http://www.wizcode.com/devblog Wizcode | Developer blog en admin@wizcode.com Copyright 2009 2009-06-24T14:12:00-08:00 http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/comments/download_wizcode_unformat_beta http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/download_wizcode_unformat_beta/#When:14:12:00Z June 24th, 2009 - Wizcode LLC released the first public beta version of Wizcode Unformat Mobile. Unformat Mobile is a data recovery product for Windows Mobile that uses file header recognition deep scan techniques to recover data from storage cards. Read the full press release here. The beta can be downloaded from Wizcode's server:Downoad Wizcode Unformat Mobile Beta for Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC devices Downoad Wizcode Unformat Mobile Beta for Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC devices Downoad Wizcode Unformat Mobile Beta for Windows Mobile 6 Pocket PC devicesTo install the beta please download the corresponding .CAB file to your device and start it using the file explorer. After the installation is finished navigate to your Programs folder (tap Start Menu->Programs) and find the application icon. Tap the icon to start Unformat Mobile. To recover data from a storage card launch the application, choose Unformat and select the storare card you wish to recover from. Wait for the application to scan the entire card. This is a slow process because it has to read every single sector from the card and examine the data from it. Please note that even if you stop the scanning process the application will still attempt to recover the data from the sectors read. After the scan is complete you will see a list of potential recovery candidates (files). Select the ones you wish to recover and tap 'Next'. You will be asked for a location where to store the rescued files (they cannot be saved on the same card). Wait for the recovery to complete. We would like to propose a small giveaway of 5 licenses for the application to anybody who actually tried Unformat Mobile and was able to recover files from his card.  Try scanning an old and even a formatted storage cards - you will be surprised at the amount of info Unformat Mobile will be able to get back. Post your comments here and we will randomly pick 5 users for the contest. Good luck! Official Products, Unformat Mobile, Research and development, Beta testing, Windows CE development 2009-06-24T14:12:00-08:00 http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/comments/wizcode_unformat_mobile_public_beta http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/wizcode_unformat_mobile_public_beta/#When:13:51:00Z June 16th, 2009 - Wizcode LLC, the leading provider of software and solutions for mobile devices announced today the beta of its newest data recovery product for the Windows Mobile platform - Wizcode Unformat Mobile. Wizcode Unformat Mobile is the latest and the most powerful data recovery product from Wizcode based on the Phoenix framework. It differs significantly from Wizcode ScanDisk Mobile and Wizcode Undelete Mobile in the way it attempts to recover lost or damaged data.  While both ScanDisk and Undelete rely on at least partially available file system to respectively repair errors and bring back deleted files, Unformat Mobile can save data even from a formatted or severely damaged file system. Together these 3 products form the ultimate disaster data recovery platform for Windows Mobile.  Unformat Mobile will scan the sectors on the storage card one by one looking for known file patterns or file system structures. The current version of Unformat Mobile can identify more than 180 different file types based on the file data contents. After all sectors are scanned, Unformat Mobile will try putting all pieces of data together. Recognized file types will be matched against any file system records remaining on the disk. A list of recovery candidates will be compiled. If possible, reconstruction of the file names, sizes and attributes will be attempted. If corresponding directory entries are not found or geometry issues are detected, the recovery candidates will be given with generic names and size but will still be recovered. After the list is compiled, a consistency check will be run across all items and any obviously corrupted files will be removed before actual recovery. Consistency checks include geometry and alignment issues, directory entry validation and checksums, overlapping clusters, and bogus data left from previous file systems. Once the list is validated the application can proceed with actual recovery based on user selection. Files must be recovered to a different storage card or to the main memory of the device. Wizcode Unformat Mobile can bring back data that no one even knew was available on the storage card. Just run a scan and you will be surprised at the amount of information it will find on it that you thought never existed. This complex mobile application can compete with very expensive desktop based disaster recovery systems and is the first application of its kind in the Windows Mobile World. Research and development, Beta testing, Windows CE development 2009-06-16T13:51:00-08:00 http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/comments/defragment_mobile_and_scandisk_updates http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/defragment_mobile_and_scandisk_updates/#When:14:26:01Z May 28th, 2009 - Wizcode LLC announced updated versions of ScanDisk Mobile and Defragment Mobile today. The updates contain non-critical fixes as well as some minor improvements. Existing users can download and upgrade their registered copies of the products from the download section of our site. Upgrades are free.  