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I am facing difficulty in installing my USB modem in Ubuntu 13.10. Contrary to what many have suggested,it does not get detected automatically, nor does setting a new connection help.
USB Device is listed in lsusb, but not under network manager or Devices, it is detected as a CD-ROM, what I understood from the web was that usb-modeswitch can be used to switch it to a USB device. Even 'Enable Mobile Broadband' option is not shown in network manager.



What was interesting is when I start laptop with windows 7 and use the USB modem and after that restart with Ubuntu, both Enable Broadband and the mobile broadband connection can be seen. Sadly, internet connection could not be installed.



I tried using USB-modeswitch command as suggested somewhere, but it does not seem to work. Following is the message.



Take all parameters from the command line 





 * usb_modeswitch: handle USB devices with multiple modes

 * Version 2.0.1 (C) Josua Dietze 2013

 * Based on libusb1/libusbx



 ! PLEASE REPORT NEW CONFIGURATIONS !



DefaultVendor=  0x12d1

DefaultProduct= 0x1505

HuaweiMode=1

NeedResponse=0



InquireDevice enabled (default)



Look for default devices ...

  found USB ID 8087:0020

  found USB ID 1d6b:0002

  found USB ID 0461:4db6

  found USB ID 12d1:1505

   vendor ID matched

   product ID matched

  found USB ID 138a:0007

  found USB ID 03f0:231d

  found USB ID 8087:0020

  found USB ID 1d6b:0002

 Found devices in default mode (1)

Access device 005 on bus 001

Get the current device configuration ...

 OK, got current device configuration (1)

Use interface number 0

Use endpoints 0x08 (out) and 0x87 (in)

Inquire device details; driver will be detached ...

Looking for active driver ...

 OK, driver detached

 INQUIRY message failed (error -9)



USB description data (for identification)

-------------------------

Manufacturer: HUA?WEI TECHNOLOGIES

     Product: HUAWEI Mobile

  Serial No.: ???????????????????

-------------------------

Send old Huawei control message ...

-> Run lsusb to note any changes. Bye!


I am stuck with this problem for 4 days now, any help would be appreciated


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After so much pain, the following post by Jaydeep worked.



http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1814583



Will still post the answer below.



Check the name of your USB device by running the following command on Terminal



lsusb


type the following to go to usb_modeswitch.d folder



cd /etc/usb_modeswitch.d


create a config file (.conf) using the following command.



sudo gedit


Copy and paste the following to the file and save.



DefaultVendor= 0x12d1 

DefaultProduct=0x1505 



MessageContent="55534243123456780000000000000011062000000100000000000000000000"


Keep in mind that the12d1 and 1505 in DefaultProduct and DefaultVendor values are as per the output received in lsusb for your Huawei device.



Save the file as 12d1:1505. ( any other name should also work !!)



Run usb_modeswitch command as below.



sudo usb_modeswitch -I -W -c 12d1:1505


Device should get detected, please add new connection and see if it is connected.



If not, please restart, run the same usb_modeswitch command again and see if it is working ! ( For me, it worked after restart )



Note, to make it work, you have to run the usb_modeswitch command every PC starts, to avoid it, a script may be used.


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