Auto-launch does not work in some cases

[shchuka]

Hello all,

I've been struggling with this for a long time. We have an application that starts on phone boot. (This is for older 2nd edition phones, specifically, 6630, 6680 and N70.) The auto-start function works perfectly well on most handsets, but there is a small number, on which the application does not start. I can see the launcher starting up but then the main app doesn't start at all. On average, I find about 1 device out of 50 or so would have this problem. Thinking this may be a firmware issue, we even tried re-flashing these with generic Nokia firmware - but the problem is still present.

The application is for our internal company needs and is running on the company's handsets, which we buy second-hand from various sources.

Any ideas and suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

[wizard_hu_]

It might be some race condition, where some servers have not been (fully) started yet, so the application can not be started neither.
You can experiment with various fixes, ranging from a few second-wait (using a simple User::After) before the launch attempt to active object-based magics (which could also be a simple RTimer::After - just in a non-blocking way -, but you could also check for known applications to start - for example if the 'main' phone app has been started, there are really good chances for any other application to succeed in starting as well).