Reset Ubuntu root passwd in 10.04

After the BIOS  screen hold the SHIFT key (if Ubuntu is only OS) and you will get GRUB menu.

Select Recovery mode.

You will get a Meuu (Blue/Red), choose prompt with networking

Press enter

# passwd <user-name-here.

Photon+ on Ubuntu 10.04

Install these two packages:

# dpkg -i usb-modeswitch-data_20100826-1+squeeze0_all.deb

# dpkg -i usb-modeswitch_1.1.4-2_amd64.deb  (mine is 64-bit machine)

Check the output from # lsusb, it will show the Vendor & Product ID which is

ID 12d1:1446 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd

According to some websites you have to add ’140b’ under TargetProductList in /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1:1446 but its already there, still the modem won’t connect. This command will do the trick

# usb_modeswitch -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1:1446

in /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/12d1:1446 file the list line should read:

MessageContent=”55534243123456780000000000000011060000000000000000000000000000″

last thing the userid/pass is internet/internet.