09.10.2017, Mon, 13:22, Moscow time , Text: Valeria Shmyrova

A Microsoft VP revealed on Twitter that Windows 10 Mobile will no longer receive any updates other than security. Since the number of users of the platform is small, and the developers are indifferent to it, further development Windows phone it was decided to stop.

Belfiore's statement

Microsoft has officially acknowledged that it has stopped developing the Windows Phone mobile platform. This was announced on Twitter by the company's vice president of operating systems. Joe Belfiore(Joe Belfiore). According to him, Windows 10 Mobile, the latest version of the platform, will receive no more updates, except for those related to security.

Belfiore admitted that he himself switched to Android, as did the head of the company Bill Gates(Bill Gates). According to him, Microsoft intends to support those Windows 10 users who also want to use Android and iOS on their smartphones. Now the company is working to make it easier for users to transfer data from a PC running Windows 10 to mobile devices.

Lack of Apps

One of the reasons why Microsoft made this decision was the lack of interest in Windows Phone from developers. “We tried very hard to incentivize developers. They paid money… wrote applications for them… but the number of users is too small for most companies to invest,” Belfiore said.

The app store for Windows Phone has never been particularly profitable when compared to Apple and Google stores, writes The Verge. The developers did not refuse to create versions of their applications for it, but over time they stopped updating and supporting them. As a result, apps from American Airlines, Chase Bank and Bank of America, NBC, Pinterest, game developer Kabam, and many others have been removed from the store. Some companies did not hide that the reason was the insufficient number of Windows Phone users.

Microsoft Officially Admits to Stopping Development of Windows Phone

Microsoft itself has also removed a number of its own apps from the Windows Phone store, including some related to the MSN service, as well as the Photosynth panorama app and several camera apps for Windows-based Lumia smartphones.

The fate of mobile Windows

In July 2017, Microsoft Internet users are indifferent to the fate of Windows Phone. The reason for their indignation was that Microsoft added a new feature to Windows 10 build number 16251 - it became possible to "attach" a smartphone to a PC. The possibilities of "binding" were not very great: the user could send a link to a computer to a web page that was viewed on a mobile device. At the same time, the “binding” was designed only for the iOS and Android platforms. That is, the innovation did not apply to the company's own mobile operating systems - Windows Phone and Windows 10 Mobile.

The first version of Windows Phone was released in 2010. In February 2015, the last of the existing versions of the platform was released, called Windows 10 Mobile. Her hallmarks the ability to synchronize content with a PC, connect the device to a large screen or use it as a PC, with a mouse and keyboard, as well as support for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications.

Smartphones running Windows Phone may give you error 805a8011 when you try to sign in to the Marketplace. All you need to download and install games and apps in this digital store on Windows Phone devices is to be logged into your account. Microsoft records. However, many users see errors already when they try to sign in to the application. Most often this is the code 805a8011, after the appearance of which, Windows system Phone blocks the entrance to the store and returns users to the home screen.

"Could not complete the request. Please try again later. Error Code: 805a8011"

What Causes Error 805a8011

Since the Windows Phone system itself is a fairly secure product and many of its elements have additional degrees of protection and encryption, the connection to the Marketplace application store occurs using a secure connection. During the connection and download of content, the certificates of the phone and the remote server that are accessed are checked. If there is a problem or a mismatch in certain certificates on your Windows Phone device or your Internet connection, you may receive an error and a corresponding code.

How to resolve the code 805a8011 when entering the app store

• If you see the code 805-8011 when you sign in to the Windows Phone Digital Store and the app reports that an error has occurred, the first thing you should try is different network connections. If you are using Wi-Fi and see this code, try connecting to a different network or using mobile data.
• If the error persists after changing the network, you should check your Windows Phone system settings. Such a code may be issued if the date, time or time zone is incorrectly set on your device. When connecting to a secure server, these parameters are always checked. Try disabling auto time correction and setting it manually. The error will most likely be fixed.
• It is possible that a similar problem will occur when your account information is not completely filled out. For security reasons, Microsoft requires that you complete your profile correctly in order to have full access to all the features of Windows Phone. Log in from the computer to the same account and carefully fill in the maximum number of fields and accept the license agreement.
• After doing the operations described above, the error may repeat again if you do not restart the device. After making such changes, it is recommended to reboot using the usual turning off and on the device.
• If none of the methods described helped, try doing a “soft reset” of the device, which will restore the basic settings, but without affecting your personal data and user information. To do this, with the device turned on, hold down the volume up button and the power button at the same time. Hold them until the vibration works. After that, release the buttons and wait for the system to turn on completely. After such a reset, check that the date and time are correct.

