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kaushalshriyan
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ZTE MF880 USB modem

Post by kaushalshriyan » 31 Oct 2012, 03:41

Hi,

Does USB ModeSwitch support the ZTE MF880 USB modem?

Regards,

Kaushal

Josh
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Re: ZTE MF880 USB modem

Post by Josh » 31 Oct 2012, 11:46

I don't know - as stated on the main doc page, modem model names are not very telling.

What are the USB IDs?

kaushalshriyan
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Re: ZTE MF880 USB modem

Post by kaushalshriyan » 01 Nov 2012, 02:07

http://paste.ubuntu.com/1319682/ has details about this specific modem

Josh
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Re: ZTE MF880 USB modem

Post by Josh » 02 Nov 2012, 09:15

Yes, this device is known and should be treated correctly.

kaushalshriyan
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Re: ZTE MF880 USB modem

Post by kaushalshriyan » 07 Nov 2012, 02:39

kaushal@kaushal-laptop:~$ dpkg -l | grep usb-modeswitch
ii usb-modeswitch
1.1.9-1ubuntu3 mode switching tool for controlling "flip flop" USB devices
ii usb-modeswitch-data 20110805-1 mode switching data for usb-modeswitch
kaushal@kaushal-laptop:~$
[ 779.307667] usb 2-1.3: new high speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
[ 779.404590] scsi7 : usb-storage 2-1.3:1.0
[ 780.402826] scsi 7:0:0:0: CD-ROM L_T_E USB SCSI CD-ROM USB PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 780.435932] sr1: scsi-1 drive
[ 780.436329] sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[ 780.436639] sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
[ 795.589375] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 1
[ 795.647975] ISOFS: changing to secondary root
kaushal@kaushal-laptop:~$

kaushal@kaushal-laptop:~$ sudo wvdialconf
Editing `/etc/wvdial.conf'.

Scanning your serial ports for a modem.

Modem Port Scan<*1>: S0 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7
Modem Port Scan<*1>: S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 S14 S15
Modem Port Scan<*1>: S16 S17 S18 S19 S20 S21 S22 S23
Modem Port Scan<*1>: S24 S25 S26 S27 S28 S29 S30 S31


Sorry, no modem was detected! Is it in use by another program?
Did you configure it properly with setserial?

Please read the FAQ at http://alumnit.ca/wiki/?WvDial
kaushal@kaushal-laptop:~$

http://paste.ubuntu.com/1328442/ tells about usb-devices

Regards

Kaushal

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Re: ZTE MF880 USB modem

Post by bmork » 07 Nov 2012, 02:51

kaushalshriyan wrote: ii usb-modeswitch-data 20110805-1 mode
It seems quite optimistic to use modeswitch data which is more than a year older than your modem....

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