Disadvantaged children across England are set to receive laptops and tablets

[enjay]

Does anyone know if it's possible to unlock the Huawei 4G routers, we've got a few that were never collected and they've gone past the date the DfE said they needed to be "reset" by. Just thought I could use them as emergency routers or for staff to use if they go on trips but resetting them don't seem to fully reset them and they are locked to I think the o2 network.

 

Shame as I've got a few that are now just paper weights and are going to be added to yet more e-waste.

 

You'd need to get a new data contract for them, as the DfE one has expired. Speak to whoever you get your mobile phones from, at least it would save you £35 for the hotspot. We've got a few hotspots we keep as stop-gap loans for staff or students who need them, e.g. broadband problems or moving house.

[mullet_man]

You'd need to get a new data contract for them, as the DfE one has expired. Speak to whoever you get your mobile phones from, at least it would save you £35 for the hotspot. We've got a few hotspots we keep as stop-gap loans for staff or students who need them, e.g. broadband problems or moving house.

 

Thanks that's something we might do I just wanted to use these dongles but they are now just paper weights which is a shame.

[newpersn]

Bit of a long shot - Has anyone managed to update a Huawei E5576 after the cut off.

 

Just found one that hasn't been updated.

 

Thanks

[mullet_man]

Bit of a long shot - Has anyone managed to update a Huawei E5576 after the cut off.

 

Just found one that hasn't been updated.

 

Thanks

 

We've got a few that were not updated so they are just now paper weights. If you reset them they still retain some settings e.g. APN.

[newpersn]

We've got a few that were not updated so they are just now paper weights. If you reset them they still retain some settings e.g. APN.

Annoying I put a data sim in to one and came up with invalid profile. Unable to change it.

[mullet_man]

I know it’s really annoying and such a waste.

[DrBeaker]

I know it’s really annoying and such a waste.

 

Meanwhile ....

 

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-laptop-firm-profits-soar-by-nearly-50-to-207m/

 

Kinda unethical for ANY service company for the public sector to have made profit at the expense of kids education

[mikeprice]

Meanwhile ....

 

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-laptop-firm-profits-soar-by-nearly-50-to-207m/

 

Kinda unethical for ANY service company for the public sector to have made profit at the expense of kids education

 

I agree - but before we get into frog worthy territory

 

It is also rather dodgy that devices are sold to school - or anyone for that matter - that are so locked down that they can't be used if you go outside the support contract

 

IMO a computery type device should be able to be reformatted by the owner (or something similar) and go back to a generic useable state with no enforced settings

 

like unlocking a phone from the network

[LeMarchand]

Have you received devices during the COVID-19 pandemic? Whilst many great devices were issued, some may not be delivering maximum benefit because they don’t currently fit into your educational environment or align with your digital strategy.

 

Contact us to trade-in your current device for credit towards an iPad, keyboard and stylus.

 

Trade-in your Surface Pro 7+ and receive up to £300 credit.

 

The credit you receive from your Surface Pro 7+ can be put towards a new iPad.

 

So who got Surface Pros, then?

 

(Also the last lot of iPads we got were well <£300.)

[DrCheese]

So who got Surface Pros, then?

 

(Also the last lot of iPads we got were well <£300.)

 

lol @ this. Wonder how much they'd give us for a Geobook

[southhamster]

lol @ this. Wonder how much they'd give us for a Geobook

You'd be paying them to get rid of them!

[LeMarchand]

Just put W11 EDU on one of the Dynabooks, added nothing but Chrome and Windows updates. After MS and Wise disk cleanups a whole 4.40 GB of disk space to play with. Might have to be W10 x32, which "wastes" a bit of the RAM.

[Brax]

Hi all,

 

We have some Lenovo 100e 2nd Gen devices and for some reason the clock just refuses to sync and the last sync was apparently in 2015! It's not a major issue but its bugging a few of our students and I can't figure out a fix. Any ideas?

[foofighterjim]

Hi all,

 

We have some Lenovo 100e 2nd Gen devices and for some reason the clock just refuses to sync and the last sync was apparently in 2015! It's not a major issue but its bugging a few of our students and I can't figure out a fix. Any ideas?

 

Is the time correct in the BIOS?

[Brax]

Is the time correct in the BIOS?

Ah didn't check that, I'll have a look at that today, thank you!