Problem with Huawei E180 USB Mobile Modem

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Problem with Huawei E180 USB Mobile Modem

I have a little problem with my Huawei E180, that is causing only some inconvenience. If the modem is plugged in before turning on the power to the iMac, the Leopard doesn't boot up at all, just a blank white screen appears. After unplugging the modem and rebooting, there is no problems. There are no other problems with connections or anything, just this.

This is only annoying, but I would like to know if there is some way to solve this problem. Or is this just a thing to live with? I couldn't find anything about this kind of problems with Google, or from Huawei's support forum or anywhere else.

EDIT: I've been using Mac only for a month or so, so please be specific with answers. 🙂

Message was edited by: RedKroovy

iMac (intel), Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Feb 10, 2009 10:47 PM

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Sonicray

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Feb 11, 2009 3:04 AM in response to RedKroovy

Originally the Huawei is a Windows 2000 and Windows XP ONLY device, if you use Vodafone or Nova Media, they have their own custom made software which makes it mac compatible...

The Huawei E180 does not use OEM drivers, at least ones that would be included with Leopard hence it does not recognize the USB dongle at boot up. Plus remember that when Leopard finds a network it will want to connect and configure everything out first before booting. In the case of GSM / 3G modem you may have to enter your username & password and save it in the "keychain", etc...

The modems natively supported by Leopard are found here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1122

You will have to leave the Huawei E180 unplugged until you boot up into Leopard and then plug it in. Then Leopard will recognize and find the correct driver for it.

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R C-R

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Feb 11, 2009 6:06 AM in response to Sonicray

Sonicray wrote:
Plus remember that when Leopard finds a network it will want to connect and configure everything out first before booting.

Can you explain more about what you mean by this? How can Leopard do anything before it boots?

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Sonicray

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Feb 11, 2009 10:07 AM in response to R C-R

Sorry, I mean before it loads to the desktop, as in while it is booting up(the white screen with the Apple logo) it will look for networks and internet connections. You can see it do this in single user mode...

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Feb 13, 2009 4:13 AM in response to Sonicray

Thank you for the quick and thorough answer. Thumbs up. 🙂

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