Comments on: Novatel U727 has built-in drivers

By: Elijah Lynn

Elijah Lynn — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:26:25 +0000

This is awesome! I was just messing around with a crossover cable to my xp/ubuntu tower with my vista laptop and could not get it to connect (this is ridiciulous MS, btw) and then I said well let me download the software first and see if I can find my flash drive later. Now I don’t have to.

Now it is time to sync the dropbox!!

By: Philip

Philip — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:27:27 +0000

If you’re a minimalist, as I am, and prefer not to use the Connection Manager software at all access the connection natively you can do the following in Windows XP–I presume you can probably do it with Vista as well.

1. (Note: The drivers *might* be on the CD–haven’t looked yet–just got it.) I installed the Connection Manager software, …looked in the program files directory and copied the driver directory to somewhere else on the computer. You can probably copy it quick enough to cancel the installation if you want. Otherwise, you’ll have to remove the software via Add/Remove Programs (XP).

2. Uninstall removed the drivers, so after a reboot (or go to Device Manager and “Scan For Hardware Changes”) install the drivers manually, pointing to the driver directory that you copied to a different location.

3. Create a dialup connection manually and use the #777 with no username or password to connect. Now you can just use a shortcut pointing to the modem to connect without having to play with the Sprint software. Can’t really tell if there’s a speed difference–it’s the first thing I did when I got my U727.

I keep backup images of my operating systems via Ghost so when I get home I’m going to probably be able to just skip step one and two and just go straight to installing the drivers manually since I now have a copy of the raw driver files.

By: rodfather

rodfather — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:25:14 +0000

I guess it doesn’t hurt having the latest version on the microSD card, but the microSD isn’t recognized until you go through with the install of the ‘lite’ version.

When you first connect, it prompts you to download & upgrade to the new version.

By: EVDOinfo

EVDOinfo — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:25:52 +0000

Rod, what gets installed is a “lite” version of the Sprint Connection Manager and we’re not sure its all that good for much other than just connecting.

Folks wanting full featured connection manager should still download the full version from sprint.com/downloads