It is recommended to upgrade to the new versions because they address an issue where ScanDisk was incorrectly reporting a broken parent-child folder link on FAT12 and FAT16 volumes. The issue affected both products. Below are the change logs for the new updates: Defragment Mobile v1.02:Fixed ScanDisk FAT12/FAT16 dot-dot folder validation error when the parent folder is the root folderFixed auto defragment service and moved the launcher to the Windows folderFixed registry changes not flushed immediately errorAdded FlashBoost flash block size parameter under Settings->FlashBoostAdded critical sections around the auto defragmentation code to prevent device lock upsScanDisk Mobile v1.02:Fixed ScanDisk FAT12/FAT16 dot-dot folder validation error when the parent folder is the root folderFixed registry changes not flushed immediately error Official Products, Defragment Mobile, ScanDisk Mobile, Research and development, Changelogs, Windows CE development 2009-05-28T14:26:01-08:00 http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/comments/first_wizcode_cleanup_mobile_screenshots http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/first_wizcode_cleanup_mobile_screenshots/#When:15:36:00Z Below are some preliminary screenshots from our upcoming new product - Wizcode Cleanup Mobile! More to follow shortly. Junk scan wizard   Research and development, Windows CE development, Upcoming Products 2009-05-07T15:36:00-08:00 http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/comments/wizcode_cleanup_mobile_discussion http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/wizcode_cleanup_mobile_discussion/#When:14:36:00Z Greetings,Our development team is almost ready to release a beta version of a new product called Wizcode Cleanup Mobile. The small application for Windows Mobile is an advanced junk cleaner that is able to quickly scan the device to find various system junk objects and optionally clean them. One of the unique new features of Cleanup Mobile is the ability to reverse any of the cleanup sessions in case anything goes wrong.  Cleanup mobile will detect junk in:The file systemThe registryThe notification queueOutlook contacts, appointments and tasksWizcode cleanup mobile will be released for both the Pocket PC and the Smartphone platforms. In the meanwhile, before we release the beta - if you have any ideas or suggestions for the product please let us know! To do that, post in this thread or use the "Feedback" tab to the right to send us your comments. Help us create a better product - together! Corporate, Research and development, Windows CE development, Upcoming Products 2009-04-23T14:36:00-08:00 http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/comments/wizcode_on_twitter http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/wizcode_on_twitter/#When:14:18:00Z Wizcode is now on Twitter! To follow us on Twitter use the following link: http://twitter.com/wizcode Corporate 2009-04-23T14:18:00-08:00 http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/comments/wizcode_announces_plans_to_support_the_smartphone_platform http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/wizcode_announces_plans_to_support_the_smartphone_platform/#When:14:41:00Z April 13th, 2009 - Wizcode LLC will release Windows Mobile SmartPhone versions of its products currently only supporting the Pocket PC platform. Initial research and draft development phases are nearly finished, the major piece of work left to be done is SmartPhone user interface adaptation. The first products to support the SmartPhone platform will be ScanDisk Mobile, Defragment Mobile and Undelete Mobile. Pocket Mechanic Professional 2009 will also be ported to the SmartPhone platform as well as the upcoming new version of Pocket Hack Master. Official Products, Research and development, Windows CE development 2009-04-13T14:41:00-08:00 http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/comments/wizcode_pocket_mechanic_professional_v3_announced http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/wizcode_pocket_mechanic_professional_v3_announced/#When:15:04:01Z April 6th, 2009 - Wizcode LLC announced work in progress on a brand new version of Pocket Mechanic Professional, company's best selling software for Windows Mobile devices and winner of the SmartPhone and PocketPC Magazine's Best Software Awards 2008. Pocket Mechanic Professional v3 is a new product based on several Wizcode projects - Evolution, Phoenix, and FATFS and including most of the system tools available in Pocket Mechanic Professional v2 but also adding new and unique features and a brand new and improved user interface. The product also focuses on safety and stability as well by allowing users to "undo" the changes they've made using it. The first beta version of Pocket Mechanic Professional v3 is scheduled to be released no later than early June. Official Products, Pocket Mechanic Professional, Research and development, Windows CE development, Upcoming Products 2009-04-06T15:04:01-08:00 http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/comments/pocket_hack_master_v5_work_in_progress_announced http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/pocket_hack_master_v5_work_in_progress_announced/#When:15:08:01Z April 2nd, 2009 - Wizcode LLC is working on a brand new version of Pocket Hack Master, the best selling Windows Mobile speed boosting/performance optimization utility and winner of the SmartPhone and PocketPC Magazine's Best Software Awards 2008. The new product has plugin-oriented architecture that consists of the core Pocket Hack Master engine and a number of plugins providing low-level control for the different processors supported. The main advantage of the new architecture is the possibility to support many different CPUs and still keep the product stable and maintainable. Currently the major challenge standing in front of Wizcode's development team is adding support for the new unsupported processors like the PXA310 and the Qualcomm MS7200. Having a modular structure is the first step in making Pocket Hack Master support the new chips. The expected beta release for the new product will be no later than July 2009. Wizcode will release a SmartPhone version of Pocket Hack Master v5 as well. In the meanwhile any suggestions of feature requests will be very welcome by our team. Do not hesitate to send us a message! Official Products, Pocket Hack Master, Research and development, Windows CE development, Upcoming Products, Pocket Hack Master 5 2009-04-02T15:08:01-08:00 http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/comments/wizcode_announces_defragment_mobile_beta http://www.wizcode.com/devblog/wizcode_announces_defragment_mobile_beta/#When:15:53:00Z February 18th, 2009 - Wizcode LLC announced the public beta of Wizcode Defragment Mobile, storage card and RAM defragmenter and optimizer for Windows Mobile. Wizcode Defragment Mobile can defragment files and folders on the storage card of your Windows Mobile device and optimize folder performance by re-sorting the directory entries of each folder. You will notice dramatically increased perfomance especially in applications that list a large number of files like file explorers, image viewers etc. Zero fragmentation is also essential for any data recovery procedures you may attempt  The new Defragment Mobile is based on previously announced Evolution framework and the Wizcode FATFS library.  Research and development, Beta testing, Upcoming Products 2009-02-18T15:53:00-08:00