1. A mobile electronic device, comprising: a memory adapted to store default settings determined independent of any user of the device aligned with respective user settings determinable by a user of the device; a wireless interface adapted to receive a software update; and a processor communicatively coupled with the wireless interface and the memory, wherein under control of the processor the device updates at least one of the default settings based on the software update whereby at least one of the default settings is rendered inoperative, and wherein alignment of all of the default settings with their respective user settings is maintained after the software update by preserving a table entry for the at least one default setting that is rendered inoperative.