Mobile residential 4G proxies can be built on these 4G modems:
USB modems:
AC791L
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: no
- USSD: no
Alcatel (TCL) MW40v, MW41, MW43, IK40, IK41
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: yes
- USSD: yes
Anydata W140, W150
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: no
- USSD: no
Brovi E3372-325
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: no
- USSD: no
- Notes: Better to avoid.
CLR900A
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: no
- USSD: no
Franklin T10, T9
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: no
- USSD: no
Huawei E173, E156
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: no
- USSD: no
- Notes: Stick mode (PPP)
Huawei E3276, E3272, E3372, E303
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: yes
- USSD: no
- Notes: Stick mode (CDC)
Huawei E3372, E5576, E8372, E3276, E3272
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: yes
- USSD: yes
- Notes: HiLink mode
Huawei K5150, K5160, E8278
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: yes
- USSD: no
JetPack AC791L
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: no
- USSD: no
Joy’s D20
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: no
- USSD: no
MSM8916 modems
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: no
- USSD: no
- Notes: They have various brands or just “4G” on the cover; Avoid, very cheap.
Novatel MIFI
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: no
- USSD: no
Olax U80, U90
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: send & read
- USSD: no
Proxidize
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: yes
- USSD: no
- Notes: Not recommended.
Vodafone K5161h, K5161z
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: yes
- USSD: no
Xproxy XH22 and Xproxy other
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: no
- USSD: no
- Notes: Better to avoid
ZTE MF110, MF190
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: no
- USSD: no
- Notes: Stick mode.
ZTE MF79N, MF79RU, MF79U, MF667, MF688, MF823, MF833, MF923, MF927, MF971
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: send & read
- USSD: no
LTE modules (chips)
You will need
- the chip itself
- 2 pigtails e.g. IPEX-SMA
- SMA antennas
- M.2 to USB adaptor
Fibocom L850-GL
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: yes
- USSD: no
- LTE cat9
- Notes: must be switched to NCM mode
Fibocom L860-GL, L860-GL-16
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: yes
- USSD: no
- LTE cat16
Foxconn T77W968 (Dell DW5821e)
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: no
- USSD: no
- LTE cat.16
Foxconn T77W595 (HP LT4120)
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: read
- USSD: no
- LTE cat.4
Huawei ME906
- (native Huawei, not HP version)
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: yes
- USSD: no
- LTE cat.4
Quectel EC25, EP06, EC200T, EM12G, EG91, RM520N-GL
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: yes
- USSD: yes (only EC20, EC25, EC200T, EP06)
- RM520N-GL has 5G
SIMCom SIM7600, SIMA7630C
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: yes
- USSD: no
- LTE cat.4
SierraWireless EM7455 (Dell DW5811e)
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: yes
- USSD: no
- LTE cat.6
SierraWireless EM7565, EM7511
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: yes
- USSD: no
- LTE cat.12
Xproxy XM16 (SierraWireless EM7511)
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: yes
- USSD: no
- LTE cat.12
4G/5G LAN routers
Example setup :
Alcatel HH71
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: yes
- USSD: no
Cudy LT400, LT500
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: no
- USSD: no
Huawei 5G CPE Pro (H112-370)
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: read
- USSD: no
Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2 (H122-373)
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: read
- USSD: no
Huawei B311-221, B535-333
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: yes
- USSD: no
Tenda 4G03Pro
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: ~~
- USSD: no
ZTE MC7010CA, MC801A, MC8010CA
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: read/send
- 5G
ZTE MF289
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: read/send
Zyxel NR5103E
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: no
- USSD: no
- Notes: SSH access must be enabled by dumping supervisor password from the UART console port.
Android Phones
For USB tethering + ADB.
Motorola Moto G stylus 5G
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: read/send
- USSD: no
Xiaomi: Redmi 3
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: no
- USSD: no
- Notes: Usb tethering doesn’t autostart after phone’s reboot
Xiaomi: Redmi Note 10 Pro, Mi A2 lite
- IP rotation: yes
- SMS: read
- USSD: no
Adding support of a new modem
$80