Submitted by zink (not verified) on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 14:54.
I found a workaround for the hanging problem (the ppc hangs while generating a new grid, and you can't do anything until it ends). Just run Mort Player, play any mp3 file, pause it, and Pocket Sudoku won't hang any more, so you can start playing immediately after starting a new game (I know it's hard to believe it works, I couldn't believe it was that when I first experienced it). This works on my Loox 718, however, the overall slowness of the program is present anyway. I'm thinking about converting Pocket Sudoku to native (unmanaged) C code, since the original author doesn't seem to have time or interest in continuing it. This should speed it up quite nicely, but I don't have much time either for now, so I don't know if it will work out at all. It it does, I will release my results.
I found a workaround
I found a workaround for the hanging problem (the ppc hangs while generating a new grid, and you can't do anything until it ends). Just run Mort Player, play any mp3 file, pause it, and Pocket Sudoku won't hang any more, so you can start playing immediately after starting a new game (I know it's hard to believe it works, I couldn't believe it was that when I first experienced it). This works on my Loox 718, however, the overall slowness of the program is present anyway. I'm thinking about converting Pocket Sudoku to native (unmanaged) C code, since the original author doesn't seem to have time or interest in continuing it. This should speed it up quite nicely, but I don't have much time either for now, so I don't know if it will work out at all. It it does, I will release my results.