Calm down dear
Microsoft has moved to address growing concern over the possibility that some WP7 handsets are being ‘bricked' by its first update of the mobile platform.
It took the form of a post on the Windows blog entitled "More answers about our first software update". The post is a genuine attempt to keep WP7 customers informed, but it's also quite defensive in the face of ‘gloomy headlines'.
The post emphasises that 90 percent of the updates have gone without a hitch and in half the cases where there were problems, this was the fault of either a bad Internet connection or insufficient storage on the PC (this is not an over-the-air update). In other words, not Microsoft's fault.
There's confirmation of the Samsung device issue and the suspension of updates to the Omnia 7, but also reaffirmation that non-Samsung devices are unaffected. You have to wonder whether this sort of thing will hasten the flight from WP7 by Samsung, HTC and LG, in the light of their relegation to second tier partner status by the Nokia deal.
Other than that, there's some useful information that in retrospect should have been made available earlier, including confirmation that users are at liberty to skip this update if they want. There were no specifics about what people with a bricked phone should do, however.
The void has been filled, at least partially, by winrumours, which has published an unofficial fix with the following caveat: "...please don't blame us if this nukes your device fully, steals all your cookies or kills your pet hamster."
