Was looking for a mobile WiFi unit and spotted this,Locked to O2 but see unlocking code on Ebay for £1.75,might be a useful buy for someone £14.99 inc free delivery
sorry, not 4g. picked up ee ospray for same price on ebay.
Dontforg3t to peterrobinson146069
4 Apr 16#3
Link?
As Osprey's go for £20-30+ on ebay!
diktiomenos
4 Apr 16#4
I got the same a couple of years ago for around £13 (after cashback). Unlocked and debranded easily with the instructions above.
It's not 4G, but it comes handy sometimes, works well and for the price is a lot better than the similar Huaweis (it has oled display that makes more sense, has an external antenna plug, etc).
Brian089
4 Apr 161#5
What does this actually Do?
brookysm to Brian089
5 Apr 161#7
Exactly what the title says! It is a portable WiFi unit, you stick a data only sim card into it and connect to it like you would with your router at home.
Limited use for most people these days as most smartphones have a hotspot feature that does the same thing.
KrispiiDuck
4 Apr 16#6
Stick a broadband SIM in it and it's a mobile hotspot
brandonheat
5 Apr 16#8
will this work with a giffgaff son which runs off o2's masts?
Houstieboy to brandonheat
5 Apr 16#10
Indeed it will.
huusshh
5 Apr 16#9
Will these work abroad?
If I bought a foreign data SIM card for a week or so and used it on all my devices, could this potentially work??
Edit: what's the battery usage of this compared to others? Ta
jony7 to huusshh
5 Apr 16#11
The weakest point of the device. ZTE rates the device up to 4 hours of continuous use, and this is generally what I see give or take an hour or so.
Unfortunately, the device takes quite a long time to charge, well over 3.5 hours to full capacity. This is not something you’ll be able to charge for 10 minutes at the coffee shop and expect it to last an entire evening. More here
buddn07
5 Apr 16#12
Not 4g, so not 4me.
(See what I did there...?)
simate
5 Apr 16#13
Shame about the battery life and massive charge time or I might have got one.
badasschris
5 Apr 16#14
I'd say you are much better with the 4g Huawei (with 15gb 30 day) or the Ospray (with 1gb?) for £20. The ospray being the best device but the Huawei coming with a decent amount of data (and also a better device than this)
StonedSte
5 Apr 161#15
Although It's not 4g it still does upto 21mbps (which is still faster than a lot of peoples home broadband) The good thing about this device is it tells you how much data you have left and it's a bargain at £14.99.
bigeck2 to StonedSte
5 Apr 161#16
Really?????? So this will go faster than my SKY broadband? Any time I use 3G on my phone it's more like bloody old style dial up.
brookysm
5 Apr 16#17
Buy a portable battery pack to recharge it on the go, problem solved.
allan1954
5 Apr 16#18
this device all you do is plug in the charger and it works as a wifi hotspot while charging.
CDR
8 Apr 16#19
I got one of these, unlocked it yesterday - Got a Three 3GB Sim Data card in it today and it's not giving out the wifi.
It says "Limited Service - Disconnected" on the ZTE.
Do I need to activate the Sim before using it?
allan1954 to CDR
9 Apr 16#20
the apn or settings will need changing from o2 to 3 for this to work.
CDR
10 Apr 16#21
I have, and I still haven't got it to work. Normally i'm OK with technology. Set the APN to three.co.uk, user & pass is blank, but it isn't connecting.
I also manually set the network to Three, and tried and still no worky.
dhoomdhoom
10 Apr 16#22
can anyone point me in the direction of a good broadband stick-to go with this
allan1954
11 Apr 16#23
you could try the sim card in a 3g or 4g phone this is strange as i have Huawei mifi and data sim cards work ok with that one.
allan1954
11 Apr 16#24
try this "3" UK (Any SIM)
APN: 3internet
Username: [leave blank]
Password: [leave blank]
CDR
11 Apr 16#25
Tried this too, thanks for the assistance - It didn't help though :disappointed:
I put the Sim in my phone, Internet worked OK however got a SMS message saying "We can't automatically change the internet on your phone" (And yes, I turned wifi off before checking!)
Any other ideas? I move house on Wednesday and wont have internet access for a week until the new connection is made.
allan1954
11 Apr 161#26
limited service means you have to do network search if this does not fix the problem then i do not know what the problem could be.
CDR to allan1954
11 Apr 161#27
Thanks - I'd already tried that to no avail.
I appreciate all your assistance though.
allan1954
11 Apr 16#28
are you sure it is unlocked.
CDR
12 Apr 16#29
It is, (I've reflashed it twice now using the link in the first post) - However it doesn't have an IMEI listed when I log in. I assume thats the issue - I was just gonna pay £1.80 to someone on ebay to unlock also incase its not taking the software in the first link. However doesn't seem to be doable without the IMEI.
Also, the firmware on the first link is different to what is on the device so I assume that's the issue - I'll spend some time googling now I have some internet access!
allan1954 to CDR
12 Apr 16#30
is the ime number like 000000 good luck getting sorted.
CDR
12 Apr 161#31
Nope it's just left blank on the status page on 192.168.0.1
I've found an old iPhone 4 so using that + the sim card for a Three 3gb data as a hotspot so at least I have internet in my new home until installation date!
The ZTE will go in the bin as an hour of googling and it looks like it's bricked.
mldaw
14 Apr 16#32
I had the exact same problem but I fixed it by following this
CDR
14 Apr 16#33
I too tried that but it didn't fix the problem. I'm guessing because I tried the flash again when it had no imei that the Channel1.nvm it made the 2nd time didn't have an imei to restore from
allan1954
14 Apr 16#34
the ime number should be under the battery or on the box.
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As Osprey's go for £20-30+ on ebay!
It's not 4G, but it comes handy sometimes, works well and for the price is a lot better than the similar Huaweis (it has oled display that makes more sense, has an external antenna plug, etc).
Limited use for most people these days as most smartphones have a hotspot feature that does the same thing.
If I bought a foreign data SIM card for a week or so and used it on all my devices, could this potentially work??
Edit: what's the battery usage of this compared to others? Ta
Unfortunately, the device takes quite a long time to charge, well over 3.5 hours to full capacity. This is not something you’ll be able to charge for 10 minutes at the coffee shop and expect it to last an entire evening. More here
(See what I did there...?)
It says "Limited Service - Disconnected" on the ZTE.
Do I need to activate the Sim before using it?
I also manually set the network to Three, and tried and still no worky.
APN: 3internet
Username: [leave blank]
Password: [leave blank]
I put the Sim in my phone, Internet worked OK however got a SMS message saying "We can't automatically change the internet on your phone" (And yes, I turned wifi off before checking!)
Any other ideas? I move house on Wednesday and wont have internet access for a week until the new connection is made.
I appreciate all your assistance though.
Also, the firmware on the first link is different to what is on the device so I assume that's the issue - I'll spend some time googling now I have some internet access!
I've found an old iPhone 4 so using that + the sim card for a Three 3gb data as a hotspot so at least I have internet in my new home until installation date!
The ZTE will go in the bin as an hour of googling and it looks like it's bricked.