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Installing Opera Mini on a Palm

Sunday, November 6, 2005 8:26:13 PM

Updated 24 January 2006 - official launch day It's now officially a breeze!

Step 1) You need to have the correct Java environment on your Palm. You can pick this up from WebSphere. Hotsync this to to your Palm in the usual way. This installs the IBM Java VM app. You also get preferences in the standard 'preferences' Palm interface. Install the Java VM via a hot sync. Edit March 2008: The free download is no longer available. the best I can find to date is SuperWaba VM for Palm, but please note I have not tested it. Please comment if you have tried it. Also check latest comments for other sources.

Step 2) Then go to http://mini.opera.com and follow the download wizard instructions. Direct link for Palm devices.

For more info see my Palm pages

If you have trouble getting the free version of Java VM from the link in stage 1, try the versions at Handango.

Free version of SuperWaba Java VM for Windows Pocket devices is available here.

Bad day for foxesOpera Mini on a Palm

Comments

Anthony ChinsamyFoxz Friday, November 25, 2005 9:41:40 PM

Great advice on installing operamini. I,myself was looking for a webbrowser for my Moto C650. Found opera mini. at www.wap.GetJar.com/4 up

Anonymous Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:57:42 PM

xy77 writes: I found out that using the Java Wireless Toolkit from http://java.sun.com/products/sjwtoolkit/download-2_2.html you can actually test OperaMini on your Desktop. See http://www.eternium.de/wp/?p=19 for a (German) instruction on Linux. If need arises for an English translation, let me know. David (xy77)

NookSchreier Thursday, December 15, 2005 11:16:43 PM

Can you suggest a particular web host? I've signed up for three so far, the first two never sent me EMail confirmation and the third wouldn't allow direct linkingc to the files -- do these freaking morons understand how the Internet is supposed to work???

Words Thursday, December 15, 2005 11:49:28 PM

Nook

See your 'Messages' wink

Marnen Laibow-Kosermarnen Wednesday, December 28, 2005 5:29:20 AM

Thanks for turning me on to Opera Mini. It'll never replace Blazer on my T|X (though I might use it on my phone), but it's good to see what my pages will look like in as many browsers as possible -- besides, it's cool. Anyway, your instructions are needlessly complex...I found a simpler way to install Opera Mini on a Palm.

1. Get the Java VM as described above.
2. Make sure your Palm can connect to the Internet, then launch the Java VM.
3. Select Install and enter http://mini.opera.com/mini.jad for the URL.
4. Enjoy!

No WAP browser needed...but in the process of discovering this, I found a nice WAP browser for Palm called WAP Universe ( http://www.wapuniverse.com ).

EDIT BY WORDS: Please note this info is no longer current. Please instal via the prc file on the Opera Mini site.

Words Wednesday, December 28, 2005 9:00:44 AM

Hi Marnen

Thanks for the feedback... appreciated. I couldn't get the direct Java VM route to work on my T|C, hence the complicated work around. But I'm not surprised that there's an alternative. smile

Marnen Laibow-Kosermarnen Wednesday, December 28, 2005 2:40:52 PM

Hmmm. I wonder what the difference is that's keeping it from working for you. FWIW, I'm using IBM Java VM 2.2.012.

Jonijonimueller Tuesday, January 3, 2006 2:37:28 AM

Thank you SO MUCH for this! I've been wanting to blog from my Sony Clie TJ-37 for a while now. I haven't been this excited since I found out about sliced bread! ;-)

Anonymous Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:36:55 PM

Charles writes: What VM are you using on the clie? I downloaded the latest from IBM, but it's says my device (a TH55) is not supported.

Words Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:20:46 PM

Charles,

I'm using a Palm Tungsten C. Palm license the Java VM so it may be restricted to Palm handhelds.

