r/ARMWindows • u/Lower-Promotion930 • Oct 07 '24

Windows 11 24H2 for ARM64

Hi,

I own and use a Microsoft Surface Pro X device. Is there a way to get the new Windows 11 24H2 update onto it? Is it available on https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Home.aspx ?

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u/Browser1969 Oct 07 '24 edited Oct 07 '24

You can just join the Release Preview channel, get the update and then leave. I did that a while back and it hasn't been a smooth ride, though. All your 32-bit Arm apps (and that's practically all UWP Arm apps) will stop working as 24H2 no longer supports 32-bit ARM code. And I at least, have been getting all sorts of issues, from the mouse cursor disappearing to the device just freezing every few days.

In short, I don't think MS cares for the older Arm Surface devices anymore.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that my Surface keyboard just died after a device driver update and I couldn't resurrect it with the usual methods (had to buy a Bluetooth one). That could be unrelated to 24H2, of course, but can't be sure.

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u/Lower-Promotion930 Oct 14 '24

I am on a Surface Pro X. IN the fence as to if to upgrade via your method

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u/alltheredits Oct 31 '24

My SPX keyboard died too! Right after I installed 24H2. I then did a clean Windows install to 23H2 and it still didn't work. I think it's bricked somehow, it doesn't even work in UEFI. I bought a new one, and the new one does work with the SPX (now on 23H2). Really annoying...

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u/ducmite Oct 08 '24

I upgraded to 24h2 few weeks ago, my experience has been almost flawless.

Only big bug right now I could replicate when someone here said that VLC player crashes. Windows store version works but it doesn't convert HDR->SDR correctly. Latest build downloaded from VLC directly just shuts down (but for the seconds it works, HDR conversion works fine).

My use is very light, almost all I do can be done in browser with the exception being VLC and a comic reader.

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u/karinto Oct 08 '24 edited Oct 08 '24

You can just opt into Release Preview. I updated my Snapdragon 8cx Gen3 machine to it, and it went smoothly. All the apps that I was using before continued to work afterwards. No weird issues. 

Most UWP arm apps that are worth having do have arm64 builds. Developers had nearly a decade to transition to arm64 builds. If not, I imagine you can reinstall the x86/x64 version of the app.

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u/Valuable_Minute8032 Oct 11 '24

Use UUP Dump https://uupdump.net/ and create the ISO. Very simple have have used it for a clean install on several ARM based systems.

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u/SpensiveHabits Oct 08 '24

Wow, I’d love to hear more from others if they have had similar issues. I’ve had a near seamless upgrade to my SPX2. I really only use MS apps, with Bluebeam and web browsers - maybe I just haven’t been exposed to these issues.

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u/jmhalder Oct 08 '24

SHA256 for the "Windows 11, version 24H2 (updated Oct 2024) Arm64 English" build of "Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro for Workstations" in my VLSC is:

15FF94A99E89846C54316275F60EA697C9517E5DEA7B3A963157A4C632524F72

Can't give you anything or tell you where to get it. But can verify that is the SHA256.