging out for this!
• New splash screen at start-up, the phone displays the new logo of Windows Phone 8 (see photo of this later in this blog post)
• New logo for basic applications such as Games, Office, Windows Phone Store
• 20 accent colours (one for the manufacturer or the operator), as Windows Phone 8
• Improved lock screen similar to Windows Phone 8, presence of dynamic wallpaper (Bing)notifications and probably third-party applications

During the update my phone went through these versions as well:

• 7.10.8779.8
• 7.10.8783.12
• Nokia Update for Windows Phone

Note: If you are about to apply this update, give yourself a free hour to complete successfully.

Below I will show you the progress my phone went through via screenshots. This update is run from the Marketplace within the Zune software. You will need you phone plugged into the computer with Zune installed.

Upgrade complete!

Greg Olsen
YellowDuckGuy

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