Appreciate it, very clear tutorial and it worked for my B268-300 modem. Moreover, I finally solved my 5 month long agony of no speed during day and at night by locking to 2300 mhz, I instantly went from 1-2mbps to 12 mbps, which is paradise by comparison. Thanks a lot.
Thank you! Worked with B535-232. I used the v1.0 of the tool, since it's modified the last time in May 2022 (and it's the non-beta version). Good alternative to the HuaCtrl App. (You can't change the LTE band anymore with this android app unless you buy the pro version.) So the huawei_band_tool is a really good alternative.
Hi! I tried locking the band of my modem but it doesn't help. How can I get the default settings, I fear that If I reset the modem, evertything will be lost and I'll have to redo its settings? Can I only chose "LTE_ALL"? Thank you
you need to test by yourself. anyway check some other videos it is possible to lock lte band and even tower cell on this router ua-cam.com/video/Soude0fbFDA/v-deo.htmlsi=aItevNQt02vqrlHv
@@justanengineer5599 Thanks for your helpful reply, Adam. After watching your videos, I ordered a Huawei B818 and am still waiting for it to arrive. Assuming that a particular Huawei router (including USB donles like E8372) is compatible, would any huaCTRL adjustments (eg, LTE band locking or CA) be "permanent" and not be changed (back) by a router reboot or on/off? Thanks again.
It is available only on particular (european) version of e3276 modem. There are at least 5 versions of this modem on the market - for example: E3276s-150: Band 1/3/7/8/20 (800/900/1800/2100/2600MHz) E3276s-210: Band 3/7/20/38 (FDD 800/1800/2600 TDD 2600MHz) E3276s-861: Band 7/38/39/40 (FDD 2600MHz TDD 1900/2300/2600MHz
Hello justanengineer. Love your content btw. when i do the command to show the bands on my huawei b310-22 it shows this : Current LTE Band: 7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF (800+900+1500+1800+2100+2300|TDD+2600+2600|TDD+ALL) I'm confused because in that information it show i'm using all the bands but in my browser page of the router it says that is only using 4G and i have no option to use LTE there. There was a buddy of mine that showed a similar b310 router with an modification and it showed LTE on the router browser page. In your opinion , do i need to do anything more in regard to the bands? Would i have a better result if I buy a b535 router? Many thanks
Hi. First of all LTE and 4G is the same. LTE equals 4G. What your command outputs is that your router is configured for automatic band selecton. Now you can select the band you wish amongst those displayed by that command
The rule of thumb is that lowest bands are usually more loaded but have better range than higher frequency bands and that makes lower frequency bands more stable for use. I would recommend to look for some frequencies in the middle. This will all depend on how many bands you have available in your nearest cell tower
@@justanengineer5599 Got it! Only have 2 bands in my nearest towers. 800 and 1800. Dont need more than the b535-333. Dont know if there are routers that agregate more than 2 bands. Thanks for the help.
there are couple of versions of this router. Some have different modem chips inside therefore some frequencies may be not supported. The question remains if your nearest base station EnodeB has this particular frequency launched - if not then you'll get red led and no connection
hello Adam your videos helps a lot but please help me out to lock band with my ZTE MF927U and can I unlock my Huawei b311s-220 to work with all sim cards. thanks a lot.
Hi Adam, help me please. Error appears just after start exe: [0] error: Failed to open debug logfile It seems like he cannot login, but all data in config files are correct. Model B618s-22d. Thanks!
it looks like you need to run it with admin privileges because it cannot write a logfile. Try to put unpacked files into your user directory and run from there. My Documents or even the Desktop would be good place
you need to provide proper administrator login and passwd in application configuration files. it also may happen that your router provider blocked this option to play with the band settings
it may happen that your router seller have blocked the Huawei API in your router firmware. Anyway try to write an email to an author of this tool maybe he will be able to update this software in order to work with your CPE
Appreciate it, very clear tutorial and it worked for my B268-300 modem. Moreover, I finally solved my 5 month long agony of no speed during day and at night by locking to 2300 mhz, I instantly went from 1-2mbps to 12 mbps, which is paradise by comparison. Thanks a lot.
gr8 it helped 😃
Thank you! Worked with B535-232.
I used the v1.0 of the tool, since it's modified the last time in May 2022 (and it's the non-beta version). Good alternative to the HuaCtrl App. (You can't change the LTE band anymore with this android app unless you buy the pro version.) So the huawei_band_tool is a really good alternative.
Hi I bought a b535-232, getting bad down load speeds, is there a simple way of doing this, as I am not very tech savie
@@paulmclaughlin3367 Not really but its not that hard to do
I really appericiate your help. Works Like a Charm on B622!
worked with B315. pretty easy if you follow/watch the video. thank you for this!!
you are welcome
Very helpful, clear and informative, thank you (y) Worked great for Huawei B818 (Vodafone NZ)
This helped me to lock LTE band thank you brother 💖
Bro would it work with B593s-22
Thank you i locked the band at 800+1800 and the latency in cloudflare speed test was much lower
super !
