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Old 07-29-2010, 10:43 PM
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Re: Preparing Touch Pro2 for Trip to Japan, need advice...

Yep, no sims. I looked for quite a while and couldn't find any. You might be able to simply enable international calling but I recommend just calling Sprint and adding the international calling plan. Like I said, you can add it only for the time you'll be there and they'll prorate the price for you (I paid something like $2 for the time I was there).

And yeah, keep your calls short. $1.69/min adds up in a hurry. I was there for a week and racked up a $300 bill just for my Japan calls. Good thing it was covered by work.
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Re: Preparing Touch Pro2 for Trip to Japan, need advice...

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Yep, no sims. I looked for quite a while and couldn't find any. You might be able to simply enable international calling but I recommend just calling Sprint and adding the international calling plan. Like I said, you can add it only for the time you'll be there and they'll prorate the price for you (I paid something like $2 for the time I was there).

And yeah, keep your calls short. $1.69/min adds up in a hurry. I was there for a week and racked up a $300 bill just for my Japan calls. Good thing it was covered by work.
If I have to enable international rates, I might just do it for emergency purposes and try to avoid using calls at all... The language barrier alone will make calls last quite a while

I was on a Japan Travel forum today and someone said you can't buy sim cards outright, but you can rent them (not a phone, but actual sim card)... Check it out: http://www.softbank-rental.jp/en/phones/sim3g.php (note they have iphone and regular 3g cards for rent)

I need to find out if that softbank sim rental works with the tp2. Tp2 is w-cdma/umts compatible, but they have some bit about it not working with all smartphones... I'm also not sure if they cut off all data usage, or if they charge on a per use basis (if that's the case, that can be scary using a tp2 because it has a mind of its own when using data).
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Old 07-31-2010, 09:49 PM
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Re: Preparing Touch Pro2 for Trip to Japan, need advice...

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Excellent, idea. I always wondered how to resolve that. However, I am on cooked ROM, and don't see that option under phone>>menu...are you on a Sprint stock ROM?
I am on stock. yes. i have the option in both 6.1 and 6.5

when we click menu.. we need to swipe upwards to see the options. items are more thatswhy it stops at myphone number.
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Old 09-01-2010, 03:24 PM
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Re: Preparing Touch Pro2 for Trip to Japan, need advice...

Hey Guys,

I have a pre-paid softbank sim card that I bought while in Japan, and the phone number/balance has not expired yet, but soon will.

I won't be able to make it back to Japan before the expiration though.

Even though they were not supposed to, a Softbank shop in Kyoto sold me a pre-paid sim. I have been using it for the last couple years, however I have always been able to return before the service period expires.

Last visit, I was able to login to their website to do online pre-paid payments to extend the contract. (The account activation requires a PIN entered that they SMS the phone.)

However, they recently changed their login system, and you have to re-apply for an account. This means I have to be able to receive an SMS again.

I am planning to upgrade to a TP2 very soon anyways and was wondering if I can use it to receive the SMS messages while here in the US. (Specifically Dallas/Fort Worth).

This might be best for a seperate thread, but kinda seemed like it fit in here. Sorry jic!

Thanks!
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