A guy I personally know got a USB modem from the UK and the modem was locked to 3, a UK mobile network. On getting to Nigeria here, he found out the modem wouldn’t work with SIM card.

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The modem prompted for an unlock code and this dude kept guessing till he entered it incorrectly ten times. He rendered the modem useless and even couldn’t unlock it. I tried all I could but it didn’t work. I decided to try flashing the modem and re-installed the firmware but still, the unlock counter still read 10. Before the modem finally became useable again, I did three things to flash it:1. Reset the unlock counter2.

Upgrade the firmware3. Install a different dashboard.

How to Reset the Unlock CounterMust Read:Like I said earlier, upgrading the firmware did not reset the unlock counter which read 10 out of 10. I had to reset the counter with a software first. If you haven’t entered your unlock code 10 times like the guy in question did, you should skip this step. Of course, you can still do it if you want to unlock your modem and anyway.– Download– Extract the content and run the.exe file inside– Click on Refresh. Your modem should be automatically detected so far you checked AUTO CONNECTION under connection mode– Be sure Auto-Calc Code and Auto-Unlock Modem are both marked– Click READ MDM DATA– Now click UNLOCK. This should both unlock your modem and reset the counter at the same time– Lastly, click on Calculate to generate the flash code.

You’re gonna be needing it later.Must Read: 2. Upgrade your Modem Firmware– First, you must download the right firmware for your modem. You can download it from their but I prefer and recommendUpdate: These sites don’t seem to have the firmwares anymore. You can always check, or website.– Select Huawei or what model your modem is and click the tiny modem icon– On the next page, select your model and click the same modem icon again.– Now, download Firmware Update and Dashboard UpdateNow to upgrade the firmware, unzip the firmware update you downloaded and double-click the.exe file.– Accept the agreement and proceed.– The program searches for your modem for some seconds– On the next page, simply hit the Next button– When the flashing starts, be sure you follow the instruction on-screen. Do not remove your modem and be sure you have enough poer on your laptop or UPS to last for about 30 minutes.– When you hit the start button, you may be prompted to enter your Flash code. This only happens when the new firmware version is different from the existing one on the device. Remember the Flash code you generated earlier?

Enter it here.– The process starts and normally, this should take less than 10 minutes.– At this point, you don’t have to do anything. Just wait till you see a message that looks like this:– Congratulations! You just upgraded you modem firmware successfully!

Installing a different dashboardEven with an upgraded firmware, I was still seeing that same dashboard that came from 3 network. The dashboard wouldn’t let any me use any other SIM though the modem is already unlocked. I had to install a different dashboard to make me use our network provider settings here in Nigeria.It’s here you’ll be needing the Dashboard Update file you downloaded.– Unzip the file and run the executable file– Accept the agreement and continue– Again, the software should search for your device-Hit the Next button as before and the procedure is very much similar to the firmware upgrade you did earlier.Easy, isn’t it? It’s more like installing a software on your computer.

Also, this should take less than five minutes to complete and after that, you should have a different modem software that’s not branded with your home network logo and customizations. Now you’ve successfully flashed your modem. I used this method to flash a “permanently locked” modem with 10 wrong unlock attempts and it worked fine. Don Caprio.I got error to reset lock counter on my airtel 3g modem E1731I follow your above steps but my modem doesn’t accept the counter reset code.here is my details of my modem.Found modem: E1731Model: Huawei E1731 (Airtel India)IMEI: 73093Serial NR.: 8CABYAFirmware: 11.126.29.00.284Compile date / time: Aug 13 2012 19:28:09Hardware ver.: CD1E153MDashboard version: UTPS23.001.07.06.910LNX23myModem.inChipset: Qualcomm MSM6290Voice feature: disabledSIM Lock status: Locked (customized firmware)Wrong codes entered: 10 (unlock attempts left: 0).

I already followed many tutorials and at last I unlocked my huwaei ec156 modem which was given me with my tata photon+ connection.Though I unlocked it using DFS and followed all d procedures without any fail. Ultimately,I downloaded the firmware of my device from huwaei, it is ” EC156Update11.106.00.06.000.B416.exe”. Please help me outI have crazy john’s huawei e173 datacard from australia, i have directly reinstalled the mobile patner software, with out updating the frimware, now the dongle is not working only green light blinks often.i have tried to reinstall the frimware n dashboard but the software says no device detected.It shows error msg 2“The data card can not be found Error code:2One of the following reasons may cause the errors:a.

