14 DAY TRIAL // South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has reportedly delivered to its Windows Phone 7 users a new version of the Network Profile tool, aimed at fixing any issues that might have plagued the company's handsets before.
The main problem with these devices was that they started to behave unexpectedly when unlocked, and that there was no possibility to set up various functionality on them in this case.
Unlocked/unsubsidized handsets that came to the market with Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 have Automatic Data Configuration (ADC) disabled right from the start.
This solution was meant to configure the device for network provisioning as soon as it was booted up after SIM swapping. Those who travel a lot and bought a new Windows Phone 7 device would know what this is all about for sure.
Apparently, no manual configuration for MMS on WP7 is possible, and, in case ADC is off, one would not have access to this feature.
This is where specific applications from OEMs come in, and Samsung's Network Profile app was designed exactly for this type of situation as well.
Previously, users were able to use the Samsung tool, but with limited functionality included into the mix, and they also had the possibility to try out an unofficial solution, which, apparently, worked in most situations.
The newly released flavor of the Samsung Network Profile application, namely version 1.9, is reportedly working pretty well, and it even allows for the use of MMS on new networks.
As the guys over at WPCentral note, the tool won't work for those devices which are locked to a carrier's network.
With this update, Samsung joins hands with other Windows Phone 7 device makers, which already offer proper network reconfiguration tools for their users.
All of the necessary info on the Samsung Network Profile tool for Windows Phone 7 devices can be found here via Zune Desktop.