Re: [tlug] [OT] Phones in Japan again

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

On 06/30/2014 09:07 AM, Scott Robbins wrote:
> Is this locking common in Japan?  I ask because my wife is over there, and
> her sister is getting rid of her Galaxy.  I'm wondering, if the phone were
> brought back here, if I could use it with T-mobile if I bought a SIM card.
The Communications Ministry (or the Communications part of the dog's 
breakfast it became a part of) told carriers last Friday that they have 
until some time in 2015 to unlock all phones.  Right now, there are 
locked and unlocked versions of some sumaho.  My Sharp 303 was purchased 
from Softbank unlocked, but it came with a contract that did the locking 
in quite effectively.  I'm told that this model can accept any of the 
overseas carriers' SIM cards to make it a local phone when traveling in 
specific countries.

(BTW, is anyone else's TLUG account getting spammed by someone sending 
mojibake and a link?  I can get it dropped into my spam folder but I 
can't set up to have it dropped directly to trash because the From: 
address is also mojibake)

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CL