Installing Vodafone K3765-HV On OS X 10.11 El Capitan

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   Gee Are Pabst (@grpabst) says:

   July 22, 2015 at 15:11

   A Huawei / Vodafone K3765-HV mobile broadband modem USB stick is easily installed on Mac OS X 10.10 El Capitan…. http://t.co/aF6cowSgW1.

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     Georg(e) says:

     September 2, 2015 at 19:32

     Hi, unfortunately this does not work on Air …
     After installation of the driver I can only choose HUAWEI Mobile as new network service. There is no option in the list to select HUAWEIMobile- or so. HUAWEI Mobile is automatically configured as a network service and has no option to connect via *99# as a modem … Any idea what went wrong?

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       Gee Are Pabst says:

       September 2, 2015 at 20:16

       Hi Georg(e),

       Try also the tweak I suggested to Miguel and follow after that exactly the entire instructions in that post.

       Cheers,
       Gee Are

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   Miguel Lima says:

   September 2, 2015 at 17:30

   Hi Gee, thanks for you excellent post. In preferences when I click on Create Service I don’t get an option for HuewaiMobile, only the osx out-of-the-box ones. I have tried reconnecting the dongle and reinstalling the driver which is always successful. I am running OSX El Capitan Beta 7. Any ideas? Thanks

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     Gee Are Pabst says:

     September 2, 2015 at 20:12

     Hi Miguel,

     Try this:
     Due to improved OS security, you maybe must disable the System Integrity Protection, also called “rootless”. Here’s the fix (but be aware that you’re loosing security! Re-activate it after Installation!):

     Disable “rootlees” via terminal command (your Mac will reboot): sudo nvram boot-args=”rootless=0″; sudo reboot
     Check the deactivation: nvram boot-args
     Response must be: boot-args rootless=0
     After installing you can re-activate “rootless” again (your Mac will reboot): sudo nvram boot-args=”rootless=1″; sudo reboot

     Please, tell us if you succeed or not.

     Cheers,
     Gee Are

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       Miguel Lima says:

       September 3, 2015 at 02:27

       Hi Gee, thanks for your reply. It turns out the nvram boot-args command is being discontinued in El Capitan. These are the steps I had to go through to disable the System Integrity Protection:

       1. Boot up El Capitan in Recovery Mode
       2. Open up Terminal
       3. Use the csrutil command as follows: csrutil disable
       4. Reboot

       After that I was able to complete the steps you outline on your blog post and happy days! Thanks heaps again.

       reference: https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/5397

       Cheers,
       Miguel

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         Georg(e) says:

         September 4, 2015 at 14:49

         Hello Gee and Miguel,
         thank you both, you made my day … it works 🙂

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           Gee Are Pabst says:

           September 4, 2015 at 20:18

           Hi George(e),

           you’real welcome! Thanks for your comments!

           Cheers,
           Gee Are

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         Gee Are Pabst says:

         September 4, 2015 at 20:17

         Hi Miguel,

         great! Mann thanks for your feedback and the reference!

         Cheers,
         Gee Are

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   Gee Are Pabst says:

   September 6, 2015 at 20:35

   Hi guys,

   I updated the OP in regard to the System Integrity Protection issue.

   Cheers,
   Gee Are

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   RyAN says:

   October 4, 2015 at 14:50

   mine only work when i stay on rootless (csrutil disabled)
   when i activate the SIP, i cannot use the modem anymore
   “The communication device selected for your connection does not exist. Verify your settings and try recconecting”

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     Gee Are Pabst says:

     October 4, 2015 at 18:07

     Hi RyAN,

     many thanks for your reply! Oops, I didn’t know this. I’ll check this…

     Cheers,
     Gee Are

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       kai says:

       October 8, 2015 at 22:05

       same here. Any idea how to work around it? Thanks so much for this! Life saver

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         Gee Are Pabst says:

         October 29, 2015 at 20:28

         Hi Kai,

         see my comment to Paul’s post.

         Cheers,
         Gee Are

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       paul sinclair says:

       October 9, 2015 at 13:11

       Hi Gee – I have the same problem as Ryan.
       Can only work in disabled csrutil.
       Any thoughts?

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         Gee Are Pabst says:

         October 29, 2015 at 20:27

         Hi Paul,

         I tested it with csrutil enabled and the K3765 is still working, but had to install it again!

         Cheers,
         Gee Are

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       Gee Are Pabst says:

       October 29, 2015 at 20:29

       Hi RyAN,

       see my comment to Paul’s post.

       Cheers,
       Gee Are

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   paul sinclair says:

   October 30, 2015 at 08:59

   Thanks Gee.
   I eventually managed to get it to work with no problem after Huawei released the updated driver to el capitan on 15 October:
   http://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/downloads/detail/index.htm?id=54976

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     Gee Are Pabst says:

     October 30, 2015 at 20:50

     Hi Paul,

     thank you very much for this link!

