Maxim Menshikov

Static analysis reseacher and startup founder


Native Debugger for Windows Phone 7 Windows Phone 7 Open-source

Bring native debugging experience to Windows Phone 7.

Date: 2011-2012

Languages: Assembler, C, C++

Platforms: Windows Phone 7

Devices: HTC, Nokia, Samsung, ...

GitHub

Prebuilt packages

Features

  • Debugging of native executables.

You can use almost all CE Remote Tools. Limitations: CERemoteSpy can’t setup a window hook (thanks MS for abandoning slot-based virtual memory system) Process Viewer can’t get list of processes

Prerequisites

  • Visual Studio 2008 and Windows Mobile 6 Pro SDK installed. If you also have Visual Studio 2010 + Windows Phone 7 SDK, most likely you won’t be able to use debugger in VS2008. To fix this issue, copy attached edm2.exe to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\SmartDevices\Debugger\target\wce400\armv4i (probably without x86 postfix in Program Files path) (Just to note - this edm2.exe isn’t “special for ce7”. It works on WM6 device too).
  • You should have full unlock on your phone.

How to use

  • Sideload NativeDebugger.xap to phone.
  • Run it, wait until IP list appears.
  • In VS2008: Tools->Options. Then change IP to 127.0.0.1. Prebuilt binaries