I just purchased from my local MIcrosoft Store an unlocked Lumia 1020. I'm using it on T-Mobile's network and when I check for updates the phone tells me that there are no new updates. Is there a way to force updates for the phone?
Unlocked doesn't mean you get updates from Nokia. That's unbranded. Unlocked simply means you can move from carrier to carrier. Nothing with updates.
If Cyan firmware is important, I'd wait until T-Mobile pushes the update. If you just want 8.1 OS, you can use the Developers Preview. The issue is, you cannot go from Dev Preview to Official Cyan + 8.1 yet, until Microsoft fixes the bug. You can downgrade and then get Cyan, but not everyone wants to deal with that.
Honestly, since you have a 1020, id wait for Cyan cause the camera improvements.
What carrier was it made for? If T-Mobile doesn't carry the 1020, that could be interesting. It could still have the update pushed from its original carrier. I really don't know.
Ok, was afraid of that. You can still get the newest OS updates via the Developer Preview program, including 8.1 Update 1.
If it shows ATT logo on boot up, its still branded. Branding and unlocking are different things
If you know someone with an ATT account, you could pop in their SIM and get the official update, once ATT releases it. They haven't released it yet. The only difference from an official update and Developer Preview is official gets newer firmware (Cyan).
Cyan for this is not released yet(at least no news about US 1020) and WP 8.1 Update 1 is through Dev Preview program. so you can install update 1 if you go through DP route. I see that working with my friends' 1020 unlocked bought 2 weeks back and there are absolutely no issues in this install so far.I just purchased from my local MIcrosoft Store an unlocked Lumia 1020. I'm using it on T-Mobile's network and when I check for updates the phone tells me that there are no new updates. Is there a way to force updates for the phone?
At least for now we havent seen such references. Yes, the phone is EOLed, but not support...thats still there at least through DP.I just found out via MS support that I won't get 8.1.
It has no branding when I boot up. I bought this directly at the Microsoft Store and it is now unlocked. Even the box doesn't have At&t branding.
The following link directly from microsoft explains how the updates happen for "region variants" as compared to "country variants" . check under extras+info for mobile operator, it is probably 000-11, meaning a north american region variant.
dev.windowsphone.com/en-US/OEM/docs/Customization/Registry_values_for_carrier-unlocked_phones
i think there may be some confusion because microsoft stores don't exist outside on canada and the U.S., for those outside of north america these stores are owned by microsoft, and staffed by microsoft employees. What KennyJohnson has done is buy a unbranded and unlocked 1020 directly from its manufacturer.
any chance KennyJohnson could reply with the product code from the sim drawer so others could download the firmware and unbrand their own phones...