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I picked up a T-Mobile ZTE MF61 (locked) for $35 on Black Friday, hoping I could unlock it. I was a little skeptical of getting it to work after using DC-unlocker based on a lot of the forum posts mentioning that they'd get stuck seeing "Searching..." on the device's LCD.
ANYWAYS, this is what I did to get it working in case anyone else is having issues. Note that you can ONLY get this working on a network which supports UMTS Band IV (1700 MHz/2100 MHz) OR on the 1900 MHz frequency (this will limit it to EDGE speeds).
Proof: http://i.imgur.com/oHHJc.jpg?1
ANYWAYS, this is what I did to get it working in case anyone else is having issues. Note that you can ONLY get this working on a network which supports UMTS Band IV (1700 MHz/2100 MHz) OR on the 1900 MHz frequency (this will limit it to EDGE speeds).
- Plug in the device with the STOCK SIM card installed.
- Install the modem software.
- Browse to the admin page of the device.
- In the settings, set the APN settings for the network you want to connect the device to (i.e., the non-stock/network-locked SIM's network settings).
- Set these new APN settings as the default.
- Unplug the device.
- Turn off the device.
- Take out the battery and replace the stock SIM with the non-stock SIM (i.e., the network-locked SIM).
- Turn the device on.
- Plug the device back into your computer.
- Install DC-Unlocker after having bought your credits (7 for this particular device).
- Set DC-Unlocker to auto-detect the modem. It should detect it without any issues.
- Finally, hit the Unlock button. The device should become unlocked without any problems.
- Your device will restart. It will connect to the new network. You will be able to browse on the Internet.
Proof: http://i.imgur.com/oHHJc.jpg?1