For those of you who are super anxious to get Microsoft’s latest OS release, Windows Phone 8 build 10327 (GDR2) along with Nokia’s highly anticipated Amber firmware update, there’s some good news for you today.
Users in our forums and on other sites have noticed that the files are now available on Nokia’s servers for the Lumia 820 and Lumia 920. The files can be downloaded and you can flash your device directly. The bad news is you need to flash your device, which means wiping out your current data and starting fresh as you install this new ROM. That’s opposed to the carrier-sanctioned method that will preserve your data. In addition, you are likely going to miss any custom firmware for your carrier, including possibly Data Sense, should you go down this route. [Note: checking under Settings > Phone Update won't yield any results]
Because of those reasons, we don’t really advocate you go ahead and try this method. It requires some instruction following and some software installation, but we know some of you are tinkerers who don’t mind losing all your saved games and app settings. If that’s the case, head into our forums to get started or follow the instructions on the fan site Nokia Views, who have links to the ROMs for the Lumia 820 and Lumia 920 (no other devices are available yet).
Windows Phone 10327 (GDR2) is a minor OS update that brings FM radio, some enhancements to Xbox Music, WAV file playback for voicemail, fixed Other storage, and other minor bug fixes in addition to enabling the new hardware found in the Lumia 1020. Nokia’s corresponding Amber update, which is what is causing the delays for release, allows the new Glance screen, flip to silence, Lumia Color Profile and an improved camera experience, making the combo of an update quite interesting for consumers.
Carriers are expected to release the update in August directly to customers, which will also feature custom firmware for that carrier, enabling such things as Data Sense in select markets. Now that we know that the final base OS and firmware package is on Nokia’s servers, it’s a safe bet that the update is nigh, though as previous experience has taught us, the update will be staggered.
Thanks, willysocks2222 and Vincent G., for the tips and vinumathew, for the screenshots
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GDR2 update for Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 show up on Nokia’s servers, can be flashed now for the daring
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Amber update Officialy available for Lumia 920 in India. :)
My Lumia 820 isn't bought from carrier so will the update even show in settings-> phone update or I have to do it manually. I'm checking "phone update" almost every day but ... nothing :/
Still no update that allows you to dissable screen rotation??
I have the 2012 Build Conference Lumia 920. I presume this early update would be applicable?
WP8 is third in the market share holds 5% while microsoft is showing a beta OS version's till now WP8 misses too many featuers but still in compitition , 2014 is a promising year for microsoft #with WP8.1_BLEU update
I used a lot of different prodcodes and none of them are showing the Amber version.
someone please answer this question please!!!!!!!!!
Since the 920 doesnt have an amoled display will the always on screen feature work or not? or will it not be there at all ?
i also read that FM radio will not come to 920? why ?
i own a 920... need to know....
FM radio is in music+video app, the glance is working even its using IPS, its uses battery but I observed its very minimal, my 920 battery now last longer after my update. You need Lumia Pusher app to update all other thins after installing amber.
How will the battery life be with a non-AMOLED display and an "always on" clock (I know you can have it turn off when it's in your pocket. I wonder if there will be a signififcant battery drain for the IPS display of the 920. Nobody has seemed to really bring the topic up...
I swear I never get it right! I had the GS3 for T-Mobile, and international versions would recieve updates wayyyy before the carrier versions. Then, I get the developer edition Lumia 920, and AT&T gets the updates first. Then I sell that, buy an AT&T variant for half of the money, and now international versions are getting the Amber update first! Oh the injustice!
Seriously though, hopefully AT&T won't be far behind (if they are, I'm going to hate them even more than I do now).
I live outside the US and have an unlocked phone. Will I receive the update from settings or never?
WITH NOKIA AMBER AND GDR2 ALREADY NOKIA LUMIA 920
too late :(
i missed it for both my 920T and my 920 int.
HI guys, Can someone please explain to me what each 4 digits in the Firmware Version stand for? I read this once somewhere but I can't remember which represents what :(
I'm checking for new ROMs and I can't firgure out which is the newer one. So confusing -_-
Thanks in advance guys :)
Installed @ lumia820, works great. (glance, double tap to wake, radio, datasense, screen profiles)
Oh, oh, I am with Amber now;
oh, oh, I am with Amber now (the new Status Quo remix)
used finnish product code 059R0B4 for my Lumia 820)
My Lumia 920 is Amber now :) (Spain)
By ota??
No. I downloaded the official Nokia ROM and I installed it. Now, it's working successfully!
Ok great.. Have fun..
Finally, Amber update on my Lumia 820!
Have You Just updated tour Lumia 820?
It took me some time to download and understand the instructions.
