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?
This is 'tethering' I believe. On my Android Pulse (T Mobile brand) (early Android version too I guess), I found I needed an app. Easy tether Lite works fine. It gave detailed instructions for installation in the phone, which all worked ok. From the phone, using Android Market, I downloaded easytether lite, and part of this was a .deb file which I also needed to copy to the laptop and install in the laptop. I used the usb cable in sd card storage mode, to get the deb file over to the laptop. On the phone, after starting the easytether app, I enabled the usb tethering service (the app brings the request up). On the laptop, I need a terminal, and run easytether connect 'connection' is made, and indicated in the terminal. I open *another* terminal and then run sudo dhclient easytether0 [it is a zero] the firefox browser then just works, although ensure it has not set itself into offline mode.... Having to use a coiuple of terminals is a bit fiddly at first, but I soon got used to it. All of this is detailed in the easytether instructions when I used th eapp install, but on loking just now on the web I cannot obviously see it, it may be there somewhere of course. Have fun! I am using an early asus eeepc (900), with Ubuntu 10.04.1 netbook installed -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
