Newbie question about jdk versions

[thatch8]

Being new to the J2ME environment I've noticed that sometimes when a midlet can't run on a phone because of a "java/lang/ClassFormatError: Bad version information" error message, the solution is to use the "-target -source" arguments when compiling the midlet.
Since there are a lot of jdk versions available to download, how do I know which version is right for my phone? Is there a reference somewhere that explains this? Could someone explain to me how this goes?
Any guidance is much appreciated,
Thanks

[juarezjunior]

Hi thatch8,

AFAIK JME uses a stripped-down version based on J2SE 1.3, so your your compatibility switches should be configured regarding that.

Hope this helps!

[gregorytaiwan]

Are you compiling for the profile MIDP 2.1? maybe your mobile only supports the MIDP 2.0, or even the 1.0

Customize it and try again

[thatch8]

Thanks for the responses, I appreciate it!

AFAIK JME uses a stripped-down version based on J2SE 1.3 ...

If there's one thing that's confusing, it's all these versions ... but the basics of J2ME is version 1.3? Anyway, thanks for the tip, it might be helpful.

Are you compiling for the profile MIDP 2.1?

No, I'm compiling for MIDP 2.0.

Even though I can understand that there are differences between MIDP 1.0, 2.0, etc, it's not very clear about the JDK versions since I haven't read it anywhere (somehow I think that I might have missed the fine print, but I don't know). I would think, as a beginner, that if I downloaded WTK 2.5.1 and compiled a midlet with it for the MIDP 2.0/CLDC 1.1 range, that it would work. But no. It's kinda tricky for a beginner like me, but hopefully it'll become clear sometime.

If anyone can contribute a few more words, I'm sure I won't mind, and thanks anyway!

[juarezjunior]

Hi thatch8,

Apart from the MIDP/CLDC + Optional Packages differences (stack), the code syntax must be compliant with J2SE 1.3. Regarding the classes themselves, note that they are not the same as the ones of J2SE 1.3, JME versions are more simple than the original ones.

Hope this helps