     Cheers,
     Gee Are

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   Ivano Porfiri says:

   April 26, 2016 at 07:53

   Thank you! Following your instructions now I have my K3806-z perfectly working on my MacBook Pro with El Capitan on it! There’s only a little difference: once I have installed the Huawei drivers from the link above, in the section Network of System Preferences appeared to me the option “K3806-z” and not ‘HUAWEIMobile-‘ as you suggested…but I think it doesn’t change much 🙂

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     Gee Are Pabst says:

     April 30, 2016 at 07:47

     Hi Ivano,

     many thanks for your feedback and the additional information given! I really appreciate it!

     Cheers,
     Gee Are

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     Adriano says:

     December 10, 2016 at 18:50

     Hi, I have the same K3806-z (I think from ZTE and not HUAWEI). On 10.11.6, I disabled csrutil, but the driver installation fails. “Installer ha incontrato un errore che ha impedito l’installazione. Contatta il produttore del software per assistenza.” (Installer encountered an error that prevented the installation. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance) Any idea? Thanx

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   Tamás says:

   May 5, 2016 at 11:58

   Hi Gee!

   I followed the description. The installation was successful, the modem settings as well. Junction I get an error message:
   An error occurred with the modem. Try reconnecting. If the problem continues, verify your settings and contact your Administrator.
   Do you know any solution?

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     Tamás says:

     May 5, 2016 at 12:04

     Comment: My SIP status is disabled.

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     Tamás says:

     June 2, 2016 at 08:21

     Hi Gee !
     Do you know any solution? My modem is K3772.

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       Gee Are Pabst says:

       June 2, 2016 at 21:27

       Hi Tamás,

       download Mobile Partner from here and try it. It should work now with El Capitan.

       Cheers,
       Gee Are

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       Pizza says:

       August 15, 2016 at 16:08

       If you haven’t had any luck with solutions, try the ‘Vodafone Mobile Broadband for Mac App’ which is listed as being compatible for the K3772, it worked for me with the K3773 usb stick.

       http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/what/devices/vmb/osx.html

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   Shivam Saluja says:

   May 7, 2016 at 18:07

   Can you tell me Interface and service name for d-link Dwp -157, by default interface is USB Modem Port and service name is also USB Modem Port. and also tell what telephone number to put for the above ?? I used *99# as telephone number but its not connecting ….

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   Hamsi says:

   May 14, 2016 at 08:24

   Thanks Gee! Followed all the steps listed by you and it worked around my Reliance 3 dongle (a ZTE corporation manufacture).

   Saved me a visit to the local Reliance store where they most likely woudn’t have had proper idea about El Capitan compatabilities (I come from a small Indian town where only a handful use Macs).

   Thanks again!

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     Gee Are Pabst says:

     May 22, 2016 at 20:41

     Hi Hamsi,

     you’re welcome! Many thanks for your feedback!

     Cheers,
     Gee Are

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    Bakshi Gulam says:

    July 5, 2016 at 17:27

    I disabled SIP and then installed “MobileConnectDriver for Mac Book Air 2013” and then I created a Profile with

    Interface:HauweiMobile-
    Telephone Number: *99#
    Account Name:
    Password:
    Vendor: Other
    Model: HAUWEI Mobile Connect 3G Modem

    When I try to connect this, I’m getting “No phone service detected. Check your phone line and try reconnecting.” message. The 2015 updated driver mentioned by Paul is giving a 404 Error now.

    Can anyone please help?

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      Gee Are Pabst says:

      July 14, 2016 at 21:21

      Hi Bakshi Gulam,

      There is a writing mistake: HauweiMobile-
      It must be HuaweiMobile-

      Cheers,
      Gee Are

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    Pizza says:

    August 14, 2016 at 17:35

    I could not get a Vodafone K3773 usb stick to work on a MacBook Pro after a El Capitan upgrade, I tried the ‘csrutil’ disable and tried the ‘Huawei Mobile Connect Driver for Mac’ software and still could not get it to work.
    I eventually got it to work the ‘Vodafone Mobile Broadband for Mac App’ that I found on the Vodafone website.
    The K3773 usb stick is not listed as being supported with the ‘Vodafone Mobile Broadband for Mac App’ but it worked for me.

    http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/what/devices/vmb/osx.html

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      Gee Are Pabst says:

      August 15, 2016 at 14:56

      Hi Pizza,

      many thanks for your feedback and help! I really appreciate it!

      Cheers,
      Gee Are

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        Pizza says:

        August 15, 2016 at 15:48

        Hope it’s of use to others, I was pulling my hair out trying to get my old vodafone usb stick to work.

        The ‘Vodafone Mobile Broadband for Mac App’ works differently to the way my old usb stick used to work, previously when I inserted the usb stick into the computer, the browser would automatically open on a vodafone quickstart page showing connectivity and account details.

        Now when the usb stick is inserted, it opens a window for the ‘Vodafone Mobile Broadband for Mac App’ which recognizes that the usb stick and connects to it, when you have connectivity you have to click on the browser to open it.

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12. 

    ujra says:

    November 10, 2016 at 23:14

    working my 3g stick work great now… thnx

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      Gee Are Pabst says:

      December 23, 2016 at 00:20

      Hi ujra,

      you’re welcome. Many thanks for your comment.

      Cheers,
      Gee Are

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