Open Source MobileShell will turn your PC into a giant Windows Phone

Home » Apps

Reading time icon 1 min. read

Calendar icon Published on

by Surur Davids 

published on

Share this article

Readers help support MSpoweruser. We may get a commission if you buy through our links. Tooltip Icon

Read our disclosure page to find out how can you help MSPoweruser sustain the editorial team Read more

Windows 10 for ARM on the Lumia 950 XL is a great achievement, but it is still running a PC OS on a tiny 6-inch screen.

The intrepid WOA hackers never rest however and, as promised, ADeltaX has today released a new open source shell for Windows 10 based on Windows Phone.

Designed to run in Windows 10 tablet mode (and ultimately the Lumia 950 XL), and perfectly at home on your laptop, pressing the Start button opens your Start menu, pressing and holding the back button brings up the Task Switcher, and the Search button opens search.

It also features status indicators and a status bar at the top of the screen.

It currently supports:

  • Battery status (charging, normal, saving)
  • Detects (like w10m):
    • Focus Assist
    • Location usage
    • WiFi (expected to be partially broken)
    • Cellular (+ dual sim) -> WIP, expected to be broken
    • Tablet mode or Desktop mode (expected to be broken)
  • Double tap to sleep
  • Click/touch the status bar to open the action center

The shell can be downloaded here, and fellow developers can try out the source code here.

Surur Davids

Surur Davids Shield

Smartphone Expert

Surur Davids is the founder of WMPoweruser which later became MSPoweruser.com. He's a smartphone expert with over a decade of experience.

User forum

0 messages