Is my mobile BB router locked?

I have a huawei 525 mobile router i bought online,so it does not belong to three.
I wanted to try EE to see if i can get a faster connection.
I bought an EE small data sim just to try out before i decide wether to stay with three or move to EE.
I have tried a few times after inserting the EE sim re-setting the router.
But it will not connect i am still getting a red light on the router.
Would three have locked my router which they should not have as it is my property.
I would appreciate any help,thanks.

Think i had to turn on data roaming or change the apn to auto, then connected on my 535

Thanks i will have a look at that.

No luck yet.

Sticking another sim in my unlocked b525 works straight away, nothing needed changing. Tried three, o2 and Vodafone.

In reply to a post by elvisarron:

I have a huawei 525 mobile router i bought online,so it does not belong to three.
I wanted to try EE to see if i can get a faster connection.
I bought an EE small data sim just to try out before i decide wether to stay with three or move to EE.
I have tried a few times after inserting the EE sim re-setting the router.
But it will not connect i am still getting a red light on the router.
Would three have locked my router which they should not have as it is my property.
I would appreciate any help,thanks.

From your later post it is clear the router is not locked. However your logic is wrong in your OP.

If I buy a phone that is locked to an ISP, then sell it to you, then it is still locked. If your 525 had been legitimately locked to or by Three then the fact that you bought it on eBay is irrelevant.

It sounds more as if your small data SIM is locked to EE routers, which might not be allowed. Or maybe to (any) phones. Also dodgy.

Does it say anything on the packet?

Edited by RobertoS (Fri 01-May-20 10:50:53)

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

It sounds more as if your small data SIM is locked to EE routers, which might not be allowed. Or maybe to (any) phones. Also dodgy.

SIMs are not locked (at least in the UK).

The problem is the router, or phone, need to be configured to the network APN (Access Point Name) before any connection works.

Android and Apple devices do this automatically for all UK SIMs. Most mobile routers / MiFi devices have an auto mode but not all. Some also have the wrong settings.

Searching the internet for the network name and APN usually reveals the right information.

Edited by jchamier (Fri 01-May-20 10:56:20)

Ah, right. Thanks. Still strange it works for three networks then but not EE. Unless the previous owner had manually made the additions.

But I just realised, it wasn't the OP tried those other networks.

Edited by RobertoS (Fri 01-May-20 11:06:19)

My unlocked B525 needed the APN settings configured for 3, when I put a vodafone sim in it changed the APN automatically, they had never been loaded. The sim seems to carry or open up a route for APN's to be downloaded and set on first connection but its erratic. So go into your APN settings and set the APN details to suit the EE contract the sim is on.

It says 1 simply insert your siminto the device & follow device setup instructions.
2 click on your browser to connect.
3 a screen will appear,complete the registration & click to go online.
But that does not happen,it brings a message up in the browser no connection& it also opens up my 3 mobile broadband configuration that i usually log into to do anything with my router.

I am not on any contract with EE i got this EE sim to see if the speeds were better than three.

I went into the router settings & changed apn the other things in there,the EE sim still not working.
So i have my three sim back in,i think i will just leave it there.lol

In reply to a post by kommando:

The sim seems to carry or open up a route for APN's to be downloaded and set on first connection but its erratic

Some devices have tables of networks. The SIM identifies itself as a "Vodafone UK" and the device looks up in the table and sets the APN.

Vodafone is one of the complex ones as they have a different APN for prepay and contract services. You may be prompted by the device for which one (Android often does this).

Whenever I load a new Three SIM into an unlocked phone it spends 10-15 minutes downloading all sorts of (unspecified) settings. IIRC three or four downloads in total.

That will be specific to that make of phone. On my OnePlus 7 and my old Pixel phones, nothing automatically downloaded. On iPhones there is no auto download at all.

Some (Android) phones may be configured so that if a SIM from provider Y is inserted, there is a list of apps that provider wants installed.

Mobile networks want to return to the days of a "Vodafone" or an "o2 phone" rather than you having a Samsung S8, or an iPhone 8. Hence the branding on many handsets, which Android makers allow, Apple refused at the very beginning.

Personally I see it as a vendor to avoid!

Edited by jchamier (Fri 01-May-20 14:16:13)

Archos; LG; Sony; Samsung and Huawei have all done it for me when inserting a Three SIM.

Edited by RobertoS (Fri 01-May-20 15:45:08)

How do you like the OnePlus 7?

I ordered an OnePlus 8 Pro on Tuesday evening, just too late for Wednesday delivery. It was despatched on Wednesday and tracked as moving on Thursday but never reached "Out for delivery".

4pm Wednesday the tracking changed to "Delayed in transit" and delivery now expected May1 or May 2. If both fail than I can ask for a refund.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

How do you like the OnePlus 7?

I've got a second hand Pro 7 5G, and its really used for experimenting with cellular network tech, I've rooted it, and run apps you can't run otherwise. That of course means I can't use some apps like Netflix. Its a large screen, which is easy to read, but heavy in the pocket and hand.

4pm Wednesday the tracking changed to "Delayed in transit" and delivery now expected May1 or May 2. If both fail than I can ask for a refund.

Annoying, hopefully you get it this weekend, or Monday!

Huh, I wonder what they're downloading. I've only PAYG with Three and O2, but I have used EE and Vodafone contract SIMs. Maybe its trying to download the configuration settings, rather than apps, and the database is very slow - or a long way away!

It does say things like "Configuration settings", but that's a very wide range.

It clearly sets the APN, as the phones were all previously on other networks that didn't do anything similarly protracted. Maybe one quick download, whereas these come spaced out.

I am rather worried about the size and weight, but we shall have to see.

Basically there aren't any decent phones even the size of my current P10 Lite. Not long ago we would have called them tablets LOL.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Basically there aren't any decent phones even the size of my current P10 Lite. Not long ago we would have called them tablets LOL.

Yes, I think they are officially "phablets". Have fun with it !