Sony PRS-900 in the UK

frazzy123 · 02-13-2010, 05:33 AM

Ok, eBook fanz - I've imported a PRS-900 into the UK but want to enable the 3G. Looking at underside there's a preinstalled Sony Ericcson F3507G module - I think I can whip it out and replace with an unlocked Dell 5530 +3G SIM (compatible with UK frequencies).

Question is : Would this work? Would it need configuring with my network provider?

Also, how can we circumvent the PRS-900 going straight to the Sony eBook store? Really I wanted a web browser or at least a button redirect to a URL of my choice.

Any reverse engineers want to give it a go?

Ben Thornton · 02-13-2010, 03:36 PM

As far as I know, there's no way to get the PRS900 to go anywhere other than the Sony store. I would be mightily impressed if you even got that to work, given the difficulty of changing what the software on the device is doing.

frazzy123 · 02-14-2010, 04:45 PM

It does sound like a pipe dream. However, there might be some tricks you could do with a femtocell (e.g. Vodafone Gateway)

02-13-2010, 05:33 AM	#1
frazzy123 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-900	Sony PRS-900 in the UK Ok, eBook fanz - I've imported a PRS-900 into the UK but want to enable the 3G. Looking at underside there's a preinstalled Sony Ericcson F3507G module - I think I can whip it out and replace with an unlocked Dell 5530 +3G SIM (compatible with UK frequencies). Question is : Would this work? Would it need configuring with my network provider? Also, how can we circumvent the PRS-900 going straight to the Sony eBook store? Really I wanted a web browser or at least a button redirect to a URL of my choice. Any reverse engineers want to give it a go?

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02-13-2010, 03:36 PM	#2
Ben Thornton Guru Posts: 900 Karma: 779635 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: UK Device: Kindle 3, iPad 2 (but not for e-books)	As far as I know, there's no way to get the PRS900 to go anywhere other than the Sony store. I would be mightily impressed if you even got that to work, given the difficulty of changing what the software on the device is doing.

02-14-2010, 04:45 PM	#3
frazzy123 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-900	It does sound like a pipe dream. However, there might be some tricks you could do with a femtocell (e.g. Vodafone Gateway)

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