Tether with Pre

[orlandosilva]

Simple. How can I tether with the palm pre?

[Chief85]

A simple search would have told you that tethering is a feature that was not included with the Pre for whatever reason, but I'll spare you the lecture on searching as I'm sure I've done the same at some point.

If you are OK with rooting your Pre, "there's a homebrew app for that":
http://forums.precentral.net/homebre...-required.html

[shawn.pink]

and you can do it without rooting now

[Big D5]

Originally Posted by shawn.pink

and you can do it without rooting now

This is not correct you still must root in the webosinternals.shell the ipk doesn't work trust me I have been working on this for 2 days I just got it working this morning. Once I understood what I needed to do it was easy. I am real causes about not breaking my Pre so I read through everything I could find before I rooted. If you really want tethering go for it its not that bad.

Posted from my laptop tethered to my Palm Pre

[orlandosilva]

I have Web OS 1.03 Can I use the email loophole to download the app?

[Big D5]

Originally Posted by orlandosilva

I have Web OS 1.03 Can I use the email loophole to download the app?

The app yes but the webosinternals.shell must be in stalled by Rooting

[rocket321]

1. follow this guide: http://predev.wikidot.com/using-novaproxy steps 1-14
now you are at a command prompt for your pre (root access)

2. now go here: http://forums.precentral.net/homebre...-required.html
and scroll down to the "Instructions (1.2.1)" section and follow those steps.

3. At this point I went back to the developer app and turned developer mode off (Pre reboots) and disconnected from USB. Now in the Application Launcer open "My Tether"

4. Click on Services and turn USBNet on, Pre reboots. Open My Tether > Services > turn DHCP on

5. Turn off Wi-Fi on the PRE if it is on. Click USB and turn USB Tethering On

6. Plug usb cable in, select charge only

7. to install the driver for windows - go back to the site in step 2 and follow the steps for "USBNet"

Now you have tether access!! Once you have done all this, all you need to do is use "My Tether" to enable or disable tethering as needed.

[bridic]

Question...if you only want to use WiFi you do not have to do the USBNet?

[rocket321]

Correct: USBNet should not need to be enabled if you use bluetooth or wifi to share.

If you are going to share over wi-fi, you will need to disable wifi from the menu at the top of the Pre, then open My Tether and enable wifi tethering.

Also be aware that in this version (1.2.1) if you use wi-fi to share and the Pre goes to sleep (screen shuts off) it will turn off the wi-fi connection. The work around is to have your pre connected to the charger or a USB port (charge mode) which will keep wi-fi on even if the screen is off. In the next release this is going to be fixed.