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)
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):
[ 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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*)
/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