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[Windows Phone 7 General] ertz:
It worked! ... well, at least it's still installing on my HTC Surround from AT&T. What I did was wait for about 30 seconds and then toggle the Cellular Data Connection every two seconds. The timing solution seems to be different for some people, so just play with it until the update shows up.

UPDATE: It finished installing... Same problems are still present: English only (UI & Keyboard), Screen doesn't respond to touch "correctly" during the first few seconds it's been turned on (very annoying when you want to end a call)...

Can someone point me to a thread about international keyboards? I can't seem to find a relevant one.
[Windows Phone 7 General] djphoto:
Uk o2 HD7 update

Hi everyone im new hello lol.

Just wondered if anyone in the uk on a branded o2 HD7 has managed to get this to work.

As i havent i am carrier unlocked if that makes a difference.

Many thanks for any help
[Windows Phone 7 General] MacaroryMax:
Thanks! This worked for my HD7
[Windows Phone 7 General] kweis87:
Worked for sure

Definitely worked for AT&T US Samsung Focus. Updating now...
[Windows Phone 7 General] edved:
Was it worth it?

For those that spent an inordinate amount of time finally getting NoDo was it worth it? Is it a night and day difference?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ycneosg:
It's works!! Here's what I did:

1. Connect to EUROIP PPTP Hungary

2. Under Settings > Celluar, Data Connection is checked, Use 3G is checked.

3. Under Settings > Phone Update > Use my Celluar to check for update is checked, stay on this setting page

4. On PC Zune, go Settings > Phone > Update

5. After 10 secs, unchecked the Use my celluar to check for update, PC Zune will continue to search for around 10-20 secs before it say an update is found both on the phone and PC Zune.

6. Don't have to disconenct VPN, just click update on PC Zune to continue.

Phone/Country/Telco: HD7/Singapore/SingTel
[Windows Phone 7 General] arukun14:
Confirmed that the NoDo update is install on an unbranded US ATT Samsung Focus. :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] rmcgraw:
Installation finished. Unbranded US AT&T Samsung Focus.

Still unlocked after updating. :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] fesar:
I tried this method and it worked on First try, just wow. Thanks
[Windows Phone 7 General] captobie:
For the pre-NoDo update I had 7 GB free and was still gettting an error message. I finally ended up deleting all my synced content, so my used space was only around 2 GB and around 14 GB free and then it worked.
[Windows Phone 7 General] phoneguy 4567:
I had some free time so I decided WTH I will follow the updated instructions & see what happens. After the second try it said update available so I started the update. It got to the stage of backing up & it failed at 24%. I have 300GB free & feel that should be enough space to backup 5 GB of stuff. The backup process seems flaky, I wonder if I will have better luck when Rogers starts pushing it out officially :).
[Windows Phone 7 General] o0MattE0o:
for people that can not run this file

follow this no need to run regedit...

right click file

choose open with....

find a programe called "rasphone.exe"

done
[Windows Phone 7 General] Bonebreaker:
registry file does actually fix this!
[Windows Phone 7 General] kweis87:
Chevron?

I got my Focus to work second try after timing with a stopwatch. I found that there were basically 2 scenarios:

1) Timeout after about a minute

2) Timeout after 30 seconds

The first time I tried, it took a minute so I used that for my basis. Hit update again and the 30 second timeout happened. I decided to disconnect/reconnect, and turn off my data connection at 59 seconds, this did the trick.

After updating, Chevron7 does not work anymore and I can't open side loaded apps. I've heard people say that Chevron and side-loaded apps continued working for them. Am I unlucky or do I have to do something else to get it working again? I've tried to unlock and it always says that it can't communicate with the phone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] LarryWMSN:
I had the same issue. I ran the command script on this page as administrator. I didn't reboot the computer. When I went back to the file and had the "open with" option for Dial-up Phonebook available.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Entegy:
I can't seem to get this down. Using the 3G method, I can't check for updates. Using the WiFi method, I get "phone is up to date"

I have a Rogers Focus, dev unlocked, changed mobile operator string (When I press "read" I get "GetString : 000-88)

It seems that when the VPN is active, Zune can't connect to any services (It can't sign in, and doesn't seem to check for updates)

EDIT: I think I just needed XDA luck. Just got the prompt now! Let's hope it all goes smoothly.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Bonebreaker:
Or use this approach! Both should work! :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Bonebreaker:
Reread the guide and double check you applied all needed settings! It will work! :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Entegy:
It's creating a backup right now. Let's hope this goes smoother than the February update.
[Windows Phone 7 General] o0MattE0o:
not if you have photoshop installed :D

Updating now at 14% dam its going slow :(
[Windows Phone 7 General] zetomtom:
I finally got it ! It's installing as I type ;)
[Windows Phone 7 General] jasongw:
Woohoo! Installing NoDo right now, AT&T samsung Focus!

