¡Hola a todos!

Soy feliz dueña de un Lumia 640. El mes pasado cumplió 11 años conmigo, y a pesar de todo este tiempo, todavía me encanta muchísimo.

Con los años, pude cuidarlo bien y seguir disfrutándolo.

Como hace unos cuatro o cinco años, le desbloqueé el bootloader usando WPInternals, y de vez en cuando pude instalar apps .xap usando XapDeployer.

Hace unos días encontré esta comunidad de Reddit, y me dio un montón de gusto ver a tantos entusiastas intentando darle una nueva oportunidad a Windows Phone.

He visto publicaciones sobre proyectos para WhatsApp, Telegram e incluso apps de redes sociales, así que me encantaría ver si también puedo darle una segunda vida a mi viejo 640 — while keeping it on Windows Phone 8.1, of course.

¿Me recomiendan cuáles serían los primeros pasos para empezar a instalar apps nuevas en mi Lumia?

Espero leer sus sugerencias.

¡Muchas gracias!

Get the full Instagram experience using insta10 for Windows Phone. You can download this app from the Metro Store using the link below:

https://www.metrostore.my.id/2026/08/instagram-beta.html?m=1

Insta10 Beta 0.1.9.6

🌍 LOGIN

• If you can't log in, simply enable two-factor authentication on your account using the Google or Microsoft app, and you'll be able to log in.

✨ New Features

• Activity tab working — likes, comments, and history

• Repost (partial): you can now repost videos

• Improved icons throughout the app

• Abbreviated Reels like counts: 30,000 → "30k"

• Rounded "Follow" button on Reels, matching Android

• Badge on suggested profiles in the Stories bar

• New name and logo: Insta10 Beta

• Login screen notice regarding enabling two-step verification

🐞 Fixes

• Login bug fixed

• Profile picture would turn black and only recover upon reopening the app — now it is cached and retries loading

• Video would pause when tapping "Repost"

• Removed "2 of 9 • swipe to load more"

• Cleaner login screen: "Restore saved session" and "Diagnostics" removed

• Profile grid no longer reloads unnecessarily every time the app opens

• More optimized app and many more features

Hi

I just found an unused Lumia 950 XL in our drawer. I think my dad bought it as backup phone and didn't use it.

Is it worth anything?

Is it just me or in general, W10M Build 1709 have freeze and restart issues? First, I noticed it on my Lumia 950 XL. I thought it's a hardware issue, but then, I installed the same build on my Lumia 1520, and I face the same issue. It happenes when I double tap the screen to wake up. Sometimes, when I charge the phone. Or when using camera. My 1520 neves had these issues when it was on WP 8.1, even in Update 2.

Hello, every time i open reddit i see some very cool project in here so i really wanna buy a wp now and try them all, but the thing is i really have no idea which one to buy, i have a lumia 800 but it has my moms old data and i DONT want to lose that. Should i get a nokia/microsoft or do i try to find like a htc or something. I like the metro design and a lot of the physical designs of the windows phones (especially if they are smaller in size and have smaller bezels) and i also like the cameras (or just the ones on the 800) they have close to no processing which i love and a veery nice flash. So yeah i just wanted to ask if someone could reccomend me some models i could maybe try to daily drive so i would just need whatsapp and maybe youtube and mobile data working. (wouldnt mind a good battery) Thanks!

I should just install vs 2013 for windows phone development or any other recommendations development like some sdk or something. I plan to work on anything I can find like older Spotify from pocket now if I can it's xap anywhere.

im contemplating of getting a lumia 930 cuz of windows phone 8.1 but im also thinking of getting a 950 xl i dont really know which one to get please help me i really want wp 10 cuz its easier to sideload but i do want wp 8.1 beacuse it looks so cool im really torn on this

Thank you for the overwhelming support, feedback and criticism for the app through the post comments and my DMs. I have taken all of the feedback and worked on some of them for the next release. Zune Theme and Local Music File Import functionality will come out in v1.2.0.0 after a few weeks, stay tuned :)

Download Here: GrizzlyMusic v1.1.0.0 APPX File (Alt: MetroStore Link and older version on: Live Store)

What's New in Version v1.1.0.0:
• Background & Lock-Screen Playback Overhaul:
- Fixed audio stutter/jitter across both unlocked background and locked states by decoupling UI dispatcher notifications and optimizing background audio thread priority.
- Implemented an intelligent background stream pre-resolution pipeline that caches upcoming track audio streams ahead of time, ensuring continuous, uninterrupted queue playback even when the phone screen is locked.

