I plug in the usb stick: # dmesg -c usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5 usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=19d2, idProduct=2000 usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=0 usb 2-2: Product: ZTE CDMA Technologies MSM usb 2-2: Manufacturer: ZTE, Incorporated usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices usb-storage: device found at 5 usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning usb-storage: device scan complete scsi 7:0:0:0: CD-ROM ZTE USB SCSI CD-ROM 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/52x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5 ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 1 ISOFS: changing to secondary root SELinux: initialized (dev sr0, type iso9660), uses genfs_contexts # lsusb Bus 002 Device 005: ID 19d2:2000 ONDA Communication S.p.A. # usb_modeswitch Looking for target devices ... No devices in target mode or class found Looking for default devices ... Found default devices (1) Accessing device 005 on bus 002 ... Using endpoints 0x01 (out) and 0x81 (in) Inquiring device details; driver will be detached ... Looking for active driver ... OK, driver found ("usb-storage") OK, driver "usb-storage" detached Received inquiry data (detailed identification) ------------------------- Vendor String: ZTE Model String: USB SCSI CD-ROM Revision String: 2.31 ------------------------- Device description data (identification) ------------------------- Manufacturer: ZTE, Incorporated Product: ZTE CDMA Technologies MSM Serial No.: not provided ------------------------- Setting up communication with interface 0 ... Trying to send the message to endpoint 0x01 ... OK, message successfully sent -> Run lsusb to note any changes. Bye. # dmesg -c scsi 7:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device usb 2-2: usbfs: process 10564 (usb_modeswitch) did not claim interface 0 before use usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 5 usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6 usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=19d2, idProduct=0031 usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=3 usb 2-2: Product: ZTE CDMA Technologies MSM usb 2-2: Manufacturer: ZTE, Incorporated usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 1234567890ABCDEF usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice option 2-2:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected usb 2-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0 option 2-2:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected usb 2-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1 scsi8 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices option 2-2:1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected usb 2-2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2 usb-storage: device found at 6 usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning option: option_instat_callback: error -71 option: option_instat_callback: error -71 option: option_instat_callback: error -71 option: option_instat_callback: error -71 usb-storage: device scan complete scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access ZTE MMC Storage 322 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk option: option_instat_callback: error -71 option: option_instat_callback: error -71 option: option_instat_callback: error -71 option: option_instat_callback: error -71 # lsusb Bus 002 Device 006: ID 19d2:0031 ONDA Communication S.p.A.