ICA-CP Info: Using the Midway Tool

The Midway Tool enables the PC to download Java midlets to the Razr. The program comes as a compressed "Zip" file. You have to uncompress it in order to use Midway.

To Unzip the Midway file

1) Go to the C:\Unlock Motorola Cell Phone Programs\SW\Motorola Midway 2.8\ directory
2) Right click on the .zip file and select Unzip --> Extract to Here
3) Winzip will start. Select Use Evaluation Version. Inside of the Winzip program, click the Extract button.
4) There will be several files in your subdirectory now. Read the Using_Midway_2_8.txt file to download programs.


To Use Midway, find the COM port
First, you must find the COM port used by your phone. To find that, follow these instructions from the Using_Midway_2_8.txt file:

For USB, how to know on which COM Port the phone has been detected:

1). Power up the Phone.
2). Connect regular USB Cable to phone.
3). Right Click on My Computer.
4). Click on Properties.
5). Select 'Hardware' Tab.
6). Click on Device Manager.
7). Your phone should be detected as Modem. Expand Modems under Device Manager.
(There has been some cases when the phone is detected as Modem but when you expand
Modems under Device Manager it is detected as Broken link. In this case Reboot the
computer and follow steps 1-7 again)
8). Right Click on "Motorola USB Modem". Select Properties.
9). Select 'Advanced' Tab.
10). Click 'Advanced Port Settings".
11). Note down the COM port number.


To Download with Midway
Your cell phone must have Java unlocked in order to download programs. Do these steps from the Using_Midway_2_8.txt file:
Steps to Download MIDlet.
1). Power up the Phone.
2). Click Menu->Settings->Java Settings->Java App Loader.

If you do not see Java App Loader, you did not unlock your phone correctly. Go back to the 1-tut.pdf file, and follow the steps to unlock your phone again. If you do see the Java App Loader, then continue with the steps to download a file the Using_Midway_2_8.txt file:
Steps to Download MIDlet.
1). Power up the Phone.
2). Click Menu->Settings->Java Settings->Java App Loader.
3). It shows a Dialog on the screen "Insert Cable Now"
4). Insert USB Cable.
5). The phone should display "Jal Link is active."
6). Run MIDway 2.8.
7). Select menu item File->Settings... and change COM Port as it was in step 11.
8). From File Menu on MIDway select "Open JAD..." OR Click on "Open JAD" toolbar icon (1st icon)
9). Select appropriate JAD file from your computer. (Hint: use recent file list in the File menu)
10). Click on "Send JAD" icon (2nd icon). Some information from JAD File will be displayed
on the Phone Screen. If Right Soft Key reads "More" select it. It should then display
"DOWNLD". Select "DOWNLD". This will start downloading the JAR file from computer
to phone. Upon download successful, it starts installing the application.
When installed successfully, the phone displays "Run ?" with YES & NO as soft keys.
If you are planning to download more games, select "NO" otherwise follow steps 8-10 again.

All downloaded applications are listed under "Games & Apps"