
Look for the file you downloaded before and execute it (it will may be open on the Ubuntu Software Center), install it and close the Ubuntu Software Center. Open Synaptic Package Manager type in your password when required, search for the package named modemmanager when you find it, hit the right click on it and hit on Mark for complete removal and close the Synaptic Package Manager. I assume you already downloaded modemmanager deb file. If you haven’t Synaptic Package Manager, you have to install it. I continued to research and I found the solution here: I assume the problem was because of my Wireless card and the problems with it, but cant tell for sure. If you are like me, at this point it wasn’t ready yet 😀įor some reason I couldn’t connect to the Internet even though I followed all of those steps.

Now you should have properly working Huawei E173s on your Ubuntu. Not you should have similar result:īus 003 Device 008: ID 12d1:1c05 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Unplug and plug the USB device again and in terminal type lsusb. Sudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb_lesĪTTRS="1c0b", RUN+="/usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1:1c0b" Sudo gedit /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1:1c0b E173s 3G broadband stick (modem off)ġ) create file /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1:1c0b: Anyway, I did some research and I found the solution.įirstly plug the USB device and in the terminal type lsusb I got this result:īus 003 Device 006: ID 12d1:1c0b Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

The strange thing is that with my old laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 I haven’t those problems, but in 13.04 (most likely) they broke something. This USB stick saves me many times when I’m at some Coffice and if there is a problem with Internet connection or the coffee doesn’t have wireless at all. I had big issues with my Huawei E173s and mobile Internet using Ubuntu.
