This will probably work for other Huawei devices, not only for E160.
- use Windows machine or mobile phone to disable SIM card PIN (will not work if PIN is not disabled)
- for example, to disable PIN on iPhone (iOS 4.3.3): Settings > Phone > SIM PIN > OFF
- insert SIM card into Huawei device
- plug the device
- when the disk image appears (named
web'n'walk in my case) open it
- right click on the application (named
T-Mobile web'n'walk in my case)
- click
Show Package Contents
- go to
Contents/Resources and run Mobile_Connect_Drv_App.pkg (it crashed this time, I do not remember it crashing on another machine)
New network interfaces have been detected pop up appears saying DIAG and HUAWEI Mobile network interfaces are not set up
- if the pop up does not appear, go to
Network Preferences > + > Interface: HUAWEI Mobile > Service Name: HUAWEI Mobile > Create
- click button
Network Preferences in the pop up
- select
HUAWEI Mobile in Network window
- enter
*99# in Telephone Number
- check
Show modem status in menu bar (optional)
- click button
Connect
- click button
Apply in the warning pop up that appears
Source: huawei e160 not working in 10.6