Guide for new Japanese phone users. Read before posting.

Originally Posted by riel

I'm thinking of adding in a section that shows which SIM hacks work with which phone and carrier. If anyone can get on that, I'll expand the guide.

The section will be updated frequently, as soon as a new SIM hack is tested. It will take place in the first post, so new users will only have to look at there to get information. Credit will be given to testers.

Originally Posted by riel

I'm thinking of adding in a section that shows which SIM hacks work with which phone and carrier. If anyone can get on that, I'll expand the guide.

The section will be updated frequently, as soon as a new SIM hack is tested. It will take place in the first post, so new users will only have to look at there to get information. Credit will be given to testers.

Originally Posted by Super Chimp

Good idea but it seems to be pretty impossible to find information for European carriers. All the stuff I have seen is mostly for Asia & North America all of no use to me over in the UK.

Originally Posted by murdoc2k

Hmm. well I guess you can do that and the start a thread for every phone lol.. But what we're relying on here are the users of this forum. No one wants to be the lab rat =/

Originally Posted by aw614

i know voda uk worked with pss sim on sh905i

Originally Posted by 4agze

Super_Chimp, I'm in London. SH905i + iNEX Hypersim doesn't work with vodafone, if you have old vodafone simcard that might work because I have the new one. O2 new simcard works. Not sure about other carriers tho. But based on my seller all network is working except Vodafone but that was being tested with iNEX Hypersim, not sure about other simhack i.e. PSS-SIM.


Riel, I hope this information would be sufficient:
Keitai: SH905i
Simhack: iNEX Hypersim
CPR Phone: Motorola L6 Europe unlocked
Location: London, UK
Network (Work and tested by me): O2
Network (Claimed to work by seller): Vodafone (Old simcard might work but not the latest one as informed. Don't take risk if you don't plan to change carriers), O2, Orange, BT, Virgin, *whatelse* ?
Network (Not work and tested by me): Vodafone

Status: Took out simhack reposition with simcard put into CPR.P First day of usage: Call in and out OK!

What I found out, try reboot only if your in no network coverage. But before rebooting make sure your at good network coverage! *At least it works for me

Originally Posted by TomasuT

Doesn't this seem like too much for phones that you are buying at full retail price? I like Keitai's too but jeez. Has anyone tried contacting DoCoMo to get info on actually fully unlocking the phones? Keitai manufacturers are dropping like flies in Japan and DoCoMo has recently expressed a desire to make it easier for Japanese companies to sell abroad. You would think they would be happy to sell to people willing to pay full retail price.

Originally Posted by murdoc2k

I highly doubt it. It's been discussed before that Manufactures just don't find the need to expand to oversea markets (even though Docomo would appreciate its manufactures spreading phones tailored for docomo to be used overseas). Another thing is these phones are made for Docomo, so they don't want you to unlock it. They wireless companies have the most say in what their phone specifications are like and they wouldn't want you unlocking and changing providers now would they?

Originally Posted by joshyth

Well, it's not really that the manufactures don't want to expand their market, it's just that the phone company have to be willing to use the i-mode service that are developed by Docomo on their network. For example, there are few cool keitais on FarEastone in taiwan, and they also are using the i-mode service by Docomo. By having more company using i-mode, Docomo will be making more profit, thus allowing more of their phone to be sell oversea on other network.

Originally Posted by murdoc2k

ic... I doubt north america would like to do that because that would mean they need to spend a large sum of money just promoting those phones and hopefully people would buy into it so that they can fund i-mode and since people are still really fascinated by how small and light their phones are, Jap phones just aren't for the norm. For Canada, cool phones is defined by it's ability to text and go online (eg: Blackburry) which is geared towards the corporate crowd. It's a mono block so it doesn't take up much space and it's not as thick. Jap phones aren't useful because there aren't enough Japanese people coming over and they don't have a solid T9 thing as a norm. People here are also very money conscious so with data plans this high, it's very non-profitable using Internet as selling point unless your company is willing to pay for it.

Originally Posted by bottlecap

Dude, Riel, how the hell do you know all this? I am seriously in Awe of it.

Originally Posted by murdoc2k

ic... I doubt north america would like to do that because that would mean they need to spend a large sum of money just promoting those phones and hopefully people would buy into it so that they can fund i-mode and since people are still really fascinated by how small and light their phones are, Jap phones just aren't for the norm. For Canada, cool phones is defined by it's ability to text and go online (eg: Blackburry) which is geared towards the corporate crowd. It's a mono block so it doesn't take up much space and it's not as thick. Jap phones aren't useful because there aren't enough Japanese people coming over and they don't have a solid T9 thing as a norm. People here are also very money conscious so with data plans this high, it's very non-profitable using Internet as selling point unless your company is willing to pay for it.

Originally Posted by ryoaska1

Not sure, but I think part of the reason they pay less in places like japan for data ( and for things like canceling contracts) is because they make so much more money on services than in places like the us/canada. Cell phones were broadly mainstream so much earlier than over here that they have all kinds of infrastructure in place for services that generate money for everyone involved which includes carriers. Those are also smaller areas, so it's easier to put that infrastructure in place. We're not even close over here...haha. I'm sure there are other reasons too.