Comments on: How to setup Cricket Wireless A600 Broadband Modem in Ubuntu

By: Ramirez-Posadas

Ramirez-Posadas — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:27:09 +0000

Cricket Broad Band A600 EN ESPAÑOL, las mayoria de tutoriales para el modem de cricket estan en ingles, pero para los que hablan castellano, quiero decirles, que en Ubuntu 9.10 y 10.04, lo detecta automaticamente, siempre y cuando lo hayas arrancado en MS windows y no lo hayas desconectado. Una vez que estes conectado en MS windows, solo reinicia la maquina, selecciona en el GRUB la opciòn de Ubuntu y listo en la parte superior derecha de la pantalla aparecere un icono como antenita y si le das click veras la opciòn de Cricket Communications Conection, solo dale conectar y listo. Solo en el supuesto que no apareciera esta opciòn, en el icono de antenita (o de red) seleccionas la opciòn conecciones VNP… Configuarar VNP… Banda Ancha Movil…y agregas a Cricket Communications. Reinicias tu equipo lo arrancas desde wiondows, prendes tu modem, lo conectas a la red, reinicias tu maquina sin apagarlo, en el GRUB, seleccionas Ubuntu y listo en el icono de Antenita, solo elige la opciòn conectar y ya.

By: surfgrommett

surfgrommett — Sat, 22 May 2010 14:55:52 +0000

I read through all the comments here and I am not seeing the same problem I’m having! I rechecked and made sure iI did everything right but this is what im getting when i do sudo ./flipflop.sh

tpup@ubuntu:~/Cricket/usb_modeswitch-0.9.7$ sudo ./flipflop.sh
./flipflop.sh: 1: /usr/sbin/usb_modeswitch: not found
./flipflop.sh: 3: usb_modeswitch: not found
tpup@ubuntu:~/Cricket/usb_modeswitch-0.9.7$

I checked and usb_modeswitch IS in the /usr/sbin directory …. what the problem? Thanks for your help in advance!

By: Dennis K

Dennis K — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:18:08 +0000

Works on Fedora 12 x86_64 Used gui add software to pull in libusb-dev. Thanks!

By: Jeff Hoogland

Jeff Hoogland — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:34:22 +0000

“Plug in your Cricket A600 to an open USB port, wait a moment for it to be detected as a CD drive/the auto play menu to pop up” Thats fine. Close out the “cd drive” window it appears as and run the flipflop.sh

~Jeff

By: 007

007 — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:18:32 +0000

so what should I do?,.. can someone help me pls! thanks!!!

By: 007

007 — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:17:36 +0000

FAILED TO MOUNT CRICKET USB, IT APPEARS IN NAUTILUS AS CD, BUT A WINDOW APPEARS AND TELLS ME THE NEXT…

Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 32: mount: block device /dev/sr1 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sr1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

By: Briscoe

Briscoe — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:49:10 +0000

Thank you

By: Jeff Hoogland

Jeff Hoogland — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:31:06 +0000

@New_Ubuntu - I know it’s been awhile (I forget to check the thread here) but if you are still checking back here go to here - http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/2009/10/howto-cricket-a600-modem-ubuntu.html

And use the .deb installer, it is much easier than installing it form source as you appear to be having issues with that.

@Briscoe - Try increasing the wait time in the flipflop.sh from 10 to 20 and then run it.

Regards,
~Jeff

By: Briscoe

Briscoe — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:00:31 +0000

It hangs after
* usb_modeswitch: tool for controlling “flip flop” mode USB devices
* Version 0.9.7 (C) Josua Dietze 2009
* Works with libusb 0.1.12 and probably other versions

Looking for target devices …
Found devices in target mode or class (1)
Looking for default devices …
Found default devices (1)
Found a default device NOT in target class mode
Prepare switching, accessing device 002 on bus 002 …
Looking for active driver …
OK, driver found (“usb-storage”)

By: SKULLYARD

SKULLYARD — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:38:29 +0000

jumpin’ jesus on a pogo stick!

worked perfect man.

