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[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] elfwine:
Did you use registered stamp (hanku)? As far as I know, you need a 'hanku' in order to get a phone contract... and I think, before they give you the phone, they verify it to the municipal city hall if it is really registered.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] qtotter:
this is not correct. i have never been asked for hanko upon a mobile phone purchase.

if you wanna pay directly out of your bank account, you need to give them your bank info and your hanko on your contract.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] dandare123:
My 5 cents here - and I hope I can contribute to put this thread onto a rational level again:

1. Why are we looking to unlock to SB X01HT - either because we cannot cope with the Japanese OS (valid, and Asukal provided a fix for that) or because we want the thing for free while others pay 800 (or whatsoever) $ for it (invalid and immoral - I agree that Asukal may want to withhold any fix for that)

2. Japanese Telcos (SB being one of them) suck - sorry for being blunt here, but Japan seems to have mssed the train here. Singapore, even the US have surpassed Japan in telecommunication abilities. Ever tried to get a Blackbarry in Japan. My personal opinion is that the Japanese desire to be 'different just derailed the countiry here... and the price will be stiff to pay...

3. Credit and identity checks when signing up for a X01HT at SoftBank - nope, I do not have a registered seal and never provided my Japanese cedit information to SB, still I got the X01HT (one of the very first one admittedly...)

Just my 5 cents...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] qtotter:
mostly, i agree with you.

to add to 1, or because some valid users would like to use the phone with a local sim when they are traveling abroad. (i am one of them.)

as for 2, i would say i-mode was the cause of this nightmare of the uniqueness and closedness of this market...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] :
I got my X01HT from Akihabara, I checked Yodobashi Camera, SofMap and other shops, they all required valid ID and credit card for new X01HT contracts. It was the first time I saw such strict policy for a mobile phone anyway.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] qtotter:
good, it looks like softbank is committed to keep selling smartphones in japan.

on the other hand, i am afraid softbank will not make the same mistake again, and the future models might have a diehard sim lock protection... even imei-check might no longer support unlocking softbank phones... *sigh*
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] sergiopi:
and softbank will be out of market!

Remember folks, we have the power, we have the money and they want our money!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] qtotter:
then, we would loose the only career who provides a flat-rate internet connection over 3g in japan.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] kalintri:
Yes, I totally agree. I don't care about changing the ROM or using unlimited internet with the modem and the flatrate.

All I want is to unlock the SIM so I can use local SIMs outside Japan.

I wander if it is possible to unlock the phone without giving the possibility to change the ROM. I think that would satisfy Asukal's desires.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] dandare123:
I got mine at the SB store in Roppongi after I traded in my old phone and they did check ID but I still pay my bills getting them mailed since I never gave them my credit info - but I can very well assume that SB got stiffer in their requirements after all we did with the X01HT...:rolleyes:

Anyway - I think the discussion boils down to:

- you want to use the X01HT in Japan enjoying the SB flat rate but want to have it in English - Asukal provided a fix for that... (my deepest appreciation here...)

- you want to use a different SIM than the SB one - in the long term I think we could be better off buying the Hermes in Taiwan or Singapore as a SIM-unlocked unit then, to spare the hassle as well as to stay legal... for me personally the comfort of (finally) being able to access my corp. email globally mobile would justify the investment. I took mine to very remote places around the globe lately (India, South America) and it worked great... not all roaming providers are good for data connections though, in the US Cingular is better than T-Mobile...

What really puzzles me is though the fact that Japan is so very idiosyncratic when it comes to things like telecommunications - e.g. my manager would be happy to sign my expense bill for getting me on Blackberry if there'd be a service in Japan. I know that DoCoMo corporate services has that now, but my company is subscribed to Vodaphone (and partners) globally, so DoCoMo is not an option for me. And that is where I point my finger at SoftBank - they could make a lot more business if they'd be just a bit more flexible, like offering the X01HT in English, like offering Blackberry on the X01HT... I am really without rationale why they don't....
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] dandare123:
To Asulak's point on valid users travelling abroad - yes, I agree, major carriers in the US and Europe (Vodafore being one of them) will actually provide you with a phone unlock for travel purpose. I had my wife's Vodafone moble unlocked in Holland directly by Vodafoe - they charge a small fee for that. SoftBank take a note, that is the level of service we expect from you...;)

To your second point - yes, I-Mode is what ISDN was for Germany - wrong technological horse to bet on.

