I found a nice piece of software. Unlocking your Web’n'Walk is about 15€ at dc-unlocker.com. But there ist already an opensource solution for unlocking at http://dogber1.blogspot.com/2010/01/unlocker-for-option-gio225.html
The python script seems to be a little sensitive – I own two sticks. I was able to unlock one with Win7 Ultimate. The second stick unlock didn’t work on my laptop. So I tried another one with XP installed – things even got worse. Finally I tried a desktop PC, there it worked without issues. Unlocking is quite easy:
- Install python 2.6.x (32 bit version): http://www.python.org/download/
- Install pywin32 for python 2.6: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/
- Install pyserial: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyserial/files/
- Download the unlocker (http://sites.google.com/site/dogber1/blog/msm-unlock-v1.6.zip) and unpack it (e.g. into the directory C:\msm)
- Download a firmware update for the 3G modem from Option or T-Mobile
- Unpack the firmware update into the directory used above (e.g. C:\msm)
- Remove the SIM card from the modem and plug it in . Make sure that you have the latest drivers from the option website installed before you start msm_unlock.py. Also, close all the tools for the stick (‘connection manager’ etc.).
- Write down the unlock code. Unplug the stick, replug it and apply the unlock code with msm_apply.py.
- Unplug and replug the stick once more and you’ve got yourself an unlocked 3G modem.
Thanks a lot Dogbert!
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