More features found in Windows Phone Tango update

July 2, 2012 at 12:28 GMT | By Darlington Moyo



Lucky folk over at WPCentral managed to force manually install the Windows Phone Refresh/Tango update onto their three Windows Phone devices, namely, the Samsung Focus 2, HTC Titan II and Nokia Lumia 900. Apparently, the update seems to bring more features than originally thought and documented. Here is a list of what WPCentral's Daniel Rubino noted:

  • New wallpapers - New "nature" themed wallpapers included in Tango

  • Faster numeric PIN response - While minor, the slow numeric PIN response can annoying. The Tango update fixes this.

  • Sending ringtones via MMS - You can now attach and send ringtones to others via MMS. You can only send custom ringtones though and nothing that is "in ROM". This in addition to the new "send voice note" and attach multiple images in an MMS that's found in Tango too.

  • Letter indexing - On Windows Phone 7.x after a user installs 45 apps, the app list will automatically index, giving you the "letter picker" to jump to find your favorite app. The problem, albeit minor, was if you went below 45, the "letter picker" would not disappear. Tango evidently fixes this.

  • More reliable notifications - Many users are reporting better notifications, both Tile and Toast, with the Tango update.
Nice if you can get it. I tried to update my two devices (Orange UK branded Omnia 7 and unbranded Titan) all weekend without luck. Its seems like our friends across the pond are getting all the sugar from Microsoft at the moment. If you are interested in forcing inducing the update, try this:
  • Set phone to Flight Mode

  • Fire up Zune and connect your phone

  • Click update and cut off your WIFI (internet) connection after about 2 seconds.

  • If you get it right you will get a 8112 update prompt.

  • Repeat until you get no more update prompts, 8773 should be the last.

  • Some Nokia users are also receiving a firmware update, so it's always worth checking one last time.
Let us know how you get on. Leave a comment below.

SOURCE & IMAGE: WPCentral

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    Darlington M. Moyo

    Darlington is a self-confessed smartphone junkie. Some are convinced he has a Microsoft tatoo hidden somewhere on his body. When he is not writing about Windows Phone, he is reading about it. Current device » Nokia Lumia 920. Xbox Gamertag » MthOmnia - Add me



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