How to install Huawei E160 USB modem on Apple Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6)

Question

My Huawei E160 USB modem worked fine on Apple Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), but it does not work on Snow Leopard (10.6).

Answer 1

On Mac OS X 10.7 (and I guess 10.8) my first answer does not work. You have to download TOOL-DashboardInstaller V100R001B003.zip. Unzip the file and you will get DashboardInstaller.dmg and DashboardInstaller user manual.pdf. Install the dmg file following the instructions in the pdf file.

Answer 2

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

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