THIS SUCKS! 3G problems

[Doug Saylor]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: art <artmartz at triad.rr.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: THIS SUCKS! 3G problems
> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:09:07 -0400
>
> I can help with this. The key here is the 9211. The Qualcomm modem does
> not retain it's firmware when it looses power. Try booting in the XP
> that came with the netbook (assuming you are set up as dual boot), and
> then reboot to Ubuntu without turning off the power.  On mine, the
> Qualcomm then IDs as Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05c6:9212 Qualcomm, Inc. The
> key here is the 9212, which means it's got the firmware loaded. If I
> boot direct to Ubuntu, it IDs as 9211, the same as you quoted. Usually,
> loading the firmware thru XP is required only once for the day. There is
>    linux software to load the firmware, but it requires the next version
> of Ubuntu, and I don't care to run beta software, I'll wait for 9.10.
> Put the following command into System>Preferences>Startup Applications:
> sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x05c6 product=0x9212
> (it can be run manually also, to test it). This will create a tty, which
> can be displayed with ls -lha /dev/ttyU* which should display
> crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 2009-07-23 11:29 /dev/ttyUSB0
> At this point, I use modemmanager together with networkmanager to
> present a mobile broadband option I use to connect with.
> Art

Thanks Art for your help. I was actually loosing faith that I'd get any help. I understand the firmware issue, how long till the beta becomes current stable? Interesting that people want to unlock their phones & I'm having a problem with settings sticking! You lost me though... who/what/where am I doing "sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x05c6 product=0x921"? Then maybe you can explain everything you said after that. I'm still new to learning this Linux stuff.
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Doug 



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