ZTE phones as modems on Beaver - anyone try that?

[Mike Marchywka]

Again top posting from hotmail browser page, 

The phone is only a year or so old and I'd have to check
the plan but it still should let me access the files ( images )
which I can not do. The camera feature was just another
thing I thought would be nice but may require an app
or something. I would like to think I could download a 
phone SDK from somewhere but its probably locked.
There are probably more created barriers here than just
missing pieces :)


 Mike Marchywka 
306 Charles Cox Drive 
Canton, GA 30115
470-758-0799
404-788-1216 




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From: ubuntu-users <ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> on behalf of Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021 1:50 PM
To: Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions
Subject: Re: ZTE phones as modems on Beaver - anyone try that?

On 17/12/2021, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17/12/2021, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 16/12/2021, Mike Marchywka <marchywka at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'm trying to get a consumers' cellular phone to act as a USB modem on
>>> a laptop running Ubuntu Bionic Beaver.  The drivers on the phone did not
>>> install correctly and they are labelled for earlier versions.
>>> There is confusing stuff on places like stackexchange.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>
>> What is the beaver thing, and, do the cellphone and the computer, not
>> have
>> wifi?
>>
>> Using a wifi cellphone as a wifi hotspot, for use as a 4G modem,
>> should be simple.
>>
>> I switch between 4G wifi modems, and, a 4G cellphone as a wifi hotspot
>> (I can switch easily between carriers, by doing this), without any
>> problems.
>>
>
> Oh, and, the ease of connecting, and of switching, applies to
> UbuntuMATE  16.04, 20.10, and, 21.04.
>
> --
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> (UTC+0800)
> ..............
>

What haven't been mentioned so far, are

How old is the cellphone?

What operating system (including version number) is the cellphone running?

Does the customer have a cellphone contract that includes a data
component, to allow the phone to be used for accessing the Internet?

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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