With Dish Network winding down, I was expecting to see some of the Netgear M6 Pro Dish Network versions show up in some of the usual spots like eBay, FB Marketplace amd CL but I don't see them? Are people holding on to them?

I have a use case for one but I can't seem to find another in my area and seemingly none online? The AT&T models don't really work even unlocked for T-Mobile as well and finding the MR6550 unlocked model is difficult and still expensive.

If someone has one that is cluttering up their junk drawer, let me know.

I was just wondering if anyone else has any phone or hotspot that is still currently working as of today?

My wife’s phone suddenly lost ability make or receive calls and texts. I spent hours on the phone on Sunday with ATT-my provider-to solve the problem, unsuccessfully. Today spent another hour on the phone with adv tech support at ATT and they tell me Dish wireless suspended it and it will take a week or possibly longer to resolve!

I move off Project Genesis a year ago, but my phone randomly bricked and I can't help wonder if related to Project Genesis shut down. Anyone else have this issue?

I also notice that they deleted the Project Genesis Reddit Group.

Well my phone line deactivated today. Hotspot still going.

Just before applying for PG at the beginning, I posted a photo for s&g, and Dish retweeted it on their front page.

Had an interesting experience testing and collecting data, albeit very, very frustrating at times, but I understood they were starting from scratch, and all the guys at network ops were cool. Some of you may remember the period before the network update in August 2022 that fixed most radio problems. At program start I couldn't even receive a signal in some parts of the airport terminal; a year later I was able to maintain a call from takeoff, 180° loop around town, out 40 miles from the nearest tower at 8000 ft AGL.

So to the people at Dish and in the field, thanks for giving us the opportunity and freebies, putting in the hard work, and for 4 years of free service, even though mine never exceeded 300 mbps. I always see one of their racks when rolling out of my street or parking at my preferred Taco Bell, and it's a little disheartening to think of, hypothetically, what could have been.

I am aware of what happened behind the scenes. Just my 2¢

She said they would shut off hotspots at end of August, so just throwing that out there.

Just spent the past 4 days trying to port out my hotspot line only to find out that as of July they will not port hotspot and tablet(!) lines to another provider. They will supposedly convert it to a Boost phone line, but otherwise you will not be able to keep the number.

In case someone encounters the same in the next few weeks, that’s the reason. It will show as a delayed port request and most likely blocked at the gateway level so Boost won’t see the request period.

— Starfox

Known that it’s over will they unlock my hotspot device?

just opened the email: "The Genesis project is officially coming to an end. We are incredibly grateful to you for joining us on this journey and for being a valued part of our community."

billing will end, they're not moving us to Boost? what a bummer. I've been paying to just hold on and see when they fix the network / sell us out to someone who can fix it.

Now that PG hotspot service is shutting down, what are y’all planning to replace it with? Calyx is an option. Any other options?

DISH has shut down new signups for Project Genesis.

As expected, the FCC approval has ended any requirement for them to continue offering it.

No shutdowns have been announced, but, yeah, it's over.

It probably happened in the last couple of weeks, but this is the first thread I can find about it.

I’m try to lock it to 5g NR n77 but I can’t find that option?

I let my Dish hotspot plan die in January because I forgot to call and update my card on file, plus I don’t really care about having unlimited Att for $20/mo.

So a few months back I shut down my PG phone line after running in to their hard throttle after 100gb of use.

My Moto phone is unlocked. But of course the esim seems to be unavailable. I had tried to activate it on Verizon via esim last night.

In order to completely utilize this phone with both an esim and physical sim do I have to do all that in depth stuff? Will I have to unlock the bootloader. Then install the Moto retus firmware for this? I also just got the android 15 update. And I'm currently not seeing the retus fw I need for that.

Is there a simpler way to gain full access of this thing?

Netgear came out with a USB PD+Gigabit Ethernet adapter model USB2ETH sometime last(?) year. It’s about $32 on Amazon or Netgear’s site, and may be a decent option esp if it properly works on our M6 Pro.

However I’m very certain that it requires the 12.x series of FW to be running, so I’ll update this post once I receive it (and another cheaper PD+Eth adapter) to see if it works at all. The only available 12.x for the 6400 disables telnet access once you upgrade, which makes troubleshooting this harder, but using it as a primary (or failover) ISP becomes much easier without needing the battery to pillow (Netgear even recommends it(!)).

There’s also an overpriced dock which has a nice fan (to keep the unit cool) and has 2 Gigabit ports, but at the same time you lose access to the built-in port. This one also requires the “latest firmware” but no thanks due to the price.

— Starfox

Hey all, I have an old Dish Genesis Nighthawk M6 Pro hotspot that is sim locked to Dish. I was trying to unlock this unit, but I keep getting errors.

I am able to telnet into the hotspot, and run AT commands. I am using https://sierra-keygen.uu.sg/ to generate the responses

I can run AT!OPENLOCK? and get the challenge. I then input that challenge into the website above, and it returns the response. When I run the response (
AT!OPENLOCK="76D7BD63584C1707" ) I just get an ERROR returned.

Can someone direct me where I am going wrong here?

Just something I’ve found out recently for the Netgear hotspot. The PS is supposed to be QC2 or 3 (Qualcomm standard), otherwise you need the battery so it can “charge” from a USB 5V source. That means no 6E, and the battery usually only lasts a year and a bit before it starts to pillow.

You can use most USB PD source that supplies 18W through USB-C, and this includes power banks! This means you can take most PD adapters, a USB-C PD cable, and use the hotspot without needing the battery. Not sure if this is a FW update thing (I use the unreleased 12.x one for DISH), but it now allows for more options when it comes to where to place it.

My “hotspot kit” bag now contains a USB PD adapter and Anker power bank that does MagSafe/Qi, USB-C cable, a “spare” hotspot battery that sits outside if I need to use it. Just note that the battery tends to trigger the Qi standard for some reason, so you need to keep it separate with the spacer. Also, mandatory FCC warning, 6E is only certified for indoor use, so this setup should be only be used under approved environments.

— Starfox

I still have the moto edge+ 2023 through Project Genesis that I pay $25/month for. I use it really only for hotspot. The only reason I'm not getting rid of it is because I'm not sure of any other public offering with unlimited, unthrottled hotspot. Being able to use it in all 50 states albeit AT&T QCI 9 and higher latency is a godsend. The data only eSIM actually also works in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands by roaming on Liberty. Calls/texts do not work. I was also able to briefly get a connection on AT&T México. Unfortunately, it was on a cruise at sea and the signal was weak so it disconnected before I could test it.

Being able to use AT&T's previous spectrum holdings in addition to what they acquired from EchoStar even on QCI 9 is honestly still better mainly because of AT&T's better tower density and their vast low band holdings.

I'll be holding on until they physically will not let me anymore.