In Ubuntu, is there an application like "Huawei Mobile Partner" for broadband dongle modems?
Solution 1
Modem Manager GUI
modem-manager-gui is a complete solution to manage and monitor mobile network based modems. Some of its features include:
- In addition to Display Bandwidth and SMS, it has USSD support too.
- Can manage (Stop or Start) the processes that use bandwidth.
For a complete list of features, visit the official homepage. It is available on Ubuntu repos for Ubuntu 14.04LTS and above. To install, click here:
Or run the following command:
sudo apt install modem-manager-gui
Solution 2
V Mobile Broadband
V Mobile Broadband is the original Vodafone Mobile Connect software for Linux rewritten to be compatible with Network Manager. Vodafone is a distributer of Huawei USB modems. V Mobile Broadband is developed by Vodafone's open source Betavine Connection Manager team. For the latest developments, check out their Launchpad Page and GitHub Page
V-Mobile-Broadband is mentioned as having these functionalities:
⠀• Connection & Disconnection
⠀• SMS
⠀• Display Bandwidth
⠀• Display Data Usage
Unfortunately, V Mobile Broadband is not available in Ubuntu Software Center yet. You'll have to install it from PPA. To add the PPA, run these commands in terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:crass/v-mobile-broadband
sudo apt-get update
After successfully adding the PPA, click here to install v-mobile-broadband
Or, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install v-mobile-broadband
Warning: v-mobile-broadband
depends on wader
, which replaces Ubuntu's default modemmanager
. So, if you encounter any problem with the new setup and decide to uninstall v-mobile-broadband
, don't forget to reinstall modemmanager
package.
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David Foerster
I'm a Computer Science (M. Sc.) student at Humboldt University Berlin with a B. Sc. in IT Systems Engineering from Hasso Plattner Institute (Potsdam). I've been using Linux since 2005, and administrate my own (and two family members') Ubuntu setups since 2009.
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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David Foerster over 1 year
Is there an application in Ubuntu which is like Huawei Mobile Partner, i. e. an application to manage broadband USB dongle modems? The application should provide:
- Display bandwidth
- SMS facility
- Make Connection and Disconnection
- Show Used Data Volume per given period
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Kasun Siyambalapitiya over 7 yearsHow to use this to connect??