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Preserving Java game downloads

19 November 2007 · by Steve Litchfield
Applications, Miscellaneous Series 60, General, S60 3rd Edition
Q. I bought several games from both my network provider and through Nokia's Download! catalog, but now I've switched to a new phone and I'm annoyed that I'll have to buy the games all over again for the new device. Surely there's a way to transfer a game from one device to another?

A. Actually, no, there isn't and the developers of the game wouldn't want you to, for fear of piracy. But as long as you follow the procedure below, you can make sure that games purchased in the future are preserved in a form from which you can reinstall on any compatible device.

  1. Buy and download the (Java) game as usual
  2. When installing it onto your S60 smartphone, choose to install it to your 'Memory card', not the 'Internal memory'.
  3. Connect your smartphone to your PC, choosing 'Mass storage' mode. Your device will appear as a new disk to your PC.
  4. Open up the new disk in Windows Explorer (or similar) and look for a folder called 'private'.
  5. Find a folder (probably) called 102033E6 and then look for a folder 'Midlets'.
  6. Each Java game installed onto your card will have its own folder. Find the one with the '.jar' file for your new game.
  7. Copy the .jar. file somewhere safe on your hard disk, ready for installing on a future (compatible) device.