I Turned My Z Fold 4 Into a Windows Phone :-)
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I don't know why but a foldable windows phone makes perfect sense.
It does exist
@@greatlake_editz A good one.
There is a foldable windows phone.. which is a piece of shit.
@@greatlake_editz your incest Patents also exist
Foldable windows phone would be perfect
Oh man, how I miss Windows phone UI each time I see video like this. I gotten used to Android by now but Windows was ahead of everyone in terms of usability and fluidity. And the live tiles was a killer feature, nothing comes close to the look and feel of live tiles even by now (Android widgets all have their own look so a screen full of them looks like mess and iOS has them hidden)
I hated live tiles. I’ll love the androids interface more. iOS second place and windows phone as 3rd place for me
Windows CE was is a bit older, I'd love to see a variation of that UI too. Let the hilarity ensue!
My daughter has an Alexia exclusive colour floor lamp at her college dorm.
Kinda curious if I give her my spare S7 for turning on the lamp instead of the little speaker with it skinned in Windows. Freak out the RA and mates
I loved windows phone too!
I'll never get over Windows, it was the best mobile OS
My old Nokia windows phone was awesome. If windows phone ran android apps they'd probably still be in business.
Wow, I was not expecting that today! It made me, once again, realize how much I loved my old Windows Phones. I much preferred it to Android.
SAME. Man, I really missed the clean UI and how I could look at everything at a glimpse
The Microsoft phone was superb, I was sad to get rid of mine. Everyone who used one seemed to love it
The only old phone that i am using from time to time is my Lumia 930. Still working. Still loving it.
I loved mine
This is so COOL!!! Thank you for sharing! Also, I love that last part of the description box where you shared about following your passion & fighting for what you believe in. Thank you so much for that encouragement that the different worlds of our dreams can indeed coexist & collide in a beautiful way. 💕
Bless you. Have a beautiful day & weekend to come! I appreciate you.
I use my SquareHome as my default launcher. I wasn't interested in the folding phone before, but what you just showed me in this video, I'm researching tonight. Thanks.
I had a lumia 800 and 1020 they were great phones until the lack of app support made them very difficult to use.
Kinda jealous you got to experience it!
@@MarkSpurrell I still have them still picking up the lumia 800 it still feels unlile other phones. I think it was milled from a single piece of whatever plastic but its ergonomic excellence. The 1020 was ridiculous for photos especially with the camera grip. Unfortunately that just died one day, battery replacement didn't do anything. 😕
Bro i still want that 1020. It had the best camera at that time. Dont know if someone compared it to recent flagships. Aside from that. It was not going to be a good daily driver. Saw many reviews which said it was slow even after 1 year
@@moiz04 best way I saw it described was it was a good highly portable camera with an ok phone attached. It was slow to take pics as it had to process then for a good 4 seconds or so after so no rapid shooting. All things considered amazing tech for the time in a small package. The xenon flash was also insane
@@FPSNecromancerBob yeah it was well of its time. Just got killed because of Microsoft os and their policies. Nokia should relaunch this phone with upgraded specs. And android. Like Motorola did with razr.
My first smart phone was a Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, it was before the days of metro UI, it ran windows mobile 6.1 "professional". I remember customizing it too much that my friends were both impressed and jealous! 😅
It had everything; a metallic build, touchscreen, stylus, physical keyboard, track pad, navigation deck, dedicated camera shutter key, a 3.5 mm headphone jack...etc. I miss those days when mobile phones were unique.
That was one of my favourite Windows Mobile devices, the thing was a pure beauty. My Fold devices in folded mode remind me of the Xperia, probably because of the narrow screen.
This is so epic!! I've had many Lumias and still miss Windows Phone every day. What you did is very nice and makes me want to go back in time. 😏
Try Square Home... As an old Windows Phone user I decided to give it a try and I like it a lot more than I thought I would
Oh the nostalgia of Win Mobile. This is the reason I never thought about to own a foldable. It's quirky, and I love it. Great video!
