Samuel's Tech Blog

Was fighting with installation of Installing Telia 3G Mobile Broadband with Option 505 3G on Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) this weekend.

I didn't succeed by following a guide in swedish for that, but using some of the ideas there, combining with other stuff, I finally managed to get it working.

This is how I did (there is some uncertainty as to the exact requirements to get it working though...):

First I downloaded the following files:

• usb-modeswitch_0.9.7_i386.deb
• ozerocdoff_0.4-2_i386.deb

from https://forge.betavine.net/frs/?group_id=12&release_id=14
Then I installed them by typing, in a terminal:

sudo dpkg -i usb-modeswitch_0.9.7_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i usb-ozerocdoff_0.4-2_i386.deb

Then I downloaded hso-1.12.tar.gz from http://www.pharscape.org/forum/index.php?topic=720.0
(There's a small download link in the bottom of the message)

tar -zxvf
cd hso_26-v1.12/
sudo make
sudo make install

Then I added the following two line at the end of /etc/udev/rules.d/51-hso-udev.rules (don't break the lines! It should be two lines only, with an empty line in between)

ATTRS{idVendor}=="0af0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="d055", RUN+="/usr/sbin/ozerocdoff -wi 0x%s{idProduct}"</code>

SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0af0", SYSFS{idProduct}=="d055", SYSFS{bDeviceClass}=="00", RUN+="/usr/sbin/ozerocdoff -wi 0x%s{idProduct}"

(This, and the ozerocdoff software, is for telling Ubuntu not to treat the modem as a CD-ROM, since it is supposed to appear as a CD-ROM in Windows, containing)

Finally you might need to restart (this can be usefel to do now and then):

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart
sudo /etc/init.d/hal restart

Then configure network settings in the Gnome network manager:
Right-click the network icon in the top right on the taskbar, then
"Edit connections" > "Mobile broadband".

Add a profile:

• Number: *99#
• Username: (blank)
• Password: (blank)
• APN: online.telia.se

It seems you will need to add the same profile in the HSOConnect program as well. You can start it either from (in the main Ubuntu menu): "Applications > Internet > HSOConnect"
or, by starting it from a terminal:

sudo /usr/share/hsoconnect/hsoc/HSOconnect

Then add the same details as above (The number, you can't add).

Then, the last step, which seems to be the required:

From https://forge.betavine.net/frs/?group_id=12&release_id=14 , download

• vodafone-mobile-connect_2.15.01-1_all.deb

and install it, either by running it in GDebi (by double-clicking the file), or by typing, in the terminal (in the same folder where you downloaded the file):
sudo dpkg -i vodafone-mobile-connect_2.15.01-1_all.deb

You might need to start the Vodafone software once, from "Applications > Internet > Vodafone connect" but just close it again.

After a while, you should see that Ubuntu's own network manager, when you click it, shows a new section "Mobile Broadband", where the profile you created earlier is shown, and you should be able to click it to start the connection.

NOTE: I noticed I sometimes had to do:
sudo /etc/init.d/hal restart
in order for changes to take effect.

Feel free to give any feedback or suggestions in the comments below!

Thanks to

• http://jorgenmodin.net/index_html/archive/2009/08/09/f-3g-modemet-option-505-att-fungera-med-ubuntu-linux

Links

• http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=979745
• http://www.telia.se/privat/kundservice/support/mobilt/supportmobiltbredband/modemochprogramvara

http://ubuntu.se/forum/showthread.php?p=24969