Comment 11 for bug 1308895

New upstream versions of usb-modeswitch (2.2.0) and usb-modeswitch-data (20140529) released 2 weeks ago and are already packaged in Debian unstable!

This Huawei E3531 issue (and lots of other Huawei related issues, like bug # 1192297) is fixed in updated usb-modeswitch (2.2.0+repack0-1) and usb-modeswitch-data (20140529-1) packages in Debian unstable.

Please merge usb-modeswitch 2.2.0+repack0-1 package from Debian unstable to Ubuntu Utopic.
Here is debian/changelog:

usb-modeswitch (2.2.0+repack0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
  * New 2.2.0 upstream release
    - Introduction of parameter "HuaweiNewMode", wrapping the standard bulk
      message for all newer Huawei devices;
    - Support for generic fallback config files, combined with OS switch (per
      vendor ID);
  * Repack the upstream tarball:
    - Drop the code copy of jimtcl.
  * Bump usb-modeswitch-data depends to 20140529
  * Update VCS-* fields to canonical form
 -- Didier Raboud <email address hidden> Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:21:08 +0200

And here is usb-modeswitch-data debian/changelog:

usb-modeswitch-data (20140529-1) unstable; urgency=medium
  * New upstream release
    + New devices
     [0408:f001] SpeedUp SU-8500U
     [04cc:226e] Nexperia TM TD-SCDMA
     [04cc:226f] Nexperia TM TD-SCDMA (Variant)
     [04fc:2140] Sunplus Techn. SU-3200U
     [0b3c:f00c] Olivetti Olicard 500
     [0b3c:f017] Olivetti Olicard 160
     [0bdb:190d] Ericsson F5521gw
     [0bdb:1910] Ericsson F5521gw (Variant)
     [0fce:d0df] Sony Ericsson EC400
     [1410:5055] Novatel MiFi 4082
     [19d2:1232] ZTE MFxxx
     [1c9e:9101] Emobile D21LC (Variant)
     [1c9e:9401] Emobile D21LC
     [1c9e:9d00] Prolink PCM100
     [2020:f00f] SpeedUp SU-8000U
     [23a2:1010] Titan 3.5G
    - Substantial change in handling of Huawei devices
    - Generic udev rule and additional generic configuration files
      (as fallback for unknown models or as OS-specific catch-all)
  * Bump Recommends/Breaks against usb-modeswitch to 2.2.0
  * Update VCS-* fields to canonical forms
 -- Didier Raboud <email address hidden> Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:19:43 +0200

See http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/u/usb-modeswitch/unstable_changelog and http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/u/usb-modeswitch-data/unstable_changelog and