Huawei E585 (mifi) unlock - FREE

tried looking here earlier for a solution, I found one but I didn't fancy paying though, or going to the trouble of sending it away somewhere.. so after trawling some more I found a free solution.. thought I'd put the links here for others to benefit..

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I think that Maltloaf is doing this as well, he paid for an unlock but it works again and again..!

yeah, I know - I saw his post.. but this saves alot of time. Very generous offer from malty but I've just managed to unlock 2 without prior knowledge within 30mins using the info.. saves me sending off to malty, and saves maltys time, effort and money..

hehe, looks like quite interesting reading that thread. Schoolboy error from huawei to have the code unencrypted in the log file.

Used this today, works like a charm.

Anyone got a link for the OEM Huawei Firmware?

To save anyone rooting through all of the thread the main part is this guid

Requirements:

3 wireless Manager- (whatever software that came with your modem, in order to recognise your modem on usb mode)
PSAS Software from Phone System Analysis Software - PSAS | The successor of QMAT - (on the downloads page)
MS Windows Notepad- (This is from accesories on windows START menu)

SETUP to get everything ready to unlock your Mi-Fi)

Install PSAS software on windows computer.

After this, change the sim card inside your modem,
(to a diferent network sim card)
connect to the computer with usb cable and install the software that come with your Mi-Fi,then close down the Mi-Fi software.
(make sure that you are not connected to the modem via wireless and the software that come with your Mi-Fi is not running, this step is only for instalation of the Mi-Fi Drivers)


USING PSAS To retrieve your unlock code)

Run PSAS
On PSAS main page you have tab menus, select the "Hardware Forensics" menu tab and select "Use Mobile Port" this will open another PSAS program window for you (which is where all the magic happens)

In the new window:
on the "SETUP" menu tab (which you are on already)just select the "Serial COM Port" (you need to choose the one that says that is your 3G Application Interface, not the one that says PC UI Interface whatever the COM Port), then select the "baud speed" (This varies depending on the computer speed and windows OS), and thats all you have to do for the setup menu tab

Next go to the "DIAG" menu tab and click on "send" this should now show some numbers on the open space box below, On the 'Diag Functions box' (box below the "send" button box)you wanna select "Read EFS" instead of Save memory to file then tick "Alternative Method" then on "max page" type: 250 (i did 250 but can range from 200 to 600 depending on the lines), then click "lets go", this will ask you to save a file so just name it and save it onto desktop. (you have to keep trying, PSAS will crash often and the more lines the most likely to crash)Once it works it will save the file to the desktop You now have a log file which will tell you your unlock code


USING NOTEPAD to find your unlock code from PSAS log file)

Open Notepad
Now open this log with windows notepad and search for your code.The easiest way is to use the find feature in your
notepad and type "PST" this will send you to your unlock code which are the numbers after the word PST, if you look
around you will also see your srl. number.
(if your note pad hasnt found the word PST in search it means you have to get more lines on the "Max page" procedure)


INSERTING ACTIVATION CODE Last step, entering the code)

Now connect your Computer to your Mi-Fi wireless and try to open any page, this will redirect you to 192.168.1.1/simlock.asp if not type "192.168.1.1/simlock.asp" into your browser and when the page loads type the code that you got from notepad