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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

Andreas Gruenbacher, thank you for reporting this and helping make
Ubuntu better. As per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-
support/product/inspiron-15-3531-laptop/drivers an update to your
computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (A03). If you update to
this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it
change anything?

If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette
.

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so
posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't
have to create a new bug report.

Once the BIOS is updated, and the information above is provided, then
please mark this report Status Confirmed.

Thank you for your understanding.

** Tags added: bios-outdated-a03

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1462525

Title:
  Ubuntu 15.04: Huawei E3131 HSPA+ USB Stick not working

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Hello, I cannot get a Huawei E3131 HSPA+ USB Stick to work.

  The stick first shows up as device id 12d1:1f01. usb-modeswitch then
  causes it to switch to id 12d1:14dc. However, that's not an id that
  the kernel knows about, and nothing further happens. A 'modprobe
  option && echo "12d1 14dc" > /sys/bus/usb-
  serial/drivers/option1/new_id' doesn't help, either.

  When I disable the usb-modeswitch package and do the mode switching by
  hand as suggested at http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/USB_ModeSwitch as
  follows:

    usb_modeswitch -v 12d1 -p 1f01 -M
  '55534243123456780000000000000011062000000100000000000000000000'

  The device switches into a different mode and identifies as id
  12d1:1001. I then get some /dev/ttyUSB* devices, but NetworkManager
  still doesn't recognize the modem and I don't get the choice of
  establishing a connection.

  Any pointers what I could try to get the stick working? Thanks!

  (When I use a MF190 stick which initially identifies as id 19d2:2000, usb_modeswitch causes it to switch to id 19d2:0117, I also get some /dev/ttyUSB* devices, and everything works perfectly well.)
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  otsv       1759 F.... pulseaudio
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c0108def-747e-4b0e-a282-8bf2512a52cb
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-04 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  Lsusb:
   Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
   Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:64ad Microdia 
   Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:07e6 Intel Corp. 
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 3531
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-18-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=0a72daaf-ccbf-46aa-8529-ef0724f39efd ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-18.18-generic 3.19.6
  PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.19.0-18-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.19.0-18-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.143.1
  RfKill:
   0: phy0: Wireless LAN
   	Soft blocked: no
   	Hard blocked: no
  Tags:  vivid
  UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-18-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:
   
  _MarkForUpload: True
  dmi.bios.date: 05/06/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A01
  dmi.board.name: 00FTTX
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A00
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: A01
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA01:bd05/06/2014:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron3531:pvrA01:rvnDellInc.:rn00FTTX:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA01:
  dmi.product.name: Inspiron 3531
  dmi.product.version: A01
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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