Video on how to solve error 805a8011 on Windows Phone devices

MOSCOW, July 29 - RIA Novosti, Natalia Dembinskaya. In mid-July, loud news came from Microsoft: the company officially stopped supporting mobile operating system Windows Phone, which still runs millions of devices. The corporation had to admit: smartphones do not bring it any profit. AT last years the market share of Windows Phone has been steadily declining, and now has almost reached the bottom - 0.1%. Why there was no place for the OS at all on the market, what defectors on Android blame Windows Phone for, and whether Microsoft will be able to take revenge on Google and Apple - in the RIA Novosti material.

Not a bad start

Immediately after the introduction in 2009, Windows Phone managed to take a solid market share - almost 10%. At that time, Symbian dominated the mobile market, on which the first Nokia smartphones worked - it occupied more than 50% of the market, the second largest player was the RIM mobile OS of the then popular manufacturer Blackberry - famous phones with a full qwerty keyboard (20.9%). Android was then only trying to find its place under the sun, occupying only about 4%.

The unprofitable startup Android Inc., which developed an operating system for wearable devices, was bought by Google back in 2005 just in case and remembered about it only in 2007, when Steve Jobs introduced the first Apple iPhone.

Google quickly realized that the smartphone market is almost empty, and expensive Apple devices will not be able to fill it entirely.

Rapid ascent of Android

At the end of 2009, confusion began in the smartphone market. Nokia by that time had already slowed down the development of Symbian and relied on Windows Mobile. And Google, in turn, agreed with the Taiwanese manufacturer HTC. The first device under Android control became HTC smartphone Dream, which was a resounding success.

iOS and Android began to develop rapidly, but Apple's position, which prohibited third-party companies from using iOS, did not play in its favor. In 2011, with the release of Ice Cream Sandwich, Android was already named "the most advanced operating system", manufacturers Samsung smartphones, Alcatel, Philips, LG began to massively migrate to a new promising platform. As a result, Android ate almost 50% of the market, in one fell swoop displacing all the old-timers from it. The rapidly falling share of Symbian and RIM was considered by analysts in total in the "other operating systems" category.

On the battlefield, Android, Apple and Windows Phone were actually three of them. The latter confidently kept afloat - largely due to the release of popular Nokia smartphones Lumia, which gave a second life to himself Finnish manufacturer phones.

Devices based on Windows Phone released and LG.

Nokia took on Microsoft

However, soon the Finns began to show discontent. In 2013, Nokia Vice President Brian Biniak accused Microsoft of a lack of competitive apps for the Windows Phone platform. It was for this reason that sales of Nokia Lumia began to decline, he assured.

Annoyance eventually resulted in the transition to Android. So far on latest version platforms Windows Mobile 10 (its support, as observers believe, will be terminated soon, and finally Windows-smartphones will die by 2021) separate models of HP and Acer "sit".

In 2015, the new head of Microsoft, Catya Nadella, officially acknowledged the failure of Windows Phone.

“The smartphone boom has shown that Windows Phone is far behind Android and iOS, and we missed that train,” Nadella said.

Closed file system

What exactly led to the fact that manufacturers and application developers began to abandon Windows Phone and opt for Android?

Experts believe that the main disadvantage is, first of all, the closed file system underlying it, which causes application compatibility problems and prevents their full-fledged work. Unlike Android, the Windows Phone and Windows Mobile interface has limited options for customizing applications. The smartphone does not have Google services, it is inconvenient to work with setting up contacts. And finally, there are many fewer applications for this platform compared to Android.

“Success is a terrible teacher,” Microsoft founder Bill Gates once said. The corporation itself, a long-term market leader in PC operating systems, has stepped on the same rake. As it turned out, Microsoft was not ready for the onset of the post-computer era.

"Google and Apple moved forward with modern operating systems, and Microsoft continued to view mobile devices as a third-party, by-product," observers state.

Lack of change and sluggishness

Experts also point to the lack of changes since the advent of Windows Mobile 6.1. iOS and Android updated design and functionality every year. In Windows Phone, this was out of the question - the system remained monolithic and static.

