Sprint SmartView (new connection manager)

snofox · EVDO Newbie Joined: 10 Sep 2007 Posts: 6

the new software renders me incapable of connecting now. Where can you download the old software? if you goto sprint it only allows you to download the new one.

I need the old software badly!! Thanks.

gilevans · EVDO Newbie Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 5

Joel Schmidt · EVDO User Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 38

intense321 · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 12

I've never had a problem with the old SCM or the new SCM (before they "upgraded" to SmartView). SmartView does not work AT ALL. I uninstalled everything, removed all network adaptors, rebooted, etc. etc. but basically I can click on the CONNECT icon as many times as I want, but it never connects. It acts as if the CONNECT button is not even really a button. When I hover my mouse over it, it doesn't even light up. When I click it does nothing. Sprint tech support was useless. They basically told me to go back to the old SCM. I did that, and the old SCM works fine. Vista x86 with Novatel u720 is my platform.

xenophon · EVDO Addict Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 1969

^Are you using VMWare? That is exactly the behavior I get with VMWare host installed. I have to disable the VMWare virtual adapters on the host to get it to work.

JoeCHecht · EVDO Junkie Joined: 05 Jan 2008 Posts: 278

I tried smartview in a VM, and it updated the firmware and PRL file for my U727. I was happy about that Smile

I was a bit scared that it would brick the U727 (a lot of warnings came up about that, and there was a lot of VM connects and disconnects during the process).

I dislike the smartview software. It seemed clunky, slow, and provided far too much control management for two many connection types I do not use (or already control via other means).

Then again, I am special case user. For the most part, I connect via a router, and only use the connection software for debugging, updating, and informational purposes. In rare cases, I connect to through a VM, then serve the internet to other VM's via a software based proxy server.

I also never let a direct internet connection happen on my host (protect thy host is the rule here), so there is no way I am going to install the new software outside of a VM.

Joe

Teflon Don · EVDO Newbie Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 1

sstackho · EVDO User Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 32

I installed this today, and it worked fine with a U720.

Took forever to install though, but my new firewall could be a part of that...

sstackho · EVDO User Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 32

OK, how very strange. When I try to schedule a new Appointment in Microsoft Outlook, I am getting a box that says Windows is trying to configure Sprint SmartView. That eventually errors out, and only then does the new appointment window open.

Hopefully this doesn't continue.

(EDIT: I should note that my Outlook has acted wonky with opening attachments for a while now. But it's usually just really really slow... So it could be Outlook's fault, and it's just that the latest Windows Install has been Sprint's program.)