@Avatarlover hey, thank you for taking your time to reply. omg, yes! sounds about right. it is locked. muffinman has also pointed me to the direction of the firmware and that might be a sensitive...

@Muffinman hahaha the last part. i understan as im not tech savvy. all this is frustrating. i think im just going to visit the the nearest ISP store to ask for help and see if they'll not unlock it...

@Muffinman im in south africa, hope it works. is firmware update the same as ISP upgrade? is it the ssme thing? where do i upload the firmware update after it's done downloading?

@Muffinman how do you update the firmware? and how do you know if it needs an update?

@Muffinman apart from buying a dedicated 'vodacom business' sim card that'd work on it. what's the other solution?

hi @Muffinman thanks for replying. even when i press Advanced > Network. i can't find 'Internet' under 'Network'. even under 'basic'. i can't find a configurable 'Internet' maybe this is because it's...