Windows Phone 7 Update Bricks Samsung Phones

Earlier today we reported  about Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 update that was released to update the phone's software. However, within hours of its release, many Windows Phone 7 device owners reported that the update bricks the phone - makes it non-functional. Tom Warren of WinRumors noted on his blog that Samsung Omnia 7 owners who applied the update were left with phones that either didn't boot up correctly or suffered from Samsung backup issues.

Microsoft has released new update for Windows Phone 7 on phone updater. The recent update is meant to make the phone ready for the major one that is expected to release in March. However, instead of that this measly update gives number of errors to Windows Phone 7 devices users and made number of WP7 based Samsung phones non-functional.

Microsoft's Windows Phone Support Twitter account acknowledged the issues faced by the number of users and suggests taking the devices to the store for getting it fixed. Officially, Microsoft hasn't acknowledged the issue but the support team stated that the Windows Phone team is looking into it.

Note: We tried updating Windows Phone 7 based HTC Mozart on Windows 7 but Zune Driver error threw back. Apparently, the update was successfully implemented on MacBook Pro with Mac OS X Snow Leopard.