FREE 3G USB Dongle

[Tim Dobson-2]

looks interesting...

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Subject: [GeekUp] FREE 3G USB Dongle
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 18:38:08 +0100
From: John Baxendale <[hidden email]>
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Ok, so it's not entirely Free, you have to pay £4.95 for postage and
packing, but apart from that it's free.

The website is http://www.3dongle4free.co.uk/ and the dongle is locked
to the 3 service, however it's easily crackable so it can be used on
any provider with any SIM.

Basically you just pay for the postage and packing and they send you
the 3G USB Dongle and a PAYG SIM card, don't bother with the SIM, just
run the firmware update and you have a nice fresh shiny dongle you can
use with any SIM you want.

The firmware update is here and needs to be run under Windows XP,
instructions included: http://rapidshare.com/files/235523732/ZTE2.rar

The dongle itself is a ZTE MF627 and there are drivers for Mac OSX,
Linux and even some OS called "Windows" which I believe some people
are still using?

Postage took 2 days, cracking takes about 20 minutes (simple process),
all looks fine to me...

ttfn,
John

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[x_rob]

Just bought myself one, thanks for the heads up :P £5 for a USB dongle isn't bad.

2009/6/4 Tim Dobson <[hidden email]>

looks interesting...

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [GeekUp] FREE 3G USB Dongle
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 18:38:08 +0100
From: John Baxendale <[hidden email]>
Reply-To: [hidden email]
To: [hidden email]


Ok, so it's not entirely Free, you have to pay £4.95 for postage and
packing, but apart from that it's free.

The website is http://www.3dongle4free.co.uk/ and the dongle is locked
to the 3 service, however it's easily crackable so it can be used on
any provider with any SIM.

Basically you just pay for the postage and packing and they send you
the 3G USB Dongle and a PAYG SIM card, don't bother with the SIM, just
run the firmware update and you have a nice fresh shiny dongle you can
use with any SIM you want.

The firmware update is here and needs to be run under Windows XP,
instructions included: http://rapidshare.com/files/235523732/ZTE2.rar

The dongle itself is a ZTE MF627 and there are drivers for Mac OSX,
Linux and even some OS called "Windows" which I believe some people
are still using?

Postage took 2 days, cracking takes about 20 minutes (simple process),
all looks fine to me...

ttfn,
John

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[Tim Dobson-2]

Rob Barry wrote:
> Just bought myself one, thanks for the heads up :P £5 for a USB dongle
> isn't bad.

When it arrives, do you fancy reviewing how well it works with whatever
distro of GNU/Linux you are using?

Would be interested to get a neutral opinion... :

Tim

[Andrew Williams-3]

On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 10:16:29AM +0000, Tim Dobson wrote:
> Rob Barry wrote:
>> Just bought myself one, thanks for the heads up :P £5 for a USB dongle  
>> isn't bad.
>
> When it arrives, do you fancy reviewing how well it works with whatever  
> distro of GNU/Linux you are using?

Should work out of the box on most modern distros, the ZTE modems have
been well supported in 2.6 for a while with the "option" driver. It
should show up as a USB serial device, which you can then setup
wvdial/gnome-ppp to use, or Network Manager should pick it up without
issue and "just work".

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