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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.
Is there any way around the openwave 7 browser? It can’t download. I read here that the minuet browser can work independent of the phone’s native browser, but minuet seems to be unable to handle most sites, (or maybe I just don’t know how to use it – I usually get some kind of error message going to download sites).
There are several alternate browsers (Opera Mini, Bolt, Minuet, UC)
On iDEN phones you can only download to the memory card. Downloading to internal memory is blocked by platform security. None of the phones you’ve have mentioned have memory card so they can’t download.
Do i have to have a boost phone? I know about this website and I love it, but I am a metro pcs customer now. CAN I still use your site….. HELP
I doubt it. You could try by clicking the JAD link in the phone browser. AFAIK MetroPCS phones don’t support Java and all the apps on BoostApps are Java apps.
I had an i335, and successfully downloaded several apps from your site, (thank you very much, by the way). I recently got a new i710, (nextel phone with my same boost plan), and none of the apps will load on it. Each time I get a ‘java error’ during the loading classes phase. What do you think?
The i710 is quite old and seems to have trouble with a lot of apps that the newer phones can run.
Some of the apps on here should work. Try some of the smaller, simpler ones.
I didn’t realize what a drastic downgrade I was in for. How does the i760 stand up to the i335? Is it any better than the i710?
The i760 should be better at app compatibility than the i710 but not as good as a midrange or better current phone like the i776, i465, i856
is theyre a way to download the ucbrowser frm the website with the mobiler uvloader?
AFAIK I know the only version that works on iDEN phones is the 6.7 Low Memory version which is here: http://boostapps.com/apps/ucweb-6-7/
If you want to try the latest full version copy this to the loader: http://wap.ucweb.com/ucpack/filepack/354/69/UCWEB-7.5.1.77-354-69-10122216.jar
For the latest Low Memory version use: http://wap.ucweb.com/ucpack/filepack/354/71/UCWEB-7.2.0.46-354-71-10071909.jar
I have the Sanyo Juno on the Boost mobile monthly unlimited plan. When I email photos taken with the phone to my personalized facebook email addy, instead of posting the photo, it publishes the link that is associated with the photo in Boost’s Media Mail service. Has anyone figured out how to post the actual photo to FB? I have read lots of boards and seems like a widespread problem. Some have suggested emailing the photo through the email app instead of through the media mail, however on the Juno I am unable to “attach” a file to an email using the email app. Have also tried going to the web from my phone and sending an email from my gmail account. Again, the option to “attach” a file is not available. Anyone figure out a way to make this work? Thank you!