r/windowsphone 13h ago

News New version of the Instagram client for Windows Phone.

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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


r/windowsphone 21h ago

Discussion What windows phone should I buy?

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48 Upvotes

r/windowsphone 13h ago

Discussion Grizzly Music v1.1.0.0 is out now! [Windows Phone 10 (RS3/1709)]

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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)

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.

[Note: Live Store Dev Portal status for this is still marked as pending.]


r/windowsphone 8h ago

Question I really want to buy a windows phone because of this subreddit.

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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!


r/windowsphone 10h ago

Thanks everyone for your positive repose to my little video clip showing the Windows Phone working with a 1980's Bernoulli drive. Tomorrow I will have some new content here about the Windows Phone, this time involving Audio CDs.

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r/windowsphone 5h ago

Support Lumia 1520 doesn’t turn on

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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!


r/windowsphone 7h ago

Looking for a Windows phone that is a good Hi-Res flac music player

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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


r/windowsphone 3h ago

Question Anyone have a service provider recommended for the US?

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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? 🙏


r/windowsphone 10h ago

Question Nokia fanmade apps and live store

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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


r/windowsphone 14h ago

Support Lumia 635 (RM-975) - Broken Power Button. What now?

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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!


r/windowsphone 2h ago

Question hey guys

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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