Modem Huawei E160 Problem

[ivalice]

Hi all,

I've recently upgraded my Ubuntu to 11.04. My usb modem, huawei E160, worked fine with Ubuntu 10.10 but now it doesn't work with 11.04 anymore. When I stick it in, it doesn't mount by itself. Any suggestions how I can fix this?

Thanks

[benom]

i have the same problem with an HUAWEI E1752
even worked after updating to 11.04 but some more updates came this morning and broke it and now ubuntu doesn't even react when i put it in
please help

edit: just rebooted again this time without the huawei connected and didn't put it in before completing login. this time it's working (but skype is missing invisible now. wasn't before 2nd reboot)

[pjrodz]

same problem here.

[fritz269]

Are you using a program to connect or does the phone allow it to be used as a modem?
If it does, look to see if there is a setting that lets you use it as a modem/ share the phones connection.

[pjrodz]

Are you using a program to connect or does the phone allow it to be used as a modem?
If it does, look to see if there is a setting that lets you use it as a modem/ share the phones connection.

ubuntu 10.04 detects my huawei e160 usb modem automatically. but ubuntu 11.04 (natty) doesn't.

[jre6]

Ubuntu does not mount some Huawei devices due to bugs, problems etc. See if these work:

1st option

• Connect the USB modem.
• After 10 seconds, type this in a terminal window:
  

  lsusb

  The output will be like this:
  

  Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  Bus 004 Device 004: ID 12d1:140b Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 
  Bus 004 Device 002: ID 413c:3016 Dell Computer Corp. Optical 5-Button Wheel Mouse
  Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0b97:7762 O2 Micro, Inc. Oz776 SmartCard Reader
  Bus 002 Device 004: ID 413c:8103 Dell Computer Corp. Wireless 350 Bluetooth
  Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0b97:7761 O2 Micro, Inc. Oz776 1.1 Hub
  Bus 002 Device 002: ID 413c:a005 Dell Computer Corp. Internal 2.0 Hub
  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

• The device is a Huawei modem, so let's look at the output. The relevant entry is:
  

  Bus 004 Device 004: ID 12d1:140b Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd

  Hence, you must type:
  

  sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x140b

2nd option

• Download usb-modeswitch and usb-modeswitch-data packages from packages.ubuntu.com
• Install them through the command:
  

  sudo dpkg -i usb-modeswitch*.deb

3rd option
Try a combination of both.

Now, it will be detected by Network manager, wvdial etc. However, please note that this is continuation of a problem from Linux kernel >=2.6.31, so it sometimes fails (especially after connecting a pen drive etc.)

[pjrodz]

hi jre6! thank you for your reply, unfortunately, my huawei e160 modem still doesn't work. any other ideas? thanks again!

[pjrodz]

anyone?

[pjrodz]

i'm just wondering, how come things/hardware working before with older versions of ubuntu sometimes stop working on newer releases? aren't they building the newer versions on top of the older ones?

[mhy31]

mine is Huawei E1550, same problem.

mounted as cdrom.