I have been reading around the forums for a while but haven't been able to come up with an answer.
I have a Kaiser that I bought unlocked from a Hong Kong provider and brought into Japan. Before buying it I had confirmed that I could get onto Docomo's network via HSDPA using dial up to their mopera service plan.
I would prefer to us their 3G network for obvious reasons and am drawing a blank as to how to do this. In the network config manager there are multiple different provider configs available - no doubt set by the HK provider - but none of these is for Docomo (or Softbank).
Before I try playing around with the Tytn Docomo extended ROMs could anyone let me know if (1) that is going to be a waste of time (2) Which bit of the ROM would have the Docomo specific configs or (3) Am I going about this in competely the wrong way?
Many thanks for any clarity anyone has on this.
shikaishi
Hi shikaishi,
I don't know the answer to your questions,,, but there is a thread here that might be useful...
It's about Softbank; the people who posted in that thread, might be able to help you...
Ofiaich
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I have been in poland for 10 days and had wanted to use my phone internationally but as soon as I left USA to Europe. I had no service. I was under the assumption that the BA was a Tri-band phone. Is there anyone that has had the same problem using Xplodes new rom and trying to use this phone in europe.? I have the SX66 version and My wife has the i-mate version of the BA. Both have the same problem. I also tried to download several phone band changing cabs somewhere on the forums and they just redered my phone useless and I had to hard reset. I also saw on the forums that someone had written that the change of the GSM frequency was automatic but it does not work as the local carrier would be "ERA-GSM" and i have "No Service". This has ticked me off my whole vacation. Any help would greatly be appreciated. Thank You
Rich.
PS. I hope people can use this thread to perhaps put any patches or files that may allow our BA's to work in europe. That would be cool as this is my first thread.
Strange...I'm in France and have no problem wiz the dial wiz Orange
thats a very weird problem.
have you done a soft-reset, and then, enabled the phone in the connectivity manager?
i am in europe too, my BA come imported from USA and it is working nicely here.
Or the most probably stuff is:
You forgot to activate the roaming service with your operator, and since you have no roaming service active, you are unable to use your phone outside USA with your USA card, because no network allow it to be registered.
SandStorm said:
thats a very weird problem.
have you done a soft-reset, and then, enabled the phone in the connectivity manager?
i am in europe too, my BA come imported from USA and it is working nicely here.
Or the most probably stuff is:
You forgot to activate the roaming service with your operator, and since you have no roaming service active, you are unable to use your phone outside USA with your USA card, because no network allow it to be registered.
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I am back from vacation. I love poland and hope to retire from there. Anyway yes it is true about no roaming service which i do not have. And i thought about that but i tried using a polish sim card also and nothing. Is there a way to change frequencies anyway?
This device is quad-band, it is mandatory for it to work in the entire world...
Takiyon said:
I am back from vacation. I love poland and hope to retire from there. Anyway yes it is true about no roaming service which i do not have. And i thought about that but i tried using a polish sim card also and nothing. Is there a way to change frequencies anyway?
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Nice to hear from a foreigner, that you like Poland
About SIM card: you might still have simlock in your BA. I don't think band change is an issue. This must be something more basic. Have you tried to make list of available networks (without logging in) - there should be 3 of them all over Poland (BTW:where have you been in Poland?): Era GSM, Plus GSM and Orange (on older list of operators int might be Idea), and in very rare cases Play Mobile (for sure in case of this one you could see only number, no name, just 260-06).
2nd idea I have is that after switch to WM5 you forgot about soft reset after first boot and GSM module was not yet up.
my blue angel works in europe, both on 900 and 1800Mhz, and of course there was no problem with 1900Mhz...the issue, i think, which was said over, is that you didn't have roaming enabled...
jakubd said:
Nice to hear from a foreigner, that you like Poland
About SIM card: you might still have simlock in your BA. I don't think band change is an issue. This must be something more basic. Have you tried to make list of available networks (without logging in) - there should be 3 of them all over Poland (BTW:where have you been in Poland?): Era GSM, Plus GSM and Orange (on older list of operators int might be Idea), and in very rare cases Play Mobile (for sure in case of this one you could see only number, no name, just 260-06).
