Hi people, I wanted to know if I could do anything else with the connection "Usb Tunnel" makes when you reverse tether? Link to the usb tunnel thread here
I want to make my phone a part of the network, as if it was connected via wifi, could anyone, or even the devs of the tool ( by the way, kudos to you) tell me how (if its possible) to do this?
EDIT: just thought of it, since the phone is using the computer's connection, would the phone have an IP address assigned to it by the tool?
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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.
Hello guys,
I'm sorry if the reply to my question was already posted by I was unable to find it here or through google search.
I'm new to the Android world so this might be very easy to achieve although I was unable to find it.
I'm trying to connect my SGS2 stock KE7 to the internet through my PC. I wanted to connect the phone with the data cable to a usb port on my laptop and then route all the traffic. I went through the options but couldn't find anythign that could achieve this.
Can someone, please, give me some pointers?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Just go in to wi-fi settings and set up a hotspot. Your phone now works as a "wireless router/modem" and your computer should detect your wi-fi hotspot created by the phone
I thought Wifi/usb Tethering was to allow other devices to connect to the internet through your phone.
computer -> phone -> internet
And I want to achieve the opposite, Connecting to the internet with my phone by going through a laptop/workstation.
phone -> computer -> internet
tosheeba said:
I thought Wifi/usb Tethering was to allow other devices to connect to the internet through your phone.
computer -> phone -> internet
And I want to achieve the opposite, Connecting to the internet with my phone by going through a laptop/workstation.
phone -> computer -> internet
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This is a bit off-topic, and I may have misunderstood your question, but this might be what you are looking to do -
1. Setup your computer in wifi adhoc sharing mode, so that any other wireless device can find that network.
2. Use your phone as the wifi device to connect to that network.
This is pretty easy - just setup a wifi network.
Many videos available on youtube -
Again, this is just one way of doing what I think you want to do-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADpHIeBSFUk
What if wireless is not available?
Is it possible to reverse tether a phone to use a PC's internet connection via a USB cable?
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What if wireless is not available?
Is it possible to reverse tether a phone to use a PC's internet connection via a USB cable?
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Don't think that you can use the network over the usb cable it is not designed for that, may be someone else may know a bit more.
Theoretically a proxy agent app on pc should be able to do what you want above, over the usb cable, but it is better to use a wireless modem instead.
androidsos said:
Don't think that you can use the network over the usb cable it is not designed for that, may be someone else may know a bit more.
Theoretically a proxy agent app on pc should be able to do what you want above, over the usb cable, but it is better to use a wireless modem instead.
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Ok, thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I often find myself in the situation where I do not have phone signal or wireless available :-/
Maybe I should invest in a wireless access point to carry around with me!
Yeah, it's a pity. There are a couple of scenarios where this would be useful for me.
Thanks anyway for replying to my question.
AFAIK this a HTC sense only feature as i remember having this on my HTC desire
What I use is an Edimax Wireless USB adapter - EW-7711UAn. The hardware works really well, the software works well once it is set-up, but configuring XP to share its network connection through this is a bit tricky
This may help, I am sure there is similar for Vista Windows 7 around on the Internet
http://www.labnol.org/software/ad-hoc-wireless-network-in-windows-xp/11486/
This might help you out guys!
Heres the explanation of how to do it (sorry it's in Portuguese, but google translator will do the trick!
http://pplware.sapo.pt/smartphones/android/internet-no-android-a-partir-do-pc-sim-possvel/
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.
Hello everybody,
I've looked all over the web trying to find a solution for this particular problem but I'm yet to find a solution and I hope you nice fellows at XDA can help me out.
My situtation is that whenever I connect my phone to my computer, all goes well, until I tap that nasty little 'USB Tethering' button, then all goes to hell. My computer then can't find my until I disable it again.
Transferring files over works flawlessly, all works well until I press USB tethering.
So my question is, how do I fix this? I need this to work for me to use my computers internet connection on my phone.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
~Filb
P.S. I'm on CM9 Nightlies.
EDIT: I have USB debugging enabled, without it my computer can't find my phone whatsoever. All the correct drivers are installed (via Kies recently).
EDIT 2: Ok, now my computer recognizes my device when I enable USB tethering. But when I check the network, it says that it's an 'Unidentified Network'.
Still in need of help.
Anybody?
This is a forum, not an instant help IM client. If someone hasn't responded to your inquiry yet, it's because no one who knows the answer to your question has read your post yet. When someone does, they will answer.
And that's not what usb tethering does. Usb tethering lets you use your phone's internet on your computer. Sounds like you want to reverse tether.
I posted the above post so my thread doesn't get lost, and if somebody knows the answer, then they'd see the post instead of it being lost, and me never getting any help.
I do want to reverse tether, but I can't do that until this problem is fixed.
EDIT: And me thinking this is a Q&A forum, silly me.
ctomgee answered your question. Turn off USB tethering. Thats used to connect a laptop/PC to the internet through your phone. It has nothing to do with browsing or copying your files from phone to PC.
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Filb said:
I posted the above post so my thread doesn't get lost, and if somebody knows the answer, then they'd see the post instead of it being lost, and me never getting any help.
I do want to reverse tether, but I can't do that until this problem is fixed.
EDIT: And me thinking this is a Q&A forum, silly me.
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I didn't say anything about this NOT being a Q&A forum. But bumping your thread after only 3 hours is ridiculously impatient, and technically violates one of the forum rules.
Also, I'm not positive since I don't actually use reverse tether, but I'm fairly certain you don't do it by turning on usb tethering.
I tried it as some user posted about some app from market, but it never worked.
As far I think, reverse tether doesn't work on s2
I bumped my post because it went to second page, I guess that's a little impatient and I'm sorry about that.
Regarding the reverse tether, USB tethering must be enabled to use the app 'Reverse Tether', so that's where the problem is.
@Bored_Stupid My problem isn't transferring files, that works fine. It's just when I enable USB tethering, the connection from my phone to my pc is lost therefore disabling me from using the app I need for reverse tether.
Filb said:
@Bored_Stupid My problem isn't transferring files, that works fine. It's just when I enable USB tethering, the connection from my phone to my pc is lost therefore disabling me from using the app I need for reverse tether.
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Will try it out on my PC when i get home," at work at the moment ". Appoligies for misunderstanding your question.
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Filb said:
I bumped my post because it went to second page, I guess that's a little impatient and I'm sorry about that.
Regarding the reverse tether, USB tethering must be enabled to use the app 'Reverse Tether', so that's where the problem is.
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Are you talking about this app? As far as I can tell, you are NOT supposed to activate USB tethering to use this app. Is that not accurate? Or am I reading it wrong?
EDIT: I just watched the video. The app actually activates tethering when you turn it on. Sorry. Well, maybe this is an issue with CM9? I dunno. Try checking the CM9 nightlies discussion thread.
Yup, that's the app.
You must have USB tethering enabled for the reverse tether process to initiate, otherwise it won't start.
I don't think it's CM9 as it was working a few days ago when I just flashed the ROM, but I'll check anyway.
I dont know how to fix this i dont know what i did everything was fine but now i cant use my computer and g3 at the same time. My computer says ip address conflict every other device in the house works. Which ever device uses internet first (between g3 and computer) is fine but the other gets nothing. Anyway does anyone know what i need to do?
Hook em both up. Wait for the error on windows PC, then right click on the network icon and troubleshoot network issues, it'll reassign windows and fix your problem.
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Thank you that lead me to my issue! I for reasons lost to me i had assigned a specific ip address to my computer i simply checked to obtain ip address automatically and all is well. i cannot believe that was the issue but it was.... little embarrassed. But thank you!