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Your cart is empty.Does not work on At&t Cricket H2O. 1. Insert Standar Sim Card (4G lte Hotspot Service Required ) 2. Conect Modem to USB Port. 3. Install Huawei Mobile Software 4. Wait 3-5 Minutes. This feature-rich 4G broadband modem can connect your laptop or desktop computer to 4G LTE wireless network, up to 10X faster than 3G. You can receive text messages, The easy pop-out USB connector works with different USB locations in your PC, offers you convenience, speed and power, all of which you're sure to appreciate. Specifications 4G LTE band 4/13 700/1700/2100 MHz 3G CDMA 900/1900 MHz Card modul: removable SIM/USIM 4G LTE Downstream 100Mbps Upstream 50 Mbps 3G Downstream 42 Mbps Upstream 5.76 Mbps Antenna: Internal External antenna connector Chipset: MDM9600 RAM: 64MB / 128MB (Flash) MMC Slot: MicroSD up to 32 GB support OS Supported Windows XP, 7, Mac 10.6 up Dimensions: 3.62 x 1.37 x 0.59 Inches Weight: 1.76 oz
VH
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2023
Seemed to power up but would not initialize with my sim card. May be designed for Cricket phone sim cards. Returned to Amazon.
MikeR
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2019
I have a Raspberry PI 3B (running Raspbian Stretch). I was tethering it to an iphone 6 over USB/hotspot with a Mint Mobile SIM. This setup worked great, but I was tying up an iphone just for the RPI and every once in a while I would need to restart the iphone (it didn't happen that frequently actually maybe once every 5 weeks). I have the RPI configured as a WIFI hotspot for a security camera at a remote location with no other internet besides what is provided through the iphone and the data plan I had there. So the internet service via the iphone was the only way for the security camera to communicate out to the world (me) and for me to communicate back to it (using reverse SSH - for those who want to know...). This worked fine but was a pain if I needed to restart the iphone, say due to a power outage causing the battery to run down. I'd have to drive to the location, and restart the iphone, re-enable the hot spot - you get the idea, it was a pain.I figured there had to be a way to use my Mint Mobile SIM (which is on the T-Mobile network) directly with the RPI. This USB modem does the trick. I saw another review state they got it working with qmicli (which is a command line interface to configure a qualcomm based usb modem), I didn't get that working with qmicli as I couldn't immediately find instructions. Fortunately I found another blog post that walks through setting up this exact modem on the RPI. All you need is your carrier's APN. In my case for Mint Mobile it was "wholesale". I can't post the l-i-n-k so find the instructions by the following method below:Perform a search for raspberry-pi-with-huawei-E397u-53-dongle-metro and you'll find the instructionsOnce you get the instructions, It's pretty straight forward. In the end where it explains how to update the DNS service, I replaced it with the google dns which is 8 8 8 8 and 8 8 4 4. Everything works great, I can get like 5-22Mbit/s up and down which is perfect for my needs (and considering the device is in a bad T-Mobile area, I'm happy with that). Now when I reboot the PI, internet comes back up - no iphone needed :)
Jacob Hipps
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2019
I bought this to add LTE connectivity to my Surface Book 2 when traveling. I ordered a Data-only SIM from Google Fi to stick in there (NOTE: you will need a nano-SIM to standard-SIM adapter! In a pinch, I ordered the "T-mobile SIM starter kit" (B00LPPHHFK) via PrimeNow, since it includes the necessary SIM adapter). I can typically get between 20 and 80Mbps down over LTE, and around 10 to 20Mbps up (see attached screenshot). When using the Data-only SIM with Google Fi, you'll be connecting to T-Mobile's network. The modem should report the network operator as "TMO".To setup the modem on Windows 10, you'll need to install the Huawei MobilePartner software for the E397u chipset, which installs the driver that exposes 3 serial port interfaces ("PC UI Interface" is the one for entering AT commands manually to control and monitor the modem. It runs at 115200 baud) + the network interface. I'm pretty sure the APN is not required (I seem to be able to connect with and without it defined). But to set it with the Huawei/Cricket software, you'll want to create a new "profile" and set the APN (Options > Profile Management >Dial-Up) to "h2g2". Once this is set, you don't need to use this software any longer (but the driver still needs to remain installed). You can also set the APN with the AT+CGDCONT command over the serial interface (search "connecting apn using at commands" for more info).
Farvision Networks
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2017
This device does NOT work with Tmobile sims. I have an older Rocket 1 Sim, a brand new prepaid 'kit' sim, and two sims from older ZTE hotspots. The device itself is blacklisted from the tmobile network. I get a page redirect to Tmobile that says 'Your data plan does not work on this device. Click *here* to sign up for a new data plan.' Clicking the link takes me to 'We're sorry, we are not able to help you with a plan change here. Please check my.tmobile.com or call customer care to complete this service charge.'Additionally, the cricket connector software (which works great by the way) opens a Cricket purchase page. Which does not resolve since the device is not on a network. I re-enabled my Desktop connection to diagnose. Worked on it for an hour or so. All other Sims with all other devices brought me to the tmobile page to reactivate or pay more. They want your money for sim data. Not for this device. I didn't even bother calling in. They know the score, it's an obvious blacklist.This device may work with other carrier's sims - but not tmobile.Additionally, the IMEI pasted into Cricket's BYOB check showed it was NOT compatible. There was a number missing. Not going to play guessing games on this one. Will return for true Tmobile rocket usb device.*edit*Changing from a 2 star to a 4 star.I had to learn what an unlocked modem actually meant.This device is blocked from Tmobile itself, but subcarriers like Simple Mobile work just fine.I am doing some testing with carriers in my Florida market.Simple Mobile does work. 9D 5.5U9/24/2017*edit again*Tested an H20 Sim. Buying worked even better than Simple. ATT network instead of Tmobile.Put on the $10 plan which is supposed to not have data, but it worked.7D 1.5U*edit 9/28/17*Got my Lyca Mobile sim in the mail. Activation required a handset, so I had to flip them to run * codes. Then activate the sim on their website before I could even get to plan purchase. $19 was the min and that was for 100 MB data. Plans did not seem comparable to others on the market, so I mothballed the sim. Changed review to five stars. I love unlocked USB modems! May play around with other sims and data plans but we sort of already have a North America winner in ATT and TMOB with H2O and Simple. Simple has a Walmart partnership and you can grab top-up cards from anywhere, as well as online, easily.
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