Mobile Broadband dongles

[Guest macc2010]

I had R8 put on the other day so would that work? or would i need to install anything esle?

Also how do i get it to Enabled USB Host Mode?

I have put in my Virgin Dongle and its not done anything.

Edited March 10, 2011 by macc2010

[Guest simonta]

I had R8 put on the other day so would that work? or would i need to install anything esle?

Also how do i get it to Enabled USB Host Mode?

I have put in my Virgin Dongle and its not done anything.

It works on R8, did one yesterday. Have you checked through this thread for the model number. It will be manufactured by someone else, probably Huawei.

There is an app with R8 to toggle between host/slave. You must be in host for this to work. I can also recommend Buzing Bees kernel which makes it a little cleaner to switch between host/slave - there's a thread for it..

[Guest macc2010]

It works on R8, did one yesterday. Have you checked through this thread for the model number. It will be manufactured by someone else, probably Huawei.

There is an app with R8 to toggle between host/slave. You must be in host for this to work. I can also recommend Buzing Bees kernel which makes it a little cleaner to switch between host/slave - there's a thread for it..

What is the app called that comes with R8?

Will it all ready be on my vega if i all ready have R8?

How can i change between host and slave?

I also have a Alcatel dongle.

Edited March 11, 2011 by macc2010

[Guest simonta]

What is the app called that comes with R8?

Will it all ready be on my vega if i all ready have R8?

How can i change between host and slave?

I also have a Alcatel dongle.

Come on mate, you have to do at least a little to help yourself. Have you looked at the apps you have? It's pretty obvious.

[Guest jonnyspuruk]

Hi

Has anyone had any joy getting the vodafone(zte) k3520-z dongle working. I have followed all suggestions, have tried removing the virtual cd autorun via command prompts but i cant get the damn thing to work on the vega. Just get error messages when trying to search for networks!!!

Any ideas?

Thx

Edited March 13, 2011 by jonnyspuruk

[Guest bhargav27]

Ok guys,

Need some help here. I've been trying to follow instructions on the first page. But nothing happens(no wireless menu comes up) when I'm at the add account page after selecting Google and press the physical back button for few seconds. Am I missing something ? I've just flashed the Vega with latest r8 Rom. I'm using huawai ec1260 in India. Get blue led blinking after I connect it in host mode.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Cheers

Bhargav

[Guest bhargav27]

Actually realized that it was because I had disabled the phone apks to save battery. Anyhow no luck with the dongle though.

[Guest ali_j]

Looking for some help please!

I have got hold of a Huawei e1550 (unlocked). On putting it in the Vega it flashes blue and I get the error searching for networks message. I therefore assume this is because of the autorun cd so I am trying to use Hyperterminal with no luck. Looking at device manager I have two com ports in use:

3G application interface on COM23 and 3G PC UI interface on COM22.

When I open COM22 in Hyperterminal I get a blank page. When I open COM23 I get ^RSSI:..... a few times then ^BOOT:... but I can't type anything. Can anyone tell me where i'm going wrong?

Thanks in advance

[Guest ali_j]

Guys i'm struggling here. Can't understand why the e1550 works on some Vegas and not mine! I've tried reflashing ROMs but no luck.

This is the log I get when I insert the dongle in the Vega. Hopefully it makes sense to some people (not me!). Any help would be greatly appreciated :-)

03-16 15:22:38.869 I/dalvikvm( 1705): Jit: resizing JitTable from 4096 to 8192

03-16 15:22:39.009 I/dalvikvm( 1705): Total arena pages for JIT: 11

03-16 15:22:39.199 D/dalvikvm( 1705): GC_FOR_MALLOC freed 10351 objects / 639320 bytes in 38ms

03-16 15:22:39.449 D/dalvikvm( 1705): GC_FOR_MALLOC freed 10223 objects / 551840 bytes in 22ms

03-16 15:22:56.329 W/Process ( 1029): Unable to open /proc/1910/status

03-16 15:22:57.362 D/Vold ( 958): Volume usb0 state changing 0 (No-Media) -> 1 (Idle-Unmounted)

03-16 15:22:57.362 W/MountService( 1029): getVolumeState(/mnt/usb/system_usb): Unknown volume

03-16 15:22:57.390 E/VoldConnector( 1029): Error handling '605 Volume usb0 /mnt/usb/system_usb state changed from 0 (No-Media) to 1 (Idle-Unmounted)'

03-16 15:22:57.390 E/VoldConnector( 1029): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

03-16 15:22:57.390 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.MountService.getVolumeState(MountService.java:1046)

03-16 15:22:57.390 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.MountService.notifyVolumeStateChange(MountService.java:581)

03-16 15:22:57.390 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.MountService.onEvent(MountService.java:498)

