02.28Launch Opera Mini with the Tilt’s IE Button
Recently, while on vacation and without a desktop Internet connection, I relied on my Tilt for access to the rest of the world. While Internet Explorer is fine for most tasks, I discovered Opera Mini and fell in love with its incredibly fast performance and more robust feature-set. However, since it is a Java midlet that runs from the built-in JBed Java midlet manager, I got tired of the multi-step process of digging down and opening JBed, and then selecting Opera Mini.
After some searching, I found a way to launch Opera Mini from the “Internet Explorer” button on my Tilt.
First, use Word Mobile to create a file that contains the following:
26#\Windows\jbed.exe -run sX_
Where X will be a number (in my case, it was a 7). If you launch JBed (listed simply as Java and located by default under Start > Programs > Tools), look at the list of applications and count in order from the top (starting with 0) and count up to where Opera Mini is listed. Use that number for X and then save the file as plain text with an “.lnk” extension.
Word Mobile will still add a “.txt” extension after .lnk, so just rename it with File Explorer (or, in my case Total Commander CE). I called the file “Opera Mini.lnk.”
You may need to fiddle around with the number for X, as I found that the counting trick to determine Opera Mini’s number isn’t always consistent.
Next, place the new .lnk file in \Windows\Start Menu\Programs.
Go to Start > Settings, and then under the Personal tab tap the Buttons icon.
Under the Program Buttons tab, make sure Button 1 is highlighted, and down below, where it says “2. Assign a Program,” use the drop-down and select “Opera Mini” (or whatever you named the shortcut). Then select OK.
Now you will be able to directly launch Opera Mini from your Internet Explorer button.
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I wonder if this would work with AEButtons, because then you can have single click for Opera and double-click for IE. Right now I have single click Java and double-click IE.
February 28th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
J, I imagine it would, if all AEButtons does is activate programs on the basis of press / press-hold of a button. Thanks for the tip on the program, I will be checking it out!
February 28th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
AWESOME tip! Thanks! I’ve wanted to put Opera Mini on that IE button since I bought this phone. I didn’t think it was possible.
February 28th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
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February 28th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Great First Post Julio!
February 28th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Did anyone else get the ‘beachball’ icon and a loooooong timeout when pulling up the Windows folder in file explorer?
I tried a soft/hard reset and deleted the operamini.lnk file but it still took 15 mins before the windows folder was pulled up…
February 29th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Thanks for the awesome Opera Mini tip.
Daniel
Opera Software
February 29th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I keep getting the message “could not find suite s0_” but opera mini is the only program in java
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:48 am
You may have to up the number from s0 to s1, s2… etc. until you find the right combo. Let me know what happens.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:28 am
I have tried every from suite s0_ all the way up to s9_ with similar results as Justin. I also obly have Opera Mini in java. Anyone have any luck with this? Anyone know of any other good java apps so I can try with multiple options?
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:08 pm
I just keep getting Word opening the file instead of Opera Mini. Any ideas on why?
March 12th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
I also only have mini…..same thing is happening to me. i have wm6.1. verizon 6700. anyone know how to get rid of it asking me if it is a trusted certificate each time and whether i am ok with it connecting to the net each session? getting annoying and i have tried everything.
March 13th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Thanks! This was EXCELLENT TIP!
Henkka from Finland
May 15th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I’ve tried this and I keep getting - An error occured. The document could not be opened. Any ideas?? Thanks.
May 17th, 2008 at 2:02 pm