I've not yet been able to switch the 3231 back to its default id but my efforts continue.

As it is now locked into product id 1442 can it now be considered a special case
not needing further usb_modeswitch switching? Maybe it's meant to happen that way. lol


Here's my most recent log:


# from ...

It's not a big problem for me, and there is nothing for anyone to apologize about, I appreciate
what you guys are trying to do with the forum and the help you a providing, quite honestly
without your assistance I would be unable to make any progress at all.

As for providing a detailed log of the ...

My device now appears to be permanently switched over to 0x1442, I was expecting
it to revert back to its default id 0x1f01 when unplugged. Is this usually the case with
these modems?

The switched modem is not recognised when I plug it in and does not attach to a driver,
for now it's almost dead ...

I've tried Josh's message:

Code:
MessageContent="55534243123456780000000000000011060000000000000000000000000000"

lsusb now gives a new modem id 0x1442


lsusb-v -d 12d1:1442


Bus 001 Device 011: ID 12d1:1442 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB ...

No luck yet but i'm learning a lot. :)

I see now the install id with dmesg.

cdc_ether registers an interface on port4 and an ethernet address
for eth1.

/etc/usb_modeswitch.d.conf is an empty folder on my system.


/usr/share/usb_modeswitch/12d1:1f01 contains the control message, target
vendor ...

Thanks for the input.

I'm not sure where to find 'default' ID's

>_ lsusb -v -d 12d1:14db

Bus 001 Device 042: ID 12d1:14db Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 2 Communications
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0 ...

The Huawei E3231 is a new device, launched in the UK August 2012, promising much improved speed of operation, but not much search information on the product currently available.

I'm trying to configure the modem on Puppy Linux Prestige 5.4.3, Puppy has no record
of the device and I can't find ...