Windows Phone 7 Update Pulled After Bricking Phones

On Monday Microsoft let loose a small Windows Phone 7 update that was
meant to pave the way for future larger, feature-adding updates. Whilst
the recent update didn't do anything that users noticed, it did make
several changes to the update system that were presumably important for the new
features Microsoft wants to release this year. Unfortunately, some owners of
the Samsung Omnia 7 who updated were greeted with a completely bricked
phone. Ouch.

When the Omnia 7 is updated to the new version, users are simply greeted with a screen instructing them to connect their phone to a PC. Hard resetting does not solve the issue, and when the user attempts to restore using a PC, they are greeted with an error telling them the phone cannot be restored. Already, reports are all over the internet from people who have recently become the proud owners of a Windows Phone brick. Microsoft has not yet responded to the situation other than telling users with bricked phones to exchange the phone in their local stores.

This is a big setback for Microsoft, who was hoping to add a large slew of new features to Windows Phone 7 in 2011. This has the potential to delay some of the missing features, and replacing the bricked handsets is probably going to cost them. Original story at WinRumors.