OK. Here are the results.
mYself
~$ md5sum /lib/firmware/htc_*.fw
9158b6bde3e458cb027028eaac776bad /lib/firmware/htc_7010.fw
d0e6c63ca68b89f8c874bbff3ebde09a /lib/firmware/htc_9271.fw
~$ uname -r
3.2.0-57-generic
~$ lsusb -d 0cf3:9271
(no output)
sebelius
ls /lib/firmware | grep htc_.*
htc_7010.fw
htc_9271.fw
Legimet
$ ls /lib/firmware/htc_.*
cannot access /lib/firmware/htc_.*: No such file or directory
It looks like I may have the firmware. However, because there was no output
for "lsusb -d 0cf3:9271"—does this narrow it down to an issue with the USB
hardware?