Ayos Lodi, Legend Tools yan. Pwede rin sa Huawei Manager at Huactrl👍
It works, thank you, but what should I choose from the list? I want to combine the frequency of 1800+2100+2500+3500
My router support this and its work with me in another script but i like yours and i want 2 knew 🌹
Any script for Huawei b2338?
IT WORKED. BIG LIKE
How about tenda 4g680?
this solution works only for huawei devices
Thanks
do you have something similar for Netgear modem ????
Nope, Netgear devices don't supporrt such features like band locking
@@justanengineer5599 OH thank you I guess I will stick with Huawei it's more simple and accessible.
Hi! I tried locking the band of my modem but it doesn't help. How can I get the default settings, I fear that If I reset the modem, evertything will be lost and I'll have to redo its settings? Can I only chose "LTE_ALL"? Thank you
LTE_ALL is reverting all the locks
Is this method work with Huawei b2338?
Aany one please help how to change bands in Huawei B2338
you need to test by yourself. anyway check some other videos it is possible to lock lte band and even tower cell on this router
ua-cam.com/video/Soude0fbFDA/v-deo.htmlsi=aItevNQt02vqrlHv
Can we use the huaCTRL App instead of this command line tool? It seems a lot easier to test different bands and CA combinations from an App. Thanks.
Yes you can, but huactrl app seems sometimes to be less compatible and does not work on modems, only routers
@@justanengineer5599 Thanks for your helpful reply, Adam. After watching your videos, I ordered a Huawei B818 and am still waiting for it to arrive. Assuming that a particular Huawei router (including USB donles like E8372) is compatible, would any huaCTRL adjustments (eg, LTE band locking or CA) be "permanent" and not be changed (back) by a router reboot or on/off? Thanks again.
Yes, after changing/locking bands they are permanent unless you play with LTE/3G setting in WWW menu of the router/dongle
How to unlock LTE bands B3 (FDD 1800) and B7 (FDD 2600) on Huawei E3276 modem sir
It is available only on particular (european) version of e3276 modem. There are at least 5 versions of this modem on the market - for example:
E3276s-150:
Band 1/3/7/8/20 (800/900/1800/2100/2600MHz)
E3276s-210:
Band 3/7/20/38 (FDD 800/1800/2600 TDD 2600MHz)
E3276s-861:
Band 7/38/39/40 (FDD 2600MHz TDD 1900/2300/2600MHz
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Thank you!
Hello justanengineer.
Love your content btw.
when i do the command to show the bands on my huawei b310-22 it shows this :
Current LTE Band: 7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF (800+900+1500+1800+2100+2300|TDD+2600+2600|TDD+ALL)
I'm confused because in that information it show i'm using all the bands but in my browser page of the router it says that is only using 4G and i have no option to use LTE there.
There was a buddy of mine that showed a similar b310 router with an modification and it showed LTE on the router browser page.
In your opinion , do i need to do anything more in regard to the bands?
Would i have a better result if I buy a b535 router?
Many thanks
Hi. First of all LTE and 4G is the same. LTE equals 4G. What your command outputs is that your router is configured for automatic band selecton. Now you can select the band you wish amongst those displayed by that command
@@justanengineer5599 Thank you for your reply.
Is there an particular process to choose the bands? What are your recommended bands?
The rule of thumb is that lowest bands are usually more loaded but have better range than higher frequency bands and that makes lower frequency bands more stable for use. I would recommend to look for some frequencies in the middle. This will all depend on how many bands you have available in your nearest cell tower
@@justanengineer5599 Got it! Only have 2 bands in my nearest towers. 800 and 1800.
Dont need more than the b535-333.
Dont know if there are routers that agregate more than 2 bands.
Thanks for the help.
Hii, I'm new. This method can work on my Modem ZTE MF833V?
no it only works for Huawei devices. Unfortunately ZTE devices cannot have LTE band locked
Is there a whole list of bands that we can add to the xml file?
I don't think there is, unfortunatelly you need to create it yourself
@@justanengineer5599 thanks. I can certainly create it myself. But is there a list somewhere of all of the bands and their codes?
You may try the same settings as for Huawei E3276 modem :
(Band) - code allowable ranges for networks 2G / 3G. Possible values are:
80 - GSM1800
300 - GSM900
80000 - GSM850
200000 - GSM1900
400000 - UTMS B1 (2100)
800000 - UTMS B2 (1900)
4000000 - UTMS B5 (850)
2000000000000 - UTMS B8 (900)
1 - BC0A
2 - BC0B
4 - BC1
8 - BC2
10 - BC3
20 - BC4
40 - BC5
400 - BC6
800 - BC7
1000 - BC8
2000 - BC9
4000 - BC10
8000 - BC11
10000000 - BC12
20000000 - BC13
80000000 - BC14
Each code represents a hexadecimal (HEX) value. To specify a combination of ranges is necessary to lay down the appropriate codes. For example, to specify the range of GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, we must calculate 0x80 + 0x300 + 0x0x80000 = 0x80380. This will be the result code range - 80380.
