Student gets Windows 11 running on a Windows Phone

Re:Student gets Windows 11 running on a Windows Phone by fps_doug on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @06:22AM (#27746362)

Yes. I really would want a bootloader unlock, and unlimited side-loading for Windows Phone 8-10. One last update that enables this would be so awesome, although you'd also need a Visual Studio version that doesn't require a dev account, but there's probably hacks for that.

I just like collecting old and obscure HW and actually use it. WP8.1 is unusable: Store shut down, no new apps. Logging in with your live account doesn't work anymore. If you were already logged in, you could keep using it for quite some while, but in January, the calendar stopped syncing with your live account, and since then, it will regularly wipe all appointments you add, so it's completely unusable, even without cloud sync. MSN weather is also broken, and I can't get an alternative app.

Today you can show people how tech from 30 years ago worked. The same isn't true for anything made today, or 10 years ago.

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Re:Student gets Windows 11 running on a Windows Phone by somebody_amzn on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @06:34AM (#27746463)

For Windows 10 Mobile, app sideloading with any signature has been implemented since the beginning. You can just install a .appx(bundle) directly, with no dev account system being present unlike WP8(.1).

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Re:Student gets Windows 11 running on a Windows Phone by fps_doug on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @07:27AM (#27746921)

True, that part was specific to WP8(.1), which is actually my favorite. It just seems so lean and no-nonsense, very unmicrosofty.

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