Comments on: Sprint Overdrive 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot: Take Your Wi-Fi With You

By: Kathleen Clisbee

Kathleen Clisbee — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:37:26 +0000

I am beyond frustrated with my mobile hot spot. If the window at least showed an X instead of BARS when the connection dies then maybe I wouldn’t get so annoyed – as it stands now one of us has to discover the Internet is no linger available!

I do have slightly better results since switching to 3G Preferred from 4G Preferred. Give that a try!! Good luck!!!

By: Bryan M

Bryan M — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:32:50 +0000

Hi Kathleen,

Have you been able to fix the “battery critical charge imediately”? I seem to have a fully charged battery, but I get this error message every time. Any thoughts would be well appreciated!

By: Kathleen Clisbee

Kathleen Clisbee — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:50:18 +0000

I have had nothing but trouble with my Overdrive for months now. Requires dozens of pluggings/unpluggings until it sees the power cord is attached…often doesn’t recognize when it is plugged in – or looks like it is charging but then shows the power bars instead of the charging indicator so it shut itself off “power critical” “charge immediately” “shutting down” all while I’m desperately trying to again plug/unplug to get it to see it is plugged in – never mind that is has been plugged in all along (doesn’t matter whether AC Adapter or USB plug to PC)

It constantly loses internet connection, lost track this morning after six (6) times in one hour where I lost internet access on my PC so of course the iPod Touch was also useless for apps emails and IM!!
Two of us with the Overdrive 8 hours workdays and just myself nights and weekends – we have not yet come anywhere near the Sprint max of 5 gb data limit on my monthly bill.
I have no clue as to download/upload speeds – all my energy is going toward praying it keeps the Web access until I finish whatever pressing task I am on — email, facebook, online banking, iQuarium, We Rule, Godfinger, TouchPets… numerous apps and games which require internet access.

Judging by the entries from other users on the Sprint Overdrive face book page my issues are far too common!

the entry here by Scott B in April 2010 indicates his stops but it also restarts (by itself with no human intervention??)

Remarkably I got all of the above typed in one session. I did not fare anywhere near as well with my online holiday shopping!

By: Alan Roberts

Alan Roberts — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:09:28 +0000

I would absolutely love to have one of the “Overdrive”s, because it seems to be the best contribut
ion to my Samsung Seek.:)

By: BROINSOCALI

BROINSOCALI — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:06:20 +0000

To Trisha,

I too have the HTC EVO 4G phone. But I can not connect it to my laptop. When i turn on the hot spot feature I keep getting and error code saying that my pcs user name and password is incorrect. Can you help out, since you’re seems to be working?

By: Erik Johansson

Erik Johansson — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:08:24 +0000

4G at less than 2mbps? Things are different over here. I get 20-60mbps when I have 4G connection, which is anywhere in the city center, even 3G never drops under 2mbps.

I’m guessing 4G means different things depending on tech provider.

By: Charge USB Devices On The Go With ZAGGsparq

Charge USB Devices On The Go With ZAGGsparq — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:01:55 +0000

[...] 0 I’ve been on the road a lot lately, and much as I like my Overdrive hotspot, its battery life is limited. So I decided to buy the ZAGGsparq 2.0, which acts as a backup battery [...]

By: tania

tania — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:49:21 +0000

hola!! en realidad espero me ayuden porque hace algunos dias eh tenido un problema con mi overdrive.Se supone que es restringido no publico y hace 3 dias ya no pide password osea cualquier computadora puede conectarse a internet sin pedir contrasena... que puedo hacer para que mi internet no sea publico??? si no resringido otravez!!

By: A Web Worker’s Vacation

A Web Worker’s Vacation — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:01:14 +0000

[...] to check my email and keep up with Twitter, Facebook and RSS feeds on my iPod touch connected to a Sprint Overdrive hotspot. Amtrak does offer Wi-Fi on the Acela trains, and the service has been so popular that it will be [...]

By: Trisha

Trisha — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:35:30 +0000

Just wanted to mention that people might want to ask Sprint about data caps on the Sprint Overdrive and wireless internet cards. I think the cap is at 5g. To avoid the cap, you can do as I did and buy the Sprint HTC EVO phone. It allows you to connect up to 8 devices. There are no data caps. And the phone itself has so many features on it that it might as well be a miniature notebook. I love it. It does run 3g/4g and though speedtest.net shows it running slower than my other satellite wireless internet connection (in a 3g area) I heven't noticed any difference. I have been unable to test in a 4g area, though I'm sure it would be impressive.