Blackberry MDS simulator - Can't connect to the internet in the simulator

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user248173 picture user248173 · Apr 16, 2010 · Viewed 28k times · Source

I'm trying to do some testing of a website through the Blackberry simulator, while the simulator works fine, I can't get to any sites in the Blackberry Browser.

Here is the specific setup I'm using.

  • I'm Windows 7 (64-bit) Home Edition
  • I have the latest (at the time) MDS installation - BlackBerry Email and MDS Services Simulators 4.1.4
  • Finally, I have the latest (at the time) Blackberry Simulator - BlackBerry Smartphone Simulators 5.0.0 (5.0.0.442) - 9700

I first start the MDS service, it briefly pops up the command-prompt and then closes it. I'm assuming that when it does that, it started the MDS service. Then I open the Blackberry simulator (9700), which opens up fine and loads the Blackberry OS. Then with the Blackberry OS all loaded up, I navigate to the browser and for example type www.google.com and then at the bottom it just says "sending request" and loads for about a minute. Then times out and says it can't find a connection.

Anyone have any thoughts on what I'm missing? Or, does anyone know of an online simulator for the Blackberry, because thus far this has been a huge pain for testing sites on a Blackberry.

Thank you! Ben

Answer

Imran Iqbal picture Imran Iqbal · Sep 4, 2010

I started cmd.exe as "Run as Administrator" and then entered cd "C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Email and MDS Services Simulators 4.1.4\MDS"

then

run.bat

and now i have the MDS Simlator 4.1.4 working.

It needs the administrator rights to run

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