Ubuntu 10.10 and ZTE MF637 (3G modem)

[Dotan Shavit]

usb-modeswitch-data

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On Sunday, November 21, 2010 16:44:49 Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> I have the same modem.
> The problem happens to have dual purpose: as a USB storage and as a 3G
> modem, so in many cases the modem "stuck" in USB storage mode and it takes
> time until it switches.
> 
> You can try to do a simple thing: when the modem is recognized as a USB
> storage, use the "eject" command to get out of storage mode and see if this
> improves the time until it becomes 3G modem.
> 
> Hetz
> 
> 
> 2010/11/21 Nitzan Brumer <nitzanb at gmail.com>
> 
> > I have the ZTE MF637 on Orange and I use it with my Laptop which runs
> > Ubuntu 10.10.
> > Lately I've upgraded from 9.04 to 10.10 (clean install actually) and
> > though the modem do connect its take awful lot of time for the OS to
> > mount it as a 3G modem.
> > 
> > The hardware recognition is almost Immediate and lsusb gives :
> > 
> > Bus 001 Device 004: ID 19d2:0031 ONDA Communication S.p.A. ZTE MF636
> > 
> > Also, the dongle has a micro sd slot and the micro sd card is spotted and
> > mounted on insertion.
> > 
> > But it takes up to 7-8 Minutes until Ubuntu's network manager shows the
> > "Orange 3g" under Mobile Broadband connections.
> > 
> > Any one got an idea as for why and how to fix that? on 9.04 it also took
> > some time but it was about 20-40 seconds, while now I'm counting in
> > minutes.
> > 
> > 
> > Nitzan Brumer
> > Http://n2b.org
> > 
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