Is there a way to use USB tether with the Rezound similarly to how you can use USB-tethering in Cyanogenmod?
By this I mean the phone acts as a USB network card for the computer and routes all traffic through it. No need to install modem drivers or propitiatory software.
Thanks!
Yes, but you have to pay for it. Until someone releases a custom kernel for this platform, we won't see things like native USB tethering.
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Hey everyone-
I was wondering if anyone knew of a way, or at least a theoretical way, to get internet on your phone via a usb cable using your pc's wired ethernet connection. The reason I ask this is because I've gone into plenty of areas where wired internet is available but wireless isn't? Any ideas or help would be appreciated, and if nothing exists I'm willing to partner with a dev to make this happen possibly. Thanks again.
-sincerely, bobofosho123
I don't think there is a way to do this via usb yet. But you should try this
1. bridge your wireless and wired connection
2. setup an ad-hoc network on your pc.
This is assuming you are using a laptop and have some version of win7 installed. For more detailed instructions google both of those steps individually.
Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793102
its written for the desire, but it should work just fine.
I'm trying to get USB tethering to work. In doing so I ran accross Motorola Tethering USB (http://www.xda-developers.com/android/android-motorola-tethering-usb/) and tried it. Well I can't get the phone portal to work at all - not itself a huge deal, but I would like USB tethering capabilities. I'm running kennethpenn's stock 2.3.4 image.
Any ideas?
its easier to just use wifi tethering. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160452 not sure if this will also work for usb tethering.
ionstorm3 said:
its easier to just use wifi tethering. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160452 not sure if this will also work for usb tethering.
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The computers I need this to work on don't have wireless access (they are desktop lab computers). I could go out and buy a wifi dongle but I'd rather just get USB tethering to work.
The questions are:
1. Can I access webtop on my laptop if I connect to the phone via usb or bluetooth?
2. Can I tether my computer to the phone via the bluetooth or usb cable?
This might seems redundant but I dont seem to find the answer to this. Can you access webtop via a laptop when you connect the phone with an usb cable? The reason I ask is because sometimes I would like to browse the net while Im at work and that would be the easiest way to actually do using the laptop screen and a external mouse/keyboard. I dont really want to just buy a monitor to take to the office.
Also, is my understanding that the atrix also works like a hotspot that will provide wifi access via the phone data connection. While that is great for most of the times that will not work when I am working with a virtual computer and I dont want to share the main pc connection. With my blackberry I just use the usb connection to tether the virtual pc and that way whatever internet use I do on the virtual computer does not flow via the corporate network.
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The questions are:
1. Can I access webtop on my laptop if I connect to the phone via usb or bluetooth?
2. Can I tether my computer to the phone via the bluetooth or usb cable?
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1.) Maybe the "Motorola Phone Portal" app that came on the phone would work for what you want?.
2.) yes and yes. For wifi or bt use the "Wifi Tether" app, formerly "Wireless Tether". For USB use the "Wired Tether" app. You can find both with a quick google search, not in the market.
It dont seems that the motorola phone portal will do what I want which is using the laptop to browse the phone browser. I hate to tether specially since it seems AT&T is cracking on that but it seems is the only way to use my phone to browse the net on a larger screen. Eihter that or buying another monitor....
If you use the above apps you will not get caught tethering, I speak from experience. It's the custom APNs that are likely to get you in trouble.
I am not sure what to call this so it is difficult to search for it... what I am wondering is... can I connect my SG2 to PC via usb and use the wired internet connection that way? (For example, at someone's house who doesn't have wireless - so I am not using cell data all the time)
It's generally called reverse tethering. I found a page here on XDA that may help you do what you're wanting to do - [Tool][Windows Only][Root] Android Reverse Tethering
Here's a good example of how to set it up for XP, MAC and Vista. I assume this should apply to Windows 7 as well.
http://cnettv.cnet.com/make-your-laptop-hot-spot/9742-1_53-28619.html
Thanks, guys. I guess I was hoping there was just some setting on the PC and another on the phone and then connect and go. I don't want to install things on on a computer I am just "visiting" for a day or two. I appreciate the quick answers though.
If the PC has a wireless card, you can use that to host an access point for your phone to connect to via wifi.
So it seems the phone lets me turn on Wifi tether and USB tether without any additional fees like on my EVO Shift, but the USB tethering doesn't work because Windows can't find any drivers to load for it
Does anyone know where I can get these drivers?
I just installed "EasyTether" again. I think I'll just use that until you XDA guys can maybe see what is needed to make the official tethering work