Since I have begun my new journey to Ubuntu Linux , a little problem I faced was how do I use my Tata Photon Plus with Ubuntu to access the Internet.
I plugged in photon plus and I expected it would automatically be loaded or Ubuntu would find necessary driver for it. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen.
Fortunately , I found a solution which is as described below :
- Go to System > Preference > Network Connections
- Click on “ Mobile Broadband “ Tab
- Click Add
- you would see figure like below , click forward
- Select India, Click Forward
- select Tata indicom Photon Plus, Click Forward
- Click Apply
- Enter Username and password as “ Internet ” , Click Apply
- Now click on wireless network and click on tata photon plus and you would be connected .
Author : Ankur Chauhan
Hi Ankur,
This solution is given by many people and still after selecting these settings the ubuntu 10.10 doesn’t identify the device after rebooting.
If you have any suggestion reply soon.
could you elaborate this.
Did you check at top right box where you catch wifi , Tata photon plus would be listed there .
For any query , reply back and I would try to help you more
Hi Ankur, As Tanmay replied it is not even detecting the devise. The lsusb gives this as the output:
Thanks for your help…
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 12d1:1505 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
I have also tried the usb_modeswitch method and it is not working. Do you have any other suggestions?? I am alittle desperate..
you should fist check this link for your USB issue.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=133271
Hello Ankur,
I am at my wit’s end and hope you can help me.
Ubuntu 11.04 is not even detecting the Tata Photon+ device. I tried your suggestion and that did not work.
Please help.
Ben
Hi Ben
What do you mean by not even detecting ? Have you attached and memory card in it which is not detecting.
As far as device is concerned , the above method works very well in 11.10 also. I am personally using it. It even works for MTS and other connections too.
I use tata photon+ prepaid unlimited plan.Had no problems in using the usb modem (installed it the way u have described).
Unfortunately,at the end of my bundled usage(in this case 10GB/month),the HSIA network is no longer available & in windows XP I need to change the network type to CDMA manually in the Huawei access manager.
How do you do this in Ubuntu 11.10?
Please help
Those who have internet working but want to switch modes between ‘Photon+’ and ‘Photon Whiz’ speeds (EVDO, 1xRTT) and Hybrid modes on Linux itself (instead of requiring Windoze for the task), I recently found the solution after TONNES of wandering around on the internet, and thought it’d share it. Here goes.
Install Minicom from the package manager. It was in the repositories on my Ubuntu-based distro (dunno about other distros).
Connect your modem, let modem-manager manage it, but do NOT connect to the internet (don’t select a connection).
In a terminal, run -
sudo minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB2
After it initializes – if we have specified the correct interface (‘/dev/ttyUSB0′) you should be able to type right away. If not, try the same thing but with /dev/ttyUSB0, 1, etc. In my case it was 2.
Now, you can enter AT commands. Stuff like -
ati
(gives device info)
There are tons of other AT commands which do a lot of fun stuff, but the one for us right now is -
at^prefmode?
(to know what mode is set currently. There are three modes, 2 = 1xRTT, 4 = EVDO, 8 = Hybrid)
at^prefmode=2
(will change it to force 1xRTT, change the last number according to what you want – like I said above, 2 = 1xRTT, 4 = EVDO, 8 = Hybrid)
It should give an affirmative statement.
Quit Minicom by pressing Ctrl+A, Q, and then selecting ‘Yes’.
Now select your connection. Check if the speed difference occured (1x is the slow one, EVDO is the fast one).
If you have any problems, leave a comment here, or go to the IRC channel of network manager (#nm on freenode).
Epic levels of thanks to dcbw of network-manager for patiently getting this to work for me over IRC.
FWIW, some AT command-related links I found in the process (not really of any use to the average user)
http://www.roman10.net/how-to-use-modem-at-commands-for-usb-modem-at-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1480
http://rendoaw.blogspot.it/2008/05/force-3g-network-selection-using-at.html
Thanks Contrapunctus for helping us and posting a very informative solution.
Thanks alot..it was useful. Got connected in lubuntu 11.10
Glad it helped you.
Hi Ankur,
The steps you have mentioned aren’t helping. After adding the device in the Mobile Broadband tab in the Network Editor, the device does not even show up in the networks menu. But is present in the lsusb. How do I solve this?
Please help!
Thanks
Sindhu
Have your tried rebooting . Pls post screen shot of your networks would help me solving your problem. In my case Mobile Broadband is displayed with Tata Photon+ shown 2 times.
i do not get below screen shot when
point no 4
Could you post a screenshot on what are you getting other than what I have posted.
I am having the same problem. My computer detects it. I added it in Mobile Broadband, changed username and password, but whenever i dial it, it takes a while and then returns Unable to Connect.
There is no problem with my dongle, it works perfectly fine in windows OS
Are you sure you typed the username and password correctly. Its ” Internet ” (capital I). if you get any error message etc. then post it here and I will try to help you out.
hello ankur
i work up to monile broadband. i’m unable to do next step. i’ woking with 11.10
Which Step are you referring to ?
i have dialed it too with “Internet” as password but still it shows unable to connect.