Might be worth checking out this link and downloading a trial version for Palm OS (the single license version is the one to go for smile):

http://www.handango.com/SoftwareCatalog.jsp?siteId=1&jid=EBEF7C7722X5C135AEDD373D716DD4AD&platformId=1&N=4294959872+96804&showBreadCrumbs=false

And if that link breaks, here's a short version:
http://tinyurl.com/9x6ft

Anonymous Tuesday, February 28, 2006 4:06:50 PM

Gianni writes: Does opera mini work on palm "life drive"?

Words Tuesday, February 28, 2006 6:23:00 PM

Gianni

It should work. There's a discussion link over on the Brighthand Life Drive forums.

Anonymous Tuesday, March 7, 2006 2:21:51 AM

Shawn writes: It works on a T2! Only one fatal error so far. It does make the light on the Palm bink a lot. High res in the JVM does work, but I lose most of the page graphics if I do that. (stack size?)

Anonymous Tuesday, March 7, 2006 4:49:37 AM

Shawn writes: Having trouble with image heavy pages and fatal errors. Probably due to memory issues. (The JVM won't even run without FHR) The palm page references an older (more)T2 compatible VM that is no longer available. Perhaps that would help if I could find it.

Anonymous Wednesday, September 13, 2006 4:31:23 PM

anonymous writes: i am really impressed by this site and all it offers ........thumbs up to you

Anonymous Thursday, December 28, 2006 12:21:44 AM

T S Kwek writes: Dear Sir I just bought a Tungsten C and was guided to use Opera Mini and given a link to your site. I followed the steps downloading the Opera Mini software and the Java support from Palm's websphere. Each time I start Opera Mini, I could not reach beyond the page that says End User Agreement .. If fact that page did not even load. The screen reverts back to the default page showing all the Palm programmes icons. I wonder if I have not done something correctly. As you have been a long time user of Tungsten C and Opera Mini, please help me. I suppose you have gone through all the pains getting Opera Mini to work well on you device.

Words Thursday, December 28, 2006 12:26:39 AM

Hi T S Kwek,

Make sure you have the latest version of Opera Mini. There were problems with a couple of issues of version 3 on the Palm which had exactly the problem you describe. The latest version should be ok.

This is the correct link: http://www.operamini.com/download/?dl=pc&man=palm&phone=palm_tungsten_c

If you still have problems, try posting on the OperaMini forum: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/forum.dml?id=111

Post back, if you still have problems. Which language version are you using?

Anonymous Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:23:36 AM

Anonymous writes: Dear Sir Thank you very much for your quick response and the links. I noticed that the language of Opera Mini that I downloaded was English (Intl). I think this caused the problem. The java support was English - US. I have since downloaded Opera Mini - US and it is now working properly, albeit rather slow in connecting and downloading the pages. Once again, thanks for your help. Best regards T S Kwek

Anonymous Friday, December 29, 2006 8:07:06 AM

T S Kwek writes: Dear Sir The Opera Mini works wonderfully. Thanks for your guidance. May I bother you with any situation. Is it possible to back up the Address Book and Date Book data and any other user created day on the Tungsten C onto the SD card that is inserted. I have a Palm M515 and lost the stylus recently. All the stores in Vancouver do not carry this item but they have for other Palm models. Do you know which Palm models styli are compatible to the Palm M515? Thank you for your help.

Words Friday, December 29, 2006 8:48:04 AM

Hi again,

I don't know about the stylus, but you can use BackupBuddyVFS to backup all your data to the SD card. You can set it to do it daily. It also allows you to restore everything from the card (useful if you ever have to do a hard reset).

Good luck!

Anonymous Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:15:36 AM

Anonymous writes: i'm so bare with me. Is there any way to install java on a treo650 without having to hot sync it from a pc?i don't have access to one @ the moment and want to use the opera browser. any1 have some advice?

Words Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:35:04 AM

I don't know but you could try the Brighthand forums. Someone there will know.

