I've a HTC Desire HD I've plugged it in to my 10.10 laptop and it works. I can pass through my Laptop's connection to my phone, or pass my phones connection to my laptop.
Saved me from moving my laptop when I tried to change the drivers on my Broadcom wireless from the closed source to the open source ones! Was able to connect my phone and use it as a pas though to my network So i could get the correct debs ^_^ Didn't need anything to get the pass through to work, laptop seen my Desire HD as a USB Network card. On 12 November 2010 20:00, Rob Beard <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/11/10 18:51, David King wrote: > > I have just bought a HTC Desire Z mobile phone, running Android 2.2. > > > > It has a feature to allow, via the USB cable, use of the Internet > > connection on a PC so that the phone can connect via that, rather than > > use the 3G or wi fi when those are not available or not wanting to use > > them. I want to download lots of applications without draining my 3G > > data allowance. > > > > I have searched via Google, and some people have said that it just > > worked for them. They plugged in the phone to their Ubuntu PC and they > > could use the Internet on the phone. > > > > But I cannot get it to work. I am new to Android, and still figuring out > > the phone. In the Settings/Wireless& Networks, there is an option for > > Internet Pass-through, which is trying to connect but never does. Then > > it comes up with a message saying: > > "Unable to connect to PC" and asks me to install HTC Sync software > > (which is Windows only). > > > > Is there something I need to install in Ubuntu to get it to work? > > > > > > David King > > > > I've heard of it working the other way round (using the 3G data > allowance on the phone to get Internet access on the computer running > Ubuntu) but not heard of it working the other way around. > > However doing a bit of a Google search I came up with this... > > http://blog.mycila.com/2010/06/reverse-usb-tethering-with-android-22.html > > Not sure if it's any help. I'm quite interested to know if it would > work as I'm looking at getting a Samsung Galaxy S next year (although > saying that I might also use the wifi like I do with my current Nokia > phone). > > Rob > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Regards Bill Cumming Twitter: @s0l_uk Skype: s0litaire eMail: [email protected]
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