Comments on: Half-assed features on Softbank iPhone

By: Sir_Vice

Sir_Vice — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:26:12 +0000

Please tell me which jailbreak you recommend to get me tethering…

By: w00kie

w00kie — Wed, 26 May 2010 23:07:51 +0000

no, it’s not possible to tether without jailbreaking your phone

By: Sir_Vice

Sir_Vice — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:04:48 +0000

Hi.
Is it still possible to tether the iphone here in Japan?
I have version 3.1.2 and i-Tunes v9.1

By: Gamefex

Gamefex — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:18:44 +0000

Hey,
is it possible to unlock/use Softbank iPhone 3GS with a non-softbank mobile phone operator? I will be staying a year in Japan and I am wondering if it is possible to bring the Softbank iphone with me when I return to my home country.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:23:30 +0000

Does anyone know if there any way to get the softbank notification to vibrate more? Thanks!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:06:30 +0000

Old post I know, but the chime is now played before the lame ass “You got a mail” is displayed.

Push wastes what little juice this phone has. The i.softbank.jp system does not use Push; however, it is similar and IMHO superior to Push. With Push the device keeps an active connection all the time with the server to check for new mail whereas the Softbank system runs more like SMS. You get a notification (“You got a mail”) and then the message is downloaded when you open your mail app.***

*** If fetch is set to manual, you will have to hit refresh when you open your mail application. I find the best is to set your fetch to 1 hour and you will get the notification and the mail will automatically be downloaded when you open the mail app.

By: PETER

PETER — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:15:17 +0000

I have an ‘unlocked’ iPhone and successfully use different simcards depending where I am in the world. In Japan I use Softbank, but now the phone only rings twice before forwarding to voicemail. Is there a way to extend the rings? I know how to do it in USA, but not in Japan.

Thanks

Peter

By: Maddy

Maddy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:25:36 +0000

could someone enlighten me as to why people are saying the + sign is missing? in the address book or in the dialer? isn;t it just holding down the 0 or something like that?

By: Michael Jane

Michael Jane — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:14:49 +0000

Fantastic information,This is the first time i heard about this. keep it up this good works.

Regards,
William

By: William

William — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:06:58 +0000

Sorry to revive a very old topic, but I would be interested in Kurisu telling us how he came to the conclusion that softbank server does support PUSH :

% telnet imap.softbank.jp 143
Trying 126.128.0.7…
Connected to imap.softbank.jp.
Escape character is ‘^]’.
* OK
001 capability
* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS NAMESPACE QUOTA
001 OK CAPABILITY completed

I see no support for the IDLE command