New upstream versions of usb-modeswitch (2.2.0) and usb-modeswitch-data (20140529) released 3 months ago and were packaged in Debian unstable since June!
This Huawei E398 issue (and lots of other Huawei related issues, like bug #1308895) are 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+repack0-2) unstable; urgency=medium * Add patch to set TMPDIR to /run, add Build-Depends version constraint to pull a libjim supporting the setting of TMPDIR (Closes: #751271) 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 <o...@debian.org> Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:21:08 +0200 And here is usb-modeswitch-data debian/changelog: http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/u/usb-modeswitch-data/unstable_changelog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328412 Title: Huawei E398 GSM modem configuration data not included To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-modeswitch-data/+bug/1328412/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs