[ubuntu-za] CAN A VODAPONE 3G K3565 USB STICK BE USED WITH 8.04.02?

[Vincent]

Garron Stevenson wrote:
> I've been following the thread after my initial post and I also went 
> through all the trouble-shooting as recommended with no success.  I 
> went through the following:
>
> 1.  Installed the Betavine drivers and dependencies - latest versions: 
> vodafone-mobile-connect_svn20090615_all.deb, ozerocdoff_0.4-2_i386.deb 
> and usb-modeswitch_0.9.7_i386.deb
> 2.  Commented the SCSI eject out and changed it to the storage 
> passthrough in /usr/sbin/vmc-usb_modeswitch-eject.sh - I found this on 
> the Betavine forums somewhere.  The lines now look like this:
>
> # Standard SCSI eject
> #usb_modeswitch -v ${VID} -p ${PID} -M 
> 5553424312345678000000000000061b000000020000000000000000000000 -R 1
>
> # Storage passthrough
> usb_modeswitch -v ${VID} -p ${PID} -M 
> 55534243123456782400000080000C85000000240000000000000000000000 -R 1
>
> 3.  Plug in the 3G stick.
> 4.  If you've never plugged it in before Ubuntu will open the new 3G 
> device wizard and ask for the PIN.
> 5.  Whenever you plug it in in futire you MUST wait for about 3 
> minutes.  You need to see the VMC disk mounted and wait for the light 
> on the stick to flash red.  If you try to connect earlier it gets 
> confused and never connects without being unplugged and plugged in again.
> 6.  You'll see an entry in the Ubuntu network applet.  Connect the GSM 
> device identified.
>
> I need to do the 3 minute wait and unplug dance quite often.  But 
> mostly it does work without issues.
Hi Garron,
This seems like a lot of trouble to get connected - Dial up almost 
sounds faster :-)

It would appear that I do need to move up from 8.04 and to this end I've 
managed to get a copy of 9.04 but am having issue's with a blank screen, 
maybe it might be better in the long run to persevere with 9.04 until I 
get the screen & 9.04 talking - In the meantime I'll use my new 3G stick 
in windows to try & solve my problems, it's cheaper & quicker then dial up.
Vincent