Always a fold user, always upgrading, it's definitely worth it everytime, i love my fold 4. Gives you soo much value in return
My friends always told me I was in the minority for liking the Metro UI. Well, if that's the case, I'm glad to know I'm in good company.
i prefer the early aero ui but i think metro is still a really nice ui
I actually like the Windows OS for Mobile. Clean and just Straight Forward
Although App Support was not great
App support was awful. The input reason I moved on from my Lumia 810 back in the day.
Still my favorite UI to this day. This with current hardware and pixel cameras would be the only phone I'd pay over $1k for. My dream 😂
Loving my fold 4 currently. Definitely a power house and really enjoy using it for the time I've had it.
Same!
@@MarkSpurrell can I get a step by step? Please????
Windows Phone/Mobile revival when?
Killing it with the videos!!
Super cool. I remember loving the hardware builds of the windows phones but not so much the software.....then missed it after they were gone.
wow. this made me smile. I think a fold 5 is in my future. this is amazing. and man, all good points without even talking about dex
I used a Lumia 800 - 925 - 950 back in the day (between 2012 and 2018) so I thought I'd give this a try. I installed Square Home on my Xperia 5 mk II and now I've already spent 4 hours deciding which apps are worthy of a tile on my homescreen. Curse you @Mark Spurrell for pointing me in this direction!!! And thanks at the same time, it's fun and I will use this as my default launcher for a while to see how it holds up in daily use.
Nice to see that other people enjoyed windows phone as much as I did.
I love the window launcher now I'm using it. Thanks for sharing.
it's nice seeing some windows phone UI love on YT. 10/10. I still have my nokia 1520 phablet phone...ah memories.
The point of a windows phone is to run x64 apps, imo. Really useful as a sysadmin. I think you could get Windows ARM to run but would require tons of customization
Great efforts bro!
it looks FREAKIN AWESOME! 🖤
I've still got a couple of Lumia devices at home. Both working really well. I miss that simple and very fast UI.
Great video! that really does look good on the Fold 4, I would love to try that with mine sometime. I always loved Metro UI on the Nokia 1020 I had (amazing camera too )
Love the out of the box thinking on this
Only had one windows phone back in the day and can’t even remember which one it was, but I do remember using it and it’s still one of my favorites ever.
I have the exact same Lumia 640, but the discontinuation of Windows Phone 8.1 in 2019 made this phone barely usable for online stuff, but still it's super smooth, Live Tiles are the best. Wish I could experience it at their peak
This is fantastic!
I really hope you started something here, windows phone was amazing!
Wow this is really cool
Looks very cool. I'm thinking of buying a tablet and customizing it this way
God Ioved the windows UI. It really was the best
That's pretty cool!
So while I would never do this, this is the coolest thing ever!
@MarkSpurrell I'm still using my HTC Windows 8.0 phone, its been working 10 years straight like a champion, but after seeing what you have show is possible... I'm very interested in getting a Z Fold 4 to perform the migration. Do you think it will work for Windows Phone version 8.0?
Used both. Productivity beasts.
Thank you. So is there any productivity advantage for those of who use Office 365 and Windows laptops for work, and Android for our mobile phones? In Windows mode is like a little Microsoft Surface Go?
You will soonly see a microsoft phone device runing windows 12 in 2024
So amazing
Than you so much for this video. I just downloaded the apps and love the look on the Fold 4. Now I just have to learn the Launcher but think this will be my new look for my Samsung Galaxy Fold 4.
It's 2022 and I've still got a lumia 930 in my draw, I love it and it runs 8.1 which is so much nicer than 10. I don't use social media at all, no Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram etc. I would legit use everyday if I could do mobile banking on it. Let's also remember how good that keyboard was!
This guy is a genius! Give him a raise!