We need bluetooth LE. Rest is bubcuss!
Anyone know how to update (no flashing) via PC? in indonesia, wifi area is very rare. Just like nokia suite, can download apps or maps or updates to my old E71. Now i must OTA :( #sorry english
It took me some times and translation to get this update on my Lumia 820... Send me pm which phone you are using and I'll send you instruction on how to so it. P.S I live in Indonesia too
Available for Malaysia too. Updated mine! Working great! But the glance is kinda useless for TFT
TFT? Lumia 520?
Lumia 920 is running on Super TFT only unlike 925 with AMOLED.
uuh. Lumia 920 is Super Sensitive IPS touch, not TFT.
LOL! dude, go check out what's IPS and TN TFT if you don't know...
You are like telling me a duck egg is not an egg while a chicken egg is an egg, while both are actually egg! HAHAHA
Huh? Isn't TN technology pre IPS technology? IPS is based off of TN technology but it is not the same thing. You could have been right in your first comment when you said it was a TFT display but in your second comment you added TN. It is IPS not TN technology.
O2 live tiles for us in UK is awesome!!
This is one of the crap things about windowsphone compared to ios, when apple release a new ios its available to everyone the same day, none of this trickling it out over weeks or even months.
Be patient bro, there's difference : another windows phones gets ordinary GDR2 update.
But in lumia series, there's special : amber update and GDR2.
So MSFT and nokia must prepare this update first. So thats ehy always late.
#sorry english
I check my Lumia 822 about 7 times per day for updates. I'm a little anxious.
Now all the remains is ProCam coming to the rest of the devices (920, 928, 925). Does anyone have any idea when it's coming?
Even for me nokia care suite is giving old fw. Means its pulled out from server?
GDR2 firmware update now being pulled out from server....
Lumia 820 from T-mobile SK/ CV CZ-SK
Unbranded, updated by NSU. Data sense and 4G/LTE network support added. All works :).
L520 branded by Orange have not tried yet.
I wonder how much the glance feature will drain the battery.
Running Lumia 820 with GDR2+Amber update. Flashed via NSU and restore from backup. Almost as easy and fast as via OTA. Very nice and with lots of goodies. Looks like love at first sight for glance and 'double tab to activate' :)
I'm waiting for 822..
WAV playback! What a great idea! Oh wait, we had that feature on Windows Phone 7 :/
Hmm the always on capacitive key lights..... Hate it I do fix it they must
In the article it says GDR2 is OS version 10327, but the screen shot shows the version is 10328. What's the difference?
when the final release will be on ota, will i be able to update my lumia 920 to the official firmware. or do i need to reflash my device
If you install via this route, would you still be able to restore all your existing preferences and what not?
Is there an update calendar that is followed by Nokia?
I mean... periods of time to make the updates available...
Something like that:
1 - Release update for carriers
2 - 90 days later release updates in Nokia servers
3 - 20 days later release updates OTA for unlocked phones
It's very annoying having an update released and nothing new when u check for updates on the phone.
They always give the same excuses: "It depends on the carrier"
Well and what about unlocked phones? Why we can't check on Nokia servers and get the update too?
I haven't seen any comments by those who have downloaded the update regarding Bluetooth 4.0. Wasn't Bluetooth 4.0 supposed to be included in Amber?
Not totally sure, but I think that's a GDR3 feature. Maybe it'll get here by November.
the vodafone ireland one has been taken off the servers, it's back to the old one again.. odd !!!
EDIT..it's back on for now, it's prob the server being bombarded lol
Help me out. Mine is an unlocked Lumia 820. Will I be getting an OTA update as well?
I hope GDR2 resolves basic things like Lock portrait mode, volumes segregation, Proper multitasking, portrait video play option, copy dialing number... :) Also, some good updates for 7.8 as well :) :)
Nice dreaming
What's the "Flip to silence" exactly?
When call comes in, flip the phone over to turn off ringer. My hd7 had it and I rarely did it. Pressing volume key is just as easy.
Its better for when you're in a meeting, you face your phone flat and that way your ringer won't go off :P
I dought it works as you described, i think the sensor should change its state during ringing for it to work, if the sensor was detecting an object while ringing it will still ring. at least i would design it that way if it was for me.
When will the gdr2 update and the amber update come for the 920,820,.....?
in my product code dont found the GDR2 :(
Unlocked nordic version, flashed via NSU. Amber, data sense, the works. Not worth the hype folks... Camera button can be set to launch Smart Cam or stock cam. No 3rd party app.
nice little feature added in the wifi settings, you can search for nearby wifi with data sense, it's tied into here maps, pretty sweet!!!
