Huawei Vodafone Pocket WiFi Extreme Installation and operation manual

R208 v8.2 Upgrade Guide
Vodafone Pocket WiFi Extreme
(R208) Upgrade Guide
Huawei Technologies (Australia) Pty Ltd.
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Table of Contents
1. UPGRADE DESCRIPTION ...........................................................................................1
2. PREPARATION ..........................................................................................................1
3. UPGRADE PROCEDURE .............................................................................................1
4. RESTORE DEFAULT SETTINGS ..................................................................................4
5. CHECK SOFTWARE VERSION ....................................................................................5
1. UPGRADE DESCRIPTION
This document is the user guide outlining the upgrade procedure for the Huawei
R208 (Pocket Wi-Fi Extreme). This document is strictly to be used only as a guide
to upgrade the R208 to v8.2.
2. PREPARATION
Please download the R208 v8.2 software package to your windows PC.
Prepare windows PC and USB line. Make sure the Operating System is
windows XP/vista/win7.
Do not shut down/restart computer during the upgrade.
3. UPGRADE PROCEDURE
Step 1: Power on the R208, and connect it to the PC by USB cable. Install the
R208 software first, which is indicated and provided by the device.
Step 2: Once drivers are installed - open the ‘Computer Management’ window,
and select ‘Device Manager’ to check the ports - you should see the ‘Vodafone
Mobile Broadband Diagnostics Port’.

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Step 3: Run the downloaded file –‘R208 PocketWiFi Firmware v8.2.exe’.
A flash updater window would pop up (Image below) –click Next.
Step 4: Click ‘Start’to proceed with the update.

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Step 5: Successful completion should display ‘Update complete’ as in the below
image.

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4. RESTORE DEFAULT SETTINGS
There are two ways to do this:
Open WebUI and login.
Mobile Broadband Device Controls Restore Default Settings
Press “Confirm” to restore.

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Press and hold the “Reset” key (near SIM card slot) for 5 seconds on your
device - it will restore the device.
5. CHECK SOFTWARE VERSION
Go to the homepage: http://192.168.0.1, and login.
Please select “Help -->”Diagnostics” and the device version should display 8.2. And
the IMEI SV will be displayed, which has ‘/’ separator after IMEI number.