Public bug reported: The upstream released new versions of usb-modeswitch and usb-modeswitch- data on January 28th and 29th 2014.
http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ This version supports many more usb modems than the one currently available in Trusty besides those packages haven't been updated for a very, very long time in Ubuntu. The packages are already available in Debian Testing and Unstable. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=usb-modeswitch Besides that the maintainer of the USB_ModeSwitch Debian package has set up a PPA providing this most recent release. https://launchpad.net/~odyx/+archive/usb-modeswitch NOTE: there is also a similar bug report from users that want the latest usb-modeswitch on Trusty. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-modeswitch/+bug/1270499 ** Affects: usb-modeswitch (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1296090 Title: Package and release the latest usb-modeswitch in Trusty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-modeswitch/+bug/1296090/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs