CF-19 MK4 and Ericssson F5521gw

I was wondering if anyone tried this combination. The new MK5 comes with this card. I already patched the bios to enable wwan and now just need to make sure it will work. Also, I downloaded the F5521gw driver for the new MK5 but it installs silently without any connection manager application. If anyone has the link for this it would be most appreciated

Thanks

 

Bought HP hs2340 HSPA module (rebranded F5521gw) for 25$. It is working flawlessly especially GPS. Just wanted to let you guys know

Regards

 

And you installed this in your CF-19 Mk4? Just used the Mk5 driver?

I wonder if it will work in a Mk2.

 

I want to install one of these cards into my CF-31 (see my thread HERE: http://forum.notebookreview.com/panasonic/618442-so-i-switched-sprint-att-my-cf-31-a.html ) but no one has responded as to rather or not this card will work in the 31

 

Actually, in my case, since hs2340 is HP branded F5521gw you can't use generic drivers. I had to download the drivers from HP website and decompile InstallShield installer to extract the drivers.

There are a lot of these cards from wasted laptops (HP, Dell, Lenovo) but the most common are HP (I wonder why ). Those are all rebranded models so in order to use the drivers you'll need to decompile installers like I did. But the good thing is that these cards can be found very cheap (HP, thanks again).

If you use WinXP you can download connection manager from Toshiba (very nice looking app with traffic monitor and SMS and GPS utility). If you use Win7 you don't need any connection manager since everything is already integrated in the OS (but I strongly recommend the Toshiba utility).

Regards

 

I'm not quite sure where you are finding these "HP branded" cards for cheap?? because when I search ebay title and description for "hs2340" it just comes up with the normal $115+ cards that I was already looking at.

I don't mind spending $125 or so on a card if I'm SURE that it will work in my CF-31. Problem here is that all these cards are from Hong Kong and they haven't returned any emails when I asked about compatibility with my 31 AND, whats worse, is that these guys are usually morons and will say anything will work just to get a sale and say "if it doesn't work, don't worry, just return it"... Yeah... Except returning something to HONG KONG is AWFUL! (Not to mention the 2+ months it would take to get my money back...)

 

I know what you mean. I am sorry for not stating my sources. Currently, I am visiting Shenzhen (nearest Chinese city to Hong Kong) and I am finding these cards (along with Sierra Wireless) on every corner in the local market. The prices here are ranging from 20$ to 50$ so everything you find on ebay is originating from here and is 2-3 times more expensive than in the local market.

In your case, I am convinced that this card should work but I cannot say that with 100% certainty. I can give you the list of HP notebook models with this card so in case you know someone who owns one of these models you can try it in your toughbook.

Here's the list:
EliteBook 2760p Tablet PC
EliteBook 2760p Tablet PC (ENERGY)
HP 2760p i5-2410M 12.1 02GB/250
HP 2760p i5-2520M 12.1 02GB/320
HP 2760p i5-2520M 12.1 04GB/320
HP 2760p i5-2520M 12.1 160/4GB
HP 2760p i5-2540M 12.1 02GB/250
HP 2760p i5-2540M 12.1 04GB/320
HP 2760p i7-2620M 12.1 04GB/160
HP 2760p i7-2620M 12.1 04GB/320
HP Compaq 2760p i5-2520M 12.1
HP Compaq 2760p i5-2540M 12.1
HP Compaq 2760p i7-2620M 12.1
HP EliteBook 8460p Notebook PC
HP EliteBook 8560p Notebook PC
HP EliteBook 8560w Mobile Workstation
HP ProBook 4230s Notebook PC
HP ProBook 4330s Notebook PC
HP ProBook 4331s Notebook PC
HP ProBook 4430s Notebook PC
HP ProBook 4431s Notebook PC
HP ProBook 4530s Notebook PC
HP ProBook 4730s Notebook PC
HP ProBook 5330m Notebook PC
HP ProBook 6360b Notebook PC
HP Promo 2760p i5-2410M 12.1
HP Promo 2760p i5-2520M 12.1
HP Promo 2760p i5-2540M 12.1

I hope this info was helpful

Regards

 

Would you mind buying me one and shipping it to me?? I'll paypal you the loot in advance....

 

I'm resurrecting this old topic... in case acko085 still reads NBR.
I've tried several decompilers, but none worked with the hp f5521gw driver package.
can you post the driver archive, or exactly what method you used extract the drivers ?

thanks,