03-16 15:22:57.390 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.NativeDaemonConnector.listenToSocket(NativeDaemonConnector.ja

a:123)

03-16 15:22:57.390 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.NativeDaemonConnector.run(NativeDaemonConnector.java:83)

03-16 15:22:57.390 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)

03-16 15:22:57.409 D/VoldCmdListener( 958): volume mount /mnt/usb/system_usb

03-16 15:22:57.409 I/Vold ( 958): /dev/block/vold/8:0 being considered for volume usb0

03-16 15:22:57.409 D/Vold ( 958): Volume usb0 state changing 1 (Idle-Unmounted) -> 3 (Checking)

03-16 15:22:57.409 W/MountService( 1029): getVolumeState(/mnt/usb/system_usb): Unknown volume

03-16 15:22:57.409 E/VoldConnector( 1029): Error handling '605 Volume usb0 /mnt/usb/system_usb state changed from 1 (Idle-Unmounted) to 3 (Checking)'

03-16 15:22:57.409 E/VoldConnector( 1029): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

03-16 15:22:57.409 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.MountService.getVolumeState(MountService.java:1046)

03-16 15:22:57.409 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.MountService.notifyVolumeStateChange(MountService.java:581)

03-16 15:22:57.409 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.MountService.onEvent(MountService.java:498)

03-16 15:22:57.409 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.NativeDaemonConnector.listenToSocket(NativeDaemonConnector.ja

a:123)

03-16 15:22:57.409 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.NativeDaemonConnector.run(NativeDaemonConnector.java:83)

03-16 15:22:57.409 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)

03-16 15:22:57.409 I/dalvikvm( 1029): Jit: resizing JitTable from 8192 to 16384

03-16 15:22:57.409 D/Vold ( 958): Volume usb0 state changing 3 (Checking) -> 1 (Idle-Unmounted)

03-16 15:22:57.429 W/MountService( 1029): getVolumeState(/mnt/usb/system_usb): Unknown volume

03-16 15:22:57.429 E/VoldConnector( 1029): Error handling '605 Volume usb0 /mnt/usb/system_usb state changed from 3 (Checking) to 1 (Idle-Unmounted)'

03-16 15:22:57.429 E/VoldConnector( 1029): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

03-16 15:22:57.429 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.MountService.getVolumeState(MountService.java:1046)

03-16 15:22:57.429 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.MountService.notifyVolumeStateChange(MountService.java:581)

03-16 15:22:57.429 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.MountService.onEvent(MountService.java:498)

03-16 15:22:57.429 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.NativeDaemonConnector.listenToSocket(NativeDaemonConnector.ja

a:123)

03-16 15:22:57.429 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.NativeDaemonConnector.run(NativeDaemonConnector.java:83)

03-16 15:22:57.429 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)

03-16 15:22:57.469 I//system/bin/fsck_msdos( 958): ** /dev/block/vold/8:0

03-16 15:22:57.469 I//system/bin/fsck_msdos( 958): Can't open: No medium found

03-16 15:22:57.469 I/logwrapper( 958): /system/bin/fsck_msdos terminated by exit(8)

03-16 15:22:57.469 E/Vold ( 958): Filesystem check failed (unknown exit code 8)

03-16 15:22:57.469 E/Vold ( 958): /dev/block/vold/8:0 failed FS checks (I/O error)

03-16 15:22:57.469 W/Vold ( 958): Duplicate state (1)

03-16 15:22:57.469 W/MountService( 1029): Multiple volumes not currently supported

03-16 15:22:57.469 W/MountService( 1029): Insertion mount failed (-4)

03-16 15:22:57.469 D/VoldCmdListener( 958): volume mount /mnt/usb/system_usb

03-16 15:22:57.469 I/Vold ( 958): /dev/block/vold/11:0 being considered for volume usb0

03-16 15:22:57.469 D/Vold ( 958): Volume usb0 state changing 1 (Idle-Unmounted) -> 3 (Checking)

03-16 15:22:57.469 W/MountService( 1029): getVolumeState(/mnt/usb/system_usb): Unknown volume

03-16 15:22:57.469 E/VoldConnector( 1029): Error handling '605 Volume usb0 /mnt/usb/system_usb state changed from 1 (Idle-Unmounted) to 3 (Checking)'

03-16 15:22:57.469 E/VoldConnector( 1029): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

03-16 15:22:57.469 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.MountService.getVolumeState(MountService.java:1046)

03-16 15:22:57.469 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.MountService.notifyVolumeStateChange(MountService.java:581)

03-16 15:22:57.469 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.MountService.onEvent(MountService.java:498)

03-16 15:22:57.469 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.NativeDaemonConnector.listenToSocket(NativeDaemonConnector.ja

a:123)

