How can I configure a Huawei E3131 Modem on Ubuntu 10.04

**smuwanga** · April 8th, 2013

am using an E3131 Huawei usb modem. I tried instructions

, but not success yet. I installed the mod-switch as advised. I ran

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$ lsusb | grep 12d1

I get the output below

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Bus 002 Device 005: ID 12d1:14fe Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

here is the list of files in

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$ ls /etc/udev/rules.d/15-huawei-155x.rules31-huawei-e3131.rules

Content of 15-huawei-155x.rules

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TEM==”usb”,
ATTRS{idProduct}==”14fe”,ATTRS{idVendor}==”12d1″, RUN+=”/lib/udev/modem-modeswitch –vendor 0x$attr{idVendor} –product 0x$attr{idProduct} –type option-zerocd”

Content of 31-huawei-e3131.rules

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ACTION!=”add”, GOTO=”huawei_zerocd_end”SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ATTR{bDeviceClass}!=”ff” ,ENV{DEVTYPE}==”usb_device”, GOTO=”huawei_zerocd_disable”SUBSYSTEM==”scsi”, ENV{DEVTYPE}==”scsi_device”, GOTO=”huawei_zerocd_disable”GOTO=”huawei_zerocd_end”LABEL=”huawei_zerocd_disable”ATTRS{idVendor}==”12d1″, ATTRS{idProduct}==”14fe″, RUN+=”modem-modeswitch -v 0x%s{idVendor} -p 0x%s{idProduct} -t option-zerocd” LABEL=”huawei_zerocd_end”

I started the udev service. Unfortunately, the e3131 modem does not perform. I made configurations for the APN, but no change whatsoever. Would you possibly correct me?
Thanking you, Simon.

**mörgæs** · April 8th, 2013

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2076601

**Bucky Ball** · April 8th, 2013

Perhaps you should consider upgrading to 12.04 LTS and see how you go with that. 10.04 LTS reaches end-of-life in about two weeks and will no longer receive updates, including security updates, from that point. 12.04 LTS is supported until April 2017.

**smuwanga** · April 8th, 2013

I chose to cling to the one I first tried. I have been using 10.04 LTS for the last two years. I might have to install a new OS all together. Upgrading once messed up my work. Thanks for the link you provided, it looks familiar though.

**alexfish** · April 8th, 2013

possible try latest usb mode switch , all at own risk , but they do have a forum.

http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/

do not use the debian link / read how to install first before compiling ,

HTH

Other readers note , do not try this in Ubuntu >10.04

Alex