/r/windowsphone

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This little reddit hub is dedicated to Windows Phone 7, 8, Windows 10 Mobile + everything else related to them.

Welcome to /r/windowsphone

Important AMA's:

Mary Jo Foley/Dan Rubino/Brad Sams

Joe Belfiore

Rules at a glance

  • Posts must have Windows phone as the central subject
  • Duplicate posts will be removed (Search before you post)
  • Do NOT editorialize titles
  • Post the original source
  • Fanboyism of ANY sort is prohibited
  • Memes are not allowed
  • Do not blogspam (contribute to the community as much as you link your own site!)
  • Images will be removed (please post these in a self-post if it is important)
  • Personal attacks and offensive comments are not allowed
  • Only downvote if someone's not contributing to the thread, not just because you disagree with what they have to say.
  • If you're posting about your move to another platform, post it in the dedicated thread. Ignoring this rule will result in a ban.
  • Suggestions for this sub can shared in the discussion thread.

More detailed rules can be found at our guidelines page if you're still unsure.

Related subreddits

Microsoft products

/r/Windows
/r/Xbox360
/r/XboxOne
/r/Surface
/r/Bing
/r/Windows10

/r/Microsoft (If it doesn't fit anywhere else)

Windows phone communities

/r/LumiaLens (For Windows phone photography)
/r/LumiaLovers (Lumia fan club)
/r/WPDev (For Windows Platform developers)
/r/WPWishes (For app ideas)

Carrier subreddits

/r/tmobile (T-Mobile US)
/r/Verizon (Verizon Wireless USA)
/r/Sprint (Sprint US)
/r/ATT (AT&T Mobility US)

Weekly threads

Tuesday: Weekly app appreciation thread
Thursday: Weekly beginners question thread
Saturday: Is there an app for that thread
Sunday: Show us your pictures thread
Alternating Mondays: Show us your home screen thread
Alternating Mondays: Cortana thread

Windows Phone updates

Please, please do NOT ask when your update is coming (unless your phone's update has officially rolled out and your phone isn't getting it and you need help troubleshooting why). Your post will be removed.

Official /r/WindowsPhone subreddit discussion

Official "I'm Leaving" Thread

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3

Are there WP7 xaps?

I've been looking for WP7 apps for a while but never found any on the internet exept a notes app on WUT. Does anyone have an archive or something?

1 Comment
2024/12/03
11:45 UTC

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Buying a Lumia 950 battery in 2024

Hello, a month ago I bought a Lumia 950 and while it lasts for 2-3 days in power saving mode with the original battery (if I use it for reading a pdf, answering calls and etc. ), I still decided to buy a new battery. The third party battery arrives, but it does a worse job then my OEM battery (luckily I could resend it). Is it worth buying an OEM battery or I'm just better off with what I have?

3 Comments
2024/12/03
08:11 UTC

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Fix Windows Security Center Service Can't Be Started Problem

4 Comments
2024/12/02
11:43 UTC

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Windows custom rom

Hello all, Hope you are well.

I just wanna ask why the developers don't make android OS that have a custom windows UI integrated. Samsung, oppo , xiaomi and all independent phone companies are having their custom UI so why anyone do it with Window UI experience

7 Comments
2024/12/02
08:10 UTC

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Tested the Lumia 635 in 2024.

I bought a Lumia 635 on November 25 of this year 2024 at $12,000 Chilean pesos through Facebook Marketplace, today December 1, 2024 I went to pick up the phone at the seller's house, I went home and started to try some things, I didn't get to try so many apps but that's what I got to try.

Mobile data, calls and SMS: I put a prepaid SIM from Entel Chile and everything is working correctly, 3G and 4G works correctly too. Internet Explorer 11: I only managed to test google.com, in this case, google.com still works, but in its basic version, and m.youtube.com, no longer loads, instead, it just shows a screen that the browser is no longer supported to load the page. FM Radio: Nothing to say, it tunes all the radios that are in my capital where I live (Santiago). Bing:Loads the image of the day from Bing, searches are still serving this year 2024. Camera:Decent for a mid-low range cell phone of 2014.