Personally I really think it is just a matter of time until things get 'right'. Japan is an important player in the global market - and right now countries like the US and China outperform Japan when it comes to telecommunication standards. That's a shame. It's companies like SoftBank who are very well advised to be proactive here before they wake up one day realizing that they have been bought out by T-Mobile or whoever...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Kevbodian:
1. changing the language of the X01HT has nothing to do with the unlock. we can still change the language without an unlock. Of course we want it cheaper than $800 because $800 is NOT what it's worth. Invalid or immoral has nothing to do with it. The telcos make nothing from the phones themselves and all from the service... the exact reason the 903sh was being pulled from the shelves. Unlocks are bad for their business because everyone buys the phone an cancels, but you cannot call it immoral to buy a phone and cancel right after; the telcos themselves in Japan make it too easy to do this. At least in Canada they never/rarely offer a phone for an amount that would make them lose money on it even after the cancellation fee. SB themselves are stupid to offer a phone for next to nothing, make the cancellation only $100 then complain. Nothing immoral in this. The companies will gouge you any chance they get, they are the immoral ones; hiding behind impersonal rules and laws.

2. Blackberries suck. How have other nations surpassed Japan in the cellular services market? Not only is it difficult to compare nations' cellular needs but I don't think that we (non-Japanese) have outpaced Japan. Japanese phone manufacturers are still world leaders in comparison to all the others (freaking ugly nokia/motorola etc). Although, right now, Samsung is kicking some turf.

3. Congrats on being one of the first. But why get an X01HT if Blackberry is so great?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Kevbodian:
lets also not forget that Masayoshi Son has even admitted that SB may open unlock centers.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Wai Wai:
@@......We can change language without unlock??
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] qtotter:
it's simply the price includes the cost you don't find worth.

some people think car parking is expensive in tokyo, park their cars on the street and cause a traffic jam. they don't even care.

by the way, the cancellation fee of x01ht is about over U$500 from the beginning, and therefore, x01hts sold outside of japan were not acquired in the way you explained. how could anyone sell it for U$400 paying U$500 cancellation fee as business? i can tell you know about the japanese mobile phone market, but such a discussion based on a guess or an old fact makes no sense to me.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=284765
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Kilihari:
blackberry Sucks So Bad It's Really Not Funny How Much It Sucks

Strangest thing, to even start to exaplin how much blackberry sucks, and palm os sucks, is like the equivelent of explaining why smashing your head into the wall is a bad thing. It is like they are so bad, so utterly mindbending terrible that some eople think they are great. Ask me to explain the last sentence and you will just get a blank stare from me. Hell even Windows Mobile has it's issues, but none, absolutely none compaired to the bb and pospalm. I read on this board, "Wow.. I can't wait untill someone brings the bb os to the herms or something like that" ... and I am amazed... I can't beleive someone would even say that..... ehhehehe..

#1. Blackberry sucks because there are no good apps, games, tools, & utilities, programs, and shape or design to the blackberry, also, it's a friggen blackberry, man.. why am I even writing this... why don't people know this... so strange.

#2. PalmOS sucks because it was a third party os designed by a different company other than palm and was designed to be replaced years ago, but they keep adding to it and it is way beyond the origional scope of its origional design parameters. It operates in one directory, it freezes all the time, and frick, ya ever tried to get a warranty return on a palm os? It is like pulling teeth! The only thing good about the palm is the amount of programs available for it, but it still freeses WAY more than WM5.

Anyways, sorry for the venom that has spewed from my keyboard. It's not my fault... I couldn't help it... I ... I really am passionate about my Windows Mobile 5, I have wasted so much money on other devices, anyone want a treo 600 with docking station and memory card, and another palm zire color? Also I have one blackberry somewhere.... I will just give em away! Frick, I will pay anyone to take em.

-Joe.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] qtotter:
this info is cool. hope he's a man of his word.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] :
By the way, I just went into a local mobile shop in north-east Tokyo, the guy said Gaijin card (foreigners ID) would be the only thing he would ask for a new X01HT.

I think, in this way a fake or stolen ID would suffice to pick an X01H from local stores not as investigative as guys in Akihabara and sell it on Ebay. Well this is definitely called fraud.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] qtotter:
joe, everybody is not a geek;-) my partner got a bb from company, and loves it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] ptgiang:
Now It is over Xmas, I hope you will finish it as New Year's present for everyone.

I pray for you.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] awh_tokyo:
Yes, I have changed the language on several post-December phones, both by English-ROM method and by Askul MUI method...

Looking for SIM-Unlock though; I absolutely love the fact that I can use my Philippines and Canadian SIM cards in this phone, and not really relishing the fact that I might lose that after the 1.09 upgrade.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] awh_tokyo:
Have you taken a close look at a Japanese driving license? Certainly the one that I have would be extraordinarily easily faked. As far as I can tell, there is not a single anti-forgery device on it. Unlike the gaijin card (with holograms, special tape on the back that covers things that get changed, etc.), the driving license looks like it could be produced by anyone with a printer that could print on plastic.