03-16 15:22:57.469 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.NativeDaemonConnector.run(NativeDaemonConnector.java:83)

03-16 15:22:57.469 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)

03-16 15:22:57.479 D/dalvikvm( 1705): GC_FOR_MALLOC freed 8776 objects / 486976 bytes in 43ms

03-16 15:22:57.629 I//system/bin/fsck_msdos( 958): ** /dev/block/vold/11:0

03-16 15:22:57.629 I//system/bin/fsck_msdos( 958): Can't open: No medium found

03-16 15:22:57.639 I/logwrapper( 958): /system/bin/fsck_msdos terminated by exit(8)

03-16 15:22:57.639 E/Vold ( 958): Filesystem check failed (unknown exit code 8)

03-16 15:22:57.639 E/Vold ( 958): /dev/block/vold/11:0 failed FS checks (I/O error)

03-16 15:22:57.639 D/Vold ( 958): Volume usb0 state changing 3 (Checking) -> 1 (Idle-Unmounted)

03-16 15:22:57.639 W/MountService( 1029): getVolumeState(/mnt/usb/system_usb): Unknown volume

03-16 15:22:57.639 E/VoldConnector( 1029): Error handling '605 Volume usb0 /mnt/usb/system_usb state changed from 3 (Checking) to 1 (Idle-Unmounted)'

03-16 15:22:57.639 E/VoldConnector( 1029): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

03-16 15:22:57.639 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.MountService.getVolumeState(MountService.java:1046)

03-16 15:22:57.639 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.MountService.notifyVolumeStateChange(MountService.java:581)

03-16 15:22:57.639 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.MountService.onEvent(MountService.java:498)

03-16 15:22:57.639 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.NativeDaemonConnector.listenToSocket(NativeDaemonConnector.ja

a:123)

03-16 15:22:57.639 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at com.android.server.NativeDaemonConnector.run(NativeDaemonConnector.java:83)

03-16 15:22:57.639 E/VoldConnector( 1029): at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)

03-16 15:22:57.649 W/MountService( 1029): Multiple volumes not currently supported

03-16 15:22:57.649 W/MountService( 1029): Insertion mount failed (-4)

03-16 15:23:23.439 D/dalvikvm( 1705): GC_EXTERNAL_ALLOC freed 3076 objects / 305000 bytes in 31ms

03-16 15:23:23.479 D/dalvikvm( 1705): GC_EXTERNAL_ALLOC freed 384 objects / 24032 bytes in 25ms

03-16 15:23:23.519 D/dalvikvm( 1705): GC_EXTERNAL_ALLOC freed 318 objects / 14832 bytes in 25ms

03-16 15:23:23.549 D/dalvikvm( 1705): GC_EXTERNAL_ALLOC freed 16 objects / 1080 bytes in 23ms

03-16 15:23:23.639 D/dalvikvm( 1705): GC_EXTERNAL_ALLOC freed 567 objects / 73440 bytes in 25ms

03-16 15:23:23.679 D/dalvikvm( 1705): GC_EXTERNAL_ALLOC freed 93 objects / 7872 bytes in 25ms

03-16 15:23:34.559 D/dalvikvm( 1029): GC_FOR_MALLOC freed 10614 objects / 745912 bytes in 55ms

03-16 15:23:51.799 W/KeyCharacterMap( 1705): No keyboard for id 0

03-16 15:23:51.809 W/KeyCharacterMap( 1705): Using default keymap: /system/usr/keychars/qwerty.kcm.bin

[Guest simonta]

Looks like it's going Pete Tong here:

03-16 15:22:57.390 E/VoldConnector( 1029): Error handling '605 Volume usb0 /mnt/usb/system_usb state changed from 0 (No-Media) to 1 (Idle-Unmounted)'

03-16 15:22:57.390 E/VoldConnector( 1029): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

I'm guessing that the CD automount feature is still on and the vold driver is crashing when trying to mount it. Vold is the Linux CD mounting daemon (or service).

Check back through this thread for some tips for turning off the automount.

Edited March 19, 2011 by simonta

[Guest simonta]

Morning all.

I've got my dongle working fine but when I remove it and plug it back in, I have to go through the setup again to get it working.

Any thoughts?

[Guest dexta211]

Hi all,

I've done a bit of searching but can't find anything, so i thought i'd ask.

Is it possible to use this method with a Huawei E220 to make calls & send texts using the Modaco R8 rom?

Thanks

[Guest ali_j]

Looks like it's going Pete Tong here:

I'm guessing that the CD automount feature is still on and the vold driver is crashing when trying to mount it. Vold is the Linux CD mounting daemon (or service).

Check back through this thread for some tips for turning off the automount.

