T-Mobile Lumia 810 now getting Portico Windows Phone update

Good news for those of y'all on T-Mobile Us with their exclusive Lumia 810 Windows Phone eight device, starting today at 10AM PST/1PM EST, users can begin to get OS and firmware updates for their phones. This follows a few weeks later on T-Mobile rolled out a like update for their HTC 8X lineup.

The update volition bump the Bone to version 10211 aka 'Portico' and the firmware to 1249.

The OS update from Microsoft includes new features such as persistent Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi hotspot detection, SMS call refuse, some Cyberspace Explorer enhancements and other full general Bone improvements. The firmware from Nokia should include some tweaks to device performance, including car brightness adjustments, sensitivity and other organization settings.

Nokia commented to usa on the update with the post-obit:

"A Nokia Lumia Windows Telephone 8 software update providing performance enhancements for the Nokia Lumia 820 and Nokia Lumia 920 – besides every bit the Nokia Lumia 810 in the The states - has started rolling out over the air to start operators. Delivery volition go along in a phased fashion over the coming weeks and is expected to be complete past mid-March. People will receive a notification on their phone when the update is bachelor for them to download."

Of grade users can manually check for the update by heading into Settings –> Telephone Update –> Check for Updates to become the over-the-air (OTA) system upgrade. The device will and so download the OS with firmware and install both over a xv-20 infinitesimal menstruum (your experience may vary, of course).

Audio off in comments or in our forums with your experience and thoughts on the update!

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