Guest writer Nico brings us another guide, this time to help bring Lumias on Windows Phone 8.1 up to '8.1 Update 2', otherwise known as 'GDR2'. Geeky? Yes.
Instead of waiting over a year to add new features to Windows Phone 8, Microsoft opted to release three incremental updates to its existing mobile OS. These updates are delivered with corresponding firmware updates for the specific devices.
The Universal Updater allows you to update a connected Windows Phone device directly or by updating an FFU firmware file and then flashing it to the device. The updated FFU will perform a hard reset on the first boot. You can skip intermediate builds and