We've all been a little annoyed that the 'premier' carrier of Windows Phone 7 was also the last carrier in the US to update its phones, but maybe we jumped the gun on that one. AT&T began to roll out their NoDo update yesterday to the Samsung Focus and LG Quantum, and it appears the update brings notable changes that differ from the stock NoDo.
First of all, I'd like to address those who forced their NoDo updates early: you may still be able to update to AT&T's NoDo. However it depends on whether or not you used the ChevronWP7.Updater tool or if you upgraded before that and used the VPN timing trick. If you did the former, so far I am unaware if you will be able to update as there have been few reports to be seen yet from that group. If you did the latter, you can upgrade to the AT&T build rather easily. Assuming that you changed the 'MobileOperator' registry value from its default position to 000-88, you will not see the notification for updating until you change that value back to ATT-US. After you do that, plug your device into a PC and check Zune's settings to see if you have an update waiting for you (which you should). Some have pointed out that those updating from the forced NoDo seem to have received a special update in order to transition those users to an officially supported build, which was quite thoughtful of AT&T.
Now that you should be on your way to getting NoDo on your AT&T device, what are those changes we were talking about? There were a couple that we were expecting: the proprietary AT&T Address Book is now available as an account to sync to, and there is a new WISPr protocol that has been enabled in order to let subscribers automatically jump over to an AT&T Wi-Fi Hotspot when in range.
However, the Samsung Focus seems to have received special treatment from the carrier as a few minor changes have appeared post-update. The first is that the camera now sets the Anti-Shaking option to On by default, a small but decidedly worthwhile addition. The second new feature is one that finally puts to rest those occassional accidental taps of the capacitive buttons. Before, for example, when you were playing Rocket Riot and your finger starts on the screen and then is dragged off and into the buttons area, it would activate one of the buttons and kick you out of your game. Now when the app is open, if you do the same thing the buttons are temporarily disabled, meaning the chances of you getting kicked out of a game have been seriously reduced! Sadly, we have only seen this on the Focus so far and it would appear to be hardware-related so the manufacturer would have to do the work themselves to implement it. One more Focus-specific improvement to note is the fixed 'grounding' issue that would cause the phone's touch screen to become unresponsive on certain types of surfaces or fabrics.
There have also been reports that some other small changes that have occurred in NoDo updates of any type, not just AT&T, like:
- A new option in the People Hub when editing contact information to restore the contact's default photo from a social network.
- Ability to pan left or right in text bars (i.e. Internet Explorer address bar)
- On-screen keyboard improvements.
- Improvements while downloading apps or games over 3G
- Bluetooth connection improvements
- Trials of apps now update properly in the Marketplace (no more uninstalling/reinstalling of trials)
So enjoy the update and if you haven't read our take on the update yet be sure to check it out. Also, if you notice anything else new we didn't mention, drop a comment below!
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