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Re: MiFi 2200 Wireless Hotspot Update:
My original MiFi 2200 unit failed suddenly. Turned it on one day, and it just kept rebooting, endlessly. I reset it, hard reset... cleared everything user 'clearable' and it had no effect.
Since it was within the first 30 days, my Sprint store exchanged it for a new unit.
Fired up the new unit and ran tests for a day or two, and found that my earlier speed tests of 2.1/850 ish, were now no better than 750/750 consistently. Tried everything, checked for firmware updates, and it was already up to date. Reset it multiple times. Tested speeds on more than one laptop and desktop in full bar signal areas... still, 750/750 ish most tests... even slower others.
Additionally, randomly, my surfing would slow to a crawl, and upon checking the 2200, found that even tho I was in a 'full bars' signal, that it had bumped itself down into 1xRtt. I would then have to power cycle it to get it to ramp back up to EVDO.
So I took it back to the store. They exchanged it AGAIN.
So, is my third unit working? Well, sort of. It stays in EVDO mode normally, like it should in my strong signal EVDO areas that I frequent... but my speeds are STILL only averaging 700/700.
The WiFi light on the 2200 also seems to blink at a slower pace than I remember. It's as if it's in a different mode of some sort. The wifi indicator light on my first unit flickered rapidly when I was using the web.... not sure what that means. I'm looking forward to chatting with Sprint technical support to see if there may be something set improperly in my unit.
My first 2200 was shipped from a Sprint warehouse back East. The 2 I've gotten locally have the speed issue. Thinking maybe there are some out there that are initialized incorrectly, and some that aren't
Anyone else have feedback on their experiences with the MiFi 2200? | |
| I have the same exact issues as you do. I drop into EVDO 1X and don't come out without a reboot. I also noticed this happens more often "on charge" with the wall charger. Some other weird things:
I go into roaming and won't come out without a reboot.
Signal indicates full bars yet I drop to 1X.
2nd unit, first had battery issues.
3rd unit, charger won't ever fill battery while in use.
There are a lot of firmware bugs. I feel at times like the first time I used VISTA. BUGGY!!!!
And then there is the issue of support. No web support (the links haven't been enabled), no chat support (they don't know about it) and it takes about 6 calls to get a US call center (instead of Monterey Mexico, or the Caribbean) where they actually know what a MIFI 2200 is.
The product manager of the MIFI 2200 for Sprint should be on line in the Unemployment office.
Going for my 4th unit today. It's definitely a result of poor firmware and no testing. I beta tested for Verizon on the same unit. The Sprint version of the currently shipping firmware appears to be worse than the original alpha version of the Verizon firmware from 4 months back.
SHAME ON SPRINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | | |
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