I have an HTC HD7 which had been sitting in my drawer for 4 years, it's running Windows Phone 7.8 and I want to install some apps on it through the Marketplace app but it requires me to sign in with a Microsoft Windows Live ID account, but I can't sign-in on it, did Microsoft drop the servers?
When I enter my outlook email and password and tap "sign in" it says Connecting to Windows Live...
on the status bar and after less than a minute I get this error:
Can't connect
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Marketplace app can be opened and it shows apps and games but I need to be signed-in with a Windows Live ID account to download from it. Is there any workaround or hack or solution so I can install some apps through the Marketplace or with Zune?
Edit: I've got a Dynamics 2.2 ROM on my phone which means my phone is fully unlocked, I can deploy apps etc.. Is there any hack to download apps from the Marketplace? (On phone or from the computer.)
This article shows that WP7.8 should still receive updates until 2019.