[Bugs] #1892 UNSP: Backport GSM 3G broadband feature to Sugar 0.84

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#1892: Backport GSM 3G broadband feature to Sugar 0.84
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    Reporter:  bernie                     |          Owner:  sayamindu                  
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  sugar                      |        Version:  0.84.x                     
    Severity:  Unspecified                |       Keywords:  sugar-0.84 gsm             
Distribution:  Unspecified                |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed                
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 This patch series is a backport of the basic 3G functionality from 0.88.

 Tested in F11-XO1-PY for some time with actual users in the field. It
 works with USB Option modems such as Huawei, as long as they don't need
 switching from mass-storage to comm mode.

 Modems can be switched permanently by sending them a Hayes sequence.
 Automatic switching would require backporting udev from Fedora 12 or
 writing custom rules to invoke usb_modeswitch. I'm working on a solution,
 but the GSM functionality in Sugar is usable independently of it.

 Backported patches for sugar and sugar-artwork are here:

  http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/sugar/gsm-0.84-patches/

 They should apply cleanly in numeric order to the 0.84 branch using "git
 am *.patch".

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