Tutorial : How To Unlock Idea Netsetter/ Huawei Modems Yourself!

Most of us must have seen and used as well as many own mobile internet devices like MTS Blaze, Idea Netsetter and BSNL EVDO. Of all of these solutions available, the data plans are very costly and a balance between charge and value for money is met at around 500Rs per month. So its not a feasible solution for most of us. However, if you can compromise on speed, but still get unlimited dataplans, then you can think of 2.5G or EDGE solutions. EDGE can give you 256Kbps connection speeds and 30-40KBps download speeds with the right connection, device and tower.

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The solution for this internet requires to have a connecting device or a GPRS capable fone with PC connectivity. But Phones are too slow especially if you have an old one. So the best way to connect is by getting a USB modem for GSM. Idea's netsetter is the only one matching the criterion as its the only GSM mobile internet available. All the rest are either CDMA or 3G. So, I cant afford the 550Rs plan of Idea, for the slow internet they provide, what to do?? The solution is simple, use the same modem with another network. But then again a problem. Idea people have locked the device to idea networks only. So we unlock the device with some tools and use whatever we like in it. You can also unlock other Huawei 3g modems using this procedure.

I have seen lots of scams on the internet claiming to unlock their devices for rates starting from 100Rs to 500Rs. But here at Techonauts, you can unlock it for free!! Just download the attached tools and follow the procedure. This is not for Idea netsetter alone, but for the whole of the Huawei modem fleet which is locked down. List of supported devices at the end of article.

1. Download The Unlock Code calculator.
2. Download the Huawei Unlocker.
3. Run The Unlock code calculator
4. Beneath your Huawei device, the imei number will be shown, type it in exactly into the code calculator and hit 'Calc'. Copy it.
5. Plug in your device with the sim removed. Wait for a few minutes for the device to install and show itself to windows properly. Do NOT run the Netsetter software. If It is running in the tray, please exit it or you will get only errors.
6. Once the device has been recognized properly, Run the unlocker. Make sure it gives no port opening failed error message when opening. If so, uninstall the netsetter software from control panel and try again.
7. Make sure it displays your device imei automatically and then paste the unlock code in it and hit ok. It will start to unlock and and when successful will notify you.
8. Now remove the device and put in your own sim which must be GPRS enabled or having an active data plan.
9. Configure settings with the accesspoint in APN as static from options and connect.
10. Enjoy high speed internet with your choice of plans!!

Optional:-
Some people like to remove the Idea Netsetter software and replace it with something more standard. This is a little difficult as the software is flashed on the device itself as a CD ROM image. However you can replace that also with Huawei Dashboard software known as Mobile Partner provided as default by the company. FOr that, Download this Update and run it after exiting Idea net setter in tray as well as diconnecting anything that might be using the device. Also make sure power wont fail or your device will be fried!! The added advantage with this software upgrade is that you get the USSD function in options which allows to check balance and GPRS plan details like *123# or *111# which is otherwise not possible on the default Netsetter software. Now the only thing which reminds you of netseter would be the sticker on the device itself. Do I need to tell how to remove that too??

List Of Supported Devices for Unlock using the provided Tools:-

Huawei E156C
Huawei E155

Huawei E155X
Huawei E156G
Huawei E160
Huawei E160E
Huawei E160G
Huawei E161
Huawei E166
Huawei E166G
Huawei E169

Huawei E169G 
Huawei E170
Huawei E170G
Huawei E172
Huawei E172G
Huawei E176
Huawei E180
Huawei E180S
Huawei E180G

Huawei E181
Huawei E182
Huawei E182E
Huawei E196
Huawei E216 
Huawei E219
Huawei E226
Huawei E230
Huawei E270

Huawei E271
Huawei E272
Huawei E510
Huawei E612
Huawei E618
Huawei E620
Huawei E630
Huawei E660
Huawei E800

Huawei E870
Huawei E880
Huawei EG162
Huawei EG162G
Huawei EG602
Huawei EG602G
Huawei E1550
Huawei E1551
Huawei E1552

Huawei E1553
Huawei E1609
Huawei E1612
Huawei E1615
Huawei E1616
Huawei E1630
Huawei E1632
Huawei E1690
Huawei E1692

