Lumia Cyan updates now available for all of India as Lumia 525, 720, 820 and 920 go wide

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Over the last few days, Microsoft and its carrier partners have been busy pushing out the Lumia Cyan update for various Lumias. Today, we are updating our lists for the Lumia 525, Lumia 720, Lumia 820 and Lumia 920 as those phones have either completed their Cyan updates or have a few remaining carriers as holdouts.

Perhaps the biggest news is that all of India is now complete for the Lumia Cyan update. From the Lumia 520 all the way up to the Lumia 1520, all eleven of the country variant Lumias are now eligible for the 8.1 and new firmware updates. Considering how big a market India is for Windows Phone, this news demonstrates Microsoft's priorities in delivering updates to its users.

When it comes to the Lumia 720, 820 and 920 series, almost all regions and carrier updates are finished, with just a handful of carriers remaining (Tigo in Latin America seems unusually slow in approving).

Unfortunately for those in the United States, we are still looking at only four devices (out of 17) eligible for Lumia Cyan, all of which are on AT&T. Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, MetroPCS and Cricket are all under testing, although we may see some updates kick off today or later this week.

Lumia Cyan resuming for (some) Preview users

Finally, as we reported last night, Microsoft has resumed the Lumia Cyan updates for the AT&T Lumia 1020 and Lumia 1520, along with the Lumia 920 in Germany. Those phones were previously blocked if on the Preview for Developers update from getting Cyan, but as of yesterday, they can be updated.

Microsoft's Joe Belfiore tweeted today that they thought the BitLocker issue is isolated to a small group of users: "we think the only cases of this, still, are folks who updated via a NON-PUBLIC mechanism that we used for small-group & internal testing." As a result, it appears that Microsoft is becoming more confident that the Cyan update for Preview does not cause any harm, hence the resumption of the updates.

Presumably, Microsoft is testing the waters with the update and the resumption of Cyan for Preview users goes wider in the coming days. For now, users can still use the Nokia software tool to flash manually Cyan to their phones if they wish to wait no longer.

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Note: 'CV' = Country Variant

Lumia 525 (Completed)

  • Africa – Algeria CV; Egypt CV; Libya CV; Morocco CV; Tunisia CV
  • Asia Pacific – Bangladesh CV; Cambodia CV; China Unicom, CMCC (Lumia 526); Hong Kong CV; India CV; Malaysia CV; Nepal CV; Singapore CV; Sri Lanka CV; Vietnam CV
  • Europe – Russian Federation MTS, CV; Turkey Avea, CV; Ukraine CV
  • Latin America – not applicable
  • Middle East – Iraq CV; Jordan CV; Lebanon CV; Pakistan CV; Palestinian territories CV

Lumia 720

  • Africa – Algeria CV; Angola CV; Egypt CV; Ghana CV; Kenya CV; Libya CV; Morocco CV; Mozambique CV; Nigeria CV; South Africa CV, MTN, Vodacom; Tanzania CV; Tunisia CV; Uganda CV; Zambia CV
  • Asia Pacific – Australia Vodafone, CV; Bangladesh CV; China Unicom, CMCC (Lumia 720T); Hong Kong CV; India CV; Indonesia CV; Malaysia CV; Nepal CV; Philippines CV; Singapore CV, StarHub; Sri Lanka CV; Taiwan TWM; Thailand CV; Vietnam CV
  • Europe – Albania CV; Austria CV; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina CV; Bulgaria CV; Croatia CV; Cyprus CV; Czech Republic Vodafone, CV; Denmark Telenor; Estonia CV; Finland CV; France CV; Germany Vodafone; Greece CV, Vodafone; Hungary Vodafone, CV; Italy CV, TIM, Vodafone; Kazakhstan CV; Latvia CV; Lithuania CV; Macedonia CV; Montenegro CV; Netherlands CV; Norway CV; Poland CV, Orange, Play; Portugal CV; Romania CV, Orange, Vodafone; Russian Federation CV; Serbia CV; Slovakia CV; Slovenia CV; Spain CV, Vodafone; Sweden CV; Switzerland CV, Swisscom; Turkey CV; Ukraine CV; UK CV, O2
  • Latin America – Argentina CV, Claro, Telecom; Brazil CV; Costa Rica CV; Dominican Republic Orange; Mexico CV, Telcel; Paraguay Claro
  • Middle East – Bahrain CV; Iraq CV; Jordan CV; Kuwait CV; Lebanon CV; Oman CV; Pakistan CV; Palestinian territories CV; Qatar CV; Saudi Arabia CV; United Arab Emirates CV; Yemen CV
  • North America – not applicable

