Wednesday, August 11, 2010

how to run MICROMAX MMX 310G in ubuntu

Many of you who have bought Micromax MMX 310G or 300G might be thinking of how to run it on ubuntu or linux. Well there are many sites informing about this but this one is a bit different. it's the simplest way. i don't know much about 300g. it might work well even with other methods posted on other sites. but particularly for 310g, this is the only way it worked on my computer. no wvdial, no gnomeppp, no kppp, no sophisticated methods. just few simple steps:
1) download sakis 3g from www.sakis3g.org
2) paste it in your home folder
3) you may follow instructions written on that site or just right click the file, go to properties, go to permissions, tick mark the "allow file to be run as executable" and close properties.
4)double click the file. click on more options, click on create desktop shortcut. exit
5) access the shortcut on your desktop and select "connect to 3g"
6)it should automatically detect the modem and you should be able to connect further. when asked for password and user name, enter anything but enter the correct APN when asked for.
7)enjoy!
if you find a better method then please post it.

UPDATE:
Some of the new micromax mmx 310 g models have the lsusb output as 1c9e:9800. If you are not able to switch that modem then please update to the latest version of usb-modeswitch.
For more information head over to this link: http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/bb/viewtopic.php?t=692&sid=87157b1cfc5534def6ab31d64ae060b8
One of the readers of this blog (prasad johndhale) has reported successfully switching his new modem.