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Cyanogen USB tether help

Running the latest cyanogen and can't figure out how to setup USB tethering. I assume I need some type of driver for my phone but am having trouble finding one. Anyone been succesful setting it up?

all you need is to go in to settings and the wireless control and scrol down to usb tethering and just clik on that while your phone is connected to the pc and you got internet...........it was that easy for me

sorin129 said:
all you need is to go in to settings and the wireless control and scrol down to usb tethering and just clik on that while your phone is connected to the pc and you got internet...........it was that easy for me
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Hmm... pc comes up with the new hardware install wizard and asks for an android driver. I need to install the phone somehow.

acis said:
Running the latest cyanogen and can't figure out how to setup USB tethering. I assume I need some type of driver for my phone but am having trouble finding one. Anyone been succesful setting it up?
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If you're running windows XP the driver isn't included on your computer. Some people have installed HTC Sync to get the drivers, personally I got them from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=445436
I can confirm that the driver from that post works, I am using tethering with my laptop right now to write this post!

bassderek said:
If you're running windows XP the driver isn't included on your computer. Some people have installed HTC Sync to get the drivers, personally I got them from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=445436
I can confirm that the driver from that post works, I am using tethering with my laptop right now to write this post!
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Worked for me, thank you sir!

That was exactly my problem, thanks a ton.

Same there. Thanks !

acis said:
Hmm... pc comes up with the new hardware install wizard and asks for an android driver. I need to install the phone somehow.
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glad it worked for you

Linux drivers
Hello I am using Linux (gentoo, so I need kernel options, not binary modules, really). Does anyone know what drivers/mechanism can be used to configure USB tethering on a Linux host?

Linux kernel support for USB tethering
To answer my own question... The relevant kernel options under kernel version 2.6.31 seem to be:
CONFIG_USB_USBNET=m
CONFIG_USB_NET_CDCETHER=m
CONFIG_USB_NET_RNDIS_HOST=m
If you 'cd /usr/src/linux; make menuconfig' You can key '/' to initiate a search for the substrings 'usbnet', 'cdcether', etc. They are under:
Code:
│ -> Device Drivers
│ -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y])
│ -> USB Network Adapters
For CyanogenMod-4.2.3.1 (and similar verions):
When you connect your phone via usb, browse (on the phone) to Settings -> Wireless controls, and check 'Internet tethering'.
On your host linux machine the node /dev/usb0 should be created. Run 'dmesg' to see if it is registered. Type 'lsmod' to see if you have a listing like:
Code:
rndis_host 6160 0
cdc_ether 4236 1 rndis_host
usbnet 13196 2 rndis_host,cdc_ether
I am assuming you have kernel module auto-loading enabled. If not try running 'modprobe rndis_host'. You should hopefully then have /dev/usb0 or similar.
Furthermore this should be recognised as a network interface and be listed by 'ifconfig -a'. The interface can then be configured in the usual way, i.e.:
Code:
ifconfig usb0 up
dhcpcd usb0
Whereon the phone seems to automagically provide dhcp and dns. Hope this helps fellow linux users. I can provide further details of my working configuration if anyone has difficulty.
The USB tethered device is much friendlier on battery. Previously I was having to plug my wireless tethered phone into my laptop just to keep it alive. It was very hot and would sometimes loose the charging battle (i.e. putting out more power over 3G and Wifi than accepting from USB charging). The proper USB networking device interface is much preferable and should theoretically provide superior performance than the higher level Java-based NAT approaches previously seen, although I have not yet noticed reduced latency.
The only issue from an open source perspective is that the RNDIS protocol does not seem like a very pleasant option, being encumbered with a proprietary license and limited documentation from what I have read. I wonder why android does not support open source CDC alternatives (which I am lead to believe do exist).

I'm on mac and I can't figure how to get connected by usb. Do I have to configure Firefox ?

silasdavis,
Thanks a ton!
That got me working.
I was unable to get the tethering to work with Wifi. I would be able to see it as a network in Wicd but could never get an IP.
Could you shed some light on how you did this? I am a Gentoo user as well.
It took me a while to figure it out but what I did was made a symlink in /etc/init.d from net.usb0 to net.lo and that was the only way I could start it. using ifconfig usb up didn't seem to work.
:: edit ::
BTW, I posted (and am editing) this using USB tethering
It is kind of nostalgic for me... like I'm on dialup or something.