Thanks Simonta, it would seem my dongle's automount was off when i got it and i had used the switch tool in this thread to turn it on! Working perfectly now

[Guest simonta]

Thanks Simonta, it would seem my dongle's automount was off when i got it and i had used the switch tool in this thread to turn it on! Working perfectly now

Cool, glad it's working for you and a good tip for others!

Cheers

[Guest 5miley]

I have a working, surfing conection via an Huawei E220 3G dongle on my Vega.

Details:

1. Installed theMoDaCo Custom ROM for the Advent Vega r7

2. Enabled USB Host Mode (USB Mode --> USB Host (required reboot)

3. Inserted the Huawei E220 USB Dongle (mine was a t-mobile PAYG dongle)

4. If USB Host Mode is enabled, the dongle will flash green, then blue

*Interesting bit*:

5a. Go to Settings --> Accounts & Sync --> Add Account

5b. Select 'Google'

5b. Hold down the back button (the physical button) for 2-5 seconds until a 'Wireless Settings' icon appears at the bottom of the screen

5c. Select 'Wireless Settings'

5d. Select '3G Service enabled'

5e. Select 'Data enabled'

5f. Select 'Network Operators' ... You may need to wait 10-30 seconds as the Vega configures itself to read the USB dongle, makes a connection and identifies what providers are available... the light on my USB Dongle went solid blue at this point (if I recall correctly)

5g. Choose your network operator

5h. The Vega notification bar will change to show a "3G" icon, which is animated to show upload/download action; and a signal strenth icon.

6. Ensure WiFi is off and surf to a website... In my case, I got the t-mobile top-up page, which showed me my dongle's phone number and the fact that I had no further credit on my account.

When you unplug the dongle, the notification bar will change to a red triable for 'No Service: Selected network unavailable).

At this point I don't know whether this is chewing my battery or not when not connected.. as the "No Service" notification does not go away, even though I've disabled '3G Service'.

This is my first post here, so if I've posted in the wrong please, let me know and I'll happily move it.

Cheers,

BB.

Hi guys,

I get to stage 5f, searching for "network operators" and then the screen stays like this

I have used the tool posted a couple of pages back to disable the automount on the E220 dongle

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks in advance

[Guest Genieuk]

I tried this with my Huawei e169 and t-mobile sim (from my phone, which I have unlimited web), in on MCR r8.

I have disabled the cd-autorun using the tool in an earlier post, it seems to be disabled as the drive letter no longer appears for the mini-sd card in windows (I still get a drive letter for the dashboard software in flash - not sure if this is a problem)

I get to step 5f, and it finds the t-mobile network (2 of them, one is 3G and the other 2G i think)

I select the first (also tried the other one), but after that my notification bar never shows a 3G icon, all i get is normal signal stength bars, and no internet connectivity. I did check the APN and it's showing as general.t-mobile.uk, which it seems to have picked up correctly.

Not sure what else I can try, and been rebooting, then plugging in the dongle, rebooting, while its plugged in, clearing the APN etc, but still no 3G icon, only signal bars.

Any ideas?

[Guest 5miley]

Finally got my one to work

Clear Superuser cache

BTW I removed TelephonyProvider.apk and Phone.apk

this resulted in "Wireless Settings" going missing

so reinstalled both apks

[Guest Genieuk]

how do you clear superuser cache?

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[Guest Sanddancer75]

Dammit! I've just tried my E1550 again after getting round to disabling the CD-ROM (thanks dimondigital) & it still won't work. I tried rebooting with the dongle in & now my Vega is stuck in a boot loop!

[Guest Sanddancer75]

I've searched the forum & searched the internet before coming back here. Is the only way to fix the boot loop problem to reflash? This is the 3rd time it's happened to me & I really don't want to reflash the thing again (I just done it over the weekend). If that's the case then I'll just keep the USB port set to slave in future.

[Guest wilx01]

Finally got my Vodafone E160 working. I haven,t done the stop CD. I go through accounts and sync and set up there, then do a manual search for the vodafone 3g network. Then I go to the AP and change to my AP ( at mine is an old payand go that doesn't expire) ap is pp.internet user and password web.

then I use quick settings and turn 3g on. If I don't do the accounts and syn first it just keeps telling me ap not set

[Guest nowimboard]

Hi guys,

Does anyone have the correct APN settings for o2?

Got the vega picking up the network, but i'm still not connecting. Wanted to check the APN settings.

Cheers for the help so far, I'd love to get this working!

[Guest kipper641]

Hi guys,

Does anyone have the correct APN settings for o2?

Got the vega picking up the network, but i'm still not connecting. Wanted to check the APN settings.

Cheers for the help so far, I'd love to get this working!

http://forum.o2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=60981

Any use ?