That said, I don't really know anything about document forgery, but I think it's naive to think that someone who put their mind do it couldn't fool the kid at Yodobashi...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] awh_tokyo:
Nope, I've had contracts with 3 different mobile providers, and none of them required anything more than a driving license. No credit card, no security deposit, nothing.

If someone has asked you for a hanko, they are probably just giving you the runaround.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] KevinBaker:
That's what I'm trying to say; if the company is stupid enough to let me come and get a free phone with fake/stolen ID so easily, they should not be in business.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Kilihari:
I absolutely agree!

Also, there is one more thing, and listen, I love Asukal, I think that if it wasn't for him and pof interest in the hermes might not be where it is today! BUT.... and this is a BIG BUT, I think and this is just my opinion, after ferther review. I am going to do all I can to perfect my own way of cracking the December 2, radio. Screw it, I have felt my spirits kinda crushed and likewise the spirits of other kids just trying to crack their phone. All I want is to change the language, maybe I will find a easy way just to CID unlock it, but frick if I am going to be told what OS I can run on my own device, it's my bloody device, if I wanna run linux on my device, I'm gonna damn well do it. Isn't that the point of this web site? I got this for the sole reason that I want to eventually run Linux on my Hermes, why linux you ask? Cuz I can. I am going to find that friggen password to, I don't care how long it takes me, open.softbank.ne.jp is mine. And your little MMS doggy too!

-Joe.

I understand the logistics that =softbank wants to get as many of these handhelds to the masses as humanly possible. They do however have to get a little bit smarter, gotta ask for a couple peices of id, a credit card, a phone number, they have to get a little better in this area, or it is not going to matter what we do or do not do, they will go under, just like vodafone did.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Zgembo:
That's a spirit! :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] znmax:
hey hey hey !

i heard Asukal sell the unlock soft to Mr.W ...............

and SB given Asukal a job to stop all

Asukal,it's really!!!!???
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] qtotter:
heard where? is this kind of an irresponsible joke which does not help anyone?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] qtotter:
sorry, joe,

i don't see any points in your comment. i don't wanna say this, but you only sound like just a whiner to me.

if you buy a tytn from htc via expansys paying u$800, you could do whatever you want to do. it is the real price of an unlocked hermes.

you bought a locked x01ht for a couple of hundreds of dollars, which you have not even finished paying to softbank yet, knowing it's locked and complaining you cannot unlock the device?

anyway, good luck on your cracking.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Kilihari:
Baught for a couple hundered dollers?

Ha ... I got my Hermes for free... CAMPAIGN!! ahahahahah.. and screw you you peice of crap, what is this board for if it is not for hackin our own phones? I bought my phone when I signed my name on the dotted line. I have to finish my two years or pay 53000 ￥ Honestly, you are one of those little scumbags who like to start crap on message boards aren’t you? How about me and you get together in Shibuya this 7th, have a beer and then fight, like, a real fight, you know with fists, someone can record it, post it on yourdailymedia.com, then whoever wins, had the better argument.

The hypocrisy of your statement is absolutely insane. You are telling me that you have never cracked your phone before? You are telling me that you have bought your Hermes? HA, you are an absolute fool if you want anyone to believe that you are a moral, just, upstanding person. By your statement, you have just insulated like 90% of the people on this board. Your friggen crazy, what are you; you must a gaijin who hates all Japanese customs who will never adopt the ways of Japan. I have moved to Japan permently, this is my new home, I plan on learning all of the culture and language, I will always be gaijin but I will do my best to be as close to Japanese as possible, what are you?

I have read many of your messages on this board, all of them have a negative context to them. I challenge anyone who thinks I am being over the top, to take a look at some of this fliths comments. They are all negative and condesending, just like qtotter is. Honestly man, don’t post pointless crap like your message, I am going to crack this phone if it kills me, and the likes of you are not going to be able to do anything about it faggit, or do you want to try?

-Joe.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] mj13:
Asukal, waiting for your release of this 1.09 unlock.........:p :p :p
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] znmax:
The KEYMAN---Mr.W said he got the soft from Asukal by MONEY

Mr.W is the biggest tradesman who smuggle cell phone into china

and HongKongese wanna pay 230000 HK dollor to buy it but he (Mr.W)dont sell it

because Mr.W have more than 2000 X01HT
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Daimaou:
Have you any proof? I mean no disrespect to anyone but we are living in a business world...

If only Askual could continue to work on its localization system it would be great
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] coupe123:
:) :) :) I think hong kong people will not pay HK$230000 to buy the software. Because money can not earn easily in this stage to unlock a PDA Phone,right!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] coupe123:
Askual, I hope that you can do the right thing in the right time.:) :) :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] bluelaw:
I don't think so, I think HK$230000 is already very cheap for this unlock software, do you know the price different between a unlocked and a locked X01HT in Hong Kong ? If someone can unlock all his locked phone, how much profit he can gets? hey, at least 5 times of HK$230000! In Hong Kong earn $230000 is not difficult, if you have been to Hong Kong.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] jokinawa:
So your basically saying that:

1. Mr. W is the largest cell phone smuggler into China.

2. Asukal sold Mr. W the unlock software for roughly $30,000 USD.

3. A bunch of people from Hong Kong want to buy the unlock software from Mr. W but he won't sell because he is apparently the only one in HK with it and he already has 2000 devices.