"What kind of personalization? It's the age-old strict office style, the Explorer web browser and the permanent cut-and-paste function," quotes technology portal Quora ironically.

Application developers quickly realized that their products for rapidly evolving platforms look much more attractive than on Windows. Currently, there are only about 165,000 applications in the Windows Phone Store catalog. For comparison: there are about 900 thousand of them in the AppStore, and in Google Play— almost a million.

With the advent of Windows Phone 7.5, Microsoft tried to catch up, but it was already too late. As a result, even with Windows Phone 8, Microsoft found itself in the span: even Nokia's solid hardware stuffing did not help, observers state.

What's next

The “funeral” of Windows Phone is scheduled by IDC analysts for 2021 – by that time it will completely disappear from the market, including the last one. Windows version Mobile 10. In the meantime, Microsoft does not intend to say goodbye to it and releases Microsoft Lumia phones based on it (in 2014, it bought Nokia's mobile device business for 5.44 billion euros).

However, in the near future, Microsoft is going to "kill" Lumia and release its own new smartphone Surface Phone all with the same tiled interface. In April of this year, the company assured that it will review its strategy and return to the mobile market with a new vision and new ideas. In the market, however, they have no doubt that Microsoft will not be able to enter the same river twice.

Perform the following steps in the order listed.

1. Check USB connection.
   • Make sure you are using the USB cable that came with your phone. Do not use USB hubs or ports located on the front of the computer. The USB ports on the front of the computer usually do not provide the required level of power.
   • Check if the phone is showing up in device manager. To do this, follow these steps.
     1. In Windows 8: on home screen enter "Device Manager" and select Settings in sequence and Device Manager.
        For Windows 7, Vista or XP
     2. A window will appear with the computer name and a list of files. (If the files don't appear, click or tap your computer's name.) Your Windows Phone 8 name should be listed under Portable devices.
     If the device manager on your computer does not detect that the phone is connected, there may be a problem with the connection between the USB port on the phone and the USB port on the computer. Possible reasons listed below.
     • You are using a low-quality USB cable, such as a different one from the one that came with your phone. Some phones also come with spare "charging" cables that cannot be used to establish a data connection with a computer. If possible, try using a different cable.
     • The phone's USB port is dirty. Try blowing out the USB port on your phone with a can of compressed air to improve the connection.
     • The USB port on the computer is not working properly. Try connecting to a different USB port. (You can also connect your phone to another computer. This will determine if the problem is with the USB connection to a specific computer.)
2. Restart your computer and phone

   To restart your phone, press and hold the power button , then swipe down when the message appears slide down to turn off. After turning it off, plug it back into the USB port to turn it back on.

   1. If the issue is not resolved by rebooting, try one of the following solutions.
      • Press and hold the Power button , then swipe down on the screen when prompted. Once turned off, turn your phone back on by pressing the Power button again.
      • Remove and replace the battery located under the back cover of the phone (if possible). After that, turn your phone back on by pressing the Power button again.
   2. After restarting Windows Phone 8, follow the manufacturer's instructions to restart your computer.
3. Make sure your phone has Last update ON
   1. Swipe left to access the application list.
   2. Tap Settings , then tap Phone update.
   3. Tap the button Check for updates.
   If an update is available, your phone will tell you to install it.
   

4. If Windows Device Manager says there is a problem with the device, or if the device is not up to date windows driver Phone 8, please update the driver. To do this, follow these steps.

   1. Connect your Windows Phone to your computer using the included USB cable.
   2. For Windows 8: From the Start screen, type "Device Manager" and then select Settings and Device Manager.
      For Windows 7, Vista or XP: Click the Start button , right-click Computer, and then select Properties .
   3. A window will appear with the computer name and a list of files. (If the files don't appear, click the computer name.) Your Windows Phone 8 name should be listed under Portable devices. If Windows Phone is installed incorrectly, it may be accompanied by a yellow exclamation point in the list. It can also be listed under Other devices as USB device or unknown device.
   4. Double-click on Windows Phone (under Portable devices) or an unknown device to open the Properties window.
   5. On the Driver tab, click the Uninstall button.
   6. In the window Device removal confirmation select Uninstall driver programs for this device and press the OK button.
   7. Return to the Device Manager window. From the Action menu, select the command Update hardware configuration.
   8. Open section Portable devices, double-click the name of the desired Windows Phone, and click the Driver tab.
      Note. If the phone name is not displayed, select an unknown device listed Other devices, and then click the Driver tab.
   9. Select Update Driver.
   10. Select an item Search for drivers on this computer.
   11. Click the Browse button, navigate to the "C:\Windows\Inf\" folder on your computer, and then click the OK button.
   12. Click the Next button and, if necessary, click the Install button. Only the Close command can be displayed.
   13. After the driver installation is complete, close open windows to exit Device Manager. Restart your computer when prompted.
   To manually download and install the Windows Phone driver, follow these steps.
   1. Go to Microsoft Update Catalog.
   2. Search for "windows phone winusb". As a result, the article "Windows Phone - Other hardware - WinUsb Device" should be found.
   3. Click the Add button in the rightmost column.
   4. Click the link View Cart(below the search field).
   5. On the page Updates in your cart click the Download button. Click the Browse button and select an appropriate location for the file, such as the desktop or the Downloads folder. Press the buttons.
   6. Locate the downloaded file (it may be in the "Windows Phone - Other hardware - WinUsb Device" folder) and double-click or tap it.
   7. Double-click the winusbcompat.cat file. Choose a location on your computer to extract the file, such as your desktop.
   8. Repeat the steps in the section above Update your Windows Phone 8 driver, but in step L, open the file you just saved instead of the C:\Windows\Inf\ folder.

The Windows desktop operating system is the most popular in the world, while its mobile version failed to win as many fans. It may be that it appeared later than iOS and Android, but you can’t endlessly blame the youth of the operating system for everything - the company has had enough time to make it competitive and meet modern user needs.

Another thing is that the brand has always paid more attention to desktop version, as in the case of latest Windows 10, which was one of the main reasons for the failure in the mobile platform market. Sotovik named 7 reasons why most users prefer to buy mobile devices on iOS and Android.

1. Constantly outdated flagships

Microsoft Nokia has been very quick to update flagship devices in the Lumia line. Because of this, there was such a situation: the user buys new model, which after a few months becomes obsolete and loses a lot in price. Under such conditions, it is more expedient to buy a flagship on iOS or Android, which will remain relevant for at least a year, until the successor is released.

In addition, Lumia smartphones are very difficult to sell on the secondary market for even half their price, as supply far exceeds demand.

2. Unsatisfactory assortment

At the moment, few third-party smartphone and tablet manufacturers use Windows as the operating system on their products. Now there are HP Elite X3, Vaio Phone Biz, Acer Jade Primo and other models. But perhaps users would be more interested in such big mobile brands as Samsung or LG, which so far refuse to cooperate with Microsoft.

3. Lack of accessories

Buying any additional gadget that is compatible with Windows is also difficult. Most manufacturers of smart watches, fitness trackers, car stereos offer iOS and Android support.

4. Lack of mobile apps

Since the Microsoft software platform is not very popular, few developers create applications for it, which in turn affects its popularity among users - a vicious circle. In addition, programs that do make it to the store often suffer in terms of quality, are rarely updated, or cost more.

Perhaps, someone has enough of what Windows has to offer, but most prefer to download new items, interesting applications and games that can often be found in App Store and Google Play.

5. Inconvenient browser

The latest version of the operating system has a new Microsoft Edge browser instead of Internet Explorer. Many users complain about its low speed and freezes on complex sites, although the manufacturer promised a completely different picture.

In addition, the more convenient and familiar Google Chrome, like others Google services. The presence of such a popular browser in the store could encourage more users to take a closer look at Windows devices.

6. Closed system

Limited customization options will not allow you to install a widget on the home screen, create a folder on the desktop, or put your favorite song on the ringtone. Users are used to working around some of these problems, but if users don't like having to board their smartphone every time to change their incoming ringtone, they opt for a more malleable and open-to-change Android device.

7. No updates

Microsoft officially refused to update half of the Lumia-devices. These include the Lumia 520, 630, 625, 530 and 920, which, according to the latest AdDuplex report, make up 32.7% of all Windows-based smartphones. Actions like this can not only turn away old fans, but also scare off new customers - who knows when your next system update will be denied?

The Windows mobile platform has its advantages, and as the latest version showed, the company is still working on fixing bugs, albeit too slowly. "Ten" pleased with the notification center, an interesting Continuum function, one-handed control mode, USB Type-C and OTG support, an updated Windows Store and other changes. Perhaps over time this will help increase the popularity of the system.