Anonymous Friday, March 23, 2007 1:08:54 AM

lightminute writes: This page came up in a search I made earlier regarding the crashing problem that Opera Mini encounters when trying to load a page. The symptom is a brief flash of the End User License Agreement before the application shuts down and either freezes or returns you to the main apps window. The solution is provided in a GMail tutorial regarding the installed Java. I ran into the same problem until I addressed it this way... I will post it here verbatim in case the link goes down (and for speed)... " Please review the following configuration settings on your Treo by visiting Preferences > IBM Java VM: * Check Use Double Buffering. * Check Use high resolution coordinates. * Don't set anything for HTTP Proxy. * Set Memory maximum to at least 4Mb. * Set Maximum java thread stack size to 4kb " The page can be found here: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=52864&topic=10070 Hope that helps the previous poster and any additional visitors.

Anonymous Saturday, May 5, 2007 1:54:51 PM

Anonymous writes: @lightminute: Thanks for the tip, now opera mini works on my Tungsten C, too.

Anonymous Tuesday, May 29, 2007 10:31:35 AM

Elliot writes: I did as marnen suggested (post of 12/28/05) and got opera mini installed. It wouldn't work from the method you described and certainly not from what is writeen on Opera's website - which is to download and sync their advanced version. However, the virtual grafiti area is automatically enabled and I can't close it - is this supposed to happen? I lose a third of the page.

Words Tuesday, May 29, 2007 6:12:38 PM

Elliot

The correct way is definiteiy to use the prc on the OperaMini site. The different Palm devices are listed here:
http://www.operamini.com/download/pc/palm/

Not sure about your grafitti problem. I've never used it on the T|C as it comes with a thumb(key)board. It may be worth checking out whether anyone has had this problem on the OperaMini forums

Anonymous Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:24:25 PM

Elliot writes: Thanks for your speedy reply. Yeah I can't get Opera to work at all from the 'official' method on my T/X. I just get an error message and that's it. Anyway, probably Opera is not designed for the large screen of the T/X but for a squarer screen like that of a cellphone. This would explain why my virtual grafiti area is automatically enabled and I can't lower it. I'll see if anyone else has this problem too in the forums. Thanks for helping to put opera out there - Blazer was driving me nuts.

Anonymous Monday, October 29, 2007 1:33:16 AM

Anonymous writes: I just installed Opera Mini on my Palm T|X and quickly removed it. When I made a wikipedia enquiry, opera switched to Blazer with a blank address. When I directly entered a URL, the editor prevented me from entering a period. (as in the dot in dot com) I am not impressed.

Words Monday, October 29, 2007 7:28:08 AM

I've never heard of that happening with any Palm user before. OperaMini cannot launch another programme by itself. Sounds like you didn't set up the profiles properly in the JavaVM settings so the TX was defaulting to Blazer when you went to the editor. That's all I can think could have happened.

Anonymous Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:56:13 AM

Anonymous writes: Great!!! Thank you so much. Even browsing at Palm's website, I hadn't found that guide, until find you page. My TX is working fine with Operamini, now. Greating from Brazil. Regards, Ton

Anonymous Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:21:44 AM

TX_user writes: i'm trying to set this up on my Palm TX and I'm getting an error when starting Opera Mini saying that it cannot find the JVM.. I installed the 2 required files onto my internal PDA RAM as well as the appropriate opera prc file. I even installed the java prefs file to view the preferences on my TX. nothing has helped me get opera to even run

Words Wednesday, December 12, 2007 7:30:59 AM

It's a long while since I did the install, but as I recall you need two files for the JavaVM: J9JavaVMMidp20.prc and JavaVMCheck_enUS.prc. You get to the preferences via the standard Palm preference dialogue.

The only other advice I can think of is to check out the Brighthand and Opera Mini forums (see links in my posts from May 2007 and Jan 2007 in the comments above). Hope you get it working.

Anonymous Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:56:30 PM

Anonymous writes: Hi! I'm having some problems in the mini opera installation process. I have a Palm Treo 68O, I did the hot sync, but when I click at Opera, on the main menu, the installation stops, almost at the end and appears a message: "FAILED TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET. Go to operamini.com/help with your desktop browser or contact your service provider fot internet settings." I hope u can help me.

