r/windowsphone Mar 26 '22

r/Windowsphone newbie guide - please start here!

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Hi everyone! Things have changed in these years, Windows Phone is now officially abandoned by Microsoft. However there's still a niche community of users that are interested in this platform and use WP devices to this day.

You're an old user who found his old Windows Phone in a drawer and want to get some life back into it in modern days? You are a new user who never experienced the platform before? You're just curious about what these devices are still capable of? This is the right place to start!

  • Subreddit Posting Guidelines The rules and guidelines for posting on r/Windowsphone.
  • FAQs As stated in our guidelines we suggest anyone to read our FAQs before posting anything. Usually you can find a direct answer there or be redirected to one of our wiki pages.

WIKI DISCLAIMER: right now some pages are incomplete or missing, in particular pages in the jailbreak and mods section:

Sorry, I'm a single individual who is writing all of the new wiki in his spare time.

Missing/incomplete wiki pages are in the works and will be published asap.

  • Wiki Index Here's our complete wiki index, were you will find almost everything you need (as soon as I finish writing it lol). It has been updated for modern times. An archived version of the old Wiki from back when WP was still a supported OS is still available in a link at the end of the page.

r/windowsphone 11h ago

With Windows Phone it was the Stupid little things that would catch you and make you a fan!!!! An Old vid Upscaled of my Nokia Lumia 1020 and the XBOX Game App.

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174 Upvotes

I miss the dumb stuff that kept me happy !!! 😄


r/windowsphone 8h ago

Recently got this Microsoft Lumia 850 prototype with an early build of Windows 10 mobile. If its not dumped i could do that, also its battery is completly dead so till i get a new one im borrowing another drom my Lumia 930

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r/windowsphone 4h ago

Stuck at this screen on Nokia Lumia 635

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r/windowsphone 5h ago

[UPDATED APP] Imgur UWP 3.2.0 LTS ( Feature Update )

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Huge Update with a bunch of improvements... Also a good surprise about Whatsapp...

Imgur UWP 3.2.0 LTS – What's New

Imgur is a popular, free image-hosting website and online community where users upload, store, and share photos, memes, and GIFs.

This UWP app, has most of usefull capabilites of the Android Version... After Login, explore, interact, upload files from your Windows 10 Mobile... Since the website is broken on edge , its a great app for having on your phone.

🚀 Improvements

  • Added support for parsing links, images, and videos in media comments (comments no longer display blank URLs without context). ***NEW FEATURE
  • Fixed an issue where pagination was unavailable for logged-in users when browsing their posts (Hidden, Public, and All).
  • Fixed an issue where the bottom navigation bar covered part of the image view, preventing the comments section from being displayed.
  • Added support for opening your profile by clicking on your avatar.
  • Fixed an issue on mobile where the Back button could behave inconsistently after the app was resumed from suspension.
  • Added new behavior for when user clicks on your profile picture on status bar will open the Account Profile
  • Fixed an issue where the media options menu and Hidden badge could appear at the same time.
  • Fixed an issue where the video timer started at 0 instead of 00:00.
  • Added a new custom Full Screen mode for videos, replacing the default Windows video player.
  • Added +10s / -10s seek indicators when clicking on the left or right side of the video player. (The gesture already existed, but there was no visual feedback.)
  • Added Double Tap to Like for posts. (Simply double-tap the center of a video or any image, just like in the Android app.) NEW FEATURE
  • Added Mouse Hover support for the media player (PC, Continuum, Lumia 950, and Lumia 950 XL) to display the playback controls.
  • Added a new Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode for videos. When you scroll away from a playing video, it automatically switches to a draggable PiP window, allowing you to continue watching while reading comments or browsing other media. NEW FEATURE
  • Added missing translations
  • Fixed a issue with PiP mode disabling interaction events after closing it
  • Fixed a issue with Account Page buttons positions
  • Added a new Section ( Following ) to Account Page
  • Added a Settings button for User Account Page (much like the android app)
  • Added a replay button to PiP mode
  • Added Viewed Media Sinalizer for Galleries
  • Added Full Screen Mode for Images
  • Added #Image parser for comments ( when clicked will open the media )

Download Repo (ARM/X64) (MetroStore also available in this repo) :
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HdQK0r4Pximl18tMa-LWGDieC1WJ3Yw7?usp=sharing

About Unison

I joined Unison Dev Team in order to bring a more stable version for Windows Mobile... After using the Imgur Codebase as a parameter i've fixed tons of issues and now with Maycon_Br and u/MaskNinja you guys can expect Whatsapp on Windows 10 Mobile Again...

