14 DAY TRIAL // Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has made yet another step towards kicking off the deployment of the new Mango update for existing Windows Phone devices.
Apparently, the company has ended the availability of any software updates that were pushed out before, some of the latest reports on the matter point out.
Following the release of NoDo, the last “major” software update for Windows Phones, Microsoft pushed out a series of other updates as well, one of which was aimed at strengthening the security of devices, while another one was aimed at developer devices out there.
The former started to arrive on devices in May as the 7392 update, while the latter began its roll-out during summer as developer build 7712.
The past few days, those users who have been trying to upgrade their devices lately were informed that their phones were up to date.
Even those who had older builds of the Windows Phone platform loaded on their devices, such as 7004 (pre-NoDo), received the same message, which should mean that Microsoft made a change to its servers.
In short, they refused access to these updates for everybody, most probably because they are rallying the servers for the release of Mango.
Apparently, Microsoft might plan on starting the Mango update as soon as today, at least this is what some of the previous rumors regarding the availability of the software in the United States suggested.
For the time being, the only official word from Microsoft is that the new update will start arriving on devices during this week or during the next, yet some suggest that today might be the big day for users.
We already learned that Microsoft is helping developers to prepare their devices for the arrival of Mango, and that they will not need to revert to a previous OS version to receive the new update, which means that all is lining up quite well towards a very near roll-out.