What about unlocked phones? These phones should get the update faster, because no carriers are involved. Right?
I want some Lumia 928 love!
man oooh man isnt this guy stupid, this crap is on polish y evern bother posting links to how to do it when we cant evern read the crap.post it in inglish so we can all read it. lame!!!!!
I recommend people waiting for the official release, we already waited this long time, a week or so won't kill you.
Its the excitement! its turning them all into zombies hungry for a fix lol.
Can any one Share the Amber update in English along with update process ....
Thanks in advance ....
If I download and install the firmware from the polish site will I be able to finally tether with the AT&T grandfathered unlimited data plan?
No hurry for my 928 through Verizon. Interested in the color enhancements though, dunno if more colors were mentioned. And mine came with DS already.
No hurry? You're in the wrong forum ;)
Data Sense, is that only available to those who are bound to a specific carrier? My phone is not locked to anyone. And I'm sure the carrier I'm using won't alter anything.. So will that give me Data Sense, or will I be losing out?
Yes, it will give you data sense.
I just want better battery life on 3g. Cant cry enough over it. All the wireless charging in the world isn't gonna help me when i am not anywhere near any of the chargers, for example in my marathon lectures. Please Microsoft, nokia..improve the battery performance..make my life..!! :'( :P
I just checked NSU - Still only current firmware is available to flash for the 928. I'll keep checking, but will more than likely be to no avail since VZW is the only carrier with this device.
waiting for my 720...:)
@ Daniel - Any idea, whether 822 will be getting this????? we didnt receive the 1308 update yet.. Also, lot of users outside US are having the sms issue in 822. Hope the GDR2 have a fix for tht...!!
my operator skipped the 1308 update and went straight to gdr2, so yours might too !!
What about us 928 users?
I'm from the Dominican Republic, but I always use English language in my Lumia 620. Do I have to pick a country in specific or can I grab the update from any country available? I'm waiting to take the plunge.
Data sense wont work on ee/Orange, what the heck!? Is this because ee/orange want you to go over your allowances so they can charge additional fee's, jerks!
Would it work for the Lumi 822?
Today is Monday. Tomorrow is...
...Over The Air
can someone tell me the steps how can i update my lumia 920 to the so called amber update :( i am a beginer and never tried flashing the device.What software do i need .(os version 8.0.10211.204 , firmaware version 1232.5957.1308.0001) btw its a black unlocked indian lumia 920.
Sure! If you want to update your Lumia 920, please contact with me. I'm from Spain and my Lumia 920 is Amber now. :)
MP ENVIADO!
PM SENDED!
The update works for some countrys only yet. Most europe. Using NCS 3.0.0 and Product Code 059R0H0 you can get it. Tested and Working! Good Luck!
quick review for Amber on Lumia 620 - http://tuananhict.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/review-lumia-620-run-amber/ :O
Done updating thru Nokia Software Updater..And Data Sense and all other stuff is on board..from Singapore
I bought mine unlocked and unbranded, flashed 1314 unbranded.. but never known why is there a carrier section in the store?
Because of the sim you have put in. if you remove the sim and then restart your phone, it should not show a carrier in the store. Mine does the same.
Flashed my Lumia 920 to Amber. No issues so far. I'm from India BTW
How's the weather?
Tropical?
Someone can send me a guide for this??? Please
So, Daniel that means if I flash my 920 using this method the only thing I won't get is data sense which anyways AT&T haven't enable on their 1020. If I flash and AT&T later enable the app Do you think that people who flash the phone using the manual option will get it?
I'm wondering the same.. The AT&T L920 is the RM-820, and the ones that they have for download are RM-821, which is the unlocked/unbranded L920.. I'm wondering if it's possible to flash it to an AT&T Lumia 920, as that's what they show in the pictures above...
I flashed mine yesterday, and yes, it has Data Sense.
I don't have too many games and apps, and all my personal data is synced over Exchange. So I'm highly tempted by this...
Will wait out a bit though. Let's see if Nokia releases it OTA soon enough. (Not bound to a carrier)
When will the update for 720 come?
just flashed mine a couple of mins ago :D
Yup. Just as I thought. The update will only come in September at best. October for some people, even.
They need to work on taking the carriers out of the picture completely. Enough with this "the carriers release the update" and "the carriers decide what comes in the update".
For example, while I deliberately bought my L920 to Deutsche Telekom because of the Grey tiles, I bought a L620 in Belgium at Media Markt. It was supposed to be unbranded. Except it's tied to Proximus. Meaning I will have to wait for an update from the carrier, even though I have absolutely no relationship with said carrier, never had and never will.