Words Wednesday, February 13, 2008 6:28:54 PM

I take it you've installed the JavaVM application and I wonder if ti is something to do with how the Treo is making the phone connection that's the problem. You should be able to find some help on the OperaMini forum and specific phone compnay settings are here.

Anonymous Sunday, February 24, 2008 2:32:11 AM

Anonymous writes: Try unplugging your Treo from your computer. When I am synced to my work computer I have issues accessing the interent because it defaults to using the PC's internet which has firewall/proxy settings.

Anonymous Sunday, December 7, 2008 1:21:35 PM

Henk writes: Unfortunately, SuperWaba is not a replacement for the JVM. But if you use Google, you might still find download links for the VM for Palm. For a better integration of Opera Mini into the OS check out my blog post: http://www.metaviewsoft.de/wordpress

Anonymous Friday, May 29, 2009 6:14:14 PM

palash writes: operamini

Anonymous Saturday, September 12, 2009 4:02:33 AM

babynlove writes: probably one of the last links for JVM aside from downloading from torrents and having to zip the files even more enjoy =] http://palmone.r3h.net/downloads.palmone.com/WEME571.zip

Anonymous Tuesday, January 19, 2010 5:49:46 AM

Dilip John writes: Found the file still exists here: http://rs28.rapidshare.com/files/81887520/JVM.zip Read the User Guide pdf to see what files you need. This is the IBM Websphere Java JVM 5.7.2 download for Palm OS.

Anonymous Sunday, March 7, 2010 8:26:43 PM

Ales Kubr writes: I have tried to install the latest Opera Mini 4.2 on Tungsten C (Update 3.0, JVM 5.7.2) but no matter how hard I try (AMS, JarToPRC, playing with JVM settings, etc.) the result is still the same: Opera freezes shortly after launch saying "Installing" with progress bar in approx. 25% :-( I also tried 5.0 beta, but all I get is a Java exception after launch.

Words Monday, March 8, 2010 7:37:23 AM

Have you asked on the Opera Mini forums? It's a long time since I've updated my Palm.

Anonymous Tuesday, May 4, 2010 3:54:36 PM

Suresh writes: never found the JVM anywhere neither in Handango. Any other place?

Anonymous Tuesday, May 4, 2010 4:51:30 PM

Suresh writes: I finally found the JVM files after many hours of search. but still I could not get it to working. I am using TH55 and all I want is Opera Mini to work in it. anybody has any idea what can I do? at the moment it says, this Java VM is not compatible with your device, please contact your manufacturer" and on clicking okay, it says, "Please ensure that IBM's WebSphere Micro Environment Java VM is installed". Its getting really tough.

Words Tuesday, May 4, 2010 6:01:35 PM

Try the 6th post on this forum thread.

Anonymous Thursday, July 29, 2010 2:52:30 AM

Qudratullah writes: Hello Opera software is very best and pappuilar software...

Anonymous Thursday, September 16, 2010 8:01:11 PM

ripansays writes: I installed the websphere JVM (from palmfreeware.mobi site) & installed successfully. When I click on my Palm Centro's JVM icon, it says: Installed. BUT when I try to open Opera 4.2, it says: Missing IBM Java VM. Please ensure that IBM's Websphere Micro Environment Java VM is installed.

Words Thursday, September 16, 2010 8:22:04 PM

I'm not sure I can help much. I have IBM Java VM and IBM IM Prefs installed on my T|C.

Anonymous Tuesday, October 26, 2010 3:14:49 AM

Anonymous writes: SuperWaba Java VM is no longer availible,just fyi.

Words Tuesday, October 26, 2010 7:20:21 PM

There's so much that's changes since I wrote this... thanks for the extra information.

Anonymous Saturday, October 30, 2010 5:29:44 PM

Anonimo writes: Thanks a lot to everybody for the info... Maybe you can also send me the link for jartoprc_w.exe... It seems impossible to find it in internet... in any case... a long history is continuing.

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