Without physical proof this story has no merit.

If it did turn out to be true it would be a sad day for developers everywhere.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] harryk1372:
this is all rubbish. would mr. whoever disclose that if that was even true? stop abusing this forum and show the proof if what you say is really true. this forum is for discussing technical matters and is not for third-grade gossip stuff like this with no evidence. stop insulting Asukal who has been one of the greatest contributors in this forum.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Daimaou:
well after living in HK for several years, I can tell you that everything is possible there... there was a time where Sham Sui Po and the other place in Mong Kok where you could literally by whatever you want for nothing...

Anyway, as Jokinawa said if this happen to be true, well this will be very sad indeed, but we will never know the truth and we have to move on. Now yes Askual has done a great Job of all of us, and Honestly I am impressed by his work, now he is no where to be seen... Hope some one will continue his work and give us a solution to this problem. As far as I am concerned I really do not care to have my device unlocked or not, I have other Hermes and Universal at my disposal, what I do care is

1) To get a Fully running X01HT in English (still some bugs on the R6 of Askual)

2) To get this dammed password for open.softbank... I want to use other PDA with this connection, after all I paid for this service, why cannot I get what I paid for? Sofbank is not a mobile phone manufacturer, just a low level Mobile Phone operator... so what the XXX are they bothering us by locking us there

Now bright brains please let us to get this password !
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] pof:
Please don't spread FUD and false accusations. I don't know who "Mr.W" is, but I can say for sure Asukal hasn't sold the unlocker to this person nor to anyone else. If you follow this full thread you can see Asukal's reasons why this is not going to be published, it's not a matter of money.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Asukal:
PLS stop this thread! PLS!

Came Back from Manila and supprised at this thread....

What comes,,,i have not deal any boday, also not willing to deal anyboday.

Who was Mr.W?

As i told you before,,,i am a just WM5 Phone Fun, and not business guy!

I am abusolutlty exiting to know this news!

i repeat again!!! No deal with any boday!

OK i wil tell you my things. pls listen to me..

guys who were offered to me by e-mailed also PLS listen!

1;i have been fighting with Vodaphone JP on my Blog and developers.com by posting to let know guys who love faireess.

How i hate their way...dirty way...

PLS see my post!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=275172

and ,my blog( if you can read japanese)

http://asukal.net/blog/2006/12/unlock_in_usa.html

http://asukal.net/blog/2006/10/softbank_x01htsimunlock.html

http://asukal.net/blog/2006/09/sim_unlock_1.html

http://asukal.net/blog/2006/09/post_18.html

http://asukal.net/blog/2006/09/sim_unlock.html

http://asukal.net/blog/2006/08/japan_voda.html

2;Japan didint have WM5 Phone so many years.....

Even GSM world had them more than 5 years ago...

Coz no GSM compatible cellphone werent exist japan.

I was using Wallaby (Xda I) with localized to Japanese/Chinese,,

then also Himalaya..Blue Angel...etc........till last year

now finaly we got it becouse Voda Japan brought us GSM/W-CDMA phone

Even how i hate Voda JP(Soft Bank), and how they done evil way....

i have waiting for a long long time,,Japan WM5 Phone comming.

not 1 or 2 years...finally it comes! do you know how we have been waitng....

3;and it is very clear Voda will cancel if they are released 2nd unlocker for X01HT

like doing against Sumsong or other cellphone.

HTC has only a single client, and they lost it, they have no way to leave Japan and Give up Japan Market immediate....

I believed the guys of here are WM5 Phone funs,,,

and the guys are in this thread are living in Japan... or...some relative to Japan.

at least i am a very strong FUN of WM5.

And need Japanese WM5 cellphone! it have been my demind!

If you are none of WM5 Cell Phon FUNs, and need not WM5 with Japanese OS,,,,

PLS get away from this thread and you have no right to POST here!

i fully insist no body can disturb my desire!

so i will not relase this at this moment!

till HTC will get strong market without Voda Japan,,

it will not be long befre getting it!

(sorry too eixte and Detarame English!)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] shogunmark:
POF i think this thread has gotten way out of control and may need to be locked, your thoughts?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] pof:
Let's wait a bit and see if people posts reasonable responses, otherwise we might close it if we see more FUD.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Asukal:
shogunmark>

PLS do that any time. of course this was my falut......sorry makes you troubls.