Wanadoo Livebox (Inventel DV4210) Wireless ADSL Modem Router Unlocking



I have been forwarded a program h235tounlock.c to unlock the Inventel Livebox and allow it to be used with any ISP. I have made a binary for x86 Linux h235tounlock and an executable for DOS h235tounlock.exe. Instructions for use are contained within the h235tounlock.c program and are repeated below. Thanks to pcmaster, here is now an html program that will generate the unlock code.

To use this program you need to get the H235 key that is stored in the flash of the Livebox. The only way that I know to do this is to get to a console on the Livebox. I have managed to get a console on my Livebox without using the Serial Port by automatically downloading a Telnet server to the Livebox. See Telnet Access for more details.

Once you have managed to get to a command prompt you need to do the following,

  • On the Livebox command line type 'redboot_fconfig_get --parameter h235_key /dev/mtd4'. This will return a 16 byte value
  • On a command line in DOS or Linux type 'h235tounlock 16bytevalue'. This will return the unlock code.
  • In a web browser type 'http://configuration.adsl/brdgoff.html' and enter the unlock code.
  • This should unlock the Livebox to use any ISP. Happy surfing.

  • AndyP