Microsoft has more or less abandoned the Lumia 520, since this particular model was left stranded with Windows Phone 8.1 and with no possibility of upgrading to Windows 10 Mobile, but someone else has found a solution to bring it back to life.

As you can see in the video below (via PA), Android Nougat 7.1 is running on this super-old Lumia 520, and by the looks of things, performance is pretty good at first glance.

Of course, Lumia 520 running Android Nougat isn’t the snappiest phone we’ve seen, but it’s living proof that even an old Windows phone that was abandoned by Microsoft can run the latest Android version in a pretty decent way.

Nope, you can’t do it

Probably the first question that comes to your mind, especially if you’re a Windows Phone user and have a Lumia 520, is “how did he do that?” Unfortunately, details are not available at this point, and the uploader of the video says that it’s quite “hard” to get Android Nougat running on the Lumia 520.

He also says that Android on the Lumia is quite unstable, which means that you might experience crashes and things like that, and it’s not clear if all features, such as phone calls and the camera, work correctly.

We’re pretty sure that there are plenty of Windows Phone owners out there who’d gladly install Android on their devices if there were an easy way to do it, and there’s no doubt that even those with flagships such as the Lumia 950 and 950 XL would give it a try.

For the moment, however, there are no instructions on how to get Android running on a Windows phone and the video we have here is the only proof that such a thing is possible, so take it with a healthy pinch of salt until more information is provided.