Comment 2 for bug 592564

Same here. Huawei E160E recognized as

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 12d1:1003 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E220 HSDPA Modem / E270 HSDPA/HSUPA Modem

Is not auto-detected as modem:

[ 247.868434] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 248.011668] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 248.037512] scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 248.037854] usb 1-3: USB disconnect, address 3
[ 248.037866] usb-storage: device found at 3
[ 248.037868] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 254.668163] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
[ 254.811616] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 254.843974] scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 254.848950] usb-storage: device found at 4
[ 254.848955] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 254.856604] scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 254.860363] usb-storage: device found at 4
[ 254.860367] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 259.849533] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 259.851652] scsi 6:0:0:0: CD-ROM HUAWEI Mass Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 259.872463] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 259.875492] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access HUAWEI MMC Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 259.885421] sr0: scsi-1 drive
[ 259.885427] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 259.885647] sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 259.885773] sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
[ 259.892419] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[ 259.919212] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 273.307280] UDF-fs: No VRS found
[ 273.307286] UDF-fs: No partition found (1)
[ 273.330287] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 1
[ 273.333290] ISOFS: changing to secondary root

Loading option module manually makes the modem usable.

> sudo modprobe option

[ 511.508120] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[ 511.510021] USB Serial support registered for generic
[ 511.511933] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[ 511.511942] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
[ 511.542627] USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
[ 511.545694] option 1-3:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 511.551198] usb 1-3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 511.551250] option 1-3:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 511.556703] usb 1-3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[ 511.556803] usbcore: registered new interface driver option
[ 511.556810] option: v0.7.2:USB Driver for GSM modems