I am trying to use an LTE modem connected to an Android 7 device over an OTG cable. The kernel recognizes the device and registers it with cdc_ether
, but I am unable to use the connection from the device. Is this because it is subsequently mounted as USB storage?
The device does not show up as a device in the Android UI / status bar.
If I disable MTP support, then the device wont register cdc_ether
at all.
dmesg
:
[10946.408785] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 21 using msm_hsusb_host [10946.525287] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=19d2, idProduct=1225 [10946.525306] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [10946.525316] usb 1-1.3: Product: ZTE Mobile Broadband [10946.525325] usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: ZTE,Incorporated [10946.525335] usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: MF8610ZTED000000 [10946.529662] usb-storage 1-1.3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected [10946.532702] scsi host19: usb-storage 1-1.3:1.0 [10947.538579] scsi 19:0:0:0: CD-ROM ZTE USB SCSI CD-ROM 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [10952.740595] usb 1-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 21 [10953.087891] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 22 using msm_hsusb_host [10953.232955] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=19d2, idProduct=1405 [10953.232969] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [10953.232977] usb 1-1.3: Product: ZTE Mobile Broadband [10953.232984] usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: ZTE,Incorporated [10953.232991] usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: MF8610ZTED000000 [10953.260856] cdc_ether 1-1.3:1.0 usb0: register 'cdc_ether' at usb-msm_hsusb_host-1.3, CDC Ethernet Device, 36:4b:50:b7:ef:da [10953.262322] usb-storage 1-1.3:1.2: USB Mass Storage device detected [10953.262652] scsi host20: usb-storage 1-1.3:1.2 [10954.261139] scsi 20:0:0:0: CD-ROM ZTE USB SCSI CD-ROM 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
dmesg
with MTP disabled:
[10664.987934] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 19 using msm_hsusb_host [10665.105272] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=19d2, idProduct=1225 [10665.105291] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [10665.105301] usb 1-1.3: Product: ZTE Mobile Broadband [10665.105310] usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: ZTE,Incorporated [10665.105320] usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: MF8610ZTED000000 [10665.110339] usb-storage 1-1.3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected [10665.111320] scsi host17: usb-storage 1-1.3:1.0 [10666.110748] scsi 17:0:0:0: CD-ROM ZTE USB SCSI CD-ROM 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [10671.223090] usb 1-1.3: USB disconnect, device number 19 [10671.407859] msm_otg 78db000.usb: OTG runtime idle [10671.407887] msm_otg 78db000.usb: OTG runtime suspend
ifconfig
:
TB-8504F:/ # ifconfig wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 40:a1:08:36:5b:0d inet addr:192.168.1.133 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: 2605:a601:ab2b:9900:b19e:4f2e:5d28:5fa9/64 Scope: Global inet6 addr: fe80::42a1:8ff:fe36:5b0d/64 Scope: Link inet6 addr: 2605:a601:ab2b:9900:42a1:8ff:fe36:5b0d/64 Scope: Global UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:27906 errors:0 dropped:4 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:17795 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:14342222 TX bytes:8697917 dummy0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr c6:b9:c8:82:8f:7e inet6 addr: fe80::c4b9:c8ff:fe82:8f7e/64 Scope: Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 TX bytes:210 p2p0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 42:a1:08:36:5b:0d UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 TX bytes:0 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope: Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 TX bytes:0
ip l
:
255|TB-8504F:/ # ip l 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: dummy0: <BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default link/ether c6:b9:c8:82:8f:7e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 3: sit0@NONE: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default link/sit 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0 20: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 40:a1:08:36:5b:0d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 21: p2p0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 42:a1:08:36:5b:0d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 31: usb0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 36:4b:50:b7:ef:da brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
The device does show up as usb0
with the MAC address that was listed in dmesg
.