Use JBed instead of IBM J9 on Windows-Mobile

pankajdarure · Junior Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 4 Phone Type: Unknown

After spending more than 3/4 hrs, I had almost given up on the "offline maps" because J9 was not allowing me to set the location as "Storage Card" in the settings.
Finally I read somewhere that JBed is better than J9 so thought of giving a last try and guess what...it worked like a charm... Smile

BTW, my phone is T-Mobile Wing with WM 6.0

I had also followed the "fix" i.e. filecon.dll and fc.jar but no go... Sad

So, the bottom line is,
forget the J9 and use JBed if are storing the maps on the storage card.
Use JBed from http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=49222&d=1188897204

IBM should really be ashamed of this flaw...!!!

Cristian Streng

pankajdarure · Junior Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 4 Phone Type: Unknown

thanks man...
to be honest, even to get the JBed, it took my more than 30 of my "frustrating" minutes...LOL
So it's really nice that you have given the direct link here... Smile

I am still not sure, how can a company like IBM release this kind of flawed proggy...
Anyway,
all is well that ENDS WELL...LMAO
BTW, another diff is JBed allowed me to select the path using Browse button, in J9 there is no Browse button so it's even a bit difficult to guess if gmaps is able to understand the storage card path or not when we manually type "\Storage Card" in there ...

Another thing is I just wanted to DL some Sat maps for my surrounding area and I am not able to DL those using that famous http://www.mapcacher.com site.

So any idea or link where the steps are explained for this?

Cristian Streng · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:28 am Post subject:

k4el · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:51 am Post subject:

Looks like this thread is a bit old but i'll give you the info anyways.

I have a vx6800 (htc mogul) hacked so that my GPS does work (i can confirm this).

i used jbed for my JVM so far its been the fastest and most stable.

GPS does not function in MGM however under JBED.

Intent JVM functioned very poorly for MGM so i stopped using it.

I've yet to try IBM's JVM. If GPS could be made to function with the Jbed JVM i think that'd be the best course of action. The performance of Jbed is noticeably better.

spadival · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:49 am Post subject:

IBM J9 is working perfectly for me on both Windows mobile (O2 ) and Windows XP including stored maps using the JSR-75 patch. Only problem is that the full screen mode is not really full screen on J9.

JBED on the other hand has better full screen mode. However, Wikimapia service (in mgmaps) doesnt seem to work on JBED. EDIT: Its working now. yayy!!

karaboz · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:26 am Post subject:

JBED does not work on my Glofiish x600... I installed mgmaps but every time I try to run it under JBED, it crashes immediately =(

IBM J9 works rather good at the same time

generalbox · Junior Joined: 18 Oct 2008 Posts: 3 Phone Type: Unknown

generalbox · Junior Joined: 18 Oct 2008 Posts: 3 Phone Type: Unknown

Hi Cristian,

Can you attach the JBed3D files for WM6 from the forum you mentioned above.
http://www.ipmart-forum.com/showthread.php?t=241166
I will try it in AsusP320. It has internal GPS too. Let's see.
Thanks.

Cristian Streng · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject:

UPDATE: Added JBed 20080912 5.1 for QVGA and VGA screens.
UPDATE: Added JBed 20081016 and 20081203 2.1.
UPDATE: Added JBed 20090217 5.1 R2.
UPDATE: Sharing GPSPortPPC (for phones with touch/stylus input) and GPSPortSP (for windows-mobile phones with keyboards).
UPDATE: See http://forum.mgmaps.com/viewtopic.php?p=13856#13856 for a quick setup tutorial.

brasavid · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:25 am Post subject:

device: HTC Advantage x7510

preinstalled Esmertec Jbed 20080318.2.1
resolution: full 640x480
functions with MGMaps ver. 1.41.03
functions with internet and/or stored maps
does not recognise internal GPS in any way

Esmertec Jbed 20071119 3.1 3dMod HeapSizeFix 20080217 WM5
resolution: 320x240 interpolated to 640x480
functions with MGMaps ver. 1.41.03
functions with internet and/or stored maps
does recognise internal GPS

Esmertec Jbed 20071119 3.1 3dMod HeapSizeFix 20080212 WM6
crashes before connecting to internet or stored maps, blanc screen,soft reset of the device nedeed - no possibility to verify how it works

Esmertec Jbed 20080428 2.1
crashes before connecting to internet or stored maps, error msg:
(0)com.mgmaps.ui.MGMaps
no possibility to verify how it works

Esmertec Jbed 20080222 3.1 Ebenezer
resolution: full 640x480
functions with MGMaps ver. 1.41.03
functions with internet and/or stored maps
does not recognise internal GPS in any way

Esmertec Jbed 20070802 2.1 Cloudyfa
resolution: full 640x480
functions with MGMaps ver. 1.41.03
does recognise internal GPS
error msg: (0)com.mgmaps.ui.MGMaps
possibilities: Stop (blanc screen,soft reset of the device nedeed) or Pause (nothing happens)

