ZTE K3565Z 3G USB Modem

The ZTE K3565Z is a 3G USB modem which is used to be provided by the french mobile network operator SFR. In order to make it work, you have to know that the switch doesn't work well on this stick on the Pandora, so the only way to make it work is by disabling the cd-rom ability of the stick.

How To Proceed

First of all, begin to type "sudo lsusb" on your terminal, this should appear:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 19d2:2000 ONDA Communication S.p.A. 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Our goal is to make the Pandora detect the stick as a modem. To proceed, plug your stick on a Windows computer in order to disable the flashmemory by executing the following AT-command:

 AT+ZCDRUN=8 

I won't explain how to run it on linux, but it's possible.

Open the Windows device manager, and expend the "modems" section. Right click on your Zte, and select "properties"; click the modem tab and look at the port of the modem, we'll need it later.

Then download and install PuTTy, in order to be able to run AT-commands; run it, the configuration window should appear. Select "Serial" as connection type, then select the PORT you've just seen before in the windows device manager. Launch Putty by clicking to "Open". A kind of terminal should appear, write manually: AT+ZCDRUN=8

AT+ZCDRUN=8
Close autorun state result(0:FAIL 1:SUCCESS):1
OK 

Now, you can test and see that your Pandora recognize your stick as a USB modem (by running sudo lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 19d2:0052 ONDA Communication S.p.A. 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

If you don't have a ZTE K3565Z, but the ID of your stick changed by having followed what I've just written before, congratulation, your Stick is now in modem mode, now follow the next few lines:

on your Pandora, run this command:

sudo opkg install modemmanager

Enter your password, and then type this command:

sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x0052

If another code appeared after "product=" after your second "lsusb", just change the modprobe I provided you.

You should now be able to connect with your ZTE ! You have to do the "modeprobe" step each time you want to connect, or go with your Pandora in: menu - Session and Startup - Application Autostart and add the modprobe command in order it works each time you open your Pandora.