12d1:1c0b — E173s 3G broadband stick (modem off)

This is the USB identifier for a E173s 3G broadband stick (modem off) manufactured by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.. The vendor ID 12d1 is registered to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 1c0b is the product ID that Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 12d1:1c0b Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E173s 3G broadband stick (modem off).

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 12d1:1c0b Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E173s 3G broadband stick (modem off)

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 12d1:1c0b, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 12d1:1c0b. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=12d1, idProduct=1c0b.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_12D1&PID_1C0B
USB\VID_12D1&PID_1C0B&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_12D1&PID_1C0B"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    E173s 3G broadband stick (modem off):
      Product ID: 0x1c0b
      Vendor ID: 0x12d1  (Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.)

Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

12d1  Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
	1c0b  E173s 3G broadband stick (modem off)

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