Huawei E1803
Huawei E1820
Huawei S4011
Huawei K3517
Huawei K3520
Huawei K3710
Huawei UMG181
Huawei EM770


Vodafone K2540
Vodafone K3250
Vodafone K3512
Vodafone K3515
Vodafone K3520
Vodafone K3565
Vodafone K3715
Vodafone E3735

Block, Restrict To Open Some Websites For Some Limited Time Period

Sometimes it must have happened with you that when you are trying to work with full concentration then the other sites like twitter, Facebook or Flickr are distracting you. Today I will be sharing a solution with you in a very familiar way. All the sites mentioned above may distract you while you want to work with full concentration on your system and in this post I will be sharing a script with your which will help you to block all the sites mentioned above and if you smart enough to understand this script then you can edit it by adding some of the websites on your own.

You can see the snapshot of the change in the host file, where I have block the sites which are mentioned above in the first paragraph. The most common way to restrict any website from getting opened is editing the Host file and this script also uses the same concept. Once you double click the script the host on your system will change and then you will not be able to open the websites mentioned in the website.
The only reason in using this script is that you will not have to edit them every time when you want to work, rather you will just double click the script and once you are over with you work and you want to restore the Host file then double click that script again and then you will be able to work with those blocked websites again. I hope that this small remedy will be very helpful for you, even if you do not want your kids to open these sites if they are using the system for studies.
The size of the script is not even a single and it can be downloaded from the link mentioned below. You just have to unzip it and then use it by double clicking the script which will be extracted from the Zipped file. So, go for using this script and please do write us, if you face any problem while installing or working with this script, just put down your comments in the comments sections and we will revert back in the same section. We might be able to help you as we have already used this script. This script is expected to be compatible with all the versions of Windows as it has been checked with Windows 7 32-bit Ultimate edition. I hope that you will like this small tip, keep reading and have a nice day.
Do not distract Script
[ Source: Digital Inspiration ]

3 Things You Can Do With New Facebook Messages

New Facebook Messages has been started rolling out for most the facebook users now, I got new facebook today. Facebook messages has changed a lot which I realized after upgrading to new facebook messages layout on my facebook profile. It has become much like any other email like gmail  and yahoo mail etc as you can now send mails to any other account using facebook to any of your friend or any non facebook user using email id.
People can also reply to the mail you have sent using facebook, as they will reply to your facebook email id which will be your facebookusername@facebook.com, you might get to see the new facebook messages upgrade pop up as shown in the image below or else you can use this trick to get new facebook messages on your profile. 
With new facebook messages you can do the following things, as illustrated below one by one.

Send Emails Using Facebook

You can send email using facebook to non facebook users, just by clicking the option new message under facebook and type the email id of that person as shown in the image below.

Send Pictures or Attachment In Facebook Message

With new facebook messages you can send file as attachment and can also send pictures as shown in the image below.

Send Text Messages To Facebook Friends

New facebook messages allows to send text messages to your facebook friends, you just need to check the text message section as shown in the image below.

Similarly, your friends can also send you text messages via facebook if you have enabled text messaging by entering your number. Facebook will not charge for the messages you receive standard messages rates will apply as per your mobile phone provider.

Facebook Interface Will Get Better Soon For Feature Phones

Now a days when Facebook is being accessed by many peoples from their mobiles. Facebook is trying its best to increase the number phones on which it can be accessed. It will be great if people can access their Facebook account from their mobile phones rather than using any laptop, mobile will be with you all the time and accessible all time and thus it will be great if we can check the status of any of the friends or set our latest updates any time. In this post I will be telling you some of the steps taken Facebook so that they can increase the number of users accessing their Facebook from their mobile.

