From 5805eeb301f93e1fb27cde05d7fc2dae8b755e77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pierre Mavro Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:29:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add note to use device by id instead of USB to avoid issues on reboot (#31608) * Add note to use device by id instead of USB to avoid issues on reboot * tiny style tweak --------- Co-authored-by: c0ffeeca7 <38767475+c0ffeeca7@users.noreply.github.com> --- source/_integrations/sms.markdown | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/_integrations/sms.markdown b/source/_integrations/sms.markdown index cb88a588fe7..ea1020b8107 100644 --- a/source/_integrations/sms.markdown +++ b/source/_integrations/sms.markdown @@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ Re-plug the USB stick, reboot the device, run `lsusb` again. The resulting product id now should be different and the brand id should be the same. And `ls -l /dev/*USB*` should now report your device. +Note: if you have multiple USB devices, USB number order can change on boot. For this reason, it's preferable to use your device ID and look in `/dev/serial/by-id/*`. For example, `/dev/serial/by-id/usb-HUAWEI_MOBILE_HUAWEI_MOBILE-if00-port0`. + If the device is still not recognized, remove the parameter -X from the usb_modeswitch command and reboot again. ## More details: