Cannot write to serial port

Hi,
I am using jdk 1.3.1, forte ce 3.0 and j2me 1.0.3 beta.
I wrote a midlet that should write and read strings to and from the serial port.
Using the Emulator I have the reading working, but the writing freezes the execution.
Any ideas?
Debbie

Thanx for your reply (I have been asking this question everywhere for 2 weeks and no one has answered...).
I am using the Motorola i85s. It is specifially stated in the "i85s & i50sx Release 2 J2ME Developers' Guide Addendum" that the serial communications SHOULD work.
As I said - reading from the port (using the i85s Emulator) works - but writing to the port - freezes the execution. So this means that my connection is up and running - just the write is not working.
I would love to be able to load my midlet to my phone - since maybe on the phone it WILL miraculously work. But in this direction I am stuck with the fact that the JAL Lite does not load "network capable apps" - whereas I cannot get my hands on the Web JAL (which DOES load network capable apps) - since I have not succeeded to get thorugh the 100 steps that you must go through in order to use it... see for yourself at https://idenonline.motorola.com/ideveloper/program/program_jal.cfm).
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