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• フリーワイファイ
• 2018/03/12 (Mon) 23:15
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Not a smartphone, but in Cancun I used to use my iPad with Airplane mode on and only WiFi open, but is it different from country to country ？ I think you can do it as #122 said, but …

I learned this in Cancun and since then I have been flying. Since I learned this in Cancun, I put the plane in airplane mode when I board and only open the WiFi when I arrive.

I feel safer because I don't accidentally turn on Data. I only have trouble when I am out of town because when I get home I can connect to WiFi as is.

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/13 (Tue) 10:25
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Freewifi,

I wrote a choooooooooooong post about various possibilities, and just as I was finishing it, only my browser, chrome, suddenly crashed.

Woooo, frustrating ！

From now on, I will reply in short sentences for each post.

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/13 (Tue) 10:34
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#131 Fushigi-San,

I can use Wi-Fi even if the airplane mode is off, if I turn on only the Wi-Fi function newly. My Android device can do that.

Newer planes now offer in-flight Wi-Fi for free or for a fee. Delta's paid Wi-Fi is not well received.

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/13 (Tue) 10:51
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#132 FreeWifi,

You can turn on the Wi-Fi function only newly even if Airplane Mode is turned on. Simply open "Settings" and turn Wi-Fi On/Off.

However, since you do not need Airplane Mode when you arrive in Japan, you should turn it off as soon as the plane lands and the in-flight announcement says, "You can use your wireless device from now on" to avoid problems later on. However, aside from Sprint/T-Mobile, your phone's call/data communication will also be enabled under the Japanese mobile communication system, so as FreeWifi said, if you can turn off this feature, you should do so immediately.

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/13 (Tue) 11:09
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#130 Free Wifi,

＞ I see that you can rent a portable one for 400 yen a day, but is it simply 400 yen x number of days and tax ？

If the Wi-Fi function on your Free Wifi phone works, you don't have to go to the trouble of paying for it. If your portable （ pocket ） Wi-Fi works, there is no need to rent a portable pocket Wi-Fi, but the rental price is very reasonable, perhaps as low as 400 yen per day. However, the 400 yen is purely for the rental of the machine, which comes with a variety of other charges besides taxes. If you Google "portable （ pocket ） Wi-Fi," you will find many providers.

I have rented from them twice in the past. I stayed for about 2 weeks, so I compared prices and found that the monthly rate was cheaper. The total cost was about 7,500 yen.

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/13 (Tue) 11:24
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#128 Free Wifi,

＞ #128 Full text

You made it that far. I had not heard that and wrote a very rude reply.

Also, if they got you that far and you still couldn't connect, I am out of luck. If there is a spot on the list where you can get a signal, then it is possible to communicate. I wonder what is causing the problem. If I can connect to Kaiser and other places in the area, there is nothing wrong with the basic Wi-Fi settings on my phone.

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/13 (Tue) 11:38
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My current phone is an Android Galaxy series, and I used Wi-Fi slowly last year at Starbucks in front of Western Tokorozawa Station in Saitama Prefecture. I guess it is the same everywhere, but free Wi-Fi is dull. Browsing and sending/receiving texts are no problem, but playing videos such as YouTube does not work properly. It is a world of difference from my own Wi-Fi.

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/13 (Tue) 11:55
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Rental pocket Wi-Fi is itself a router that is connected directly to a cellular phone line, so the connection is 3G, except for the more expensive 4G LTE models, but you can watch videos without interruption. Therefore, if you are going to Japan on a business trip, you need to be connected everywhere and at all times, so you need to rent a pocket Wi-Fi even if you have to pay a lot of money. There is also the SIM card rental method, but this requires that your phone be SIM-free, which very few people have, so we will not discuss it here.

• フリーワイファイ
• 2018/03/13 (Tue) 12:09
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Yes, I guess I'm out of luck, it doesn't work on iPhone or Android, and it doesn't work every time I change the model. It's a shame.

