usb tethering

gammarho55 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-23-2010, 10:39 AM

was wondering if anyone knows how to do this? my computer is not set up for wifi (i know, sad) so i still need to be able to usb tether with it. right now, any time i need to tether i have to reboot the phone to the windows side to use it. honestly, this problem is the only hting keeping me from using android 100% of the time. i've read through this thread, http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/tp2-androi...ng-please.html, but it seems to just be talking about wifi tethering. any help would be appreciated.

**arrrghhh** · #2 (**permalink**) 11-23-2010, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by gammarho55

was wondering if anyone knows how to do this? my computer is not set up for wifi (i know, sad) so i still need to be able to usb tether with it. right now, any time i need to tether i have to reboot the phone to the windows side to use it. honestly, this problem is the only hting keeping me from using android 100% of the time. i've read through this thread, http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/tp2-androi...ng-please.html, but it seems to just be talking about wifi tethering. any help would be appreciated.

Maybe with some iptables mess. Who knows...

BTW, I love these "this is the only thing keeping me from using Android" threads/posts, as if we should care that you're not using Android 100% because of one single issue or another.

It's pretty minor issue when you think about it. It'll come eventually I'm sure, but USB debugging was just recently enabled. So patience, unless you want to figure out how to do it and show the rest of us. Those are your options

**boredandtattooed** · #3 (**permalink**) 11-23-2010, 11:55 AM

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but USB debugging was just recently enabled. So patience

my build is like 6months old, and it has USB debugging mode... how was it only recently added???

**arrrghhh** · #4 (**permalink**) 11-23-2010, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by boredandtattooed

my build is like 6months old, and it has USB debugging mode... how was it only recently added???

Uhm... is your kernel 6 months old too? Because the USB debug commit was made on Tuesday October 12 2010. Seriously, look for yourself.... ACL's gigantic USB commit was on October 12th.

gammarho55 · #5 (**permalink**) 11-24-2010, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by arrrghhh

Maybe with some iptables mess. Who knows...

BTW, I love these "this is the only thing keeping me from using Android" threads/posts, as if we should care that you're not using Android 100% because of one single issue or another.

It's pretty minor issue when you think about it. It'll come eventually I'm sure, but USB debugging was just recently enabled. So patience, unless you want to figure out how to do it and show the rest of us. Those are your options

if you want to complain, do it somewhere else... at least for me, this is a big deal. if its not for you, great, and i don't expect you to care if its the only thing keeping me from using it full time. but i'm sure the people who are developing want to know what people are missing so that they can make it even better. right now, android is nice to mess around with now and again, but for me if i can't tether on the android side, it just makes for a huge pain bouncing back and forth. a simple "its not available yet" would have sufficed.

**arrrghhh** · #6 (**permalink**) 11-24-2010, 10:31 AM

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if you want to complain, do it somewhere else...

Right back at you buddy.

I'm complaining about you - NOT something that's provided free of charge, by hardworking devs that do this in the their free time. They know what's broken... especially something as big as USB tethering. That's just like saying "I refuse to use this until the camera works" - that's fine, but we don't care.

This is for testing, it's not meant to replace WinMo at this stage. Maybe never.

gammarho55 · #7 (**permalink**) 11-24-2010, 03:38 PM

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Right back at you buddy.

I'm complaining about you - NOT something that's provided free of charge, by hardworking devs that do this in the their free time. They know what's broken... especially something as big as USB tethering. That's just like saying "I refuse to use this until the camera works" - that's fine, but we don't care.

This is for testing, it's not meant to replace WinMo at this stage. Maybe never.

who said i was complaining? other than to ask a DB who has nothing better to do than to ridicule someone for asking a simple question. if you don't have something constructive to add, then why would you even bother?

kcwebmonkey · #8 (**permalink**) 11-24-2010, 03:47 PM

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! lol

gammarho55 · #9 (**permalink**) 11-24-2010, 03:51 PM

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! lol

exactly. i didn't expect an ignorant response to a simple question, but oh well.

toinejuan · #10 (**permalink**) 11-26-2010, 07:49 AM

I haven't personally tried it but PDA NET is what one of my buddies use on his evo. You need to download the client on your pc and download the one from the android market on your phone. I have the client on my TP2 but have yet to download it on my computer. it catches all you sms and what not so u can reply to text right from your desktop. I know there's like a 15 day trial they give you for full access. After that, you won't be able to access secure sites so you won't be able to do gmail, banking or anything like that unless you pay for it. But, hey, you can't complain about something being free. Try it out and let the community know if it works!