Turn off, turn on...

[webba]

Kornalius,

I've noticed this for a while now but kept forgetting to mention it. Apps that use the GameAPI seem to have a problem being turning off and back on while they are running. Soft Reset required. Has anyone else noticed this or could it be hardware dependant (IPAQ 1940). Or is there a bit of code I'm missing?

Kind regards

[kornalius]

What is happening exactly? I don't have this problem with my ASUS A620. I can turn the device off and on while a ppl demo (gameapi demo) is running no problem.

Could be your device or PocketHAL too!

[webba]

Hi,

If I press the off button, the backlight goes off (I can still see the screen image faintly, just like when the screen darkens after leaving it on for a few minutes) the screen image freezes and the unit fails to respond to any of its controls. I cant switch it off fully nor switch it back on. I have to do a soft reset.

As I stated before its an IPAQ 1940. I have recently upgraded the ROM from HP's www and this has made a slight diff to the behaviour: Before the upgrade it did the same except the screen went completely black instead of just gowing dark.

This happens with all the samples that use the GameAPI and none of the ones that don't.

Anybody else using an IPAQ 1940 to narrow this down to hardware?

[kornalius]

Did you try with a different program (a game)?

[TT]

The same is on my iPAQ 1930 (WinCE 2003). I run app that uses gameAPI, then turn my PDA off and back on. Black screen (with backlight) and nothing more, ignoring hardware keys, only softreset helps.

No such problems with other applications, fullscreen and non-fullscreen games, apps etc (Except "Black Core Logic" game that has the same problem - black screen after turning off and then back on)

[kornalius]

Looks like a problem with PocketHAL (PocketFrog). That game probably uses the same engine as I do for graphics. I will browse the PocketFrog forums for some answers.