Introduction
Dec 07, 2014 The driver and software is really power hungry on Mac, it drain a lot of battery. Here’s a guide on how to remove Huawei driver. This article is for the conventional non-Hilink type! I am running Huawei Mobile Partner 23.015.11.00.983 on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite. It should be same on most Mobile Partner version anyway.
Show Completing the Mobile Partner Setup Wizard and click the 'Finish' button. Now, Connect your Huawei device to your computer's or Laptop USB port. Note:-Make sure that the computer has all the drivers. (The easiest way to make sure that your computer meets this requirement is to connect the modem to the computer and connect to the internet.). Without proper drivers, your data card can not be used. Earlier, we had shared with you Huawei Mobile Partner 23.015.02.00.03 for Windows 8.1 & Mac 10.10. Unlike the another company, Huawei understands the global market and keep releasing compatible tool, when a new operating system arrives in the market. Recently Windows 10 launched and Huawei. It works perfect with Windows XP SP2/SP3, Windws Vista SP1/SP2, Windows 7, Windows 8, Mac OS X 10.5, Mac 10.6, Mac 10.7 operating systems. There are separate download link is available for Windows and Mac operating system. Just download the latest dashboard for any Huawei Mobile partner and install in your computer.
Since I wasted some 45 minutes on this, I thought of sharing my experience in case it is useful to others. Especially, since airtel has notoriously bad Customer Support!
Acknowledgment
Hardware/Software Specifications
- Macbook Pro 13-inch
- Mac OS X 10.11.1 (El Capitan)
- Airtel 4G Dongle (Huawei Model E3372h-607)
Important Notes
- There are several posts that talk about disabling El Capitan SIP (system integrity protection). Also called 'rootless'. It is NOT necessary to disable SIP
- There are 2-3 downloads for Model E3372 on the Huawei Support web site. Please ensure that you download the right one as listed here
- This procedure should work for other Huawei models. In fact, the supported product list from Huawei is shared here for your reference. So even if your dongle is some other model, it should be supported here. Do check before you go on!
- You can keep Airport turned Off (Wi-Fi Off) while using the USB dongle
Instructions
- Visit Huawei Support Site (consumer.huawei.com) and search for your Dongle model. I searched on 'E3372'.
- From the list of results, click the image of your dongle
- Click the Downloads tab
- Download 'Stick Mobile Partner(for MAC 10.11)
- Unzip the downloaded file
- You will get a file named 'MOBILE_CONNECT.zip'
- Unzip this file to see an Installer image 'MOBILE_CONNECT.ISO'
- Double-click this file and launch Mac Installer
- Complete installation
- Connect your 4g Dongle to the USB slot on your laptop
- Reboot your computer (recommended, but may not be necessary)
- Launch an Application named Mobile Partner from your Applications folder
- You will need to create a Profile first. In my experience, it did not allow me to type a profile name. So I clicked the Connect button and was prompted to create a profile
- Set APN to airtelgprs.com
- Give a name for the profile. I provided the name Airtel
- Ensure that access number is *99#
- Other settings are all default. A screen shot is shown below for reference
- Click OK and then Connect button and that should be all!