The data card in not connected to PC.b. Other program is using the data card.c. You don not have the authority of the administrator.”I have also tried by changing the sim but result is the same. Please help me to get it unlocked.Thanks in advance.

Hi, I have this crazy E173 3.75G airtel modem. The first time i slotted-in a different sim, i was told invalid sim. I got interested in unlocking the modem after reading your blog. I downloaded the dc unlocker u made avaiable on your blog page, i was given an error code, helix string and some craps i don’t understand. I even tried using the Huaweii modem unlocker (also from your blog), updated the firm ware and the dash board using the methods u described. My crazy modem still refuses to unlock. Please, I need your help.

Hello Don, I recently gave my son a Huawei USB modem which was initially working properly with a boardband dashboard. But now whenever I connect it to the laptop, it has a mobile partner dashboard and the Huawei e160 modem gives error: “device is disconnected or is unavailable”. The boy had tried to flash it. I have tried connecting the device to some other computers to see if the device gets detected, I am getting the same problem. It is faulty and the computers cannot communicate with the device again. I’ll appreciate Thanks in advance. How can I find the firmware forFound modem: E5220s-2Model: Huawei E5220IMEI: 06211Serial NR.: E6BBY1Firmware: 21.143.15.00.999Compile date / time: Nov 07 2013 11:45:50Hardware ver.: CH1E5220SMDashboard version: UTPSTOOL-ConnLaucherWIN1.12.07.00MAC1.12.08.00Voice feature: unknown(read failed)(read failed)SIM Lock status: unlockedWrong codes entered: 0 (unlock attempts left: 10)as in the installed cooked firmware, I cannot add or change the Network profile (APN)Anybody can help, please!!!Raed.

I have a airtel 3G E8231 huawei wingle modem. A few days ago I have download two files from net 1) E8231 firmware update-india version, 2) hilin dashboard webui 13.100.00.01 life belarus and keep it in a folder in pc E drive. Then accidentally I select file 2) hilin. For firmware update of my modem instead of E8231 firmware update. Thereafter my modem is in half dead condition.

Just I connect my modem in the pc a web page Altel 4G dashboard and modem is neither connect to net nor wifi signal is found. Is there any solution or it will throw in dustbin? That huawei modem unlocker software is just the bomb dude. Where the heck you got it from by the way? I have been able to permanently unlock my modem with that for months without a problem. It can even upgrade my speeds.

My modem is huawei e173 u-1. It seems the firmware is locked completely but huawei modem unlocker software has helped me use my modem like a piece of cake just with temporary unlocking. But do you know of similar software for Ubuntu linux? You guy are a genius by the way. Hi Bro,I am facing below problem, as i followed your steps giving below errorDetails are like belowDC – Unlocker 2 Client 1.00.0460Detecting card:selection:manufacturer – ZTE datacardsmodel – Auto detectFound modem: MF190Model: Unknown ZTE modemIMEI: 68175Firmware: ZTMF190DT02SIM Lock status: Locked (Card Lock)Unlocking, please wait Security data error!unlock failed!(error code 84)Could you please give me Solution of it.Thanks & Regards,Majed Khan. Good day sir, pls am having a problem trying to flash my modem, i downloaded the firmware from huaweifirmwares,com, its a e173-u2 firmware. The problem is that it wont install after download.

After accepting, it show searching for data card. After searching for sometime time, it will say error. Test drive unlimited 2 enter key. Data card not properly place on pc or its currenlt being used by another application or not authorized from administrator. Pls what do i do or how do i go about it? I already generated the new algo unlock code and flash code. Flashing the firmware is where the problem is now. Pls i need help on what to do about it or how to properly install the firmware to detect the data card.

Hi Don,I have a Datacard, Huawei E3276s-920, Firmware Version: 21.260.05.00.209, Software Version: 23.015.02.00.03. Connection Manager( Mobile Partner 23.015.02.00.03) has some features deactivated like USSD, Data Volume Limit etc. I have customized Mobile Partner Software by Editing in some config files inside and made active as per my required features and archived( Common+SysConfig.dat) to data.bin,now clicking on setup.exe,it is installed manually and working fine. I am not using original auto installed Software. How can I flash this customized software into the modem permanently. Please tell me the procedures in details.

