[SOLVED] [Ubuntu 14.04] Huawei E173s

Furry · 11-30-2015, 11:27 AM

Hello, I've tried for several hours to configure Huawei E173s on Ubuntu 14.04. Only what I get is that Ubuntu sees stick as storage(CD or microUSB) but I'm not able to force it to work as modem(to connect to internet). I've installed drivers which were inside device, also tried with other drivers. Device for sure isn't damaged because on Windows it works. Can you help me find how can I solve this issue?
Some information about device:
lsusb

it shows modem switched off)

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Bus 002 Device 004: ID 12d1:1c05 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E173s 3G broadband stick (modem on)

modem-manager-gui: does not see any device

dmesg(after plug-in device):

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[ 2116.820086] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
[ 2117.191617] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1c0b
[ 2117.191621] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
[ 2117.191624] usb 2-1: Product: HUAWEI Mobile
[ 2117.191626] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: HUAWEI
[ 2117.193618] usbserial_generic 2-1:1.0: The "generic" usb-serial driver is only for testing and one-off prototypes.
[ 2117.193628] usbserial_generic 2-1:1.0: Tell linux-usb@vger.kernel.org to add your device to a proper driver.
[ 2117.193635] usbserial_generic 2-1:1.0: generic converter detected
[ 2117.193815] usb 2-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 2117.193994] usbserial_generic 2-1:1.1: The "generic" usb-serial driver is only for testing and one-off prototypes.
[ 2117.194001] usbserial_generic 2-1:1.1: Tell linux-usb@vger.kernel.org to add your device to a proper driver.
[ 2117.194008] usbserial_generic 2-1:1.1: generic converter detected
[ 2117.194165] usb 2-1: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[ 2121.020542] generic ttyUSB0: generic converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
[ 2121.020559] usbserial_generic 2-1:1.0: device disconnected
[ 2121.024451] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, device number 5
[ 2121.030294] generic ttyUSB1: generic converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1
[ 2121.030311] usbserial_generic 2-1:1.1: device disconnected
[ 2128.476089] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci
[ 2129.020787] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1c05
[ 2129.020799] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=0 [ 2129.020807] usb 2-1: Product: HUAWEI Mobile
[ 2129.020813] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: HUAWEI
[ 2129.023032] option 2-1:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 2129.023429] usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 2129.023652] option 2-1:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 2129.023857] usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[ 2129.024097] option 2-1:1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected [ 2129.024288] usb 2-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[ 2129.024468] usb-storage 2-1:1.3: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 2129.024865] scsi8 : usb-storage 2-1:1.3
[ 2129.025199] usb-storage 2-1:1.4: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 2129.025336] scsi9 : usb-storage 2-1:1.4
[ 2130.025148] scsi 8:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [ 2130.025258] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access HUAWEI SD Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 2130.027326] sr1: scsi-1 drive
[ 2130.027461] sr 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[ 2130.027665] sr 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
[ 2130.028217] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[ 2130.033255] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

ls /dev/tty* (as you can see heres missing any ttyUSB*)

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/dev/tty /dev/tty23 /dev/tty39 /dev/tty54 /dev/ttyS10 /dev/ttyS26 /dev/tty0 /dev/tty24 /dev/tty4 /dev/tty55
/dev/ttyS11 /dev/ttyS27 /dev/tty1 /dev/tty25 /dev/tty40 /dev/tty56 /dev/ttyS12 /dev/ttyS28 /dev/tty10 /dev/tty26 /dev/tty41 /dev/tty57 /dev/ttyS13 /dev/ttyS29 /dev/tty11 /dev/tty27 /dev/tty42 /dev/tty58 /dev/ttyS14 /dev/ttyS3 /dev/tty12 /dev/tty28 /dev/tty43 /dev/tty59 /dev/ttyS15 /dev/ttyS30 /dev/tty13 /dev/tty29 /dev/tty44 /dev/tty6
/dev/ttyS16 /dev/ttyS31 /dev/tty14 /dev/tty3 /dev/tty45 /dev/tty60 /dev/ttyS17 /dev/ttyS4 /dev/tty15 /dev/tty30 /dev/tty46 /dev/tty61 /dev/ttyS18 /dev/ttyS5 /dev/tty16 /dev/tty31 /dev/tty47 /dev/tty62 /dev/ttyS19 /dev/ttyS6 /dev/tty17 /dev/tty32 /dev/tty48 /dev/tty63 /dev/ttyS2
/dev/ttyS7 /dev/tty18 /dev/tty33 /dev/tty49 /dev/tty7
/dev/ttyS20 /dev/ttyS8 /dev/tty19 /dev/tty34 /dev/tty5 /dev/tty8 /dev/ttyS21 /dev/ttyS9 /dev/tty2 /dev/tty35 /dev/tty50 /dev/tty9 /dev/ttyS22 /dev/tty20 /dev/tty36 /dev/tty51 /dev/ttyprintk /dev/ttyS23 /dev/tty21 /dev/tty37 /dev/tty52 /dev/ttyS0
/dev/ttyS24 /dev/tty22 /dev/tty38 /dev/tty53 /dev/ttyS1
/dev/ttyS25

ardvark71 · 11-30-2015, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Furry

Hello, I've tried for several hours to configure Huawei E173s on Ubuntu 14.04.

Hi...

I'm not sure of everything you've done to try and get your modem to work or if I'll be able to help here but if lsusb is truly saying the modem is switched off (the report you gave says it's switched on,) then you can try using the instructions here and see if that will work.

Also, make sure that usb_modeswitch is set up properly. More on that here. You might want to enable logging and post a report.

There are additional threads that might be of help here.

Let us know what you find out.

Regards...

Furry · 12-03-2015, 12:14 PM

Thanks for answer @ardvark71. Unfortunately those articles didn't help me but thanks to Sakis3G (tool) I've solved my problem

Heres good explanation what I needed to do: LINK

ardvark71 · 12-03-2015, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Furry

Thanks for answer @ardvark71. Unfortunately those articles didn't help me but thanks to Sakis3G (tool) I've solved my problem

Heres good explanation what I needed to do: LINK

Awesome, I'm glad you got it to work!

If you would, please mark this thread as "SOLVED" by clicking on "Thread Tools" directly above your initial post. Thanks!

Just FYI for anyone who is interested in using this program, particularly any government agency: it is very important that you look through the EULA first. It has clauses that might affect your ability to use the tool.

Regards...