I have kubuntu 16.04 and i am trying to setup my MTS Mblaze mobile broadband.
There is no notification of any kind when i insert the usb device. But lsusb is detecting the device
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 19d2:fff5 ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM
And the output of dmesg is :
121.915983] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[ 122.046011] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=19d2, idProduct=fff5
[ 122.046015] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=4
[ 122.046016] usb 1-3: Product: ZTE CDMA Tech
[ 122.046017] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: ZTE, Incorporated
[ 122.046019] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 80a0c53d0000
[ 122.201009] usb-storage 1-3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 122.201080] scsi host3: usb-storage 1-3:1.0
[ 122.201148] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 122.206857] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 123.203151] scsi 3:0:0:0: CD-ROM ZTE USB Storage FFFE 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 123.203502] scsi 3:0:0:1: Direct-Access ZTE USB Storage FFFE 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 123.206633] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi-1 drive
[ 123.206636] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 123.206817] sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 123.206889] sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[ 123.207095] sd 3:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 123.210825] sd 3:0:0:1: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Now i tried adding a new mobile broadband connection and gave all the correct settings, including the username password.
Now i save the connection and disconnect and reinsert the device, and i click the network icon and can't see any mobile broadband connections.
I have no idea, if there should be an enable mobile broadband setting or something, but i have no idea what to do now.
Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT :
I tried using usb_modeswitch and this is what i got:
can't use storage command in MessageContent with interface 0;
interface class is 255, expected 8. Abort
Which raises the suspiscion that my modem has already swithced to the modem mode.
But i still can't see any mobile broadband connections in my network manager. And there is no option called Enable Mobile Broadband like in the gnome network manager when i had ubuntu
EDIT 2: I removed and inserted my dongle a few times and then lsusb gave something different :
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 19d2:fff5 ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM
You can see the Product id has changed from fffe to fff5.
Now i ran usb_modeswitch with the following configuration file:
DefaultVendor=0x19d2;
DefaultProduct=0xfff5;
MessageContent="55534243123456780000000000000011062000000100000000000000000000"
The output was:
Read config file: /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/19d2:fff5.conf
* usb_modeswitch: handle USB devices with multiple modes
* Version 2.2.5 (C) Josua Dietze 2015
* Based on libusb1/libusbx
! PLEASE REPORT NEW CONFIGURATIONS !
DefaultVendor= 0x19d2
DefaultProduct= 0xfff5
MessageContent="55534243123456780000000000000011062000000100000000000000000000"
NeedResponse=0
InquireDevice=1
Look for default devices ...
found USB ID 1d6b:0003
found USB ID 04f2:b50c
found USB ID 8087:07dc
found USB ID 19d2:fff5
vendor ID matched
product ID matched
found USB ID 1d6b:0002
Found devices in default mode (1)
Access device 008 on bus 001
Current configuration number is 1
Use interface number 0
Use endpoints 0x01 (out) and 0x81 (in)
Inquire device details; driver will be detached ...
Looking for active driver ...
No active driver found. Detached before or never attached
SCSI inquiry data (for identification)
-------------------------
Vendor String: ZTE
Model String: USB Storage FFFE
Revision String: 2.31
-------------------------
USB description data (for identification)
-------------------------
Manufacturer: ZTE, Incorporated
Product: ZTE CDMA Tech
Serial No.: 80a0c53d0000
-------------------------
Set up interface 0
Use endpoint 0x01 for message sending ...
Trying to send message 1 to endpoint 0x01 ...
OK, message successfully sent
Reset response endpoint 0x81
Reset message endpoint 0x01
-> Run lsusb to note any changes. Bye!
Even after this there was no new connection in my network manager.
