[Q] USB Tether on Tiamat (Manta Ray with Tachi kernel) - Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Has anyone been able to get USB tethering to work on Tiamat Manta Ray with the Tachi kernel? If you have can you please share with me the steps you took to get it working?
Thanks

I use USB OTG watcher - there is a thread somewhere here about it but it is available from the market. It doesn't work for me if USB debug mode is on. (i.e. settings>applications>development>"USB debugging" unchecked.
USB OTG watcher lets you mount the external drive and you can then browse to it using a file manager such as ES File Explorer.
Hope this helps.

Thanks I will give it a try with USB debugging turned off. I am not sure if the USB OTG watcher will be able to help though since I am trying to connect a USB wireless dongle to my Xoom and not a flash drive. I know some people have been able to get USB tethering to work with their Android phones so I am hoping I can get it to work with my dongle.

Sorry - didn't read your question properly! I haven't tried tethering in the way you meant.
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Can someone confirm the correct script to run to enable USB tethering under this kernel? I am using Scripter (included in Manta Ray) and have entered the following...
dhcpcd usb1
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
When I run the script it gives me an error that interface USB1 could not be found or is invalid.
Thanks

Huckfin,
Following my mistaken response to you yesterday I tried tethering my Xoom to my laptop today. I attached the USB cable, checked my xoom was connected, and then went into Xoom settings>wireless and networking and and activated USB tethering. It worked straight off and I was able to browse etc on my laptop through my Xoom without any issues. I also checked to ensure all other networking was either off (wifi) or disconnected (network cable.)
I am on a UK 3g MZ601 Xoom with Tiamat 2.1 Hammerhead.
I'm not sure it helps solve your problem except that tethering, in my case, does seem to work without any issues.
My laptop is running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit.
Regards,

Sorry I am trying to USB tether in the opposite direction. You are sharing the connection from your Xoom to your PC. I have a WiFi only Xoom, so I am trying to tether my Xoom from either my cell phone or ideally a USB 4G dongle to my Xoom.

Does anyone use the USB tethering option on Tiamat's kernel?

HuckFinn said:
Does anyone use the USB tethering option on Tiamat's kernel?
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Yes, it works for me using the script shown earlier in this thread. Could it be that you don't have the correct OTG cable? I purchased mine on ebay for a couple of bucks.
Note that I had problems tethering with Manta Ray, but stepping back to Hammerhead works just fine.

Thank you for your response, I was starting to think no one used this feature. I am slightly confused though. You said you stepped back to Hammerhead from Manta Ray. I thought Hammerhead is the newer ROM with the Tachometer kernel built in.
So just to make sure you are able to tether with Hammerhead and you had problems tethering with Manta Ray? I see a few people having issues with Hammerhead so I have been holding off for an update, plus having to wipe to update makes me a little hesitant.

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[Q] How do I tether to a PC?

Just brought home the G2x and love it. I have been using the HD2 Android. One thing I can't figure out is how to get it to connect to the PC (needs USB driver like HTC Sync) and how to tether (USB, or router). Any help would be appreciated.
I am also curious if people have successfully tethered the stock device.
Does it work without the tethering service on the plan?
diablos991 said:
I am also curious if people have successfully tethered the stock device.
Does it work without the tethering service on the plan?
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I have successfully tethered via wifi, no issues there. No plan needed.
Tethering via USB should be possible (Windows) once you install the LG drivers onto your PC first. I haven't tried it myself.
mapin0518 said:
I have successfully tethered via wifi, no issues there. No plan needed.
Tethering via USB should be possible (Windows) once you install the LG drivers onto your PC first. I haven't tried it myself.
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I was able to connect via WiFi as well. Took me a while, but found the 'LGDriver' here: <link omitted, but if you search for root g2x on Google, link is in the first entry of instructions to root the G2X>
which allows the USB connection, anyway. After installing the USB and a variety of drivers were enabled. So far so good. But when trying to USB tether, the auto install kicked off again and was stuck in a loop. Cancel would take me back to the install screen.
I am running WinXP. Anybody able to USB tether with stock G2X?
Try downloading this:
http://www.junefabrics.com/bin2/LGDriver.exe
in combination with Droid Explorer
LGDriver works as far as getting access to the storage. But no luck with the tether. I am also dissapointed in how it handles the 8Gb of onboard vs the SD card I added. I can't easily point applications to use the SD card. Particularly video.
For the tether, when I enable tether in the settings it starts looking for a new driver, and is unable to find it.

