Alright, here's the low-down. I'm not loving wifi tether. I don't know what it is, but my speeds are quite slow compared to USB tethering via EasyTether.
USB Tether has worked great for me on every Android phone I've had except the Continuum. Why? The frickin' OS disables USB Debugging automatically after a few minutes. I hope there's an easy solution to this.
My apologies if this is posted in the wrong section. I'm thinking this is a development issue, since it would require changing something in the OS itself. Unfortunately, I don't know where to start with working on a solution.
have you tried wired tether through the settings? I've found it to be much faster and more reliable than easy tether. Trust me, Easy Tether is amazing, but that usb debug problem really gets to me as well.
I just use wireless tether but pda net works much better than easy tether
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I haven't tried using the USB Tether feature in the settings, so I could give that a shot.
For some reason, PdaNet doesn't work in OSX Lion, at least, it doesn't appear to work. It always hangs up on connecting through the client.
I'll probably have to use wifi tether if I can't get this usb debug issue figured out. Come September 20th, I'll be ordering a new phone through Wirefly, probably the DI2. For now, I'll keep plugging along with the Continuum. It's a nice phone at first glance, until you get acquainted with the software. Thank God for these talented developers who are helping to make this phone what it should have been in the first place!
I found that ver 2.07 was twice as fast as any of the 3.0 betas...imho
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Hi,
I'm a new owner of a G2. I've been looking for a way to get USB tethering to work, but haven't managed to find the info on it. I saw in the wireless tether thread that sherifone gives a shoutout to teferi for "his original USB tether script", but couldn't find the post by teferi.
Is it possible to get USB tethering working on the G2? How?
thanks,
del
Your best bet would be to gain root using VISIONary, and use the app "android-wired-tether" from Google Code
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Pdanet also works
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Oh, I thought I read the wired tether was not working due to some kernel issue.
Thanks. I'll give it a shot.
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I use pdanet and wifi tether both work.
goodluck
In case anyone else is wondering. I tried wired tether and it did not work.
Windows 7 could not locate a driver for it. The device is displayed in the device manager with the yellow icon overlay.
On the Mac, it detects a network adapter but expects account information and some other info.
Wireless tether seems to work, but it was very slow for me. That's probably because the reception at work seems to suck. It spends more time on EDGE than 3G.
I may try PDANet eventually. But to be honest, I wanted to tether at work (the client's site) because their connection sucks pretty bad. But with the speed I'm getting, I may just stick to the client's network.
I would like to tether my G2 to my Mac via USB. I do not want to use Wifi tether, PDANet or any other solution that requires extra software on the Mac end. Just plain old USB tether provided by Android. Last night I ran into this thread regarding USB tether on the Vibrant...
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=736769
(Note, not hyperlinked since the moderators here would like to shoot first and ask questions later)
Using approximately the same steps I haven't been able to get this working with my G2, OSX attempts to poke the G2 but gets no response back. Has anyone else ventured into this and possibly gotten better results then me? Thanks.
macbooks dont support usb tethering. i have tried this many times and found this answer on a mac forum.
wireless teether doesnt need any extra software on the mac end. just enable wifi and select androidteether or something of that name. i use wireless teether all the time on my macbook.
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macbooks dont support usb tethering. i have tried this many times and found this answer on a mac forum.
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Actually, if you took a look at that link to another thread I posted it works fine under the Samsung Vibrant, so as it turns out they do. I'm trying to figure out if there's something special with how the Vibrant acts as a USB modem over the G2.
wireless teether doesnt need any extra software on the mac end. just enable wifi and select androidteether or something of that name. i use wireless teether all the time on my macbook.
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Wireless tether eats up battery. One could argue that I could simply plug my phone into my laptop to charge up the device. At times there isn't enough power being offered over USB to charge up the phone fast enough, additionally this drains the laptop battery down, on top of also running wifi on the laptop. This sucks when you're on a rather long train ride. twice a day.
Additionally the G2 shares some resource between the wifi and Bluetooth radio. Running tether over wireless and also attempting to listen to music through my Bluetooth headphones degrades the wireless link by more then half and the music cuts out every 10 - 20 seconds.
Beyond that I've found the need to restart the wireless tether session multiple times within an hour span. Kind of sucks.
All in all wireless tether is a great option to get a machine (or a group of machines) onto the net quick, but isn't that smart of a solution when you're commuting for an hour or two each day.
