Hi,
Received an HTC Hermes from a friend who brought it back from Singapore for me a couple of weeks ago. It shows a ROM date of May 2007 so it is quite a recent phone.
I have searched the posts here and can't find the right answer to whether the HTC Hermes can be used in NZ and if so if its restricted to any particular network or not.
I have found through XDA Developers sufficient information that leads me to believe that I can change it from Japanese to English and get it working in English throughout although there is a warning about not letting the "white Softbank X01HT's" try and register otherwise it creates a file that there is currently no way to get round when unlocking.
I was informed by a local Telecom mobile outlet that it would cost $600 to get the phone approved for use in NZ and even then "they may not have the range of serial numbers allocated to NZ that allows it to be registered". Is that a load of bull ? How do I find out ?