[Q] USB host mode help request

Could someone be kind enough to explain to me how to set up/enable USB tethering from my rooted Droid Incredible (running CM7) to my rooted Xoom (HC 3.1, kernel 1.4.2, wireless only).
I made a USB host cable following this thread >http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1068197
When I type : "Cd /dev/block" then "ls" on my Xoom terminal I can see "sda" for phone and "sda1" for my USB flash drive. And my phone recognizes the USB connection to my Xoom.
But when I type "busybox mount /dev/block/sda1/mnt/usbotg" on Xoom, the response is > "mount: can't read '/etc/fstab' : No such file or directory"
And while I can enable USB tethering on my phone, my Xoom doesn't recognize it (of course). My phone is also charging from the Xoom.
What can I do next to try to get this working?
Thanks, in advance.
I am also very interested in this. I have made my own USB host cable that I know is working (keyboard, mouse, etc. all work great) and I have a 4G USB dongle.
This dongle works in a fully hostless mode, meaning it does not need any drivers to run. I simply need the Xoom to recognize the ethernet over USB connection.
The dongle powers up and connects to the network, the Xoom just does not see or make use of the connection.
If I can make this work it will simply be awesome, getting 4G on my WiFi only Xoom before the 3G Xoom gets it ;-)
I use this USB host cable and it works great. Have tested it with my 750gb Oyen and 320gb WD Passport external HDD's, several usb flash drives (8-16gb), San disk USB memory card reader, and a USB keyboard.
For those having issues getting their Xoom to recognize USB storage devices here's what I've got and did to get it to work: I flashed my XOOM (3.1) to the 2.6.36.4 Tiamat_Xoom-v1.4.4-Full_Throttle Kernel and was unable to get the USBMount to recognize drives or storage at first.
I installed USB Mass Storage Watcher from the market (it's free) and it works awesome! Can mount any storage I want (NTFS, FAT16/32, HFS, HFS+, EXT2, ETX3, EXT4) with any capacity. I think this app will work with any rooted Xoom (or other devices). Under my Kernel my USB host is located under/usbOTG.
Hope this helps.

Use phone as wireless adapter?(NOT WIRELESS TETHERING)

