Why does mifi go dormant

I normally use it directly connected to my laptop, but wanted to take advantage in its ability to handle 3 devices in my home. Today I set up a Roku went wireless with my laptop. My WiFi is now dropping about every seconds. It worked pretty good the whole time I used it directly connected to the laptop…but now…trying to stay connected wireless is beyond frustrating to accomplish anything.

I also notice how hot this thing gets. In fact the other day I was at a local Verizon store and spoke with one of the customer reps about the way it get hot. I suggested that device should have some sort of finned heat sink, perhaps with a fan or something.

She said that she never received any complains about the heat generated by the I think that this is a problem they just are not addressing.

After all, the device is marketed to be compact and carry around in your pocket. Not exactly pocket sized. I wonder if the heat itself could be the hidden factor. Lion has changed again how it does name resolution. I am so frustrated by the frequency of disconnects that i want my tether back. Shame on me for signing up for two years, shame on them for an inferior product.

I WILL take the penalty and terminate my contract after four months. This product is junk, we constantly lose our connection and we are constantly speaking to verizons tech support. Time for a class action, any attorneys out there listening????????? Yes, mifi is terrible.

Company provided for me so that is what I have to use. As a consumer it will be a very long time before I purchase any service from Verizon again. Their home internet is bad at best, their service is terrible and I mean terrible, just terrible , and the wireless devices at least in SoCal barely work.

So on the 14th day verizon tech tells me to go get another unit before i get locked in the contract…. Riiight Im sure this is a 1st for you guys. For me, the problems with the hotspot access on the Mifi started only a few months ago. When connected directly to my MacBook, it seems to work solidly and consistantly. There are times that the Mifi will work fine while in hotspot mode. Now I see many people have this damn problem. Keeps dropping to the point that its not usable.

I updated the driver which helped a little. They are trying to tell me its my computers problem. Sometimes I have to reenter the password which really annoys me. One thing I discovered is that if the modem is in the sun, the heat will cause it to drop. I had hoped to share the MiFi with another user to cut costs, but the other user found it too frustrating and got DSL. Tanks, Verizon. Glad to read others are having the same issues as I — Sorry to hear others having the same issues as I.

I use the MiFi with my I-Pad and my lap-top — what I had not checked is making sure one or the other is turned off when using the MiFi and I will try that tonight — in other words use it with the lap-top or with the I-pad, but not both at the same time.

Are you kidding……. Anyone out there with any sort of inkling to buy a MiFi………. Frustrated in southeastern Indiana —. Thanks so much, Daniel. I recently switched out my Laptop to on that is running Windows 7. The MiFi was running a little buggy.

There were a lot of updates that it needed. Lesson learned. I will knock Verizon for not having techs available that can just tell us this when we start encountering problems however.

I too have experienced the disconnect issue as long as I have owned this model. I may have found a fix by using double sided mounting tape and affixing my MiFi directly to the window where it is much cooler.

Time will tell, but it was certainly worth a try. I also purchased the window mount antenna. I will repost after giving this a decent try. Today is February 15, I will note my calendar to repost in a week. I must say that Verizon tech support has tried everything in their power to resolve this issue for me. I am curious to know if I will need to move the MiFi as the weather warms up. I said I would post again after I gave window mounting a try.

Apparently my problem is the battery heating up. Now I have to reset the MiFi every morning, and several more times throughout the day.

Talked with tech support who advised they will be sending a new battery and it should be here tomorrow. Window mounting did increase the amount of time I was able to use the MiFi just because it kept the battery cooler for a longer period of time. We were using a Verizon MiFi 4g at a GE faciclity, as subcontractors, then all of a sudden the signal went down the tube. I had to drive outside the building to secure a signal, and by the time I got in it was gone.

It turns out that the MIFI hotspot was interferring with GE equipment and they started jamming us, as told to me by GE personnel Has anyone else had conflicts with their 4g MiFis interferring with other peoples signals?

I am very upset! I bought this thinking it would be great. Now here i am with many online assignments that are due tomorrow and I cant do them! The mifi connected perfectly the first week but now it only connects randomly. I have 3 children and its hard enough as it is! My Mifi was excellent and was so good is why we upgraded to L.

Maybe losing customers is all they will understand. I finally got a high level tech representative that I believe has fixed my problem with the myfi. I have talked with about 10 different tech reps and finally a tech named Katy has fixed the problem. It will always just be 3G. Good luck, Katy is now my best friend. When this first started in June , I called and they told me to just call every month and they would deduct the chg.

However, this became a serious pain in the backside, so I contacted tech suppt who immediately blocked all this nonsense. We spent over a week, 2 sim cards mailed to me and a refurbished unit, only to fail to activate time after time. I have called several times to have them fix this again, only to be told there is no way of doing this. Now according to a supervisor at Verizon, my MiFi will flash green when not roaming and blue when it is.

She suggested I shut down when its blue…NOT.. I pay cash for everything and have no need for credit, so send it where ever it makes them feel good. She then told me they would let me out of the contract. So, to all of you having problems who might like to get out of your contract.. Good Luck to you all.. I had the legacy alltel usb modem and it worked fairly well.