How fast is the connection across the tether, could it handle an RDP connection to a desktop at home?

@captsammy
It's of course going to depend on your 3g connection more than anything else, but I just got the following results from speedtest.net when tethering via usb:
Ping 78ms (not bad actually, for 3g)
Download 1.03Mbps (about 120 kilobytes/s)
Upload: 0.32Mbps (about 40 kilobytes/s)
That would almost certainly suffice for a remote desktop connection, bandwidth wise, but as will be the case with every connection via cell-phone wireless, it will be incredibly laggy due to poor latency (ping 78).

silasdavis said:
Lots of linux config....
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That was exactly what I was looking for.
I personally just compiled them built-in rather than modules, but great info!
Posted from Gentoo tethered to my G1

Ubuntu Karmic Koala
To whom it concerns: on Ubuntu Karmic Koala USB tethering works out of the box - all the necessary modules are loaded automatically, the station gets the DHCP parameters and sets the IP address and routing rules automatically and you're ready to go - no configuration needed.

usb tether - code 10 - win xp
Heres my problem
Using mt3g with cyanogen 4.2.7.1. On my win xp laptop i previously installed the android sdk/adb deal to do shell stuff like manual sd partitioning. I enable tethering on tje device but windows cannot install the htc ndis driver. I get the code 10 error.
Heres the kicker, i am running the same windows version on my desktop computer but have not installed the sdk. Tethering works fine.
It seems that something to do with the sdk install on the laptop prevents the usb tethering. I dont know what do to to make this work.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
Paul
Mt3g
Cyan 4.2.7.1
Enoch theme
501 ext4
97mb swap

Running CM 4.2.8.1 on mt3g and having trouble with USB Tethering to my MacBook Pro. I have the sdk installed but I'm not sure what I would need to enter in Terminal to get it connected as a USB ethernet device.
Any tips?

Windows 7 home premium
how to setup for win 7 ?? i tick internet tethering inside wireless control .. it doest do the work .. any driver for win 7 ?? im using cyanogenmod 4.2.8 too

Win7 automatically installs driver for Remote NDIS
I am on a Windows 7 laptop and have the Android SDK installed. On the phone side, I am running CyanogenMod v. 4.2.12.2 on an HTC ADP1.
USB Internet Tethering works like a charm. I am posting this via USB tether to a WiFi connected phone (3G tether also works). Great work by Cyanogen and co-workers!
To get tethering running on Win7, I first enabled USB Internet Tethering on the phone, before connecting it to the Win7 laptop. Win7 then automatically installed the Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device driver and connected to the phone. No configuration required.
Perhaps the people having trouble on Win7 didn't enable tethering on the phone before connecting to Win7? However, now I can actually enable/disable tethering with the phone constantly connected to USB and Win7 loads the correct drivers on the fly.

Tethering - USB AND WIFI

Hi,
I know the phone is capable of doing both, and there are software/apps to do each function seperatly. But is there an app that does both for android phones?
I know Froyo has this capability built in... and will mostly likely be removed by samsung/tmobile. But here's hoping!
Thanks.

GameOver69 said:
Hi,
I know the phone is capable of doing both, and there are software/apps to do each function seperatly. But is there an app that does both for android phones?
I know Froyo has this capability built in... and will mostly likely be removed by samsung/tmobile. But here's hoping!
Thanks.
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well you can do WiFi using either Wireless Tether or Barnacal. You can get Barnacal on the market. As for USB, thats prob not going to happen till we get some custom roms. For that you would need to alter the Kernal and firmware to acheive this.

MonkySlap said:
well you can do WiFi using either Wireless Tether or Barnacal. You can get Barnacal on the market. As for USB, thats prob not going to happen till we get some custom roms. For that you would need to alter the Kernal and firmware to acheive this.
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I can't get barnicle or android wifi tether to work for more than a few minutes on my vibrant... Anyone else with more success?

