Re: Trying to get GOBI modem [back] to working



On Thu, 2012-11-29 at 13:20 -0600, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-11-29 at 14:12 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > On Thu, 2012-11-29 at 13:12 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > > openSUSE 12.2 i686
> > > NetworkManager-0.9.4.0-5.13.1.i586
> > > ModemManager-0.5.2.0-2.4.1.i586
> > > 3.4.11-2.16-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT
> If it's Verizon, you need to load CDMA/EVDO firmware, not UMTS firmware.
> Which is why you get the wrong configuration in the dialog that asks for
> a "Plan Name".  Try directory '1' perhaps; I have these MD5 sums:
> 06f76ed398458dad7b91c2d99a85a0a7  1/amss.mbn
> 88a60ed745d75fb1b92c539574ecc972  1/apps.mbn
> e4d8d4dbd0a10d17f01f7f3bbd2ea734  1/UQCN.mbn
> One way to check is to do something like:
> cd /where/your/firmware/is
> strings 0/* | grep -i vzw
> strings 1/* | grep -i vzw
> strings 2/* | grep -i vzw
> strings 3/* | grep -i vzw
> (etc)
> until you get a hit for something, like @vzw3g.com.

gobi $ find . -name *.mbn -exec strings -f \{\} \; > strings.txt
gobi $ grep -i vzw strings.txt
./1.Verizon/UQCN.mbn: 	02-c2k_vzw-00256-021            
./1.Verizon/amss.mbn: @vzw3g.com
./1.Verizon/amss.mbn:  Unable to update PRL pref for UNDP1 VZW build,
status %d 
./1.Verizon/amss.mbn:  PRL pref updated for this UNDP1 VZW build 
./1.Verizon/apps.mbn: ERI size is greater than
FEATURE_VZW_ERI_FILE_MAX_LEN i.e %d
./1.Verizon/apps.mbn: @vzw3g.com

It appears to have initialized with those files -

[   16.940626] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
[   16.944628] usbcore: registered new interface driver qcserial
[   16.944659] USB Serial support registered for Qualcomm USB modem
[   16.945758] qcserial 1-5:1.1: Qualcomm USB modem converter detected
[   16.945999] usb 1-5: Qualcomm USB modem converter now attached to
ttyUSB0
[   16.947864] qcserial 1-5:1.2: Qualcomm USB modem converter detected
[   16.948061] usb 1-5: Qualcomm USB modem converter now attached to
ttyUSB1
[   16.949133] qcserial 1-5:1.3: Qualcomm USB modem converter detected
[   16.949282] usb 1-5: Qualcomm USB modem converter now attached to
ttyUSB2

Argh! but now under Mobile Broadband the nm-connection-editor doesn't
see a broadband device.

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