o2 dongle £10.00

[carpman1]

http://shop.o2.co.uk/promo/o2mobileb...n+pBETkwjw0zgf

back till the 11th. apparently open to all services except 3.
half price=£10.00 in pink or black.

[dringhouses]

http://shop.o2.co.uk/promo/o2mobileb...n+pBETkwjw0zgf

back till the 11th. apparently open to all services except 3.
half price=£10.00 in pink or black.

Can It be unlocked to use a 3 Sim Card?

Thanks in advance

[philo]

Can It be unlocked to use a 3 Sim Card?

Thanks in advance

Its an E160, so I dont see why not

[tronads]

Just ordered one.....no idea why, I have absolutely no need for one, but I can't resist a bargain.

[tronads]

After a bit of a battle, I have managed to get my Three sim working on this, and im getting reasonable speeds...will do me nicely on my netbook when im in Scotland in a few weeks.

[JonEp]

I think they come unlocked anyway.

The last batch were repackaged returns and came unlocked.

If not you can use the Huawei Unlock Utility that I posted here last week.

[ming]

don`t mean to sound dumb but can you just put your own sim in these and away you go? i`ve got unlimited internet access on my 02 contract but dont use it on my phone but wouldn`t mind using the laptop when i`m working away from home

[tom999]

Will be against your 02 contract t and C's unless you specifically pay for it. So they could hassle you if you smash it, otherwise they probably wont notice and it should work I believe

[keyamon]

I get free net on my phone and so does the GF and we've used our sim cards in the 3G dongle for the past 6 months without bother

[ming]

cheers for that info. might invest in one and see how it goes

[burner1]

I got one of these (E160) last time they were half price. I didn't get on with the software that comes with it so got hold of an app called mobile partner. It detected a 3 sim fine.

[tronads]

Mine arrived locked, it immediately told me that when I put in my 3 sim, told me something about 3 attempts to enter the unlock code.
I then ran the aforementioned unlock utility and code generator and successfuly unlocked it, but then, whilst it recognised my 3 sim, and in fact received a couple of text messages on my PC (which I didnt expect to happen), would not allow me to get any internet data whatsoever.
I ended up flashing the device with firmware and software I obtained from the Three Australia site, after which it then prompted me to install the 3 software on sticking it in, rather then the o2 software. Installed that, then it worked perfectly for me.

[JonEp]

When you unlock them for another network you have to configure the correct APN to match the SIM your using.

For example:-

3
Internet
APN: 3internet
IP address: Leave blank
Username: Leave Blank Password: Leave blank



BT Mobile
Internet
APN: btmobile.bt.com
IP address: 212.183.137.12
Username: bt
Password: bt
URL: http://wap.btmw.net

O2
Internet
APN: mobile.o2.co.uk
Username: mobileweb
Password: password
Primary DNS: 192.113.200.200
Secondary DNS: 192.113.200.201
SMTP gateway (for email): smtp.o2.co.uk


Orange
Internet
APN: orangeinternet
Username: Leave blank
Password: Leave blank
Primary DNS: 193.035.131.194
SMTP gateway (for email): smtp.orange.co.uk


T-Mobile
Internet
APN: general.t-mobile.uk
Username: user
Password: pass
Primary DNS: Set automatically
SMTP gateway (for email): smtp.t-email.co.uk


Vodafone
Internet
APN: internet Username: web
Password: web
Primary DNS: 158.043.240.004
SMTP gateway (for email): smtp.vodafone.net

[devs]

Cheers for the link carpman, going to grab one of these.

I notice a lot of people are using these with the 3 network... Why's that then and should I be getting a 3sim?

I'm a noob and have only now got a need to get one, I would just like to be able to leave it in a draw with credit on and use it whenever I need to.

Cheers,

dEVS!

[DJ OD]

Quality post JonEP. I have copied it and stuck it in the Mobile Phone Handsets & Device Discussion forum too.

Good info.


DJ OD

[us]

does anyone have a link for the e160 mobile partner software please?

[tronads]

I notice a lot of people are using these with the 3 network... Why's that then and should I be getting a 3sim?
dEVS!

Well for me , its because I am on a 3 contract which is £15 a month for unlimited textx and, most relevant, unlimited data.

[crashtestmac]

I got one last time and managed to get my mitts on an iphone pay and go "unregistered" sim, plugged it in and away we go...

Sorted.

[devs]

Well for me , its because I am on a 3 contract which is £15 a month for unlimited textx and, most relevant, unlimited data.

Thanks mate, do you have to be seen as using the sim in a phone or are they happy with you just hammering the data?

[Greyfox]

So i can simply put my sim from my palm pre into this? I have unlimited data/internet so if i simply use the dongle to casually browse the internet i wont get charged anythign extra and it will just be classed as browsing on my pre?