HOW-TO: Qualcomm Gobi 2000 under linux

yum -y install gcc
cd /tmp
wget http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/gobi_loader/download/gobi_loader-0.7.tar.gz
tar xvzf gobi_loader-0.7.tar.gz && cd gobi_loader-0.7
make && sudo make install
cp /lib/udev/rules.d/60-gobi.rules  /etc/udev/rules.d/

Now you have to get the firmware images from the Lenovo website. This is a windows executable- get the latest and greatest directly from the Lenovo support page or here. You will have to extract the contents - either you have a Windows(R) machine running somewhere, or use wine for it...  yeah, I know...

The installer will extract the firmware files into %Program Files%\QUALCOMM\Images\Lenovo\.

Now you will see several directories named 0-12, and UMTS. According to the information found on this thinkwiki page, they break down as follows:

Dir	Image	Dir	Image
0	Vodafone Image	1	Verizon Image
2	ATT Image	3	Sprint Image
4	T-Mobile Image	6	Generic UMTS Image
7	Telefonica Image	8	Telecom Italia Image
9	Orange Image	12	DoCoMo Image
UMTS	Default Firmware

Now, use your imagination to get the best out of your WWAN - for me the UMTS ran fine on 5 not listed (south-, centralamerican and asian) operators, too - but that may vary. Obviously, should your operator be listed, choose the according directory and then substitute below's with your favourite directory "id" (e.g. 2 or 12 or UMTS or...):

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Gobi_2000

how to activate GSM modem:

/lib/udev/gobi_loader -2000 /dev/ttyUSB0 /lib/firmware/gobi