OMG! I live in the UK, I have a Nokia Lumia 610 and I've just FORCED the update using the cable trick!!! I didn't have much confidence in it working but I'm a bit tired of checking EVERY DAY, so I thought I might as well give it a try. It worked, so here's what I did;
First I connected my phone, launched ZUNE and checked for updates - "your phone is up to date" (always do this first)
Secondly, and this is VERY IMPORTANT, switch your phone to airplane mode. I tried it first by just switching off Wi-Fi and Data but it didn't work. In airplane mode it DID!
Now, make sure you have easy and fast access to your computers ethernet cable or if you are connected by wi-fi that you are able to switch it off quickly. (every second counts, as you will see)
In order to check for updates again you must first select another item on the menu in the zune software just to reactivate the ability to click for updates. Trivial point but worth mentioning.
Click update again and count to 5, them immediately pull the Ethernet/Switch off Wi-fi and wait for the message. If you are really lucky you'll get the message "Update available", if not, like me, you will get either, "unable to check for updates...", or, "your phone is up to date". If you get the first message you pulled the cable/switched Wi-Fi off too soon. If you get the second message you were too late. A lot will depend on how fast you count and indeed how fast your computer is. I counted to 5 and it was too soon. I then counted to 10 and it was too late, so I gradually reduced the count, 9, 8, 7, SIX!!!!! It worked for me at 6, I got the message "Update Available". Now install the update.
OK, thats not it, you've updated your phone but not to WP7.8... not yet! The first update is support for Phones without a camera button, this doesn't apply to any Nokia Lumia's but its all part of the update process. After the update completes it will check for more updates. I got a message saying "No updates available", but I knew there was, so its back to the start... doing the ethernet/wi-fi thing again. I remembered my count to 6, so I did that again and on my very first attempt I got "Update Available". Some people might need a couple or so tries, maybe I got lucky, but if you've done it once you'll do it again. Click "install the update" and this second update IS WP7.8.
We still haven't finished! There's a third update to come and this update is VITAL. It's a Nokia firmware update. I was lucky cos the Nokia update was automatically found during the check for updates after WP7.8 had been installed, but afterwards I updated my daughter's phone in the same way but she wasn't offered the Nokia update. Her phone is a different model to mine so I assumed it wasn't offered because it wasn't needed. WRONG!
We started playing and setting up our new WP7.8 devices and while mine was perfect, my daughter had problems. First she noticed excessive screen lag and then sound issues. I put her phone back on the computer, launched Zune and did the cable trick again. This time she was offered the Nokia update and her phone is also now perfect.
Updating to WP7.8 isn't enough, you NEED the Nokia update too. This update is specific to your model and is required to allow your phone to work correctly with WP7.8. Without it you'll have problems.
Finally, you can check your phone is fully up to date by checking for updates again in Zune. The software version should be 7.10 (8858)
It will take a while, mine took about 30 mins, my daughter's took an hour. It depends on how much stuff you have on it cos it will need to back up the entire phone to your computer first. Also, make sure your computer has a few gig of spare space and that there is space on your phone for the update. If not, make space... the update is worth it. Good Luck.
BTW Sorry for my english, I`m not native so forgive me some language mistakes.
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