Thanks to the awesome peeps who sorted it out, and **** off to AT&T and its **** policies! :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] nick.venema:
For the Dutch people among us. I'm getting the NoDo update at the moment for my HTC Trophy 7 Vodafone branded. Did tried it several times yesterday with this trick, didn't worked out. Now i gave it another try after checking the normal way the update popped up. Many thnx.
[Windows Phone 7 General] FishFaceMcGee:
I did this but when I open the PBK file it says "Phonebook is empty."

Can you go into rasphone and go to the properties for the VPN and copy down the IP Address under General? Also, could you go into Security and copy the activated settings?
[Windows Phone 7 General] cmlucht:
tmobile u.s. here and backing up and updating, man this is great, works perfect lovin it yo :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] zaph4200:
I finally got my AT&T unbranded (000-88) unlocked phone to get NoDo, here is how i did it (thanks to all the tips here):

- turn off 3G & wifi

- get an old unshielded, powered speaker that will make noise when your phone uses GPRS/EDGE data.

- follow the guide at the start of this thread but use the noises as an indicator for when to kill the cellular data. I noticed 2 data sessions, I killed my connection just as the 2nd session started.

I noticed the timing varied significantly, so having that speaker is defiantly helpful :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] fr0stb1t3:
Updated an unbranded HTC Surround with the WiFi method on the first try :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] discowheels:
Error C101007B

I have a Focus, with 40GB (Added 32GB card to Phone's 8GB). I can get to the update by following the directions without any problem (I wait about 31 seconds), but I get to about 83% through the backup (after about an hour) and the phone disconnects from the computer and the process fails. I get error code C101007B. This has happened three times so far. Anyone have any ideas on how to get past the backup stage?
[Windows Phone 7 General] nqk77:
Wonderful

Wow, it works for me after few times.

My one is HTC Trophy on VN Mobifone (Vietnam)
[Windows Phone 7 General] sp1nd3l:
It worked for me now!

3 Sweden branded Samsung Omnia 7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] o0MattE0o:
Just a word of warnning dont do this if you dont have time on your hands its taking a long time :(

Currently on 8 of 10 steps :confused:

but looks like its working so far :cool:

Phone is HTC HD7 O2 on Vodafone

Done :D

Thanks again it has kept my hacks (Colour and IE Search)

but has locked the applications down so cant use them any more :(
[Windows Phone 7 General] tofu-:
worked on my dell venue pro (tmobile US), but it seems the update is being pushed out the legitimate way now anyway.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cmlucht:
update on my nodo update.

i unlocked my phone before i updated and it is still unlocked after the update :)

this is so great, after the update was done then i tried sideloading and worked perfect.

yay.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Spydawg:
Well 2nd night trying this out and I finally got it working.

Bell Mobility in Quebec Canada On my LG Quantum.

It's updating now to the March 2011 update.

I did get the pre-update when it was released last month, but never the nodo update.

I'm a happy camper!

My phone is not unlocked in any way. And I do have a 3 year contract with them, so I'm guessing it's lock in with them.

I'll update this post when it's done.

EDITED! OK all done! Working great. It does feel alot faster.
[Windows Phone 7 General] icet1ger:
:)

Worked eventually exactly as advertised. Took about 10 tries trying different times with data connection and just about to give up then .... success after about 15 secs!

NODO on Samsung Omnia 7 T-Mobile UK
[Windows Phone 7 General] sanibak:
I have a Samsung Focus live in Australia and use Vodafone. My phone is unlocked, I unbranded the phone and changed the registry setting to 000-88, followed the instructions and presto it worked!!! I am now running 7.0.7390.0 OS.

