Bummer, I did not get notifications on the new posts! Thank you all for your kind words and suggestions. I am heartened to hear that even someone (@Archdean) still uses it on a daily basis. I do not blame you. The whole experience is so great.
Anyways, I was thinking about this post today as I am rocking myself into the prospect of actually resetting my phone. I was playing around a bit with it and it does seem that it supports 2FA with Microsoft Account sign-in. So, that seems to ease my qualms about resetting because I didn't know if this would support 2FA scenarios.
ALSO... what's interesting is that while the Microsoft Store was "shut down" (or however they phrased/marketized that expression), you can still search for and download apps. It looks like the Store is "frozen in time" -- a living relic of sorts preserving apps at a last known time. At least that is my impression. @
spicypadthai mentioned that many apps are no longer there, and while I do not doubt that, that does not seem to be the case for the apps I would like to preserve and/or download.
OK. So I'm inching closer to actually doing this. My NEXT big question/hesitation is: OS updates. If I reset my phone, it does a factory reset of one of the earliest versions of Windows Mobile 10. I know there were a few updates that I had to install along the way.
My question is: will those OS updates install again? Do they still exist? Or will my phone be stuck with the factory reset? Obviously, I would rather retain the updates because they have security improvements I am thinking.
Anyways, any insight into this would be greatly appreciated.