About this site

Disclaimer: Neither this site nor I are in any way affiliated with Sharp Corporation or any subsidiaries or agents.

In 2007, I bought my first smart device, the Sharp W-ZERO3 (WS003SH), a Windows Mobile ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), and started trying to modify its software – because almost everything was in Japanese, even after switching Windows to English. One thing led to another and, a year and a half later, as I already owned the EM-ONE S01SH Windows Mobile UMPC, I had created a subdomain of my main website called 'w-zero3.cheeseus.org', where I was uploading short articles about the hacks I'd managed to make, along with the .CAB files I had built or modified for others to download. And I started writing articles about Sharp's Windows Mobile devices. Soon after, Sharp launched the NetWalker, then failed to launch the First ELSE, then built their first Android device – all of this kindled my interest further. The subdomain was renamed to 'sharp.cheeseus.org', and I started writing about every smart device my favourite company rolled out.

By 2011, I had already owned three mobile phones by Sharp and was looking forward to buying the next one, the GALAPAGOS 005SH, and the website was growing. Little by little, with the help of a friend living in Tokyo, I got more Sharp phones (smart and feature), more hacking and rooting tools, and more knowledge. And then the website was thriving, with many hundreds of visits monthly, many dozens of downloads of the rootkits I was translating from Japanese into English (with the help of the said friend, of course), and, in the meantime, I was doing quite a bit of posting on HowardForums and XDA Developers.

Eventually, Sharp blocked every exploit there was that allowed rooting their phones, so no new rootkits appeared. But there was still this and that to do with these amazing, albeit Android-running (you guessed it, I don't like Android), devices, so I kept writing and uploading stuff. But as Android phones became almost universal worldwide and even Sharp started to build nondescript iPhone/Samsung knock-offs, the only thing left to write about was the new models and their occasional awesome feature or spec that Sharp added or implemented, still managing to surprise everyone. This is how this website became mostly a catalogue of models and variants.

I had nearly abandoned it between 2023 and mid-2026, only adding an article or two when a new Sharp device popped up. The design was obsolete, the code kept throwing errors, and I had little time for this. But I finally found the time and, in the fast-paced weeks of September 2026, between organising an open-air rave (my other hobby is DJ-ing on vinyl) and preparing for the new academic year (I'm a university lecturer in specialised translation and English-language literature), I managed to redesign the database and rebuild the entire website from scratch. So here you are, on the refreshed sharp.cheeseus.org, now complete with a "Sharp Smart" logo. I hope you like it. And I hope you help me earn a few dollars from advertising to pay a thousandth of the time and money I've invested in it.

Here's a list of the Sharp phones I, my wife, and friends have owned – all of them selected, bought, and taken good care of by me. Asterisk-marked models belong(ed) to those other people.

• GX15
• 902SH
• 904SH
• W-ZERO3 WS003SH
• EM ONE S01SH
• GALAPAGOS 005SH
• AQUOS Phone 007SH
• AQUOS SHOT SH-01B *
• AQUOS Phone SH-12C *
• AQUOS Phone SH-01D
• AQUOS Phone SH-01G
• AQUOS Phone Zeta SH-02E *
• AQUOS Phone si SH-07E *
• AQUOS Serie SHV32 *
• AQUOS Zeta SHV34 *
• AQUOS Zeta SH-01H / 502SH *
• AQUOS zero2
• AQUOS R2 *
• AQUOS R3
• AQUOS R5G
• AQUOS R8 pro (x2)
• AQUOS sense9 *

If I have not personally tested something, I mention this in the respective article. Of course, always use or do anything at your own risk – and feel free to send feedback and/or any information you might consider useful.

For more details or to ask questions and share your experience, feel free to contact me by email at cheeseus [at] dir [dot] bg, on HowardForums or the XDA Developers website (username: cheeseus).

If my website has helped you in some way and/or you like what you see and read, I'd be thrilled if you can get me a beer – or help me cover the maintenance costs.

Cheers!