You encounter problems when you use either Bluetooth or the PBAP to download the phone book and the call history on a Windows Embedded NavReady-based device

When you use a Windows Embedded NavReady-based device, you experience one or both of the following problems.

Problem 1

When you use Bluetooth to download the phone book and the call history to the device, the port remains in sniff mode. Therefore, it takes a long time to finish the download.

Problem 2

You cannot use the Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP) to download the phone book and the call history. This problem occurs when you use the Samsung Instinct SPH-M800 device.

Software update information

A supported software update is now available from Microsoft as Windows CE 5.0 Platform Builder Monthly Update (September 2009). You can confirm this by scrolling to the "File information" section of this article. The package file name contains the product version, date, Knowledge Base article number, and processor type. The package file name format is:For example: Wincepb50-060503-kb917590-armv4i.msi is the ARMV4i Windows CE 5.0 Platform Builder fix that is documented in KB article 917590 and that is contained in the May 2006 monthly update. To resolve this problem immediately, click the following article number for information about obtaining Windows CE Platform Builder and core operating system software updates:

Prerequisites

This update is supported only if all previously issued updates for this product are installed.

Restart requirement

After you apply this software update, you must perform a clean build of the whole platform. To do this, use one of the following methods:

• On the Build OS menu, make sure that the following options are selected, and then click Sysgen:
  • Clean Before Building
  • Copy Files to Release Directory After Build
  • Make Run-Time Image After Build
• On the Build OS menu, click Open Release Directory. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
  
  blddemo clean -q

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this software update.

Update replacement information

This update does not replace any other updates.

File information

The English version of this software update package has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, about the performance or reliability of these products.This update resolves the problems that are described in the "Symptoms" section by implementing the following functions:

• The Bluetooth port exits the sniff mode before you download the phonebook and the call history. Therefore, the download time is shortened by seconds or by minutes, depending on the device that you are using.
• You can use AT commands instead of the PBAP in the Samsung Instinct SPH-M800 device.

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: