Quanta 5G Hotspot for T Mobile, D53 5G Broadband Hotspot (Renewed)

This is my first time having a separate hotspot device. I got in mainly because Tmobile had some plans that had better rates than doing smartphone plans with hotspot service included that increased the the monthly price significantly.This is a fairly heavy device. It's about 2/3s the size of my Samsung S21 and about 1/3 thicker but weighs a bit more. That's just in case people are expecting a smaller device that is lightweight. The hotspot uses a USB C connector to charge and even with a quality charger it does take a while to charge so if you are a frequent user or traveler I do recommend charging it overnight if it gets below 30% of you might find yourself without data when you need it the most.It's been a solid performer so far. I am not a heavy use of it since I usually have access to the internet at most locations I go to but when I do need it, I need it bad and need it to be a solid connection.Keep in mind that just because the device is 5G capable does not mean it is going to give you a solid 5G connection everywhere. Just like your smartphone it will switch from 5G to 4G LTE or 3G depending on availability or signal strength.I have had pretty good results so far with it, with the occasional issue that when I am traveling and lose the 5G signal it sometimes takes a reboot of the hotspot to get connected again. I've gotten consistent download speeds of 100Mbps and upload speeds to 0.13Mbps. Yeah, upload speeds are quite low but honestly, most of your time you are going to be downloading data. Your speeds may vary.To get the most stable connection while traveling I do recommend going into the hotspots dashboard at http://mobile.hotspot and then going to Setup > Network Settings and change the network search mode to Manual and the Network Mode to LTE/3G. It has a idle timeout of 10 minutes which might very well be what some people have complained about frequently losing the connection. If you go to Settings : Advanced Settings > Power and Battery settings you can change the idle time up to a maximum of 30 minutes. Very rarely have I had any drops by doing it this way. Do keep in mind that increasing the idle timeout is going to increase battery usage.It only comes with the 5GHz band enabled so you will also need to activate the 2.4GHz radio if you have older WiFi devices in Settings > WiFi > Basic. Please set a WiFi password for your connections. You have no idea how often I find completely unsecured hotspots because some people think that because it is their hotspot that only they can connect to it. If you are home or traveling with your kiddos and want to prevent them from using your hotspot despite the repeated warning that it slows down your speed and eat your data you can limit the number of simultaneous connections and there is also a MAC Filtering option. Just saying :-)I know some people will just find it a PITA but if you work with this device's quirks and limitations it is a solid performer. If you want a device that "just works" then you are going to have to look into much more expensive devices or even a more expensive plan from your carrier.I have not had any issues with the hotspot getting hot even with heavy use. I understand that some of these being refurbished devices may have all been as thoroughly inspected and could be luck of the draw. I am happy with mine and think it is a great deal.

My device doesn’t work (when the screen show up I have to keep reset the device )

No password or anything came with the device. So how is everyone connecting to the wifi without a wifi password??? Update finally after going through alot with no instructions sent and youtube didn't help i figured out by pressing the power button fast itll display all info needed. Tmobile didn't even know how to use it they wanted me to pop the back off when that would break it.. smh dumb people these days. Works amazingly i have had no trouble. It gets warm after a while but still works fine!

The hotspot was delivered quickly. I had to clean off an old partially torn-off label on the back with some cleaner pads used for removing sticky bandages and the like. Called T-Mobile and got it going. 300mb down speeds. I’m quite impressed. T-Mobile is sending a new sim card for it. Definitely was worth the $29. I will use it for backup wfh connectivity for when Comcast goes down. Note to all: When you receive this hotspot, save yourself some password grief and just get out a paper clip and do a reset before you do anything else. It’s a small hole inside the sim cover on the side. Hold the hidden button down for 10 sec with the paper clip until it reboots. Then when you log into it on its wifi you’ll be able to set your admin password. You’re good!

I have one of these units via Calyx for my main internet. The battery had become severely bloated, though, and I was concerned that I would have to buy a new unit (which could be a couple hundred dollars if bought from Calyx directly). I took it apart and confirmed that the battery was relatively easy to remove. After a lot of deep searching, though, I could not find any replacement batteries online. I had the thought to try to find used or refurbished units like this, though, to harvest a replacement battery from. Units like this have a strong contracted bond between the IMEI and the SIM card. Trying to tamper with that is very against the rules of Calyx and T-Mobile. They don't have anything against swapping a battery as far as I can tell, though.The battery swap was successful, and I have a working unit again.

Simplemente quise usarlo en Jalisco Mexico en zonas donde yo sabia que el internet es lento o nulo, y crei que este hot spot me ayudaria, pero no, nada, nada, no conecte ningun telefono, ni en esas zonas ni en ciudad y lo peor que habia pagado por adelantado a T-Mobile y todavia me queria cobrar otro mes de 50 dls, con un aparato que no use ni un segundo.

I'm trying to use this hotspot tethered via USB to a (Netgate 1100) pfSense router. I'm running the current release of the OS and I've upgraded the hotspot to the latest firmware. Though the router sees the hotspot as a valid device (Mediatek mt6890 as interface ue0) and I can get it to route packets through it just fine, the hotspot has issues staying connected. It seems that it might be a power management issue, as sometimes I'll find the hotspot powered off with 0% batter, and other times I'll see a message about not charging past 70% due to it being in "CPE mode" - which would be stellar, if it would stay connected while in this mode. When it does disconnect (but the battery is still charged), disabling and enabling the interface brings it back online. FWIW, I've examined pretty much every option available on its web UI to try to get it to play nicely, but I don't see anything I haven't already tried that might change this behavior.What so disappointing is that this device is SO CLOSE to being usable! Just having a 5G-capable chipset that is recognized by pfSense is huge. But without stability, it's unusable this way. I'm giving it two stars because I suppose it's usable as a WiFi hotspot, though that's not how I'd use it.

It's locked and unable to get it unlock by T-Mobile.