Tip of the Week

EVDOinfo.com (3Gstore's "sister site") has long been your source for tips, tricks, hacks and suggestions for getting the most out of your EVDO/mobile broadband service, and each week we highlight a particularly interesting or popular topic in the "Tip of the Week" feature.

This page compiles all of our Tip of the Week articles, organized by category for your convenience (tips that fall under multiple categories are listed in each appropriate category)

• General Mobile Broadband Tips:
  • Suspend Your Verizon/Sprint EVDO Service
  • "SuperCharge" Your EVDO
  • Activate Your Sprint or Verizon EVDO Modem
  • Use Your Sprint/Verizon EVDO in Canada and Mexico
  • Making Sense of the New Verizon Mobile BroadBand Policies
  • How to Disable Roaming on your Sprint/Verizon EVDO device
  • Obtaining a Static IP Address
  • Text Message with your Verizon EVDO Modem
  • Optimize Your Sprint EVDO
  • Monitor your Sprint/Verizon/AT&T Data Usage
  • Share Your Connection with a 3G/4G Router
  • Do a Verizon or Sprint "ESN Swap" Online
  • Using Field Test Mode with VZAM, QLM, or Cricket
  • Lock Your Verizon Modem to 3G/EVDO Only
  • Configure Verizon UML290 for use on Mac Computers
  • Lock Your Verizon UML290 or VL600 to 4G LTE Only
  • Configure Pantech UML290 for 3G Use (eHRDP Fix)
  • Configure Pantech UML290 for 3G/4G Global (Auto-Switching) Use

• Saving Bandwidth Tips:
  • Stay Under Your 5GB Limit
  • Monitor your Sprint/Verizon/AT&T Data Usage
  • Use an Online Storage Service to Conserve Bandwidth
  • Beware of Automatic Updates - Use WiFi, Not Your 5GB!
  • Turn Off Google Instant Search To Save Bandwidth
  • Conserve Bandwidth - Don't Use Google Instant Previews

• Signal Boosting Tips:
  • Boosting Your MiFi's Signal
  • Boosting Your Sprint Overdrive, EVO, or Epic's 3G Signal
  • Locating Cell Towers (It's Tough...)
  • Boost Signal to Your Sprint/Verizon/Alltel/AT&T/T-Mobile Blackberry
  • iPhone Signal Boosting Options
  • Use a Lightning Protector With Your Antenna and Amplifier
  • Determining Which Antenna Frequency You Need for Verizon 3G
  • Check Your RSSI in a Cradlepoint Router
  • How To Locate Your Cellular Tower

• Cradlepoint Router Tips:
  • Updating Your Cradlepoint Router's Firmware
  • Blocking URLs With Your Cradlepoint Router
  • Connect Mobile Broadband to Existing Network with Cradlepoint CBA250
  • Maximize Your Cradlepoint Router's WiFi Range
  • Solve the Windows XP + Cradlepoint "Cannot Find a Certificate" Problem
  • Which EVDO Device is Best for Cradlepoint Routers?
  • Save (and Restore) Your Cradlepoint or KR2 Router Settings
  • Share Your Connection with a 3G/4G Router
  • Solve the Cradlepoint + Windows XP/Vista Saved Settings Problem
  • Use Your Cradlepoint Router for Cable/DSL Internet
  • Cradlepoint MBR1200 WMM Workaround
  • Use Campground WiFi as Internet source for Cradlepoint Routers
  • Linking Two Cradlepoint Routers (WDS)
  • DON'T Upgrade Your Equipment Unnecessarily!
  • Power Cycle Your 3G/4G Router
  • Check Your RSSI in a Cradlepoint Router
  • Avoid Interference Between WiMAX Modems & WiFi Routers
  • Look Before you Leap: Beware of Router/Battery Compatibility!
  • Using OpenDNS With Your Cradlepoint Router
  • Accessing Your Cradlepoint or MiFi Administration Page
  • Using Load Balancing on CTR500/MBR1000/MBR1200
  • Update Your PRL in a Cradlepoint Router
  • Connecting a Pepwave Surf Mini to a Cradlepoint CTR350 or CTR500 for WiFi as WAN (WaW)
  • Configuring Cradlepoint Routers for Failover Mode with Pepwave Surf Mini
  • Changing WiFi Networks While Pepwave is Connected to Cradlepoint
  • Share Your Printer with Multiple Computers via a Cradlepoint Router
  • Configuring Failover Mode On Cradlepoint Routers
  • Configure Pantech UML290 for 3G Use (eHRDP Fix)
  • How to Configure Wireless Security on Your Cradlepoint Router

• Nexaira Router Tips:
  • Upgrading Nexaira BC2 Firmware
  • Configure Pantech UML290 for 3G Use (eHRDP Fix)

• MiFi Tips:
  • Boosting Your MiFi's Signal
  • Use WiFi AND Tethering on Your Verizon MiFi
  • Use your Sprint/Verizon MiFi to Set up a Home Network
  • Improve Your MiFi's WiFi Range and add Ethernet Capability with the Pepwave Surf Mini
  • Accessing Your Cradlepoint or MiFi Administration Page

• Overdrive Tips:
  • Use the Pepwave Surf Mini with Overdrive to add Range, More Users, and an Ethernet port
  • How To Update Sprint Overdrive Firmware

• Phone/PDA Tips:
  • Get Sprint's Simply Everything Plan
  • Boost Signal to Your Sprint/Verizon/Alltel/AT&T/T-Mobile Blackberry
  • iPhone Signal Boosting Options
  • Setting up the Sprint EVO 4G Mobile Hotspot
  • Changing the Maximum number of Allowed WiFi Connections on the HTC EVO
  • Managing Allowed Users on the HTC EVO Hotspot
  • Checking RSSI on the HTC EVO 4G
  • Upgrading Your HTC EVO 4G To Android 2.2
  • Use the Pepwave Surf Mini With The HTC EVO 4G's Hotspot Feature
  • Improving Sprint Epic 4G Battery Life
  • Setting up the Sprint Epic 4G Mobile Hotspot

• Pepwave Surf Mini Tips:
  • Improve Your MiFi's WiFi Range and add Ethernet Capability with the Pepwave Surf Mini
  • Use Campground WiFi as Internet source for Cradlepoint Routers
  • Connect Multiple WiFi Devices to Commercial WiFi with Pepwave
  • Use the IP Switch + Pepwave Surf Mini to Monitor WiFi Connectivity
  • Use the Pepwave Surf Mini with Overdrive to add Range, More Users, and an Ethernet port
  • Connecting a Pepwave Surf Mini to a Cradlepoint CTR350 or CTR500 for WiFi as WAN (WaW)
  • Configuring Cradlepoint Routers for Failover Mode with Pepwave Surf Mini
  • Changing WiFi Networks While Pepwave is Connected to Cradlepoint