New features for Windows Phone 8: Unlock developer mobile phones and new debugging features

Same as WP7, Windows Phone 8 also needs to be unlocked
1. A developer account is required. The account and password of the Windows Live ID associated with the developer account are required. A developer account can unlock up to three mobile phones at the same time.
2. A Windows 8 PC with WP8 SDK installed
3. for a mobile phone connected to a PC through USB or WiFi, the mobile phone and the PC must be connected to the Internet. During the unlock process, the mobile phone cannot lock the screen.

When the preceding three conditions are met, you can use Windows Phone developer registration. unlock the tool. The tool is located in phonereg under the c: \ Program Files (x86) \ microsoft sdks \ Windows Phone \ v8.0 \ tools \ phone registry file. Double-click phonereg, after entering the user name and password as prompted, the mobile phone is unlocked normally.

Of course, you may also encounter various problems, such as the phone is not connected to wifi, and the phone screen is locked.

In addition, you may also encounter make sure the ipoverusbsvc is running. "Please confirm that the Windows Phone IP over USB transmission (ipoverusbsvc) service is running", ipoverusbsvc is located in c: \ Program Files (x86) \ common files \ microsoft shared \ phone tools \ corecon \ 11.0 \ bin program and other methods to solve the problem.

The unlocked mobile phone can directly deploy the xap application using xapdeploy. The tool is located in c: \ Program Files (x86) \ microsoft sdks \ Windows Phone \ v8.0 \ tools \ xap deployment

In the debugging process, what is different from WP7 is:
1. If you do not need to restart management software such as zunew.wpconnect.exe, you only need to ensure that the "ipoverusbsvc" service is running.
2. You can enable the camera function directly in debug mode.
3. On the debug page of project designer, you can select either the managed code section of the debugging application or the local code section. If the application communicates with the background proxy, you can also choose whether to debug the background Code independently. You can also debug the application and background proxy in a debugging session.
4. For Windows Phone 8 applications, not only can debugging be started directly, but also debugging can be started through the tile or push notification. When you start debugging on a Windows Phone 8 simulator or mobile phone, click the back button to exit the application. At this time, the debugging tool remains connected. When you start the application again through the tile or push notification, you can continue debugging.