Getting Error “Unable to connect to a phone. Make sure the Windows Phone IP over USB transport service is running”

Question

I bought a Lumia 630 dual SIM recently and has been trying to register my phone for development, but kept getting this error \"Unable to connect to a phone. Make sure the Wi

Answer 1

I faced the same problem.

Solution Apart from changing USB cable, restarting, we can do following steps: 1.Set the correct date and time 2.Change the device name [ From your PC, you can simply change device name] 3.your device must have internet connection.

Answer 2

I tried all the solutions proposed above, but was unable to get the tool to recognize the phone. The phone appeared in Explorer, but the registration tool just couldn't see it. Then I stumbled into this article:

http://toddbaginski.com/blog/fixing-windows-phone-developer-registration-tool-errors/

Basically, you go into Device Manager and uninstall all the USB composite devices. After Windows reinstall drivers for the phone, the registration tool should now be able to see it. It worked in my case, at least.

Answer 3

I had to go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services

and start the

Windows Phone IP Over USB Transport Service.

My device is now working.