Database copy problem

Hello,
I have cloned the databse to a new server using a cold backup.
I used alter database backup controlfile to trace as '/home/oracle/control.sql' on the source database and recreated the controlfiles on the target database.
Everything works fine. The database opened and the data are ok. The problem is that in the database was an apex application and when i want to connect to the application from the http server it doesn't work. I get 404 error.
What could be wrong? Am i missing something in the new controlfiles?
Could be the problem that in the trace from which i created the new controlfiles there was this line: "CHARACTER SET EE8ISO8859P2"... maybe the application is using somthing else?
Please advise.

I have pointed dads to the new server with correct SID and it doesn't work.
It does however work when i clone the database with using cold backup with controlfiles.
But when i recreate controlfiles from trace, the apex application stops working.

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