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How to get internet on your phone via USB

You may also call this reversed USB tether.
This might come in handy if you're near a computer (Win XP/Win7) and there's no Wifi to connect to etc..
So after some research and trying I've found some information on how to do this.
Requirements:
* Android 2.2 (or an older version with a root tethering app)
* ADB from Android SDK, or a rooted Android 2.2 with terminal in root mode
STEP 1:
Install USB drivers from Android SDK.
STEP 2:
Connect USB cable and activate USB Tethering.
You should see a new network interface. (On XP you might need to install the RNDIS driver manually, see below)
If you're also missing RNDIS driver on Win7, look here.
Win XP manual driver install Android USB Ethernet/RNDIS: (You can skip this if you're on Win 7)
1. Download the following configuration file inside the *.zip attached to this post (tetherxp.inf) to your Windows XP computer.
2. Use the USB cable that came with your phone to connect your phone to your computer.
3. On the Android phone, press Home > Menu > Settings to open the Settings application.
4. Press Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot.
5. Check USB tethering.
6. When Windows XP’s New Hardware Wizard opens, select No, not at this time and click Next.
7. Select Install from a list or specific location and click Next.
8. Click Browse to browse to the directory where you installed the configuration file you downloaded in Step 1 and click Next. Windows XP uses the configuration file to configure itself to support USB tethering with the Android phone. (This might take a while)
9. When Windows XP finishes installing the software for Android USB Ethernet/RNDIS, click Finish.
STEP 3:
Bridge the 2 network interfaces.
STEP 4:
Setup usb0 interface of your phone. You have to options:
1. From your computer, execute:
./adb shell netcfg usb0 dhcp
2. Or in a root terminal on your phone, type:
su
netcfg usb0 dhcp
You should now be able to connect to Internet on your phone using your computer's Internet connection.
Try to do a ping www.google.com to be sure.
STEP 5:
To shut down the reverse-tethering, first unbridge interfaces on your computer:
sudo ifconfig eth0 down
sudo ifconfig usb0 down
sudo ifconfig br0 down
sudo brctl delbr br0
sudo ifconfig eth0 up
sudo dhclient eth0
Then on your phone, uncheck the USB Tethering option.
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It is working now. After setting up ICS type in console emulator on your phone:
ifconfig usb1 192.168.2.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
route add default gw 192.168.2.1 dev usb0
iptables -F
iptables -F -t nat
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
setprop "net.gprs.http-proxy" ""
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Hope this helps some one who wants this to the right direction.
And maybe we're able to create an app to do this all automated.
Known issues but does not apply to all users:
1. Internet in browser application does not work.
2. Can't ping domain name.
For a little more info check out the sources, this includes the Linux version too.
Sources: Google android, Mycila

Nice info
Going to post a link on the hero forum where someone was wanting to do this. I wonder if this will work on a froyo hero too...

it would be cool if one of the devs could write a small app to switch this on n off great find tho shoemeistah

Thank you for the guide, It worked fine. There are several things not working though:
- can't download apps from market, they stuck on "downloading"
- my google account don't sync
- other apps don't update themselves. For example my twitter app won't show any new tweets until I open it and manually press "refresh"

I searched for this long time ago, even created a thread about it awhile back, didnt have luck like you did though
I gave up on it eventually, it would be nice to make an app out of it.
mind asking how did you confirm the net to be working on browser? by pinging google.com?
since i saw the last line you put "Internet in browser application does not work."

You can do that in the terminal

[U][B] Internet connection on your Android phone via your PC [/B][/U]
I think I found the best solution. Check it out connectify.me
I wanted to use my PC wired internet & I was astonished that this wasn't available in my HTC Desire & 1st Android device!. I looked over the net, I found many options but most asked for a rooted device! I didn't want to root my brand new Desire.
Connectify is an easy to use software router for Windows 7 computers. After downloading and installing the lightweight application, Connectify utilizes your computers' built in Wi-Fi card to wirelessly share any available Internet connection: a cable modem, a cellular card, or even another Wi-Fi network. Other Wi-Fi enabled devices including laptops, smart phones, music players, and gaming systems can see and join your Connectify hotspot just like any other Wi-Fi access point and are kept safe and secure by password-protected WPA2 Encryption.
I tried it & it's working perfectly for me .. It's a free app.
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Phone: HTC Desire (SIM Free)
Type: Desire
Build: HTC Desire 2.2, 2.10 (kernel: htc 2.6.32.15)
Baseband: 5.09.05.30
Network: UMTS auto (EGY)

By me it didn't work. Using OpenDesire with Froyo 2.2
So I made it work, by edititng the .inf file.
Here the file for USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C02.
For all which still have a problem(USB TETHERING ON DEVICE MUST BE ACTIVE, ALSO THE IDs DIFFERS BETWEEN CONNECTED WITH ADB OR NOT), go into the device manager -> open the device -> goto tab details -> choose device id
look at it, you see somewhere vid_XXXX and further pid_XXXX
open my file -> goto line 31 -> change vid_YYYY and pid_YYYY with what you see in your device dialog. the same you do on line 35. be careful with 0 or o.
Regards
Ralph

I am also using connectify, easy to install, set it up, connect with Desire, anything works fine.

