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Reflash Huawei E3372h USB modems for pfSense® & OPNsense®

Note: the minor version is important i.e. E3372h-153 vs E3372h-607 The 22.x series firmware is a NAT modem thingy. The 21.x series is "stick mode" where the network interface will have the "real" address on it. So stick mode is desirable.

Load Generic Firmware.

  1. Log in to a Linux machine with a USB port available
  2. Open the modem's case
  3. Use "needle method" to have the device go into emergency recovery. Basically earth the recovery pin whilst plugging in the modem, a ttyUSB0 should appear
  4. Use balong-usbdload to feed the panicking e3372h a bootstrap firmware with:
    ./balong-usbdload -p /dev/ttyUSB0 usblsafe-3372h.bin
  5. The modem's LED should now be flashing white
  6. Now load the proper firmware, note that it loads on ttyUSB2. There are some options depending on which file you have.
    ./balong_flash -p /dev/ttyUSB2 -g0 E3372h-153_Update_21.200.07.00.209_02.exe
./balong_flash -p /dev/ttyUSB2 /tmp/E3372h-607_UPDATE_21.200.07.00.00.BIN

After Completion

# connect with something, cu is nice on the cli
cu -l ttyUSB0 -s 115200

# whats the loaded version?
AT^FHVER

# what features are available?
AT+CGDCONT=?

# Available options
AT^SETPORT=?

# Whats the current order of network, CD emulation etc
AT^SETPORT?

# ff= no modeswitch
# 1 = modem, 12 = pc ui, 16 = ncm, A1 = cd, A2 = SD
AT^SETPORT="FF;1,12,16,A1,A2"

# Or, Disable the cd emulation
AT^SETPORT="FF;1,12,16"

# Restore to default
AT^SETPORT:A1,A2;12,1,16,A1,A2

# Restart the modem, saving the above changes
 AT^RESET

# Set APN, in this case "connect" which is post-paid optus
AT^NDISDUP=1,1,"connect"

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