[huawei] MM wont connect, keeps nm.applet spinning

downgraded and now it works

$ sudo dpkg -i *
dpkg: warning: downgrading libnm-glib0 from 0.8~a~git.20090804t185522.4bab334-0ubuntu1 to 0.8~a~git.20090702t164632.9c8e600-0ubuntu1~nmt1.
(Reading database ... 241362 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libnm-glib0 0.8~a~git.20090804t185522.4bab334-0ubuntu1 (using libnm-glib0_0.8~a~git.20090702t164632.9c8e600-0ubuntu1~nmt1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libnm-glib0 ...
dpkg: warning: downgrading libnm-util1 from 0.8~a~git.20090804t185522.4bab334-0ubuntu1 to 0.8~a~git.20090702t164632.9c8e600-0ubuntu1~nmt1.
Preparing to replace libnm-util1 0.8~a~git.20090804t185522.4bab334-0ubuntu1 (using libnm-util1_0.8~a~git.20090702t164632.9c8e600-0ubuntu1~nmt1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libnm-util1 ...
dpkg: warning: downgrading network-manager from 0.8~a~git.20090804t185522.4bab334-0ubuntu1 to 0.8~a~git.20090702t164632.9c8e600-0ubuntu1~nmt1.
Preparing to replace network-manager 0.8~a~git.20090804t185522.4bab334-0ubuntu1 (using network-manager_0.8~a~git.20090702t164632.9c8e600-0ubuntu1~nmt1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement network-manager ...
dpkg: warning: downgrading network-manager-gnome from 0.8~a~git.20090805t131328.d1edfce-0ubuntu1 to 0.8~a~git.20090701t182005.3bec17d-0ubuntu1~nmt1.
Preparing to replace network-manager-gnome 0.8~a~git.20090805t131328.d1edfce-0ubuntu1 (using network-manager-gnome_0.8~a~git.20090701t182005.3bec17d-0ubuntu1~nmt1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement network-manager-gnome ...
Setting up libnm-util1 (0.8~a~git.20090702t164632.9c8e600-0ubuntu1~nmt1) ...

Setting up libnm-glib0 (0.8~a~git.20090702t164632.9c8e600-0ubuntu1~nmt1) ...

Setting up network-manager (0.8~a~git.20090702t164632.9c8e600-0ubuntu1~nmt1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/NetworkManager.conf ...
 System startup links for /etc/init.d/NetworkManager already exist.

Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up network-manager-gnome (0.8~a~git.20090701t182005.3bec17d-0ubuntu1~nmt1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

tried NM git as requested by asac.
it failed to connect with similar behavior of previous report.
attaching log

please export NM_PPP_DEBUG=1 before running modemmanager and attach the full output again (with all up to date) ... also run the mm-test.py from the build tree i gave you and post the output

i think its a NM problem. The problem should be fixed by this:

diff --git a/src/nm-device.c b/src/nm-device.c
index 18a8516..b41192b 100644
--- a/src/nm-device.c
+++ b/src/nm-device.c
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ nm_device_activate_schedule_stage5_ip_config_commit (NMDevice *self, int family)
        else if (family == AF_INET6)
                priv->ip6_ready = TRUE;

- if (!priv->ip4_ready || !priv->ip6_ready)
+ if (!priv->ip4_ready && !priv->ip6_ready)
                return;

        activation_source_schedule (self, nm_device_activate_stage5_ip_config_commit, 0);

we fixed this on NM side:

network-manager (0.8~a~git.20090820t182117.cb60390-0ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low

  New upstream snapshot:
  + LP: #412570 - [novatel] modemmanger does not connect to 3G network, icon
    keeps spinning.
  + LP: #413333 - [huawei] MM wont connect, keeps nm.applet spinning

  [ Tony Espy < <email address hidden> (awe: 0) > ]
  * remove deprecated and un-used DBUS init scripts
    - remove network-manager.dbus-event
    - remove network-manager-dispatcher.dbus-event
  * add comment to system settings config file about how to to
    override it with another file
    - update nm-system-settings.conf

  [ Jonathan Riddell < <email address hidden> (jr: 0) > ]
  * Recommend on renamed plasma-widget-networkmanagement
  * Update Vcs-bzr line in debian/control

  [ Alexander Sack < (asac: 0) <email address hidden> (asac: 0) > ]
  * use command_output from apport.hookutils - thx Matt Zimmerman
    - update source_network-manager.py
  * add LOCAL_BRANCH feature to play nicely with fta's build bot
    - update rules
  * add nm_settings_olpc_ symbols to libnm-util1
    - update debian/libnm-util1.symbols
  * fix LP: #416598 - mbm dhclient request fails because interface is not up
    - add debian/patches/0001-core-make-sure-device-interfaces-are-up-before-ip4-c.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * add ip6 api symbols for libnm-glib0
    - update debian/libnm-glib0.symbols

  [ Matt Zimmerman < <email address hidden> (mdz: 0) > ]
  * Update source_network-manager.py to use attach_network and attach_wifi from
    hookutils, to further benefit from common code and add some new info
  * Automatically tag apport bugs with driver-ndiswrapper, driver-b44 or
    driver-madwifi per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingNetworkManager

 -- Alexander Sack < (asac: 0) <email address hidden> (asac: 0) > Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:46:03 +0200