Lumia 820

  • Africa – Egypt CV; Ghana CV; Libya CV; Nigeria CV; South Africa CV, Cellcom, MTN, Vodacom
  • Asia Pacific – Australia CV, Optus, Vodafone; Bangladesh CV; China CV; Hong Kong CV; India CV; Indonesia CV; Malaysia CV; Nepal CV; New Zealand CV; Philippines CV, Globe; Singapore CV, SingTel, StarHub; Sri Lanka CV; Thailand CV; Vietnam CV
  • Europe – Albania CV; Austria CV; Belgium CV, Proximus; Bosnia and Herzegovina CV; Bulgaria CV; Croatia CV, T-Mobile; Cyprus CV; Czech Republic CV, Vodafone; Denmark CV, Telenor; Estonia CV; Finland CV, Elisa; France CV, Bouygues; Germany T-Mobile, Vodafone; Greece CV, Cosmote, Vodafone; Hungary CV, Telenor, T-Mobile, Vodafone; Ireland CV, Meteor, O2, Vodafone; Italy CV, TIM, Vodafone, Wind; Kazakhstan CV; Latvia CV; Lithuania CV; Netherlands CV, KPN, T-Mobile, Vodafone; Norway CV, Telenor; Poland Orange, Play, Polomtel, T-Mobile; Portugal CV, Vodafone; Romania CV; Russian Federation CV; Slovakia CV, Orange; Slovenia CV; Spain CV; Sweden CV; Switzerland CV, Orange, Swisscom; Turkey CV; United Kingdom CV, O2
  • Latin America – Brazil CV, Claro; Costa Rica CV, Claro; Dominican Republic Orange; El Salvador Claro; Guatemala Claro; Honduras Claro; Mexico CV, Telcel; Nicaragua Claro; Paraguay CV; Puerto Rico CV, Claro; Uruguay CV
  • Middle East – Bahrain CV; Israel CV; Jordan CV; Kuwait CV; Lebanon CV; Oman CV; Pakistan CV; Palestinian territories CV; Qatar CV; Saudi Arabia CV; United Arab Emirates CV; Yemen CV

Lumia 920

  • Africa – Algeria CV; Angola CV; Egypt CV; Ghana CV; Kenya CV; Libya CV; Morocco CV; Mozambique CV; Nigeria CV; South Africa CV, Cellcom, MTN, Vodacom; Tanzania CV; Tunisia CV; Uganda CV; Zambia CV
  • Asia Pacific – Australia CV; Bangladesh CV; Cambodia CV; China Unicom, CMCC (Lumia 920T); Hong Kong CV; India CV; Indonesia CV; Malaysia CV; Nepal CV; New Zealand Telecom; Papua New Guinea Digicel; Philippines CV, Smart; Singapore CV, SingTel, StarHub; Sri Lanka CV; Taiwan CV; Thailand CV; Vietnam CV
  • Europe – Albania CV; Austria T-Mobile; Belgium Proximus; Bosnia and Herzegovina CV; Bulgaria CV; Croatia CV, T-Mobile, Vipnet; Czech Republic CV; Denmark CV, Telenor; Estonia CV; Finland CV, Elisa; France CV, SFR; Germany T-Mobile, Vodafone; Greece CV, Cosmote, Vodafone; Hungary CV, Telenor, T-Mobile; Iceland CV; Ireland CV, O2, Vodafone; Italy CV, TIM, Vodafone; Kazakhstan CV; Latvia CV; Lithuania CV; Macedonia CV; Netherlands CV, KPN, T-Mobile, Vodafone; Norway CV, Telenor; Poland CV, Orange, Play, Polkomtel, T-Mobile; Portugal CV, TMN, Vodafone; Romania CV, Vodafone; Russian Federation CV, MTS; Serbia CV; Slovakia CV, Orange; Slovenia CV; Spain CV, Vodafone; Sweden CV; Swizterland CV, Orange, Swisscom; Turkey CV, Turkcell; Ukraine CV; United Kingdom CV, 3 UK, O2, Vodafone
  • Latin America – Argentina CV, Telecom; Brazil CV, Claro; Costa Rica CV, Claro; Dominican Republic Claro, Orange; El Salvador Claro; Guatemala Claro; Honduras Claro; Mexico CV, Telcel; Nicaragua Claro; Paraguay CV; Puerto Rico CV; Uruguay CV
  • Middle East – Bahrain CV; Iraq CV; Israel CV; Kuwait CV; Oman CV; Pakistan CV; Qatar CV; Saudi Arabia CV, Mobily; United Arab Emirates CV; Yemen CV
  • North America – Canada Rogers
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