Now a days Facebook can be used many of the users on their smartphones but the only problem is that most of the people do not go for using smartphones, so Facebook is thinking of some new feature in Facebook which can help the users to accessed their Facebook account on phones other than smartphones. Facebook is in agreement with many of the service providers from many countries and many manufacturers of mobile like Samsung, Nokia, LG, Sony Ericson and some other manufacturers.
Not these phone manufactures and the service providers will help in the setting the compatibility and reasonable rates to access that application on your mobile phone. The 14 different service providers have been selected for 14 different countries. For India, Reliance has been selected and it has also been intimated that Facebook will be offering free service to their applications for first 90 days for their applications and then the rates and charges which has already been decided will be implied.
So, go for using this website and then let us know about your experience. If you face any problem or if you discover anything new while surfing the website then please let us know about that problem by putting it in the comments section, if we found that issue to be a genuine problem or information then we will let all the readers know about that information on your behalf or else we might help you to resolve that problem as we have already explored the website. So keep reading, take care of yourself and have a nice day!!!

New in orkut: Edit your photos with Picnik!

Orkut has an exciting new feature to share with you all: Now you can edit all the photos in your orkut albums with Picnik, the online photo editor. Picnik makes your photos fabulous! It's an award-winning photo editing application that lives online, in your browser, with nothing to download. It's fast, easy and fun.

And now it's right in orkut! Just open any photo in your orkut photo albums and click on the "Edit with Picnik" button above it:

Picnik will load right inside of orkut. You can do basic fixes with easy but powerful editing tools, tweak to your heart's content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, frames and more:

When you're done turning your photo into your perfect picture, just click the "Save to my album" button in the top right-hand corner to add your new photo right back into the photo album it started in. It's never been easier!

The best part is, this is all happening right in time for the Holidays! Picnik has a whole suite of Holiday tools for cheerful costumes, wintery effects, and all the decorations your photos could ever need to ring in this merriest time of year. So even if you live in the southern hemisphere and you're on your summer vacation enjoying the beach, you can turn your photos into the perfect Winter Wonderland.

Everyone here on both orkut and Picnik teams wishes you all Happy Holidays and Happy Picniking!

Posted by Virginia Roman, Picnik writer and orkut site editor 

Search Google Fast From Windows 7 Start Menu Search Box

Today I am going to tell you about a trick in Windows 7 which can help you to search on internet without even opening a browser and logging on to Google to type the keyword in that text field. After I tell you this trick you will be able to search on internet by just typing in the search field present at the bottom of the start menu. In this post I will tell you about this trick just follow the steps and take the help of the snapshot mentioned in the post and then you will be able to perform this trick.

The steps are mentioned as follows:-

• Type ‘gpedit.msc’ in the search menu at the bottom of the start menu, the location of that text field has been mentioned in the snapshot mentioned below.

• You will see a similar page shown in the snapshot below. Now follow the path mentioned below: User Configuration/ Administrative Templates/ Start Menu and Taskbar.

• After you get to this page, click the option highlighted in the snapshot shown below.

• You will see another application window in which you are supposed to enable that setting and then click OK to save that setting. After these settings now search anything in the same search text field and then see a new option in your search results. You default browser will be added for the search results over internet.

I hope that these steps will help you to get more interactive with your search on system and then this tutorial will help you to avoid the opening of any window of the browser for searching anything over internet. Just open your start menu and then you can do so.

Please go for using this tutorial and then let us know about any exception if you face while performing this tutorial. Just put that exception or any problem in the comments section and we will revert back to you, as we have already performed this tutorial so we might help you with this problem and if you have got anything better than this to share with us then please go ahead and do the same as mentioned below in the snapshot. So keep reading and have a nice day!!!

Turn Off Windows Sounds When You Lock Computer

In your workplace, one hotkey that you might use very frequently is Win+L to lock your computer. This is the awesome feature of the Windows Team but with some lack of options, you might face awkward and embarrassing moments at your workplace. The one option this feature lacks is that sounds in the background are not muted when the system is locked.

Muting sounds manually before locking your computer and unmuting again would be very annoying. So have you ever wished that there is a quick way to mute all of your computer’s sounds? Now this is possible with the help of application Mute On Lock. Mute On Lock is a light and simple tool that allows you to quickly mute all the sounds when you lock your computer and unmute when you again Logged in. Even though it is a small tool but very useful. Mute On Lock is very useful specially at your workplace so that you do not want to disturb your co-workers with the sounds of the notifications and music.

Mute On Lock barely consumes main memory and is a small tool that will automatically mute and unmute all the sounds of the computer. You can even use hotkeys to mute/unmute the system.

