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The S60 SDK emulator: faster if you do not start it

ltomuta | 29 July, 2008 23:00

Just now I've run across a thread in the Forum Nokia's Discussion Boards promising an 1000% improvement of emulator's startup time.

Two things came to my mind seeing this thread: a paradox attributed to Zeno of Elea and ... the S60 3rd Edition SDK, supporting Feature Pack 2.

 

First, Zeno's paradox, adapted so that it fits the topic:

In order to satisfy the developers, the emulator would have to be fully up and running in about 10s. But, in order to do so, it would have to be in a "half way there" state first, which it cannot do unless it reaches half of that state to begin with. And so on, ... and so on, ad infinitum.

I have seen at least two conclusions of this paradox, pick your choice:

  • The "logical" conclusion is that the emulator cannot actually ever start since it will have to pass through an infinite number of intermediary states in a finite time interval.
  • The "logical" conclusion is that in order for the emulator to achieve the desired performance it is mandatory that the emulator is not even started.

Ok? No more complaints about the emulator please! Laughing


Now the serious part:

The S60 3rd Edition SDK FP2 does implement two start modes for the emulator, a partial one, with only a few critical servers started, and the full slow start-up mode with which we are all accustomed by now.

You can switch between the two start-up modes by modifying a setting in emulator's Preferences dialog (through the Tools -> Preferences menu option).

The SDK release v1.1 also adds a graphical indicator to the emulator's window so that the developer knows all the time whether the emulator runs in partial or full startup mode. This is intended as a reminder likely to be useful should you experience some strange application error, which can be a side effect of the chosen startup mode.

For tweaking the emulator of the previous platform releases we are each on our own, but it should be quite safe to try ...

 

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How to enable support for old SDKs in Carbide.c++ v1.3

ltomuta | 16 July, 2008 10:00


Let's start with a bit of a warning: the tool no longer supports the old SDKs and this decision is final. Applying the hack described here will at best restore the support for the old SDK to the 1.2 level but enhancements are not to be expected. You should not ask for support from the Carbide.c++ team ( nor from me Smile ) for any issues that might be a side effect of applying this hack.

 

OK, now that all this is clear let's start hacking. (More)

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What's wrong with this picture?

ltomuta | 14 July, 2008 09:00

Carbide.c++ v1.3 - S60 2nd Edition Project templates - Share on Ovi 

 

Carbide.c++ v1.3 - S60 2nd Edition GUI Project with UI Designer - Share on Ovi

 

S60 2nd Edition FP3 - Share on Ovi

 

Carbide.c++ v1.3 - About dialog - Share on Ovi

 

Somehow these pictures do not fit together. Or do they?

 

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Week-end task: Hack Lifeblog posting

ltomuta | 14 July, 2008 02:26

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Task completed.

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Microsoft to buy Symbian

ltomuta | 07 July, 2008 00:04

"Extra, Extra, Read all about it!"

The following piece of news caught my eye, I think it is funny enough to share it with you :)

On Sunday, Microsoft officials announced the company’s plans to acquire the remaining 50.1% of MSN Israel Ltd. from its partner, Internet Gold Ltd. ...

... About one week ago Microsoft talked about its intention to acquire a Portugal-based, mobile service-oriented company called MobiComp, for a yet-to-be-disclosed sum. Furthermore, the software giant wants to buy the remaining 52% of mobile software maker Symbian; in addition to this, it plans to work alongside several other electronics makers within the Symbian Foundation. The foundation’s purpose is to develop a unified software platform that will eventually become "the most widely used software platform on the planet".

The source of this information? Alexander Toldt of eFluxMedia (?!) Full story at Microsoft Going After MSN Israel Ltd.

Update: They've removed the highlighed paragraph from the article. Too bad, it would have been fun to see this picked up by the main media groups.

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