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How to and Install Windows 10 Technical Preview for Phones

How to and Install Windows 10 Technical Preview for Phones 4t19h

By NDTV Correspondent | Updated: 13 February 2015 12:44 IST

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Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones is now available to . This is a pre-release version of Microsoft's mobile operating system. You should only this if you want to try a new operating system on your Windows Phone device. Since this is beta software, many of your favourite apps may not work on it and upgrading to it right now is not recommended on your primary phone as the preview is still very much a work in progress. 3l3o3g

If you have a spare Windows Phone device lying around or if you love playing around with latest (potentially buggy) builds of operating systems, then read on.

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Currently, Microsoft says only six Lumia phones can and install Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones. These are:

Lumia 630
Lumia 635
Lumia 636
Lumia 638
Lumia 730
Lumia 830

More phones will be ed in future builds, but for now only s of the phones listed above can try Windows 10 Technical Preview.

Backing up your data

This is beta software and hence can be very buggy. That's why we recommend that you make a complete backup of your Windows Phone first. We have written a detailed guide on how to backup and delete all data on your Windows Phone device and you must go follow all the steps listed there before proceeding.

(Also see: How to Backup s on Your Smartphone)

ing and installing Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones

The process for ing Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones is not too hard, especially if you know how to and install Windows 10 Technical Preview on your PC. Follow these steps.

Head to the Windows Insider page.
Click Get Started to sign up for the programme.
Enter your Outlook.com email address and .
Click Sign in.
Read the of service, scroll down and check I accept the of this agreement (required).
Click Submit.
Scroll down and click Phone.
Scroll down and click Get the preview.
the Windows Insider app on your Windows Phone device.
Open the app and sign in using your Microsoft .
Tap Get preview builds.
Here you'll have to choose between receiving OS updates as they're released or after some bugs have been fixed. Tap Insider Fast to stay on the bleeding edge or pick Insider Slow if you'd like a slightly more reliable build.
Take a look at all the warnings and then tap Accept.
Tap the Windows button on your phone.
Go to Settings > Phone Update.
Tap Check for updates.

Now you'll be able to the latest Windows 10 builds for your smartphone. Tell us about your experience with Windows 10 on mobile and PC via the comments. For more tutorials, visit our How To section.

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