HOW-TO: Upload Games / Midlets via Midway to Motorola T720

First of all I would like to express my gratitude to the cool guys here in the forum for sharing invaluable tips and advice, which has helped me in successfully uploading games/midlet via Midway.

Here's my checklist of ingredients before you read on:-

One spoonful of...just kidding...

1 Motorola T720 (software: T720PM_G_05.31_03R Flex:GI5I0E1141 - G.0.0.U.F.P.0.0.KK)
1 Motorola USB Data Kit Cable (Model : 77502)
1 Windows 2000 Operating System (Service Pack 3)
1 PST Phone Programmer for Windows NT/2000 ver 2002.46.2
1 MIDway Version 2.6

Prologue:
Let's do a final checklist before we get on this long and windy journey.

Okie, before we get started, make sure you have your USB cable connected to the phone at all times, NOT to your computer yet! I need to emphasize this. Read this line again x 2.

Okie, make sure you have PST Phone Manager installed. Don't ask me how. Make sure you have Midway installed, RTFM.

Now, make sure all USB Composite Drivers are installed, and that you can see the Motorola USB Modem in your Device Manager. If you can't see it, there might be driver(s) that is still not installed. By right, when Windows asks you for the driver, it is the driver where you installed your Motorola PST, in my case C:\Program Files\Motorola\PST> . To make sure that all drivers has been installed, do the following step:
a) Close PST Phone Manager, if it's opened.
b) Unplug T720 from your computer.
c) Plug T720 back to your computer.
d) Start PST Phone Manager. At this point, Windows searches for any missing driver(s).
e) If windows ask for driver's location, just point them to the path I mentioned above. Please skip to step G directly.
f) If windows don't ask for the any drivers, this means all drivers has been installed, and you MUST be able to see the Motorola USB Modem in your Device Manager, very likely under the "Modem" list.
g) You must repeat step (a) to (e) to make sure that all drivers has been installed.

Okie, set, we are ready...boys and girls. For maximum transferring experience, CLOSE ALL other applications to avoid PORT conflicts.

Step 01:
Plug in T720 to the computer via the cable.

Step 02
Open PST Phone Manager.
(Tip: Under Settings> PST Config, I use the Auto Detect function, unless you are pretty damn sure of the com port, this works for me!)

Step 03
In PST Phone Manager, Select NEW> KJava Files. A new Untitled KJaa Window appears, with all buttons disabled.

Step 04
In PST Phone Manager, go to Phone> Read. This is to read available applications that is residing in T720. If it says the infamous "Phone not connected. Please connect and power up the phone." error message, it means PST didn't detect the phone, although you can swear by your life it's connected. It's the way PST works, you now MUST unplug T720 from the PC and repeat step 01.

Step 05
In PST Phone Manager, you will see that the buttons have been brought to life! Click on the "Enable/Disable Java App Loader Menu" until you get the message right below the button saying -"Java App Loader Menu is Now Enabled".

Step 06
In PST Phone Manager, go to Phone> Restart to restart your phone. Don't miss out this step, otherwise you can't restart your phone.

Step 06
Close PST Phone Manager after you notice T720 has restarted (a blink). Unplug T720 from the computer.

Step 07
Now, go to T720. In Main Menu select Settings> Java Tools. You must see a "Java App Loader". If you don't see one, repeat all the way from Step 01.

Step 08
Select Java App Loader and this message will appear: "Insert Cable Now".

Step 09
Now, plug T720 back to your PC. Notice the message: "JAL Link is active..."

Step 10
Start MIDway now. If you have started Midway before this step, you just screwed up! Hahaha...unplug your phone and start from Step 01.

Step 11
In MIDway, go to File>Settings>. In AT Command, type the following: AT

Step 12
In MIDway, to figure out which port to use, go to your Device Manager in your computer, look for the Motorola USB Modem>Properties> Advanced> Advanced Port Settings> and check out the COM Port Number. It should be ranging from 1-4, if not, move current devices which uses either these 4 ports to another COM Port. You must use either one of these COM ports because MIDway only works with COM 1 to COM 4. If you have problem with reallocating COM ports, try a solution search on Google. Whatever it is, it must be synchronize with MIDway's port setting later on.

