How to run Hopper on your application (step-by-step) procedures

Mighell's blog — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:01:03 GMT

Trai vari tools introdotti con l'SDK di Windows Mobile 6, ce n'è uno abbastanza utile al testing della

How to run Hopper on your application (step-by-step) procedures

Mighell's Mobile Blog — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:38:56 GMT

Tra i vari tools introdotti con l'SDK di Windows Mobile 6, ce n'è uno abbastanza utile al testing

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The Windows Mobile RSS (Reed and Steve Stuff) Feed — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:12:56 GMT

I’m really itching to do a serious of posts on slaying the Virtual Memory monster… you know, that memory

THE WinMobile CLOSE (x) BUTTON and BATTERY LIFE

Mike — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:01:45 GMT

THE WinMobile CLOSE (x) BUTTON and BATTERY LIFE:

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This is related to a significant issue with the windows mobile devices battery power. The close (x) button minimizes the applications but doesn't close them. The OS memory management does a decent (but not great) job of memory management. BUT did the coders/designers think about the BATTERY LIFE in addition to the memory management ?

My PPC-6700 battery dies about twice as fast if I don't close all running (in background) programs before I put the device in my holster. It is a major pain to remember to close everything after using the phone because some apps actually talk to network and suck up the battery power FAST!!

re: How to run Hopper on your application (step-by-step) procedures

Ice — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:18:38 GMT

Can someone just fired the entire WM Team and start over.

re: How to run Hopper on your application (step-by-step) procedures

Bob — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:34:53 GMT

Is there any way to prevent Hopper from dialing 911? We actually had that happen multiple times. Our only option was to leave devices in either the microwave or fridge over night while hopper ran.

re: How to run Hopper on your application (step-by-step) procedures

shende — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:54:51 GMT

Yes, it is possible for Hopper to dail emergency numbers. There are a number of safeguards in place to prevent this - but it remains possible.

The complete solution is to implement some redirect technology documented here: http://blogs.msdn.com/hopperx/archive/2006/02/01/522434.aspx . This solution has the added benefit of being able to program devices to call _other_ devices under test, increasing your coverage. Thanks and good luck!

re: How to run Hopper on your application (step-by-step) procedures

Tiffany — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:23:02 GMT

I don't know what version of Hopper you are running, but I've run it thousands of times and have never seen it dial 911.

HOPPER: Start Menu dead, not responding

Mobile Development — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:43:12 GMT

Hopper is an extremely powerful tool OEMs have always had to test the stability of their PLATFORMs. With

re: How to run Hopper on your application (step-by-step) procedures

Maik — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:25:37 GMT

I set up hopper according to your article and it runs well using attached Visual Studio 2005 for debugging. I also made the customizations to my app to not get closed by the OK or X button. That also works fine.

But I have a little problem: I see hoper working for minutes or hours without problems. But it happens, that somehow my debugger "looses" connection to the app. The output writes "The program '[d6d8dd6a] xxxx.exe' has exited with code 3 (0x3)".

So somehow my program got shut down. But I don't know how. I made VS debugger catch all Exceptions, so I would think that no Exception occurred. But the return code "3" shows that it seems to be no normal shut down of the app, so there may be a bug in my application.

Does anyone have an idea how I could address that issue? I don't know where to look.

Any help appreciated

Maik