You can USB tether your SGS to your computer out of the box. No rooting, no nothing.
For Windows:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=737744
For Mac OSX:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=736769

Ugh. Barnacle Legacy works perfectly as does the newest version of Wifi tether.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

Yes but there aren't any apps that do both?
Sent from my Samsung Vibrant using XDA App

Dang, both Barnacle and Wifi tether are giving me fits today. I know both of these are in active development, with new releases every other day it seems.
I am using the latest Barnacle available in the market, Version 24 as reported by the "Manage Applications" under settings. I don't see an "About" screen in the application, so I don't know what the *real* version is.
As for Wireless Tether, I am using version 23 as reported my the "manage applications" under settings, or 2.0.5-pre6 as reported by the About screen.

pyun said:
You can USB tether your SGS to your computer out of the box. No rooting, no nothing.
For Windows:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=737744
For Mac OSX:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=736769
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This method of tethering on Windows 7 works flawlessly. I've had issues using the Kies method and this fires up right away. It seems to be a little slower than the old wired tether app for my G1, but that could also be because I was tethering on the train in crappy weather. Barnacle works awesome on Windows if you follow these directions:
Baranacle Wifi Settings:
1. Change SSID - [User Preference]
2. Change Channel - 6
3. Custom Wifi Ad-hoc - NONE
4. Skip wpa_supplicant - CHECK
5. Restart Phone As Desired
Settings For Windows:
Open cmd.exe as administrator
C:\Windows\system32>netsh interface ipv4 set subinterface "Wireless Network Connection" mtu=1250 store=persistent
This is assuming your wireless network adapter is called "Wireless Network Connection"

Yeah, I have done all that and I am getting lots of errors:
NAT Restart: Network is down
And then a bunch of these:
Getting netmask of eth0 failed: cannot assign requested address
Followed by a couple instances of
NAT Restarting Now
NAT waiting for local interface
And yes, I have positively confirmed that I set the MTU on my computer.
And the Wireless Tether program now just run and then hangs. No FC, no nothing. When you press the big green icon to start the tether, you get the little animated spinner which freezes after a couple of seconds.
I'm trying to install Kies now.

I don't recommend installing Kies if you just want to USB tether. It's over 280 mb and the program itself kept crashing on me.
Just install the official drivers from Samsung's website then create a DUN connection based on the instructions in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=737744.
Also, the official drivers on Samsung's download section are not up to date. The latest drivers are in the Kies install. I've zipped them up for x86 Windows users and put them online. You can download the zip and extract the files to your \Windows\System32\Drivers folder.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9387307/x86 Vibrant drivers from Kies.zip

for USB tether, I use PdaNet, it is super simple, no configuration needed on the phone or the computer... it works super fast and I've had no issues, just download the PdsNet desktop client and install on your PC and the PdaNet from the android market and done... you will be up and running in 5 minutes or less

That was perfect.
Posting over the DUN connection now. Thanks!

any tether app working with froyo 2.2 yet?

like 3 tethering apps none of them since to work after update, any info?

They all work on CyanogenMod. <3

tethering works fine on cm6.

easytether is working just fine for me with 2.2 Froyo

same here. And 'funny' enough - when connect USB to comp - my 4G disappear. I didn't have to use anything on 2.1 - just usb sharing . Now tried all 3 progams with no luck. Other usb options are fine. Never rooted.
Thanks

kb-evo said:
same here. And 'funny' enough - when connect USB to comp - my 4G disappear. I didn't have to use anything on 2.1 - just usb sharing . Now tried all 3 progams with no luck. Other usb options are fine. Never rooted.
Thanks
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Thats because you are suppose to leave usb as charge only, not usb tethering.
You don't pay for usb tethering, so sprint makes your mobile connection go away when trying to use it. So, use something like easytether, but keep it selected as Charge Only with usb debugging on

Kornsaq said:
Thats because you are suppose to leave usb as charge only, not usb tethering.
You don't pay for usb tethering, so sprint makes your mobile connection go away when trying to use it. So, use something like easytether, but keep it selected as Charge Only with usb debugging on
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Thanks. Connected as charge and works!
Interstingly it shows as local only but whatever, right?
Thanks again, good advice.

[APP] ADB Wireless

I am unsure everyone knows about it, but I just felt like sharing.
Now you can connect to your Desire wirelessly and perform ADB commands.
There's a new app called ADBWireless.
You can get more info here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/08/20/awesome-app-for-rooted-users-adbwireless
It's available in the market but there's also a QR code in the website.

Very cool! Thanks for sharing...!!!

how does this work?

