Problems WIth KDDI Handsets

[Mulboyne]

Japan Times: KDDI phones hit by e-mail glitch

Two mobile phone models sold by KDDI Corp. automatically switch off after sending or receiving certain e-mail characters, the major phone carrier said Monday. The malfunction is blamed on a software flaw and KDDI sales outlets are now fixing the handsets when turned in by customers. The phones are the W42CA model made by Casio Computer Co. and the W42H model made by Hitachi Ltd., which were sold between late June and July. Combined sales stood at some 96,300 units as of Saturday. The mobile phones shut down after receiving or sending the "%," "n" and "S" characters. The basic software was developed jointly by Casio and Hitachi.

[GomiGirl]

[floatl][/floatl]Another Glitch???

First spotted on the telly by our own gomichild and a quick search turned up this Mainichi article from the other day..

Police were swamped with calls when technical troubles caused mobile phones on KDDI's au service to display error code 110 -- the same number as for Japan's emergency services.

au suffered an outage of its e-mail and internet services between 7:55 p.m. and 11:43 p.m. on Nov. 19. Users trying to send e-mails received an error message saying "Your e-mail has not been sent," along with an error code number, 110 -- which is Japan's emergency telephone number -- prompting puzzled customers to call the police.

However, when I stop banging my head on my desk and stop laughing like a little girl, my mind wonders why a user would think that an email error is a police matter???

(Taro - I stole your image - hope you don't mind as I was too lazy to upload my own)