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How to get the unlock code prompt on AT&T Nighthawk MR1100
I have a AT&T Nighthawk MR1100 through OTR Mobile. They are switching to T-Mobile based service so I had to get the unlock code and a T-Mobile post paid SIM. When I put the T-Mobile SIM in and power i...
If you can connect to T-Mobile network without entering the code, your device was unlocked.
Thanks
Alread tired this, it will not work when the IMEI is associated with a telephone number that I am not associated with, the telephone number is with OTR using AT&T network. I also talked direct with AT&T support, OTR needs to release the number first, then maybe the AT&T website will work. I cannot do that now, this is our only source of internet, I cannot afford to be disconnected and then find out I am still unable to unlock the MR1100. I am going to purchase another LTE modem as the backup plan, wether i stay with OTR in the long run i do not know, AT&T network is reliable and have had no issue with it. I have no experiance with T-Mobile
Guys, you can keep posting that link to AT&T ad nauseum. IT'S NEVER GOING TO WORK FOR NIGHTHAWKS PURCHASED FROM OTR MOBILE.
According to AT&T, the numbers associated with those devices belonged to TELEPHONES and should never have been associated with hotspots. AT&T WILL NOT UNLOCK THEM.
OTR Mobile WILL NOT UNLOCK THEM.
Netgear WILL NOT UNLOCK THEM.
As far as I know, your choices are limited to dc-unlocker and some other company that purports to provide unlock codes for these devices.
I'm not sure what dc-unlocker is, but I found posts elsewhere that it's a group in Lithuania. To use them you have to go through some process of getting "credits", possibly some cyber currency, and whatever you give them is GONE whether they provide you with a successful unlock or not. There are LOTS of posts in various places from angry, frustrated people that WEREN'T successful getting unlocked by dc-unlocker. Others HAVE been successful. I haven't tried to unlock mine yet so I don't know if dc-unlocker is a total scam, a reliable company, or something in between.
I did not purchase my MR1100 from OTR, but it is branded AT&T and locked.
- If you want it unlock.
Here's an ebay link, $30 though:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NETGEAR-NIGHTHAWK-M1-MR1100-AT-T-UNLOCK-MODEM-SERVICE-BY-CODE/143587444971?hash=item216e7a88eb:g:lK4AAOSw3axeoTprDepending on where you bought it, from a retailer, AT&T or one of the companies that sold them as part of fraudulent plans, AT&T may unlock it... But if it's not a legitimate AT&T device it's not going to make a bit of difference whether you use the IME OR the phone number when you try to unlock it at AT&T...
Had a lengthy conversation a couple days ago with one of their people who provided some information about what was actually going on with a bunch of resellers... Dead phone numbers, phone numbers belonging to a phone, IMEIs that have been spoofed... AT&T isn't going to help.
Been there, done both, makes NO difference.
And yes, CellCorner is the other one... Before you give them money, look around for posts about the success people have had with them...
- Don't unlock with phone number!!!
Unlock using the IMEI number of the device only!!!
Do it yourself, might get blacklisted:
https://youtu.be/44tMF02pTv8
or
Buy AT&T Device Unlock from ebay 👍