Mute On Lock is fairly simple to use. After installing, its icon will be seen in your system tray. You can mute all the sounds of your computer by right clicking on the icon and enabling Muted. To configure it, click on options. You can select hotkeys for both mute/unmute sound and exiting the programs. You can also choose which actions you want when you double click system tray icon;Mute/Unmute Sound, Enable/Disable Effect, or Show Options. If you want this tool to run when you start windows, simply check the box Run at Windows Startup. if you don’t want to the speakers to be muted when system is locked, right click on the system tray icon and disable Enabled.

This freeware application also comes with a portable version. This application works perfectly on Windows XP. To run this tool on Windows Vista and Windows 7, simply change the compatibility to Windows XP. Both 32-bit and 64-bit OS are supported.

Download Mute On Lock installer

Download Mute On Lock Portable Version

Use the Secret Send To Menu Items

When you right-click on any file or folder, you can use the Send To menu to create a zipped version, or send the file to an application, but in Windows 7 there are hidden items on the Send To menu that can't be seen by default.

All you have to do is hold down the Shift key, then right-click on a file and access the Send To folder—you'll see a whole bunch of new items in the list, like special folders, and even an item for each one of your drives. It's a really useful tip for quickly sending a file to the flash drive you just plugged into the PC, without having to do anything else.

Stupid Geek Tricks: Secret Items on the Windows 7 Send To Menu [How-To Geek]

Open a Command Prompt from Any Folder

This is one of those tips that most real geeks already know, but chances are there's somebody reading this that doesn't know about it—if you hold down the Shift key while right-clicking on any folder, including the desktop background, you'll see a new item for "Open command window here", that will open a command prompt with that folder as the default path.

This tip only works in Windows 7 or Vista, for Windows XP you'll need to use a registry hackto accomplish the same thing. We can't mention this tip without telling you how to do the opposite—you can open a file browser from your current command prompt directory as well.

Stupid Geek Tricks: Open a Command Prompt From the Desktop Right-Click Menu [How-To Geek]

Hide Secret Data Inside Any File

There's any number of great ways to hide data from prying eyes—TrueCrypt, anyone? But if you want to simply hide some text data inside a secret "compartment", you can abuse the Alternate Data Streams feature in the underlying NTFS file system. All you have to do is open up a command prompt, and then use a command similar to this:

notepad SomeFile.txt:SecretWordHere.txt

The special filename with the colon and second filename tells NTFS to actually store the data in an alternate stream, instead of the regular file. You can put whatever you want into the file, and nobody will be able to access it unless they know the command to retrieve it.

Stupid Geek Tricks: Hide Data in a Secret Text File Compartment [How-To Geek]

Tile or Cascade Specific Windows

Sure, Windows 7 has the awesome Aero Snap feature that lets you drag windows to the side of the screen to fill one side, but what if you want to cascade them, or tile them stacked on top of each other?

Back in the XP and Vista days this was relatively simple—you could hold down the Ctrl key while selecting multiple windows on the taskbar, and then right-click on any of them to tile or cascade them. For Windows 7, you can do the same thing, but you'll need to open up Task Manager instead, hold Ctrl, select the open windows, and then you can cascade them from there.

Stupid Geek Tricks: Tile or Cascade Multiple Windows in Windows 7 [How-To Geek]

Undo an Accidental File Move or Deletion With the Keyboard

Have you ever tried to select a bunch of files while holding the Ctrl key, and then accidentally copied all of them because you slightly moved your mouse? Maybe you just deleted a file and don't feel like hunting it down in the Recycle bin. In either case, you can use the Ctrl+Z shortcut key to immediately reverse whatever you didn't mean to do.

Readers will probably point out that you can also do this from the context menu in Windows 7, but it's surprising how many people don't realize the keyboard shortcut works.

Stupid Geek Tricks: Undo an Accidental Move or Delete With a Keyboard Shortcut [How-To Geek]

Navigate the Open / Save Dialogs With the Keyboard

Opening or saving files can be so very tedious when your application doesn't start with the right default folder, but instead of clicking and clicking your mouse to get where you're going, you can simply use the keyboard to change the folder.

