Take the 2-minute tour ×  I received my Android tab today and it
doesn't have inbuilt 3G data. I have a 3G modem (ZTE MF 180) and
it didn't work when I connect it. It's a chinese tab and
supported-list doesn't contain my modem model. But I think
Android should be able to take the device as a generic modem and
communicate with my data carrier. I don't need fancy stuff like
SMS or phonebook - just like the modem support on Ubuntu.  I'm
just few hours old in Android world so any help is greatly
appreciated.  share|improve this question  1 Answer 1  up vote 4
down vote accepted  I can see two major problems with this.
1. Android 2.2 doesn't support USB host mode out-of-the-box.
This means any external USB peripherals like your modem are not
recognized by the Android device. Although some successful
attempts were made to shoehorn this functionality into several
handsets, the process is not easy to say the least. It's only
been developed for a few phones so far, and would take quite an
effort to port to your spe