I managed to pick up the 3 (three) ZTE MF627 for just £9.99, it also came with a voucher for five free album downloads. This was using purchased from ‘3 Dongle 4 Free‘. I know they did these for free a few weeks a go, but I missed that offer.
I already had an unlimited Internet iPhone SIM card which I had spare from when I had my iPhone 3G. If you need to purchase one of these SIM card’s you can get one from eBay.
How to unlock your 3 ZTE MF627 USB Mobile broadband dongle:
Please only continue if you are using Windows XP! If you are on Vista, then this isn’t going to work.
Please only proceed if you know what you are doing!
1) Make sure that there is no sim card in the dongle.
2) Plug the dongle into the USB port on your PC/laptop, try to avoid using hubs as they could cause problems.
3) Install the drivers if you haven’t already done so, the installer should auto-run when the dongle is plugged in. If it doesn’t then start it manually from My Computer.
4) You should see the “Device is installed and ready to be used” message in your taskbar. Check in “Device Manager” to see if the device has been installed correctly.
5)
Download ZTE.rar and unpack the file using WinRAR(or whatever you prefer to use).
6) Run Flash Updater, when it has found device the download button will become active. Click Download and leave it to flash, Mine took 18 minutes.
7) Do not unplug or use PC or you may break your dongle!
When it has finished it will tell you!
9) Unplug it & put in your Vodafone/T‐mobile/Orange or O2 Sim or whatever.
10) Run the auto run file and install Telstra connection manager, make sure there is no other connection manager installed, if there is then uninstall first. Depending on your type of sim you need to add the right config file for your provider.
11) Use one of the APN’s below;
For an o2 iPhone unlimited internet PAYG sim card the settings are:
Config Name = o2 iPhone PAYG
Dial Number= *99#
user = payandgo
pass= password
APN= payandgo.o2.co.uk
DNS servers= Automatic
SMTP gateway (for email): smtp.o2.co.uk
Other settings:
o2 Contract SIM:
Config Name = O2
Dial Number= *99#
user = faster
pass= password
APN= mobile.o2.co.uk
DNS servers= 193.113.200.195
DNS servers= 193.113.200.195
3 SIM:
Internet
APN: three.co.uk
IP address: Leave blank
Username: Leave Blank
Password: Leave blank
or try the following;
APN: 3internet
dial number is *99#
password: leave blank
username leave blank
BT Mobile SIM:
Internet
APN: btmobile.bt.com
IP address: 212.183.137.12
Username: bt
Password: bt
URL: http://wap.btmw.net
o2 SIM:
APN: mobile.o2.co.uk
Username: mobileweb
Password: password
Primary DNS: 192.113.200.200
Secondary DNS: 192.113.200.201
SMTP gateway (for email): smtp.o2.co.uk
Orange SIM:
APN: orangeinternet
Username: Leave blank
Password: Leave blank
Primary DNS: 193.035.131.194
SMTP gateway (for email): smtp.orange.co.uk
T-Mobile SIM:
APN: general.t-mobile.uk
Username: user
Password: pass
Primary DNS: Set automatically
SMTP gateway (for email): smtp.t-email.co.uk
Vodafone SIM:
APN: internet
Username: web
Password: web
Primary DNS: 158.043.240.004
SMTP gateway (for email): smtp.vodafone.net
