Microsoft decided to kill off its Upgrade Advisor application for Windows Phone devices. However, after some outcry from users, the company has listened and restored the app. Windows Phone Upgrade Advisor is now available in the Windows Store.
The company says that Windows Insiders did not like the app being removed. If you are unfamiliar with the Update Advisor, it allows users to easily upgrade from Windows Phone 8.1 to Windows 10 Mobile.
Microsoft watcher Joel Rushworth revealed the app was back on Twitter. As usual, Microsoft did not announce why it was pulling the app in the first place. Windows Insider chief Dona Sarkar has previously said that the company is only going to support new insider builds.
With that in mind, perhaps the company did not think there was a need for the Update Advisor.
It is also worth noting that Windows 10 Mobile has been available for eligible Windows Phone devices for over a year. Most users who want to upgrade to the new build should have already done so. Of the holdouts, I guess they do not want the upgrade.
Interestingly, Windows 10 Mobile users are now moving to the Creators Update. Earlier this month, we reported that the list of devices eligible for the Creators Update is limited, or at least not finalized.
Recent Windows 10 Mobile News
Earlier today, Microsoft released its Flow application for its own mobile platform. Launched last year as an enterprise focused IFFFT style service, Flow has already been available for iOS and Android for months.
Also today, the company rolled out its Lockdown Designer application. The app lets users customize their Windows 10 Mobile smartphones. This is achieved through the creation of lockdown xml files that can be installed onto a device.
There’s been rumors and comments
that the Nokia Lumia 1520, your best mobile product is not getting this update,
please be advised that if you fail to deliver this update to your best mobile
product period, I’ll drop your products in heartbeat. I have been a loyal
follower ever since the Nokia Lumia 521 and have put up with your incompetence
for far too long. At the present I owe a Lumia 950XL and a 1520, running the Anniversary
Update like a dream, in like new condition, please!!! do not let me down
because I’ll walk away from your products. I often wonder what kind of
imbeciles run your company that have manage to screw up such great product as
Windows Mobile and a 7 Billion dollar deal with Nokia; please do take some
comfort that this is not China were the execute people for far lesser financial
blunders than yours.
Get your act together and quick
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