I can confirm that I have a working modem, with no fake CD drive, and with the real storage device working. My post above details the changes I made. My full /usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor/20-broken-usb- sticks.fdi is attached.
** Attachment added: "20-broken-usb-sticks.fdi" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/24931190/20-broken-usb-sticks.fdi -- [fix] Huawei E180 micro SD card not detected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278067 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs