Microsoft issued an update to the Windows Phone Recovery Tool in April 2015 to address difficulties for Nokia Lumia 520 and other low-memory devices while installing the Windows 10 technical preview, because their limited (512 MB) memory caused these devices to become ' bricked'. This application will remove Windows 10 from the device and restore the most current Windows Phone 8.1 software and the device's latest available firmware (i.e. In February 2015, to coincide with the launch with the technical preview of Windows 10 Mobile, Microsoft launched a similar application for Windows Insiders known as the Windows Phone Recovery Tool. In 2017 Microsoft has outsourced the old Nokia phone software service to a rather unknown company named B2X. This affected all Nokia firmware downloader softwares. In 2016 Microsoft closed down all Nokia sites and download servers. It was updated and renamed to Nokia Software Recovery Tool again in 2015. As part of Microsoft's new wave of rebranding it was renamed the Lumia Software Recovery Tool. The 1.3.1 version requires Windows 7 or later and was a re-released version of the older Symbian recovery tool. Its primary aim is to restore lost data after failed update installation attempts. This included the Nokia Software Recovery Tool which can recover lost software and unbrick phones in a similar manner to the Microsoft Software Updater. The Microsoft Care division of Microsoft Mobile had several other specialised versions of the Microsoft Software Updater. In 2015 Microsoft used the software to update their Series 30+ based Nokia 130 devices. The Recovery tool requires the telephone to have 70-80% battery charge and works only with Windows Phone 8 or higher devices. Microsoft Care's range of software update and recovery programs also include a software recovery tool for Lumia-branded Windows Phones that don't start up or respond which may restore the latest firmware. The service can be used to restore the firmware on 'bricked' phones which previously could only be done at local Microsoft Care customer service centres. the Microsoft Software Updater does not install any pre-release of Nokia device software, but will restore the latest updates. After acquisition of Nokia's devices and services divisions by Microsoft, the application was renamed to Microsoft Software Updater. Nokia Software Updater 3.0.495 was released to consumers in 2011. The service was launched in beta in 2006, and the Nokia Software Updater's beta phase ended at 25 August 2011. Īll software suites except for the Windows Phone Recovery Tool were originally developed under Nokia while the Windows Phone Recovery Tool was created specifically for the Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones. Further Microsoft Mobile offers desktop synchronisation applications which also offer updates to device components such as the Nokia Suite and its predecessor the Nokia PC Suite for legacy Nokia telephones, though the Nokia Suite also supports content migration for Microsoft Lumia devices such as messages, contacts, and device software. In 2015 Microsoft Mobile offers 4 distinct software update applications, the Microsoft Software Updater serves primarily to update their feature phones, while the Lumia Software Recovery Tool and Windows Phone Recovery Tools are applications used to update and recover Windows Phone devices, though the Lumia Software Recovery Tool also supports Symbian and other Nokia platforms, and the Nokia Care Suite enables users to install Microsoft Mobile firmware updates for Microsoft Lumia devices. To avoid data loss users are prompted with on-screen advice on how to safely update their device. Microsoft Software Updater (earlier Nokia Software Updater and Ovi Suite Software Updater) is a Windows and OS X (though the Mac version is only in Beta) based application launched in 2006, that enables customers to update and recover their mobile device firmware of a S40 or S60 or Lumia device from any Internet enabled access point. com /en /mobile /support /software-update /

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