getting chinese on rogers phone

[deals newbie]

Hi all, I just recently got some phones from Rogers through renewal by phone not through retailers. Apparently, Rogers told there's only English and French on the w580i that I got. I was wondering if anybody know whether or not if it is true that Rogers even locked that feature, because I thought "i" meant international and usually those models have chinese support.

If Rogers is that *#$&% up, then is my only option to unlock/debrand it and void the warranty?

[mlerner]

Apparently this particular model needs the language file to support it. http://www.myforum.lasyk.net/showthread.php?t=29379

It's quite possible SE did not include additional languages for North American distribution. Rogers is usually not involved in that customization.

[Macross_Freek]

Only way would be to reflash the filesystem and main (not sure if main needs to be flashed) and possibly a chinese CDA as well. It's fairly easy if you don't mind doing some research and taking up a bit of your time. It would void the warranty though.

[deals newbie]

Only way would be to reflash the filesystem and main (not sure if main needs to be flashed) and possibly a chinese CDA as well. It's fairly easy if you don't mind doing some research and taking up a bit of your time. It would void the warranty though.

I was hoping to avoid it since it would void warranty. Guess that's the only way then.

[oilercountry]

just buy a phone from hong kong and switch the sim card...that's how I get chinese on my phone.