I changed my mobile card due to a change of my notebook where the new one no longer supports pcmcia cards. So I switched to the Huawei E220 usb UMTS Modem. The drawback, it does not work from scratch, the benefit, the signal strength is much better.
So the device is recogniced as an scsi storage device if you plug it in.
You have to close all open windows showing content of the device and unmount the device.
call the follwing commands:
rmmod usb-storage
rmmod usb-serial
to unload the storage device, then call:
lsusb
and write down the vencor id and produc number of the attached device, then call
modprobe usb-serial vendor=<vendor id> product=<product id>
unplug the device, replug again and check that there are three usb devices calling:
ls -la /dev/ttyU*
if there are 3 devices you can use the device with kppp or wvdial. The modem device is ttyUSB0
ATTENTION: don’t forget to execute all commands with sudo
Jörg
Hello from Spain
i also have the Huawei working very well
In the Spanish forum some people are trying it but still having problems. How is it working in general in germany?
If you have any more news on tricks or suggestions please pass them on
I noticed that if I leave a blank cd in the cdrom it is rarely mis-identified as a cdrom instead of a usb modem, and so you don’t have to eject it
Well, I’m using it, and it’s weird.
I f I boot Edgy with the e220, it detects it (I hacked a /etc/modprobe.d with the vendor and product).
But if I insert it later, it detects as a usb-storage. I do rmmod, modprobe, and it detects as a ttyUSB0, but it doesn’t work. Sometimes, after removing it ands inserting it several times, I can make it work, but rebooting with it on is the easiest way.
I have a Dell Latitude D620. It’s annoying, can anybodyt solve this?
http://portuguesesaovolante.blogspot.com
hi!
i have a same problem with my EeePC 701.
how could you solve this problem.
please let me know.
thanks
Universe don’t know limits, stupid human too.
Hi Guys, see http://joergweis.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/huawei-e220-revisited/ this link and the latest comment, seems to be solved.
regards Jörg
Hi!
HUAWEI e220 kernel problem for Ubuntu is already solved:
http://oozie.fm.interia.pl/pro/huawei-e220/
Regards,
OOZIE
This HowTo is for the E220 USB modem but a bit more “non graphical” solution to the E220 Linux problem for swedish users and for most Hi3G users.
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-565414.html
Try this it works like a charm for me:
https://forge.vodafonebetavine.net/projects/vodafonemobilec/
Just download and install. Complete GUI packet with driver.
The only thing missing is a counter for download volume.
here in suse 11.0 is working very well no probl…….
El Greco’s vodafone link works fine for ubuntu 8.04