Reverse engineering apps for Windows Phone 7 and 8

Question

How can I reverse engineer Windows Phone apps? Especially apps that are running on version 7.8 and 8 of the OS?

I'm looking for tools and procedures for doing this.

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 27 '13 at 01:05

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If you have the XAP file, it is just a ZIP format. You can rename it and open it.

If you don't have the XAP file, you can use XGENO to get it - http://mktwp7.codeplex.com/

To decompile the DLLs, use DotPeek.

answered Mar 27 '13 at 01:05

Bill Sempf

Am I correct that these no longer work with wp8, as the xap files are now encrypted? – BlackICE Oct 12 '13 at 13:24
You know, I haven't tried. Are they indeed encrypted? Win8 apps are supposed to be encrypted too, and they sure aren't. – Bill Sempf Oct 15 '13 at 03:04

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