E160 constantly disconnecting
Monday, 23. February 2009 11:22 - daniel - Other - 13 Comments
Yesterday I had to use my E160 UMTS stick on my windows PC at home, because my normal internet connection went down. The E160 works quite well and I have a pretty strong signal at home, so no problem there. Web browsing and teamspeak was fine, but World of Warcraft kept disconnecting every few seconds.
After a bit of research it turned out, that my E160 probably has a faulty firmware installed. Updating the firmware to 11.604.21.00.156.B409 should fix the problem.
For some reason Huawei doesn't provide this update on their homepage, so it took me quite a while to find it. I finally got it from drei.at. I have a different service provider, but the update works nevertheless. It only updates the firmware and keeps the Mobile Partner software intact.
I haven't played World of Warcraft after I updated the firmware, but everything seems fine. In fact I'm writing this post while using my E160.
To make a long story short: Here is the download link for the firmware update if you happen to be in the same situation as me.
E160Update_116042100156B409.zip 7406 KB
Comments
toktokman - Monday, 9. March 2009 22:42
i do unluck for e160 and when i try to update firmware 11.604.21.00.156 ask me about password why???
joe - Saturday, 14. March 2009 0:20
like above post I would also like to update my firmware, as I have this issue with mmos: darkfall, warhammer online and age of conan. and I dont have a password.
I read someone updated thier and thier provider's manager software won't work anymore.
anyone know how you can back your current firmware up?
Daniel - Saturday, 14. March 2009 14:35
Sorry, no idea. It worked fine w/o a password for me. It looks like some carriers are using a password (maybe this got something to do with simlock?) and some not. I wasn't really able to find anything useful about getting the password for flashing. Sorry.
Jason - Thursday, 16. April 2009 15:10
I am interested in buying an unlocked E160 on ebay. I live in the U.S. and use att. I have a 3G unlimited data plan sim, and would like to know if it will on att. Also, I will be traveling abroad this summer in Europe and want to know if it will work there as well. Most importantly, I see that the E160 is capable of voice capabilities and SMS using the global partner software, but it is (optional). Do I have to do anything to have this function?? How do i get any updates for this device. Please let me know ASAP. Thank you.
Daniel - Thursday, 16. April 2009 21:05
The Mobil Partner version that is installed on my E160 is not capable of voice communication but can send and receive SMS. I think there is a version out there that is also capable of voice communication, but I don't have it.
Johan - Saturday, 18. April 2009 17:01
The link you provided above works 100%
Previously had one that asked for a password (from a local service provider website). Your's was also a bit newer!
Thanx
ken - Friday, 24. April 2009 15:21
Does it work now as i have the same problem?
Daniel - Wednesday, 29. April 2009 15:14
Yeah, playing works flawless now.
solleon - Sunday, 17. May 2009 22:05
Nice post! I used your post on my own.
Check on: http://cafecombits.blogspot.com/2009/05/solucoes-para-o-modem-3g-e160-huawei.html
Thankz a lot!
dario junior - Thursday, 19. November 2009 13:00
qual e o password...?????
Daniel - Friday, 20. November 2009 14:12
You can try any 8 digit number (e.g. 12345678). No idea if it works thou.
Hayden - Monday, 15. March 2010 0:51
Jason United States,, Tell me more about the unlimited 3g plan that you have , will it roam all over the world,, I have a 160 i bought from UK and i use in Aus, and it works good but i have to load my laptop with my mobile partner from my other 169 dongle which then lets the new one get the high speeds ,, I need to load the new firmware on the uk device , I think , Hayden
smokealottaerb - Sunday, 24. October 2010 5:29
for all those who require passwords, do the following (worked for me) :
1. download universal mastercode calculator from http://www.uploadmb.com/dw.php?id=1269843541
2. use the imei on ur modem to generate a flash code.
3. use the flash code as the password.