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Old Apr 20, 2011, 9:19 am
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jsnydcsa
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Originally Posted by fredl
I have a Huawei e585. It is "3" branded buth Zibri unlocked it for me (via the Internet) for $5. I works quite alright as long as the cell site isn't too congested. The limit of 5 devices is quite a bother some times when people have ipods, ipads and laptops. It is very easy to reach that limit.

If you need a very portable solution I can recommend the Huawei MiFi routers, they can also work as a dongle with a micro usb cable. At home I use an Asus router which has a USB port which works with a 3g modem. That solution doesn't have the same limitation as the MiFi routers but it requires an electrical hookup.
Zibri info at
http://www.zibri.org/2010/07/huawei-...-download.html
Zibri uses PayPal - non-starter
Zibri requires Windows - I have a Mac
Zibri's instructions seem complicated - risky

According to the one (?!) review at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/UNLOCKED-HUAWE...3312513&sr=8-1
the e585 only works on the slowest of slow T-Mo US networks (admittedly NOT the original thread question).
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