I’m currently testing a Windows Mobile application. I’m doing final tests directly on my real devices. I had my HTC Touch Pro2 phone hooked via USB, and the tests went perfectly. Then, I unplugged it and plugged my old HTC P4000 to make tests on an older device. I pressed F5 in Visual Studio .NET, and checked my P4000’s screen for the usual “Do you trust that application” prompt… Nothing. But from the corner on my eye, I saw that my Touch Pro2 was asking for the question. Hun? I clicked “Yes”, and there I was, in the middle of a debugging session via WIFI!!! Tracing was working well, I could breakpoint, pause and continue.
I had no idea my phone was still connected to Windows Mobile Center. As a matter of fact, Mobile Center was waiting for my feedback about how to sync the newly plugged P4000. Once I answered “Connect without synching”, VS.NET started using the P4000 for debugging.
And all this happened 5 minutes after I told myself I should tweet that I want my phone to sync via WIFI.
Now, I’m trying to reproduce this, and I can’t. It seems timing had a lot to do with this, and the fact it was the first time Mobile Center saw my P4000 in this session. If only Windows Mobile Center (and VS.NET) was supporting multiple devices connected at the same time.