News · 22 Oct 2010 · MTW Editorial Team
Microsoft has officially announced that an update to the Xbox Live Extras Windows Phone 7 application will be available soon after a bug that apparently only affects HTC handsets prevents the application from correctly launching.
To that end, we’ve gotten reports of users launching Xbox LIVE Extras where it appears to hang at a black screen and is returned to the Start screen several seconds later on some phones.
We have identified this issue and have an update currently making its way through certification, we hope to have this update available to you in the next few days. While this may not work for everyone, you can try hitting the back key after returning to the start menu and Xbox LIVE Extras should restart normally.
There are many of you who use props on your avatar, and you receive a “Could not find your prop, please try again later.”
Many of the props on Xbox 360 are being converted for their use with the new Xbox LIVE Dashboard and Kinect launch. Because of this some of the props have not been converted for use on Windows Phone at this time. More of these are added daily so expect this issue to disappear over time.
I just had a quick look at the Marketplace and sure enough the Xbox Live Extras app is no longer available. Hopefully Microsoft will also fix the stupid camera software bug which seems to be present on all device (your settings aren’t saved when you close the app) and several other problems like long loading times on some games.
source: M.Kluchter
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