Using Mobile as USB Modem in Ubuntu

/ September 30, 2008 / Technology, Ubuntu / Permalink

Now I am at Chittagong, enjoying my eid vacation here. Normally I use broadband at my home at Dhaka. But I am so much addicted in Internet that I can’t pass a single day without it and also I can pass all my time without eating or drinking if I get Internet. So, I faced a problem here that is my sister use GP Edge and I have to use this as alternate here. But I use Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 in my laptop and I don’t have any other OS. I never used any phone as modem in Ubuntu. I could have used my sister’s laptop but I didn’t feel comfortable as I will miss all my personal settings in which I am used to. So I started looking for how I can install the mobile set in my laptop. It’s a Nokia 6280 phone. I have searched over internet and finally by taking help from two site I have succeeded using it. The steps I have followed to install it are as follows:

1. Connected the phone using USB cable.
2. Open the terminal.
3. Check the USB detection:-

$ lsusb

Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0421:045a Nokia Mobile Phones
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04f3:0210 Elan Microelectronics Corporation
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

4. Autodetect the modem using WVDial:-

$ sudo wvdialconf
Found an USB modem on /dev/ttyACM0.
Modem configuration written to /etc/wvdial.conf.
ttyACM0<Info>: Speed 460800; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0"
ttyACM1<Info>: Speed 460800; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0"

5. 

 sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf
[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”gpinternet”
Modem Type = USB Modem
Baud = 460800
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
ISDN = 0
Phone = *99***1#
Username = gp
Password = gp

6. 

 sudo ifdown eth0

[it will disable your LAN connection]

7. finally execute 

$ wvdial

Now I am connected to GP Internet.

Special thanks to Mr. Hasan for the step 6. Without this I tried again and again but couldn’t get connected.

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5 Responses to Using Mobile as USB Modem in Ubuntu

  1. Shubuntu May 12, 2009 at 2:00 am #

    Good tutorial. Thanks.

    I have a similar post, on how to connect using the Phone as the modem. Here:

    http://shubuntu.blogspot.com/2008/04/use-your-mobile-as-external-modem-in.html

  2. Rummandinho May 23, 2009 at 4:07 pm #

    Saifur Bhaia,

    Your website and blogsite has been an inspiration for me to help people. After getting internet with Ubuntu using GP and a cell. I started learning a few languages and now I completed PHP. I am only 15 and in the 9th grade. It’s really amazing how much you help people in your site. Especially Bangladeshi people.
    You’re a legend.

    A Fan of your :D
    Rumman R.K

  3. rajib September 6, 2009 at 4:42 am #

    atually i want to connect to internet through usb modem and my handset is nokia 3110classic and i use reliance smart for net in ubuntu 8.04…………..
    can any one help me for this?????????

  4. Internet Usb Phone October 24, 2009 at 1:46 am #

    I started learning a few languages and now I completed PHP. I am only 15 and in the 9th grade. It’s really amazing how much you help people in your site

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    When the content of this blog delivers good tips, it’s the way to go.

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