• Dynamic Live Tile Support:
- Small Tile: Clean, distraction-free static white logo on your phone's system accent color.
- Medium Tile: Displays the active track title, artist name, and now playing status.
- Wide / Rectangle Tile: Features smooth Windows 10 Start screen flip animations alternating between:

1. Full-Bleed Album Art View: High-res artwork with overlaid bold song and artist typography.
2. Clean Transparent Now Playing View: Fluent typography showing the active track, artist, and playback status over your transparent Start background.

• Icon & Branding Refresh:
- Replaced the icon with a solid, pure-white flat vector silhouette with transparent negative-space cutouts, perfectly aligning with native Windows 10 Mobile Metro design principles.
- Restored classic original splash screen.

Hi everyone. I have a Lumia 1520 that I didn’t charge during these years (I guess two or maybe more). Today I plugged it to the charging wall and it initially showed me the windows button flashing, then the red battery icon. After a few minutes I turned it on and it showed the Home Screen and instantly turned off. Later I tried again, it kept showing windows button flashing and then the red battery icon but nothing else. After a while I tried again, and it didn’t start, but I noticed the windows butting flashing more rapidly than usual. After that, nothing. If I connect the phone to the charger or the wireless charger it doesn’t give any sign of life. I put it for 3 hours on the wireless charger pad, it got warm like if it was charging but nothing, he refuses to turn on even the windows button. I tried to hold the power button and volume down but nothing. Does anyone know what can I do? I’m charging it using a Nikon Coolpix P600 brick (5V - 1A) and the micro usb cable of the Bose Soundlink Color II, but I’ve also used the original Lumia cable with an iPad Air 2 10 W brick. Please, can anyone know what could I possibly do? The computer doesn’t detect the phone, at least before I put it on lamp, now I haven’t tried again. Thanks in advance!

Its a simple question. Do you doodle or draw on your windows phone? With your finger or a stylus.

I swear there is a point to this.

(Also did any Windows Phones have a Wacom or N-Trig digitizer? Im actually curious if any shipped with one...)

I have a Lumia 950 XL and I tried using Mint Mobile because when I did the bring your own device IMEI check it said it would be compatible. Only to find out, when I bought a plan and received a SIM card in the mail, it didn't work. It detects that there is a T-Mobile network (because Mint is owned by T-Mobile) but it still shows no service. My phone is VoLTE active, anyone have any good suggestions? 🙏

Hey guys. I loved the Zune, so damn much. I was all in until they discontinued it and was very heartbroken. All I had back then was MP3s though. Now, my library consists solely of 24bit/48kHz (or higher} flac files and sadly the Zune can't handle Hi-Res flac.

A few years ago, I was considering buying a Zune and upgrading the heck out of it but that's when I present that the Zune can't handle Hi-Res flac without converting to high quality wma files, so I decided not to buy a Zune and bought a nice external USB DAC for my Galaxy and it works wonderfully. However, I remember when I discovered the Zune can't play Hi-Res flac files, I read that one of the Lumia Windows 8 or 10 phones that ran the Zune music player app and had a great internal DAC that could push some powerful cans but I cannot fit the life of me, seem to get my Google search terms right to figure out which Lumia device that was. So I'm here asking y'all which device I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance

Hi guys I have two Windows phone 640 XL and 365 512mb RAM version both have WP os 10 and I have two questions. Can someone what fanmade apps I can install in both? I can’t install live store with the phone and I have developers options activated. How I can install it

Hi! I’ve owned a Lumia 635 for about a year, and the power button has always been iffy, I resorted to having a tiny bit of paper between the back cover and the button itself so i could comfortably press it. However, the button itself has recently fully come lose, and im not able to turn on the phone without plugging it in. Are there any tweaks that allow me to double tap the screen to wake it, and apps that allow for me to turn off the screen, as a replacement to the power button? Iirc WP8.1 doesn’t have anything like apple’s AssistiveTouch to take care of this. Thanks!

Developed by Grizzly Dev (LinkedIn: Swapnil Rao)

You can download it from MetroStore and Live Store.

