Unlocked Huawei MiFi E5830

Is anyone using one of the subject devices? I just bought one and I can not
get it to connect with my VF TopUp and Go Mobile Broadband SIM.

I see that the "Configure Profile Settings" page of the device's Admin web
server shows a Profile Name of "3UK" with a static APN of "3internet" and all
of the fields on that page are greyed out and not changeable.

Can anyone with experience of this model of device confirm or deny whether
these symptoms indicate that my device has not been unlocked?

Is there anything I can do about this (except return the device to seller)?

Tony

"Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is anyone using one of the subject devices? I just bought one and I can
> not
> get it to connect with my VF TopUp and Go Mobile Broadband SIM.
>
> I see that the "Configure Profile Settings" page of the device's Admin web
> server shows a Profile Name of "3UK" with a static APN of "3internet" and
> all
> of the fields on that page are greyed out and not changeable.
>
> Can anyone with experience of this model of device confirm or deny whether
> these symptoms indicate that my device has not been unlocked?

I can't say about unlocked ones, but I know that when I bought mine from 3
back in January, they had sent out new SIM cards to go with them, there
being a problem with the original SIMs they were supplied with.

A great device though

"Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is anyone using one of the subject devices? I just bought one and I can
> not
> get it to connect with my VF TopUp and Go Mobile Broadband SIM.
>
> I see that the "Configure Profile Settings" page of the device's Admin web
> server shows a Profile Name of "3UK" with a static APN of "3internet" and
> all
> of the fields on that page are greyed out and not changeable.

> Can anyone with experience of this model of device confirm or deny whether
> these symptoms indicate that my device has not been unlocked?
>
> Is there anything I can do about this (except return the device to
> seller)?

Have you tried creating a new profile?
In the 3 WiFi Manager, select Tools | Options | Profile manager. Click the
New button and see what the options are.

"Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is anyone using one of the subject devices? I just bought one and I can
> not
> get it to connect with my VF TopUp and Go Mobile Broadband SIM.
>
> I see that the "Configure Profile Settings" page of the device's Admin web
> server shows a Profile Name of "3UK" with a static APN of "3internet" and
> all
> of the fields on that page are greyed out and not changeable.
>
> Can anyone with experience of this model of device confirm or deny whether
> these symptoms indicate that my device has not been unlocked?
>
> Is there anything I can do about this (except return the device to
> seller)?
>
> Tony

Sounds like it might still be locked.

If you connect it via the USB cable and run the "3 WiFi Manager" it
should complain with an "invalid sim card" message.

If you google for "Huawei E583X is supported?", you will find a program on
a well known unlocking site that can check it.

It also might show up as "umlocked" if you leave the original Three sim card
in it, so use the vodafone card instead,

If it is unlocked and it's the original "TopUp and Go" package, (1Gbyte, No
expiry) you can run the "3 WiFi Manager" to set up a new profile for
vodafone in the "Tools/Options/Profile Management" admin page with "Static"
selected and "pp.internet" as the APN and *99# as the "Dial-up number".

Hope this helps

Alan

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:10:09 +0100, "Alan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
> "Anthony R. Gold" <not-for-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Is anyone using one of the subject devices? I just bought one and I can
>> not
>> get it to connect with my VF TopUp and Go Mobile Broadband SIM.
>>
>> I see that the "Configure Profile Settings" page of the device's Admin web
>> server shows a Profile Name of "3UK" with a static APN of "3internet" and
>> all
>> of the fields on that page are greyed out and not changeable.
>>
>> Can anyone with experience of this model of device confirm or deny whether
>> these symptoms indicate that my device has not been unlocked?
>>
>> Is there anything I can do about this (except return the device to
>> seller)?
>>
>> Tony
>
> Sounds like it might still be locked.
>
> If you connect it via the USB cable and run the "3 WiFi Manager" it
> should complain with an "invalid sim card" message.
>
> If you google for "Huawei E583X is supported?", you will find a program on
> a well known unlocking site that can check it.
>
> It also might show up as "umlocked" if you leave the original Three sim card
> in it, so use the vodafone card instead,
>
> If it is unlocked and it's the original "TopUp and Go" package, (1Gbyte, No
> expiry) you can run the "3 WiFi Manager" to set up a new profile for
> vodafone in the "Tools/Options/Profile Management" admin page with "Static"
> selected and "pp.internet" as the APN and *99# as the "Dial-up number".
>
> Hope this helps

Thanks Alan.

The initial problem that caused me to ask for help was the concept of
selecting a non (D) profile in order to edit it to create, save and activate
a new profile. The (D) profile is the activated default and is Read-Only,
but the documentation is aimed at Three users and never explained that.

After that, all went swimmingly and indeed pp.internet was the APN that
worked for my old VF tariff - with non-expiring credit - SIM.

Thanks,

Tony