53 seconds did the trick for me.
[Windows Phone 7 General] bundia:
i had a similar problem , using the admistrative tools i went to "free disk space" .. cleaned the "synced zune convert" and "temporary files" and it worked .. downloading now , -it's because i was already updating then my pc hanged- .. try it
[Windows Phone 7 General] oelapoel:
for the people who bought their htc in indonesia (i would assume sim free unbranded asian rom), no need to change the operator settings.

all i had to do was hungary connection, and do that toggle on off data connection.
[Windows Phone 7 General] wnpublic:
Anyone else having problems connecting to the Hungary servers? I keep getting an error 619 that the connection to the remote computer could not be established....
[Windows Phone 7 General] FishFaceMcGee:
I'm not even getting that far because I'm getting an error saying the PBK file is empty.

Would you (or anyone) be so kind as to go into the properties for the network, and copy down all settings?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Yamishi:
So, I've got a Samsung Focus on Rogers in Canada, and I tried the timing/Hungary trick, and it seems to be working... and I

did not

unbrand my phone.

Weird.
[Windows Phone 7 General] 2GStyle:
Just putting this out here since I had a hell of a time with the USAIP.pbk and it not workign with the reg edit... much easier without havign to restart as well.
[Windows Phone 7 General] silhouetted:
GAH! There has got to be an easier way to do this.

I've been trying all day. :(
[Windows Phone 7 General] Yamishi:
So, just curious: What is the result of the update if I don't unbrand my phone? 'Cause it seems to update fine until the very last section (it gets past the "Installing Updates" step, no problem) but then gives me an error message -- the same one some Samsung users saw back when they first released preNoDo.

Is this because I left mine branded, or is this another problem?

Edit: Nevermind! I plugged it into a motherboard USB slot instead of a hub, and it worked perfectly! No unbranding needed on Rogers' Samsung Focus! :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] TheAperture:
Confirmed working on my de-branded Omnia 7 (previously loaded unbranded firmware from samfirmware.com). My phone is also not developer unlocked.

I tried the cellular method a few times and got the update notification. Then I found I didn't have enough disk space for the backup and then had a load of check failures.

I then swapped to the WiFi option and got the update right away and installed it.

I don't think I followed the WiFi instructions. I just played with the toggle a bit and got surprised when the update notice suddenly popped up.
[Windows Phone 7 General] FishFaceMcGee:
So... yeah. I've tried just long enough to stop giving a damn about getting NoDo today. If someone can get some sort of standardized timing down, then great. Otherwise, I'll wait until Microsoft updates their page before I decide to waste more of my time.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vanmardigan:
I unlocked and unbranded my Samsung Focus, got the February update, but I just CANNOT connect EUROIP, I get error code 628. I tried the other Hungary one, but I can't connect there either. What could the connection problem be?
[Windows Phone 7 General] asiancuta:
ok so i retract my previous worry and doubt statement, since everyone has had a successful issue free update. i took the dive and updated from complete stock. installing the developer software actually took longer than the whole chevron/unbranding/zune tricking process. i first tried the wifi method but had no luck. 3rd attempt disconnecting the data connection after 50 secs...BAM..update March 2011 Nodo.

I guess it's like my old HTC Aria (android)...gotta give ATT the finger and hit up XDA and do the updating yourself. thank goodness for XDA
[Windows Phone 7 General] eternalemb:
My T-Mobile USA HD7 is updating right now :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] derausgewanderte:
question for side loading apps after nodo on LG Quantum. What reg changes does it require to make the phone a developer device and allow me to side load apps. Can I just simply change registry settings with the LG MFG program, which can be used to view and edit the registry?

or am I just ignorant and none of this will work after nodo. I see that many here claim that side loading xaps is still possible, even without chevron working. I assume all of them had the chevron hack installed. so the question is can I change registry keys to get the phone into a similar state or is this more complicated?

thanks
[Windows Phone 7 General] eternalemb:
Read this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1009974
[Windows Phone 7 General] derausgewanderte:
hmm, that would require a pre-nodo rom. I understand that if I roll back to pre-nodo I can then use chevron to unlock the phone, then do the nodo update. Is there a way to do this after the nodo update.

your reply would imply that it's not just a registry setting I can change but something else that needs to be installed to unlock it..

thanks for the quick response.

edit: ok, read the entire thread, thanks again for the link. It's clearer now. From reading it I must go back to a pre nodo rom/backup, apply patch, then do nodo update. Guess I am out of luck for now. Unless I get really antsy to try this I will wait until somebody finds another way to unlock the post-nodo phones.

cheers
[Windows Phone 7 General] pdangcil:
I don't believe it!!!

