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Welcome to BoostApps, a free app store that lets users of older mobile phones customize their phones with free Java ME apps and games. Most mobile phones made before 2015 support Java ME apps but the platform is now considered obsolete. New Java ME apps are not being developed. This site is archived and has not been updated since 2015.
All games and applications on BoostApps are freely distributed freeware, shareware or adware and were tested and confirmed working on one or more phones at the time they were published.
Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about using this site.
Q. If these apps are free why am I getting charged by my operator for downloading and running them?
A. The apps and games themselves are free, you pay nothing for the app or game. However downloading apps uses data and your operator will charge you for the data used downloading. In addition, many apps use data when you run them. Messagers like Hike and WhatsApp use data to send and receive messages, browsers use data to load web pages and ad-supported apps use data to download ads. Click here to only see apps that don’t use data while you are running them.
Q. I’m using Free Basics and downloading apps is using my paid data. I though Free Basics gave me free data.
A. Free Basics is a service that is operated by Facebook, not by BoostApps. It gives users of participating mobile operators free data for browsing websites, including BoostApps, that have been approved by Free Basics. However, Free Basics free data doesn’t work for downloading. You must use paid data to download.
Q. What phones do these games work on?
A. The apps and games on BoostApps are Java ME (also called J2ME) apps. They work on phones that support Java ME including Nokia S40 and S60, Asha and Symbian Belle phones and most Samsung, LG and Sony Ericisson non-smartphones made before 2015 .
Q. How can I get the games and apps on BoostApps.com on my phone?
A. Here’s how to install them:
1) Click CATERGORIES in the menu to brows by category or use the search box at the bottom of every page on the site to find the a game or app you want.
2) Click the “JAD” link below the app’s description. The phone will download and install the app
Q. I have an Android phone. Will the apps on BoostApps work on it?
A. Yes with a Java ME emulator such as J2ME Loader
Q. I have a BlackBerry, can I use these games and apps?
A. The apps on this site are intended for non-smartphones. Some of them work on classic BlackBerrys running Blackberry OS 7.1 or earlier.
Q. I have a QWERTY phone and the number keys don’t work in games. Can this be fixed?
A. You need to switch the keypad to number mode. On most phones press Fn twice to switch to number pad mode. If that doesn’t work try a long press on the Fn key to switch the keyboard to phone number pad mode. Once you are in number mode you can use the the number keys in games that use numbers as controls. You have to do this on QWERTY phones for any game that uses the number keys. To switch back to QWERTY either tap FN once or do another long press.
Q. I have a QWERTY phone and I can’t type letters or symbols in the ID and password fields of some apps. What’s the solution?
A. Some apps don’t “see” the QWERTY keys and only recognize the number keys. Do a long press on the Fn key or press Fn twice to switch the keyboard to phone number pad mode and then you can triple tap the number keys to enter letters and symbols as if you were using a non-QWERTY phone. For example to type a “C”, press “2” three times.
Q. Can I watch YouTube or other web videos on my non-smart phone.
Some basic phones can play videos from m.youtube.com and other mobile video sites.
Q. Can I listen to Internet radio stations on my non-smart phone?
A. Virtual Radio works well on many phones.
Q. My phone doesn’t have a music player, can I install one?
A. I’ve tried a number of MP3 player apps and none have worked on phones that don’t have a built in music player and SD card.
Q. I signed up to subscribe to BoostApps by email but now I don’t want it anymore, how do I unsubscribe?
A. Click the “Unsubscribe now” or “Manage your subscriptions” link at the bottom of any of the emails.
I have a samsung sleek..went to m.geetjar.com and it says….phone cannot download..so Im confused because I thought this was the dite Iwas able to goto..please help cause I want free apps like I use to get on my clutch
There’s some weird stuff going on with GetJar. Try using the URL http://sprint.getjar.com/ Other users have reported that it works on the Incognito so perhaps it will work with the Seek.
Then when I switch to Desktop mode its Ok,but to get back to Mobile mode I have to edit the Bookmark to “boostapps.com/?wpmp_switcher=mobile”for it to work.
i have a question. you know how the v300 has the same screen size as i856, my question is if i use another brand like a nokia phone that has the same screen size as my i856 are the games playable? maybe not because the key mapping are different on a nokia phone. i’m just wondering because nokia has great games for there phones
You can always try, some apps targeted at Nokia will work. However, Nokia’s Java VM has some Nokia specific extensions. If an app uses any of those it will fail to install
its telling my boost number is incorrect but its not.all i want is to play solitary on my i 465.please help
Are you in the US? Send to phone only works with Boost USA, not Australia, etc.
If you’re in the US be sure to enter your number staring with the area code as 10 digits with no spaces, dashes and no leading one.
If you are doing that and it’s still not working let me know which of the several versions of Solitaire on this site that you are trying to load and I’ll check it.
do you know any sites where i can get meboy roms? also do you know how to upload the roms?
MeBoy does not have the ability to load game ROMs from the phone’s memory card. Custom MeBoy JAR files are created on a PC using the MeBoyBuilder application that you can download from the MeBoy author’s site, arktos.se/meboy/
You can download Gameboy ROMs from dozens of sites. A couple are: http://www.pdroms.de/http://www.doperoms.com/roms/Gameboy_And_Gbc.html To find more Google “Gameboy ROMs”
Note: I don’t bother with MeBoy myself because it runs like molasses on my i776. If you have an i9, i856 or CDMA phone they should be OK.
i have a i856 so i should be fine. lol what is molasses? is they’re a way to get the meboy 2.0 version? i cant find it on the site. ne help is appreciated.
Molasses is an extremely thick sugar syrup used in baking. It’s so thick that you you have to hold the bottle upside down for a long time before it starts to pour, hence the expression “slow as molasses”
The 2.0 MeBoy builder is here: http://arktos.se/meboy/ver/latest/MeBoyBuilder.jar
The 1.6 builder is here: http://arktos.se/meboy/ver/v160/MeBoyBuilder.jar
Although they are jar files they only run on a PC, not on a phone
o coo lol. i got it to work thanks alot. do you know how to activate the sound? it says 2.0 is capable of running the games wtih sound but i didtn’t see it on the site i even looked at the usage guide
Maybe the sound options are in the GameBoy game menus themselves rather than part of the MeBoy setup.
As I’m sure you know, sound doesn’t work with most games of iDEN phones. The odds of it working with MeBoy are low.
yea i kno iden phones have that problem. i just wanted to make sure i didnt miss nething
Opera doesn’t recommended Mini 5.1 for the i465 or any other Motorola phone. The processor is too slow and there is too little memory. It’s never going to work well on your phone. Opera Mini 4.2 or 3.1 are a better fit for the i465. Both are very stable on my i776 and should be on the i465 which has the same processor and memory.
I don’t use Bolt so I can’t really give you any advice other than what was recommended by Jiesen who does use it:
* Set magnification to large or greater;
* Set image quality to low or none;
* Turn off the inline text input;
* Set the display mode to mobile.