Well... A hack-job is better than nothing- that is what will probably happen to DoCoMo phones if they become GSM-capable and DoCoMo locks them. Not sure what they do right now to prevent Vodafone SIMs from working in their phones, but it most likely hasn't been unlocked because of lack of demand. If DoCoMo phones become GSM-capable, there will be much more overseas demand, and thus an actual unlocking effort, hack-job or otherwise.
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Well... A hack-job is better than nothing- that is what will probably happen to DoCoMo phones if they become GSM-capable and DoCoMo locks them. Not sure what they do right now to prevent Vodafone SIMs from working in their phones, but it most likely hasn't been unlocked because of lack of demand. If DoCoMo phones become GSM-capable, there will be much more overseas demand, and thus an actual unlocking effort, hack-job or otherwise.