Ubuntu – Huawei e303c data-card not working for Ubuntu 11.04

11.04huaweimobile-broadbandusb-modem

Cheers to you.
I got a problem in making a Mobile-BroadBand connection in Ubuntu 11.04, using 'Huawei e303c' usb data-card. I'm using Tata Docomo 3G sim-card (India, circle: Maharastra).

My observations:

  1. I installed the device's driver 'Mobile-Partner For Linux'(which came up with the device). But it is not detecting my device.

  2. In Network Manager, Adding a Mobile-BroadBand connection is not able to detect the device (with or without the device's driver installed).

  3. I tried softwares like usb_modeswitch, gnomeppp, wvdial, sakis3G and followed their guidelines. These too didn't work.

  4. Without the driver, the system is able to identify the device (Mobile-Partner icon comes-up, that leads to driver setup files). But after installing the driver, nothing comes-up there.

  5. In all the above cases, when 'lsusb' cmd is fired, the prompt shows the connected data card (as 'DEVICE_ID:VENDOR_ID Huawei Technologies Ltd.,').

This is my problem. Give a solution to get my device connected.

-Umash

Best Answer

I encountered the same problem. Earlier the datacard was working fine with Ubuntu 12.04, without installing any software. But as soon as I installed the linux drivers which were bundled with the device, it stopped working.

After a lot of searching, and digging into the install script, I found a simple solution. Run the following commands in the terminal, to get Huawei E303c working again:

sudo apt-get remove usb-modeswitch usb-modeswitch-data
sudo apt-get install usb-modeswitch

These commands will reinstall usb-modeswitch. Actually, the whole problem arises because Huawei drivers modify the usb-modeswitch data files, reinstalling them will solve the issue.

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