Thanks GhostOfTheNet.
chrismast said:
I am also using connectify, easy to install, set it up, connect with Desire, anything works fine.
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I appreciate the recommendations for other solutions.
But as you can see this thread is for a internet solution at places where is no Wifi available.
So please keep it on topic, thanks!

browser & webviews
Any idea why browser won't work?
I'm interested in testing against internal sites (of course no WAP here.. cuz they be scared i guess).. both Browser and embedded webviews.

connectify great program.works fine

its a default feature in hd roms but that doesnt work in all programs

Connectify doesn't work correctly with my Galaxy 5. It keeps connected for a short time then disconnects and then, connects again, connect, disconnect...
Does anyone know how to fix it?

Thanks Man

plz make a video tutroial of this
its difficult to under stand

does it actualy work?? anyone tried this and actualy worked??? just a simple yes or no.
thanks

small proble plz solve it
hi
I have a small problem in it when my device is not in usb tethering mode
i can see it in my adb devices
as soon as is start usbtethering it say no device found
plz help me

thanks a lot !!!

realy nice guide! Thanks!

Samba Server (access the sdcard wireless, no usb cable)

All you need is a rooted SGS (I've tested on Eclair)
and download the apk from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8239139&postcount=128
you can then configure the file name of your sgs (windows sees it as another computer), user and password.
To access your sdcard type the following in explorer address:
\\MyAndroid\sdcard
(or the name you gave it to your SGS)
input user and password and that's all.
No USB cable, just wireless connection.

Thread should be moved to Themes & Apps.
Helpful as this may be, it's not really related to Development.

[Q] How to browse VPN files

I need help viewing my shared files over my VPN.
OK so I have setup a VPN on my Win7 machine, port forwarded pptp in my router and have successfuly added the VPN on my DHD. The Android device connects OK (something has popped up in Win7 about RAS (Dial In) Interface, not too sure about this) but I cannot seem to view any of my shares in ES File Explorer under LAN.
I have added a new server (while connected to VPN) in ES File Explorer using the IP of my Win7 wireless network connection (192.168.0.103) but it wont display anything.
server: 192.168.0.103
Username: username
Password: *******
Each tme I try to connect it says:
"smb://192.168.0.103/
Network path not found or time out"
Anybody got any ideas on how to get this working?

fubofo said:
I need help viewing my shared files over my VPN.
OK so I have setup a VPN on my Win7 machine, port forwarded pptp in my router and have successfuly added the VPN on my DHD. The Android device connects OK (something has popped up in Win7 about RAS (Dial In) Interface, not too sure about this) but I cannot seem to view any of my shares in ES File Explorer under LAN.
I have added a new server (while connected to VPN) in ES File Explorer using the IP of my Win7 wireless network connection (192.168.0.103) but it wont display anything.
server: 192.168.0.103
Username: username
Password: *******
Each tme I try to connect it says:
"smb://192.168.0.103/
Network path not found or time out"
Anybody got any ideas on how to get this working?
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Try use ciffs manager. )
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

mero01 said:
Try use ciffs manager.
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Just one "f" - you can find it in the market by searching for CifsManager or just Cifs.
Note that you will need to have the correct kernel modules (i.e. slow-work.ko and cifs.ko) for your kernel inserted (i.e. loaded, on your rooted phone) for CifsManager to work.
You can find more info here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821717

Thanks for the replies guys. In the end I just gave up and setup an ftp server on my PC
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

