JAD Converter

Extract text from JAD files

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How to extract text from your JAD file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your JAD file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert JAD to another file type

To convert your JAD file to another format, you need Java Platform Micro Edition or other Developer software.

Convert a file to JAD

To convert other file formats to the "Manifest File" file type, you need software like Java Platform Micro Edition or a similar tool.

About JAD files

A .JAD (Java Application Descriptor) file is a text-based manifest used to describe the contents of a Java ME (Micro Edition) Midlet. These files were the standard for installing games and applications on legacy feature phones (like older Nokia, Samsung, and BlackBerry devices).

The Problem: The .JAD file is merely a pointer; it contains metadata like the app size, version, vendor, and a URL to the actual executable, which is the JAR file. A common frustration users encounter is having only the .JAD file without its companion .JAR, making it impossible to run the application. Furthermore, modern operating systems like Windows 10, macOS, and Android dropped native support for J2ME years ago, meaning you cannot simply double-click to open them.

The Solution:

For Inspection: Since the file is plain text, you can convert or view it as TXT using any editor like Notepad++ or Microsoft VS Code to read the internal metadata.
For Android: To run the associated game, you typically need to convert the JAD/JAR pair into an APK or, better yet, load them into a dedicated emulator like J2ME Loader.
For Desktop: Use preservation software like KEmulator to execute the files.

Convert.Guru analyzes your JAD file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted JAR, VXP, TXT, CHK, EXE, PLP, PDF, EX4, AAE, PKG and SER files.

FAQ

If you want to convert JAD file to JAR, TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD, NEW, PART, DOWNLOAD, CRDOWNLOAD or LOCK, you can use Java Platform Micro Edition or similar software from the "Java ME Application Descriptor" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to JAD, try Java Platform Micro Edition or another comparable tool in the "Java ME Application Descriptor" category.

The JAD Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our JAD converter.