I want to know if there is a way to use an android device as a wireless adapter? Not wireless tethering of your data connection but the ability to use the wifi connection on your pc.
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Turn your data off and turn on your WiFi, connect to the desired network and try to tether via usb to your phone. This should hopefully bridge your connection if you have an aosp ROM. I'm not sure about sense, as I've never tried it on a sense ROM before.
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So you mean download the wirless tether app and use it while data is off? And you can do it via usb?/ I've never used data tethering so idk im a noob
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He meant to say, connect to wifi and in settings there will be an option to tether via usb
Although i am also not sure about sense roms
Or you can use a market app
There are many, Easy Tether will do the job
Connect to the wifi network and then use usb tethering
okay well I have a droid 3 so there aren't any roms out for it and when I try a wifi tether app from the market it disables your wifi
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yus4eel said:
okay well I have a droid 3 so there aren't any roms out for it and when I try a wifi tether app from the market it disables your wifi
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Okay, so basically what you're going to be doing is using your phone as a USB WiFi dongle. To do this, follow these instructions VERY carefully.
1) Assuming that you are already rooted (via z4root, Gingerbreak, or some other means), search for "EasyTether Lite" on the Android Market and download it.
2) Go into Settings>Wireless & Networks
3) Uncheck the box that says "Mobile Network", "3G", "Mobile Data" or something along those lines.
4) Check the box that says "WiFi" and connect to the desired network.
5) Now, download and install the drivers you need for EasyTether to work with your computer here (note that you are going to do this from your computer and not your phone): http://www.mobile-stream.com/easytether/drivers.html
6) Connect your phone to your computer via USB cable and open the EasyTether app. Enable tethering and with a little bit of magic and fairy dust, you should now have a connection on your computer.
Good luck mate.
Need for same
Need an expert here!
what we look for is using android phone to connect other devices not only to internet but also to each other .
We could do it with our modem,but with tethering is like a hotspot , every device can connect internet but cannot see other devices.
Everywhere i looked was explainin "how to tether" which is built in android 2.2 already.
Helps will be highly appreciated
Is it too simple?
I had trouble getting USB tethering on my macbook, not my PC, but:
I searched the market for USB tethering.
and with "Easy Tether lite" (the first app in the search results; there are other options, I tried this one first and it worked great).
I installed on my phone, ran it, followed the wizard, had to install USB tethering drivers for OS X at some point.
Now:
Phone getting WiFi from my router and entering my computer via usb.
I even set it up now to send this very post!!
cheers,
-nerB
EDIT: (Hmm, your syntax is kind of shaky, original poster... You don't mean use the computer as a wireless adapter for your phone do you?? that would be internet pass-through, yes? I think you do mean USB tethering but using a WiFi source, not the mobile connection. Is this as simple as hooking up a usb data tether but using the WiFi instead of 3G from your phone, such as to use a dingy laptop without wireless to get the WiFi in a Starbucks/etc/etc? Hmm.
Otherwise, your phone is not a WiFi wireless adapter, it has one that your phone OS connects to, which then "usb tethers" to computer...
I've never even seen a usb cable that connects a mobile phone to a mobile phone. Haha. I suppose if you had one, you should be able to USB tether from one phone and Internet Pass-Through on the other.....:/ )
Check out this thing called Bluetooth for that. It works wonders.
Sent from my ICS loving Evo 3D.
solution without additional software while having cyanogenmod
This works with cyanogenmod10 out of the box. Probably also possible with cm7/cm9 too.
Connect phone via cable to pc, connect phone to wifi, enable "USB-Tethering" (Settings -> Tethering/Hotspot), let OS detect the new device, done.
I know this thread has no activity since over a year, but if anybody finds this page like me while searching for this topic, I could be helpful for him knowing a method without using additional software while having cyanogenmod.
Chiefbrain said:
This works with cyanogenmod10 out of the box. Probably also possible with cm7/cm9 too.
Connect phone via cable to pc, connect phone to wifi, enable "USB-Tethering" (Settings -> Tethering/Hotspot), let OS detect the new device, done.
I know this thread has no activity since over a year, but if anybody finds this page like me while searching for this topic, I could be helpful for him knowing a method without using additional software while having cyanogenmod.
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yet another reason to consider CM flash
Just some questions...
OK GUYS. thnx for the usefull info.
Now i wanna say that suppose we have this wifi dongle for connecting to computer..(see photo attached) we use this for connecting WIFI to our PC's. RIGHT???
NOW i wanna ask if it is possible that we can use our phone instead of this ""DONGLE"" as wifi signal catcher. NEITHER USB NOR WIFI TETHERING(like easy tether lite or many other options available on XDA.) [people are actually asking for "THIS OPTION" so we don't have to spend another 20-30 bucks but they ends up with USB or WIFI tether)
we connect our phone to PC and Search for WIFI Signals on PC... NOT on the phone itself.
please guys, if any one know how to do this then please share. OR please tell if it is possible or not..
thnx...
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me too.
I want pc look the android devices (via usb) such as "usb wifi" and control the wifi (of android)
Chiefbrain said:
This works with cyanogenmod10 out of the box. Probably also possible with cm7/cm9 too.
Connect phone via cable to pc, connect phone to wifi, enable "USB-Tethering" (Settings -> Tethering/Hotspot), let OS detect the new device, done.
I know this thread has no activity since over a year, but if anybody finds this page like me while searching for this topic, I could be helpful for him knowing a method without using additional software while having cyanogenmod.
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Well sir thanks it surely did help some one out and in this case its me so thanks again ....
using linux
im wondering is there anyway to use my phone as my wifi adpater so that ill install kali linux on my pc and receive wireless ssid
Use phone as wireless adapter for pc
just connect to wifi network in android and connect that android to pc with data cable and enable usb tether in android phone
MikeCriggs said:
Okay, so basically what you're going to be doing is using your phone as a USB WiFi dongle. To do this, follow these instructions VERY carefully.
1) Assuming that you are already rooted (via z4root, Gingerbreak, or some other means), search for "EasyTether Lite" on the Android Market and download it.
2) Go into Settings>Wireless & Networks
3) Uncheck the box that says "Mobile Network", "3G", "Mobile Data" or something along those lines.
4) Check the box that says "WiFi" and connect to the desired network.
5) Now, download and install the drivers you need for EasyTether to work with your computer here (note that you are going to do this from your computer and not your phone): http://www.mobile-stream.com/easytether/drivers.html
6) Connect your phone to your computer via USB cable and open the EasyTether app. Enable tethering and with a little bit of magic and fairy dust, you should now have a connection on your computer.
Good luck mate.
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sorry for bringin up a old thread
but man ure a life saver my dongle died on one of my pcs and i used the same method for my LG G4 works like a charm
thank you a million times man
I actually just tried the above program and it works. It has serious limitations if your not getting the paid version. Blocks a bunch of webs sites and all secure ones. It does work though. I really wish Verizon would not have found it necessary to remove wifi sharing over USB for some dam reason. The S7 I have, had it factory and they removed it. Not sure why? Seeing how it does not have a fuking thing to do with the mobile network. I can actual tether my computer by USB using mobile network and can't from my wifi. Can already bypass they're tethering fee.
I will continue reading and searching till I find a way to undo or work around big reds unnecessary removal of this feature. Even if it involves crawling a 1000 miles on my hands and knees, on broken glass to find some big wig and beating the reversal out of him with the very S7 I'm typing this on.

