{"id":57741,"date":"2022-08-27T05:44:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T05:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/someone-turned-the-galaxy-z-fold-4-into-a-windows-phone-and-its-pretty-awesome\/"},"modified":"2022-08-27T05:44:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T05:44:11","slug":"someone-turned-the-galaxy-z-fold-4-into-a-windows-phone-and-its-pretty-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/someone-turned-the-galaxy-z-fold-4-into-a-windows-phone-and-its-pretty-awesome\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone turned the Galaxy Z Fold 4 into a Windows Phone and it&#8217;s pretty awesome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 id=\"what-you-need-to-know-3\">What you need to know<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A YouTuber managed to turn his Galaxy Z Fold 4 into a Windows Phone.<\/li>\n<li>He used a combination of two Android launchers and Bixby Routines to make it work.<\/li>\n<li>The process isn&#8217;t perfect, but it appears to work surprisingly well, considering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Samsung&#8217;s latest foldables smartphones are finally available, and while they&#8217;ve only just hit store shelves, some users are finding some exciting ways to customize their experience.  For example, one Galaxy Z Fold 4 owner has managed to transform his device into a Windows Phone.<\/p>\n<p>YouTuber Mark Spurrell takes us through the process of getting his new Galaxy Z Fold 4 to look like a Windows Phone on the outside and a full Windows PC on the inner display.  It may seem like a complicated process, but according to Spurrell, it requires just two Android launchers and tweaking some Bixby Routines to turn one of the best foldable phones into a blast from the past.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>The result is a folding phone that features the all-too-familiar Windows Phone tiles when closed.  They&#8217;re fairly customizable, as Spurrell demonstrates, moving and resizing tiles and even changing icons to match what you&#8217;d normally see on a Windows Phone.  Spurrell is even able to customize useful gestures for quick access to functions like the camera.<\/p>\n<p>On the inside, the experience is completely different.  The Galaxy Z Fold 4 opens to w Windows 10-like desktop, complete with shortcuts and a start menu that lists all your apps.  On the bottom left corner is where you&#8217;ll find widgets for the clock and calendar, a collapsable quick settings shortcut, and a full panel for settings and notifications that effectively replaces the pull-down notification shade.<\/p>\n<p>Spurrell notes that the process isn&#8217;t perfect, particularly due to the phone constantly switching between launchers.  However, he says it&#8217;s not as wonky as he expected it would be, and overall he&#8217;s pretty impressed with the experience.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the full video above to find out how he turned his Galaxy Z Fold 4 into a Windows Phone and relive the good ol&#8217; days.  Who knows, maybe Microsoft will be inspired for its Surface Duo 2 successor.  Or not.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, you can check out some awesome Galaxy Z Fold 4 deals in case you&#8217;re interested in buying Samsung&#8217;s latest foldable smartphone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured_product_block featured_block_horizontal\" data-id=\"daa434d2-b9f8-4928-be3c-64130c34d913\">\n<div class=\"product-image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"featured_image lazy-image-van\" onerror=\"if(this.src &amp;&amp; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/androidcentral\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/x2s36XLcPtChsACfExJtJV-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/x2s36XLcPtChsACfExJtJV-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/x2s36XLcPtChsACfExJtJV-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/x2s36XLcPtChsACfExJtJV-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/x2s36XLcPtChsACfExJtJV-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/x2s36XLcPtChsACfExJtJV-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/x2s36XLcPtChsACfExJtJV.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/x2s36XLcPtChsACfExJtJV.jpg\"\/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"featured_image lazy-image-van\" onerror=\"if(this.src &amp;&amp; this.src.indexOf('missing-image.svg') !== -1){return true;};this.parentNode.replaceChild(window.missingImage(),this)\" data-normal=\"https:\/\/vanilla.futurecdn.net\/androidcentral\/media\/img\/missing-image.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/x2s36XLcPtChsACfExJtJV-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/x2s36XLcPtChsACfExJtJV-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/x2s36XLcPtChsACfExJtJV-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/x2s36XLcPtChsACfExJtJV-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/x2s36XLcPtChsACfExJtJV-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/x2s36XLcPtChsACfExJtJV-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/x2s36XLcPtChsACfExJtJV.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/x2s36XLcPtChsACfExJtJV.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"featured_product_details_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"subtitle__description\">\n<p>The Galaxy Z Fold 4 is Samsung&#8217;s latest foldable phone sporting an improved design, better cameras, and a faster chipset.  Thanks to the folding design, users have plenty of ways to take advantage of the internal and external displays.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()\n{n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}\n;if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '1765793593738454');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What you need to know A YouTuber managed to turn his Galaxy Z Fold 4 into a Windows Phone. He used a combination of two Android launchers and Bixby Routines to make it work. The process isn&#8217;t perfect, but it appears to work surprisingly well, considering. Samsung&#8217;s latest foldables smartphones are finally available, and while &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/someone-turned-the-galaxy-z-fold-4-into-a-windows-phone-and-its-pretty-awesome\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Someone turned the Galaxy Z Fold 4 into a Windows Phone and it&#8217;s pretty awesome<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57623,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-4-turned-into-windows-phone-heres-how\/","url_meta":{"origin":57741,"position":0},"title":"Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 turned into &#8216;Windows Phone&#8217; \u2014 here&#8217;s how","date":"August 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"What you need to knowYouTuber Mark Spurrell turned his Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 into a Windows Phone for a recent video.He completed the transformation by using two launchers running side-by-side.The phone still runs Android, but it looks like a Windows Phone when closed and a Windows PC when open.The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":46151,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/heres-our-first-look-at-android-12l-and-one-ui-4-1-1-on-the-galaxy-z-fold-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":57741,"position":1},"title":"Here&#8217;s our first look at Android 12L and One UI 4.1.1 on the Galaxy Z Fold 4","date":"August 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Last updated: August 15th, 2022 at 16:04 UTC+02:00 The Galaxy Z Fold 4 is the first Samsung smartphone to run Android 12L. 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