You will need to place another carrier SIM into the SIM tray for it to prompt you for the unlock key. If you have any Huawei modem, you can easily unlock it for use with any carrier by plugging its IMEI into this site and getting an unlock key. Lets take a look at two of them – a Virgin Mobile branded Huawei E153u and a ‘yes’ Optus branded Huawei E160E. It’s been a week of not having ADSL2+ and my connection has been relying on an assortment of USB 3G modems which I have collected over the years.