Unlock your ZTE 627 Mobile Broadband Dongle (the free one from MicroP) for FREE!

Megalomaniac

I thought I would report back. I unlocked the dongle (18mins 52secs) and uninstalled the three connection manager. I then added it as a new dial up connection in the network connections in XP pointing it to the ZTE modem (dongle was still attached to my laptop), and gave the required username/password. Dialling *99***1# and leaving all other options as default, I proceeded to dial and the internet connected fine. A couple of pages were refreshed (after disconnecting from my wireless network) and worked fine, although a little slower than my home broadband.

I hope this info is of use. I just don't like installing 3rd party connection managers when XP does it fine. Ok, it doesn't check for signal quality etc... but you might as well just try if you want the net anyway eh? I unlocked my dongle to use an iPhone sim in which I haven't activated yet so haven't tried whether this works with the iPhone connection settings, but I suspect it does!

p.s I didn't enter in an IP address (this is found automatically) and the APN is also found automatically on connection.

Telephone number to dial: *99***1#

Three Mobile Broadband
APN: three.co.uk
Username: [Blank]
Password: [Blank]

O2 Mobile Broadband (iPhone Sim)
APN: payandgo.o2.co.uk
Username: payandgo
Password: password

kar999

Megalomaniac. Thanks for taking the time to report back. Useful post.

sgx.saint

Thanks for a informative thread.

Can anyone confirm how long it took for delivery of one of these dongles?

Donnie

Mine was three days. But it can vary.

highet

anyone give me a rough idea of speeds i could expect using unlocked dongle on o2 3g network(iphone sim) compared to three 3g network(included sim) - i understand variability due to contention ratios etc so just looking for estimate - cheers

Turkey_Machine

The maximum the device supports, which I believe is 3.6Mbit.

mahabad1972

hi
is it possible to just unlock huawei 160 with simple reflashing mobile manager, i bought pin code on ebay to unlock my usb with remote control they said just put the different sim and it will ask for code , then put the code in and it will be unlocked but i tried many times nothing apear to put the code on when i go to sitting and did a sitting for 3 internet it connected to and got text message from three, i don't know mayb it was unlocked from factory i bought from (very) site for 18 pound

janequeenie

hi all, i have got the dongle unlocked,but i cannot get it to connect.the sim i am using is an 02 iphone pay & go.
please could somebody advise the settings they have used in full on this setup.

ie username , password etc

mikefarnham

Hi folks,
The answers to your recent questions are all on pages 1-9!!
You will also learn lots more of use; it will be well worth your spending half an hour to peruse.
Best wishes,
Mike.

Donnie

Lazy bums....:)

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