huawei e220 usb modem

Yes there is a vodafone version of the modem, thats what the software was made for....
hence "Vodafone ConnectCard driver".
It is specifically configured to voda's SMS settings; thats why it can't fetch 3's sms's

 

Huawei E160G Working

E160G/Three.co.uk PAYG working with 8GB linux machine

Insert dongle, when file manger opens click X to disconnect (removing it from file manager) but leave dongle plugged in (much easier than using usb_modeswitch and libusb to switch dongle from storage to modem which I was previously trying)

Follow instructions as per ncmp below (thanks)

Go surfing

CC

 

Re: Huawei E160G Working

Hi
Thanks for your helpful post. I'm trying to use a Three UK Huawei E 169G with my Aspire 1. At the moment I can't get the vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux to install- (step 2). I downloaded this using my other laptop and then have transferred it on to the Aspire 1 by memory stick. I keep getting 'you must be root' and it does nothing - any ideas please I am completely new to linux?
Thanks

 

Ok, open up the folder that the driver is in, right click in the window somewhere (in the white space near the actual file), and click Open Terminal Here, now enter (without quotes) "sudo vodafone-connect-driver(and the rest of the name..).rpm" (or whatever the extension is). It will ask you to enter your root pass, enter it, but be aware as you enter the password, it does not even show up any characters so it looks like its not being entered, but it is.

Sorry if thats a bit muddled and confusing, but it should get you going.
Post if you have some more problems!

 

Help seems at hand as Reg Hardware reports:

QUOTE

Owners of Acer's Aspire One mini laptop will soon get the USB 3G modem support so many of them have been crying out for - and that's without having to replace Linux with Windows XP.

Robert Perenz, Acer Europe's product manager for the AA1, confirmed that the machine has the ability to support HSDPA dongles, but admitted the missing link is a utility to initiate and managed connections to carriers.

However, that will be rectified in the coming weeks, he promised here at IFA, Berlin today.

UNQUOTE

Fully story at: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/29 ... _linux_3g/

 

lol that is just ridiculous, after all of this, they're just going to give the support now, I don't need it, mine is fully functional.

 

The Vodafone E220 is just branded. Otherwise it is exactly the same as the T-Mobile etc E220. Obviously the software would say Vodafone in the name since they wrote it.

However, you are right about the SMS settings but that's nothing to do with the modem, it's just a configuration issue. If you look on the Betavine site the developers explicitly state that it will support other service providers' modems as long as they are modems that Voda sells.

 

This never happens on my machine. Perhaps I should have mentioned that I have installed Xubuntu on mine, although why that would matter is not clear to me. On the other machines on which I have successfully used the VMC software (which ran Ubuntu), the modem was (somewhat annoyingly) recognised as containing a CD drive, but this doesn't happen on my One.

The modem is obviously recognised by the kernel (I can see that in /var/log/messages) but for some reason the VMC software is not picking it up properly.

I have tried another app called umtsmon. At first it didn't work but for some unknown reason it now does (it may be because I removed the APN from the profile). It's not a pretty as the VMC software but it does provide basically the same functionality.

 

Does anyone know how to uninstall this please?

Code:

sudo rpm -e vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux
error: package vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux is not installed

It is, i can load it. it doesn't show up in Add/Remove Programs either.

Thanks!

 

At last I have found the problem, it is caused by a driver conflict (in my case at least).

See this post for details http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=868739.

In summary:

$ sudo echo "blacklist airprime" > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-airprime
$ sudo reboot
$ rm -rf ~/.vmc2

Then it worked perfectly - wahey.

 

Both rpm and apt can only install programs that they were used to install and since the VMC software uses its own installer that won't work.

However, all you need to do is to delete /opt/vmc and that will uninstall it. There may be a couple of things left (I think there is a file at /usr/share/app-install/vmc.desktop) but if you search for files with vmc in the name you will remove all of it.

If you don't know how:

$ sudo find / -name "*vmc*"

Then look through the results and delete any stragglers.

 

use "yum remove voda......etc" might work. I'm not going to try it since Im still working on mine, but it's worth a shot

[Edit - this doesn't work as the above post is correct. Oh well, live and learn!]

 

Works great, I have to set the static DNS though. This isnt a problem but every time the vodaphone program is closed and re-opened I have to re-enable the static DNS and re-enter it. Is there a way for the software to remember to use static?

 

I've had loads of issues getting my Huawei E220 to work with my AA1.

Just solved it by reading the above very helpful posts and upgrading the firmware:

Download and install the VMC vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-2.0.beta3-ALL-i386-installer.run from Betavine as described above.

On a Windows machine upgrade the firmware on the E220 to version 11.117.09.04.00 available here :

http://www.mobilebroadbandrocks.com/hua ... -available

There is a handy PDF walkthrough of this procedure here :

http://www.betterthan3g.com/clients/g35 ... cedure.pdf

Disclaimer - no responsibility accepted for the firmware upgrade turning your modem into a useless piece of plastic suitable only for use as a door stop ;-)

Having done this my modem is recognised every time. To get it to connect to Vodafone I had to amend the profile to have : Username 'web', Password 'web', and APN host 'Internet'. BTW a useful tip I found while playing with this was that if you can't see the rest of the window you are working on i.e. the OK button etc, hold down the left Alt key when clicking on the window and you can move the window higher up the screen

I've also noticed that the modem won't even try to connect unless it can detect a Vodafone signal but doesn't give any feedback i.e. "No Carrier" or some such message :-(

Iain

 

Hi friends,
I also got the following message after it appeared that I had succeeded in installing the Beta3.0 vodafone driver:
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Vodafone Mobile Connect Card driver for Linux needs the following files and dirs with some specific permissions in order to work properly: /opt/vmc/etc/ppp/peers should be readable and writtable by group vmc user user should be a member of group vmc'

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Here I am stuck. can anyone give me an idea/instructions on how to proceed from here? any way to correct this? I am a total Linux-beginner

thanks and cheers from old Vienna
Christian

 

just Alt + F2

sudo "name of linux driver here" (something like vodafone-connect-card-for-linux) without speech marks.

 

Hi, ncpm,

no, sorry, it didn't work. it said that a command like that wasn't known.

any more ideas?

cheers
Christian

 

Code:

sudo vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux

 

Hi,
I tried the sudo command (God is that all complicated compared with windows!!!!)

the programme seems to start in Terminal and the penguin appears and the blue set-up sign only half-way through. so it seems, installation may have been incomplete.

How do I uninstall this fr.... driver and reinstall?

sorry again für asking such stupid questions. unfortunately Acer does not proviede any useful guide on How To

Christian

 

see above