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I have googled and searched after this topic, but could not find any good answer.
How can i get the imei for the phone, or at least a unique id. I am also interested in finding the phonenumber through the simcard. Right now im using the systemstate to get the owner's phonenumber, but that is only set if the owner has set it himself
I was just tinkering around at home with some development, and started noticing this behavior for the first time. After reading through the suggestions (USB plugs in particular), I got to thinking that the USB cable I had at hand is pretty wimpy looking, so I grabbed the cable I normally use for work (it's a larger diameter, I don't know, what that means internally), and since then everything has been working fine.
So for anyone landing here with these troubles, you might also check to make sure it isn't the USB cable.
using the Stand-alone-Device-Emulator with any of the Windows Mobile emulator images is the best you can do, if you do not have a device to test.
The question is, which devices you are targeting. If Windows Mobile 6.1.4, the link you mention is OK.
Additionally you should to load the Stand-alone-Device-Emulator from here. That enables you to start stop Windows Mobile Emulator images of different kinds.
The Internet Explorer Mobile inside the emulator behaves the same as on devices using the same OS. That is ensured by MS certification. OEMs just include the Internet Explorer as it is delivered by MS.
You may also need to load other emulator images like the Windows Mobile 6.5.3 (aka Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5.3) which is the latest available Windows Mobile OS. Windows Phone (7 or 8) is a totally different branch.
If oyu need an internet connection inside the emulator, you need to load and install ActiveSync (<=Windows XP) or Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC, >=Windows 7). Do not interchange Windows Mobile Device Center with Windows Mobile Device Manager!
In ActiveSync or WMDC you can enable passthru of the ActiveSync/WMDC connection:
Choose "Allow Connections..." DMA option to allow the emulator to be 'cradled'.
If enabled, you can access the internet or the Computer's network within the emulator and so can connect to a web server running reachable from the Computer.
~josef
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If you really need the IMEI, have a look at this blog:
http://dotnetslackers.com/Community/blogs/ruslantrifonov/archive/2007/07/10/_2200_How-To_2200_-Series_3A00_-Retrieving-IMSI-and-IMEI-on-Windows-Mobile.aspx
it contains a download which demonstrates using lineGetGeneralInfo via TAPI to retrieve IMEI & IMSI.