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Looks like Microsoft mobile ecosystem is going into uncontrollable collapse. Just like star is out of nuclear fuel and is rapidly collapsing into the black hole.

Absolutely no good news for months, anyone is leaving Microsoft Mobile boat (or looks like that), Microsoft itself is silent and at best is making utterly vague and noncommittal statements.

Next major and absolutely destructive ecosystem collapse event will be official shutdown of support for all basic communication and social service apps with suggestion to use them in web browser (at best) - Instagram, Facebook, Viber, Whats App - name it!

This scenario of mass destruction is already unfolding - Amazon and Ebay are already have did it, for example.

Will be happy if this scenario would be wrong. But because of Microsoft ambiguity and total avoidance of clear speak for almost a year (best words from Microsoft was "we anyway will develop Windows 10 Mobile") combined with gradual shutdown of Lumia, Band is clearly seen by absolute majority of people (no matter, like they Microsoft Mobile or not) as the already started uncontrollable and rapid ecosystem collapse into the black hole.

That's all folks! I would be extremely happy to be wrong! Actually I pray to God that it did not happen, but rationally its an obvious "game over". Its fate is sealed.

I'm no way Windows Phone/Mobile hater. I indeed developing apps for it as a hobby and is Windows Phone enthusiast for years. I will be here until it finally collapse (if it's collapse). But what I feel is a feeling of the end witnessed. Statements such as "we, Microsoft, will turn to corporative users instead" at Ignite, followed by Lenovo official rejection to make Windows 10 Mobile phones because of "OS future is unclear and we don't know if Microsoft would shut it down in near future" - it's a Biblical writing on the wall, no less.

I love my Lumia 950 but the app gap has only got wider in the last few months. I have seen a few articles dotted around from brave people who have attempted to flash their Lumias and install Android. As far as I know, there does not exist an established method for the 950.

I want to understand why this is. The Snapdragon 808 is the same as it commonly used in Android phones so my understanding is that there is a good chance that Android should work on it, if it can be installed on the ROM and booted (i.e. Secureboot disabled or bypassed). Of course, some things might not work properly, where there doesn't exist a driver but I would guess that we're talking about minor features.

I want to understand more about how this might be possible. I have not attempted anything like this before but I have a good (decade or so!) background in programming etc. and am willing to accept sensible risks to my handset given its resale value is pretty low.

Google Chrome is so slow on my phone, &nd firefox doesn't want to work correctly it freezes after 10 min and close, so I really want to use edge on my phone, so please Help!

also sorry if this not the place to ask, and if so, please tell me where to ask. &nd thanks in advance

I bought the Lumia 950, about 6 months ago. Decided it was a great buy, much better than my Galaxy S4, right? Well from day 1 I got the phone, I've had a restarting issue. What is that! Well, after months of troubleshooting, trying to figure it out myself and even swapping parts, nothing is working and I'm stumped.

Some people told me it was the SD card, so I took it out. Still crashes when trying to use Panorama, record video, or whenever it wants. Which is one after the other after the other after the other, until it decides THAT is the spot it'll stay, until I try to use it, then it restarts a bunch.

Some told me it was the battery, the battery is bad, nope. AIDA64 says everything is Hawaii over in the battery department, but I went ahead and swapped the battery. Did the problem go away? Nope!

So it was left in my hands for a factory reset. And I did! But not without some trouble. At first it told me that it can't reset then shot about 7 different error codes, all different. Then it wouldn't let me disable Iris scanner, because it didn't want me to? I guess?

But I got it reset, and setup, charged it up to 100%, then unplug it. And, it dies. So I plug it in again, and goes through booting itself and restarting about 20 times. Then it's good to GO WELL kinda almost. It decides that it can't install apps, throws an error code that I need to reset again, and I did. This time I went insider slow.

And it bricked my 950. So, went back to Anniversary, and all is well, I can kinda use my phone but I don't push it to its limits like full screen brightness or anything like that, don't want to overload it.

Congratulations, /u/jenmsft, and the rest of the employees at Microsoft, you did it. You made a broken phone, broke it more just to drive away fans, I'm guessing? Good job. I'm not leaving Windows Mobile. I'm not mad at any of you, I'm just really, really fucking disappointed.

I realy want snapchat and real youtube and real instagram is there any way i can get them or some third party apps???

Does anybody have some theories about the new microsoft's "smart device/phone"? Because I would like to hear enything about it BRING IT ON

Someone should start a reddit for the real windows mobile :(

Does anyone know if its possible to get any of the red alert games on windows mobile? Either via emulator or other means. Red alert one is a free game on windows desktop but I would like to play on it mobile.

if it is working wow you 2015 nostalgia

https://c.org/6F2jczgbLJ petition to bring back Windows mobile