Installing and operating the web'n'walk ExpressCard IV (aka Huawei E870) with Windows 7 x64

Using T-Mobile mobile hardware and especially software has always been a nightmare for me and sometimes also an odyssey for others :(
This time I decided to find a more clean approach - a T-Mobile-free way.

Matthias Fischer has an excellent blog entry (in German) on how to operate the Huawei E870 on Windows 7 - but it did not quite do the full trick for me, most likely because I run the x64 version....?
Anyway, I really need this mobile 3G card badly as I am traveling quite a bit. So I needed it to run on Windows 7 x64 (BTW: I am running Windows 7 x64 on a new 160GB Intel SSD in my Lenovo T61p... yummie!!! :)).

OK, so here are the steps involved how I got it running (I surely hope it also works for others):

• Download the 'Mobile Partner' tool (including base drivers) from Huwaei. The file you need is 'E870-UTPSB002D03SP16C03_(Normal).zip' which can be found here.
• Unzip the file, you will find 2 files in there.
  • An ISO, called MOBILE_CONNECT.ISO: this is the 'Mobile Connect' tool and some base drivers.
  • An EXE, called UTPS11.002.03.16.03.B310.exe: this is supposed to be a software update for the card (and some drivers?) - but it did not work for me, nevertheless.
• Mount the ISO (I did it with Virtual CloneDrive).
• Run the installer from the mounted ISO.
• After the installation is done, wait a bit. Windows will contact Windows Update and search for the 3G modem drivers - and it finds it (well, again: it did so for me ;))
  • The modem should show up in Device Manager as 'HUAWEI Mobile Connect - 3G Modem'.
• Now you are ready to use it by starting the 'Mobile Connect' tool (which looks more stable to me than T-Mobile's web'n'walk Manager, BTW).
  • If you live in Germany you may want to import the proper German mobile provider profiles which Matthias links to.

Now I can finally use my T-Mobile 3G plan on Windows 7 x64!

Yummie.
 

Comments

[Ingo Rammer]

Cool thing of the day: I've googled for 't-mobile web walk expresscard IV windows 7' and got back to TT's site ;-) Thanks for posting this ... trying it right now. -Ingo

[Johnny007]

Thank you Christian! I have installed modem today following your steps and works! Thanks again!

[Joe Wong]

I searched for help because I experience frequent halt of Windows 7 X64 everytime I got online with E870 for several minutes. I do not have this problem in Windows Vista x32 so I guess its the problem with X64 OS

I downloaded the ISO and mounted it however, the content was exactly the same as the E870 internal memory.

The UTP file shows the same firmware version as the card and I run it anyway. But it seems to stuck in the Checking Device status.

Do you have any idea?

[Christian Weyer]

Hm... strange, indeed. I am running Windows 7 x64 for a long time now and use the card almost every day. Sorry I can't be of any help here :(

[bebork]

Hi,
I was looking for a solution to identical installation problems with quite similar setup and the info posted here worked for me perfectly. Thanks.

My config is:

Vaio vgn-fw31m, Windows 7 64 bit, Huawei E870, Service provider: Polish Orange, Connection manager package: Orange Free V8.0.7.

Sorry for taking space with this details but I believe it will make it easier for other folks to solve their system/setup/driver based problems with mobile net.

Thanks again!

[tiec]

You might want to download the official drivers from Option. They have windows 7 drivers as well.

http://www.option.com/en/support/software-download/

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[Götz Zahn]

Hi Christian,
mfischer seems to be permantly down and i cannot access the German mobile provider profiles...may you have a copy of them for me?
Best regards
Götz Zahn

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