How to Install & Remove Windows Phone 7 Apps & Games

How to Install & Remove Windows Phone 7 Apps & Games

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In the past versions of the Windows mobiles, installing the apps or even Games were very time consuming but in Windows 7 devices, it’s easy to install or uninstall all the applications or even games. So let’s check out how you can install or uninstall the apps and games from your Windows 7 mobile device.

How to Install & Remove Windows Phone 7 Apps & Games

How to Install Games and Applications on Windows 7 phone?
            a. For installing applications and games first we need to be signed into by using Windows Live Hotmail account
b. Click on Start button and just tap on the Market place and press the Search button and then you need to type the name of the app or game which you wish to install.
c. If we want to install a free application or game, press Install twice to confirm and download it to your phone.
d. If it’s a paid app then we want to buy the same by tapping on Buy after which we have to provide the credit card and phone number details. After purchasing we can install the same in our device and can find that app in the Application list of windows 7 device.

Uninstalling or deletion of an app is much simpler than buying and installing the apps.

How to Remove or Uninstall the Apps and Games from your Windows Phone 7?
a. click on Start tab and browse to the Apps or to the Games list
b. tap and hold on the app which you wish to uninstall or remove the same
c. select Uninstall or delete.

BW

Technology writer and expert contributor to HowToT.com, passionate about making complex technical concepts accessible to everyone.

This Post Has 29 Comments

  1. Kim Sørensen

    I couldnt get it to restart so I pressed the on/off button AND the volume up button at the same time. When I felt the vibrating the phone restarted.

    1. Andrew

      I second this. Just holding the power button down didn’t seem to have any effect.

    2. Scottie D

      I also just had to do the same thing. Worked after pressing power AND volume

      1. Prathibha Gamage

        My phone was not responding at all. No screen, no vibration, only the white color LED. Holding the power button didn’t work. So as Kim suggested, I pressed and hold both ppower and volume up buttons and it worked!

    3. Raphíí Psýchedelic Zómbîe

      YOU ARE A GOD!!!! thank you so much!

  2. Matt

    I did only 2 first steps and my xperia restarted, but it has got low battery now (3%). It’s a little bit strange, because when I went to sleep, it had 35%

  3. Thorlind

    I pressed the power button and the volume up button at the same time for about 5-7 seconds. The phone shut down and I was able to do a normal startup.

  4. kama

    my ione is not working its just re light all the time. nothing i can do

  5. Robert Jelley

    As per other comments being left, maybe the spelling, and instructions need updated slightly. Hold power key , then hold volume up key. Let go of both when phone vibrates, and should then re-boot. Appears to have got rid of some of the lag I was experiencing.

    1. Shahrukh

      thanks bro this helped…. it was sure some lag or somethin and also anothr option is to try transfering ur data from internal memory to ur external memory so that ur operating system gets enuf of internal memory to run smoothly…. this lag happns mostly bcuz v full the internal memory wid our downloads and forget to transfer them to our external memory… once ur internal memory has enuf space the phone should run smoothly….. peace!!

  6. Angelique Kerscaven

    hi !! I had a problem with my sony xperia Z. it’s in a secured mode. How can I take that mode away ???

  7. raj zodge

    while pressing volume up button and power button cell is not responding any other way to format option is there friends plz help

  8. Doddy Bening

    First…i was worried when my Xperia “freeze”, i had pushed the power button for long time but nothing was happened. I follow your instruction by holding power & volume up button at the same time for about 3 seconds…and whoila! my phone shut down and i can restart…now it back to normal condition…thank you very much for your very good advice ^_^

  9. Brian Coll

    Thanks a million. Found lots of articles mainly saying to hold the power and up button at the same time and that does not work for me. Your procedure was different to those so I tried it and it worked. I did not get a vibration above but by just holding the power button for a few seconds (I had it pugged into a USB slot on my laptop) a red light appeared in the top right corner which indicated some life in the phone. Then holding the vol up for about 10 secs did the trick and after letting go I then got the vibration. Pressing power then started the phone. Excellent article.

  10. JustMe

    used this a few times now works perfectly. very rare my phone will crash as its a amazing phone!!

  11. Alex Vo

    omg thanks you saved my life 🙂

  12. Karen

    Thank you so much everyone for the advice which I took and it worked. Thank goodness!!!

  13. Lara

    If none of the button combos work! Then take out SIM card. Mine then auto restarted.

  14. Antony Krokowski

    +1: I couldnt get it to restart so I pressed the on/off button AND the volume up button at the same time. When I felt the vibrating the phone restarted.

  15. Remi

    Thanks Kim It totally worked

  16. charan

    yes with power button we have to press volume upwards then only the ph will restart.

  17. Kos Panikos

    yeah..power and volume up altogether

  18. Kate

    ive done absolutely all the tips and tricks everyone has offered. my phone still wont turn on or anything. when i have it on charge there is a solid red light, i leave it for a few mins and try the volume and power button technique, still nothing. This is the second time this has happened to my phone (the first time i was able to resolve it). What a piece of junk! My phone doesnt even have a restart button.. The fact that this phone even needs a well known “method” to turn it on, proves that it has had problems from the moment it was made. STUPID, STUPID, STUPID. IT is no longer a phone but a huge piece of junk! thanks for wasting my time SONY

  19. invistering

    shall the phone be of or un ?

  20. youss

    Hi,
    my sony turned off alone while it was charging and i was using it , and the red light at the top still red.. even if i unplug the charger or i plug it, and i can’t turn the red light off and can’t turn my phone on
    non of the method u listed work
    can any one help

  21. Jtorres

    I couldn’t get it to restart so I Pressed to on button and the volume and it shut down. worked great after…

  22. anonymous

    my phone didn’t on & stuck at black screen, but the battery becomes hotter, i have no idea.
    And your tips is worked, many thanks

  23. jim

    my phn ony shows red LED , tried everythng 🙁
    ny help guys??

  24. Niall Hutton

    I had a bit of a pickle when my phone alarm went off while I was listening to music, and the screen wouldn’t respond to touch. I couldn’t do anything because the alarm app overlayed everything! In the end I decided to try this, but the real way to do it is both the power button and the up volume key pressed down at the same time. I got the restart after that, and now my alarm isn’t blaring out at me!

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