Just finished a company hub app for my Companies windows 8 phones. I have a few different phones i'm testing with, all the same model. One test phone works completely fine with absolutely no issue. However my problem is the company hub app works fine with one phone and has issues on the other 2 phones I'm testing with. For example, one phone successfully installed the company hub app but will not install the company program we have. The other phone will not install the aetx key created however the other two phones installed it without issue. The apps have all been signed properly, like I said the hub app and the app the hub distributes works fine on one test phone. Any ideas?
UPDATE
So an update. I've republished the app, resigned new xap files. I was able to get the install completed on phone 2. So now phone 1 and 2 are working completely fine. I was even able to get my hands on another windows 8 phone and the install worked on that phone as well (we'll call it phone 4). So now I'm still stuck on the same problem with phone 3. Its the same brand as the other phones, downloading the same files from the same wifi connection. I've done a factory reset on the phone three times but still no luck. The phone does not contain a sim card or SD card but none of the others do either so that shouldn't matter.
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I'm looking to buy a Windows Phone smartphone, and am looking into the possibility for 'deploying' private apps. I currently own an Android system, and it's a simple as building an APK file, and adding it to the filesystem of any phone I want to install it on.
I realize there have been some questions around this subject 1, 2, 3. They seem to say you either need a developers account, or an enterprise edition. These questions are old, and possibly outdated. I've tried to find more information on the topic, but all I could find was related to enterprise, or beta testing.
I have no interests in getting a developer's account, because I don't intend to develop or sell larger applications on the marketplace. It's mostly for private use.
If there is no way to do this by default (without paying any fees), are that alternatives that don't involve losing warranty?
You can register yourself in Windows App Studio and you will get to unlock one phone for development and side load up to 2 apps.
Currently that is the only way to put custom apps in your Windows Phone for free and without losing warranty.
If you, however register for a developer accout (which as you know has costs) you will be able to side load up to 10 apps in 3 different devices.
As per the registration process mentioned in below site for Windows Phone 8
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/ff769508(v=vs.105).aspx
I have ensured below things :-
a. Unlocked the phone screen.
b. On my phone, I ensured that the date and time are correct.
c. Connected my phone to computer by using the USB cable.
d. Under Windows Phone SDK 8.0, I clicked Windows Phone Developer Registration.
e. But after clicking Register button, it gives blank Sign in Page
Please tell us the solution.
P.S. 1. The phone is not having sim card and hence not connected to internet.
However it is connected to the PC which is internet enabled.
2. We had installed WP8 10322 Emulators.exe but that too didn't solve the problem
Turn OFF the Time setting called Set Automatically and try again
I am in process of developing app for windows phone 8. I need the adhoc distribution of my app to all devices within the organization. I don't want to publish it on the market instead i want the installation of app on the devices within the organization.
Do i need to buy another account for adhoc distribution or i can use the same $99 account for adhoc distribution of app.
Thanks in advance.
Well there are multiple ways to distribute apps,
Directly via Visual Studio or XAPDeploy (however the device must be developer unlocked, and connected via usb)
Via the normal Store/Marketplace
Via Store/Marketplace, with "Hide from users browsing or searching the Store" so that only users with the direct link to the store can find the app
Via Beta app distribution
edit: beta apps now do not have a 3 month limit anymore. Only restriction is, that you can "only" have 10000 users and each users email must be manually added for them to be able to download the beta
Company app distribution, which is likely what you are looking for. (However this seems to be relatively difficult) More information here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/jj206943(v=vs.105).aspx
Edit: I missed this one: Using "Windows Intune Direct Management for Windows Phone 8 Mobile Devices"
There are no other ways I know of.
I Have windows phone 8 And I want to Develop apps and Deploy it Freely.is this possible.
Ya, max 10 developer app or unsigned apps are allowed to install in your phone.
I assume what you want to do is sideload the apps . For that you need to developer unlock you lumia620 first , which obviously is going to cost you.Please check price for developer unlocking you phone with microsoft.
Other than that it is impossible to load apps freely ,if it is not through App store.
Hope my answer helped you.
It is possible to load any number of unsigned xap files onto a Windows Phone device provided it is fully unlocked (interop unlock). How you go about getting your device to that state presents a challenge. So far, only the Samsung ATIV S has been unlocked to that level for Windows Phone 8.
Once you have fully unlocked your phone you effectively have free reign over your device being able to fully access components such as the registry or file system.
Both Samsung and LG have provided back door diagnostic tools on their phones that facilitate making the needed registry changes to completely unlock their phones. Whether such features are available on other brands has yet to be discovered.
If you are a software developer, you will probably want to get your hands on an ATIV S before they disappear.
Is there any way a Windows Phone 8 app can make phone calls, sending SMS, and perform other cellular network activities without user interaction?
According to this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/7342769 it is somehow possible to perform AT commands to directly access the cellular functionality on Windows Phone 7 (in an inofficial way). Since the Windows Phone 8 SDK supports native code, my question is if you can make use of this to send the required AT commands or access the RIL layer somehow.
In case anyone is wondering why I need this: it's not about an app wich is going to get published but it is needed for an automated testing process.
You cannot do that, this is not possible in windows phone