Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 15051 Available for Download
UPDATED on Mar 08, 2017: Release of Windows 10 Insider Preview build 15051 for mobiles.
NOTE: These are testing builds of Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview officially released by Microsoft. These builds are under development and testing phase and may contain bugs, issues and other problems. They may also make your phone not bootable in some rare situations. So install and use these builds at your own risk. If something goes wrong, you can try to repair your phone by restoring default firmware using Windows Phone Recovery Tool.
If you are using Windows 10 Insider Preview (previously known as Technical Preview) for mobile phones, here is a good news for you. Microsoft has released a new build 15051 of Windows 10 Insider Preview for mobile phones. This build comes with fixes for many issues which we’ll discuss later in this topic.
What’s New and Fixed in This Build?
Following are the new features, improvements and fixes in this new build:
- Fixed issues that resulted in frequent reboots for some Insiders on Build 15047.
- [Fixed] Issue resulting in certain inbox apps, such as Calculator, Outlook Mail, Outlook Calendar, Groove Music, no longer being present on the system after a hard reset.
- [Fixed] Issue resulting in Groove Music not resuming playback after ending a phone call if the app became suspended during the call.
- [Fixed] Issue where periodically attaching larger photos to a message in Messaging wouldn’t work.
- [Fixed] Issue from recent flights where, in certain apps, if you had selected editable text and pressed Shift on the keyboard, the keyboard would crash.
- [Fixed] Issue impacting certain UWP apps using pivots, such as the News app, where the pivot control could end up becoming offset after quickly swiping through the pivots.
- [Fixed] Issue where asking Cortana to read a text message over Bluetooth with many back to back emoji would result in high pitched distorted noise.
- [Fixed] Issue where after upgrading some Insiders were unexpectedly seeing the full QWERTY keyboard on the lock screen instead of the pin pad.
Known Issues in This Build
Following are the known issues with their workarounds in this new build:
- Background tasks might not run in the background like they should such as OneDrive’s camera roll sync feature. So double check your photos have synced to OneDrive on the latest builds.
- If your device experiences an unexpected reboot, in some cases you may lose your call, text, and email history may be lost.
- Speech packs may be unable to download on this build.
- Pages might constantly reload or refresh, especially while in the middle of scrolling in Microsoft Edge.
List of Supported Mobile Phones
At the moment you can install Windows 10 Insider Preview build in following mobile phones only:
- Lumia 430, 435
- Lumia 532, 535, 540, 550
- Lumia 635 (1GB), 636 (1GB), 638 (1GB), 640, 640 XL, 650
- Lumia 730, 735
- Lumia 830
- Lumia 929 (ICON), 930, 950, 950 XL
- Lumia 1520
- Alcatel OneTouch Fierce XL
- BLU Win HD W510U
- BLU Win HD LTE X150e
- BLU Win HD LTE X150Q
- BLU Win JR X130e
- MCJ Madosma Q501
- Xiaomi Mi4
Some mobile phones are still not supported in this build. But Microsoft is working hard to make Windows 10 Insider Preview build to support all the remaining Lumia and non-Lumia phones.
How to Update or Install This New Build?
If you are already using Windows 10 Insider Preview in your phone, you can update to this new build by following these simple steps:
- Open Settings app and go to Update & Recovery
- Now open Phone Update and then tap on Check for Updates option
Now it’ll automatically check for new updates and will install the new build in your mobile phone.
Please note that this new build is only available on Fast ring. If you want to change from Fast ring to Slow ring or vice versa, open Windows Insider app in your phone, login with your Microsoft account and then change ring settings.
If you are not using Windows 10 Insider Preview in your phone but want to try the new build, you can install it in your phone with the help of following tutorial:
Download Windows 10 Insider (Technical) Preview for Mobile Phones
Windows Phone users who are using the Insider Preview build, must install this new update build to experience the new features and more stability…
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