Re: [LUG] Unlock my USB 3G dongle

[Kiggundu Mukasa]

All the ones I found were WINDOZE solutions Any for OS X that you know Kiggs On Aug 16, 2010, at 10:52 AM, Peter C. Ndikuwera wrote: There are also some youtube videos around. "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length" -- Robert Frost On 16 August 2010 10:35, Markus A. Wipfler <markus.wipf...@gmail.com> wrote: Have unlocked several dongles, especially for people coming from out who want to use it with local providers. Not sure which great service provider you are referring to, but am sure you can get the software for your particular brand online. Regards, -- Markus On Aug 16, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote: > > Hi Guys, > I have a USB 3G dongle from one of the great service providers in our country > They have this great promotion going so I bought one and was VERY pleased with the product and service. It is excellent. > > Then I met a friend who had originally bought the same dongle when it was first introduced (at about 3 times the price I recently bought mine). > So as I was laughing at him ... then he showed me something ... he put a sim from another provider in his dongle and it worked. > I tried on mine ... and it said "invalid sim" > > So now it was his turn to laugh ..... > > Now it got me thinking what if I get to an area of the country not serviced by my provider and I need internet in a life or death situation ... what will I do? > So I thought it could be important to have an unlocked dongle as not all service providers cover all locations and for those rare times I am out of coverage of one > I should be able to use another > > The other reason is I really want to laugh at him ....... :-) > > How do I unlock my dongle? Has anyone in UG done it? > > > > Regards, > > Kiggs_______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > LUG@linux.or.ug > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/lug@linux.or.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list LUG@linux.or.ug http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/lug@linux.or.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list LUG@linux.or.ug http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/lug@linux.or.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. --------------------------------------- Sincerely, Kiggundu Mukasa SERVAL LTD. Plot 80 Kanjokya Street P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda Tel: +256 772 972255      +256 414 571779 Fax: +256 312 262122 http://serval.ug

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