IT WORKED!!!

I must've tried like 100 times. Last night and this tonight! It finally worked! I don't know what I did though. I tried the wifi and the data... both on and off... and it finally worked!
[Windows Phone 7 General] silhouetted:
What finally worked? I've been trying for two days as well... :mad:
[Windows Phone 7 General] jazzflute:
worked like a boss. stopwatch method was required. for my phone i had to hit it around the 34-35 second mark. used the uk vpn. took 3 tries (the first time it worked on the first try but i was low on disk space)... so i needed another 2 goes.
[Windows Phone 7 General] tiny17:
Unbranded Samsung Focus - My phone comes up saying that an update is available, but the only button is a close button.
[Windows Phone 7 General] FishFaceMcGee:
You can't update through the phone. Plug it into a computer.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jlott069:
CONFIRMED ON THE LG QUANTUM - ATT-US - unbranded to 000-88

Took me 3 tries, got it on the third, 45 seconds seems to be lucky number. used a timer on my desktop. 1st try i forgot to turn off wifi, second try didnt work because being connected to the hungry server seems to effect my regular internet connection, my phone found the update, but zune did not. third try as soon as i found the update again, i turned off the hungry connection, and it updated. both trys with timing were at 45 seconds. an on-screen timer made it sooo easy.

the instructions were perfect! thanks so much yall! and AT&T can shuve it!
[Windows Phone 7 General] iceman153:
Confirmed working for Samsung focus ATT-US.

NOTE : This wasn't particularly obvious to me from reading the posts here, there were two things i got caught on :

1. you MUST install the Febuary update before the March update (Nodo) will show up! After i got Feb to install properly i saw the March update after maybe 2-3 tries of getting the timing right, note it was at about the 50 seconds mark where i had to disable the data connection.

2. If you have issues installing the Feb update - for me the update would get stuck on the backup step, it would get to 100% complete and just sit there indefinitely. I actually left it overnight the first time and was still stuck there in the morning. If you get this don't worry, soft reset the phone, then unplug the usb when zune tells you to. I have an 8gb SD card in mine, and when i had 3 gb free it didn't work, i removed all of my songs and got it to 12gb free, then the backup worked fine and Feb update installed no problem.
[Windows Phone 7 General] SydneyTechHead:
Finally worked for me on an unlocked Samsung Omnia 7 in Australia!!!

Tried for hours last night with no success, then finally worked this morning after about 3 attempts.

I didn't have to change registry key. (I'm not currently a registered developer to be able to do this, anyway, and becoming one looked to be an equally painful process!!)

Timing appears to be the key, but I was receiving "server error" at completely random times - anything from about 30 to 70 seconds. I finally got it by disabling server connection at about 36 seconds having previously timed out after about 38 seconds, but I'd tried every time under the sun before this!

Thanks dawnrazr and others for your contributions. I hope your WP7 careers take off after this!

Microsoft - get your act together! Your loyal supporters are being severely tested by this fiasco and I think the brand damage is far wider than you think for this seemingly "minor" update.
[Windows Phone 7 General] thekiller99:
So if i'm successful in updating my phone using this process does it mean my phone will be relocked again and sideload apps won't work anymore?
[Windows Phone 7 General] trips52:
frustrated

cant get this to work on my att focus. it is unlocked, unbranded, did the reg edit to 000-88. ran the hungury server thing tryed everthing in the first post. all i get is the pre-nodo update. when i try to udate it it goes thought he whole prosses then come up with a error code 800705B4..... very frustrated....
[Windows Phone 7 General] weatherx:
finally worked around the 8018119B error. rebooted the phone and used my laptop (on home wifi) to get the update starting. dunno whether it was the reboot or the laptop that did the job. although coincidentally, i updated to the pre-nodo using my laptop.

thanks, OP.

***fingers to AT&T***
[Windows Phone 7 General] icemanxpe:
Worked on my unlocked HD7. Used the Wifi though instead of the Data connection for both the Feb and March (NoDo) updates. Didn't time it but i think it was around the 10-15 second mark :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] eternalemb:
T-Mo USA HD7 running 7390 and using copy and paste. Still toying with it but a noticeable speed difference so far.
[Windows Phone 7 General] shawchyn:
HTC Mozart Updated from Malaysia

My HTC Mozart using this method is updated to NoDo.

