modemmanager 0.6.0 that ships with 12.10 does not work with Huawei E173

[Giorgos Mavrikas]

modemmanager 0.6.0 that ships with 12.10 does not work with Huawei E173 and other 3G modems.
Reverting to modemmanager 0.5.2 from 12.04 fixes the issue

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: modemmanager 0.6.0.0.really-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 7 15:10:48 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-25 (12 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: modemmanager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.