bad things about the P905i?

Originally Posted by joshyth

also, the phone really need to be able to take pic in horizontal position, instead of vertical like most digi cam, if they are going to make it a 5.1 mp cam. Also, i can't play video (mp4 format that are larger than 1000mb, even my n95 or n82 could do that).

Originally Posted by joshyth

also, the phone really need to be able to take pic in horizontal position, instead of vertical like most digi cam, if they are going to make it a 5.1 mp cam. Also, i can't play video (mp4 format that are larger than 1000mb, even my n95 or n82 could do that).

Originally Posted by ryanfok

thats not true, you can adjust the camera settings so that you can take pictures Hoizontally. Second, you CAN play mp4 formats in the machine as long as ur micro SD can store it. I have tried it myself...hehe~

Dislikes:

cant receive call waiting
battery consumption
poor reception
data transferring
cannot set ringtone

Originally Posted by ryanfok

Dislikes:

cant receive call waiting
battery consumption
poor reception
data transferring
cannot set ringtone

Originally Posted by Rakukojin

I'm gonna have to disagree with some of the things you said:

1. Call Waiting - It does work. You have to activate it in 'Menu' -> 'Service' -> 'Call Waiting'. When someone calls, you just press the call button to put somebody on hold. Call forwarding doesn't work though

2. Battery Consumption - Since we're using GSM mode our battery life is shorter compared to 3G mode, but it's not that bad. I never turn off my phone and I can go a few days without charging the phone, which is fine for me. The only times I feel that the battery life is short is if I turn up the brightness, watch lots of videos or play games

3. Poor Reception - I have to really disagree with this one, but it's very subjective because we are all located in different areas with different providers and different SIM hacks. For me, I always have 3 bars and never lost signal a single time. And this is with the $20 SIM hack

4. Data Transferring - I don't have a USB cable, so getting music on my P905i is nearly impossible. Everything else is fine as long as I make the right folders and rename them properly

5. Ring Tone - I don't care for fancy ring tones, so this doesn't affect me

Originally Posted by yummin

This one's the most annoying and I still don't know how to fix it:

-> The caller hears a LOUD screech whenever I pick up the phone. It doesn't happen when they reach voicemail, just every time I answer the call.

On the upside, I've never had an issue with reception. Most places I go (including my friend's basement) I still get at least 2/3 full reception. The only time it cut out was when I walked into a mall under renovation which had a faraday cage effect.

Originally Posted by murdoc2k

I believe your P905i maybe defective because none of us is having that loud sreech problem. I would suggest you contact your seller about this issue.

@ ryanfok: My reception is usually at 3 bars but in some location it will drop to 2. It rarely reaches 1 or 0 bars. I've had a weird recent outtage downtown but when I got back home it reconnected. This is also from a $20 sim hack.

I want to try call waiting but I haven't encountered a situation where I needed it yet lol..

Originally Posted by ryanfok

Murdoc2k, do u think is the SIM hack issue thats causing the connection problem. I use Rogers and i am in the scarborough area

Originally Posted by bado

I'm new to the japanese phone market...and recently want to get the P905i. I found a vendor who claim their P905i doesn't need Hypersim or any kind hardware hacks. Could you guys confirm that it is true?

Thanks,

Originally Posted by murdoc2k

which simhack do you use? I'm using Next V6 which is back on Ebay.

Originally Posted by ryanfok

Murdoc2k, I dunno anything about Unlocking a phone, but my package says HYPERSIM and is made in Taiwan.
so could that be the problem?

Originally Posted by murdoc2k

1) You can set the cam resolution to "WIDE" settings and you can take the horizontally

2) I haven't tried that yet, but I think that's a USB limit. If you transfer it via MicroSD adapter you can put videos as large as your MicroSD can hold.

The only draws I see are

1) Lack of 3G feature in North America
2) No GSM 850
3) No "flash light" feature like SE America does
4) Bluetooth cannot be used to transfer files

Originally Posted by MyLoveForTofu

That deal extreme (deal extreme as in a website right cuz i googled lol) sim looks alot like my Next Sim V7 5th revision >_> except you said you didn't have a label with I-smartsim2008 which the Next sim V7 5th revision has (damn it and its long name) ps. This is NOT to be confused with the Next V7 sim that allen sells. The one that I use is from Alven and not Allen they are two different sellers that claim to have a Next sim V7 >_> and honestly I don't trust Allen much.

And I'm pretty sure its the sim hack because not a lot of people have that problem. It's probably better to buy off a Ebay member so we have an idea of what type of sim hack it is since most of the sims look the same to me.

@ryanfok

>_> A lot of sim brands have the words I-smartsim2008 on them lol so its hard to tell them apart. But your HYPERSIM package that says made in taiwan does it look like this package. Also is the chip on the hypersim on the side or the middle, and does it have the words INEX 128 on it or is it scratched out.

Originally Posted by joshyth

i'm using a usb microSD adapter, it still doesn't work. Plus, some of the smaller size .3gp video that i put on it also won't play, it either doesn't have sound, video, or just won't play at all.

Originally Posted by murdoc2k

It works for me. I think you don't have the correct resolution set. It works if you do. Make sure you have in the right directory with the correct file name (according to Docomo's naming convention).

Originally Posted by ryanfok

TOFU, thanks for ur prompt reply. Yes, thats exactly how the package looks like, the chip is on the corner and it says..hmm..i think..f300A on it...nothin that i can see is rubbed out. So wat chip do i have, and is it a good chip?

Originally Posted by MyLoveForTofu

Hey I think you got scammed. That package is the official Inex128 hypersim and as far as I know (someone please correct me if I'm wrong so I don't look like a idiot) the inex hypersim's chip is located in the center and not the side o.O and the chip would have the words Inex128 or something like that and shouldn't have the words I-smartsim 2008.

The hypersim I bought awhile ago was labeled with nothing and the chip was on the center (like the picture on the package) and had inex128 on the chip. But then again I haven't bought the newer hypersims from ebay so I wouldn't know if they changed the layout of the sim.

So to be honest I'm not sure why you have the screeching problems it might be the P905i's problem.

As for reception I get great reception and I live in scarborough....that I have no clue I think its a issue with rogers then lol >_>

As for the battery life, the phones battery is only 770mah don't expect too much out of it lol I have to charge my phone every 1 1/2 days since I use it quite often (not just for calling)

Originally Posted by wai_lai416

hmm i'm actually using the ismartphone 2008 chip and i have to say.. the p905i have decent reception.. it's better than my sh905i and so905ics ~ as for call waiting.. i can confirm it works with the p905i on ismartphone 2008 ~ the only problem i have with this simhack is i don't necessary get the signal out logo.. instead it'll say unable to recognize usim which force me to restart the phone ~

Originally Posted by wai_lai416

press the talk button again

Originally Posted by yamagatacamille

2- my friends tell me when I answer my phone, there is a loud screech at the beginning. I use INEX hypersim, and I'm wondering if it's the SIMhack or the phone itself.