Greetings and facilitations, it is fascinating that the LiveMessenger application is right now revived, it is all thanks to the Claude AI which read the IPA file, modified it to switch the servers from the https://login.live.com/login2.srf to https://ds.escargot.nina.chat/login.
The IPA is created by app.mobiler in 2010, and it is now working in the Escargot.chat, the private server of MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger.
This is a demonstration video of the functionality in the application, it is not one hundred percent sure whether it is functional in all cases, the things have been tested are, logging in is functional, changing status, and seeing online contacts and group made by a user who joined into the Windows Live Messenger 2009 client, otherwise, it is not yet confirmed unless someone add the contact email and try to send a message, to check whether it receives the message, and check whether it is able to send messages, to check whether it is confirmed that everything is working or not.
In conclusion, within the modern and advanced technology, this brings more questions to whether it is possible to revive these 3rd party application in 2026, whether it could be Escargot.chat, or any other private servers on the internet.
Hello, there is a new update regarding LiveMessenger, the third-party application created by app.mobiler that was published in 2010; while the original Messenger IPA can be revived, this third-party application is less complex than the original Windows Live Messenger application, and the following are already fixed, though these were the issues already occurring in the application itself:
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- When logging in on the iOS, all contact appear offline instead, the way to fix it was changing the status manually, which is inconvenient, or sometimes it does not fix the problem, which was a hit or miss solution.
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- Sending messages does not appear in the application nor PC, meaning when sending messages on the iOS device, whether it’s iPhone, iPod, or the iPad, it does not show any messages at all on all platforms, making it a broken version regarding to sending/receiving messages on the other platforms.
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- Changing your status was a problematic as it required to log in by closing and opening the application again for the status to fully change.
Thankfully, these issues are now fixed and it appears to be more stabilized, as of writing this forum topic. LiveMessenger, there is adding a new contact, it is a nice touch for this application at the time, although, this feature is untested.
There will be more updates in LiveMessenger.
Nice, adding contacts on iOS is working without further investigation through the application, meaning it is now functional.
I would like to inform you that this is not a revival project; while https://escargot.chat and https://nina.chat are open source projects in 2026, this is just a hobby. It was interesting to find a third-party application via Veteris yesterday.
This is not affiliated with the maker of this application, app.mobiler, Microsoft, or the Escargot and Nina revivals. As mentioned, this is a hobby because the old internet is fascinating. While there were previous attempts at reviving the official iOS application for Windows Live Messenger, it is not yet public. It requires time, as it seems to be a lot of work involving reengineering attempts and further testing. While this is a third-party application, it is still fascinating that it seems simpler to work with; additionally, while it lacks voice and video calling, it meets all the requirements that Escargot.chat has functional in its revival.
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This is a demonstration video that shows sending messages, receiving messages, and adding a contact; I sincerely apologize if the video is not perfect, as it was edited quickly to share a brief demonstration.
This is the IPA for LiveMessenger which is now utilizing https://escargot.chat/.
LiveMessenger 1.14 (Escargot).zip (5.3 MB)
