Saturday 23 August 2014

Updating Nokia Lumia 720 / any Lumia mobile with latest Windows 8.1 update - India

Hello  Friends,

Greetings, My name is SatyaNG, Today i want to share my experience with Nokia Lumia 720 mobile OS upgrade process. i hope this process will help you to update your old Lumia mobile with new and stunning Windows 8.1 i.e Lumia Cyan update.


The Lumia Cyan update
The Lumia Cyan update gives you great new Windows Phone 8.1 features like a more personal Start screen, Action Center and the Word Flow keyboard. Nokia improved  favorite Nokia imaging apps. Nokia Camera, Nokia Storyteller and Creative Studio have all been updated. It’s the best Lumia experience yet.

Few of Key Features  
                                         A New home screen
                                         Action Center 
                                         The Word Flow keyboard
                                         Cortana
                                         FM Radio , Folder View
                            and many more new stunning features and update , and new apps

Microsoft has confirmed Cyan update for several Nokia Lumia smartphones including Lumia 920, 820, 720, 620 and 525

As of now, Microsoft has already rolled out the Cyan update for Nokia Lumia 625, 925, 720,1320 ,1520 even for all Lumia models in India. 

The Lumia Cyan update, brings Windows Phone 8.1 that packs loads of new features and gets your phone ready for the highly sought after Cortana that will be available through Windows Phone 8.1 update.

Good News : Microsoft Lumia Cyan and Windows Phone 8.1 Updates Available to Lumia  Users in India


How to upgrade your Lumia with latest Nokia Windows Phone 8.1 Update push ?
from last 5 days many users were getting OS update notification , remember  Windows Phone 8.1 Update consist of 2 different updates, which is minor update and major update.

all Lumia users were received first update message as minor update, this minor update was quickly downloadable and east to update the patch . once you update the minor patch you needs to check for software update manually. the second update will be bit of large file and takes some time depending on internet speed.

Lumia users in India can update their Lumia in 2 different ways.

Update Procedure - 1 

I will explain all procedures in simple process no complicate easy to understand and easy to follow with simple English.

Procedure - 1

1. Make your phone fully charged ( needs at least 75% battery power, please charge              your phone using power adapter, not while connecting with Data-cable , PC).

2. Phone Storage - Make sure minimum of 1.5 to 2 GB space free on phone, remove all          games and free-up the space. also, move all photos , Music, videos to cloud                    storage / to SD card .

3. WiFi  Internet -  Make sure you have good speed WiFi  internet available, don't                        download the update package using mobile data plan like 2G / 3G until unless 
          you have unlimited plans, other wise it cost you more.

4. Avoid using the phone during the phone during the update package downloading            and updating your phone. it means you will be with out phone 2 - 3 hrs, depending        on the internet speed and process. 

after completiong of update package, you will be prompted to install the package or postpone, select 'Install ' if you would complete the process, of select 'postpone' if you have plan to do later.


once you click 'Install' your phone will start updating the new window 8.1 on to your Lumia, you will experience spinning wheels rotation , you may feel task bar is not running, but don't worry leave the phone  and  wait for complete the process.

you will be prompted " installation successful ' which means your Lumia update with new stunning Windows 8.1 , you can verify the details from :

>> Settings > Systems > extras+info > 
                   you will see belwo screen : 

Core Build ID: 3058.50000.1425.10479
this is windows 8.1 ID 


if this process of some of  phones were failed to  update with Windows 8.1 , even my phone was ( Lumia 720) was also failed to update, i have tried of 4 times in this process to update.

now what should do to update? if we get continues error  fails if you get any error 80188306 , 800b0003 , 80070003 message ? what should do?

Here is update procedure - 2 , this was success to me . 

Update Procedure - 2 

if you face continues errors while updating your phone in update procedure , you can try this below procure , this will works like charm. i have tested it was success to me .
now this is time to use 'Nokia Software Recovery Tool' to update your Lumia.

What is Nokia Software Recovery Tool ( NSRT), this tool helps to reset and recover phone software at home, if your phone is experiencing software related or software update problems. With Windows Phone 8  models, you can also use Nokia Software Recovery Tool  to recover your phone in case your phone is not responding, it appears to be stuck, or it is not starting.

Steps 

Note: This process needs to complete from your PC/Laptop  with minimum Windows 7/ Later OS with min 6 GB of space with Admin access.

1. Download Nokia Software Recovery Tool ( NSRT) by clicking this link  Nokia Software Recovery Tool


2. Download NokiaSoftwareRecoveryToolInstaller.exe from above link which is approximate 54mb .



3. Once download completes, start installing this NSRT on your PC with  good internet connection.

4.  Before doing this process make sure you took complete backup of your files from   Phone, there is no guarantee that you files will stay/may delete from phone. as per my experience, after completion of this process/update of phone with windows 8.1, your phone will be with factory settings and you may feel brand new phone configuration experience.


5. Open the Nokia Software Recovery Tool  V.1.4.3  from your  Desktop.
6.  Connect your Lumia phone  with data cable to your PC/ Laptop
7.  you will see the below screen now:




8. Wait for till your phone detects by Nokia tool.
9. once your phone detects , you will see the below screen



10. Select 'Download' 
11. now the process begun from downloading the new patch i.e windows 8.1 package 
12. remember ... new windows patch size will be  1.5 GB, may take .30 min to 3 Hrs more depending on internet speed
13. Done remove the phone from data card and don't use your phone, if you do so, your download may interrupt.

14. Note: you may be getting errors likes internet interruption and download  failed, BUT don't worry, since you will be downloading 1.5 GB , so, you may face this disconnection issue.

15. Once you are completed to downloading the packages, start downloading the package.

16.  During the process, you may experience multiple phone restarts,  carefully observe the notifications in software tools and notifications on phone.

17. some times, your phone may be fail to restart automatically.

18. but no-worry,  restart the phone  and you will notice " your phone updated successful"

start configuring your phone and you will notice , new interface and enjoy the new phone windows 8.1

remove the phone, and enjoy.

Follow my blog for new updates >>>>  Enjoy  Windows 8.1 on Lumia

Note: Notifications may be different from showing on these images and in above notes. please verify the commands showing on tool and phone. updating the phone with new version is based on your decision. above process is real experience with me, but no guarantee the same process may work with you, it will be depending on many factors like phone, PC  and internet , so, kindly please check all the information before starting the process.