Installing Huawei E3372 On OS X 10.10 Yosemite

Update: Installing Huawei E3372 On macOS 10.12 Sierra
A Huawei E3372 / Telekom Speedstick LTE V mobile broadband modem USB stick is easily installed on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite without using Mobile Partner software. Just use the following work around to get your Huawei E3372s-153 / T-Com Speedstick LTE V running on Yosemite. So far, Huawei E3372 is not working on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan. If you also have a Windows 8 / 8.1 or Windows 10, you just follow the Windows 8 / 8.1 instructions for Huawei K3765. 

Huawei E3276 (T-Com Speedstick III) and Huawei K3765-HV (Vodafone K3765-HV) are installed in a similar way on Mac OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite. The later is also working on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan.

I conducted the installation with the following set up:

• MacBook Pro 13” Retina End 2013 with Mac OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite installed.
  
• Huawei E3372s-153 / Telekom Speedstick LTE V (LTE FDD : Cat4 DL:150Mbps/UL:50Mbps @20M BW, UMTS: DCHSPA+:42/5.76Mbps;21M/5.76Mbps;14M/5.76M, HSUPA:7.2M/5.76M, 2G: EDGE packet data service of up to 236.8kbps) with micro SD slot and two hidden connectors for external antenna (Specifications Huawei E3372):

  

  Huawei E3372s-153 T-Com Surfstick V_01_USB connector

  

  Huawei E3372s-153 T-Com Surfstick V_02_rear panel

  

  Huawei E3372s-153 T-Com Surfstick V_03_Micro SD and antenna slots

  
  

  

  Huawei E3372s-153 T-Com Surfstick V_04_interior with card slot and model information

  

  Huawei E3372s-153 T-Com Surfstick V_05_plugged to MacBook with Mac OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite

  
  
• Huawei Mobile Connect Driver for Mac, update for MacBook air (MobileConnectDriver for Mac Book Air 2013, 2013-08-31, software version 4.25.45.00)
• Notes:
  • For software updates click here and search for ‘Mac‘.
  • Mobile Partner for Mac OS X is now working on Mac OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite. Nevertheless, I describe an alternative way to connect the E3372 without the Mobile Partner Software.

The work around to install Huawei E3372 on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite without Mobile Partner Software is as follows:

1. Insert the SIM-card into your Huawei E3372, connect it to your Mac and skip installation of Internet Manager Software (for Telekom Speedstick LTE V only).
   

   Installing Huawei E3372s-153 on OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite_1_Skip T-Com Internet Manager

2. Download and install Huawei Mobile Connect Driver for Mac 4.25.45.00: 
   

   MobileConnectDriver » Post
   MobileConnectDriver.zip
   Version: 4.25.45.00
   

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   Huawei Mobile Connect Driver for Mac (software version 4.25.45.00, update for MacBook air)

   Languages:	English
   Author:	Huawei
   Platforms:	Mac OS X
   Category:	Huawei
   Date:	February 9, 2014

   

   Installing Huawei E3372s-153 on OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite_2_Install Huawei Mac OS X Driver

   

   Installing Huawei E3372s-153 on OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite_3_Successfull installation of Huawei Mac OS X Driver

   
   
3. Open ‘System Preferences‘ and select ‘Network‘. Click on ‘+‘ and create a new service. Select ‘HUAWEIMobile-‘ (NOT ‘HUAWEIMobile-Modem’!) and click on ‘Create‘.
   

   Installing Huawei E3372s-153 on OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite_4_Select interface

4. For configuration, select configuration ‘Default‘, type ‘*99#‘ in the field ‘Telephone number‘ and leave empty ‘Account name‘ and ‘Password‘. Click on ‘Connect‘ to establish the connection.
   

   Installing Huawei E3372s-153 on OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite_5_Network set up connect and apply settings

5. If the connection is correctly built, you will find the status ‘connected‘. The close the connection, just click on ‘disconnect‘or unplug your Huawei E3372.
   

   Installing Huawei E3372s-153 on OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite_6_Successfully connected

Note: Every time you plug the Huawei E3372s-153 / Telekom Speedstick LTE V to your Mac again, installation of T-Mobile Internet Manager software is prompted. Just ignored it and skip it.

Installing Huawei E3372s-153 on OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite_7_How to reconnect

Installing a Huawei E3372 / T-Com Speedstick LTE V mobile broadband modem USB stick on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite is easily done by using the Huawei Mobile Connect Driver and the Mac’s built-in network preferences. Mobile Partner software is not needed!

Stay tuned! 😉