26
Nov 2010
17 Comments
That Windows Phone 7 side-load application limit was what again?

After pushing out ChevronWP7, the team has been receiving a flood of pessimistic and angry comments/letters. One of the arguments regarding the tool’s usefulness involves a limitation imposed by Microsoft – the number of applications you can push to the phone “on the side” (outside the Marketplace). Here’s how one conversation went:

The tool is useless. You can only push X number of applications to the phone. Afterwards, you have to make hard decisions on what to uninstall – jiggly boobs or psychedelic LED blinker…

Well, using the retail Windows Phone Developer Registration tool, that’s true. You’re allowed 10 (custom) applications. With ChevronWP7 version 1.0, the same applies. The tool can easily be modified, however, to accommodate more. I’ve included a picture below to prove my point. Would you like ChevronWP7 to support Int32.Max (2147483647) applications instead? Okay, done.

  • CW2

    Actually, Int32.Max = 2147483647 (0x7fffffff), 4294967295 is UInt32.Max :-)

    • Rafael

      Whoops, thanks man. I haven’t slept since Tuesday. Edited.

  • Jorge

    Hi there! Since there’s no windows phone 7 devices available here where i live (brazil), i was wondering wether i should buy one at vodafone (europe). Should i spend 500 euros on a wp7 device and try to unlock it here using your application? Will it work? Thanks!

    • Rafael

      No, this tool is not for carrier unlocking.

      • Jorge

        thanks anyways! so is there a way to jailbreak a windows phone 7 device so that i could use it with other carriers?

  • http://mindre.net Tore Lervik

    Thanks Rafael :)
    I already got my app hub subscription, so the unlock itself is not needed by me. But the ability to remove the 10 apps limit is welcome :)
    I also think it will be easier to roll out applications within the company before Microsoft get their marketplace ready for closed company apps.

  • Owen

    Interesting, my developer account only allows three. Perhaps it’s changed?

    • Rafael

      Did you register as a student? Or non-US? Just trying to determine why the difference.

      • http://neowin.net Owen

        It’s a US live ID, but a student account. I guess that’s why.

      • Emil

        non-US has less or what?

      • Rafael

        I suspect Owen is confused. I registered a student developer account.

    • Martin

      It’s 3 DEVICES and 10 APPS per device

  • jack

    how u do that?

  • Emil

    Is that Jailbreak has any side affect known so far? Does it format my phone before Jailbreaks it?

    • Rafael

      No and no.

  • http://www.withinwindows.com/ Civic

    umm will it work on my htc hd7 and will it like do anything bad too it i spent alot of maoney on it i can take a bad chance and ty

  • http://www.withinwindows.com/ Civic

    i mean i cant take a bad chance and try it