The window phone was amazing had the weird green one dope emulator and awesome background layout where each square could have its own background
wow! It is like using Lumia! I love that.
This is amazing 🙌
What!? This is awesome!
Very cool!
good info thank you!
I still have my Lumia Icon 950 in almost perfect condition. Haven't connected it to the internet in years. I still play with it at take pics with it every now and then.
I have been using Square home for the longest time on my Android. Used it first on my LG G8. What I like is being able to make a minimal screen all black and just have your icons and you can also nest icons. Such as for my Photo Editing apps ...just one is shown but if I click it it shows the other few I used the most and I can choose. And I moved over to the Moto Razr 2020 but have not updated it to the Square Home and the Razr is my daily driver but I still use the LG G8 as a secondary and also feel it takes better pics too. If I were in the market for a small folding table then yes this would be what I would want to do, then again I do have the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ which I do use the Square Home....perhaps Win X- launcher will work on that? hmmm.
Great review and video.
If I ever get a Fold, this is gonna be the first thing I do just for the fun of it.
Haa my Lumia those switching icon,i was in love with that phone and carried with proud,those days 😌
this is so cool 🔥
Great video thank you. Using Bixby routines do you not get an issue with the phone returning to the default launcher when you've used and app. For example I've set mine to Nova when closed and Microsoft when open the app default is also Microsoft. When I close the phone I get Nova launcher however when I return to the Homescreen after using some apps I get the Microsoft Launcher
Hi mark, is this unfold launcher can use keyboard and mouse? If it can it solve our problem how to use dex without outer display,
Will be getting my z fold 4 in a few days, so I'll be sure to try this...
Maybe folding phones are what the Windows mobile device market needed, it seems this device only works so well BECAUSE it’s a folding phone. Imagine an official Microsoft folding phone with the tile front screen and a windows desktop inner screen (or if you’re full mobile an option to keep the tile design on the inner display as well) and then having a mode similar to Samsung Dex but with an actual full on desktop ARM version of Windows 11
Thanks for the Video, I have been using Square Home in my Samsung devices, ever since Microsoft abandoned the. WP and was actually wondering if and How Square Home would work on the fold,
Love the idea of the inner Win PC 2nd Launcher. Thxs for posting,
that's probably the first time that i have seen someone use fold in a way that i think makes sense. :)
@Mark Spurrel
Just curious, for the windows icon on the outer home screen on Square Home launcher, what app/shortcut is it?
Edge is actually way better than chrome on android. On PC the difference is minimal but on android it's very noticeable. If you prefer chrome that's fine but it has no real benefits over other browsers like Edge & Duck Duck Go.
I prefer it because it carries over my bookmarks from PC. That's all.
@@MarkSpurrell edge does that. Don’t most browsers do that?
@@MarkSpurrell but that makes it "far superior"?? Okeydoke
People don’t really know that Microsoft is using chrome engine now for Edge lol
I like chrome because of its UX but performance it’s now the same with edge.
I can't wait to get my fold 4 in june and do this.
I remember back in 2008 turning my jailbroken first gen iPod touch's homescreen into Windows Vista. That would make more sense on a Surface Duo.
Imagine having this Launcher on Microsoft Surface Dual Screen Phone!!! 😍
Oh man! Look at that UI! What a great job. One more enticing reason to buy the Fold (in the future if it can handle atleast small PC-based applications). Microsoft, work with Samsung pls! I will finally move from Note devices.
Definitely worth it on the Fold but my Flip3 looks strange because of how small the outside screen is and even the inside screen doesn't feel right.
I guess it'll take me awhile to get used to it. I definitely will be curious what my buddies say when I use my phone in front of them. Lol
Bright idea.
I friggin loved windows phone. So underrated
I did it. Thank you for the video.
I like this ui a lot
Thanks!
New to your channel, great content. What's the wallpaper you used at the beginning of the video?
