With my old Orange SPV C500 phone I could plug it into my laptop and the phone would use the laptop's Internet connection (once I've installed ActiveSync/WMDC). I've tried all the connection modes on my HTC Desire but they all look to be using the 3G connection instead. I've got HTC Sync 2.0.33 installed.
Is this possible? I'm not always going to be in areas where I can get 3G/HSDPA. Thanks
Best you search for the term "tethering" in this forum - you will find what you would like to know.
Thanks for the quick reply. I don't mean using my Mobile as a Modem though (i.e - tethering). That works a treat.
I mean plugging my mobile into my laptop and "using my laptops broadband" connection on my HTC Desire. Basically the other way around (laptop to mobile, not mobile to laptop). This is possible with Windows Mobile.
I think you misunderstand. OP wants to use the PCs internet connection for the phone if I understand the OP correctly.
This may be possible using some ADB commands, but I am not sure.
Zappza said:
I think you misunderstand. OP wants to use the PCs internet connection for the phone if I understand the OP correctly.
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Correct .
Zappza said:
This may be possible using some ADB commands, but I am not sure.
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What are ADB commands? I take it it's not officially supported? Like it is on Windows Mobile then. Thanks.
Sorry, got it now. You are right, WM (or better: ActiveSync from MS) had that functionality. HTC's Sync is far behind that - I'm close to throw it into the bin (if I only had something better). Therefore it is not possible to use your laptop as a modem for your phone. On the other hand: The Desire's WiFi-receiver is really excellent. Where you need access to a LAN try ES File Explorer together with either a WiFi or Bluetooth connection.
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HTC's Sync is far behind that - I'm close to throw it into the bin (if I only had something better).
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It pretty ropey. Thankfully I use Google to sync my stuff, so rarely need it.
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Therefore it is not possible to use your laptop as a modem for your phone.
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Thanks. Nevermind. It was worth asking.
As the HTC Desire has it's own Wireless and 3G/HSDPA. I won't use it often but it can be handy, when you have no 3G/HSDPA/Wireless available but a PC with USB Port and working Broadband.
glumardok said:
On the other hand: The Desire's WiFi-receiver is really excellent. Where you need access to a LAN try ES File Explorer together with either a WiFi or Bluetooth connection.
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Thanks. I'll take a look.
I also missed this feature from my WinMo HTC TD2
I hope one day this will be possible with our HTC Desire. Here in my office we dont have WiFi as we only use LAN with our laptops. And there are no WiFi signals nearby
I have to wait till I get home to be able to have WiFi and update weather and download and install stuffs in my Desire
it is already possible, do a search for "reverse tethering"
AndroHero said:
it is already possible, do a search for "reverse tethering"
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wow really??? Thank you very much for the info! Im sorry for the Android newbie question
dinoalbert said:
wow really??? Thank you very much for the info! Im sorry for the Android newbie question
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Here is some info on it, its about the nexus one but applys to the desire too
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/1042-reverse-tethering/
Thanks for the link. Will do some readiings for this one. I see its not that easy and it doesnt work for everyone. I was hoping its just a one-button-click process only just like "tethering"
The Desire HD has it
Thanks AndroHero and EddyOS.
Is it easy to use on the Desire HD? It's good to see HTC have added this to the latest version of Sense.
I only got GPRS in my last job, so I'd often turn on Wifi but this obviously isn't always going to be possible. If I'm by a PC I'd obviously use that for browsing mostly anyway but some things (like Market and some websites etc...) I'd not want to access from someone else's PC. I'd want to be using my phone.
No idea, doesn't work on the HD port though
Maybe it's a stupid question, but why would you want to use the internet on a phone when you're sitting in front of a computer that's connected to the internet?
Mostly I wouldn't but things like Market Place, checking E-Mails/Facebook etc... (not always possible/you'd want to from the PC you're at) to name some examples.
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Maybe it's a stupid question, but why would you want to use the internet on a phone when you're sitting in front of a computer that's connected to the internet?
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personally i like to update everything on my phone via my work internet connection before i leave for the day. updating my daily news app takes over 40mb alone and i'd rather do that via my work internet connection than by using 3g.
What News App do you use? 40Mb is loads.
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Maybe it's a stupid question, but why would you want to use the internet on a phone when you're sitting in front of a computer that's connected to the internet?
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update weather, friendstream, and install apps that need internet connection..
Hello
I am in need of a way to get internet to my phone through the USB-cable from the computer. Is there any way to do this? In either linux or windows... I will be without wireless internet for some time and I would like to try to avoid big data fees on my phone while staying at home...
A little edit to hopefully simplify what I'm looking for: Reverse tethering
Hey there,
Also I am looking for the same thing. It was one of very little good properties of my old win.mobile phones.
Y think the new HD roms have it, try and flash this rom, did not tried but the option appears in settings, i used this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789830
i'd like to connect to my phone with putty, so it has to listen for ssh connections on some port. is there any way i could manage to set this up? cause i would really like to go deep inside the android linux and see which linux apps i can get to work on the desire.
Been searching for this kind of stuff too. aye, google is yr friend^^
vxhpcplus by Cambridge
idk, if this are u lookin for and gzzt, old post.
Id like to connect my Desire to my desktop-screen, because we'd like to watch soccer during work. We have plenty of computers but none can play flash content, its blocked but i dunno how they blocked it.
Is it possible to display the Desire's screen with the USB cabel on the desktop screen somehow ?
search in the market 'picme'. (I don't know what pc interface it uses, if it is flash I apologise).
I dont know what the playback framerate will be though, probably barely watchable from what experience I have had.
How about DroidVNC?
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/communication/droid-vnc-server_iwam.html
You need a rooted phone, that's the other side of the medal.
Didn't try Doid VNC yet, though.
1 month later: sorry, thx guys
Hi
My brother got a HTC sensation a few weeks ago.
Since WIFI is bad at our place our computer uses cables for internet. So my brother connected his HTC to the computer and got one of the next options popping up (after installing HTC sync on the pc):
*INTERNET PASS TROUGH
This means he uses the internet from the computer TO his phone. So he got internet on his HTC thanks to the computer.
This is not as easy with the galaxy nexus apparently. I used all possible options in the settings to try and make this work.
Isn't there an app or another way to enable this?
(don't tell me all those tethering stuff cuz i've already tried it and it doesn't do jack..) So this has NOTHING to do with WIFI. It's pure internetcables ,pc, usb cable and cellphone.
If you got a solution could u write step by step what I should do (and for others too) ? I'm kind of a newb
Thanks!