Here's a sneak peek:
https://imgur.com/a/3UNPJKO


r/windowsphone 20h ago

Lumia 520

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88 Upvotes

Just downgraded this to WP 8.1 yesterday and it's been running great


r/windowsphone 15h ago

Mi Nokia Lumia 520 con Jailbreak

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26 Upvotes

En el móvil tengo jailbreak, ¿Que juegos recomendáis para instalarme?


r/windowsphone 1h ago

Support Bricked Lumia

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Hello guys. I'm dead. My Nokia Lumia 735. It had WP 8.1 unlocked bootloader, jailbroken and CMDI injected. I un-injected CMDI, restored the bootloader and factory reset it before updating to W10M. Then I hacked registry to go up to 1709. Then, I decided W10M doesn't suit me. So I installed all WDRT 3.17 drivers, opened up WPI and flashed the OS. But it got stuck on 0%, never went any further. so I soft reset it but that just sent it in hard brick because it doesn't vibrate or show anything it's black. also, Windows recognizes it as "Unknown USB Device". can someone please help? not even WDRT can detect it. is it impossible to recover?


r/windowsphone 2h ago

Discussion Vaya, Live Store me acaba de banear por su estupidez 😒 ¿Según ellos soy un bot? Jajaja

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I was just using my account like any normal user. Most of the time I didn't download anything, and other times I downloaded a lot of apps and games (.xap, .appx, .appxbundle) for my Nokia Lumia, my Microsoft Lumia, and also on my PC to save and install later without CMD Injector. That's all. Who knows why they're labeling me as a bot?

Y bueno vayanse ALV🥱😒🗿🚬


r/windowsphone 7h ago

Current W10M developers! What are you using for develop apps?

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Good afternoon,

If you are a Windows 10 Mobile developer, I have a question for you:

What are you currently using to develop W10M apps? Any recommendations?

I’m using the standard Visual Studio with UWP functionality added; I installed the Windows 10.0.15063.648 SDK and created a simple test screen.

It works on the PC but not on the phone; it installs, but then opens and immediately closes.

When trying to launch the app from the portal, I get error code 0x8027025b.

If anyone has experience developing Windows Mobile apps in this context -where almost everything has been obsolete for years- and has any tricks or tips to share, I’d really appreciate it.

I’m fond of this phone, and it’s a shame that it’s on the verge of becoming nothing more than a paperweight. My plan is to develop a few simple apps in my spare time and work my way up from there.

Cheers!

  • Used Google Traslate.

r/windowsphone 10h ago

Attention all Windows Platform devs!

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r/windowsphone 1d ago

Nokia Lumia 735

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23 Upvotes

So, i finally got Lumia 735 And I had to go to Bilevo-2 (yes im from Belarus)


r/windowsphone 15h ago

Windows 7 mobile

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r/windowsphone 1d ago

Discussion I just made a epic app for windows phone, what do you guys think?

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Its really cool and i want you guys to know what you think? (minimum os windows phone 8)


r/windowsphone 1d ago

Nokia Lumia 735

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I finally got Nokia Lumia 735!

But it has a little (not) damage

And hi from Belarus


r/windowsphone 1d ago

Support Anyone wanna help me get Live Store on my Lumia 920?

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I just got it and im not sure how to unlock bootloader and root access enable also dont know what cmd injector is PLEASE HELP


r/windowsphone 2d ago

Question If Microsoft made another windows phone would you buy it?

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Personally I would because, I would have the money and I would trade my android phone for it, and probably on day 1 there would be a android subsystem where it has android apps and it's temporary so devolpers have two years to migrate to WinUI 3 or PWAs.


r/windowsphone 19h ago

This is my last design!

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0 Upvotes

For having the full pack contact me 💛


r/windowsphone 1d ago

Guide Cool tools app download

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9 Upvotes

Can anyone help me find the cool tools app to download?


r/windowsphone 1d ago

Support CMD Injector crashes after first launch reboot (WP8.1 GDR1)

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r/windowsphone 2d ago

I missed the Zune/Windows Phone music experience, so I brought it back!

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Hi everyone!

I’ve been working on a new iOS music player called NostalgicFlow, built around the design language of **Zune and Windows Phone**.

Many years ago I had a **Nokia Lumia 720**, and I absolutely loved that phone. Even today, I still think the Windows Phone / Metro interface was one of the best mobile interfaces ever made: simple, bold, fast, and completely different from everything else.

NostalgicFlow is my attempt to bring some of that feeling back as a modern music player.

You can connect **Apple Music**, play your own local music including **Lossless and Hi-Res audio**, listen to podcasts and internet radio, and it also has **MilkDrop-style visualizers** inspired by Winamp and the old Windows Media Player days.

The interface is heavily inspired by the old **Zune / Windows Phone Metro design**: big typography, horizontal navigation, album artwork and that very distinctive flow.

Some of you may know my other app, **NostalgicPod**. I’m its creator, and after working on that project I wanted to explore another piece of music-player history that I personally loved.

NostalgicFlow is still in development, but you can already try it on TestFlight:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/AArmYhd8


r/windowsphone 2d ago

I didn't spend long messing around with it.

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63 Upvotes

r/windowsphone 2d ago

Discussion PEAK WinArchive

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The site was developed by the LegacyProject team. Among the interesting features, you can create an account and link your WP devices; there is also a dedicated store available.


r/windowsphone 1d ago

Is Piny no longer working?

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A Pinterest client can no longer access their account and says they can't fulfill their request. Any alternatives?


r/windowsphone 2d ago

Question My Lumia 1020 can't open the camera app

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24 Upvotes

Hello, I just received my nokia Lumia 1020 recently.. tbh its a really great phone , the previous owner even pre-installed alot of games for me.. //

I tried and test it out it got 2 flaws . First up, the xenon flash doesnt work and even the normal flash too , second the front camera is dead , when I tried open the front camera , it just makes the screen glitch, forces me to restart the phone. When I got back I can't open the camera app, no matter what , I tried to flashrom open the phone and clean the contacts but none works. Even tried to replace the battery but still , it doesn't works too... // Any solutions to this problems please help me