You can use ".." without the quotes to go up a folder, use shell:desktop to change to the desktop folder, or just start typing in the full path to a file.

Stupid Geek Tricks: Navigate in the File Open/Save Dialog With the Keyboard [How-To Geek]

Use the Secret Trick to Close Windows Explorer

Have you ever wondered how to restart the Start Menu? The more tech-savvy among you probably know that you can just pop open Task Manager and kill the explorer.exe process, but there's actually another way to do it built right into Windows 7 and Vista—it's just a bit of a secret.

Hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys, then open up the start menu, and right-click anywhere on the blank space. You'll see a new menu with an Exit Explorer item on it, which will immediately terminate the desktop shell—keep in mind to reopen it you'll need to use Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager, and then File –> Run and type in explorer.exe.
That's not the only right-click menu trick you can do here, however—if you want to open up the Start Menu folder in Windows 7, you can right-click on the All Programs menu item to access the old Start Menu context menu from previous versions of Windows.

Hidden Trick to Close Windows Explorer in Windows 7 or Vista [How-To Geek]

Create a Zip File with the Same Name as a Selected File

If you regularly use the built-in Send To –> Compressed (zipped) folder feature to create zip files in Windows, you might notice that it seems to randomly pick a filename for the generated file. If you want to save the step of renaming the file, you can make sure that you right-click on top of the file that you want to have the same name.
For instance, if we had right-clicked on the Readme.txt file in the screenshot and used the Send To –> Compressed feature, the resulting file would have been called Readme.zip. Since that's not very helpful, it's better to right-click on one of the selected HTGBack.x files, which will give us HTGBack.zip instead.

Stupid Geek Tricks: Make Zipfiles With the Same Name as a Selected File [How-To Geek]

Show the XP Alt-Tab Prompt in Windows 7

This tip isn't so much useful as an interesting trick that you can show your geek friends—you can trigger the old XP Alt-Tab dialog even in Windows 7 with Aero enabled by using a series of shortcut keys. First, hold down one of the Alt keys, press and release the other Alt key, and then press the Tab key. Just like that, the old XP prompt will show up.

Stupid Geek Tricks: Windows 7 Easter Egg Shows the XP Alt-Tab Prompt [How-To Geek]

Pin a Folder to the Start Menu

It's easy to pin any application to the Start Menu by just right-clicking on the icon, but folders aren't quite as easy—or are they? There's a bunch of complicated registry hacks out there that enable the "Pin to Start Menu" item for folders, but it's so much simpler to just drag the folder to the Start button, and then drop the folder wherever you want it in the menu.

Bonus tip: You might notice in the screenshot that there's something different below the Downloads button-and you can easily add My Dropbox to your own Windows 7 Start Menutoo.

Shrink the XP Volume Control

This is one of those tips that's great to show off to your friends that have been using Windows XP for years, because they probably don't know about it yet. You can shrink the Volume Control dialog down to a much smaller size by simply using the Ctrl+S shortcut key with the dialog open.

Sure, it could be useful if you wanted to keep the dialog up on the screen without wasting space, but it's mostly just a fun trick to show off your skills.

Stupid Geek Tricks: Shrink the XP Volume Control [How-To Geek]

Remove Old Drivers by Showing Hidden Devices in Device Manager

Once you've upgraded your PC's hardware, you won't see the old devices sitting around anymore in the Device Manager, but rest assured that they are still there. If you want to clean up all the old drivers, you can use a special trick to enable hidden devices by simply typing the following into a command prompt:

SET DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1

Once you've done that, type in devmgmt.msc to open up Device Manager, and then you can use View –> Show hidden devices to show all the devices you couldn't see before.

Remove Old Drivers After Upgrading to New Hardware [How-To Geek]

Find Secret Messages in Web Site Headers

The world of HTTP protocol headers is something that even geeks don't usually have to deal with, much less normal people. But they are out there, and many of them contain hidden messages that you would never know are there. For instance, Slashdot embeds random quotes from Futurama in every page load, and other sites embed many other things.

To see them for yourself, you can install the Live HTTP headers extension for Firefox, or you can use curl –I http://slashdot.org to see them from the command line in Linux or OS X.