Question: I recently switched from Win 7 to Ubuntu 12.04...Best day of my life :)

I have a question relating to my Vodafone K3772-Z USB modem. When I plug it in, the lights start flashing on the device, meaning that it is functional. In the network menu I get a "Wired network Vodafone K3772-Z disconnected". I have set up the a connection by using Edit connections -> mobile broadband -> Add, but in the add window the "Create a connection for this mobile device" is blanked out and says "Any Device".

Does anyone perhaps have an idea of what I could do to get it working?

Answer: 
Okay so I have kind of an answer. This might help some of the other South Africans out there that are struggling with 3G connections on Ubuntu 12.04. If I go to the terminal and type `gksudo gnome-ppp` (of course gnome-ppp must be installed, but you can also use wvdial) and click on Setup and then on Detect, it detects the Vodafone USB modem (it also works with my other 3G device, a Huawei E1690 USB stick). 

At init strings, I make `Init2 = "ATZ"` and `Init3="ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0"`.
As for the rest of the settings I use:

```
Number: `*99***1#`
Username: user
Password: pass

```

This connects to the Internet seamlessly, but it does take a little while to get connected.

As for the Network Manager, I still can't seem to get the connection available in the menu.

Hope it helps you, if anyone out there knows how to get my connection in the network manager menu please let me know. :)
You can use [SAKIS3G](http://www.sakis3g.org/) to form a connection without unlocking it. I never unlocked the device and it worked fine. 
NOTE: I could also use another network's sim on a network locked device using SAKIS3G.