[Bug 870828] [NEW] ZTE Blade USB mass storage does not work

[W3ird_N3rd]

Public bug reported:

I bought a ZTE Blade Android phone, perhaps better known as the Orange
San Francisco (but mine is not Orange branded).  I'm running Ubuntu
11.04 natty. When you plug in the USB cable and select "turn on USB
storage" on the device, one would expect a Nautilus window or something
like that to pop up with the SD card contents.

No such thing.

You do get this:

[296664.833061] usb 2-1.1.3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 32
[296664.946009] scsi20 : usb-storage 2-1.1.3:1.0

That's it, nothing more. I have also found a workaround/fix(?) at
http://androsapiens.com/viewblog/viewpost/52 : open
/lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb_modeswitch.rules and remove or outcomment the
following line:

ATTRS{idVendor}=="19d2", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0083", RUN+="usb_modeswitch
'%b/%k'"

And  restart udev (or the computer). Now it works as expected. I don't
know if this breaks any other functionality, I don't even know what this
line is for.

Perhaps I should also mention that on the Redmond OS, USB mass storage
does work out of the box (without installing drivers). So it is supposed
to work without any changes I guess.

** Affects: udev (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  I bought a ZTE Blade Android phone, perhaps better known as the Orange
  San Francisco (but mine is not Orange branded).  I'm running Ubuntu
  11.04 natty. When you plug in the USB cable and select "turn on USB
  storage" on the device, one would expect a Nautilus window or something
  like that to pop up with the SD card contents.
  
  No such thing.
  
  You do get this:
  
  [296664.833061] usb 2-1.1.3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 32
  [296664.946009] scsi20 : usb-storage 2-1.1.3:1.0
  
  That's it, nothing more. I have also found a workaround/fix(?) at
  http://androsapiens.com/viewblog/viewpost/52 : open
  /lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb_modeswitch.rules and remove or outcomment the
  following line:
  
  ATTRS{idVendor}=="19d2", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0083", RUN+="usb_modeswitch
  '%b/%k'"
  
  And  restart udev (or the computer). Now it works as expected. I don't
  know if this breaks any other functionality, I don't even know what this
  line is for.
  
  Perhaps I should also mention that on the Redmond OS, USB mass storage
- does work out of the box (without installing drivers).
+ does work out of the box (without installing drivers). So it is supposed
+ to work without any changes I guess.

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Title:
  ZTE Blade USB mass storage does not work

Status in “udev” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I bought a ZTE Blade Android phone, perhaps better known as the Orange
  San Francisco (but mine is not Orange branded).  I'm running Ubuntu
  11.04 natty. When you plug in the USB cable and select "turn on USB
  storage" on the device, one would expect a Nautilus window or
  something like that to pop up with the SD card contents.

  No such thing.

  You do get this:

  [296664.833061] usb 2-1.1.3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 32
  [296664.946009] scsi20 : usb-storage 2-1.1.3:1.0

  That's it, nothing more. I have also found a workaround/fix(?) at
  http://androsapiens.com/viewblog/viewpost/52 : open
  /lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb_modeswitch.rules and remove or outcomment the
  following line:

  ATTRS{idVendor}=="19d2", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0083",
  RUN+="usb_modeswitch '%b/%k'"

  And  restart udev (or the computer). Now it works as expected. I don't
  know if this breaks any other functionality, I don't even know what
  this line is for.

  Perhaps I should also mention that on the Redmond OS, USB mass storage
  does work out of the box (without installing drivers). So it is
  supposed to work without any changes I guess.

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