[GUIDE] Deploying Astoria Packages Manually To W10M

Hi everyone,

After several days of sniffing Windows Update traffic and lots of downgrading
, I've found a way to get Astoria installed and working on the HTC One M8 for Windows. that's right..
In THEORY, this should work for all devices that aren't supported by Astoria project.

The reason for this: In the process to go straight to 10536 directly from wp8.1,
the needed aow.wim file got pulled by MS (for security reasons i suppose
and i have no idea when or if they will bring it back).

Requirements:

-installed WDK,WPAK,WPDK (containing iutool.exe) get it there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wind...g-wp8-t3183972
-w10m build 10536 installed on phone
-usb connection to pc
-astoria cabs

Here are the direct download links of the needed astoria cabs:

10166

Code:

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http://wp.ds.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/dflt/2015/07/microsoft.ms_projecta.mainos.spkg_9dec9dcfe0f22750e3737e9a484e7a60e193303c.cab

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10512

Code:

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http://wp.ds.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/dflt/2015/08/microsoft.ms_projecta.mainos.cbsu_c36c1e67bd04b694a01b65efeb70213ff439be76.cab

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10514

Code:

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http://wp.ds.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/dflt/2015/08/microsoft.ms_projecta.mainos.cbsu_7ec3fb51b79d57de88e6adaa0e27800106ecedd8.cab

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10536

Code:

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http://wp.ds.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/dflt/2015/09/microsoft.ms_projecta.mainos.cbsu_f0ea237eea0f74372a7eb6745585a06a4ee3feb9.cab

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Instructions:

-Go to iutool path in cmd with admin rights (usually c:\program files (x86)\windows phone kits.1\tools\bin\i386)

-Type "iutool -l" to see if the device is connected and recognized.

1 put only the first cab (10166) to a new folder like c:\cabs

2 then type: iutool -v -p c:\cabs

3 it should push the cab to the device and start the update.

4 there might be a error 0x8024a110 but it should work.

5 the device will automatically reboot very soon and go to flash mode (gears) to apply the cab.

6 then there will be the usual "data migration".

Repeat steps 1-6 with all the cabs in correct order one by one.

Astoria should now be installed and working.

There are already guides on xda about getting apk's installed via wconnect.

Screenshot:

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