Talk:ThinkPad mobile Internet
New lenovo thinkpads (like my T440s) don't have a QMI modem, instead they have a MBIM modem (see https://sigquit.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/an-introduction-to-libmbim/). In this case, it will also show up as a /dev/cdc-wdm character device, but not handle by the qmi_wwan driver; instead handled by the cdc_mbim driver. There's libmbim (and mbimcli, mbim-network) as well, in addition to libqmi (qmicli, qmi-network).
Also, the comment about needing the Lenovo activation app is simply not true. It may be that the QMI modem is a Gobi2k, which may need firmware loading via the gobi_loader program (that was the case in my old Lenovo thinkpad).
Also, why not suggest using ModemManager+NetworkManager? That is simply the easiest way to manage these WWAN modems. I wrote both libqmi and libmbim to be used in ModemManager. qmicli and mbimcli were just some test tools to check the APIs :)
Aleksander0m (talk) 19:13, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for your comments. Please feel free to edit, I'm not that experienced with this. I only wrote the page as I couldn't find all the information in one place elsewhere on the wiki, but it would be good if the page were edited by somebody who knows more about this stuff.
- W.R.T. your hardware, sure, please update. I'm using a Lenovo X230, which is older. I recommend leaving in the stuff about the Gobi though, because older ThinkPads are still quite popular and common.
- W.R.T. NetworkManager, again, please do update or link to the right section in the NetworkManager article. I couldn't get the modem to show up in NM, not that I tried that hard as the qmi scripts just work for me. Karkhaz (talk) 15:55, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
lenovo-wwan-unlock
Has anyone managed to make a 4G connection on a T14 Gen 3 using this method described for Ubuntu/Fedora an Arch Linux?
https://github.com/lenovo/lenovo-wwan-unlock Alex-arch (talk) 11:31, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
- Did you try Mobile broadband modem#FCC locking and ThinkPad mobile Internet#FCC unlock a Quectel modem already? That worked for my T14s Gen3 Tippfehlr (talk) 14:15, 28 June 2024 (UTC)