Install the Creators Update or Redstone 3 OS on unsupported Lumia phones

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Only a handful of phones will get the new Windows 10 Creators Update and the upcoming Redstone 3 update. Here are all of them:

This also means that the pool of phones participating in the Windows Insider Programhas been drastically reducedto just 13 devices.

The good news is that if you really want to run the Creators Update and theRedstone 3 updateon unsupported Lumia models, you can: a group of resourceful developers has come up with a workaround to trick Microsoft’s update servers into installing these two operating systems on unsupported Lumia phones.

How to get the Creators Update or Redstone 3 on unsupported Lumia phones

For a video guide, scroll to the end of the article.

PathSystem\Platform\DeviceTargetingInfo

KeyPhoneFirmwareRevision Value = 01078.00053.16236.35014PhoneRadioSoftwareRevision = BO25c43.00024.0001PhoneSOCVersion = 8994PhoneMobileOperatorName = 000-GBPhoneMobileOperatorDisplayName = GV GBIEPhoneManufacturerModelName = RM-1085_13829PhomeModelName = Lumia 950 XLPhoneManufacturer = MicrosoftPhoneHardwareVariant = RM-1085

After having written this path, go to Settings > Update and Security > select the Insider Program10. Join the Insider Program > restart your phone if prompted11. Join the Fast Ring > check for updates and you should get the latest Windows 10 Creators Update build.

For more information, watch this step-by-step video guide below:

Install the Creators Update or Redstone 3 OS on unsupported Lumia phones#

How to get the Creators Update or Redstone 3 on unsupported Lumia phones#

Install the Creators Update or Redstone 3 OS on unsupported Lumia phones

How to get the Creators Update or Redstone 3 on unsupported Lumia phones