Been using Squarehome for about half a year now on my Fold 3. While a Win10 skin looks cool, I prefer using more tiles on my squarehome.
I've been using the Square Home on my android phones for many years. I set the tiles to have a 3D effect.
IMHO It's so much better than any other Android launcher.
I'm going to try the Win-X Launcher on my Samsung tablet. It looks great.
What if...? U port an actual windows 11?😃 That would seriously love to see it!
Nice project. As the others in comments, I also miss the Win Phone OS. The idea of - every live tile could be a widget for the app - was exciting to me, very functional and practical. MS should be more patient and support it more IMO.
This was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen
as a user of 2 windows phones back in the day, this is not a dumb video. i had a Nokia Lumia 800 and a Nokina Lumia 1020.
Insane sir
I feel naked without my Surface Pro computer, being able to run Windows on a folding phone sounds very convenient. Is there anyway to switch back and fourth between Windows and Android though?
I always loved the microsoft phones still have my old one I got from Metrpcs
Is there a "how too" part, that I can find to install windoze? Don't see anything in the comments or under the description! Appreciate any direction.
I love this
Anyone else remember how smooth window phone transition stays at 60hz as standard ? Imagine back then all phone was leggy
Thanks for a great video.
This reminds me of running my HTC HD2 Windows Phone on Android.
That was a lot of fun.
Current device is a LG Wing which is also truly amazing.
Your video is leaning me toward the Fold 4, something I thought previously would never be on my agenda.
But the LG Wing dual swivel screen has me hooked on multiple screens.
Oh yes, 3 Golden Retrievers here and one day we had 7 pups in the back of the Mini all pearing out of the box and into the rear window.
Fun days indeed!
Thanks again
PS I do quite a bit of custom screens using Nova Launcher and most importantly KLWP.
Have you tried KLWP on this device by any chance.
Thanks
Haven't tried KLWP on the fold 4 but I have used it a lot on other devices. Thanks for the kind words!
@@MarkSpurrell thanks for the prompt reply. I guess if it worked flawlessly on the Wing, should work well on the Fold 4.
Thank you
Hey love this video. Could you please share the metro ui icon pack you used for square home launcher. Trying to recreate the look. Thanks for any help 🙏 just subscribed
I remember bookmarking websites to my home screen on my HTC X8 (Window) because the square icon will have a preview of the page, so I would zoom in on a image bookmark it n have 4 or 5 (cant remember) boxes across with the sonic green hill image and basically made my own theme.
Surface Duo 2 here I come!
Do you remember
When we fell in love?
We were young and innocent then
Do you remember
How it all began?
It just seemed like heaven, so why did it end? 🤣+1👍
Will the launcher slow down your phone in any way?
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the windows launcher app is more representative of the wp look. am running it from s8 till now s22 and persons still amazed of how it looks
I miss Microsoft's Metro...er...Live Tiles! Thanks for this video.
better way (if fold status closed if app opened "inner screen launcher" then open outer screen launcher) doing it this way if you press the home button with the device closed it will open the launcher you wanted when you open the device the if statements are ignored because your first if is device closed. and the other one should be (if fold status open close outer screen launcher and screen orientation auto (turn off all the options to change to landscape) this will still allow for an app you are viewing on the outer screen to still transfer to the inner screen when opened.
Citrix workspace should work perfectly on this
Nice!
I've searched for a launcher that supports both screens like OneUI does. OneUI icon size is too big for my taste, even with GoodLock. Nova makes it possible but does not support 2 screens separately. So I'm using OneUI as it is the only launcher for 2 screens.
I used GoodLock on my S22 Ultra and I could make icons smaller than on Fold 3. For some reason, Fold version of GoodLock doesn't allow me to make them smaller.
you see less ads on Edge for Android vs Chrome so its far more superior when it comes to browsing sites with full of ads
I to jest to, gratulacje Mark. Użytkownik Win 10 i Samsung phone - pozdrawiam