Your fault for buying a carrier-branded phone, nobody except Apple has the clout to defy the operators, so from next time buy unlocked phone with no carrier branding or just flash your phone with a carrier-free ROM.
And here comes the moron, again.
Read again what I wrote. I bought it at MediaMarkt. You know what that is? No? Google it.
It didn't had ANY mention of branding. It is unlocked. I only found the tie with Proximus when I went to "about" to see if it had already received Portico or not. So yeah...the phones you buy outside of carriers also come branded for some reason. Which is why they need to remove the carriers out of the picture. If Apple can do that, perhaps it's time other OEM's start to grow a pair and do the same.
Its your fault asshole for buying a carrier branded phone, you should have returned it if it was an issue. Everyhere in the world people know how to buy carrier-free phones except idiots like you who first buy a carrier branded phone then cry like little girls.
lol guys, where are the mods or at least a report button.
This idiot "Etios" has already been reported to Daniel Rubino. Daniel decided to do nothing. So from now on, it's fair game.
You first call people moron in the comment section and expect to get roses in return? LOL at your reporting stuff, everyone can see who used foul language first.
Well, maybe I will the next time I get to Belgium. See...there's the difference. There's the people that actually can travel outside their backyard like me and to whom these things happen...and there's the poor 'murican trolls like you, who can't leave their trailers because they're too poor for that.
But don't worry. Next time I decide to buy a phone just to use it for one week like I did with the L620...I'll think about you. And your trailer. And I'll smile, knowing somewhere there's an lonely virgin troll crying over the fact that they're tied with contracts to carriers and can't afford more phones, unless they go put out...except no one will touch them...let alone pay for it.
LOL Poor portuguese people like you have to travel to Belgium just to get a phone, poor you, hope you make more money and shift to a better country so that you can atleast buy $1 app instead of crying everytime :)
Oh look at you, the tough guy.
Easy to talk down to people on the internet, I bet you're so clever in real life.
First read the racial, flaming post to which i have replied, In real life that person will be on the floor after facing a solid punch.
Any word on the Verizon specifc 928 getting its update?
The 928 already has the update it was in amber and gdr2 OTB like the 925 and 1020
This is incorrect, the lumia 928 was not GDR2 out of the box.
Currently no ETA for the update. Im assuming with the speed of verizon pushing out updates. Early sept.
Yeah, VZW is ussually not very speedy...
I'm from Portugal and just installed http://www.nokiatividade.com/update-nokia-software-updater-for-retail-3-04/
The firmware is available here. It's 1.27 GB
Hello fellow portaguee!!
Hmmm the update in India is 1.35 GB
So is there no peek function for the glance feature?
There is, but you have to update the setting from the store
are there any major improvements(more sharpness), in terms of daylight photography for those who made the upgrade for Lumia 920??
I waiting for L620 !!!!
if the MS release the official update do i need to plug the device to computer or via OTA update?
WP8 updates come OTA ;)
Official Update is Over the Air.
where get the nokia udapter for retailer?
https://app.sugarsync.com/wf/D6991451_71291606_723533
How us it that its available to so many but not for other like on att like me. I'm seeing that being on a carrier device takes longer to get updates etc than those who buy the phones of contract im wondering if this is the way to go ,no contract just buy the phone because if not you'll be last to get the cool stuff
Then you will have to buy unlocked carrier-free phones, so you will have to either import or buy from other websites with no warranty.
Its not technically available, this is just people flashing with the actual ROM update, most people are still waiting for the official roll out.
Carriers have to test the updates and make sure it's compatible, unlike unlocked phones who depend on Nokia to release the update.
Ladies and gentleman (i guess mostly gentleman) it is perfectly working.
Lol, seriously you don't feel the presents of ladies in this website, although I'm sure there is, and they are hot too, because they understand phones :P
I'm a lady!!
pics or it never happened
Can someone please confirm if I can get rid of my AT&T ROM and replace it with a normal ROM. AT&T settings suck.
I'm thinking of flashing my ATT phone aswell..
Yes you can
how?
Last time it hit the servers I wiped the phone and installed, only to have the update pushed out a couple of days later.
This time I think I may wait.
Can anyone PLEASE tell me what are these "minor Xbox music fixes"? I ask everytime there is a GDR2 mention with Xbox music but no one wants to tell me. I'm in if that is substantial. If not meh!
Probably because there aren't any, no review of the 925 has mentioned any and neither have 925 or 1020 owners.
There are fixes to that definitely! Daniel keeps mentioning them too. Reviews for 925 and 1020 may not have it because nothing changes on those phones. But WP8 without any GDRs should see these differences! All I want is lag free hub opening even if I have Xbox cloud turned on!
