HoppeRx - the cure for your ailing device

A community site dedicated to the support of device problems found by Hopper

Hopper for ISV’s – part I

I have been reflecting on the things Javier and I learned from our Hopper talk at MEDC and I wanted...

Author: shende Date: 06/05/2006

Roll your own Hopper in 200 lines of code – sample included!

To increase Hopper awareness and help prove how simple Hopper really is, I have developed a...

Author: shende Date: 03/18/2006

Using Watson to "Cut the Cord" - part III

From guest contributor Joe Broxson: In a previous blog, the Hopper Doctor wrote about "cutting the...

Author: shende Date: 02/21/2006

Manual Stack unwinding – just for the fun of it

There is rarely a need to unwind a healthy stack manually since the debugger can do this for you,...

Author: shende Date: 02/03/2006

Emergency calling and Hopper

[Following provided by Javier Flores Assad, AKA MTTF Dude] Hopper, as a random UI stress tool, can...

Author: shende Date: 02/01/2006

Virtual Memory, Hopper and your device

The HangRx.exe debugging tool can help you resolve thread priority issues created by Hopper – but...

Author: shende Date: 12/22/2005

The Cat Parade

It has been said that trying to keep Hopper focused on a single application is like trying to get...

Author: shende Date: 11/29/2005

Logger.exe is no substitute for a KITL debugger connection

This entry is dedicated to my readers troubled by Logger.exe and its sometimes incomplete log files....

Author: shende Date: 11/11/2005

HangRx finally Available on Jetstream!

After some wrangling with legal, I can finally announce that HangRx (see post below) has been...

Author: shende Date: 11/02/2005

Fingers and toes

Several of our account managers were out and about with some free time on their digits… Contest: If...

Author: shende Date: 10/13/2005

Not all Watson dumps are created equal (Watson part II)

The second installment of Watson will focus on the type of dump created during error reporting....

Author: shende Date: 10/12/2005

Getting help from the Doctor (Dr Watson that is!)

You cannot ship a device connected to the debugger so eventually you will have to cut the cord and...

Author: shende Date: 10/07/2005

Exception types simplified

l Debugging exceptions is the same process regardless of type, but often it is helpful to understand...

Author: shende Date: 10/03/2005

Hopper training available online!

Old news for some, but for the newer folks there is over 4 hours of Hopper video training done for...

Author: shende Date: 09/12/2005

Off Topic: ltkUnlock tool

My apologies for the non-Hopper post, but since many HoppeRx readers will also need to know about...

Author: shende Date: 09/08/2005

Reproducing Hopper runs … and why it doesn’t work!

I am asked frequently if it is possible to reproduce Hopper runs – and the answer is a resounding...

Author: shende Date: 08/24/2005

Modifying your KD Trap on the fly

Contributed by Javier Flores Assad (AKA "MTTF Dude") The normal (by default) KD trap mechanism is...

Author: shende Date: 08/19/2005

CETK vs LTK – What’s the difference?

Understanding the nuances between test kits and what tests are appropriate for your device is very...

Author: shende Date: 07/28/2005

Let us mourn the loss of Flight Mode…

As many Hopper experts already know, running Hopper in Flight Mode (radio turned OFF) is an...

Author: shende Date: 07/11/2005

Printed Exception strings - what do all those flags mean?

Data Abort: Thread=9352cc9c Proc=90876ea0 'shell32.exe' AKY=00000005...

Author: shende Date: 06/29/2005

Not all exceptions are created equal

Hopper is designed to monitor the overall health of the device and will only concern itself with...

Author: shende Date: 06/21/2005

Looking for submissions... This is your site!

Got Hopper questions? Got Hopper solutions? Please submit them and I will make sure they get posted....

Author: shende Date: 06/21/2005

New Hopper End Type: Hopper log reporting shorter runtime than device

Attached is the a new decision tree that may help diagnose why Hopper is short-changing you on your...

Author: shende Date: 06/02/2005

Welcome app got you down? -- stuck in the Cut Paste demo screen.

Problem: Hopper gets stuck in Welcome.exe at the Cut & Paste demo screen and cannot continue....

Author: shende Date: 05/26/2005

What is Hopper, what it does and why are we so interested in its results?

Hopper is a software test tool that simulates random user input on mobile devices providing a...

Author: shende Date: 05/24/2005

An Idea is concieved - welcome to the Hopper community Blog!

Greetings all, please be patient while this blog is populated. I promise lots of good stuff is...

Author: shende Date: 05/23/2005

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