HSUPA USB Modem MF195 not recognized in 16.04

[Wolf Rogner]

The USB Modem ZTE MF195 is still not recognized in Ubuntu 16.04:

Jul 27 19:09:34 mbr mtp-probe: checking bus 3, device 16: "/sys/devices/pci0000:
00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1"
Jul 27 19:09:34 mbr mtp-probe: bus: 3, device: 16 was not an MTP device
Jul 27 19:09:34 mbr systemd[1]: Starting USB_ModeSwitch_3-1...
Jul 27 19:09:34 mbr usb_modeswitch_dispatcher[26304]: Could not read attribute:
No such file or directory
Jul 27 19:09:35 mbr kernel: [143996.698081] scsi 27:0:0:0: CD-ROM ZTE
      USB SCSI CD-ROM 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Jul 27 19:09:35 mbr kernel: [143996.698471] scsi 27:0:0:1: Direct-Access ZTE
      Storage 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Jul 27 19:09:35 mbr kernel: [143996.699363] sr 27:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive:
0x/0x caddy
Jul 27 19:09:35 mbr kernel: [143996.699588] sr 27:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr
0
Jul 27 19:09:35 mbr kernel: [143996.699709] sr 27:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic s
g1 type 5
Jul 27 19:09:35 mbr kernel: [143996.699975] sd 27:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic s
g2 type 0
Jul 27 19:09:35 mbr kernel: [143996.701144] sd 27:0:0:1: [sdb] Attached SCSI rem
ovable disk
Jul 27 19:09:34 mbr usb_modeswitch_dispatcher[26304]: message repeated 2 times: [ Could not read attribute: No such file or directory]
Jul 27 19:09:35 mbr usb_modeswitch: switch device 19d2:1514 on 003/016
Jul 27 19:09:35 mbr kernel: [143996.769268] scsi 27:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
Jul 27 19:09:35 mbr kernel: [143996.769284] scsi 27:0:0:0: killing request
Jul 27 19:09:36 mbr usb_modeswitch[26304]: usb_modeswitch: switched to 19d2:1514 on 3/16
Jul 27 19:09:37 mbr usb_modeswitch_dispatcher[26304]: Unable to open bind list file: No such file or directory
Jul 27 19:09:37 mbr usb_modeswitch[26304]: usb_modeswitch: add device ID 19d2:1514 to driver option
Jul 27 19:09:37 mbr usb_modeswitch[26304]: usb_modeswitch: please report the device ID to the Linux USB developers!
Jul 27 19:09:38 mbr gnome-session[16695]: (gnome-software:16875): Gs-WARNING **: failed to get updates: no results to show
Jul 27 19:09:44 mbr systemd[1]: Started USB_ModeSwitch_3-1.

Device ID: 19d2:1514

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: usb-modeswitch 2.2.5+repack0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset wl nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Jul 27 19:14:31 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-17 (1166 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64+mac (20130424)
SourcePackage: usb-modeswitch
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-22 (95 days ago)

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)]

I've backported usb-modeswitch 2.4 and usb-modeswich-data 2017-01 from Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty) to 16.04 LTS (Xenial), you can update packages from ppa:baltix-members , see
https://launchpad.net/~baltix-members/+archive

Please reboot after installing usb-modeswitch 2.4 and usb-modeswich-data 2017-01 from ppa:baltix-members , test if your USB modem works correctly with updated packages and write a comment here in any case (works or not).

Thanks,
Mantas Kriaučiūnas
Developer of Baltix GNU/Linux Ubuntu derivative