Buggered my Huwaeii mifi!! (1 Viewer)

[Coolbeanz]

Damn I'm annoyed. Was trying to put a sim in my mifi and as it was too small I used one of those Indian sim adapters but it can't have been a very good one as it completely jammed in the slot. In spite of trying to reason with the mifi to release the adapter it steadfastly refused, hanging on for dear life and decided to destroy the slot in my attempts to ease it free. I have now binned my mifi in disgust as the slot is beyond repair so now I need advice please. What is the latest recommendation for a 4g mifi? Does anyone know of any deals going? I am currently in Goa and can get one for about £40 but wondered if I should wait until I get home?

 

[Larrynwin]

Did ya lose ya paddy with it ? Expensive

 

[Larrynwin]

I have the Hauwei E5377 4g unlocked, works well but possibly later models available.

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[Coolbeanz]

Just a little bit!!

Did ya lose ya paddy with it ? Expensive

 

[Peter & Elaine]

Damn I'm annoyed. Was trying to put a sim in my mifi and as it was too small I used one of those Indian sim adapters but it can't have been a very good one as it completely jammed in the slot. In spite of trying to reason with the mifi to release the adapter it steadfastly refused, hanging on for dear life and decided to destroy the slot in my attempts to ease it free. I have now binned my mifi in disgust as the slot is beyond repair so now I need advice please. What is the latest recommendation for a 4g mifi? Does anyone know of any deals going? I am currently in Goa and can get one for about £40 but wondered if I should wait until I get home?

I did exactly the same pull out the sim and all little copper strips came out with it due to a SIM card adapter
was last seen skipping across the ocean in Croatia

 

[Coolbeanz]

I did exactly the same pull out the sim and all little copper strips came out with it due to a SIM card adapter
was last seen skipping across the ocean in Croatia

Yep, that's what happened to me!! So annoying to lose a perfectly good mifi all because of a sim adaptor

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[RogerThat]

I have the Hauwei E5377 4g unlocked, works well but possibly later models available.

I've the same, mounted in a cupboard and hardwired to 12v. Can't fault it!

(I use a giffgaff sim in mine)

I like the feature it offers of being able to connect itself to site wifi and repeat their signal so it doesn't always have to use mobile data

 

[movan]

@Minxy Girl

 

[Peter & Elaine]

I've the same, mounted in a cupboard and hardwired to 12v. Can't fault it!

(I use a giffgaff sim in mine)

I like the feature it offers of being able to connect itself to site wifi and repeat their signal so it doesn't always have to use mobile data

I did not know that a mifi could connect to site wifi ?

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[movan]

I did not know that a mifi could connect to site wifi ?

Neither did I.

 

[pappajohn]

I like the feature it offers of being able to connect itself to site wifi and repeat their signal so it doesn't always have to use mobile data

Can't find that feature in any of the hundreds of reviews and spec sheets.
Can you show any documentation to back up what you say ?

 

[Camping Gaza]

I think there are routers out there that do this function: I could be wrong tho!

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[pappajohn]

I think there are routers out there that do this function: I could be wrong tho!

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Yes, but that's a regular home router, not a mobile wifi unit (Mifi)

 

[Neilfg]

I did exactly the same pull out the sim and all little copper strips came out with it due to a SIM card adapter
was last seen skipping across the ocean in Croatia

I had this happen with a Netgear aircard, partly because I swapped between EE and 3 sims, regardless couple of the copper contacts came off. Contacted Netgear support and sent it back and received a replacement, was only 9 months old mind.

 

[Wildge]

I have the Hauwei E5377 4g unlocked, works well but possibly later models available.

My E5776 ( unlocked) is even older I think but wouldn't be without it. Works brilliantly.

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[RogerThat]

Can you show any documentation to back up what you say ?

Nope.

I can probably post a screen shot or something though.

Give me 5 mins...

 

[RogerThat]

I did not know that a mifi could connect to site wifi ?

Not all of them can.

@pappajohn see page 6 and page 20 of http://m.setuprouter.com/router/huawei/e5377s/manual-2039.pdf

Is that what you meant?

 

[ColinandDawn]

Page 5...

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[RogerThat]

And page 15 of this manual discusses the auto-offloading of data to wifi hotspots

@pappajohn

 

[peterc10]

Does the E5377 come with connectors for an exteranl arial please? I have been read conflicting information about it?

I like the feature it offers of being able to connect itself to site wifi and repeat their signal so it doesn't always have to use mobile data

Did not know it had that - none of the specs say so. I must say if it does that would clinch it for me to buy one.

 

[RogerThat]

Yes, it has connectors for external antennas.

Ignore the cut UHF cable, I was installing a new tv aerial and booster

Here's the hard wired 12v setup I used.

You better ignore this external antenna too, as there's a thread on here about how crap some of them are

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[rosalan]

Price of MiFi from Amazon.
TP-Link £69.99
Huawei £32.99
TP-Link TL-MR3020 £24.99

 

[Peter & Elaine]

Not all of them can.

@pappajohn see page 6 and page 20 of http://m.setuprouter.com/router/huawei/e5377s/manual-2039.pdf

Is that what you meant?

Well that certainly clearly states it can
Thank you

But I will be dammed if I find one on tinternet
And I want ONE I want it NOW

 

[peterc10]

Well that certainly clearly states it can
Thank you

But I will be dammed if I find one on tinternet
And I want ONE I want it NOW

ME TOO ............ ME TOO

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[Camping Gaza]

Yes, but that's a regular home router, not a mobile wifi unit (Mifi)

Did you read the description? I can see it connects to the mobile network and it says you can plug it into a cable modem does that make it dual purpose?

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[IrasciBill]

I know that this thread is a couple of weeks old but, for what it's worth, we have the Huawei E5573s and it also can be set to use available WiFi in preference to Sim card. It also has connections for an external antenna.

 

[peterc10]

You better ignore this external antenna too, as there's a thread on here about how crap some of them are

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Does it actually work in that position inside the motorhome?

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[Larrynwin]

Does the E5377 come with connectors for an exteranl arial please? I have been read conflicting information about it?


Did not know it had that - none of the specs say so. I must say if it does that would clinch it for me to buy one.

Late picking this up, yes the 5377 has twin aerial sockets

 

[Coolbeanz]

After much research I have decided there is little point buying another 3G mifi so I have decided to buy this 4G one based on the product reviews...
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