Re: Crackberry and Linux.

Dylan Griffiths wrote:
> Les Klassen Hamm wrote:
>> RIM makes available a Java Development Environment, but sadly it's a
>> Windows thing. From the readme:
>> The BlackBerry Java Development Environment (JDE) consists of a
>> handheld simulator in the form of a Windows application, Fledge.exe.
>> This program hosts the Java Virtual Machine (jvm.dll).
>> I thought the reason we were all going to adopt java was for platform
>> agnosticism. Alas, if you have access to a Windows system, there is a
>> convoluted way to manually move files onto the BB. Do a complete
>> backup of your 7100t. Then load a 7100t in the simulator, and
>> "restore" the real backup into the simulator. While in the simulator,
>> fire up browsers and other things, go to web sites, download what you
>> want, then backup the simulator. Then restore that backup to your real
>> BB. I know it's convoluted, but I had to try it as an experiment, and
>> now I've got pictures of my kids on it.
>
> Ok, so I've run into some snags with this. I couldn't backup the device
> via Parallels (Bootcamp solved that). Connecting to the 7100t causes it
> to freak out; the 7100r works, though. Restoring on to that simulator,
> I see that things like brickbreaker aren't restored; some of my other
> settings are gone also. The web browser also disapears from the
> simulator (which was how I was feeding in data to it).
>
> Whan simulator package did you use?

I'm using the Blackberry Java Development Environment from RIM. See
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/downloads/jde.jsp
for links. I notice 2 newer versions since mine (I'm using 4.0.2, which
works for me). IIRC, while the emulator would start fine from the batch
file 7100t.bat, not all parts would work unless you had first started
the MDS simulator separately (it's a little vague in my memory right
now). I did NOT do mine in a VMware machine though. Since I figured it
was experimental at best, I did mine on an actual XP machine (crowd boos
and hisses). That MAY matter in terms of the USB connection.

Good luck,
        Les...

> I haven't yet tested if VMWare on Linux will work with this.
>
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Received on Sat Feb 3 20:20:23 2007