Ubuntu
usb-modeswitch package

  1. Bug #1183279
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 1183279

Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0) wrote : Re: usb huawei E173 and E3131 are not working, i can only read this like a drive but not for the internet connection

Since the upgrade to saucy, the same happens for Huawei E353 (E398), I had to manually launch.

sudo usb_modeswitch -b2 -W -v 12d1 -p 14fe -n --message-content 555342437f0000000002000080000a11062000000000000100000000000000

To get this working again.
Raring seems fine.