zte-balde not in adb device list

[Laszlo Fazekas]

My ZTE-Blade worked fine with Ubuntu 14.xx with ADB. On Ubuntu 15.xx it is not listen on device list. If I start usb_modeswitch

sudo usb_modeswitch -v 19d2 -p 0083 -c /usr/share/usb_modeswitch/19d2\:0083\:uPr\=WCDMA

then ADB working fine.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: udev 219-7ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
CustomUdevRuleFiles: 99-android.rules
Date: Sat Apr 25 15:26:03 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-24 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
MachineType: Acer Aspire V3-771
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-15-generic root=UUID=02e0542b-cafd-4ab6-b7bb-417103c38e17 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: systemd
UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] Nincs ilyen fájl vagy könyvtár: '/var/log/udev'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/10/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
dmi.bios.version: V1.11
dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: VA70_HC
dmi.board.vendor: Type2 - Board Vendor Name1
dmi.board.version: Type2 - Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrV1.11:bd09/10/2012:svnAcer:pnAspireV3-771:pvrV1.11:rvnType2-BoardVendorName1:rnVA70_HC:rvrType2-BoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: Aspire V3-771
dmi.product.version: V1.11
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

[Josua Dietze (digidietze)]

As you noticed, there is already a usb_modeswitch configuration for the USB ID 19d2:0083.
However, the scope of its application is narrowed to devices which have the string "WCDMA" in their product description. This applies to ZTE modem sticks.

Now, your phone's product description is "ZTE HSUSB Device". That's why usb_modeswitch will not do anything - the ID does not fully match.

The principal issue here is that phones may have selected the storage mode intentionally. It's not usb_modeswitch's business to interfere. Actually, there was a bug report regarding this: see bug #894448.