HoppeRx - the cure for your ailing device

Camera Preview orientation problems in WM6.5+

shende — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:01:00 GMT

WM6.5 introduced some new layering/compositing technologies that have the potential to break some display driver assumptions. If your display driver is vulnerable to this problem, it will likely break in LTK test #4040 during camera preview orientation....(read more)

Hopper log runtime mismatch

shende — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:23:00 GMT

Establishing the correct value for Hopper runtimes can sometimes be challenging due to the number of places this value is stored. Some are reporting that the Hopper log runtime numbers at the top of the file don’t always match the values reported at the...(read more)

Relieving VM pressure from the GWES process slot

shende — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:05:00 GMT

Windows Mobile displays are get larger and UI assets become more robust which is putting additional VM pressure on GWES to marshal all this additional data. Depending on the situation, implementing a “shared heap” using CeHeapCreate() to store assets...(read more)

Big Iron

shende — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:01:00 GMT

The ability to try out bug fixes is a valuable part of the Hopper process and re-building images quickly is one of the easiest ways to improve your Hopper numbers. We recently went about trying to find the combination of build server parts that makes...(read more)

Troubleshooting guide - part 2

shende — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:07:00 GMT

Below is the second half of a well executed document from guestRx: Bulent Elmaci. Bulent has worked with Windows Mobile debugging for a long time and backs up his writing with a lot of experience. It is the first of a series of articles he has written...(read more)

Troubleshooting guide - part 1

shende — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:56:00 GMT

Below is a well executed document from guestRx: Bulent Elmaci. Bulent has worked with Windows Mobile debugging for a long time and backs up his writing with a lot of experience. It is the first of a series of articles he has written to help our OEM's...(read more)

A Windows CE 6.0 Book that I keep paging back to...

shende — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:24:00 GMT

I am not much of a programming book person, I am much more likely to select code and press "F1". However, I find myself reaching for a CE 6.0 book and have been finding it quite useful. "Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Fundamentals" [Pavlov, Belevsky][ISBN 0735626251...(read more)

Writeable code sections got you down? Fear no more!

shende — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:56:00 GMT

Virtual Memory changes included in Windows Mobile 6.1 can relocate read- only code sections out of Slot 0 and into a higher address range. This change was taken to relieve pressure from our coveted, read- write Slot 0. This change will be transparent...(read more)

Hopper: Start Menu Dead!

shende — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:01:00 GMT

Interesting post over at "Reed & Steve" regarding Hopper and full screen apps and the Start Menu Dead message. Check it out here . Kudos to them for making this available....(read more)

Use CallWindowProc when using WNDPROC pointers directly

shende — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:42:00 GMT

A recurring theme I see while debugging application compatibility issues has to do with the direct use of the window proc pointer. If the intended WNDPROC exists in a DLL that is located in Slot 0, the pointer “looks right” and is often mistakenly used...(read more)

Are you passionate about Windows Mobile Devices?

shende — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:45:00 GMT

Do you want to work on next generation Windows Mobile devices long before they become commercially available? Want to be the first one to work with and influence next year’s Windows Mobile devices? Then you’re in luck! The Windows Mobile team is looking...(read more)

MemoRx incorrectly displaying VM overlap in pre-release Windows Mobile versions

shende — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:07:00 GMT

Many OEM’s have already noticed that Memory Doctor doesn’t correctly represent VM overlap in some pre-release versions of Windows Mobile. There have been some changes in WM VM architecture that contradict an assumption made by MemoRx which results in...(read more)

Understanding Output From “meminfo kernel”

JeCahill — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:52:00 GMT

I was debugging a weird hang at device boot and I used the command “meminfo kernel” in CeDebugX to get more info, but I realized right away that I didn’t know what this command was showing me. So, I did a bit of investigation into what the output meant...(read more)

Passive KITL to the rescue

deanmel — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:59:00 GMT

I'm sure many of you have been in a situation where your device hangs during field testing. Or sometimes you are trying to track down a problem which only repros at a certain location. The best thing you can have in these situations is, of course, a live...(read more)

Running Platform Builder 6 on Vista

deanmel — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:39:00 GMT

There are a lot of people that afraid to switch of Vista because they are afraid that their stuff will not work. Well truth be told, I've been running Vista+VS2005_SP1+PB6 since March of this year and haven't had any major problems. The only two problems...(read more)