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Laughlyn Vaughns
Gallente Lagos-Vaughn Industries
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Posted - 2008.10.20 12:24:00 -
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I was just wonderign if anyone can help me out. i have a Huawei E220 modem with 3 (uk) and it worked fine and dandy on my old XP Laptop (which unfortunatly has gone to the PC world in the sky) and for sum reason its refusing to allow me onto the net.
It will conenct and after pinging Google i get
Sent 4, Received 0 (Zero), Lost 4 - 100% loss
I have turned off all firewalls and even the weird account allowance thingy (where it pops up to let u know when summat is activating) but it still wont allow me to connect to EVE, MSN or browse webpages (no internet at all) I have enuff credit on the PAYG so its not that. I'm really stumped and everytime i try to look for any updated drivers or firmware they lead to deadlinks.
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Bish Ounen
Gallente Omni-Core Freedom Fighters Ethereal Dawn
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Posted - 2008.10.20 19:39:00 -
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Install XP, or Ubuntu Linux.
Alternately, wait until hell freezes over to get functional Vista drivers.
Although the Wikipedia page on it says that Vista is supported, it also notes that many providers modify the internal software on it to load their own stuff. (there is software on an internal flash card that automatically loads when you connect the Huawei E220 to a Windows machine.) It's likely that your ISP modified it with software that is broken in Vista.
Interestingly, the hardware of the card is fully Linux compatible, and the card CAN be used with Linux, even without the Windows software. I would suggest snagging an Ubuntu Live CD, and booting off of it. This will allow you to test without actually installing anything. (your machine will just run off of the CD ROM) My guess is it will work great.
Your only other choices are to format and install XP, or try and get a new modem from your ISP. Frankly, testing with Linux, and then maybe installing it is BY FAR less painful than dealing with the ISP or installing XP.
Good Luck! Tactical Logistics using the last T1 Frigate hull!
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Benco97
Gallente The Star League
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Posted - 2008.10.20 20:27:00 -
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Edited by: Benco97 on 20/10/2008 20:34:14 Simplest solution coming up....
Unlock the E220, you can find lots of software online that will unlock it instantly, some of it must be paid for and some is free (I used DC Unlocker myself which is NOT a free solution, had to pay ú10) after that ensure that the E220 is on the latest firmware which you can download and flash from their website then Tada, Free from the atrocious Three software AND it'll work on Vista.
Edit - Insert generic "If it dies it's not my fault, I never forced you to do it, please don't find me and kill my dog then pee in my fishpond" thing here.
Originally by: P'uck
You're a DUMBASS - bold italic underline at the VERY LEAST.
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Laughlyn Vaughns
Gallente Lagos-Vaughn Industries
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Posted - 2008.10.21 11:59:00 -
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Cheers guys,
Benco - I've browsed around the links i've found for firmware updates but they all lead to dead links. I'll try the DC unlock u mentioned and see if that will help out. Its a pain in the ass that Vodafone have sorted the firmware for it and 3 wont do it. I dont relaly fancy the hassle of dual booting or reinstalling XP onto the machine until i have the right drivers for my new laptop sorted as well. But i'll give the other options a try
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Azuraito
Caldari Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2008.10.21 12:20:00 -
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I would recommend the unlock also, the firmware is freely available on the net
Originally by: Joshua Foiritain Hiding would be the way to go.
The mods ganked my Sig :( |
Laughlyn Vaughns
Gallente Lagos-Vaughn Industries
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Posted - 2008.10.21 12:38:00 -
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Originally by: Azuraito I would recommend the unlock also, the firmware is freely available on the net
that, i know. Finding a link on google not leading to a dead link is the greatest challenge (the official homepage was having an overhaul) it has the 11.118 firmware (more numbers after it but cant rememebr off top my head)
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Kappas.