What should i do?
Pls help.
so ya faced the same problems with configurin photon+.but i got a diff problem.my photon plus is detecting as qualcomm cdma technologies msm instead of huaywie technologies huaywei mobiles.Refer to the diagram right after step 4.couldn connect int the end.
Thanks Ankur, it really worked, actually I was trying to install it myself and everytime I inserted it in USB port (I thought) it was not detected but after reading this post, I simply clicked on network status icon on right side of screen top and enabled Mobile Broadband, after which I clicked on “edit connections” and then followed your advice.
Actually I was in trouble as my Windows has some problem and I’m getting usual Error 711 and 633 which were preventing me from connecting to Tata Photon Network, local service center of Tata Photon was also not responding so I was looking for an alternative approach and now your post has helped me greately.
It worked instantly (without actually using the software available on it for installation).
Thanks once again.
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using Natty Narwhal release… i plugged in my USB Photon+, and the system recognized it, but wouldn’t connect… after some internet searches, i performed the following: installed latest .deb of modeswitch amd64 and modeswitch all. i then added the device, un: “internet” and pw “internet.” success! the device worked. after restarting my computer, however, ubuntu no longer recognizes the device! (it doesn’t show up in my internet connections). i know the device is recognized by the system, lsusb gives Bus 005 Device 006 as ID 12d1:1505 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. idVendor 0x12d1 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and idProduct 0×1505… HOW do i get my Network Manager to recognize this device again?!?! what went wrong?!?! why did installing modeswitch cause it to no longer recognize the device? (i’ve restarted multiple times, plugged the device in and out, etc., to no avail)…
hi ankur, my device is detected successfully but not connecting internet plz help me i m using ubuntu 11.10…
Hi Aditya,
Could you please provide some more details. Have you followed all steps as mentioned in the post. Is there any error you are encountering.
Are you able to see the signal bar ?
Thanx for the help.
-:)
This was exactly what i was searching for…
Hi,Ankur,
Thanks a lot , i try many things but when i used #777/user name:-internet(small letter)/password:-internet(small letter),
It works,
thanks
Its worked for me. We appreciate your time and efforts to give this post. Such humans should exist for help others.
Hi Ankur,
i did all this but still it doesnt connect but show the option in the list
Hello Diddharth,
Could you tell me more details. Does it give time out errors or any failure error etc ?
Thank you very much!
I did not know for a very long time what the username and the password were.!
Now I can finally work on ubuntu all the time
Much appreciated!
HI
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 . I am unable to connect tata – photon + with ubuntu
Data card is found in my system (ubuntu), but this is not connected
please provide me solution
Thanks in advaced
I have Ubuntu 10.10. My laptop doesn’t detect Photon+ device. I tried going to Network Connections and clicking on mobile broadband, when I try to add device it doesn’t show any device and hence can’t proceed. What should I do?
The document helpled me a lot and i connected tata photon plus with my Ubuntu 12.04 successfully.
Thanks a ton Ankur.
Thanks a ton. It worked.
Hi ,
This post helped me to connect tata photon with ubuntu 12.04 desktop, how about server ??
I dont see gui for server version.
Any commands that i can use to configure it ??
Regards,
Sanket.
Hi Ankur, Thanks a lot. Others need to install latest updates and the latest version.
Hi
MY OS is ubuntu 11.10 32 bit
My network deveice is Tataphoton+
Problem is : Devise is detected but i am unable to connected i have also set username and password also
Can you please provide me a solution :
Thanks
Chetan
Does it show any error? Is is listed in network manager and menu on top right where all Wifi etc networks are shown.
I have to use tata photon plus on ubuntu and I had followed all the steps given on this web page but the net is not connected, I had also tried the link given by you to one of your user but i am still finding problem in getting connected to the network. plz help me soon.
Please describe what problem you are facing ?
Hi Ankur,
As per your steps, I am able to install the Photon + on my Ubuntu system and the data card is also showing connected and working.
Thanx
Tuhin
I was able to add my CDMA network but as soon as i try to connect ,i get a message saying Modem “Network Disconnected”
Does it mean i need to recharge my account ??
Hi
I also face the same problem. Tata Photon shows in the list, but says Modem Network disconnected when I try to connect. Please help. My system is Ubuntu 12.04
Hi ,
My Tata photon connects properly . If I disconnect and try to Connect again it wont connect .
I have to restart my ubuntu to reconnect again .
what would be the problem ?
Thanks a lot it works in ubuntu 12.04
Hi
I tried the solution provided, but the system keeps the airplane mode on further the system recognizes the Tata Docomo network but dont connect to the network and displays modem offline.
Even if, Airplane mode is switched of manually it remains on.
Please suggest me solution to the problem.
Thanking you in anticipation