2 Comments
2024/12/01
23:52 UTC

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Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 mobile?

Hi! I'm planning to get a phone with Windows Phone OS. I really like this system and I'm just curious what it can do these days!

So, I can't quite decide which version of the OS is better, Windows 8.1 or 10? Can you please list all the advantages of each version so that I can decide for sure? Thanks in advance!

9 Comments
2024/12/01
20:30 UTC

9

Save on SD card disabled on Windows Phone 8.1

The option is disabled even though a 64gb SD is in the phone

2 Comments
2024/12/01
19:29 UTC

6

Getting a WP in 2024

Hi, recently I've had a massive itch to play my childhood game that I used to play on my Nokia lumia back in 2015. The game is called Dragons Blade II. I have it on my windows 10 laptop but nothing beats the feeling of playing on a phone.

So I decided to get a windows phone. Now I am aware that support for them has ended, but I just want to know if it's possible for me to use the Microsoft store to download that one game, or where I can get the install file for it.

Is a Lumia 920 W8.1 32GB good? And can I download windows 10 on it?

Thanks.

6 Comments
2024/12/01
17:00 UTC

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Baconit WP8 Extended V1.3: New stuff & Critical bug fix!

It's me again! I noticed that the previous update had a critical bug, which caused battery status not updating and sometimes hardware button issues on the device. I tried to fix that, deployed the app on my device and used it for about a week, no issues so far. This update also adds some new features, more below:

Changelog

- Fixed(?) a serious bug affecting the OS

- More tweaks to the GIF viewer and Reddit gallery viewer

- Gallery now shows instead of text if the post has it. Go to comments to view the text of the post.

- YouTube links now redirect to inv.nadeko.net/embed/<video_id>

- Add Video progress, tweaks in video player

- More tweaks in the code

- Basic flair support

- Fixed some grammar and typo

- Some fixes in login and searching

- Removed some "optimize" buttons in some dropdowns and in-app web browser control

Screenshots

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Flair Support

Video progress bar

Pause button

Removed optimize button in web control because the service behind it is long gone

YouTube video player using Invidious Embed

Download: XAP file (Google Drive)

^(Original WP8 version (3.0.1.0)) ^(made by) ^(Quinn Damerell)

0 Comments
2024/12/01
13:26 UTC

18

[Tons of Japanese Retro 8bit Games working on Windows Phone] : www.baudejogos.com.br (tested on Internet Explorer)

1 Comment
2024/12/01
12:32 UTC

8

Is this site legit to get appx files from? www.appx4fun.com

8 Comments
2024/12/01
12:15 UTC

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hey, is there still a way to upgrade from windows phone 8.1 to windows 10 mobile?

any ways Iā€™ve tried havenā€™t worked like the windows device app thing for windows, I have a Nokia Lumia 830, model RM-984 059W5M7, windows phone 8.1 update 2 (8.10.15148.160). any help appreciated, thanks!

14 Comments
2024/12/01
11:57 UTC

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Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators?

Are there any for WP 8.1? I tried running them on My Boy! But that didnt work. May I have a link please if there are any?

3 Comments
2024/12/01
09:19 UTC

2

AlguƩm pode me ajudar a emular o Windows 8.1 (ou se puder o Windows 10 Mobile) no PC de forma oficial da Microsoft?

0 Comments
2024/11/30
23:17 UTC

6

How to unlock Lumia 800?

I read a couple of guides on the Lumia 800 and I think it should be possible to unlock it. However, the required tool seems to be chimeratool, which doesn't recognize the phone when running on Windows 10. Using Windows 7 doesn't help either, because then the tool fails to start the installer.

Any other ideas / advise you can give me? I would really love to finally use my Lumia 800 as a mp3 player.

