ddjiii Posted November 9, 2005 at 04:07 AM Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 at 04:07 AM Here's a tough one. My wife wants to send SMS/text messages in Chinese to China. Does anyone know of a phone and carrier that will allow this? It seems that the phone she has currently can give her a Chinese display (menus, etc.) but has no Chinese input system. Unclear whether or not it can display Chinese text from others, probably not. Thanks for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted November 9, 2005 at 05:17 PM Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 at 05:17 PM It seems that the phone she has currently can give her a Chinese display (menus, etc.) but has no Chinese input system. Unclear whether or not it can display Chinese text from others, probably not. US phones can't input or display Chinese. The menus are just menus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhouwenzheng Posted November 9, 2005 at 11:32 PM Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 at 11:32 PM Heyy dd, Im curious, what phone is it that can display chinese characters? Did you get in the US, or in China? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted November 10, 2005 at 04:09 AM Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 at 04:09 AM Some US nokia phones can display Chinese menus, but that's as far as they go. They cannot display Chinese text messages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malinuo Posted November 10, 2005 at 07:55 PM Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 at 07:55 PM When I lived in the US a few years ago I bought an Ericsson phone that at least could display Chinese WAP pages. The phone was clearly made for another market, but I bought it in a standard phone shop on a major shopping street in Boston, MA. Didn't try SMS though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddjiii Posted November 11, 2005 at 01:29 AM Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 at 01:29 AM Yup, her phone is a Nokia 7260. She got it in NY, but from a Chinese cell phone store in Flushing, so it might not be a standard American phone. Thanks for the advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalltownfart Posted November 15, 2005 at 11:44 PM Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 at 11:44 PM As far as I know sending SMS with Chinese chars is currently not possible with any of the US/North American carriers. This is different from using WAP, as the messages have to be processed through a SMS gateway at your carrier. I was working on some messaging/SMS related software projects a couple of years ago and I think most carriers here are using an extended or slightly customized singlebyte char sets that are basically western european based. These were no multibyte charsets supported (and certainly not unicode). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfujkramer Posted November 16, 2005 at 09:24 AM Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 at 09:24 AM the store that sold her the phone in flushing (or anybody on the street in flushing) would have the answer to this question years before anybody on this forum would. Why didn't she think to ask there? if you're looking for a cheap calling plan to china, solving this problem, or anything else, why didn't you think to ask the chinese community who have all been collectively solving these problems for years. If nobody there can do it, it cannot be done. end of story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarfer Posted November 16, 2005 at 11:05 AM Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 at 11:05 AM If you have a GSM phone you can probably flash it with Chinese firmware. There are a number of companies in the US who charge about 25 dollars for this service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhouwenzheng Posted November 16, 2005 at 04:20 PM Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 at 04:20 PM which companies do that? I wanna use chinese in the US. And UK for that matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarfer Posted November 19, 2005 at 03:29 AM Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 at 03:29 AM the cheapest is DaVinciteam.com or you could try iunlock.com there are many others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trancedazn Posted December 4, 2005 at 05:45 AM Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 at 05:45 AM im pretty sure that you can text in chinese in the US, but you just need a phone that'll support chinese input. maybe you could go to china (or a chinatown) and ask them if they sell unlocked phones with asian language support. i have a HK friend that has a phone that has chinese input that she uses to text with her friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddjiii Posted December 9, 2005 at 03:47 AM Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 at 03:47 AM Aha, so maybe it can be done. Flashing the firmware is a good idea and I think that's the route we'll try and take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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