All right. I was hearing a lot of people talk about getting the Windows Phone Tango update, over the past couple of weeks, and every day, I kept checking up with Zune (yes, that bloatware I wish dies sooner than later). And every time, it’d disappoint me, saying my HTC HD7 has the latest firmware. I was getting sick of, so I decided to Google on alternate solutions.

And I’m glad I’ve a solution I can recommend you to use.

Before I start, I do know it’ll sound very lame, and I thought the same when I first read it. But it works, and  it doesn’t involve any geekery. Right, here’s what you need to do.

1. Connect your Windows Phone to your computer, and launch Zune (if it doesn’t launch automatically).
2. Let it finish syncing.
3. Now open Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Center -> Change Adapter Settings. Keep that window open.
4. Set the windows (Zune and the Network Connections) side by side.
5. Now in Zune, open Settings -> Phone -> Update.
6. In the Network Connections window, disable the connection before Zune says that the software on your phone is latest. If it doesn’t notify you about a new update, re-enable the connection and try again. You’ll have to do this for some time, it’s trial and error. I could get the notification after doing it for five minutes, so yeah.
7. After you receive the notification, re-enable the connection, and update your Windows Phone. This is all you need to do. Zune will do the rest

There are two updates that I installed – first was 7.10.8112.7 and the second one, i.e., Tango, 7.10.8773.98. I repeated the process for the second update too.

Credits: Peter’s Kitchen