Comments on: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) support

By: Matthew Scott

Matthew Scott — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:55:32 +0000

What really hacks me off is that Vodaphone is happily selling this stuff without even a whisper of technical support. The goons who run the shops aren’t trained to cope with Macs at all. Its tantamount to selling in bad faith, and its about time that Vodaphone did something about. After all the user base of Macs is increasing all the time.

By: fnordianslip

fnordianslip — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:35:36 +0000

I’ve got an E160 (according to the betavine VMC on linux, although lsusb on Linux reports an E220/E270) and the box says its a K3565.

I got this working on linux and had another go at getting it running on my 10.5.6 MacBook Pro. I had no joy with the Mac OS X version of VMC. I’ve just manually set up the Network Preferences for a generic GPRS (GSM/3G) modem on APN:pp.internet and with CID:1, dialling *99***1# for account/pass: web/web and it works just fine.
Hope this helps.

By: Seye Babatunde

Seye Babatunde — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:34:08 +0000

Anyone! please help!! I have an E170 usb modem issued by MTN and the IT support and I cannot get it to work on my macbook. I already tried an update download from Huawei website… no show!

By: grhabyt

grhabyt — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:07:37 +0000

Try using the 2.08.05.04 mobile connect installer to uninstall and then reinstall. You will need to re-enter the apn and login info. This fixes it for me, except it hangs about once for every eight hours of use, so I do the uninstall/reinstall every day or so.

By: Onil

Onil — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:55:40 +0000

HELP !!! vodafone mobile connect not working !!!!

By: nick

nick — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:47:22 +0000

Hi
I have posted this in another related thread;
I have a Vodafone Huawei E870 express card for my MacBook Pro running 10.5.2. I am running the very latest Vodafone Mobile Connect software. I cannot get uploads any quicker than 8 – 11 kbps, even when I am in a 7.2 area. Am I doing something really stupid? Or are these E870 modems a bit on the S*** side? I recently went into the Vodafone shop and tried the new USB stick alongside my E870 and the USB stick was flying at 100+kbps… Why would this be? Are the drivers/firmware different? I am pulling what little hair I have left out trying to figure this one out! Please can someone help me. Warm regards
Nick

By: Onil

Onil — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:40:31 +0000

with the new security update, the version 2.08.05.04 does not work..is there a new one ?! thanks

By: JoseLeon

JoseLeon — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:53:20 +0000

Does anyone who was working with the old method deleted the old drivers and made a clean install with the new driver 2.08.05.04?, does it work?.

I would like to prove it because if I install the new drivers it doesn´t work. I imagine that I must delete the old libraries.

Neil, did you make it work deleting the old drivers and installing the new ones?

By: RickB

RickB — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:47:54 +0000

Might be a little late but VMC v 2.08.05.02 is available at:

http://www.airtel-vodafone.je/section/112/index.html

I have not tried it yet, but the site says it works with Leopard

All the best…

By: Drew Sutton

Drew Sutton — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:28:12 +0000

HI all

If I may add my experience which worked without any change, albeit I did use the Leopard “Upgrade” as opposed to “Clean Install”.

I found that by starting the VMC software, allowing it to get to the “Activate” button (where it always stalls), Force Quit the app, then in the Internet connect/modem select area, make sure the Huawei modem is there and click “connect” ….and it works…perfectly well. Though I would like to have teh correct software to be truthful.