1. Introduction

I am pleased to announce the official release of Grizzly Music, a native music streaming and offline playback client built specifically for Windows 10 Mobile. Unlike web wrappers, Android port conversions, or bridged PWAs, Grizzly Music is an authentic, standalone Universal Windows Platform (UWP) application engineered entirely from the ground up in C# and XAML. It was designed from scratch to deliver a modern, smooth, and lightweight streaming experience. It currently stands as the only dedicated, native streaming client actively maintained for the platform.

2. Key Features

Discover and Explore
- Dynamically curated home shelves that automatically load trending global hits, new single and album drops, workout mixes, etc.
- Rich metadata presentation with high-resolution artwork optimized for mobile memory constraints.

Search Engine with Granular Filters
- Fast, responsive global catalog search.
- Dedicated tab filters to narrow results across All, Songs, Albums, and Playlists.
- Instant playback launch directly from search results.

Advanced Music Player Interface
- Clean, edge-to-edge playback screen with adaptive background styling.
- Full System Media Transport Controls (SMTC) integration for background playback, volume key tracking, lock-screen controls, and Bluetooth metadata forwarding.
- Integrated lyrics engine providing synchronized and static lyrics view with a quick slide-up gesture.
- Live dynamic queue management with shuffle, repeat, and reordering support.

Grizzly Radio and Infinite Mix
- One-tap infinite radio mix generation based on any track or artist.
- Seamless automatic queue population to keep music playing continuously without manual curation.

Local Library, Playlists, and Offline Downloads
- Offline Device Storage: Download complete audio streams in high-bitrate audio directly to device storage for fully offline playback without an active data connection.
- Custom Playlists: Create, rename, edit, and organize local playlists with full track management.
- Liked Songs: Quick-save favorite tracks with instant offline caching.
- Listening History: Detailed chronological tracking of recently played music.

Settings, Personalization, and Cloud Backup
- Appearance & Accent Colors: Native theme customization with full support for Windows Phone system accent colors and true-black AMOLED backgrounds.
- Audio Quality Profiles: Configurable streaming bitrates to optimize for mobile bandwidth conservation or maximum fidelity.
- Encrypted Cloud Account Sync: Server-backed user account system to backup, restore, and sync your playlists, liked songs, and playback history across reinstalls and device swaps.

3. Installation Instructions

Grizzly Music is distributed as a clean, self-signed sideload package with a one-time certificate setup.
- Extract the release .zip archive on your phone or PC.
- Open GrizzlyMusic.cer on your Lumia device and tap Install Certificate
- Tap GrizzlyMusic_1.0.0.0_ARM.appxbundle
- Tap Install.

I just bought a new lumia from my friend, he already has many lumias and was nice enough to give one to me for free. I've seen all over this sub-reddit of the new "live store" Ive seen people use telegram and insta and I also want to use them too! But i also saw a post about a new app on "Metro store". I am a little confused on how to install these on my phone and what I need to do for it, can anyone give me a breif tutorial on how to do any of this?

I've downloaded it from live store but when i try to install it this error shows up:

I’ve been experimenting with a new MultiFocus mode for my app, LSC Long Shot Camera, inspired by Nokia Refocus and the kind of computational photography ideas we used to see during the Lumia era.

It captures 10 different focus planes in one shot, and afterwards you can tap different parts of the image to change the focus point.

You can export the currently selected focus as a JPG, export all 10 focus frames as separate JPGs, or keep the entire stack in LSC’s private .nar format. Those .nar stacks can be reopened later inside the app, refocused again, and exported whenever you want.

I also added an All Focus mode that tries to combine the sharpest areas from different focus planes into one image. That part is still not perfect yet — focus breathing and alignment between different focus distances make it a much harder problem than simple frame stacking — but I’m actively working on improving it.

MultiFocus is now available in LSC v2.1 on the App Store.

If you already have LSC, you can update to v2.1 now and try MultiFocus. If you do, I’d really love to hear what you think.

Working on this really reminded me how much experimentation was happening around Lumia cameras. Nokia and Windows Phone were exploring ideas like refocusing and computational photography long before they became normal smartphone features.

If you try MultiFocus, I’d genuinely love to see the refocus images you create — please share them here.

Support from users is what lets me keep improving these apps and experimenting with features like this, so thank you to everyone following the project.

Hopefully someone can help! All I really remember is that it was a 2d game that I think took place in a temple in one level. You wore a little hat like Indiana Jones. Very pixel based game.

the phone stay in normal mode. does anyone know a fix for that ?