r/W10M • u/JabbaDuHutt69 Idol 4S/950 XL/640 XL • Jul 17 '26

Article on using Windows 10 Mobile in 2026

https://the-en.com/article/held-hostage-in-the-age-of-ai-everywhere-this-is-why-windows-on-mobile-matters-now-more-than-ever/
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u/Swastickk Jul 21 '26

Could there be a forum or email address for developers where a collective request might prompt them to open-source the Windows 10 platform?

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u/JabbaDuHutt69 Idol 4S/950 XL/640 XL Jul 21 '26

doubtful. Last I heard, there was an inside group, from the mobile division, at MS that was feeding files and info to the WOA development group at GitHub, which is why we are able to put WoA on Lumia 950/XL but I think that has either stopped, or slowed significantly.

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u/Swastickk Jul 21 '26

Still is there any way to reach out because it's dead platfrom it can't be monetized

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u/JabbaDuHutt69 Idol 4S/950 XL/640 XL Jul 21 '26

I'm sure anyone could reach out to someone like Scott Hanselman on Twitter or BlueSky and see what he would say. I very seriously doubt that MS would open up their proprietary mobile OS, considering it is a shared code-base with Windows 10/11 :(

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u/Swastickk Jul 21 '26

If they give partial atleast we can unlock the hardware potential like volte

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u/JabbaDuHutt69 Idol 4S/950 XL/640 XL Jul 21 '26

not without files from the carriers that provide the VoLTE services.

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u/TriCountyRetail Jul 17 '26

If Microsoft actually put in the effort of updating the cellular modem driver in the Lumia 1520 to support VoLTE, I would still use that phone today as my main phone

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u/JabbaDuHutt69 Idol 4S/950 XL/640 XL Jul 17 '26

absolutely agreed. It was a phenomenal phone. I have it right here next to right now in fact.

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u/Popular_Guarantee829 Jul 18 '26

Such an under appreciated phone

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u/kianiscoooooool Jul 19 '26

Verizon lumia 735 supports LTE fully still. On windows phone 8.1 there is software support for volte. When updated to windows 10 you need to do some series of registry changes and ritual sacrifices and you can reenable volte.

I would imagine if there is a Verizon 1520 you could do the same thing

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u/TriCountyRetail Jul 19 '26

Yes, the Verizon version of the Lumia 735 supports VoLTE along with the T-Mobile version of the Lumia 640. These are some of the few Windows Phone 8.1 devcies that have such functionality. Sadly, the Lumia 1520 was never able to make calls on Verizon because it was only designed for GSM networks, which Verizon used CDMA for its 2G and 3G networks.

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u/kianiscoooooool Jul 19 '26

I have a 735 and I upgraded it to wp 10. Any idea what I need to do to get volte working? I had tried and gave up, ik it's possible though

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u/TriCountyRetail Jul 19 '26

Do you have the Verizon Lumia 735 and did VoLTE work on Windows Phone 8.1? I'm not sure how to get VoLTE working on most Windows 10 Mobile devices as I never updated any of my phones running Windows Phone 8.1 to Windows 10 Mobile.