Wow, great find! Thanks!

kmetek said:
how does this work?
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instead of using a usb cable to connect to your device via adb, you use a wireless connection. it's only mandatory that your laptop/pc and your desire are connected to the same wi-fi connection. it's useful in my opinion!

dmpwd said:
instead of using a usb cable to connect to your device via adb, you use a wireless connection. it's only mandatory that your laptop/pc and your desire are connected to the same wi-fi connection. it's useful in my opinion!
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It's that simple? Wow! Thank you so much for sharing. This will be the end of my adb worries!
Sent from my HTC Desire

Cool tool, unfortunately the read-only file system in the Desire makes it useful only as a remote shell and not for usual stuff - installing applications, replacing files, etc.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

I copied the adb.exe & the 2 dlls to my windir. Cannected via adb in the command line. But the drive does not show up, how di I map / mount it??

awesome...thanks for the great sharing..

I removed unwanted apps on AuraxTsense rom through wireless..Great works...simple and efficient..

So I put this onto my phone, (the widget version). How do i now manage files between my computer and phone? They are both on the same wifi network. But how do I actually manage my phone now? It has given me the ip address to connect to. But where do i enter it and how do i use it?

Just open up a shell (cmd) and use adb the same way you usually would, except first you execute the connect command that adbWireless gives you.

how do I specify what computer to use
I have more than one computer on my network as well as other network devices( Bluray player, etc) of which a couple (laptop & desktop) have both ADB installed.
When I enable this app, it grabs the first device it find - which is not even my desired machine?
Anyway to limit or specify the ip to use to connect too.
I have tried to access it as a wi-fi connection from my laptop, but cannot do that either.
Help please?
Thanks
Edit: Find what I was looking for:

That's great. Now I don't need to worry about forgetting my USB cable when I'm off out to the lab .
It works fine over Connectify as well when I'm connected to the net via Ethernet.

I love this app and i use it. But i have some security concerns. When you connect to another Wifi which is not your home wifi - For example at the university - everybody should be able to scan for devices and try to connect then and has whole access to the phone. What about that? Especially because with that app it is very easy to forget about disabling it when you connect to new wifis. What about setting password which you must deliver on connecting? Or for example accept new incoming connections?

Sounds neat, I'll give it a try!

Nitromouse said:
I love this app and i use it. But i have some security concerns. When you connect to another Wifi which is not your home wifi - For example at the university - everybody should be able to scan for devices and try to connect then and has whole access to the phone. What about that? Especially because with that app it is very easy to forget about disabling it when you connect to new wifis. What about setting password which you must deliver on connecting? Or for example accept new incoming connections?
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Good point, but I think we should ask these questions to the dev ..

Useful app if you can't be bothered to connect via usb but still would be good if you could apply a password or something.

unable to connect
I tried adb connect 192.168.1.244:5555 and unable to do so. Why? I got all of the required drivers/SDK and etc.
This is beyond frustrating.

[Q] USB Tethering between A500 and Android phone

Hi,
I've read many threads regarding tethering all leading to use WiFi or Bluetooth.
USB tethering seems to be not working. But I'm a bit confuse as both devices should be able to do it.
My Nexus One (Android 2.3.4) can share internet connexion via USB it works with my desktop.
The A500 (Android 3.1) can use USB device as modem and usb tethering appear in the settings.
But when I connect the phone with USB connection sharing enable to the tablet, the A500 can't see the phone and the USB tethering option is unavailable.
I'd rather share the connection via USB than WiFi.
Has someone manage to use USB tethering between to Android devices ?
Thanks,
Seb

I am also looking for a way to do this.
Wifi tethering uses way too much battery power (alongside the constant 3G) connection -- same with Bluetooth.
USB, despite the cable, will provide superior battery life, while also charging the phone. The phone (HTC Desire) has the least power capacity, but is used more during the day, so I'd rather the tablet runs out first than the phone.
I've connected my partners Iconia to mine and used ADB via terminal emulator, so I say that USB tethering would be more than possible. It's just a matter of finding an dev/app that will facilitate the (most likely) required system changes.

