

This prevented Mobile Partner from being able to detect Vodafone devices. inf files modified so that the device description appeared in Device Manager as 'Vodafone Mobile Broadband' instead of 'Huawei' devices. Sometime in 2009, Huawei drivers started to appear with the. The K3805-Z modem has an Icera chipset and does not work with Join Air.
VODAFONE MOBILE BROADBAND SIM NOT RECOGNISED INSTALL


I have heard rumours that Vodacare check whether the device has been active on the Vodacom network when booking it in, so if you are returning a Vodafone modem under warranty, be sure to pop in a Vodacom SIM and allow it to register on the network first. The following methods do not modify the modem in any way, and thus should have no warranty implications. The purpose of this thread is to document various methods of circumventing this restriction. However, the software supplied with the modems Vodafone Mobile Connect or Vodafone Mobile Broadband, does not allow the use of SIM cards from other network operators. Vodacom do not sell network locked modems in South Africa.
