Sprint Overdrive 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot Video Review

so i just bought this and i connect it to my ps3 i play with no problems until it just drops connection. does anyone else have that problem or know if the firmware update fixes that issue

If you don’t mind being on the internet for an hour at a time, buy this piece of crap and find a good psychiatrist! I’ve never been so disappointed with a purchase in my life and now have to pay $200 to cancel this thing! BEWARE, don’t be stupid like I was!

I’m on my third unit. Like the other posts, I’ve had a lot of problems. The second one, completely crashing.
This one, like the first, was not staying connected. I’ve found that installing a simple ping program on your PC, so far, has corrected it. I believe the issue is with an integral standby. I noticed that if I were not actively sending or receiving data, it would disconnect. The ping program addresses this. http://www.pcwintech.com/simple-ping
Why listen to an idiot that has made the same mistake three times?
Consider that (for Sprint) 4G is unlimited. That will probably change but having an existing unit will grandfather you in. I’m hoping that they will resolve the issue with an update.
So far, 4G is a joke. I travel and in the three months Ive had it, I’ve maybe been able to access 4G 6 or 7 times. It is not fluid like 3G either, being able to move from tower to tower seamlessly. It almost seems that if you turn your head to fast, you will lose the connection.
I do believe that 4G will soon be the standard so I remain hopeful.

I recently purchased this unit in may 2010. I live in Baltimore which is currently a 4g city and I will have to disagree with some of you. I use this primarily for my HD2, Touch Pro2, PSP, Ipod touch 32 and my Nook e-reader. occasionally I will use it for my laptop or netbook if my hard line is being funny. Anyway back to the point. Yes it heats up and that sucks, battery life is also less than stellar but something that can be dealt with. I have had to reset the unit a couple times but really it’s not that big of a deal. It did piss me off when i was dealing with a time sensitive issue but you can’t say you never had the experience with no matter what device it is at least once. As far as the dropping connections, I notice that it only happens to me once in a while during peak usage hours. I would say around 5pm -11pm. I only use the 4g on the device and speeds are great, When I travel to New York I will see if the overdrive has problems. Really though my experience has been great. I take it everywhere with me, Im still on the same unit I purchased out of the store. But that’s just my experience so far though.

I too am on my 2nd unit. I am a CCNA and an IT Professional. I have been through all of the settings and attempted to find work around solutions, but the device has a very unstable connection, it’s too hot to carry in one’s pocket and the battery life stinks. I had sprint assign me a static IP, but the device constantly looses a stable connection when traveling between towers. Incidentally, I can configure a voip connection through the device, but because the connections are so unstable it is hit and miss. I am very frustrated and since it really takes longer than 30 days to evaluate this thing, I too will be stuck with the bogus $200 cancellation fee.

I bought an overdrive in August. Yesterday I cancelled it. Sprint caps the speed! Customer service sucks! Battery is not under warranty! Gets hot. Drops connections! 3g speed is horrible! If in Rochester goto Clear! They offer an ispot for Apple products only 25 a month! I bitched profously after 3 calls and ten reps and was let out of Sprint contract without owing termination fee. Just call them out on bad speeds and the overheating!

I’m on the third one and … ditto to all the problems described. Been paying “service” for five months without any reliable, and weeks on end without even using it. Store which got it replaced never called to say it was in yada yada. (did get one $50 credit, whoopee). They threaten to charge me for sending the one back if they can’t identify the problem. I’ve been with Sprint for over ten years and the Novatel modem works fine, too! Truly I beg an attorney to post their number here to handle this for all of us. My PhD program starts back up next week and I need to be online. It’s not like we can all afford this crap. It’s sad, sad. They know of the problems so what are they waiting for? They seem to be shipping out the bad ones back to other people who return theirs. Second replacement came with a bad battery.

I agree with all you guys on this. I’ve had my overdrive since October of 2009 when it came out here in Las Vegas. I also get continuous disconnections constantly even with the latest firmware updates! It is especially annoying when I’m trying to download any files over 20mb. It is hit or miss. Even when it worked, it was never as fast as it was advertised. I think somehow they limit the upload and download speeds on these. I hardly ever use it anymore and it has been a complete waste of money. No wonder Sprint is losing customers by the ship load. I’ve “modified” my AT&T iphone 3GS and i now use it as my trusted data mifi hotspot. It is almost as fast as the Sprint 4G! I previously had a Verizon phone and data card and it was working fine until the signal got worse and worse over the past 2 years in my area. AT&T has surprisingly been the best for me so far.