So anyway, I've been looking around for a solution to this, and there is only mentions of Wifi hotspots.
I read somewhere about Kernel tweaks that may be required in-order for the Iconia to use the USB for network communications -- I'm not too sure how correct this is -- any Kernel developers wish to comment?
I've tried putting the phone into USB tethered mode, then manually configuring the usb0 of the tablet to try and talk, however to no avail.
Code:
[B]Configuration on Tablet[/B] [I](The phone reports its usb IP as 10.10.1.252)[/I]
ipconfig usb0 10.10.1.253 netmask 255.255.255.252 up
route add default gw 10.10.1.252 dev usb0
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
Code:
[B]Resulting netcfg[/B]
lo UP 127.0.0.1/8
dummy0 UP 0.0.0.0/0
usb0 UP 10.10.1.253/30
sit0 UP 0.0.0.0/0
ip6tnl0 UP 0.0.0.0/0

Check the market for USB tether.I used to use a program for this but do not remember the name sorry.I just do know there are some out there

erica_renee said:
Check the market for USB tether.I used to use a program for this but do not remember the name sorry.I just do know there are some out there
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Thanks for your reply, however it's not quite what I'm looking for. There are plenty of USB tether apps, however none of them seem to work with my tablet, suggesting that it's a tablet configuration issue compared to my phone.

ShadowXVII said:
Thanks for your reply, however it's not quite what I'm looking for. There are plenty of USB tether apps, however none of them seem to work with my tablet, suggesting that it's a tablet configuration issue compared to my phone.
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Only thing needed (tested with 2.3 version of this kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1170319):
Code:
dhcpcd usb1
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
After activating usb tethering in the settings of the desire

richardtrip said:
Only thing needed (tested with 2.3 version of this kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1170319):
Code:
dhcpcd usb1
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
After activating usb tethering in the settings of the desire
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Wicked, now I can browse the internet while in Aeroplane Mode
So I was right in thinking it must be a kernel change requirement (USB_WWAN)? I have tried these commands also with a different kernel and ROM to no avail; maybe the implementation was broken.
The Desire has changed ROM's too, however I believe the USB tethering is stock anyway, so it wouldn't have been that.
Thanks for your reply richardtrip, and thanks for complying with the GPL as well, this community wouldn't be the same without people like you

I am quite happy with wireless tether through my phone if I need more juice I just plug the phone into outlet or change the spare batt.

There ain't any power-points on the train
I would be using wireless tether if I had a power-point to use.

But they sell spare batt @ebay very cheap.

I have got a spare battery, but I'd rather just use less power and not have to swap any batteries, nor keep any charged.
The USB Wired Tether works, so I'm happy .

I would think that when phone is plug in acer usb for charging then the tab will discharge faster.
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dito33 said:
I would think that when phone is plug in acer usb for charging then the tab will discharge faster.
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It would, but it would not discharge as fast as wifi tether. The phone has less capacity than my tab, yet I use my phone more than my tab, therefore I would prefer to discharge my tab slightly faster and keep my Phone topped up.

I'm throwing all these options because for right now usb tether to pad is not available.
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I see, what do you mean by "usb tether to pad not available"?
The solution to the thread is above, and also on my site;
http://www.shadowsplace.net/923/general/tether-android-phone-desire-to-android-tablet-iconia-a500-via-usb-cable/

That's great did you get it to work.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

ShadowXVII said:
I see, what do you mean by "usb tether to pad not available"?
The solution to the thread is above, and also on my site;
http://www.shadowsplace.net/923/general/tether-android-phone-desire-to-android-tablet-iconia-a500-via-usb-cable/
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mine does not work. It is usb0 on my acer but it simply cannot get any ip address from my phone, which is a Motorola Atrix.
My Acer is running stock rom, rooted of course.

dito33 said:
That's great did you get it to work.
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Yes.
fincan said:
mine does not work. It is usb0 on my acer but it simply cannot get any ip address from my phone, which is a Motorola Atrix.
My Acer is running stock rom, rooted of course.
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Actually, that's an interesting point you raise there. I was using usb0 in my testing, I didn't notice that richardtrips (and my own tutorial) used usb1.
Have you tried usb1 vs usb0?

Well if you don't mind you tab dying just turn on wifi hotspot on the phone and then plug the usb into the tab so it charges!

lordstrife said:
Well if you don't mind you tab dying just turn on wifi hotspot on the phone and then plug the usb into the tab so it charges!
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As I said before (or at least on my tutorial), I was using that, however the charge rate wasn't enough to keep the phone charged.
It went down more slowley, but the charge did go down none-the-less, which didn't suit me. Wired tether was still the optimal choice for me.
On a side note, I'm unsure as to why people are still offering alternatives, the thread is solved lol I've got my USB tethering so I'm happy! Just helping out anyone else who wants the same thing.