How to setup AppVerifier for "Always running" processes
AppVerifier is a very useful tool when it comes to finding memory leaks. It is relatively easy to configure if you have some understanding of how AKU's and PB work. There are pretty comprehensive...
View ArticleApplication Verifier on Drivers; Windows Mobile 6
I tried the various instruction on MSDN and other locations for running Application Verifier on drivers, particularly in cases where no KITL connection is used (such as when running Hopper) and I ran...
View ArticleWriteable code sections got you down? Fear no more!
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,...
View ArticleA Windows CE 6.0 Book that I keep paging back to…
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...
View ArticleTroubleshooting guide – part 1
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...
View ArticleTroubleshooting guide – part 2
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...
View ArticleBig Iron
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...
View ArticleRelieving VM pressure from the GWES process slot
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...
View ArticleHopper log runtime mismatch
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...
View ArticleCamera Preview orientation problems in WM6.5+
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...
View ArticleDry spell
My apologies to the readers of this blog - the HoppeRx contributors have all be busy working on the next version of Windows Phone and posts have been few-and-far-between. Let me assure you that the...
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