IBM MIDP 2.0 ver. 2.3
resolution: 320x240 interpolated to 640x480
functions only with MGMaps ver. 1.39.17
functions with internet and/or stored maps
does recognise internal GPS

STILL SEARCHING FOR A JAVA WITH
- RECOGNITION OF FULL 640x480 RES.
- INTERNAL GPS RECOGNITION
- MGMaps ver. 1.41.03 recognition

ANY SUGGESTION ???

brasavid · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:03 pm Post subject:

so for my HTC x7510 i decided for

Esmertec Jbed 20071119 3.1 3dMod HeapSizeFix 20080217 WM5

it works fine:

works with the latest version of MGmaps 1.41.03 (so i can select full screen nad it works)

works with internet

works with stored maps (tip: need to type manually Memory card/MGmapsCache; the Browse function doesn't work)

works wit internal GPS (tip: needs GpsPort in background and i use alsoTurboGPS in bacground to keep the display always on. In GPS settings of Mgmaps 1.41.03 i select GPSGate)

So the only bad news is display. Its 320x240 interpolated to 640x480.
It's a pitty. But that's how it is.

If any one knows for a better solution please let me know (the new HTC TOUCH HD has hit the shelves, will there be all these problems with it too?)

lofarkas · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:00 am Post subject: Xperia

Anyone using an Xperia X1?
I just bought one and getting mgmaps to work fully looks like it will be a challenge.
The built-in java environment works for the most part, I can get ota and locally stored maps as well, but it doesn't recognize the built-in gps (I do have a holux receiver but I haven't tried it yet). The whole thing is pretty unreliable and buggy as well.

If anyone uses an X1 please share your tips for getting it to work, otherwise I'll just try all the suggestions above.

lofarkas · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:08 am Post subject:

Status update:

I have realized that the factory installed java VM is actually a newer version of Emsertec Jbed, version 20080822.2.1.
I tested one of the earlier versions posted here, they both seem to do the same: maps display fine but I cannot get them to recognise the internal gps (or establish a bluetooth connection with an external one for that matter).
I have gpsgate installed (not even the factory loaded google maps app received any gps data without that) but it doesn't seem to help.

Any tips? How do I set up the GpsGate output for MGMaps?

Also, I'd be grateful if someone helped me get IBM J9 sorted... Which version do I need? The Xperia is a WM 6.1 phone with an 800*480 touchscreen. So in IBM's mind, is it a smartphone or a Pocket PC? I got the smartphone version from a mirror but I suspect I need the PPC (or was it PDA?) version bc of the touchscreen, and I found no mirror of that one.
I tried the official source of course but I'm only seeing a "contact your IBM representative" email link where the download link should be on IBM's site. Arrrrgh!

Cristian Streng · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject:

For JBed does this help: http://forum.mgmaps.com/viewtopic.php?p=11879#11879 ?

For J9... I don't know for sure, haven't tried it on a high-res screen.

lofarkas · Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 4:40 pm Post subject:

Summary: I can get MGMaps to run and show maps, but still no GPS position, whatever I do.
I would appreciate some help here...
All the JRE's give the "no internal gps in this device" error message when I try to set GPS to "internal". With J9 I can use the Serial setting, and both J9 and Jbed allow the GPSGate setting... but I get no position.

Any tips? Perhaps some change in the GPS settings of the phone, GPSPort or MGMaps? What COM ports or whatever sources does MGMaps attempt to read from?
(Current phone settings: GPS program port: COM4, hardware port: none, Manage GPS automatically: enabled.)

Details:

I've tried 3 or four JBed versions. The best one so far seems to be: Esmertec Jbed 20071119 3.1 3dMod HeapSizeFix 20080217 WM5.zip
This is pretty stable and displays stuff at a reduced resolution which is a good thing a lot of the time. Java stuff was designed for much smaller resolutions so at native res things get incredibly tiny. At native res, it's tough to tap the zoom buttons on the screen in mgmaps even with a stylus.

I installed the smartphone version of J9 and was badly disappointed. MGMaps crashes if I open or close the keyboard (ie. when the screen needs to rotate). Screen rotations work fine in other apps in J9, and they also work fine in MGMaps in JBed. Anyway, I just started the app with the keyboard open... menu softkeys don't always work, and when I managed to get into the menu and set GPS to GPSGate it still didn't get a gps position.

nomad08 · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 2:20 pm Post subject:

Cristian Streng · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:53 pm Post subject:

vicleung · Newbie Joined: 12 Feb 2009 Posts: 1 Phone Type: Unknown

JBed works with my HTC Touch Diamond and recognize its internal GPS.

Tested different versions as suggested in above posts. Only work using Esmertec Jbed 20071119 3.1 3dMod HeapSizeFix 20080217 WM5, with GPSPort (tried GPSGate but could not figure out how to make it work).

Thanks for everyone's input!

nomad08 · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:17 pm Post subject: