Windows Phone 8.1 leaked onto Huawei Ascend W1

[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

View attachment 56970

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.