Found this guide last week and decided to give it a go,works a treat! All credit goes to the original author.The how to guide is attached as a pdf file and the unlocked firmware is also attached as a rar file.
This guide is for unlocking the white Huawei Echolife HG612 fibre modem only.
In the guide step 3 is a little confusing,(well it was to me anyway!!) so this is how to do it.This whole process can only be carried out with a wired connection.
3.Configure the ethernet NIC of your PC with IP address 192.168.1.100.
Ok i used windows 7 to do this but tried it on XP as well and both work the same way.Goto the network & sharing center,in here click on the "change adaptor settings" you should see your network connections (wireless & wired) right click on the wired connection and select "properties" a new window will open,in here you will see a list of different options,click on "Internet protocol version 4 (TCP/IP v4) when you have highlighted this option "properties" will be available to click on,click on it and another window will open,there is two tabs "General" & "Alternate Configuration" click on Alternate Configuration then select "user configured" then input the 192.168.1.100. into the ip address section,the subnet mask will fill in automatically,then in the default gateway put in 192.168.1.1 then click "ok"
Make sure you have the ethernet cable connected to the fibre modem during the whole process.
Then you just follow the guide from start to finish.
p.s This is done entirely at your own risk!!!
