I have an HTC Legend (on contract) for about 2 weeks now. And the thing is I don't have internet on my plan. I am (well obviously) green about Android because its my first phone with that OS. I had WM before (Tilt2 and Pure).
How to get internet connection without using wi-fi?
on WM you just had to connect your phone to pc through AS and you could use internet from the laptop or pc.
Is there any similar way on android?
btw. My Legend is rooted and Im using r2-Modaco-customrom from Paul.
nope there isn't a way (not that i'm aware of). but you can share your PC's connection via wifi using this program (for pc) called connectify
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Hey I am just learning the basics of smartphones. And I switched from Windows Mobile to my new Samsung Android. Anyways my question is: I have an old HTC Pure. I was wondering if I can use the phone as a wireless router. Use it to get the wifi signal and then connect it to my pc via usb and use the wifi to go on the internet on my pc.
Here are the basics. I have a PC in a room with no phone jack and the pc has no bluetooth or wifi. So I was wondering if I can connect my HTC Pure via usb and use the pure's wifi to brosw the web.
Thanks
~Mo
Can anyone help me because I really wish I had internet in that room
Problem solved igot s usb wifi adapter
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I have an HTC touch 2 running WM6.5 with a custom rom. I use internet sharing all the time with my laptop (running XP) while at work. Much cheaper than the stupid dongles
I am looking at getting an ePad tablet pc running android 2.1 or 2.2 for Christmas.
My question is: can I simply turn on the internet sharing on my phone and plug the usb into the new android tablet; and will android pick it up as a generic internet sharing device like my laptop?
If not is there an app that will allow this?
I prefer to use the usb cable while sharing the connection as it keeps my phone charged up at the same time. If this is not possible will I be able to share the connection over blue-tooth, or will I have to resort to running a mobile WiFi router app on my phone?
Thanks
Daz
doortodoorsalesman said:
I have an HTC touch 2 running WM6.5 with a custom rom. I use internet sharing all the time with my laptop (running XP) while at work. Much cheaper than the stupid dongles
I am looking at getting an ePad tablet pc running android 2.1 or 2.2 for Christmas.
My question is: can I simply turn on the internet sharing on my phone and plug the usb into the new android tablet; and will android pick it up as a generic internet sharing device like my laptop?
If not is there an app that will allow this?
I prefer to use the usb cable while sharing the connection as it keeps my phone charged up at the same time. If this is not possible will I be able to share the connection over blue-tooth, or will I have to resort to running a mobile WiFi router app on my phone?
Thanks
Daz
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I'm really surprised that I have no replys to this?
Hasn't anyone tryed it yet??
Quick google search turned up a few ways to make this happen. I for one always used MyWY for my IPhone and used it as a wifi hotspot for my ipad when i had both of them. I'm seeing that you can of course do this with your phone and an android tablet also. If you do not want to use the "hotspot" option and just use the wifi on your tablet to connect to your cellphone to use the internet connection, you can do one of the following instead:
bluetooth using PDAnet (from what I've read) and you can also use the USB connection to tether the two for use of your cellphones internet. I've found nothing that states this is the case for ALL tablets though. From what I see, a lot of the tethering options out there that people are using require you to install a driver to use your cellphones internet connection with a PC/laptop with an USB cord. So using the USB might be hit and miss in this case.
I would look into the wifi hot spot option or using bluetooth. The only drawback to this is the battery usage on your cellphone is going to be HIGH.
I'm not sure if that is of any help to you at all man. It's the best I can come up with right now though, sorry. I hope you get it figured out
I'm using Archos 101 and HTC tytn WM 6.1
I had the same concern for my new bought Archos tablet. It can't pair up with my WM 6.1 and therefore I'm seeking other ways to solve it. such as finding software to let my WM6.1 act as a Wireless router so that my Archos device can connect to it as normal Wifi connection. Hope someone can give advice to this post. thanks.
WMwifirouter should get you guys going. I guess if your phone will connect via usb to the tablet that it will get it's power via that but I can't imagine that the output USB power is enough to charge the phone over it's discharge rate. I guess I mean to say that you will extend your phone's battery life but it will still drain while connected.
That's all I can offer.
Oh HTC has a wifi router app that was free on my last phone...well free in the NRG romz.
Nexus 7 (2012) gets Mobile Internet from WM6.1 Smartphone via BT
doortodoorsalesman said:
I prefer to use the usb cable while sharing the connection as it keeps my phone charged up at the same time. If this is not possible will I be able to share the connection over blue-tooth, or will I have to resort to running a mobile WiFi router app on my phone?
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I'm still using my WM6.1 Smartphone but carry an Nexus 7 Android Tablet around, too. So I decided to couple them!
