How to install Windows Phone 8.1 Preview for Developers without being a developer

The simple answer is to become a developer. But after all, not everyone will want to pay $ 19 for a subscription, which you won’t remember later. How to get a free subscription? Yes, it’s very simple - just read the docks carefully.

Before you start the process, think about the fact that you can’t go back to an earlier version, you can only turn off updates to subsequent test builds!

The instructions are simple, like doors, so there are no screenshots. The only thing is that at least some knowledge of English does not hurt.

1. Open https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us/develop/devpreview . Here you can read about how to join the OS familiarization program before its official release.
2. We are interested in Register as a developer with App Studio .
3. Login / Register and create a new project. The “Start new project” button is hard not to notice =)
4. For those who want to experiment, a field for activity appears, and we are more interested in the Empty App - the simpler the project, the faster the process will go.
5. After the successful creation of the project - Finish and Generate.
6. We are waiting for a while until a letter arrives with a link to the application and a certificate that allows this application to be installed bypassing the market. I’m not sure that this application needs to be installed, but for the sake of interest I installed it myself.
7. Voi-la! We go into the Store and install Preview for Developers in which we allow the installation of test builds of the operating system. In the future, updates will appear in the update center, like regular OS updates.

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