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[Mantas Kriaučiūnas <mantas@xxxxxx>]

Currently usb-modeswitch 2.2.3 version in Wily (and older 2.2.0) has
regressions with lots of Huawei modems - I've tested on several devices,
like Vodafone (Huawei) K4510 and Huawei E303 - it seems udev or upstart
simply doesn't run usb_modeswitch command, because I don't see any
activity in /var/log/syslog after installing new usb-modeswitch
2.2.0+repack0-2 or 2.2.3, see https://launchpad.net/trusty-
backports/+bug/1407429/comments/2

The latest upstream version of usb-modeswitch is 2.2.5, this version is
packaged in Debian (unstable and testing) since July 2015, maybe this
release doesn't have regressions with Huawei 3G/4G modems?

I've reported FFe bug #1498805 (Please merge usb-modeswitch
2.2.5+repack0-1 from Debian unstable/testing - current 2.2.3 version in
Wily has regressions with lots of Huawei modems)

http://draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ChangeLog

Version 2.2.5, 2015/07/16
    Fixed bug in configuration check, possibly leading to segfault (thanks, Leonid Lisovskiy); fixed Pantech commandline parameter evaluation (was not working at all); added driver unbind step via sysfs in wrapper,
    getting rid of the USB subsystem complaint "interface 0 claimed by usb-storage while 'usb_modeswitch' <does this and that>"
Version 2.2.4, 2015/07/14
    Fixed buggy check of USB configuration selection (possibly leading to segfault), tested with Alcatel X602D; removed call to 'libusb_strerror' from libusb initialization - not available in earlier libusb1 versions

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Title:
  Regression: Huawei E173 no longer recognized as a modem

Status in usb-modeswitch package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  My Huawei E173 modem is not recognized as a modem anymore after
  installing Ubuntu 15.04 and Mainline kernel 4.0 RC6. It worked out of
  the box with Ubuntu 14.10.

  I tried various guides (editing /etc/modules and
  /lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb_modeswitch.rules) but none of them worked. I
  finally stumbled upon a script (https://gist.github.com/rehno-
  lindeque/4500517) that made the modem usable (recognized by Network
  Manager), which does:

  usb_modeswitch -v 0x12d1 -p 0x1446 -M
  55534243000000000000000000000011060000000000000000000000000000 -V
  0x12d1 -P 0x1436 -s 50 -m 0x01

  The downside is, I have to run the script every time i plug the modem
  in, would like a permanent solution.

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