[EXCLUSIVE] HMD teasing “Nokia X” launch on April 27 in China

After launching Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 8 Sirocco, HMD is teasing something very interesting for China. Billboards and short advertisements during movie screenings feature a certain “Nokia X”. The teasers even reveal the purported launch date of April 27. Check the images above and below posted by Nokia fans in China.

It is not clear immediately what we are looking it as our sources have tipped us a Nokia 9 launch not before H2 2018. So, that leaves us with only Nokia 4 in term of new and unannounced smartphones. But Nokia 4 is a no go for China, considering “4” is considered an unlucky number in China.

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So, probably Nokia 3 or Nokia 5 2018 versions may be heading to China. HMD didn’t launch original Nokia 3 and 5 in China and may have now planned to make amendments.

It though takes you down the memory lane with the name “Nokia X“. Nokia X was the first fruit of Nokia/Microsoft’s decision to fork Android to make it look like Windows Phone.

Credits: NPU

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[DOWNLOAD] New official ‘Light in Darkness’ Windows 10 theme now available

Just in time for the winter holiday season, Microsoft has released a new theme pack into the Microsoft Store.

The pack includes 16 free images of candlelight, city lights, northern lights, and more to your Windows desktop, with the theme of light at the end of the tunnel, illuminating what’s hidden in the dark.

The free collection can be found at the link below. To activate it find the collection under Settings > Personalization > Themes.

Light In Darkness Theme

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Microsoft-branded Android Phone Possible Teaser

Microsoft is planning to sell its own Android phone in its stores for the very first time. The Redmond giant recently unveiled the Samsung Galaxy S8 Microsoft Edition, the news came as a shock to many people, it also started a bunch of speculation about Microsoft-branded Android Phone.

Windows never had a solid foothold on mobile and Microsoft ultimately announced that it will no longer develop Windows Phone features and hardware. Satya Nadella’s vision is to empower every user regardless of the operating system and thus this year, Microsoft unveiled new apps for Android and iOS devices, including the Edge web browser.

From Microsoft Edge to Office apps, today the Play Store has all the apps you will find on the Windows Store. There is only one thing missing: Microsoft-branded Android phone and it appears to be coming sooner than speculated.

Yesterday, the Redmond giant announced tools for Microsoft Teams awareness program. In the blog post, Microsoft has shared an image ‘Bringing you a chat-based workspace’ where the company has included images of Surface devices and an Android phone. The phone has Microsoft logo and it runs Android operating system.

It might be possible that the image has been created only to promote the Microsoft Teams app for Android. 

Source: Microsoft via WindowsLatest

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WhatsApp Beta app for Windows 10 PC appears in store

It seems WhatsApp is working to bring a new app for Windows 10 PC version. The Beta app for WhatsApp for desktop has appeared in the Windows store.

Currently one can download the desktop app from WhatsApp site which is nothing but a WhatsApp web wrapper. This new app may bring more functionality to the desktop app.

As one can expect from this private Beta listing it is not available to download for everyone. Only if you are a private Beta tester you would be able to download and install it.

As per the details provided with the listing the Beta app is only compatible with x64 architecture.

Download Link >> Whatsapp Desktop

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[TUTORIAL] Windows 10 Mobile Fall Creators Update can be installed on older Lumias (1 GB RAM) using the Mod.

NOTE – Following steps can cause serious damage to your phone. Tech Destinations , XDA developers and Microsoft will not responsible for any damage. Do at your own Risk. Think Twice before trying.

Requirements: Developer Unlocked Device, USB Data Cable, PC, Internet Connection

 STEPS:

 1. Download WP sdk tools 8.0 lite.

2. After Downloading  click on “install.bat ” click “Yes” for every prompt Go to (“C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v8.0\Tools\XAP Deployment”) and open “Xap Deployment.exe”

3. Deploy @vcfan Lumia registry editor vcReg_1.5.

4. Go to vcreg-->(. . .)–>templates–>check mark , live interop and restore Ndtksvc and click on apply (Restart Phone After this or you get an error)

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Editing Registry Values
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5. Try to deploy custom pfd 6 with same “xap Deployment.exe”,if its not successful then

6. Download WP sdk tools 8.1 lite.

7. Extract it, click on “InstallWP81SDKToolsLite.bat” accept all prompts .

8.  Go to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v8.1\Tools\AppDeploy” and open ” AppDeploy.exe” .

9. Download customPFD and deploy it.

10. Move to HKLM > SYSTEM > Platform > DeviceTargetingInfo then take the screenshots of your device original values and move to SDcard, you can restore same values anytime.

Also Read:Nokia 2 Launched!Pros & Cons!Worth To Buy?

ALTERNATIVE WAY FOR REGISTRY EDITING:

Requirement: Developer Unlocked Device

11. Deploy InteropTools.appxdirectly in your phone.

12. Change  PhoneManufacturer = MicrosoftMDG.

13. Change  PhoneManufacturerModelName  = RM-1085_11302 (for Single SIM devices) // *** For all dual sim devices try = RM-1116_11258 ***

14. Change PhoneModelName = Lumia 950 XL (single sim) or Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM (for dual).

15. Change PhoneHardwareVariant = RM-1085

16. Install windows insider from store (If you are in WP8.1) (If you are in Anniversary update go to Settings > Phone Update > Insider Programme > Set Fast Ring) 

17. Set Insider Fast and check for updates and Update.

UPDATING TO CREATORS UPDATE:

18. Download Windows Upgrade Advisor from Store.

19. Activate Update in that app and check for updates in phone update.

UPDATING TO FALL CREATORS UPDATE:

20. Select release Release Preview Ring and check for Updates.

ENJOY!!!

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