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Jan032012

How can I unlock my Huawei E173 USB modem forever?

KayanThisrah asks:

I have a Huawei E173u-1 HSPA USB internet adapter.
I want to unlock this modem forever so that I can use various sim cards. But I don’t know how. Any advice would be great.

Tagged: connect to internet, mobile internet, sim card, unlock, usb adapter

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Darshil Patel February 18, 2012

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post ur IMEI no den i give u ur unlock code

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- Karkala Nayak February 18, 2012
  
  I have got a customized version of firmware so the unlock code doesn’t work I have also tried updating the firmware that also doesn’t work so please help me!!
  
  Model: E173u-1
  IMEI: 356576040843871
  S/N: XVA5TA1112863361
  
  My provider is safaricom kenya
  
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