(Lte band) - code allowable ranges LTE.
1 - B1 (FDD 2100)
4 - B3 (FDD 1800)
40 - B7 (FDD 2600)
80 - B8 (FDD 900)
80000 - B20 (FDD 800)
2000000000 - B38 (TDD 2600)
8000000000 - B40 (TDD 2300)
800C5 - EU bands (LTE Band 1, 3, 7, 8, 20)
800D5 - EU/Asia/Africa bands (LTE Band 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
1 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND1) LTE BC1
2 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND2) LTE BC2
4 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND3) LTE BC3
8 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND4) LTE BC4
10 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND5) LTE BC5
20 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND6) LTE BC6
40 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND7) LTE BC7
80 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND8) LTE BC8
100 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND9) LTE BC9
200 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND10) LTE BC10
400 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND11) LTE BC11
800 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND12) LTE BC12
1000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND13) LTE BC13
2000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND14) LTE BC14
10000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND17) LTE BC17
20000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND18) LTE BC18
40000 (CM_BAND_PRE_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND19) LTE BC19
80000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND20) LTE BC20
100000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND21) LTE BC21
1000000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND25) LTE BC25
2000000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND26) LTE BC26
8000000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND28) LTE BC28
100000000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND33) LTE BC33
200000000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND34) LTE BC34
400000000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND35) LTE BC35
800000000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND36) LTE BC36
1000000000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND37) LTE BC37
2000000000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND38) LTE BC38
4000000000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND39) LTE BC39
8000000000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND40) LTE BC40
10000000000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND41) LTE BC41
20000000000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND42) LTE BC42
40000000000 (CM_BAND_PREF_LTE_EUTRAN_BAND43) LTE BC43
40000000 (CM_BAND_PREF_NO_CHANGE) No band change
@@justanengineer5599 thanks! Will try those later. Even with the stock drop down I get a red led if I try 800 or 900 mhz and it won’t boot?
there are couple of versions of this router. Some have different modem chips inside therefore some frequencies may be not supported. The question remains if your nearest base station EnodeB has this particular frequency launched - if not then you'll get red led and no connection
hello Adam your videos helps a lot but please help me out to lock band with my ZTE MF927U
and can I unlock my Huawei b311s-220 to work with all sim cards.
thanks a lot.
Sorry but I don't do SIM unlocking. Dont have tools for that
@@justanengineer5599 is there any way to lock bands for ZTE MF927U
Nope, AFAIAK.
Hi Adam,
help me please. Error appears just after start exe:
[0] error: Failed to open debug logfile
It seems like he cannot login, but all data in config files are correct.
Model B618s-22d.
Thanks!
it looks like you need to run it with admin privileges because it cannot write a logfile. Try to put unpacked files into your user directory and run from there. My Documents or even the Desktop would be good place
@@justanengineer5599 Hi! Thanks for your advice. It's done!
Boa tarde!
E como coloco na banda B28 (700mhz)?
it was already explained down below in the comments
how to lock primary band for CA
Can i use this app for Huawei b 2368 router?
yes, this may work with hua b2368
@@justanengineer5599 but I cant connect with it
you need to provide proper administrator login and passwd in application configuration files. it also may happen that your router provider blocked this option to play with the band settings
Worked for me
Does this work on the h122-373?
yes it should also work on this newest router
@@justanengineer5599 I have a three firmware version, it says it's logged in but just doesn't do anything :(
it may happen that your router seller have blocked the Huawei API in your router firmware. Anyway try to write an email to an author of this tool maybe he will be able to update this software in order to work with your CPE
Do you know how to flash custom firmware onto my router?
Sorry, but I do not know.
I want to download files but I need your approval for that. Please grant me approval.
this is not my repository you need to aak the author of this application there should be his email somewhere
@@justanengineer5599 ok
is it possible to lock bands on mifi router ?
only on huawei
@@justanengineer5599 other brands doesn't support?
AFAIK they do not support
@@justanengineer5599 oh..unlucky..
hard to me 😂
B593 is too old and does not have HiLink API
how to get LTE_1800+2600.bat can you make one? anyways LTE_2600.bat worked on b818 like a charm.
Hello , please try following command from cmd :
./huawei_band_tool --network-mode 03 --network-band 3FFFFFFF --lte-band +1800+2600
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