r/windowsphone Mar 26 '22

r/Windowsphone newbie guide - please start here!

156 Upvotes

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 An archived version of the old Wiki from back when WP was still a supported OS is still available in a link at the end of the page.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 5h ago

Prototypes

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35 Upvotes

r/windowsphone 12h ago

Lumia 930

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93 Upvotes

I have this WP, a Lumia 930 with W10. I'd like to know how to install apps. I downloaded an app pack I found on Archiment but couldn't install it. I'll use it as a music player.


r/windowsphone 14h ago

Xbox Live on Windows Phone..7

52 Upvotes

r/windowsphone 15h ago

I was missing windows phone & my teenage years. Tried a launcher for the first time

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47 Upvotes

The new setup is nice, I can put productivity apps to the left and rest to the right, better for organization


r/windowsphone 2h ago

Geez, 14 years ago already

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3 Upvotes

r/windowsphone 37m ago

How to Dev Unlock WP 8.1 now?

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I have tried unlocking my Samsung ATIV S I just bought 1 month ago, but haven't been succesful. WP 8.1 SDK Dev Registration tool doesn't work and gives an error. I also have a Lumia 920, but don't want to risk it. So, is it possible to Dev Unlock and therefore Interop Unlock the Samsung ATIV S? Verison is 8.10.12400.899. I mainly need to sideload apps.


r/windowsphone 1d ago

What if? surface phone

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75 Upvotes

r/windowsphone 11h ago

recent t-mobile 4gLTE dead in Orange County, CA?

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Hey everyone,

So on August 15th I was flying back to OC from the midwest, and the once perfect LTE i had at home vanished.

I have a 950, a 1020, and two 925s. none of them get LTE anymore.

I've tried 3 other sim cards as well.

I've driven all over orange county and nothing.

Are there any other t-mobile windows phone users here in OC?

I've also called T-Mobile and they said they havent done any 5g "upgrades" or anything in my area, they said they've left the LTE alone.

This really sucks cuz the 2g where im at is scarce at best. so im without any reception 90% of the time :P

Or is this some other issue, any help is appreciated.

thank you.


r/windowsphone 1d ago

HTC HD7 with WP 7.0

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121 Upvotes

My HTC HD7. Was looking for a phone with Windows Phone 7.0, you know, the OS without copy & paste.. Kept finding 7.5 and 7.8, then found this. 7.0 also used a round logo, went to tile (square) after. The kickstand is neat.


r/windowsphone 11h ago

rare footage of marcuqes brownlee switching to the Surface Phone 2/2XL(2016)(Also that video was 8 years ago)

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0 Upvotes

note i pretending that the surface phone series was real and im pretending that the video was real


r/windowsphone 21h ago

Problem with the new live store

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I have a nokia lumia 735 with win 10 and i have decided to install the new live store. It does not install! i have already enable developer options, but it kept not installing. Is it beecause is only for win 8.0 & 8.1

P.S. I have tried other xaps from the web portal and i had the same result


r/windowsphone 1d ago

Question Updating Lumia 950 to its final Windows 10 version?

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Probably a question that’s been asked a lot here, but I can’t seem to find a definitive guide yet

I got this sealed 950 unit alongside the problematic 930 I posted about earlier. Thankfully, this one is ready to use out of the box. I just swapped its battery, and it feels brand new (because it is!)

its still running an old 1511 build, any way to update it to its final Win 10 version before it got discontinued? OTA update no longer works, is there a specific tool should use?


r/windowsphone 1d ago

I finally decided to switch to Windows Phone

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93 Upvotes

r/windowsphone 1d ago

Support Nokia Lumia 1520 login issues

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9 Upvotes

Hey guys. I recently bought the Lumia 1520. I owned one back in the day and loved the camera on it.

Im just trying to login to OneDrive etc and I keep getting it asking for the location, date and time. When I confirm it, it just keeps saying there is an issue.

Can anyone help me?


r/windowsphone 2d ago

See? Not swollen

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80 Upvotes

In my previous post, someone thought I had a swollen battery but let me assure you that was lighting and reflection.


r/windowsphone 1d ago

Question How would one fix this?

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3 Upvotes

long story short, bricked it by accidentally unplugging it diring an ffu flash


r/windowsphone 1d ago

Opera Mini

2 Upvotes

Does anyone have the Opera Mini xap file? xapp4fun download link is down


r/windowsphone 2d ago

HTC 8XT

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228 Upvotes

Another from my collection.


r/windowsphone 2d ago

Question Got a WP7 device. What do I do next?

11 Upvotes

Hi everybody, recently I was able to purchase a near-mint condition Lumia 900. This is actually my third-ever windows phone I own, but my previous ones didn't function, so I couldn't do much with them. Since I don't have a lot of experience, I would be glad if you could reccomend some stuff I should do with it to get it up and running.


r/windowsphone 1d ago

Trying to find old pokemon copy called poke rpg/poke rpg 2 ~2015

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I remember playing this game when i was yoyunger on my dad's windows phone, pretty sure i played it on pc too. I've also found some images of the game while looking for a download of it... If you got any info on it or if you have the file or link, pls say something...


r/windowsphone 1d ago

Question anyway to update lumia 925 to win 10 mobile

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r/windowsphone 3d ago

Managed to get my hands on some prototypes

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226 Upvotes

One 640 with concealed design, one 900 and three 925, two white and one black. Unfortunately only the 640 is running internal software, the other four are on public release OS versions.


r/windowsphone 3d ago

Lumia 630 Gaming

115 Upvotes

Modern combat 4 zero hour, Need for speed Hot pursuit, Mini motor racing, Lets golf 2


r/windowsphone 2d ago

Question How to Root Access?

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I have Lumia 625 and when i want to make root aceess with wp internals my phone doesn't enter to mass storage mode


r/windowsphone 2d ago

Question Windows Phone (HP Elite x3) won't show the "This Device" file system when connected to PC; only shows all folders like AppInstall, CommonFiles, CriticalData, etc., and I can't find where files are saved from the phone

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I downloaded apps from the Live Store to my PC and am trying to copy them from PC to the HP Elite x3. But while originally it did show the "This Device" folder with Downloads, Documents, etc., when plugged in, now it only shows what seems to be a root directory, and I can't find any "Downloads" folder anywhere.