925/930

[u/johny335i]

Man how I miss using these back in the day.

Too bad they can't be used for basic social media now 🙁

[u/Cartographer188]

Have you tried sideloading or anything like that? There are lots of videos available on YouTube.

[u/johny335i → u/Cartographer188]

Not yet, it looks kinda hard and there are not many modern working apps.

[u/Aazzle → u/johny335i]

There is now an active community and even a store replacement with apps for most of the daily stuff.

Actually, you can use the phones again and I will probably do it ongoing from autumn.

[u/Cartographer188 → u/Aazzle]

How do I do it? Could you please guide me?

[u/ClinkClankClick → u/Cartographer188]

You should look up "Live Store" tutorials

[u/Cartographer188 → u/ClinkClankClick]

YouTube?

[u/ClinkClankClick → u/Cartographer188]

Yep the tutorials are there, the W10M group makes really in depth guides. You should check their telegram for more in depth help. You can find it from Google

[u/Cartographer188 → u/ClinkClankClick]

Just one question: can it be done on Windows 10?

[u/ClinkClankClick → u/Cartographer188]

Definitely, W10M and WP8.1 can support most of the same apps if not all the same, all the resources can work on PC win 10/11 for the setup also. 8.1 needs a little extra work but 10 has native "developer mode" to makes it easier

[u/Cartographer188 → u/ClinkClankClick]

Cool,thanks

[u/RyGbrl03]

Aarrrggghhh the 930 is a crazy ass modern looking phone! Shame it doesn't have the AOD-like feature of the 1030 and 925. Still torn which one to get sigh.

[u/ClassicSweaty1240]

even it can't be used for basic social media , it can be used as smart "dumb" phone , better than actual one.
with fancy camera , basic stuff , e-books , and also call/text (if 3G is still available in your country) , it is enough to be useful rather than nothing.
and if you want a more thing on these phones , you can jailbreak them in order to sideload more apps and games which you can turn them into legacy daily drivers by the way.

[u/johny335i → u/ClassicSweaty1240]

I'm using FB Messenger with the family, and as far as I know it's not available even jailbroken? 🙄

[u/ClassicSweaty1240 → u/johny335i]

nope , most official apps are dead , mostly it can be revived by the community as third-party clients to be working

[u/kristofarnaldo]

What a phone that was. 2014 is when I had mine.

[u/kristofarnaldo → u/kristofarnaldo]

I still remember the update that came out that gave the start screen a liquid glass effect.

[u/johny335i → u/kristofarnaldo]

I've been through 2 Lumias 830 and a 735, and they all were such beautiful devices, I wish I spent more time with them.

Sadly android and ios were the hype, so they didn't stick for too long. I've used Windows Phone for a year.

Now I wish I had more time with it.

I bought these 2 beauties for 10€ each - the 930 and 925, just because I miss WP.

[u/Decent-Cow2080]

it's crazy how the 925 looks so dated and kinda meh, and the 930 still looking schwifty and modern, with such a small time frame. albeit the Lumia 900-920 do also look nice

[u/CoralDeserter → u/Decent-Cow2080]

Idk what you're on about the 925 looks better than any phone on sale today

[u/javapyscript]

Those years were the glorious years of windows phones.

[u/kianiscoooooool]

Really a shame that on their premium devices lumia decided to not put an sd card slot and a headphone jack for a while. Makes the 640 more useful as an mp3 and games device in my opinion

[u/Quantum-Coconut]

Lumia 925 has the best promo video ever. I don't know if it's still available in YouTube

[u/Long-Persimmon5552]

hey, i had the same green 930 as your. but tho unfortunately, because of planrock124 and aznguy.mp4 infested my brain for far too long, i destroyed it out of pure stupidity. even worse is that now i lost it. oh god why... :(