Galaxy Punks
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Posted - 2008.10.21 13:06:00 -
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I knot it's offtopic, but when I got a new laptop with Vista on it, i wiped it and installed XP, nothing worked, not many drivers for it, etc. Installed Ubuntu and everything worked straight out of the box __________________
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Benco97
Gallente The Star League
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Posted - 2008.10.21 14:23:00 -
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Edited by: Benco97 on 21/10/2008 14:24:27 Edited by: Benco97 on 21/10/2008 14:23:40 Simply upgrading the firmware of the device WILL NOT unlock the device, repeat will NOT unlock it. The third party section of the memory is unaffected by the firmware update and visa versa.
Edit- Also, I'll have a quick look-see if the firmware update is still in my "downloads" folder, it should be. I'll let you know if it is and then I can just e-mail it to you or something.
Edit2- On my home computer of course, not this work one... just thought I should clear that up..
Originally by: P'uck
You're a DUMBASS - bold italic underline at the VERY LEAST.
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Laughlyn Vaughns
Gallente Lagos-Vaughn Industries
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Posted - 2008.10.23 14:47:00 -
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Originally by: Benco97 Edited by: Benco97 on 21/10/2008 14:45:58 HUGE CRUSHING EDIT-
THIS is the firmware update, download, flash your modem and then when you next plug it in it'll install the Huawei software not the 3network software which will work with Vista. Tada.
No need to unlock it or anything.
cheers Benc ;-) |
Benco97
Gallente The Star League
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Posted - 2008.10.23 15:04:00 -
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No problemo, I hope it works for you.
Originally by: P'uck
You're a DUMBASS - bold italic underline at the VERY LEAST.
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Gunstar Zero
Caldari Reikoku Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2008.10.23 15:53:00 -
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Originally by: Laughlyn Vaughns I was just wonderign if anyone can help me out. i have a Huawei E220 modem with 3 (uk) and it worked fine and dandy on my old XP Laptop (which unfortunatly has gone to the PC world in the sky) and for sum reason its refusing to allow me onto the net.
It will conenct and after pinging Google i get
Sent 4, Received 0 (Zero), Lost 4 - 100% loss
I have turned off all firewalls and even the weird account allowance thingy (where it pops up to let u know when summat is activating) but it still wont allow me to connect to EVE, MSN or browse webpages (no internet at all) I have enuff credit on the PAYG so its not that. I'm really stumped and everytime i try to look for any updated drivers or firmware they lead to deadlinks.
I had the same prob with my dell laptop and that modem - had to unistall virtually all of the dell utilities / quickset / webcam software etc that came with the laptop before the 3 thing would work... |
Laughlyn Vaughns
Gallente Lagos-Vaughn Industries
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Posted - 2008.10.24 13:13:00 -
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Still having difficulties :( flashed the firmware and it is still installing the 3 software and i cant seem to find the huawei software that it shud be running.
the flash claims to have been successfull but all the data files are still exactly the same on the modems flash drive thing.
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T'savong Lah
Quam Singulari Warp to Desktop
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Posted - 2008.10.24 13:52:00 -
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Benco97
Gallente The Star League
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Posted - 2008.10.24 14:04:00 -
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Originally by: Laughlyn Vaughns Still having difficulties :( flashed the firmware and it is still installing the 3 software and i cant seem to find the huawei software that it shud be running.
the flash claims to have been successfull but all the data files are still exactly the same on the modems flash drive thing.
That is VERY VERY odd... the flashing process should have totally overwritten the part of the device with the three software on it. Very odd indeed.. you didn't have any other USB devices plugged in at the time did you? It shouldn't have made a difference but who knows. You know, if worst comes to worst it'd not be expensive for me to mail my E220, I no longer use it so it's a bit of a waste just sitting there accusingly. It was originally Three but it's unlocked and flashed to the latest 7.2mb firmware, just something to think of if you're desperate.
Originally by: P'uck
You're a DUMBASS - bold italic underline at the VERY LEAST.
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Laughlyn Vaughns
Gallente Lagos-Vaughn Industries
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Posted - 2008.10.24 14:34:00 -
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well one of the guides i used has ended up putting the vodfone dashboard onto the modem now too so i'm trying to sort that out, i have a few of the other things from huawei but if it comes to the crunch then i may have to sort something out with u to get urs sent through and i'll sned u sum csh via paypal to cover postage n stuff and that |
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