Thanks a ton.

By: New_Ubuntu

New_Ubuntu — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:59:43 +0000

In addition to the post above, I should mention that I have the Cricket Wireless working fine on a second Windows computer. It’s activated.

Using Ubuntu, I tried using the GUI “Network Connections” and was able to get Cricket Communicatons to display in the Mobile Broadband list, where it has a status display of “never”, but was unable to get it to list in the GUI list of available wireless networks.

I don’t use a password for Cricket in my Windows computer. When prompted for a password after typing “sudo make install”, do I have to enter the username/password for my Ubuntu laptop? Or just hit “Enter”? Similarly I didn’t enter a username/password using “Edit” with “Network Connections”.

By: New_Ubuntu

New_Ubuntu — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:34:00 +0000

I just bought a new DELL Latitiude 2100 mini with Unbuntu 9.04 and have not been able to install the Cricket Wireless. I tried using your code as follows but it didn’t work. Can you take a look?
I think the error lies in the required steps in between those listed in your intial listing.

computer1234@dell-desktop:~$ dir
Cricket_Mode_Switch.tar.gz examples.desktop Public Videos
Desktop Music Templates
Documents Pictures usb_modeswitch-0.9.7
computer1234@dell-desktop:~$ tar xzvf Cricket_Mode_Switch.tar.gz
usb_modeswitch-0.9.7/
usb_modeswitch-0.9.7/usb_modeswitch.conf
usb_modeswitch-0.9.7/flipflop.sh
usb_modeswitch-0.9.7/flipflop.sh~
usb_modeswitch-0.9.7/usb_modeswitch.h
usb_modeswitch-0.9.7/usb_modeswitch.conf~
usb_modeswitch-0.9.7/Makefile
usb_modeswitch-0.9.7/usb_modeswitch
usb_modeswitch-0.9.7/README
usb_modeswitch-0.9.7/COPYING
usb_modeswitch-0.9.7/usb_modeswitch.c
computer1234@dell-desktop:~$ sudo make install
[sudo] password for computer1234:
computer1234@dell-desktop:~$ sudo ./flipflop.sh
[sudo] password for computer1234:
computer1234@dell-desktop:~$ chmod +x flipflop.sh
chmod: cannot access `flipflop.sh’: No such file or directory
computer1234@dell-desktop:~$

By: Jeff Hoogland

Jeff Hoogland — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:56:49 +0000

No, you do not need a pin number and what ever the default username/password are in the Gnome NM is fine - don’t edit them. It should just connect for you :-/

Does the device connect properly on a Windows/OSX machine?

~Jeff

By: John M.

John M. — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:48:39 +0000

Thanks,
Yes I did activate the Modem on a Windows XP system. Like I said I had to take it back to the cricket store and have them flash it just to get it working on a Windows box. It seems like it’s timing out after being recognized by NM. Perhaps I need a pin number in addition to the username and password?
John M.

By: Jeff Hoogland

Jeff Hoogland — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:39:04 +0000

Have you activate the modem on a Windows/OSX operating system? This needs to be done before it will work.

~Jeff

By: John M.

John M. — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:15:53 +0000

@Jeff - I believe that the gnome network manager is used by default under Kubuntu Karmic 9.1. I tried installing GNM but the current version is already loaded.
I followed the debugging instructions from the Ubuntu wiki page here.

The ModemManager debug showed the following after I had mounted the A600 and then started up ./flipflop.sh:

** Message: Loaded plugin Huawei
** Message: Loaded plugin ZTE
** Message: (ttyACM0) opening serial device…
** (modem-manager:3932): DEBUG: (ttyACM0): probe requested by plugin ‘Generic’
** (modem-manager:3932): DEBUG: (ttyACM0): --> ‘AT+GCAP’
** (modem-manager:3932): DEBUG: (ttyACM0): <-- 'A'
** (modem-manager:3932): DEBUG: (ttyACM0): <-- 'T+'
** (modem-manager:3932): DEBUG: (ttyACM0): <-- 'GC'
** (modem-manager:3932): DEBUG: (ttyACM0): <-- 'AP’
** (modem-manager:3932): DEBUG: (ttyACM0): <-- '+GCAP: +CIS707-A, CIS-856, +MS, +ES, +DS, +FCLASS, CIS-856AOK’
** Message: (ttyACM0) closing serial device…
** Message: (Generic): CDMA modem /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1 claimed port ttyACM0
** (modem-manager:3932): DEBUG: Added modem /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1
** (modem-manager:3932): DEBUG: Exported modem /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1 as /org/freedesktop/ModemManager/Modems/0
** (modem-manager:3932): DEBUG: Removed modem /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1
** Message: (ttyACM0) opening serial device…
** (modem-manager:3932): DEBUG: (ttyACM0): probe requested by plugin ‘Generic’
** (modem-manager:3932): DEBUG: (ttyACM0): --> ‘AT+GCAP’
** (modem-manager:3932): DEBUG: (ttyACM0): <-- 'AT+GCAP+GCAP: +CIS707-A, CIS-856, +MS, +ES, +DS, +FCLASS, CIS-856AOK’
** Message: (ttyACM0) closing serial device…
** Message: (Generic): CDMA modem /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1 claimed port ttyACM0
** (modem-manager:3932): DEBUG: Added modem /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1
** (modem-manager:3932): DEBUG: Exported modem /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1 as /org/freedesktop/ModemManager/Modems/1

The NetworkManager debug showed the following (again, this output is after starting flipflop):

NetworkManager: (ttyACM0): new CDMA device (driver: ‘cdc_acm’)
NetworkManager: (ttyACM0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2
NetworkManager: (ttyACM0): now managed
NetworkManager: (ttyACM0): device state change: 1 -> 2 (reason 2)
NetworkManager: (ttyACM0): deactivating device (reason: 2).
NetworkManager: flush_routes: assertion `iface_idx >= 0′ failed
NetworkManager: flush_addresses: assertion `iface_idx >= 0′ failed
NetworkManager: (ttyACM0): device state change: 2 -> 3 (reason 0)

In case you’re wondering, yes this is the Xmas toy I purchased for myself, and of course I understand some assembly will be required. I’m going to try to update on bug fixes in the hopes that someone has already figured this out, but I can see that I’m not alone when it comes to people having problems with usb modems under the new release. May have to get a patch and recompile, we’ll see. I’ll try to keep this forum updated.
Thanks,
John M.

By: Jeff Hoogland

Jeff Hoogland — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:43:04 +0000

@John - try using the Gnome network manager (it loads fine under KDE) to connect with the modem. I know it has always worked fine for me (never used the KDE one before).

Cheers,
~Jeff

By: John M.

John M. — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:13:31 +0000

Hi,
I followed the tutorial running Kubuntu 9.1 but I am not connecting. I first tried setting the A600 up under Windows, but ran into corrupted Cab files. I had to have it reflashed at the Cricket store. Apparently, this is a common problem particularly with Windows 7. I was able to get the device working under Vista (never tried 7).
After following the tutorial I got all the expected output from flipflop.sh and lsusb. The Network Manager told me that the device is attached, but I still can’t ping out. I edited the connection under Mobile wireless tab in Network Manager to include number and password but still no dice. I also edited flipflop to have a delay of twenty seconds instead of ten, without luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated as Cricket will not support linux OS
Thanks,
JohnM

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:03:26 +0000

i have a cricket modem but it dont work on my acer computer it has windows 7 i down load it an it on it
but it says cant find device it works on my other lab top but my acer has a web cam on it i would like
to use that one why dont it work on my acer can get it to work some how i have A600 broad band

By: Jeff Hoogland

Jeff Hoogland — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:33:15 +0000

Open the flipflop.sh file in your favorite text editor and try increasing the sleep time from 10 to 20 seconds - it sounds like the forced reset is not firing (which is what allows network manager to see it)

~JEff