Sometimes it would hang so I would reactivate. I got a MIFI because the alltel was going away. What a mistake. I am going to run some experiments like pulling the SIM card, tying a heat sink. I think MIFI is junk. I am running old XP software. Hello Cliff, Are you still receiving this problem? I know this is a very late response but I am conducting an experiment on some of these faulty verizion devices. I am appalled at how long people have been having these problems and verizon still thinks they can charge ridiculous Early Termination Fees!

The speed is incredabley slow, constantly disconnects, has very inconsistent connectivity, and causes me extreme stress! I want a refund. Is there any way out of these fees? Is verizon ignoring these issues because we end up paying overage fees since it is not unlimited useage? Thanks a lot -Luther. Also, if there is any specific frequency set e. From device manager, go to your network card, double-click on it and check the tabs.

One of the tabs would have these settings that I am referring to. Donata, They just pulled the same thing on me! I contacted the BBB and filed a complaint. First the Mifi worked great for the first six months then they did an update. With in days I was going over data like crazy.

Even when the device was unplugged, battery removed, and turned off! This thing even turned it self back on!!!! Finally then sent me a refurbished POS device. The L and this device keeps turning off! I am like you Donata, I live in a rural area. However, that gives them no right to send us equipment that will not work in our area. Verizon found out in Aug. Not for those of us who only get 3g.

I am so relieved to find others talking about my experience. No help from Verizon. My troubles began with the hp netbook mini Thought the MiFi device could be a workable substitute. Instead, just doubled the expenses, problems. Expenses paid in blood, sweat, tears and way too much in monthly charges. I use two. The Android works unless I want to use it to make a phone call. Then it gets rapidly hot enough to burn my hand.

The netbook became a halftime job during — Daily bluescreens. Look at that! Error I also have a log from VZ Access manager. It lists panic events dating to before I purchased the pc.

I will call the BBB and am all for a class action suit. So frustrated when getting nowhere through YEARS of lengthy phone calls, chats, going in to the stores for face to face help.

Thanks to all who posted. The BBB just helped me finish a complaint with Verizon overcharging, data plan, corp. Now that I have that issue done I can now move on with another complaint against them for the mifi device! I am now going on my 17th replacement! My L kept dropping the connection. So my guess is, battery issues. My husband bought a PS3 so he could play Black Ops II online with some friends but we found out that we cannot get internet to support gaming where we live…so our only choice was the mobile jetpack.

To put it simple…we are moving so that we can get Charter…and yes our cell phones are going too!!!! I have had them wifi since Verizon introduced them. They are junk. I have had at least 5 of them Verizon keeps replacing them saying they are faulty but they all do the same thing. Constant disconnects and freeze-ups. Or just shuts off completely at random. I have jumped through every imaginable hoop they offer. Verizon tech is on my speed-dial it is so common.

I have no choice and will never have cable in my rural area, but it is enormously frustrating. I have one that still runs XP, one on Vista and one on 7 so it is not the software.. JUNK is the answer. Class action could be the answer, if any of you is starting one, I am in. I found a fix that works! The updater is currently available only for PCs, so Mac users …… […].

Any news on class actions? I finally upgraded. Tried new sim card, changed settings to only connect to 4g and not 3g, nothing worked. So very glad to have a stable connection now with a new device.

I was looking thru to see if there was a class action lawsuit about this. Does anyone know of such a suit? Travis thanks for figuring that out! Your solution is working so far for me too. My network download speed more than tripled from about 6 Mbps to My boyfriend and i were so excited to get this device previously we had … […]. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account.

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Turn on and connect to your MiFi. Log into the admin page. Try to enjoy the Internet. Pay close attention to the Connected Time: line on the Home screen. Watching a video or following a live stream. Like this: Like Loading Previous iPadDevCamp Wallpapers.

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Consumer Electronics. Chemistry Engineering Mathematics Physics. How do i disable the dormant mode on my verizon wireless broadband card? This is nuts. What is happening and how do I stop it? Asked by: Tracey. Ads by Google. This site is best viewed while logged in. Top Solutions. I had the same probem so I called verizon. Go to your messaging hit the menu button. Go to settings and scroll down to where it has a box be Add your answer. Suggested Solutions 10 What's this?

Anonymous "This will stop your phone from going into drive mode whenever Was this answer helpful? Yes No. This answer closely relates to:. Anonymous "Go to phone settings If its when you get calls. Go to phone settings , then sound and then hit vibrate never. Someone said: Hello, I'm Mrs. Regards Mrs. Alice Davis. Was this comment helpful? I hope it helps and have a good day. Someone said: Mine has started doing this to. Drive mode is NOT on. It can be on and not in use with black screen and it will pop on and switch between the background page and drive mode real fast back and forth and sometimes drive mode just sits there.

It is actually a app. Mine was automatically on one of the screens when I got the phone and all i had to do was click on it and it went into drive mode. You can also go through the settings on the phone I think in the wireless connections link. Find "voice talk" in the app drawer and turn it off there. Go to your facebook account and take the notifications off. Just scroll down notification bar. Anonymous 0.