Setup was easy:
1. Connect devices via BT
2. Share Internet Connection (WM Smartphone)
3. Use Internet Connection (Android Tablet)
4. Enjoy!
It's similar to using the connection on Ubuntu: http://www.serkey.com/ubuntu-intern...-between-windows-mobile-and-linux-bejgbv.html
I followed the directions on my rooted tab to my rooted droid. Its connected but I cannot access internet.HELP!
Got stuck with the same issue....
seems, as far as could read in other forums and threads, that Droids and iPhones are not supposed to connect to the Internet using the PC's connection (via USB or Ad-hoc W-Lan). Using my local router at home: works fine.
My HTC HD2 with WM6.5 connects to the PC with its internet connection without a Problem (usb and wireless Ad-hoc). The same HTC HD2 with Android won't work ....
DiLo
Same thing...
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Got stuck with the same issue....
seems, as far as could read in other forums and threads, that Droids and iPhones are not supposed to connect to the Internet using the PC's connection (via USB or Ad-hoc W-Lan). Using my local router at home: works fine.
My HTC HD2 with WM6.5 connects to the PC with its internet connection without a Problem (usb and wireless Ad-hoc). The same HTC HD2 with Android won't work ....
DiLo
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Same problem here... It connects but no internet access...
and btw, the iPhone DOES connect to the internet using Ad-hoc. (although that doesn't help us much...)
Hello everyone. First let me explain that I have a capped data plan since I'm surrounded by wifi besides work.
Now here is my question. On my old tilt and tilt 2 which were windows based were capable of getting internet from simply plugging them into a PC via USB. The phone would then use internet from the computer itself.
I have a galasxy s (captivate) . Are there any apps to do such a feat?
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I might have completely misunderstood what your saying, but could you not turn the wifi on from your phone and connect to them?
Wifi is not allowed at my work. Sorry should have said that.
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SlimJ87D said:
Hello everyone. First let me explain that I have a capped data plan since I'm surrounded by wifi besides work.
Now here is my question. On my old tilt and tilt 2 which were windows based were capable of getting internet from simply plugging them into a PC via USB. The phone would then use internet from the computer itself.
I have a galasxy s (captivate) . Are there any apps to do such a feat?
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i hope you are using windows 7 on your laptop...if you are,then download 'connectify'...its easy to set up and will turn your laptop into a wifi hotspot so that you can use your laptops internet connection on your phone... cheers
Its possible
It is possible. But there is a but.
It is a standard feature of HTC sync.... To connect your device to your laptop and use its internet connection.
So....I guess someone have to extract that functionality and pack it into something that works on all devices...
I use it quite a lot.. And I have removed sense from my revolution rom with a script from desire forum.
Good luck
hey all!!
Even ill like to know abt it!
I have a cablenet connection at my house and no wifi !
So any way to connect my samsung galaxy 3 to to my pc via usb and use the cablenet on my mobile?
i searched for it on google and ended up in a forum which i dont remember exactly , but had given steps to connect my mobile to pc which included bridging my cablenet connection and mobiles connection and a long list of steps!!!
but as soon as i bridged those connections my cablenet gets disconnected and doesnt connect back!!!
so would like your help guys!!!
Gaurang
sounds like usb tethering?
I would also like a solution to this.
i did this @ my home..I have cablenet on desktop and CM7 on my mobile and used my xp desktop as the wifi hotspot and now I could connect my laptop and mobile to it ...not a prob at all
vijaykirann said:
i did this @ my home..I have cablenet on desktop and CM7 on my mobile and used my xp desktop as the wifi hotspot and now I could connect my laptop and mobile to it ...not a prob at all
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Did you even bother to read the original post?
We all know we can use the desktop wifi to connect our mobiles.
Here's the problem of a newb user of an Android tablet.
I favent' found any similar thread here @ the Forum.
I've just bought a chinese tablet (EM73...maybe Haipad or Irobot) with Ginger 2.3.3 installed by the vendor.
Everything goes right but not the sharing connection with the modem of my HTC TP2 (WM 6.5).
I can do it (through BT or WIFI connection) just if I use my netbook (Win XP home) running WMWifiRouter or CM Internet sharing. The router is immediatly recognized by the pc and I can use internet or SN (like FB) or Skype....and so on with an EDGE connection.
I've tried to do the same by connecting the modem-router to my new tablet, running WMWIFIRouter on TP2 but without seeing the net in the list of wifi connections.
No problem with the router and the ADSL connection that I use at home but no connections appears in the list of the tablet if I try to share the EDGE connection of my smartphone.
I've tried to connect by using an USB cable (using some apps found on the market) but nothing happens.
Someone says it depends of the type of connection (ad hoc = WM; infrastructure = Android)... but I can't find any solution to create that type of connection (is it possible ???=).
Can someone help me please ?
Though I don't have a solution, to help I can promise you it has to do with using ad-hoc. My Sirius and DSLite would not hook up to my WinMo phone because of it being Ad-hoc.