Excellent tutorial.Was able to unlock and reinstall latest firmware to my Virgin Australia Huawei E1762 HSPA USB Modem while visiting India and then use local Indian sim card on my 3G WiFi Modem to get net access, this was a great help.All up took approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour including removing the bloatware dashboard, which I had to google around for a bit as the link to the dc-files website is obsolete and the dashboard file wasn’t quickly identifiable for my device.Tested and USB stick worked on Airtel and Vodafone. So permanently unlocked, rebooted and now online.

This will also benefit me when I head back home and also when travelling to other countries now.Thanks.PS. The robots are coming. HiE1550 firmware does not update.

How do i unlock sim? Huawei Modem Unlocker unlock only temporary.Found modem: E1550Model: Huawei E1550 (IDEA)IMEI: 351.Serial NR.: B55TAAFirmware: 11.609.20.03.356Compile date / time: Jun 02 2011 15:39:45Hardware ver.: CD6ATCPUDashboard version: grahaminggscustomisoChipset: Qualcomm MSM6246NAND Flash: samsungK5D1G13ACHVoice feature: enabledSIM Lock status: Locked (customized firmware)Wrong codes entered: 0 (unlock attempts left: 10).

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While a bulk of electronic smoking device sales occur online, Hawaii has one of the highest number of vape shops per-capita in the nation.Cory Lum/Civil BeatThe do-it-yourself nature of mixing the vaping solutions for different devices also made it easy for more folks to open shop, she said. Sometimes they settled near schools, and many offered customized flavors like lilikoi and li hing mui that catered to local kids’ palates.“That’s what made it easy for our small mom-and-pop stores to start producing their own e-liquids — they could order gallon-sized nicotine on the internet and they’d be mixing it,” said Akioka, who treats patients with respiratory issues.By 2016, the Aloha State had according to a Quartz analysis of data from Yelp and the U.S. Census.“The availability in combination with high hopes for the product and not knowing what it is I think made everything fall into place for this one particular product,” said Valerie Saiki, a Kauai coordinator for the Hawaii Public Health Institute. Neighbor Island EffectsMaui, Kauai and Hawaii county teens were soon vaping more than their peers on Oahu.By 2017, self-reported current use of e-cigarettes among high schoolers reached. The national average vaping rate among high schoolers in 2017 was 13%.Middle schoolers also picked up the trend, particularly on the Big Island and Kauai.In 2015, 16% of, and by 2017, that had grown to 23%.During the same two-year period, the middle school vaping rate. The Oahu rate remained around 15%.Lindsey’s son was in middle school when he picked up the habit.“What I hear on Kauai is kids are bored, but there’s so much to do. It’s their perspective,” said Lindsey, who lives on the Anahola Hawaiian Homestead on Kauai.Since 2016, state law has prohibited anyone under 21 from purchasing e-cigarettes but it hasn’t had much effect.Lindsey said his foster son, now 14, circumnavigated the law by ordering products online and delivering them to a neighbor’s house.

He found out when his credit card company contacted him about possible fraudulent use of his card.By using online tracking, teens know when to swipe the package before neighbors get home. Then they distribute it at school.“No other product is as easily available and at a good price,” said Saiki, who conducts educational presentations at schools across Kauai. She’s heard electronic smoking devices, or ESDs, can run for as much as $60 each at school. Valerie Saiki, who visits Kauai schools as a coordinator for the Hawaii Public Health Institute, said some Hawaii students sell vaping products to their peers.Eleni Gill“When I talk to students directly in classrooms, they don’t hold back and tell me, ‘Oh yeah, somebody brings to school and they sell it,’” she said.Lindsey’s foster son had outlined a distribution business plan of sorts in his school composition book. Ultimately, he was suspended from school.“I don’t know if it’s the novelty of challenging authority or being enterprising,” Lindsey said.

