I absolutely love my Windows 7 phone (Samsung Focus rev 1.3). I love it so much I couldn't bring myself to put the pre-RTM releases of Mango on it for fear of bricking it. Now Mango is out with rather triumphant fanfare and it still isn't showing up. Waiting patiently is not going well for me. I really want this update now so what's a developer supposed to do? Why cheat of course.

Having waited days in the past for updates for my Nook Color to be recognized or rolled I really didn't want to wait that long for my Windows Phone update. Thanks to Google, and finding Tom Warren's article on Winrumors I was able to force my phone to update. Before you do this though, check the "Where's my Phone Update?" page. Note that not all phones are currently deploying the update. I have a Samsung Focus rev 1.3 so I'm in excellent shape. Owners of the Samsung Focus rev 1.4 though aren't receiving the same goodness just yet so don't try this unless your device says it is "Delivering the update" without caveats.