EDIT 3:
When the product id is fffe mmcli -L gives :
Found 1 modems:
/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0 [ZTEMT INCORPORATED] AC2792
and mmcli -m 0 gives:
/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0 (device id 'bda7d8378866c892ed4c1eed78be4aec3c993c16')
-------------------------
Hardware | manufacturer: 'ZTEMT INCORPORATED'
| model: 'AC2792'
| revision: 'AC2792YU8AD511'
| supported: 'cdma-evdo'
| current: 'cdma-evdo'
| equipment id: '80A0C53D'
-------------------------
System | device: '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-3'
| drivers: 'option1'
| plugin: 'ZTE'
| primary port: 'ttyUSB0'
| ports: 'ttyUSB0 (at), ttyUSB1 (at), ttyUSB3 (qcdm)'
-------------------------
Numbers | own : '8645921832'
-------------------------
Status | lock: 'none'
| unlock retries: 'unknown'
| state: 'enabled'
| power state: 'on'
| access tech: 'unknown'
| signal quality: '0' (cached)
-------------------------
Modes | supported: 'allowed: 2g; preferred: none
| allowed: 3g; preferred: none
| allowed: 2g, 3g; preferred: none
| allowed: 2g, 3g; preferred: 2g
| allowed: 2g, 3g; preferred: 3g'
| current: 'allowed: any; preferred: none'
-------------------------
Bands | supported: 'unknown'
| current: 'unknown'
-------------------------
IP | supported: 'ipv4'
-------------------------
CDMA | meid: 'unknown'
| esn: '80A0C53D'
| sid: 'unknown'
| nid: 'unknown'
| registration: CDMA1x 'unknown'
| EV-DO 'unknown'
| activation: 'unknown'
-------------------------
SIM | path: 'none'
-------------------------
Bearers | paths: 'none'
and journaltct -u NetworkManager gives:
May 15 22:13:32 vikash-HP-ENVY-Notebook NetworkManager[800]: <info> [1463330612.9359] (ttyUSB0): modem state changed, 'disabled' --> 'enabling' (reason: user preference)
May 15 22:13:32 vikash-HP-ENVY-Notebook NetworkManager[800]: <info> [1463330612.9366] manager: (ttyUSB0): new Broadband device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3)
May 15 22:13:32 vikash-HP-ENVY-Notebook NetworkManager[800]: <info> [1463330612.9368] device (ttyUSB0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2]
May 15 22:13:32 vikash-HP-ENVY-Notebook NetworkManager[800]: <info> [1463330612.9370] device (ttyUSB0): modem state 'enabling'
May 15 22:13:32 vikash-HP-ENVY-Notebook NetworkManager[800]: <warn> [1463330612.9371] (ttyUSB0): failed to retrieve SIM object: No SIM object available
May 15 22:13:33 vikash-HP-ENVY-Notebook NetworkManager[800]: <info> [1463330613.1179] (ttyUSB0): modem state changed, 'enabling' --> 'enabled' (reason: user-requested)
May 15 22:14:28 vikash-HP-ENVY-Notebook NetworkManager[800]: <info> [1463330668.2189] WWAN hardware radio set disabled
May 15 22:14:28 vikash-HP-ENVY-Notebook NetworkManager[800]: <info> [1463330668.2191] (ttyUSB0): modem state changed, 'enabled' --> 'disabling' (reason: user preference)
May 15 22:14:28 vikash-HP-ENVY-Notebook NetworkManager[800]: <info> [1463330668.2192] audit: op="radio-control" arg="wwan-enabled:0" pid=1243 uid=1000 result="success"
May 15 22:14:28 vikash-HP-ENVY-Notebook NetworkManager[800]: <info> [1463330668.2266] (ttyUSB0): modem state changed, 'disabling' --> 'disabled' (reason: user-requested)
May 15 22:14:30 vikash-HP-ENVY-Notebook NetworkManager[800]: <info> [1463330670.6392] WWAN hardware radio set enabled
May 15 22:14:30 vikash-HP-ENVY-Notebook NetworkManager[800]: <info> [1463330670.6393] (ttyUSB0): modem state changed, 'disabled' --> 'enabling' (reason: user preference)
May 15 22:14:30 vikash-HP-ENVY-Notebook NetworkManager[800]: <info> [1463330670.6393] audit: op="radio-control" arg="wwan-enabled:1" pid=1243 uid=1000 result="success"
May 15 22:14:30 vikash-HP-ENVY-Notebook NetworkManager[800]: <info> [1463330670.7565] (ttyUSB0): modem state changed, 'enabling' --> 'enabled' (reason: user-requested)
Howevewer if i remove and reinsert the dongle a few times the product id changes to fff5 and mmcli -L does not find any modems.
But then in either scneario i have no idea actually how to connect to the internet since nothing shows up in the Network Manager.