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The virtual CD-ROM switching utility can act replicate the command, managing the switch of mode from flash drive to modem, the latter disconnects any mounted disk containing software, and crucially, creates a modem port/serial device (usually {{mono|/dev/ttyUSB0}}) for the networkmanager.<ref name="3g_usb_modems">{{Cite web|url=http://www.drupaler.co.uk/blog/installing-3g-usb-modems-linux/497|author=greg.harvey|title=Installing 3G USB Modems On Linux|date=28 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421021905/http://www.drupaler.co.uk/blog/installing-3g-usb-modems-linux/497|archive-date=2012-04-21|access-date=2019-02-10}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=August 2024}}{{Unreliable source|1=|certain=y|date=August 2024}}
 
Drivers are built into the operating systems as on systems implementing the USB standard like Linux, any 3G device is a USB serial port, and any storage device are really USB storage device, so devices that can't run their own driver may be able to use the built in one instead.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Virtual CD-ROM on U3-compatible devices can be removed by a software tool.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://u3-tool.sourceforge.net/|title=u3_tool - Tool for controlling U3 drives|access-date=2021-01-04|website=[[SourceForge]]}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=August 2024}}{{Unreliable source|1=|certain=y|date=August 2024}} Some 3G devices such as the Huawei support complete disabling of the Virtual CD-ROM.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.techytalk.info/disable-virtual-cd-rom-drive-with-built-in-software-on-huawei-and-zte-gsm-modem-devices/|last=Martinović|first=Marko|title=Disable virtual CD-ROM drive with built in software on Huawei and ZTE GSM modem devices|website=TechyTalk.info|access-date=2021-01-04}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=August 2024}}{{Unreliable source|1=|certain=y|date=August 2024}}
 
Available software utilities include the following:
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