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Not possible to establish Internet connection with Nokia phones

Starting from version: modemmanager-1.14.10 (and also all 1.16 versions are affected) I see this error: couldn't enable interface: 'Requested power transition is not supported by this modem' and cannot establish connection.

More info:

lip 08 19:32:33 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[422]: <info>  [device /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/0000:02:03.0/usb1/1-1] creating modem with plugin 'nokia' and '2' ports
lip 08 19:32:33 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[422]: <warn>  [plugin/nokia] could not grab port usbpn0: unsupported subsystem: 'net'
lip 08 19:32:33 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[422]: <info>  [base-manager] modem for device '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/0000:02:03.0/usb1/1-1' successfully created
lip 08 19:32:33 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[422]: <warn>  [modem0/sim0] couldn't load list of emergency numbers: Unknown error
lip 08 19:32:33 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[422]: <warn>  [modem0] couldn't load list of own numbers: Not found
lip 08 19:32:34 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[422]: <warn>  [modem0] couldn't load UE mode of operation for EPS: Unknown error
lip 08 19:32:34 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[422]: <info>  [modem0] state changed (unknown -> disabled)
lip 08 19:32:34 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[385]: <info>  [1625765554.1500] modem["ttyACM0"]: modem state changed, 'disabled' --> 'enabling' (reason: user preference)
lip 08 19:32:34 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[385]: <info>  [1625765554.1523] manager: (ttyACM0): new Broadband device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/4)
lip 08 19:32:34 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[385]: <info>  [1625765554.1555] device (ttyACM0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
lip 08 19:32:34 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[385]: <info>  [1625765554.1579] device (ttyACM0): modem state 'enabling'
lip 08 19:32:34 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[385]: <info>  [1625765554.1637] device (ttyACM0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
lip 08 19:32:34 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[422]: <info>  [modem0] state changed (disabled -> enabling)
lip 08 19:32:34 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[422]: <warn>  [modem0] couldn't enable interface: 'Requested power transition is not supported by this modem'
lip 08 19:32:34 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[422]: <info>  [modem0] state changed (enabling -> disabled)
lip 08 19:32:34 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[385]: <warn>  [1625765554.4739] modem-broadband[ttyACM0]: failed to enable modem: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.Error.Core.Unsupported: Requested power transition is not supported by this modem
lip 08 19:32:34 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[385]: <info>  [1625765554.4772] modem["ttyACM0"]: modem state changed, 'enabling' --> 'disabled' (reason: unknown)

Downgrading package (for example to version 1.14.8) solves connection issue:

lip 08 19:44:54 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766294.9670] modem["ttyACM0"]: modem state changed, 'disabled' --> 'enabling' (reason: user preference)
lip 08 19:44:54 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766294.9717] manager: (ttyACM0): new Broadband device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/4)
lip 08 19:44:54 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766294.9737] device (ttyACM0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', sys-iface-state: 'external')
lip 08 19:44:54 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766294.9761] device (ttyACM0): modem state 'enabling'
lip 08 19:44:54 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766294.9797] device (ttyACM0): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
lip 08 19:44:55 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[1906]: <info>  [modem0] state changed (disabled -> enabling)
lip 08 19:44:55 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[1906]: <warn>  [modem0] failed to check if SIM was swapped: sim identifier could not be loaded
lip 08 19:44:55 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[1906]: <info>  [modem0] state changed (enabling -> enabled)
lip 08 19:44:55 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766295.4007] modem["ttyACM0"]: modem state changed, 'enabling' --> 'enabled' (reason: user-requested)
lip 08 19:44:55 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[1906]: <info>  [modem0] 3GPP Registration state changed (unknown -> registering)
lip 08 19:44:55 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[1906]: <info>  [modem0] 3GPP Registration state changed (registering -> home)
lip 08 19:44:55 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[1906]: <info>  [modem0] state changed (enabled -> registered)
lip 08 19:44:55 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766295.5320] modem["ttyACM0"]: modem state changed, 'enabled' --> 'registered' (reason: unknown)
lip 08 19:45:05 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766305.9120] device (ttyACM0): Activation: starting connection 'Orange HSPA' (fe707634-9215-4d87-90d5-dc12bd093466)
lip 08 19:45:05 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766305.9123] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="fe707634-9215-4d87-90d5-dc12bd093466" name="Orange Standard access" pid=982 uid=1000 result="success"
lip 08 19:45:05 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766305.9124] device (ttyACM0): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
lip 08 19:45:05 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766305.9128] device (ttyACM0): state change: prepare -> need-auth (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
lip 08 19:45:05 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766305.9139] device (ttyACM0): state change: need-auth -> prepare (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
lip 08 19:45:05 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[1906]: <info>  [modem0] simple connect started...
lip 08 19:45:05 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[1906]: <info>  [modem0] simple connect state (4/8): wait to get fully enabled
lip 08 19:45:05 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[1906]: <info>  [modem0] simple connect state (5/8): register
lip 08 19:45:05 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[1906]: <info>  [modem0] simple connect state (6/8): bearer
lip 08 19:45:05 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[1906]: <info>  [modem0] simple connect state (7/8): connect
lip 08 19:45:05 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[1906]: <info>  [modem0] state changed (registered -> connecting)
lip 08 19:45:05 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766305.9249] modem["ttyACM0"]: modem state changed, 'registered' --> 'connecting' (reason: user-requested)
lip 08 19:45:07 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[1906]: <info>  [modem0] state changed (connecting -> connected)
lip 08 19:45:07 manjaro-xfce ModemManager[1906]: <info>  [modem0] simple connect state (8/8): all done
lip 08 19:45:07 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766307.5338] modem["ttyACM0"]: modem state changed, 'connecting' --> 'connected' (reason: user-requested)
lip 08 19:45:07 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766307.5403] device (ttyACM0): state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
lip 08 19:45:07 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766307.5421] device (ttyACM0): state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
lip 08 19:45:07 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766307.5431] modem["ttyACM0"]: using modem-specified IP timeout: 20 seconds
lip 08 19:45:07 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766307.5594] loaded PPP plugin /usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.30.4-3/libnm-ppp-plugin.so
lip 08 19:45:07 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766307.5602] ppp-manager: starting PPP connection
lip 08 19:45:07 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766307.5701] ppp-manager: pppd started with pid 2102
lip 08 19:45:07 manjaro-xfce NetworkManager[1897]: <info>  [1625766307.5709] modem["ttyACM0"]: IPv6 configuration disabled

I know that Nokia (Symbian) phones are old, but still usable. It is possible that in the future versions of MM still will be supported correctly?

Regards, Robert

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