Huawei is a leading manufacturer of pocket Wi-Fi devices and modems. Actually, most likely your carrier's branded pocket wifi is a Huawei device with your carrier's logo painted and locked on your carrier's SIM cards. You can buy a Huawei open-line modem directly from Huawei, but if you bought a modem blocked by the operator and you want to put your finger on the sore to the corporations, keep reading.
In this guide, I will show you how to unlock your carrier's locked Huawei modem to accept SIM cards from other carriers.
How to unlock Huawei Modem devices / Pocket WiFi
Navigate to the main page of your modem (generally by entering an IP address such as 192.168.8.1 in the address bar of your browser) y vaya a Configuración avanzada> Información del dispositivo. Write down your IMEI number. Alternatively, can look inside your device, under the battery.
Now, depending on the IMEI of your device, you will need to use one of the following:
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For IMEI numbers starting with 35-, use Huawei Unlock Code Calculator v1
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For Imei numbers beginning with 86-, use Huawei Unlock Code Calculator v2
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For Huawei routers, use Huawei Unlock Code Calculator v3
Enter your IMEI code in one of the calculators above, press “Calculate” and copy the code you receive.
Now turn off your Huawei modem device and insert a SIM “invalid”. Turn it on and go back to the main page of the device. Vaya a Configuración avanzada> Configuración de SIM> Desbloquear dispositivo.
In the box requesting the unlock code, enter the code you received from the unlock calculator and click “Apply”.
How to Update Huawei Modem Board and Firmware
If you have been left out of your Huawei modem activating the unlock counter, first you will have to reset the unlock counter. So download the Huawei modem unlocker and extract it on your desktop.
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Run the Huawei Modem Unlocker .exe file and connect your Huawei device to your PC via USB. Press the button “To update” and your device should be automatically detected.
Activate the check boxes for »Self-qualifying code» and »Self-unlocking modem«. Now press READ MDM DATA, and then press UNLOCK. To end, press “Calculate” and write the flash code provided to you.
Note: If this software doesn't work on your device, try using the Huawei Flash Code Generator , which will ask for the IMEI of your device.
Then, you will need the official firmware for your particular Huawei device. As usual, you can find them in Huawei firmware – there are too many available to offer directly through Appuals. Make sure to download both the firmware update and the control panel updates.
Unzip the firmware to your desktop and, with your Huawei device connected to your PC, run the .exe file from the firmware folder. Follow the instructions on your screen. You will be prompted for a flash code, you should have in the previous steps of this guide. Some devices can at the same time request a hash code, what can be obtained here.
By last, and the most important, even after you have unlocked and flashed your Huawei device, the board is more than likely operator keep preventing you from using another provider's SIM cards. So, you will have to change the dashboard to the generic Huawei dashboard instead of your carrier's themed version.
Extract the tablet update .zip file that you previously downloaded to your desktop and follow the same procedure as you did to update the firmware update.
That is! Your Huawei device should now accept SIM cards from any company.
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