6 Comments
2024/11/30
22:02 UTC

2

Nokia Lumia 635 non si accende

Ho un problema con il mio nokia lumia 635. Ogni volta che provo sa accenderlo mi appare il BSOD. Allora ho provato a fare un hard reset tenendo premuti il tasto volume giĆ¹ ĆØ il pulsante power contemporaneamente fino a quando non si sente la vibrazione. Appena tolgo il dito dal pulsante power per tenerlo solo nel tasto volume giĆ¹ al posto di apparirmi il logo del fulmine si riavvia il telefono all'infinito sempre rimanendo con il logo nokia. Volevo provare anche a collegarlo ad un pc ma,anche provando tutti i cavi USB possibili nel computer mi compariva che non riusciva a riconoscere il dispositivo,che ĆØ strano perche nel mio altro mio nokia lumia 635 nero mi funziona benissimo. Andando a vedere nel gestione dispositivi mi compare lo stesso erorre con il codice "42". Come posso risolvere questi problemi? Vorrei evitare di smontarlo per vedere se ĆØ u problema hardaware o altro. Si puĆ² fare qualcosa?

0 Comments
2024/11/30
17:52 UTC

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hello i need help

6 Comments
2024/11/29
16:32 UTC

4

Square Home icon colours

I'm probably missing something very obvious but gave up after couple of hours fiddling with settings :/
I would like to set mono, white icons on home screen and app drawer (Windows list style) and have no damn idea how. I'm able to change single icon to "Square Home" pack for individual tile, however, can't find an option to set it globally. Also, there's no option to change icon colours, only system theme that will not let me to create custom scheme for particular element. Many thanks to any suggestions.

2 Comments
2024/11/29
13:13 UTC

4

NOKIA LUMIA 525 | 1GB RAM

A few days back, I updated it to the 'Windows 10' Version 1511 in the mobile, right now I'm unable to 'Recording Video' and keeps me giving an error, any help would be appreciated.

2 Comments
2024/11/29
08:54 UTC

10

File explorer on wp 8.1, Lumia 1020

Hi

When I had lumia 735 (8.1), it used to have file explorer, where I could see all the files.

I recently bought Lumia 1020, running on 8.1, it received latest update as well, but cannot find file explorer in it.

How can I enable that?

(Without unlocking bootloader or any such major temporing)

11 Comments
2024/11/29
08:06 UTC

2

How to play FLAC files WP 8.1 Lumia 1020

I have transferred some high quality music flac files, but they're not turning up in Mix Radio or Music player. How can I play them on my wp 8.1?

2 Comments
2024/11/29
08:02 UTC

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Anyway to jailbreak WP7.5 in 2024?

3 Comments
2024/11/29
01:30 UTC

3

Nokia lumia 1020 bloqueado

Necesito desbloquear mi Nokia lumia 1020 el cual tiene bloqueo de pantalla necesito recuperar datos que tiene, pero he intentado muchas maneras desde recordar la contraseƱa hasta usar app para desbloquearlo pero la pc no lo detecta entonces son limitadas las opciones

1 Comment
2024/11/29
01:29 UTC

4

Lumia 520 not turning on

i was flashing my windows lumia 520 phone and it died mid flash now it wont turn on or get recognize by my pc is there a fix ??

6 Comments
2024/11/28
17:41 UTC

183

Finally got a Lumia 930 in 2024

Finally found a refurbished Lumia 930! Phone looks brand new, though i think i need to replace the battery. got it for around $50

I am a very experienced C# developer and is planning to develop apps for this. Which platform should i focus on, WM10 or 8.1. I know there is UWP but of course i want to maximize performance as much as possible.

Also im planning to get a 950 next! Maybe in a week or so

20 Comments
2024/11/28
10:06 UTC

3

Is there a working Windows 10 Mobile reddit client?

Hi all! I'm currently using Baconit (the WP8.1 version) but i was wondering if theres a reddit client that was made for Windows 10 Mobile which still has a working login. Does anybody know if there is one?

4 Comments
2024/11/28
08:21 UTC

86

Cortana for Windows Phone (Concept)

I made a concept of what Cortana, the extinct Windows Artificial Intelligence, would look like on Windows Phone

11 Comments
2024/11/28
05:53 UTC

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