Developers can update to Mango RTM without falling back to NoDo!

Microsoft has sent an email to all registered developers that there is no need to fall back to NoDO, as they previously stated, but instead can update their phones using the Zune as if nothing ever happened :)

To be honest, this news has made me say: "way to go MS devs" for the first time in my life!


In short, this is what they said (copy/paste):


‘Mango’ OS Beta: Updating from 7712 to RTM
Developers can now update their devices to Windows Phone 7.5 without having to fall back to the backup taken at the beginning of the provisioning process. This update is being made available to those running build 7712 on a retail device that was updated using the provisioning tool we published to Connect a couple months ago. 

Have a nice upgrade! :D

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Modifying the previously released WP 7.0 version of the app is not possible once the Mango version is released!

Recently the folks from MS answered a very frequently asked question, and their answer is copied below.

When you publish a Windows Phone ‘Mango’ update to an application you had previously published, the following will occur:

• The WP 7.0 version of your application will remain available to all users on WP 7.0 devices.
• The WP ‘Mango’ version of your application will be available to all users on WP ‘Mango’ devices.
• WP ‘Mango’ users who previously installed your application will receive an update notification. This will occur even if they installed your application prior to updating to WP ‘Mango’
• WP 7.0 users who have installed your application, but not updated to WP ‘Mango,’ will not receive an update notification.
• The WP7.0 rankings & reviews that your application received will attach to your new updated WP ‘Mango’ version too.
• The application metadata and screenshots for Windows Phone Marketplace submitted with the WP ‘Mango’ version of your application will be shared across both the WP 7.0 and WP ‘Mango’ versions of the application; i.e., a single set of metadata and screenshots will appear to both WP 7.0 and WP ‘Mango’ users.
• Once you have released the WP ‘Mango’ version of your application, you will no longer be able to modify the previously released WP 7.0 version of your app. We realize that some of you may worry about this limitation, and so we’re actively working on ways to mitigate it. To improve the experience for users, it’s our preference not to have “duplicate versions” of your apps in the marketplace. We are also going to work hard to encourage our pre-existing users to enjoy the free upgrade to Mango as quickly as possible.

As you can see, we have a problem here! There is no way to update a pre-mango release after you have released the mango update! Since the majority of users still haven't updated to Mango there is a need for frequent update of the pre-mango versions.

There is a workaround though, you can publish the pre-mango app which is using mango components if the app detects that the mango is available on the phone! This is done using the reflection, so if you are interested, knock yourselves out! Read more about it! 

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