[Liverpool] [Fwd: [GeekUp] FREE 3G USB Dongle]

[oscillik]

nice one, i currently have a 3 USB modem but it's one of those dredded
Huawei E220 things. hopefully i'll be able to just swap the SIM over :)
very nifty find there, Tim

Thanks!

2009/6/5 Tim Dobson <lists at tdobson.net>

> This might be interesting for those who are often on the move..
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [GeekUp] FREE 3G USB Dongle
> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 18:38:08 +0100
> From: John Baxendale <John at siftah.com>
> Reply-To: geekup at googlegroups.com
> To: geekup at googlegroups.com
>
>
> 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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