Remote debugging UWP app on Windows 10 Phone device

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I'm trying to remote debug application on my Windows 10 phone. Although I have developer mode ON (set in Developer mode), Device discovery ON and Device Portal also ON, I can't make debugging work:

The Visual Studio 2015 Remote Debugger (MSVSMON.EXE) does not appear to be running on the remote computer. This may be because a firewall is preventing communication to the remote computer. Please see Help for assistance on configuring remote debugging.

I checked firewall and other network related settings, it should be all fine. I'm using VS 2015 U3. I can access the developer portal on the IP address.

Any ideas?

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You should use a usb data cable to connect your phone to the pc. It's not remote debugging though. To do Remote Debugging the you must install VisualStudio Remote tools in the remote computer. So since you can't do that in a phone you must connect it through a usb cable. – Nuwan Karunarathna
Since phone has developer tools and device discovery over wifi (for debugging) is turned on, I would assume it should work even without cable. Or is it something that is not supported at all? – user969153
Yeah, at present we can only deploy apps over wifi. That also using command line tools. To debug you must connect it via a usb cable. – Nuwan Karunarathna

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If you want debug on remote computer you need install Remote Tools on remote computer. For debug on real phone use Debug on device instead enter image description here