That doesn't seem right, reviews and user feedback should pick up any new features as they won't be the same as on phones without the update so it should be obvious. For example, fm radio is an obvious new feature not on current devices so it's mentioned. Same should apply to any other improvements if there are any.
I'd like to know this as well
Basically they removed Justin Bieber from the service...in my opinion a huge fix.
Lol
Comic book guy "longest wait for an update ever!"
I'm pretty sure all 920's are getting the color profile.
I'm in the UK and about to buy the 920 off contract from Carphone Warehouse. My sim is T-Mobile (UK), If I do this, will I receive this update automatically if I wait until it's released? If not will I need to flash it?
I am not tech-savvy (as you can probably tell!), so any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Wait for official OTA Update notification. Should be by mid Sept latest!
Thanks rockstarzzz. Will do!
Ths SIM doesnt matter. If you are buying unlocked you will get the update when Nokia releases the update. If it isa Vodaphone or Tmobile or ATT branded, then those providers will have to test it and release it.. so it will be a bit late. Sometimes the phone companies might not relase it like how Tnobile Lumia 710 is not getting windows 7.8 update. But i think 920 should be safe for updates irrespective of branding.. So dont worry.. but the phone and wait for the updated.. it will come.
Thanks rmichael75. I shall wait...!
Waiting. Thought mine is unlocked it is still AT&T which worries me. I have heard the wait is longer on that carrier (I'm overseas)
Just the same, my phone is less than 2 months old, so no hurry to flash anything. Curious about the color business (only black phones??) sounds suspect. But mine is cyan, so being the one of the rarest beasts, what are the odds?
Please please please I hope this addresses the horrendous Bluetooth issues on Wp8.
What issues?
My car Bluetooth perfectly syncs' with my Lumia 900 however all the 920's (3 to be exact) seem to have trouble syncing to all speakers. Idk how that works but it seems that the Bluetooth on my 920 is the issue.
Hmm, is it a stock head unit or after market? My 900 had a lot of issues with a parrot head unit I had. Speaker issues could be a setting in bluetooth audio or car stereo (though I know you already checked that out)
I have a parrot unit installed in my car which needed a special connection due to the stock Bose speakers on my RX-8. Never had any issues with the 900 however the 920 needs me to raise the volume to the point where it gets distorted for all speakers to work. If I lower the volume slowly it seems to fix my speaker issue however some days it's more difficult to get it to work than others...
That's my only gripe with the 920.
I have an aftermarket headunit that rarely works without any issues at all. The phone (L920) either freezes or loses connection for no reason. Then I have the Nokia Power Up Speaker. All was working fine, but now the phone NFC no longer wakes up the devices and the BT cannot detect it. My partner's 920 connects just fine to the speaker.
Flashing my phone sounds a bit to kinky for me.
Think I'll pass
LOL! If that is kinky, just think about all of those android fanboys with their custom roms. Now THAT i would call kinky!
Just a tad exhibitionist.
On the 920
Not available yet for EE in the UK. Typical.
Over the Air
No way I'm flashing my device, its one of the reasons I left Android and came to WP.. The simplicity... I'm not risking it, good luck to them who can't wait though
WP flashing is safest and easiest of them all.
That is good news. +820
But if you flash your device, will it be able to access the saved backup?
yes. it will start everything from start.
Yes, your backup will be accessible when you sign into your account on setup. So that means contacts, texts, apps and whatever else you have backed up should return. You will lose app data though, which means saved game data and such. You'll also have to set up your home screen again.
What about us Rogers 920 users? They don't even have it listed on their upcoming OS updates page. :-/
I tried contacting Rogers support a while back on if they had a date, and they basically told me they only release dates in advance for Android updates. Not biased at all.
Rogers = idiots
Its available for all lumia wp8 phones besides the lumia 720 and apparently thats the one I have. Damn!!
I know how you feel bro. I too have the 720.
Same here.
OK,new to this what is OTA?
Over the Air
Over The Air
over the air
Out the @ss
over the air update
Over-The-Air (meaning you don't have to plug it to your pc/ mac to get the update, that's it).
u ruined it :(
And if you didn't understand the above people, Over-The-Air. :)
lol,I'm beginning to understand,a few more replies and it';ll be 100 % :)
Over The Air
Have to say this. Over the air.
Over the air
Over...The...Air.
OTA update means Over-The-Air update. To update your phone using OTA, just wave your phone in the air and you will get the update fast. You don't need computer, software and USB cable just to update your phone. Cool right? :D
cool,how sould I do it ?from right to left or from left to right? :D
You should do both! You are not waving in one direction, are you?
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