[Tips] Transfer files easily from your Windows 7 PC to your Android

Hello, i am new here, and i will begin with this post
What do you need:
Android phone (obviously)
Windows 7 PC (XP are not tested, testers welcome)
X-Plore File Manager
Home WiFi Network
Steps:
1. Download X-Plore file manager at Play Market. (i cannot post links now)
2. Go to Control Panel > Network and Sharing center > Advanced sharing settings > click all to on. (if you are unsure / have an unsecured network just do this everytime you want to transfer!)
3. Connect your phone to your wifi network
4. Open X-Plore
5. Set up the LAN (if hidden click show > show LAN)
6. Add server. (Scan is not working on me.)
7. fill in the blanks. path and domain do not need to be filled. Username is your windows username and password if you use (blank if not used).
8. fill the IP with 192.168.1.2 (you can try with 192.168.1.3 / 1.4 etc.. 1.2 usually works if you connect the PC first.)
9. click test. (if connection failure go back to step 8!)
10. now you can open your Users directory! (if you want to open the C:/ D:/.. open the settings in X-Plore and switch Show Hidden Files to on)
now you can upload and download files from or to your PC!
if there is any questions you can ask here. I will reply as soon as i can.

i do all the steps correct, i find my server, but when i try to enter in the server i get wrong username password, i enter my windows user id and i dont have any password to my account.

good advice, but i find the SGY screen too small for browsing my PC.
I prefer using Samba Filesharing (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.funkyfresh.samba) and access my SD Card from my windows PC

wifi file transfr pro
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Just use airdroid )
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blackjack1942 said:
Just use airdroid )
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Yep. Airdroid is the best of all Ive tried!

for me this is the best,full Access and exchange data whenever I want and when tethering.:good:give it a try,its awesome.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752928

LoL I'm always using bluetooth D:

Airdroid is better.
With airdroid you don't need to install nothing in your computer. And it's better because you can install apps, read your messages, call to somebody and it's all in your web browser.

but with the method from my post u have full acces of all files on the device,you can install apps,full acces of system files,send sms,costomize your phone,you can make all what you want and many more and thats all in tethering mode.with airdroid it doesnt go.for me tha best.and its all in your webbrowser too.

Tested and fully working on vista
thanks

Confirmed working on Win 8.1
however my setting is different
in X-plore windows, the fields need to be filled are Server; Username; Password
[Server]
you can find the IP by opening up cmd and type "ipconfig"
look at IPv4 Address, that's what you have to type in server field
[Username]
this field, type your windows ID (the ID you use with windows store)
[Password]
the password of your windows ID
Hope it helps for Win 8.1 user

revomalik said:
Confirmed working on Win 8.1
however my setting is different
in X-plore windows, the fields need to be filled are Server; Username; Password
[Server]
you can find the IP by opening up cmd and type "ipconfig"
look at IPv4 Address, that's what you have to type in server field
[Username]
this field, type your windows ID (the ID you use with windows store)
[Password]
the password of your windows ID
Hope it helps for Win 8.1 user
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Thank you for the ipconfig info; I couldn't get it to work because I didn't know what the server address was. X-plore should include this information in their wiki page.

I constantly get 0xC00000BB error from X-Plore eventhough i properly configured my Windows 7 to be logged in.
Is there anyone having problems related to X-Plore's LAN feature that is not working properly?

kimiraikkonen85 said:
I constantly get 0xC00000BB error from X-Plore eventhough i properly configured my Windows 7 to be logged in.
Is there anyone having problems related to X-Plore's LAN feature that is not working properly?
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I was using X-plore on my Xiaomi mi Box 4s without any issues but after reset my router X-plore doesn't find my pc on Lan network....
I didn't find a solution yet....

Wifi-Direct paired but I can't do file sharing

Wifi Direct file sharing is NOT possible on the V500?.
After the both android devices wi-fi direct is enabled, configured and connected each other, a file transfer is supposed to be done share/ via wi-fi.
In the V500, when I select a file and wanted to share, it does not appear "via Wifi" option under share despite several tries with several file managers / explorers....
And if I send a file through another device to the V5000 via "wifi direct" after some seconds the transfer gives me an error "File sharing not enabled".
Why ? Can anyone manage?

onolox said:
Wifi Direct file sharing is NOT possible on the V500?.
After the both android devices wi-fi direct is enabled, configured and connected each other, a file transfer is supposed to be done share/ via wi-fi.
In the V500, when I select a file and wanted to share, it does not appear "via Wifi" option under share despite several tries with several file managers / explorers....
And if I send a file through another device to the V5000 via "wifi direct" after some seconds the transfer gives me an error "File sharing not enabled".
Why ? Can anyone manage?
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I am not sure if this is helpful to your specific question, but I was able to transfer files TO my G Pad from my G2 using Superbeam, and got wi-fi direct speeds (50ish Mbps). I have not yet tried to transfer files from the G Pad to another device by wi-fi direct, but it did work for me not using Bluetooth or NFC or over an established wifi network via router. I would try Superbeam which seems to have consistent success in transferring files, much better than most file explorers.
Cheers.

I've tried Superbeam, and the only option it shows is "via bluetooth", not wi-fi.