I have for more than 1.5 years a WP device which until a few days ago was running Windows Phone 7.5. The device was developer unlocked (process done through AppaMundi as at the time developers in Cyprus didn't have direct access to marketplace), but apparently after the system upgrade to 7.8 done a few days ago, the registration key somehow got lost.
I am currently not able to run and test my apps from Visual Studio on the device as it doesn't recognize it anymore as developer unlocked!
Did anybody heard of any similar issues or maybe even ran into this?
Any ideas how to solve this?
Thank you in advance!
Andrei
Blocking usually happens only when the phone "phones home" and finds out that it's unlocked when it shouldn't be. That shouldn't happen when the phone is unlocked legally.
Do you already publish your apps through dev.windowsphone.com? If so, you can re-unlock your phone easily:
Go to Start -> All Programs -> Windows Phone SDK -> run Developer Registration;
Connect the phone and run Zune;
Enter login credentials to your MS developer account.
Click Register and wait a few seconds.
If you still publish apps through AppaMundi, you must request them to do the unlock again for you. That might cost you some additional money.
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New to Windows Phone 7 development.
I am using Windows 7 32 bit pro
I am using VS2010.
I connect my WP7 mobile.
I can see the files in Windows Explorer.
I create a New W7 project. I select deploy to device.
I get this error:
"Zune software is not launched. Retry after making sure that Zune software is launched"
Zune is installed.
It seems to be running?
It still does not deploy.
I Google around.
All the answers are to select the Emulator instead.
I don't want the emulator. I want to use the device.
What else can I check?
I found that on Google:
http://dhakshinamoorthy.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/getting-almost-started-with-windows-phone-7-1-development/
Αt some point says:
" Now build the project, if everything goes right you will get an error. “Zune software is not launched. Retry after making sure that Zune software is launched.”, and please do so. Also make sure, you don’t have any keypad lock on your phone device. Also make sure the phone is not pin locked."
So in my opinion the problem is that your phone is locked and Zune can't access your device.
I made one windows phone 7 app and its working on emulator but I need to test the sensor... so to test the sensor I want to install the app in my phone... how I can do that? I don't want to put it in the market, I just want it for me...
you would need to have a developer unlock device for you to install your own app. and there is also a limit to how many you could install on your device.
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Just went through hell today reformatting my laptop and redownloading Visual Studio for Windows Phone and I've been getting this ridiculous error all day. When I try to deploy my project on my HTC Radar 4G, I keep getting Error
Failed to connect to the device. Ensure that the device is completely booted and is connected to the PC.
I registered my device from work about a week ago and was able to deploy a little sample app I made shortly after that, but now none of the SDK tools seem to know what my phone even is.
It started 2 nights ago when I was at work and plugged the phone in and was unable to deploy anything to it, figured it was my work pc or some of the bum USB cables we have so I went home and tried on my personal laptop and still no go.
I've seen a lot of people on forums having this problem and a million snake oil solutions like rebooting the phone, rebooting the computer, unplugging, replugging, reinstalling, and deleting certificates, but nothing is working.
Anyone have any ideas why this phone won't deploy anymore? I haven't tried a hard reset yet because I have a lot of contacts and stuff to backup and it would be a huge hassle for something that probably won't work.
I don't recommend using Zune to connect to the phone for development purposes. It has worked on and off for me in the past.
You should use The Windows Phone Developer Tool Windows Phone 7 Connect Tool. Then turn off the Zune option that tells it to open automatically when you connect the device. It should work good after that.
I have just found out that the WP7 emulator is feature locked when I was asked to look into sending emails from my app. I know it is possible to access an unlocked ROM but as this isn't sanctioned it is not something I can do. I also do not have a WP7 phone and cannot get hold of one ye as there isn't the funding as yet to buy one.
So when MS release the full release of the SDK will it remain feature locked or will it act more like a proper phone at this point?
I wrote about "unlocking" the latest emulator image in another Question. You cannot unlock it, but you can access most of the internal features / programs. Take a look at this answer: Unlock Windows Phone 7 emulator
Prior to NoDo (and I think perhaps NoDo - don't remember for sure), it was possible, as there was a leaked image. I never did get it to work properly, though. But that is irrelevant now, as with the Mango updates (all of the betas and the RC), it no longer works, and there is no unlocked emulator image out there.
There is unlikley to be a "fully featured" emulator released.
You will need to get an actual device for testing so I'd wait on testing this functionality until you have a device. If you know someone who has one you could borrow there's or send them the XAP and ask them to test for you.
My country has no access to the WP7 MarketPlace but i want to know if i can still at least develop apps for my own WP7 Device or at least directly install it on other devices that i have access to..
Thanks
You can still develop applications for the countries that do have a WP7 MarketPlace and you can add your applications to an unlocked device without needing access to the MarketPlace by using the Application Deployment tool, which is part of the Windows Phone7 Development Tools. In order to unlock your phone, you will need to create an account on the App Hub and register as a developer.
Here is a response I have seen on other forums that appears useful;
Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone - http://www.microsoft.com/express/Phone/
As for installing on other devices, I'm not sure how that would work. I believe the way Windows7 works is different to the typically CAB file installation on Windows6 (Mobile) downward
My country (the Netherlands) also has no marketplace yet.
If you buy a WP7 developer license you can still unlock your phone and use it to develop applications regardsless. You can even publish your app on the marketplace for alll countries that have it. But you couldn't download it from that marketplace yourself...
(A developer licese allows you to unlock up to three phones regardless of the liveID used on them, I have currently unlocked two of my collegues as well and I can use the webinterface to revoke this without needing their phone)
What you can also do is create a seperate live_id with a country that does have a marketplace and use that as the root liveID for your phone. In that case you could download your own app providing it is either free or you can somehow pay in that country (ie prepaid us creditcard). Unfortunately because it has to be the primary ID you will have to reset your phone and you will still need a Wp7 dev account.
I went through all these hoops myself
i found a site called www.yallaapps.com that can take care of those of us without access to the marketplace.
You should check the Windows Phone Developer Blog.
There have been some changes regarding this issue.
This blog post from ms team offer an alternative for publishing apps via Global Publisher Program.