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usb-modeswitch

mode switching tool for controlling "flip flop" USB devices

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Switches USB modems into their modem mode, and Android does not let Linux apps see USB devices.

USB and other hardware

PlatformStandardVM
Android, ARM64UnsupportedUnsupported
GooglebookOS, ARM64UnsupportedUnsupported
GooglebookOS, x86-64UnsupportedUnsupported
ChromeOS, ARM64UnsupportedUnsupported
ChromeOS, x86-64UnsupportedUnsupported

Commands in the package

  • usb_modeswitch
  • usb_modeswitch_dispatcher

About usb-modeswitch

From Debian's package description

Several new USB devices have their proprietary Windows drivers onboard, especially WAN dongles. When plugged in for the first time, they act like a flash storage and start installing the driver from there. If the driver is already installed, the storage device vanishes and a new device, such as an USB modem, shows up. This is called the "ZeroCD" feature.

On Debian, this is not needed, since the driver is included as a Linux kernel module, such as "usbserial". However, the device still shows up as "usb-storage" by default. usb-modeswitch solves that issue by sending the command which actually performs the switching of the device from "usb-storage" to "usbserial".

This package contains the binaries and the brother scripts.

From Debian's description of the usb-modeswitch package, under that package's license.

Dependencies

Depends on

  • usb-modeswitch-data
  • libc6
  • libjim0.83
  • libusb-1.0-0

Sources and licenses

  • Name: the Debian package name.
  • Summary: Debian's short description of the usb-modeswitch package, under that package's license.
  • Description: Debian's description of the usb-modeswitch package, under that package's license.
  • Versions and sizes: Debian's archive for ARM64, as on packages.debian.org.
  • Popularity: Debian Popularity Contest counts.

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