So quick set up of my situation
AMOLED DInc
CM7 Protekk build 12
Chad's 3/6/11 Kernel
.7.28 Radio
CWM 3.0.0.8
Windows 7 Professional
So this has been an issue since around official nightly #38
My laptop does not like to consistently hold wifi in certain campus building so I rely on my phone occasionally. However, I also don't always have the best service in these brick buildings. I have tried to use USB tether but to no avail. This is what happens:
Connect USB cable to Dinc
USB storage screen pops up, I tap home to go back to launcherpro
Go to settings
Wireless and Networks->USB and wifi hotspot
Tap to enable USB tethering
It will then flicker the status below the USB tethering option, then uncheck the box and I get the USB mass storage screen again. I used the HTC installer to install the RNDIS drivers.
Can anyone see an issue with my set up? I think Chad left in USB tethering but I could be wrong.
From what ive gathered it just doesnt work for windows 7. Download easy tether and that works fine.
I'm not sure this is related to Windows 7. If it is, correct me, but I don't think so. I've tried both 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 7.
I'm having the same issue. Wifi tether works fine, but I want USB tether so I don't kill my battery all the time. I have the same issues as original poster.
Yep having same problem and i have easy tether but it has a 300ms lag compared to wireless tethering that has 103ms and when i used to do wired tethering when i had xp it would be even better like 89ms and i would share it with my ps3 and it would be pretty good for online since i have sattalite internet here and thats usually 1700ms which is just terrible... yep. i want to get rid of 20ms to get the optimal online experience O.O, ive tried everything active sync(incompatible) htc sync, windows mobile center, none of those gave me the generic rndis driver >.< im about ready to just go get the alpha of Ubuntu and just do it on there.
not the 10.10 Ubuntu cause it doesn't support my graphics card (atleast not an open source version which is all i use.) sorry im off topic...
So any more ideas on how to get the drivers? My friend uses Ubuntu and the native rndis tethering is faster than easy tether when I use his.
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man!!! i have the same issue the only usb tethering that actually work for me was the one with htc sence :/
I have searched Google and anything I find involves using wireless tether with laptops or how to get the app. Can anyone tell me if you can use it on a home pc? If so, point me in right direction or noob guide to get it to work. Any help appreciated. Thanks.
If youre lookin for the app just go to market and search barnacle wifi tether or wireless tether I use barnacle wifi thether with no problems both are free
The rom i'm on has it. I'm just trying to figure out if I can connect to use on my desktop, and if so what I need to give it a go. My pc doesnt appear to have a wifi network built in. So, wasn't sure if possible. Sorry, I'm a complete noob with this stuff.
Yes it's does work wireless tether. It does work you don't have to worry I tether my droid to my htc evo with wireless tether and my ipad and my bros ipod 4g when were goin to a far away place
You might also want to give wired tether a go i heard if you connect the usb to ur computer and you use the app on your phone it uses ur 3g/4g and it will give u internet on your pc
http://code.google.com/p/android-wired-tether/downloads/list
Thanks alot for the link. I'll give it a try.
did it work?
Yes thanks. Slower than cable connection obviously but working. Was thinking about cancelling internet but not til figure something else a little quicker. That's why I was thinking wifi but my desktop doesn't have it built in. I have pc,evo, even netgear router. Just seems like I'm missing something. Wish I was more tech savy for stuff like this. But thanks again for the help.
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I hope this is in the correct section, to me it is a question.
I have the ET4G and am getting a Samsung Galaxy 10.1 16G from work. It is wifi only.
I am running unnamed rom on EG30
I know I should be able to use the hotspot hack to tether the tablet.
I don't have a great knowledge of bluetooth as I have never really used it.
Can I pair the phone to the tablet and tether that way also?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but again, I don't have a great knowledge of bluetooth and how it works or what it can do.
Thank you in advance for the help.
Not a dumb question at all. I believe the hotspot hack is wifi only. There is an app called "wireless tether" which I believe at one point had Bluetooth tether but is only wifi now. Bluetooth is a different kind of radio. Google it to find out the exact difference. Is there any particular reason you want to pair it with Bluetooth?
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Using my Evo to tether when I had my tab was pretty easy using the Sprint hot spot. All you really need to do is start it and use the wifi setting on the tab to connect. Make sure you get the password from your device.
I never really had much success with Bluetooth tether to share the internet connection. Transferring files was pretty straightforward.
Wifi tether app (I can upload but you really should go by their site and read up on it) required adhoc support on the GT, as I couldn't get secured to run with the Evo. May be a bit different with the GS2.
Really, if you have the native hot spot running, use it. Will work with little effort and I found it reliable.
Thank you both for the help.
Wasn't really looking to use blue tooth to tether, just wondering if it was in some way better. I guess more wondering if it would just use the phone signal to connect to Sprint network where the tablet wouldn't.
I have the hoyspot hack up and running fine, that is what I use for my laptop all the time. Why pay the cable company $60 a month.
I guess I was just wondering if one was better.
Thank you both for the help.