“It’s all of those things that we impress on them to be from the get-go in school — math, salesmanship, make money. I think the problem with them is they don’t have the start up (money), so they steal that, and then they’re on their way.”Elimar Utrera, a senior at Konawaena High School, said he doesn’t vape, but he sees his classmates post on their social media accounts when they want to sell products.“On my social media accounts, I follow some friends and on their stories, they put that they’re selling their vape machines,” he said. “People buy from other students. It’s very easy for people to get their hands on vaping devices.”Utrera is a member of the Coalition for Tobacco-Free Hawaii’s state youth council, which he says is planning ways to promote the banning of flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. Thomas Wills, a professor and researcher at the UH Cancer Center, believes lack of regulation on marketing plays a role in Hawaii’s high vaping rate.Cory Lum/Civil BeatIt may be that friendships also influence teens, because research from the UH Cancer Center shows Native Hawaiians teens have more friends who vape, says Wills.“That’s what we see empirically, and that’s the strongest type of exposure that increases the probability of use,” Wills said.

“That’s one thing that clearly accounts for the elevation among Native Hawaiians.”Wills says numerous studies have shown that Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youth have disproportionately higher rates of use of some types of substances, and socioeconomic inequities often play a role in the data. Vaping could mirror that trend.“We looked at the kinds of stresses on teens in Hawaii and the pretty consistent observation is that Native Hawaiian kids report that their families are under more financial stress,” Wills said. “They have stressors but they also have strengths, and the strength is clearly family support.”Sean Anderson, owner of Black Lava Vape on the Big Island, rejected the idea that marketing has encouraged island teens to pick up vaping.“Just because a product exists and somebody finds it, that is not marketing,” Anderson said. “There’s not one e-juice manufacturer that advertises specific flavors or products. That just doesn’t happen — it never has.

As far as vape shops go, we advertise our brand.”Advertising aside, when asked if the simple presence of vaping shops online can have an influence on youth, Anderson said it wasn’t a fair question.“This is still the United States, right?” he asked. “I’ve been open for six years, and Facebook or Instagram and YouTube have never allowed the vape industry to advertise any products on there, ever.”. The owner of Black Lava Vape on the Big Island said e-cigarette retailers do not market directly to youth.Courtesy Sean Anderson Vaping InjuriesA growing number of lung injuries potentially related to vaping, including two cases reported in Hawaii, has.No specific ingredient has been identified as the culprit, but the Food and Drug Administration says most samples that have been tested involved vaping products containing THC. State health officials have advised everyone of all ages to drop their vape pens until it’s sorted out.Akioka said she has seen patients in Hawaii with something called wet lung.“It’s like having a chemical injury or burns to the inside of your lungs, and they’re inhaling hot chemicals,” she said, likening it to the effects of mustard gas and its use in World War I. “They’re doing mini-chemical warfare on our kids.”Unless e-cigarettes companies can demonstrate to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that vaping is “.In response, some states have placed temporary bans on flavored tobacco products.

Hawaii lawmakers have considered similar policy moves in the past.Local vape retailers like Anderson say those policies would hurt their adult customer base who they say effectively use the products to quit traditional cigarettes. Sean Anderson, the owner of Black Lava Vape shops on the Big Island, said he is frustrated by the depiction of vaping as bad because it helps adults stop smoking.Anderson said he has traveled to Oahu to meet with Hawaii lawmakers to discuss how to get the products out of the hands of minors.“It sucks,” he said. “I have reached out to the state of Hawaii, the cancer center, to legislators, to try to get together to figure out how to stop teens getting their hands on the products and they don’t want to have anything to do with us.”Anderson said he’d be in support of a law that requires online shops to have an age verification system. He’d also support getting rid of online sales entirely and increasing a fine for under-age possession of vaping devices.“Let’s just stop online sales,” he said.

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“But really the biggest thing, don’t make it a $250 fine, make it a $10,000 fine.”. Food and Drug Administration in 2016 extended its regulatory authority to include electronic nicotine delivery systems to its tobacco product purview, but does not regulate or track the ingredients within the products themselves.Justin, the high school senior, said he gradually increased the amount of nicotine he vaped.

When he started vaping “50s” e-liquids, that was when he felt the tug of addiction.“Sometimes when I’m driving, or sometimes I’m in class or if I’m stressing out about an assignment, I go to the bathroom to vape — I’m not gonna lie,” Justin said. “I use it as a stress reliever. Any time something’s up, I do it.”While he said he quit earlier this year, he still gets cravings. Mahalo!You're officially signed up for our daily newsletter, the Morning Beat. A confirmation email will arrive shortly.In the meantime, we have other newsletters that you might enjoy. Check the boxes for emails you'd like to receive.Inbox overcrowded? Don't worry, you can unsubscribe or update your preferences at any time.

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