[karmic] Option iCON 505 3G+ modem not recognized

[Magnus Helander]

This is a proper bug report across a WLAN connection for the bug report 450997
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/450997
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Option iCON 505 is not recognized by Karmic / 9.10 Beta
The ICON 505 is a HSUPA/HSDPA/UMTS modem.
http://www.option.com/en/products/products/usb-modems/icon505/specifications/

As I am unable to connect through Ubuntu/Karmic this bug is files from winXP.

- The USB CD-volume on the modem does not mount in Karmic.
- I am unable to "eject sr0"
- I can not get the darn thing to modeswitch

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Vendor ID is 0af0
Product ID d055
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ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: b868df22cd9caa8fde9aaa62c680f690
CheckboxSystem: bb422ca46d02494cdbc459927a98bc2f
Date: Thu Oct 15 21:25:26 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: nautilus 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu7
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.47-generic
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[Magnus Helander (mhelander)]

System Log

[Magnus Helander (mhelander)]

Kernel log

[richardbraddock (rbraddock-gmail)]

My instructions for 9.04 (2.6.28) should still be relevant -
http://www.up-stream.co.uk/wwanhspamobile-broadband/option-icon-505-under-ubuntu-9-04

We have a few problems here. I've not tested 9.10 personally, but to be honest I'm not overly confident about the hso driver currently in Kernels .31 and above. I had tremendous issues with .31 at least and didn't see a changelog that leads me to believe .32 has made a difference. Using younger kernels is advantageous with this adapter because it is then possible to compile the driver over at Pharscape.

Remember you don't want the CD partition to mount. If it does, then the modem will never be detected. Install Ozerocdoff and set the appropriate udev rules to allow the device to be picked up as a modem. Do not use usb_modeswitch for Option devices like this.

[Magnus Helander (mhelander)]

I have managed to get the ICON 505 working by using Ozerocdoff, HSOconnect and related software.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8533114&postcount=6

A working Network Manager would have been a little bit less frustrating.

[madbiologist (me-again)]

If this is still not working in Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" alpha 3 (you can try a Live CD), kernel 2.6.34-rc1 may assist you.

From the changelog:

commit 46216e4fbe8c62059b5440dec0b236f386248a41
Author: Jan Dumon
Date: Tue Jan 5 15:53:26 2010 +0100

    USB: unusual_devs: Add support for multiple Option 3G sticks

    Enable the SD-Card interface on multiple Option 3G sticks.
    The unusual_devs.h entry is necessary because the device descriptor is
    vendor-specific. That prevents usb-storage from binding to it as an interface
    driver.

    Signed-off-by: Jan Dumon
    Signed-off-by: Phil Dibowitz
    Cc: stable
    Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

There is a PPA with this kernel at http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/

Note that this has been cc'd to stable, so it might turn up in a 2.6.32.x kernel eventually.

[madbiologist (me-again)]

It looks like this is being reviewed for 2.6.33-stable. See http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/12/354

Unfortunately your product ID is not one of the ones included. You may wish to email Jan Dumon at the email address provided on that page.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi Magnus,

If you could also please test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[phillamg (me-phillg)]

I'm running Lucid with 2.3.32-19 and my Option 505 is now recognised by the Network Manager and I'm getting the same speeds as HSOconnect. I have ozerocdoff installed as well as hsolink (1.0.118-1) and have added to the udev.rules (all from this post):

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8533114&postcount=6

NB: The package of hsolink currently in lucid (1.0.118-3) does not seem to recognise the modem, that's why I'm using the deb from the above post despite being the same version number.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu development release http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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