This guide has been tested in Xubuntu 18.04.01 but it will probably apply in most linux distro's. Contents are heavily based on work by @toreanderson here.
So HP Elitebook G5 has as an LTE modem the HP lt4132 which is actually re-brand of Huawei ME906s-158.
If you see the output from usb-devices
you'll see that the issue lies that the modem is in configuration 2 (Cfg#= 2
). The Linux kernel selects configuration 2
by default, but that does not work with ModemManager. Configuration 3
( MBIM mode) is a much better choice.
Changing to configuration 3
is easy enough. Note that it is essential to first deconfigure the device by selecting configuration