Cant check for updates error 80072f8f!

Amit Mishra3

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Why am I getting this error since three days? I was on win10 but moved back to win8.1 few days ago... Ever since I moved back my phone cant check for updates.. Date/time/region is set correct..automatic update of date n time is off...tried soft reset....My wifi is working fine.. There's no connectivity error... I even installed "preview for developers" thinking it may solve it but no success... I'm using L620.
 
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Harrie-S

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As you already indicate it is a "know" error if date/time/region is not correct. Did you already try to switch on the automatic date and time. Or is your time zone correct?
 

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i have the same problem lumia 920 i downgraded from w10 then did one update after the update i get this error
every thing is correct date time.... my email account sync normally
 

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Lumia 820. Same thing.
I tried all the Region / Date+time tricks + more than 10 soft resets already... No solution yet.
Hope someone figures it out.

Btw, I was on build 512 but had to roll back a week ago to 8.1 (I never had an issue updating with same regional and date/time settings.
 

Amit Mishra3

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Problem solved after hard reset... I didn't want to do it but at last I had to do it... If its so necessary then hard reset is only option.
 

Amit Mishra3

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The upgrade to WP10 was failing with 80072f8f. I did the hard rest and now I'm running WP10 now.
Actually I did, backup->hard reset->restore, that way I took my apps with me over to wp10.
Seems to be working.

Good... Btw fresh install is recommended without any restore of backup. If u ain't facing any problem then no worries.
 

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Same issue here for same reason. Was running 10 on my 920. Restored to 8.1 and now get the 80072f8f error. Resetting the phone now. Am I the only one who finds it really annoying that the cog graphic would never work in real life? I mean they need to connect to drive movement otherwise each cog is just spinning independently. Jeez. ;-)
 

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