[Ryan ODonnell]

Take a look at these (hidden MAC addresses for security reasons)
Someone made a little custom ROM for me for Huawei W1 & Nokia 520 devices supposedly containing Windows Phone 8.1 features.

It is pretty cool, and I enclose two pictures.
1) A photo image of the about screen
2) A screenshot of the about screen, with MAC address and other details that have been removed

[Nokia Boy]

How?

[pedrodg28]

Could you upload the lumia 520 version?

[Ryan ODonnell]

Could you upload the lumia 520 version?

I'll try and upload it to MEGA later!

[Ryan ODonnell]

How?

I'll have to ask the guy who created the custom ROM.

[Nokia Boy]

How to flash the custom rom?

[Ryan ODonnell]

How to flash the custom rom?

I found some ROM tools from a Polish Windows Phone site, and flashed the software onto my phone via USB.

[Nokia Boy]

Hmm that is kinda risky...but maybe worth a try if its fully fuctional

[Ryan ODonnell]

Hmm that is kinda risky...but maybe worth a try if its fully fuctional

Just a quick warning though, the custom ROM I have is based upon the leaked developer previews from the SDK of Windows Phone 8.1. I would recommend that you have a test device!

[Nokia Boy]

My WP is my main device so i think i wont flash it,i don't want to use a nokia 100 ;p

[Ryan ODonnell]

My WP is my main device so i think i wont flash it,i don't want to use a nokia 100 ;p

Haha, best joke I've heard in a while!
I switched from my Nokia 100 to a Huawei Ascend W1-U00!
By the way, I attach another screenshot, which shows an extra large tile, just like in Windows 8.1

[Nokia Boy]

Does it have custom accent colour picker?

[Ryan ODonnell]

Does it have custom accent colour picker?

Not at this moment in time, no :(

[anon(7900571)]

Haha, best joke I've heard in a while!
I switched from my Nokia 100 to a Huawei Ascend W1-U00!
By the way, I attach another screenshot, which shows an extra large tile, just like in Windows 8.1

Does all windows phone 8 apps support extra large tile ?

[Ryan ODonnell]

Does all windows phone 8 apps support extra large tile ?

Not all of them!

[Storl]

Does all windows phone 8 apps support extra large tile ?

The leaked SDK does not even list the support of Large tiles for WP8.1

[Jaskys]

The leaked SDK does not even list the support of Large tiles for WP8.1

So OP is lying?

[Storl]

So OP is lying?

Well one can't port SDK features over to the described Phone because the SDK does not contain ARM compatible files, it's a x86 build of Windows Phone to be run in Hyper-V :)

[boshkop]

The leaked SDK does not even list the support of Large tiles for WP8.1
http://puu.sh/6VOg7.png

Actually it does list new Large tile size! (See the link in the left image "aka.ms/TileTemplates")
The tile template catalog (Windows Store apps) (Windows)

[FinancialP]

Well one can't port SDK features over to the described Phone because the SDK does not contain ARM compatible files, it's a x86 build of Windows Phone to be run in Hyper-V :)

Or

He just has a custom rom. That absolutely no one else has. Polish tools that no one else has as well.

[Storl]

Actually it does list new Large tile size! (See the link in the left image "aka.ms/TileTemplates")
The tile template catalog (Windows Store apps) (Windows)

You are missing the huge "NOPE" on the Big tile on what i posted, also the tile sizes are still only 3, if it were to include Large it would need to be 4.
What's new are the types, not sizes, which were previously only 3, now they support the same functionality as Windows 8.1

Here is the page before the 2 pages i posted. (it shows current functionality)


Really who knows, at least right now it doesn't look like they planned for big tile support, but maybe it's still coming.

[Ryan ODonnell]

This is ultimately a custom ROM which was created by someone!
It is not a full version of WP 8.1, it is made to look like Windows Phone 8.1, and it is based upon the SDK version.

I'll get in contact with the person who created the ROM and find out more information :-)

[anon(7900571)]

This is ultimately a custom ROM which was created by someone!
It is not a full version of WP 8.1, it is made to look like Windows Phone 8.1, and it is based upon the SDK version.

I'll get in contact with the person who created the ROM and find out more information :-)

What features are there in this ROM from windows phone 8.1 , I mean does it have action centre , separate volume control , etc

[Ryan ODonnell]

What features are there in this ROM from windows phone 8.1 , I mean does it have action centre , separate volume control , etc

Some features like Navigation bar, Action Center, OneDrive, Seperate volume controls, VPN and unified apps (WinRT & WinPhone) aren't included.
However, features like large tile support, power sense and a podcast application are included.

[taymur]

Or

He just has a custom rom. That absolutely no one else has. Polish tools that no one else has as well.

or maybe he has photoshop :P