Ubuntu – ALCATEL Modem compatibility on UB 12.04

Probably you could have tried what i'm about to say.

lsusb

usb-devices

The above commands will list the usb-devices plugged in to your machine.

However the following method works charm for me every time. Plug the usb device before you turn on your laptop.

After login, please enter the following commands in your terminal:

dmesg -c

Please note down the prints that your modem is detected.

lsusb

And get your device's vendor & product id.

modprobe option

service network-manager restart

echo 12D1 140C > /sys/bus/usb-serial/drivers/option1/new_id

dmesg

Now you must see some changes in dmesg detecting your usb device as a modem. If not, after dmesg -c, try modprobe -r usb_storage which will remove the support for usb storage devices. Sometimes your modem gets detected as usb storage. After your modem is detected, you can re-enable usb storage by modprobe option.

Hope this will help.

This command worked for me. I just needed to execute it once.

lsusb

Note down vendor and product id. In my case it is 12d1 and 1f01 respectively.

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05c8:038f Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd (Foxlink) 
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0438:7900 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:b008 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 12d1:14db Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E353/E3131
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0438:7900 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Then execute this once.

sudo usb_modeswitch -v 12d1 -p 1f01 -J