Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Error : DEP6100 : The following unexpected error occurred during boostrapping stage 'Downloading package 'FF63DEA8-0A0C-4E52-B20F-84F390C30F32'': SmartDeviceException - Referenced package not found

Tuesday, April 15, 2014
12:28 PM
I was updating my Visual Studio 2013 to Update 2 RC. After successful installation I opened Visual Studio  to create a new Windows Phone 8.1 project. In Update 2 , the windows phone solution templates are moved to Store Apps menu. Under that I started with a new blank windows phone application. Now when I debug the project in the device  I am getting the following error.

Error : DEP6100 : The following unexpected error occurred during boostrapping stage 'Downloading package 'FF63DEA8-0A0C-4E52-B20F-84F390C30F32'':  SmartDeviceException - Referenced package not found

This is  because your project is targeted for Windows 8.1 phone OS, but your device is currently in an older phone OS.  So now how do I get the new OS update.
Since I had signed for Phone Developer Preview account  at http://appstudio.windowsphone.com/ , I could install the  "Preview For Developers" app from Windows Phone Store.

Once you install this, launch the app , selection "Enable Preview for Developers" checkbox , then it will enable windows phone updates for your device. 

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