Windows 10 Redstone 3 on Windows Phone is coming later this year. However, Microsoft has added support for only few phones, not all Windows 10 Mobile Devices will get Redstone 3 Upgrade. In fact, Microsoft’s Employee on Twitter has confirmed that the negative feedback are the reason behind pulling the plug from Windows 10 Mobile. Apparently, Windows 10 Mobile Build 15226 is not available for all Windows Phones. However, with our guide, you will be able to download Windows 10 Mobile Build 15226 on any Windows Phone, almost.
How to download Windows 10 Mobile Build 15226 on any Windows Phone
- Make sure your phone is running on Windows 10 Mobile.
- You are going to change registry entry of your phone.
- Download the interlop tools here.
- Change your registry to below details:
- [SYSTEM\Platform\DeviceTargetingInfo] Name: PhoneModelName Type: VALUE Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Value Type: 1 Value: Lumia 950 XL
- [SYSTEM\Platform\DeviceTargetingInfo] Name: PhoneHardwareVariant Type: VALUE Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Value Type: 1 Value: RM-1085
- [SYSTEM\Platform\DeviceTargetingInfo] Name: PhoneManufacturerModelName Type: VALUE Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Value Type: 1 Value: RM-1085_15217
After making the changes, you need to reboot your phone and set it to receive builds from Fast Ring. Are you able to download Redstone 3 Build 15226 on Windows 10 Mobile?
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Does this work with 512MB RAM devices? I wonder if Microsoft changed the update system, because so far it was not possible to update devices like Lumia 530 by joining Insider Program, even if you changed registry values. I think once you join Insider Program hardware (or some kind of unique ID) is also a requirement, while the "normal" updates from Current Branch (the public one) only uses model description that you can trick via registry as described on the article.
Should work on 512MB RAM devices. This trick simply changes any phone to a Lumia 950 - it is eligible for all upgrades. However, W10M on 512MB RAM is buggy.