Comments on: Casio W53CA Exilim Mobile Phone Launched – Look Out Sony Ericsson Cybershot!!

By: marx

marx — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:30:05 +0000

can anybody here help me?
i thing my W53CA is locked..
the problem is, it is in Japanese language.
how can i unlock it? i can’t either enter the menu..
i have a friend that translate the words, and it says its been locked inside.
i really need help right now.. (T.T)..

please help me

By: lelouch360

lelouch360 — Fri, 22 May 2009 09:59:50 +0000

Hello there I purchase a mobile phone too but i cant use here in the philippines because i don’t have a driver how to download a driver for this phone?cloudherrera@gmail.com can you sent me a site?

By: romar

romar — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:52:36 +0000

is there a way to unlock this phone so you can use it here in the U.S.

By: Mobile Phones

Mobile Phones — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:28:59 +0000

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By: pikachu

pikachu — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:39:47 +0000

Hi Frank, where u do stay? how much do u want to sell???

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:07:34 +0000

I have one for sale. I’m back from Japan and in Los Angeles now and won’t be able to use it here. Only used it for 8 months and kept everything in excellent condition with original box and docs.

Color: Black with original screen cover(never removed it).

Please let me know.

Frank

By: USA resident

USA resident — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:38:55 +0000

Will this ever come to america prefrubly california and at&t?

question needs an answer people!

By: Kele

Kele — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:26:57 +0000

kalaw, I don’t know what kind of problem you have faced with Vista in Japanese.
In my case everything worked correctly, the only thing I needed to do was to?save the driver .EXE file from the CD on the laptop and check one the properties of the file. The second tab of the properties gives the possibility to set the mode for the file..set WindowsXP service pack2. Then install it.

Once you have installed it you will need to set the phone for the communication by usb with the laptop.
Go to the menu…then press 5 to M5 menu…and then option 9 “Data Comm” and set the option 4 for communication via USB…that’s it..

it should work..
hope it can help

By: pikachu

pikachu — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:33:11 +0000

im in singapore… Any one wanted to sell to me… $$ can be still ……. (:

By: Dee the Man

Dee the Man — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:31:49 +0000

pikachu…
Where in Japan are you

Dee (the man!)

By: pikachu

pikachu — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:21:58 +0000

Any one want to sell it to me???? I really want to have it.. im willing to buy it at all cost…. pls E-mail me if any one willing to sell me… pls….

Thanks

By: Kele

Kele — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:51:52 +0000

Thanks Dee for your quick reply..

actually I just found out the way to do what I was looking for in previous post. Just in case someone would be looking for it…This is the sequence to obtain that:

1- Press “address book” button
2- Press “MENU”
3- “Add Book Setup” (option number 7)
4- “Switch Search” (option number 1)
5- “Group” (option number 3)

it was indeed wired to think that such an option was not available…
Hope it can help

By: Dee the Man

Dee the Man — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:24:11 +0000

kalaw: I don’t think the CD works correctly in Windows Vista. I was told by KDDI’s help desk that its only Japanese Windows XP.

Kele:
Nope. The closest function this phone has to what you are wanting is the “Pair Function”. See page 48 and 49 of the Basic English manual.

Dee (the man!)

By: Kele

Kele — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:21:59 +0000

hello there,
I just got the same phone and it seems like it is not possible to display the address book by groups. I can display the phone numbers only in sequence by the ID number that the phone assigns to each entry. There is the option to assign each number to scene 1 or 2 but that’s it…Anyone knows how to display the records by groups?

It’s one of the negative points of this phone together with the missing front display.

By: kalaw

kalaw — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:38:14 +0000

how about with Vista Japanese OS ????? I got this phone too…love the camera the most. but!!! gosh !!! big problem with the music port.
Can anyone tell me sequencely how it should be done for listening the music from this phone.

Thanks.

By: Gyver

Gyver — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:49:19 +0000

Thanks Dee… I have a software that can convert MP3 to WAV format. I was able to download all the songs (WAV format) to my phone using AU Music Port. I guess AU MUSIC port works only in Japanese Windows XP. I have problem transferring the songs in English Windows XP. Or maybe I did something wrong. Anyway, I love this phone especially that it was given to me by my girlfriend.

Gyver

By: Ron Jeremy

Ron Jeremy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:13:39 +0000

my friends back from Japan and brought me this phone… does anyone know how to crack it… will be a big help thanx

By: Dee the Man

Dee the Man — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:33:55 +0000

Hi!
According to the information I got from the au help desk, it is possible to transfer music data of AAc(m4a), WMA, and WAV format from your PC to “au Music Port” (the software program on the CD from the phone kit). That software program will convert the music data into the KMF format and allow it to be uploaded to the phone. Music data in mp3 and atrac format cannot be transfered into the “au Music Port” software program (as well as data directly from CDs). There are several freeware utilities on the internet that you can download that will convert music data from your CDs into WAV format. As I mentioned in the beginning, the WAV files can be transfered to “au Music Port”.
As far as I know, there are not any freeware utilities to convert music files into KMF format. Because KMF is a proprietary format, there seems to be only one company that sells a utility for working with it. KDDI apparently has a licence to use it for their lismo phones.
Except for this issue, I like my W53CA phone. However, if I had this information before purchasing it, I probably would not have purchased it.

Dee

By: Gyver

Gyver — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:36:50 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for the information. I got a W53CA cellphone too from my girlfriend.

“There is a way to convert your own CD music into this format and upload it onto the phone using the included CD that comes with the phone kit.”

My girlfriend’s pc has Japanese windows xp OS so I can install the programs and drivers on that CD that comes with the phone kit. Do you know how to convert CD music into KMS format and then upload it onto the phone? Does the CD that comes with the phone kit has a software to convert CD music to a format that can be recognized by the phone (e.g. kmf, 3g2, etc.)? If this is the case, then I can convert MP3 to CD music format and then convert to kmf format?

By the way, does the player on this phone recognize WMA, WMV, M4A format?

Thanks,
Gyver

By: Dee the Man

Dee the Man — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:34:04 +0000

Hi,
First about the music. It will not play MP3 music (I felt burned about this too). It will only play music in the KMF format. There is a way to convert your own CD music into this format and upload it onto the phone using the included CD that comes with the phone kit. But!!! The programs and drivers on that CD will only work on a PC running the Japanese version of WinXP. It seems just plain dumb to me that Casio didn’t allow the use of MP3 music on the W53CA. What were they thinking? Possibly you are correct, that au (KDDI) wanted to make more money from music downloads.
Next, about pictures. You should be able to load JPEG (.jpg) picture files onto the Micro-SD card from your PC using any commercial USB style card-reader. The photo files must be of a size that the phone can display, and you must put the pictures into the correct folder. The folders can only be created on the phone (when the Micro-SD card is installed in the phone, the card is formatted and the correct folders created). Any folder you create on the Micro-SD card from your PC is not recognized by the phone. And you’re correct, the photos on the Micro-SD can not be register. You’ll have to move /copy them onto the phone for that.
Hope that helps.
Dee (the man)