Is it just me or does it seem the whole java based platform is buggy?

Well, anyways, has anyone come across the trouble of a phone not being able to d/l anything java? Wife has an LG C1300 and the phone has been working great up until a couple of days ago... It can d/l everything except Java apps or more importantly games... I have tried everything I could think of from troubleshooting the phone itself to setting up a quick WAP server, I also tried sending a Push Message to the phone... None of which seem to work... I'm starting to rule it off as a problem w/ phone but I wanted to check if anyone has ever come across this...

BTW: What the phone does when trying to d/l java is in the middle of d/l the screen it flashes black for a min, ...
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