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amnesia
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Hey there all,
My girlfriend is sending the W32H from Japan to me (forest green) and I was just interested in knowing if
1) it will work in the uk
2) anyone knows where I can unlock it (if it is indeed locked)
Before someone yells" japanese phones dont work in the UK"
It takes sim cards.
I was just unable to find concrete info.
Perhaps you would know ofiach?
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ofiaich
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Hi Amnesia!
I am just having a read..
http://www.hitachi.co.jp/Prod/vims/mobilephone/w32h/
Interestingly the KDDI site has this phone as being made by Sanyo.
http://www.au.kddi.com/english/product/lineup/w32h/index.html
and I can see on their page... these words
[1] Requires purchase of a separate GSM phone for overseas use.
still reading !!
Ofiaich
[ This Message was edited by: ofiaich on 2006-06-22 23:46 ] |
amnesia
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yes I did indeed go to that site.
Unusually some Blogs say it's W32H Panasonic, and the AU KDDI website says it's the W32H by Sanyo.
I know it's the Hitachi and they must have made a mistake because it's on the Hitachi product page AND ends with an H.
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ofiaich
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I also found this..
The W32H supports the au IC Card.
Just by inserting the au IC Card into a GSM phone designed for overseas use, you can use your phone number in countries around the world.
I am thinking it will not work outside of Japan! but you can keep your own Japanese number and use it in your handset..
About the end code being a 'H'.. Yes on the KDDI site
W41H by HITACHI
http://www.au.kddi.com/english/product/lineup/w41h/index.html
So I guess it is a typo..
here is the Japanese page..
http://www.au.kddi.com/seihin/kinobetsu/seihin/w32h/index.html
with the info about the IC Card
「au ICカード」に対応。
「au ICカード」を海外用GSMケータイに差し換えるだけで、いつもの電話番号でそのまま海外でご利用いただけます。
Ofiaich
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ofiaich
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Hi amnesia,
here is the link to the pdf about the ic card.
http://www.au.kddi.com/english/global/ge/pdf/riyo_guide.pdf
It has English and Japanese. The guide also shows the beautiful Nokia 3120 
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ofiaich
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hi amnesia,
I forgot about unlocking, I doubt it will be unlocked, and if it is, it will only work in Japan.
Interested to hear if you found different information..
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amnesia
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So are you saying that the phone doesn't support gsm?
That I will not be able to put my own sim in?
(this is still a great little collectors phone especially for my travels)
And also, do you know where it could be unlocked?
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ofiaich
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I am thinking it will not support gsm bedcause, on the KDDI pages, they give info on how to get a Nokia.... and use the au IC Card...
The W32H supports the au IC Card.
Just by inserting the au IC Card into a GSM phone designed for overseas use, you can use your phone number in countries around the world.
I am thinking it will not work outside of Japan! but you can keep your own Japanese number and use it in your handset..
I think AL over at
http://forum2.mobile-review.com/forumdisplay.php?f=12
would have good information about this phone !!
I think he is AL9999 at Howardforums !
Ofiaich..
[ This Message was edited by: ofiaich on 2006-06-23 15:32 ] |
amnesia
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I would ask at Howard Forums, but they banned me for 7 days (made me angry since I was contributing)
They banned me for replying to someone who said "who was selling chocolate's in the US" and I said "this user *username here" I wasn't even advertising myself :S
If you could ask it would be great
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ofiaich
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Hi!
I posted at Howard and Mobile-Review..
and will let you know the result!
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ofiaich
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Hi amnesia,
I got a reply from AL9999 at Howard. I feel AL9999 knows his stuff and he posted,
" No, W32H only works in Japan. The IC card thing just lets a Japanese owner of the phone either take out the card and use it in a GSM phone, or lets him/her swap the phone number in the phone. "
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=941571
and at mobile review, also by Al....
http://forum2.mobile-review.c[....]p?p=433856&posted=1#post433856
Hope this helps!
Ofiaich
[ This Message was edited by: ofiaich on 2006-06-23 23:40 ] |
amnesia
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thanks very much for all the help.
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ofiaich
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Hi!
you are welcome.!
I am trying to find out if a UK sim would work in the Hitachi W32H!
I'll post back here....
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ofiaich
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update to this...
posted at Howards
" No, no point in trying to unlock it, it still won't work.
And no, GSM SIM and 3G USIM cards don't work in it, the au IC card is a different standard (I think UIM maybe? I don't remember) "
Hope this helps and you cna get a different present from Japan!
Ofiaich |
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