How to tell what carrier a mifi is locked to

How to tell what carrier a mifi is locked to

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JABB

Original Poster:

3,589 posts

242 months

Wednesday 15th March 2023
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I have a netgear M5 and the imei number shows it's not blacklisted but I can't find out what carrier it's locked to.
Can anyone on here help with that, and maybe even help with unlocking it please?

Alorotom

12,101 posts

193 months

Thursday 16th March 2023
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It wasn't a Netgear MiFi device but I did buy a Huawei 4G one long time ago now as a stopgap solution and it was sold as sim-free but wasn't. I managed to get hold of a generic software for it (from https://www.xda-developers.com I think) and flashed it which removed all restrictions and made it a much better and more diverse device than it was in its former guise.

Worth a look maybe?

JABB

Original Poster:

3,589 posts

242 months

Thursday 16th March 2023
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Alorotom said:
It wasn't a Netgear MiFi device but I did buy a Huawei 4G one long time ago now as a stopgap solution and it was sold as sim-free but wasn't. I managed to get hold of a generic software for it (from https://www.xda-developers.com I think) and flashed it which removed all restrictions and made it a much better and more diverse device than it was in its former guise.

Worth a look maybe?
Thank you. What a site!