2nd idea I have is that after switch to WM5 you forgot about soft reset after first boot and GSM module was not yet up.
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I think you are right jakubd. It may be a sim card issue. But the phone does not say it. Maybe things have changed such because I know I used to use Era GSM Sim cards but it was a new card i bought. If it is a simlock problem how can I use that card in my BA? I am sure I was able to use my mom's T-Mobile card I don't remember but I will check it out and get back. Also My family lives in Bielany, Warszawa. I have been to Zakopane I love it. Next time I go me and my family will go to the seaside.
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This device is quad-band, it is mandatory for it to work in the entire world...
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Since when???? Get your facts straight.
The device is NOT quad band - but it should work in Europe no problems. It could just be a roaming problem like people say. Can you call your provider and ask or are they out of reach?
BTW: You can find out how to unlock the BA in the wiki for free.
Biohead said:
Since when???? Get your facts straight.
The device is NOT quad band - but it should work in Europe no problems. It could just be a roaming problem like people say. Can you call your provider and ask or are they out of reach?
BTW: You can find out how to unlock the BA in the wiki for free.
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Actually the device is quad band - 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900. You can check the spec page for the individual unit.
Here is the link for the PDA2k : http://www.clubimate.com/t-DETAILS_PDA2K.aspx
Here is the link for the SX66 : http://www.mobiledia.com/phones/siemens/sx66.html
Back when I had wm2003 on it, I had built cab that allowed me to change the band setting on the 1.13.00 radio rom.
As for not being able to use it abroad, I had the same issue when I went to aruba. Didn't call to get international roaming enabled and the unit refused to see any cell network. Now that I have it enabled, my SX66 works just about everywhere I go.
-Chris
I hate to post topics that might have been covered...but i've searched and searched until i got a headache and figured I'd just ask....
From what I understand, from a t-mobile representative I know, there is a download able patch for the wing that will allow you to use hotspot @ home (that is use your mobile phone and mobile phone number to place calls through ANY active wifi network you can connect to) and also one for the sidekick..which is irrelevant considering the platform...
Anyways, I have a wing and went to t-mobiles site and see nothing about downloading this fabled update but haven't found anything.
Long story short: does this exist, and if it does, has anyone tried messing with it (i.e. cooking something up) so it works for the MDA?
I love my MDA and the wing is really..well...the same thing, with a few new lame features.
I, too, have a T-Mobile MDA and REALLY want to use this service. I can't understand why I wouldn't be able to utilize the MDA's built in WiFi features with the service. Anyone done found any helpful hints since this thread was originally posted?
I understand this thread is old, but wanted to chip in and voice my curiosity for this as well.
I have the MDA and have been very happy with T-Mobile. But after moving to a new place recently, I have NO coverage inside my home.
The MDA is a very capable phone and I'm sure that [email protected] is usable on it with just a software installation. Although, does anybody have a clue as to how to make that happen?
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I understand this thread is old, but wanted to chip in and voice my curiosity for this as well.
I have the MDA and have been very happy with T-Mobile. But after moving to a new place recently, I have NO coverage inside my home.
The MDA is a very capable phone and I'm sure that [email protected] is usable on it with just a software installation. Although, does anybody have a clue as to how to make that happen?
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The only WM phone that I'm aware of that can possibly be used with [email protected] is the Hp IPAQ 510 that has not been provosioned for AT&T.
There are two SKU's for this phone-one for AT&T, and one that is unlocked.
I know this has been answered in several treads, but I can not make it to work.
I am trying to configure flat rate internet setting on my htc phone, but it seems i can not get password to populate.
I have an original HTC unlocked phone. Can somebody please provide step by step instructions with required files on how to perform the required steps to start using flat rate plan from softbank.
Thanks.
oablokhin said:
I know this has been answered in several treads, but I can not make it to work.
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Google search for it on XDA. The threads there made it work for my Kaiser, but since I was on Softbank rental sim (which doesn't offer flat-rate data), the password populated and worked, but I still get billed by 128byte chunks.
