Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10 Mobile on December 10, 2019, but the developer community is not ready to give up Windows Phone, because developers have released multiple videos showing Windows 10 The ARM system can be mounted on the Lumia 950 XL.
According to independent developers, Windows 10 Mobile can now be replaced with the full Windows 10 desktop operating system. The overall performance of Windows 10 ARM on the Lumia 950 or 950 XL is not very fast, but it does allow you to do some crazy things. For example, you can play the full “radiation” game.

It can handle the basic operation of the Windows 10 ARM system, a Windows 10 version designed for the Opteron ARM PC, running on the old Lumia 950 XL phone. The discontinued Microsoft Lumia 950 XL uses Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor and 3GB of memory, but the hardware can still run Windows 10 ARM system more smoothly.

Last week, Windows Phone users posted a video showing the Radiation game running on the Lumia 950 XL. After the video was released, another developer showed Windows 10 ARM desktop operations on the Lumia 950 XL.

For those who still want a full Windows 10 experience on their smartphones and are willing to install Windows 10 ARM on their Lumia phones, there is finally a solution.

Install Windows 10 ARM on the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL

Today, developer José Manuel Nieto has released a new third-party tool that allows you to install Windows 10 ARM on the Lumia 950/XL for dual booting with Windows 10 Mobile.

To port Windows 10 ARM to a Windows Phone, you should first use the WPInternals tool to unlock the Lumia 950 XL bootloader and connect the phone to your PC using a USB-C cable.

Click here (GitHub) to download the Windows 10 ARM64 installation image, the WoA installer and the core package. After downloading the file, run the tool, import the core package from the advanced settings, and follow the on-screen instructions to boot the operating system on your phone.

“Please note that the WoA installer is just a tool that can help you with your deployment. The WoA installer requires a set of binaries, the core package, to do its job. These binaries are not from me but are provided for convenience. Binary files make the tool focus on simple operations,” the page explained.

Developer José said that on the Lumia 950 XL, the performance of WoA is actually good, and the project is OK on the Lumia 950.

Available features:

  • SD card
  • Touch (long press is not supported)
  • Charging (both wired and wireless)
  • Dual boot (supports booting Windows 10 or Windows 10 Mobile)
  • Bluetooth
  • USB-C partial support
  • Display docking station (charge only)
  • Sound playback, only 100% size

Unavailable features:

  • WiFi
  • Data network
  • Graphics accelerator (GPU)
  • Automatic rotation
  • camera
  • Mike
  • NFC
  • Physical buttons only support switch machines and screenshots or security options
  • Extended screen