r/windowsphone Mar 26 '22

r/Windowsphone newbie guide - please start here!

155 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 An archived version of the old Wiki from back when WP was still a supported OS is still available in a link at the end of the page.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 10h ago

My view of a modern windows phone OS

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105 Upvotes

I tried to make a modern version of modern windows phone!

I call it Windows Phone 10.1, and feedback would be super appriciated! I hope you all like it, and you can try it out here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJg1rIsAQhh43-8gPVmZJmrAr_R0MUk420YX73V7YNNbe81Q/viewform?usp=dialog


r/windowsphone 9h ago

News Newsly7 - Windows Phone 7 News Reader

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68 Upvotes

3 days left on summer holiday, I will burst my soul left until school starts

Newsly7 - WP7 News Reader Preview 1 is out!

=Notes: Some Thumbnail cant load due to low ram on WP7..=

Whats new + Features: Clean UI with text-less tile in start Live Update toast notification to notify you latest news 3 Sections for you to choose with refresh button App is now live on preview mode.

Made by ChockingNetDude With Super Hard work + Rush

Download:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/6ckkxewrxl2troe/Newsly7_P1.xap/file


r/windowsphone 14h ago

HTC Radar

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93 Upvotes

Definitely a looker when most phones were just black slabs at the time.


r/windowsphone 3h ago

Support The 5€ Lumia 630..pt2

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10 Upvotes

So, i finally found a battery, and it powers on. How do I unlock the bootloader?? Where can I find XAPs? What apps support WMobile 8.1? Also, as you can see in the 2nd pic, I cant sign into mail. Are there any certificate stuffs I have to download? Thanks!


r/windowsphone 7h ago

Ten years already?!

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18 Upvotes

November 2010 was quite significant for me... And probably you.


r/windowsphone 13h ago

Should I buy it all?

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37 Upvotes

You see, I have a budget of around €70-€100, I already have a 520, this combo is more or less affordable for me, what do you think?


r/windowsphone 16h ago

News CnWeather - Windows Phone 7 weather app (fix bugs, live tile, new UI)

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53 Upvotes

CNWeather - Your Best WP7 Weather App support over 40+ countries First exclusive release here to our precious WP7 mates!

===Notes: this app is minimal, so don't expect I will be doing big features like ots...=== Features & Testing: Added OVER 40 COUNTRIES FOR YOU TO CHOOSE Beautiful and elegant UI with Live tile update 3 days forecast are added..! Mood Match which recommends your work today.. for what .. :D LIVE NOTIFICATION PER 4 HOURS, Live tile Update per 30minutes (Data not tile)

Made by chocking net dude Lets revive windows phone 7..

Download here:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/qszda2bmpfounuj/CnWeatherP1.xap/file


r/windowsphone 29m ago

Question Any apps still work on Windows Phone 8.1?

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Hi, im thinking of buying a windows phone, now I know they are basically useless now, but Im just wondering if any third party apps work as I could probably install their xap files onto it, do apps like Instagram BETA, Twitter, Spotify and Facebook still work? If you could let me know that would be great thank you.


r/windowsphone 2h ago

Fluff got me a (kind of working but suprisingly turns on) lumia 625

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1 Upvotes

1st pic is when i got it from the brazillian fair with its broken yellow case it came with

2nd is the same lumia with the new back case since the old one was broken

3rd one is when it was in the spinning cog screen

its on an boot loop atm and the battery is not good on this so i might take this to the repair shop to replace the battery


r/windowsphone 3h ago

News Windows Phone 11 is delayed, maybe even cancelled.

0 Upvotes

Don't wanna tell the reason, let's just say 2 of our helpers leaved from us and I don't think we couldnt really do something with 3 people. So, yea.


r/windowsphone 7h ago

Question Where do I get ffu and emergency files?

2 Upvotes

WPInternals and WDRT doesn’t seem to be working, so where do I get the files for my phone? I have a lumia 920


r/windowsphone 16h ago

Discussion They tried to create an ecosystem. - One experience. Windows on your phone.

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8 Upvotes

r/windowsphone 1d ago

First Gen Windows Phone?

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38 Upvotes

And I mean Windows Phone, not Windows Mobile. Pretty sure these handsets were the first WP7 devices.


r/windowsphone 10h ago

Help for lumia 920

2 Upvotes

Hi, I have a lumia 920 (rm-821) and i search a firmware lumia black (wp 8.0) but I can't find it anywhere. I already searched on Lumia firmware and on the Telegram bot does anyone have the ffu file?


r/windowsphone 18h ago

Support Error while unlocking the bootloader

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6 Upvotes

r/windowsphone 23h ago

disney dream treats lost media app on Windows phone

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17 Upvotes

imagine if the windows phone os still continued with the windows phone 11(2021), had been since first on the Surface Phone 6/6XL(2021) btw anyways, the disney dream treats app would had been removed on microsoft store on windows phone in 2019 or 2020.


r/windowsphone 1d ago

Before AND After..

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79 Upvotes

Years ago, I came across this image years ago that someone altered when Flanders had the left handed store. So I tweaked it more, around 2012.


r/windowsphone 1d ago

Prototypes

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116 Upvotes

r/windowsphone 8h ago

i apologize for saying the accidentaly F-Word on this r/windowsphone subreddit. cuz i didn't knew swearing could make moderators remove the posts on reddit subreddits.

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0 Upvotes

Btw, which surface phone(has windows phone 10, later have windows phone 11 first on the Surface Phone 6/6XL from 2021)can you get?

(note : the 10 surface phones wasn't made by microsoft but there were cool if microsoft released them.)

and i will not swear on the windows phone subreddit ever again.


r/windowsphone 10h ago

Which phone is better? surface phone 9(2024), or the Nokia Lumia phones

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0 Upvotes

Note : I like both the Lumia and Surface Phone(2015-present) series. Your opinion handled by me. “The Surface Phone better than iPhone. It has the best live tiles.” - CNET (I’m just making fictional stuff real lol)


r/windowsphone 2d ago

Lumia 930

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142 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 23h ago

Surface Phone 3/3XL(2017) TV Commercial

1 Upvotes

has 24/7 waterproof. note : the 3d models was made with 3D Paint by me.


r/windowsphone 2d ago

Xbox Live on Windows Phone..7

79 Upvotes

r/windowsphone 1d ago

Geez, 14 years ago already

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9 Upvotes

r/windowsphone 1d ago

How to Dev Unlock WP 8.1 now?

6 Upvotes

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.