I actually am on Softbank with an unlocked kaiser (just have a SIM contract). There were some instructions (in japanese) to get the open.softbank.ne.jp to work. I was testing it out cautiously for the first month and it seems to work fine. However, from yesterday I can't even make phone calls or get a data connection. When i try to make a call it tells me to call customer service, when i try to make a data connection, it tells me the answering modem has been disconnected.
I plan on calling Softbank tonight to see what's up. If it's just a technical glitch, i'll post what i did to make everything work. If they locked me for using open.softbank.ne.jp...oh well...i guess i'll try docomo!
I followed the instructions for setting up the open softbank connection, am using an HTC branded kaiser from Hong Kong so no lock, and as of 15 mins ago my data still working sweet.
Just download the prepared softbank package from the other thread, there is a readme, pretty straight forward but I can say it is working.
Another possibility is from tomorrow emobile will have kaisers here on data plans for half the cost of softbank. I would love to get an emobile sim and setup a connecdtion with them. But you know how it is here. The moment I asked the know nothing guy standing next to the phones about getting just a sim contract things get oh so complicated... sigh...
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Another possibility is from tomorrow emobile will have kaisers here on data plans for half the cost of softbank. I would love to get an emobile sim and setup a connecdtion with them. But you know how it is here. The moment I asked the know nothing guy standing next to the phones about getting just a sim contract things get oh so complicated... sigh...
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Will the Kaiser work on emobile since they're using W-CDMA 1700MHz? If it does, without a new radio firmware, then there's hope of using the Kaiser on T-Mobile USA's 3G AWS W-CDMA 1700.
I tried installing the emobile Sim card in my unlocked kaiser (friend had a demo emonster) and it doesn't work (probably due to the 1700Mhz). I'm a newbie, so can you tell me if the the radio can be set through a firmware upgrade or is it a hardware issue?
eMonster ROM needed
Hi i have the emonster. But i am having some trouble with the ROM. Anyone know where to get the factory ROM for emobile emonster S11HT KAIS140 SPL-3.06.0000 CPLD-8 RUUNBH?
TyTN II on Softbank
Could anyone help me reset the setting to enable this phone to work properly on Softbank. I am not sure what priceplan I'm on so whatever settings you can give would be great...
I have tried talking with Japanese staff but my Japanese is not good and their English is even worse.
It is so difficult to get a straight answer. I know this phone works here as I did nave it working a couple of years ago, but due to some changes in Softbank, it doesn't seem to work now..... Could someone please help me with a set of settings.
I am using Windows mobile 6
Thank you very much in advance...
Matt:crying::crying::crying::crying:
Hello. I posted this yesterday in the Nexus S forum (I have an S, not a One) but no one seems to know the answer so I was wondering if perhaps someone here could help out, as the Nexus One has been out for some time now.
In a nutshell, I would like to know how in the world I can get my unlocked Nexus S to work in Japan with respect to data transmission.
Early this year I developed an interest in foreign smartphones as all we had here in Japan was the (IMHO) horrid Xperia X10 and the wonderful HTC Desire. I have purchased a number of phones from overseas (either Hong Kong or the UK) including:
HTC Mini (HK)
HTC Desire (HK)
Xperia X2 (UK)
Galaxy S (UK)
Galaxy Tab (UK)
Nexus S (USA)
Now here's the thing: ALL of these phones were unlocked yet NONE of them allowed any data transmission except the HTC Mini. To this day I fail to understand why.
When I got the HTC Mini, I was using the Mopera U APN/service. I put my Docomo SIM card into the Mini and without doing anything at all, it had data connectivity from the start. To this day I question if it was something related to Windows Mobile, as all of the other phones I listed above are Android (except for the X2).
I had Mopera U with all of these other phones and yet NONE of them work, even after I have tried multiple APN services and have manually typed in the APN settings (i.e. mpr2.bizho.net, spmode.ne.jp, mopera.flat.foma.ne.jp, etc).