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/14 (Wed) 14:20
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I also found something interesting on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRu7Fd-exfU

I have complained that it is very inconvenient that credit cards are not accepted at the automatic ticket vending machines when purchasing and adding money to the Suica/Pasmo card itself However, it is very convenient to use the card. The URL above shows this in a broadly detailed manner.

There are some ways to use the card that I did not know about, and I will try them if I have a chance to do so from my next trip to Japan.

• FA
• 2018/03/14 (Wed) 22:56
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Eh... ？ You can buy a Suica card with a credit card at a ticket vending machine.
If you already have a card at hand, you can deposit money online ？
It's not inconvenient at all.

• ボケ老人
• 2018/03/15 (Thu) 00:15
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＃ 142

Don't deal with them...
They don't listen to you, they are old-fashioned, and they lie a lot.

Even free WIFI, you have to go to the home page and enter your e-mail address.
Even TB at LAX is the same ？
You don't know that, and you're just a country guy talking nonsense about cell phones being useless forever.

• clear_one
• 2018/03/15 (Thu) 00:18
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Unlimited Shinkansen rides w
You were bored just looking at the scenery outside.

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/15 (Thu) 10:45
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FA,

＞ You can purchase a Suica card with a credit card at an automatic ticket vending machine.

Oh, is that right? I've been thinking about it for a while now.
I was told by the FA that only at the purple ticket vending machines, you can buy ordinary tickets and reserved-seat tickets with a credit card, but I don't think I was told that Suica cards themselves can also be issued and purchased with credit card payment.

http://help-life.net/?p=923

Look at the middle of this page. Suica Card Issuance ・ Kakin is not shown in the full functionality display screen.

I also saw on YouTube a few years ago that at that time there was a machine that allowed card purchases ・ for Suica cards only, but it only accepted cash.

＞ If you have a card at hand, you can deposit money online

What kind of card is "at hand"? Do you mean a regular VISA/Amex card? I found on the net that there is a credit card called "View Card, a credit card of JR East group", but if you are talking about this, this kind of credit card is not called at all.

• 倍金萬
• 2018/03/15 (Thu) 11:09
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#144 clear_one,

＞ I was bored just looking at the scenery outside.

clear_one, did you also ride the Shinkansen for a week with your JR Pass?
In my case, I think it was not enough to be bored. I heard that Japanese train riders
bring their smartphones and laptops/tablets on long-distance trains
to edit and upload the videos they have taken.

In my case, even though I was taking videos to upload to YouTube, I don't have a
laptop/tablet that can also edit, and I don't have a
smartphone that can upload fast, so I can't copy Mr. Tetsudou.

• 横からすいません
• 2018/03/15 (Thu) 12:02
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Oh, no!

• 在米十年
• 2018/03/15 (Thu) 12:25
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I went back to Japan for the first time in a year and a half, and the Japan Post ATM seemed to have changed.

I tried to withdraw cash with my Chase card but it didn't work no matter how many times I tried. I should have gone to the counter and asked ！.

• 素顔のままで
• 2018/03/15 (Thu) 20:34
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＞ I was bored just looking at the scenery outside. Two months ago, I was able to use WiFi on the Tohoku Shinkansen, so I wasn't bored just watching YouTube or something until Tokyo station.
Also, there was a guy on the plane doing squats while waiting for the bathroom, so I imitated him and went to the deck where there were no passengers and did it, and it didn't take long ・ ・ ・ lol

• FA
• 2018/03/15 (Thu) 22:23
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Mr. Double Money

I guess you don't trust that tickets and Suica can be purchased with credit cards anyhow. Yes, please. It's at the top of the page.
https://www.jreast.co.jp/suica/howtoget/


If you have a "card" in hand, I mean a Suica card.
If you buy a registered Suica card from a ticket machine or at the counter and have it with you, you can charge it at home using either Amex or Visa ！ But I'm not going ahead. I'm just saying it's possible and convenient.

Is this how it always is with DoubleMoney ？ I wonder why they don't agree with me.
No way, really.

• FA
• 2018/03/15 (Thu) 22:24
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I made a mistake in converting the kanji for "advance" ！.