Step 14
In Device Manager> Motorola USB Modem> Properties> Advanced> you should see the text box "Extra Settings". Type in the following: AT

Step 15
In MIDway, Using the COM port setting you got from Step 12, check the com port to use. Eg, if from Step 12, you found out you are using COM Port 3, then you should check the radio button for COM Port 3 in MIDway. The only error message you might get is "Can't Open Serial Port. Would you like to change MIDway settings?". You will only get this if the COM port you have selected is in use by other mysterious applications.

Step 16
In MIDway, once everything is setup, go to File> Open JAD. Select the JAD file to load. Make sure you check your JAD file's "MIDlet-Jar-URL" attributes is targeted to the JAR file on your computer, not some HTTP reference. You can open up a JAD file in Notepad to edit it.

Step 17.
In MIDway, do not use the Send AT Command, which I have seen quite a few instructions said you must send an AT command to get a "AT OK" message. I am not sure why, but whenever I did that, the JAD file cannot be loaded. So leave the "Send AT Command" alone for now. You will get a few error messages in this part:-
i) Connecting to the phone.... [Fail]
Your COM port settings could be wrong

ii) Connecting to the phone.... [TIMER EXPIRED]
Your COM port setting is correct, but you probably messed with the Send AT Command.

In both cases, download is cancelled, and you should start over again from Step 01...whoops.

Step 18
If you don't get any error commands, you should get a Download Alert on T720.

Step 19
Clap your hands and compliment yourself for this long-awaited victory.

Epilogue:

They can be many other tips/steps I have missed out, but the steps documented here is tried and worked. Make sure you follow EXACTLY what I have mentioned. "...the order is very important.. It's a little magic..."- Fcathala, forum member.

This documentation would not be possible with the help from posters in this forum, such as Kenetics, PorkTree Fcathala. All comments are welcome, you can email me at yow_chuan<(a)>yahoo.com for any doubts or questions on the procedures.

Signing off,
YC (testing another phone...)

I'd like to start playing around with j2me apps and the t720 - where can I find midway? Any other programs I should have? I've seen references to PST and MBE - what are they?

thanks!

a mi no me funciona

hasta ahora no puedo instalar un juego en mi movil.... siempre me sale 'TIME EXPIRED' queria saber si es igual para un modelo CDMA ????

o no existe algun otro software para poder instalar los midlets???

porque ami no me funciona el MIDway

agraderece mucho su ayuda .......

I followed all the steps correctly.. but i get the TIME EXPIRED message. What could be the cause of this? This wasn't fully explained in the post. Thanks.

Dosent work for me!!!! I get the message "TIME EXPIRED"

What version of the driver Motorola USB Modem you have?? I have the 2.1.0.0 over WinXP SP 1

Hi all,

Sorry for not replying after posting.

I can't exactly narrow down all the possibilities that might occur during the uploading process.

But I do have one tip for those guys who gets the TIMER EXPIRED message. (You guys are on the right track already!)

Make sure you close PST Programmer before you launch MIDWAY.

Well, the way it works, like I said, might be some port conflict issues. Please do not run any other program/software that might be sharing ports etc...this will just make your life much more miserable than it already is.

Also, I don't encourage people who uses WinXP to try out the Steps I have documented. It was never meant to work on WinXP in the first place. Please, don't ask me why...I've tried it myself to death... I am sure there are some who has succeeded with WinXp using some drivers here and there, but I rather switch to another environment when I know it's gonna work 100%.

I've also got mails from people asking me where to get PST Programmer and Midway. I bet you can find them sharewared on the net. For me, I've got a friend who's working in Motorola as a Test Engineer, so lucky me, not only I get a free copy of their apps, I also get to try out those phones that won't hit the market anytime soon.

Alas, I hope I can contribute more, but compared to Nokia phones, I personally find Motorola phones a bit pain-in-the-S...hehehe...why don't they just included an Infra-Red port anyway? I've saw some shops out there selling a multi-device infrared plug-in.

Good luck!

Alguien ha logrado el milagro de descargar juegos a un t720c usando esa combinación?

I got it to all work...
but...
when it gets to the JAD file, it says error opening?

I got it to all work...
but...
when it gets to the JAR* file, it says error opening?

ok, i got it to work, but it keeps saying "failed file curropt!"
WTF?

HOW-TO: Upload Games / Midlets via Midway to Motorola T720

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