Just yesterday I received my unlocked Nexus S from the USA and while it hardly came as a surprise, I am nonetheless infuriated once again that the phone refuses to connect to the wireless network.
It should be noted however that the very first time I attempted to connect the Nexus S to the mpr2.bizho.net APN, for a scant one second, the 3G data transmission icon appeared in the taskbar at the top of the screen, but then immediately disappeared. Since that initial setting, it has never reappeared when I toggle the APN.
Can anyone please offer some advice here? I fail to believe that there is absolutely no way to use this phone in Japan. With all the different network bands and whatnot supported by this phone, surely it has to work. I am still at a loss as to why the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab failed to connect to the network here when both are in fact, available for purchase domestically. Are the manufacturers actually creating modified band phones for each country despite making the same exact product?
Docomo is absolutely no help whatsoever, claiming that the ONLY band supported here is "3G" and denying any understanding of the other band spectrums (i.e. Quad Band GSM, Tri-Band HSPA, etc).
Some of the IT-related people I know have suggested that my phone is in fact, NOT unlocked and thus the problem stems from that, however considering that the phone will instantly register the NTT DOCOMO network and I can make calls and receive SMS messages, I fail to believe the phone is locked.
I will bring up a point that a friend passed onto me: They suggested that perhaps my problem is that the phone won't work because the previous carrier settings are still on it. The seller on eBay however stated that this was a factory unlocked phone and thus I don't think this applies, though I was a bit confused as to why there was a T-Mobile SIM card inside the Nexus S box, which led me to believe that perhaps the phone is unlocked but it is "defaulted" to T-Mobile network values?
Anyway if anyone could be of some assistance here I would greatly appreciate it.
You seem to know your stuff -- so I'm baffled as to why this isn't working for you.
You're armed with the Docomo APN and authentication, as well as compatible hardware. NTT Docomo (as well as SoftBank) operate 3G/UMTS/HSDPA on 2100Mhz, which your Nexus S supports.
Each year I visit family, I get a rental SIM, get the spiel that loaner SIMs aren't allowed to be used in smartphones (might have changed now). So they give me a phone instead, which I just rip the SIM out of and place in my phone.
I doubt your previous carriers' info would be interfering, since I'm guessing the only entry you have under operators is Docomo (and removed every other carrier), and you have your FOMA SIM inserted.
The only thing I can think of are: your HTC Mini's passing some authentication type handshake (or maybe it's a parameter or setting its' flipping), or the network has some strange blanket ban on IMEI numbers.
Both scenarios are pretty unlikely -- which brings me back to me being baffled. I was able to rip out a SIM and use in a Nokia E51 and an HP iPaq 910 (a handset not sold in Japan). I just entered in some APN settings and it was happy as pigs in ****.
I'm sorry I don't have anything more to offer -- but from what you said, and you are correct -- this should work.
This might sound obvious : Sometimes, Android will have a database built in with APN settings and will use those. Sometimes, It'll read the settings off of the SIM, and use those. Some cases, the auto-selected values might be incorrect if the carrier changed something on their end. Or sometimes, it might not do anything at all. You might have already tried this -- find a working handset (HTC Mini, friend, demo unit in a store, etc), write the settings down and enter them in by hand on your Nexus S. If you've already tried this, I apologize.
First of all, I`d like to state that this is a very well oragnised comunity, I read most of the things about the subject I was interested in, but I couldn`t find an answer to satisfy me, so I opened this thread hoping someone will clear things and maybe help me. All support is appreciated. Those being said. I recently bought a new MDA Compact V from T-Mobile UK, the phone is unlocked, just inserted O2 & other sim cards and they work without a flow. I alse saw that "noob video" and I am something beneath the "noob" statement heh, and NOT interested in switching the existing OS on my phone. The exact problem is that I can`t acces the web through other operators, except T-mobile. I`ve done many settings, even went to T-mobile, they told me this feature is locked to their network, and I have to reinstall the windows or something like it. I can browse with no problems through wi-fi, but with the packed data from the operator NO. Can someone please give me some advices regarding this issue. Awaiting your answers. Thx in advance.