AT&T Novatel 2372 - Accidental flash with Bell Firmware

[yaylol]

Dude you simply need to flash generic firmware from dc-files.com

[pattercisco]

I did the same exact thing, I accidentally upgraded the firmware to the Bell firmware, and now I'm stuck.. This is a device for an executive at the company I work for, so it's important that I get it to work, is the generic firmware available for download? also, how much do credits cost for dc-unlocker?

[flymooney]

Success unlocking AT&T MiFi 2372

Sorry, this post is for gcap001.

Have you solved your problem yet?

[flymooney]

Success unlocking AT&T MiFi 2372

Have you solved your problem allan_vancouver?
Here is what I did.

I signed up with AT&T 2 weeks ago. Living in the States and working in Canada, I need an unlocked device.

I was successful in unlocking my AT&T MiFi 2372. I did the following:

1- I searched the Novatel Wireless website with "att mifi 2372" and I found the latest USB drivers. (The latest firmware is also there).

2- DC-Unlocker did not detect the device: "modem not found !"

3- I searched the Novatel Wireless website with "Bell mifi" and found the latest *locked* firmware, version 5.26.2. I also found Mobilink 3.00.14 for the Bell 2372. I loaded that firmware on my AT&T 2372.

4- The first 3 steps out of 5 of the firmware upgrade were successful. Steps 4 and 5 failed. These last 2 steps have to do with with loading the XML files for the web management utility.

5- At this point, DC-Unlocker reports finding the modem, and reports a *locked* status. Using dc-unlocker, it unlocked the 2372 like a charm.

6- I then connected with wifi. The XML web management pages not being in the firmware, I only got *Hello world!* on the landing page.

7- I then searched with Google for a "generic 5.26.2 MiFi 2372 firmware". I did not find any, but a few links to people who sell unlocked 2372 and applications, and I asked then for a copy of the firmware. I got 1 positive response.

8- I uploaded the generic firmware. The device remained unlocked and works flawlessly. I tried my Telus SIM card in it, and it reports it is not activated, wich is correct. It connects OK with my AT&T SIM card. No GPS access, even though the GPS Com Port is present (I have not done extensive testing of GPS). The working Mobilink software for that firmware is included. It also gives access to the Wifi management via USB. Mobilink 3.00.14 does not. I found out that in order to have access to the Mobilink stuff on the USB storage device, I had to turn off File sharing on sdcard, in the System tab on the web management page. Default WEP key is 12345 and Login password to administration pages on the web is: admin.

That should be complete. Whether loading the Bell firmware before loading the generic firmware is really needed, I don't know. I did it before finding the generic firmware. Perhaps the generic firmware loads directly in an unlocked state, I don't know.

I hope this helps.

[yaylol]

You could try firmware update from dc-files.

[gcap001]

I was trying to get the right drivers setup to unlock my AT&T and found some notes that loading the MUU for Bell (20418759_MUU_MiFi2372_Bell_FW5.26.2_ML3.00.57_Loc ked_Pkg.zip) at the same time the unlock program is running that I could then connect and unlock. That worked great, but I accidentally installed the Bell firmware on my AT&T device. It upgraded my firmware to 5.26.2.01, but it fails to upload the HTML files so now I can't access the device with a web browser.

Any tips on how to get the AT&T firmware installed again? I tried a factory reset with a paperclip, but that didn't work.