But it take abit longer time than 15second, it take about 1 min 15second then disconnect the Data connection, then walah..... it got the update!

Further more, following the step in Prevent ReLock before update to NoDo, I still get my phone unlock after update!

Thanks!
[Windows Phone 7 General] sekellogg:
It is ALL about the timing guys. AT&T Focus here and it took awhile, but I am updating now. I had to wait about 1 minute 3 seconds before it worked for me.... Well, hopefully anyway. Still in the update process right now.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mrmikev:
ATT Samsung Focus successfully updated to nodo

ATT Samsung Focus successfully updated to nodo.

Installed ChevronWP7.cer on phone by emailing it to myself.

Unlocked phone using ChecvronWP7.exe on PC.

Installed SamsungRegistry.xap to my phone using a xap installer I downloaded to my PC.

Debranded the phone using SamsungRegistry to set the MobileOperator registry value: 000-88

Checked for an update using Zune software and got 7004. I did not have to do any magic chants, connect to EUROIP PPTP Hungary, or turn off my data connection.

Installed 7004 successfully.

To get the nodo update after many additional failed tries including the EURO PPTP connection and disabling my data connection and timing it all, I re-unlocked and re-debranded my phone.

Connected to EUROIP PPTP Hungary, checked for updates in Zune, waited 30 seconds, disabled phone data connection, and boom...nodo lives.

Nodo download and installation went smoothly.

Your mileage may vary

No cash value
[Windows Phone 7 General] bglf83:
Both of my Samsung Focus' updated to NoDo. 1st one required me to follow all directions and connect to the VPN with about a 50 second wait.

The 2nd one though updated without vpn or any data disconnection required. So it seems like unbranding covered the 2nd one.
[Windows Phone 7 General] TechJunkiesCA:
WORKED!!! Updating now! Finally! Sheesh! Now I can prepare to obsess about mango!

TMOUS HD7 unbranded
[Windows Phone 7 General] TechJunkiesCA:
I just ended up guessing on the timing btw and it finally worked!
[Windows Phone 7 General] silhouetted:
EDIT: I apologize if I sounded *****y. Now updating.

My magic number was 16 the time-out was at 30. This is from Chicago, IL. AT&T HTC Surround. Unlocked and unbranded via the Chevron method.
[Windows Phone 7 General] honcorrd:
HTC Surround Confirmed

Hi guys big thanks, i have an AT&T HTC Surround and its updating right now with NoDo Update, it is at 82% of the update process.

I use the wifi method cause here in my house i dont have good reception and yes its all about the timing :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] mosammey:
YEEEEESSSSS!!!! Finally able to get the NoDo update to show. The Feb update was a lot easier to get than the NoDo, but it only took me a couple of hours...backing up phone now!

I hope this fixes the problem I was having with notifications.

Thank you very much for this!
[Windows Phone 7 General] DKDogz54:
I think it was mentioned earlier, but I just want to confirm that I was able to do the nodo update without having to do the euro connection step. After unlocking with chevronwp7, I just debranded it and was good to go. It had me install the prenodo update, then the nodo update on my Samsung Focus on AT&T. I didn't even have to disconnect the data connection, or do any weird timing step; it just prompted the update without any hassle.

BTW, this is probably the best thing that happened to my phone for a while. Everything is so stable compared to before, especially since I was using it with a 16gb microsdhc :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] iceman153:
Just finished doing a second ATT Focus, the 50 seconds timing was exactly the same on the second phone, managed to get the Nodo update to show first try...
[Windows Phone 7 General] killerb255:
LG Quantum here--timing/VPN method was successful, but only after unbranding the phone. Luckily it's easy to get to the registry on an LG Quantum without any special tools. :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] trips52:
yes updating to nodo rightnow

it took two days but finally got it here is what i had to do

1.unlock with chevron7

2. debrand

samsung reg edit to 000-88

3.uninstall debrander.

4. check for updates with zune

5. got the pre-nodo. finally

6. ran debrander agian

7. checked the reg for 000-88

8. turned off wifi

9. went to cel settings
[Windows Phone 7 General] trips52:
woops

10. checked for updates

11. about 30 secs in turned off data.

12. promted me for update...

updating now
[Windows Phone 7 General] FishFaceMcGee:
For my Focus, 50 seconds was the key. I'm glad I decided to give it one more try before calling it a night. =)

Currently at 45% on Step 2 which is taking much longer than I would like.