Talk:Qualcomm Gobi 2000
Firmware
I found out a way to get the firmware on a linux-only system. Mine is a debian squeeze, but it should apply to any system.
First, I entered my model number on the Lenovo support page in the right siderow (Select you system / Quick Path) to get to my drivers page. There I clicked to download drivers and on the UMTS drivers. Afterwards I downloaded the "7xwc42ww.exe" driver package.
With wine I was able to install the driver package, but all it does, was unpacking the GOBI driver setup. This one comes packaged as a .msi file, so we have to unpack it:
user@machine:~$ wine msiexec /a ~/.wine/drive_c/DRIVERS/WWANQL/Driver/GobiInstaller.msi TARGETDIR=C:\\DRIVERS\\GOBI
The installer quits with errors, but leaves the files on the disk, success. But now there are several subdirectories, in which the files for the specific network operators reside:
| Dir | Image | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Vodafone Image | |
| 1 | Verizon Image | |
| 2 | ATT Image | |
| 3 | Sprint Image | includes special Firmware |
| 4 | T-Mobile Image | |
| 6 | Generic UMTS Image | |
| 7 | Telefonica Image | |
| 8 | Telecom Italia Image | |
| 9 | Orange Image | |
| 12 | DoCoMo Image | includes special Firmware |
| UMTS | Default Firmware | the MD5-sum on the page matches these |
I found this out by reading the ReadMe.rtf, looking into the UQCN.mbn-Files and apply a little bit of thinking.
Now I'll move the files over and try them out.
So I got the Sprint Image with firmware, how does one flash the Gobi with this firmware?
You do not need to flash the gobi as such. Firmware must be loaded at every boot. Simply use the gobi_loader mentioned on the main page, with the 3 firmware files from the sprint directory. You will need to modify it to match your USB IDs. After the firmware it loaded it will last until you power off your laptop. I usually reboot after loading the firmware, but before trying to use the modem. The firmware remains loaded. Catphish
