How to Huawei E173s-2 work on OpenSuse 13.2 KDE
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$ lsusb
ID 12d1:1c05 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E173s 3G broadband stick (modem off)
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$ su
# mkdir /etc/usb_modeswitch.d
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# vi /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1:1c0b
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# Huawei E173s
DefaultVendor= 0x12d1
DefaultProduct= 0x1c0b
TargetVendor= 0x12d1
TargetProduct= 0x1c0b
CheckSuccess=20
MessageEndpoint= 0x0f
MessageContent= "55534243123456780000000000000011062000000100000000000000000000"
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# vi /lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb_modeswitch.rules
# Huawei E173s
ATTRS{idVendor}=="12d1", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1c0b", RUN+="/usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1:1c0b"
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# vi /etc/modules
# manual override for Huawei E173s to work
usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1c0b
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Unplug and plug the USB device type lsusb
$ lsusb
ID 12d1:1c05 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E173s 3G broadband stick (modem on)
