In this video I did something I genuinely didn’t think I’d get working: I installed Windows 11 on a Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G. The whole experiment revolves around the community Windows-on-Android scene (I originally referenced Project Renegade, but the up-to-date stuff is under Project Aloha / the A52s WOA repos). It wasn’t a clean “follow these steps” tutorial either—more me digging through broken links, web archive pages, and a guide I’d never used before, then hoping I don’t irreparably nuke the phone in the process. I had to reflash my ROM, sort root (because of course I forgot to do it the last time), mess around in TWRP, and deal with janky partition/ESP stuff that made me feel like I was one typo away from turning the A52s into a purple paperweight. Once I had the right ESD in place and reran the installer, it actually started doing driver updates and then… Windows booted. Touch worked, Wi‑Fi worked in Windows (ironically not in Android at one point), and it wasn’t an emulator—this was Windows 11 running on the phone. The takeaway: it’s usable in a “this is ridiculous and I love it” way, but it’s still jank. Mine would bluescreen/shutdown weirdly and needed “jump starting” by plugging it into power to boot again. Still, seeing a budget Samsung phone running a desktop OS is absolutely wild.