Can't Detect EC25 Via ADB Command

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Hello,

I have an issue to detect the EC25 module on Linux.
The firmware version is EC25EFAR06A03M4G_OCPU_01.001.01.001.zip. I’ve upgraded the FW with this version and seems like the ADB is not working properly.
I’ve tried the command below and the module is not detected.
$ adb devices

I’ve tried on 3 systems, Windows, Linux and Mac OS. ADB works with all my modules and also worked with this one before the firmware upgrade. I even went and debugged it at the USB layer in Linux, the ADB port is there but it is impossible to attach it to any driver.
I get a unknown device error, so I think it is just not enabled somehow in this firmware. Maybe there is some special command which we are missing. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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Do you see that port available with cat /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices ?

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Yes, I tried it before.
I can see the port but it has no attached driver.

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On my Linux machine I had to add the following to /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules :

SUBSYSTEM=="usb",ATTRS{idVendor}=="2c7c",ATTRS{idProduct}=="0125",MODE="0666",GROUP="plugdev"
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Then it is working fine?

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I have tried it but no luck yet.
Also that command is only for Linux, it is not required in Windows.
So I am trying to do this in Windows… please let me know if you have any suggestions.
Thanks in advance.

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Yes, that worked fine.
You need to run sudo udevadm control --reload-rules after changing the file. That is for Linux only, indeed. I had no way to test with adb on Windows.

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I think there is something wrong with the firmware. Even in Windows it keeps throwing errors about a microphone device when I plug it in. And it is unstable. Maybe the Microphone / Speaker device errors interrupt ADB somehow. Do you know how to disable the USB microphone / speaker devices?

I’ve flashed the module with another firmware now that I have. Everything is working fine with the other firmware so I know it’s not the module. I think there might be a problem with EC25EFAR06A03M4G_OCPU_01.001.01.001.zip. If you have a Quectel SDK user guide, would you mind sending me the document? Thanks.

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I do not have a Quectel SDK user guide, but I have this (I believe that is from the AT-commands guide):
+QCFG: "usbcfg",<vid>,<pid>,<diag>,<nmea>,<at_port>,<modem>,<rmnet>,<adb>,<uac>
My understanding that <uac> corresponds to USB microphone / speaker devices you mentioned.

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I think my FW is broken. If you have the EC25 FW, would you mind sharing it with me?
Thanks in advance.

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Finally, I’ve figured out the issue.
The firmware is obviously not designed for ADB to work.
There lots of different things, I had to hack the firmware quite a bit.

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Hi Paul,

I think EC25 should support ADB function, so you could try command <at+qcfg=“usbcfg”> to check whether the ADB function is enabled or not.

Br,
Zach

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Hi Zach,

Thanks for your reply. I have another question.
According to the latest news from Quectel, the EC series is end of life and replaced by the EG series. If it’s true, I think I should use a different module. I’d like to confirm it. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Paul.

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Hi Paul,

Regarding this EC is end of life issue, I never heard of that. Thus, please contact local sales/FAE to get more precise information.

Br,
Zach

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Thanks. Will do that.

Best,
Paul.

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Hi Zach
I am facing the issue on EC25 , on windows it is shows in adb devices list but on Linux it does not show up. I can access to USB interfaces and run AT commands using Linux terminal

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Hi smarterchu, Im having same issue with ADB …would you mind sharing how you were able to get it working with windows.