[Q] Android to Android USB tethering

I have been searching on how to tether an Android tablet running ICS 4.03 to a Nexus S running ICS 4.04 and have found lots of ways to tether the phone to Windows or Linux but not how to tether the tablet to the phone using USB. I can tether with wifi no problem and the phone does have a USB tether option that I set to on and it says it is connected. I did see one post and it said on the tablet open terminal and:
su
dchpcd usb1
?? set DNS to 8.8.8.8 (I forgot the command as I never got to it)
it returns no usb1 found, I tried a few other numbers, 0 to 2 with the same results.
wifi hotspot really eats in to the battery so I want to use usb as this would charge the phone as well. oh the tablet does have OTG working as I did hook up a thumb drive to it and browsed it.
Any help would be grateful, how would I go about testing this, any command that will show me my usb config, I am just guessing but I think the problem may be with the tablet (Ainol NOVO7 ELF) and I might have to configure the network interface in the kernel (which I know very little about)
Gazoo222 said:
I have been searching on how to tether an Android tablet running ICS 4.03 to a Nexus S running ICS 4.04 and have found lots of ways to tether the phone to Windows or Linux but not how to tether the tablet to the phone using USB. I can tether with wifi no problem and the phone does have a USB tether option that I set to on and it says it is connected. I did see one post and it said on the tablet open terminal and:
su
dchpcd usb1
?? set DNS to 8.8.8.8 (I forgot the command as I never got to it)
it returns no usb1 found, I tried a few other numbers, 0 to 2 with the same results.
wifi hotspot really eats in to the battery so I want to use usb as this would charge the phone as well. oh the tablet does have OTG working as I did hook up a thumb drive to it and browsed it.
Any help would be grateful, how would I go about testing this, any command that will show me my usb config, I am just guessing but I think the problem may be with the tablet (Ainol NOVO7 ELF) and I might have to configure the network interface in the kernel (which I know very little about)
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Im in the same boat. Ive been researching and researching but no luck. There has to be a simple way of setting it up.
Go google store (market) and download PDAnet or tether lite >>>
I would really like to do this too. Unfortunately PDA Net and tether lite set up a VPN.
Can I do this with terminal commands from both android devices?

[Q] Tether a rooted TF700 to a rooted Android phone via USB

Hi,
I have a rooted TF700 and a rooted Nexus S both running CM10.1. Is it possible to connect a USB cable from the dock of the Infinity to the Nexus S and use its network connection? If I plug a cable in then the USB tethering option in Settings is greyed out.
I imagine this would involve the use of a different kernel - I'm willing to try and make my own if I need to and someone can point out what config option needs to be compiled in.
steev
daviessm said:
Hi,
I have a rooted TF700 and a rooted Nexus S both running CM10.1. Is it possible to connect a USB cable from the dock of the Infinity to the Nexus S and use its network connection? If I plug a cable in then the USB tethering option in Settings is greyed out.
I imagine this would involve the use of a different kernel - I'm willing to try and make my own if I need to and someone can point out what config option needs to be compiled in.
steev
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If you do it, add the ability for two android devices to be connected together, one as host and the other as attached media device or attached storage so they can exchange files.
Regarding internet sharing, I do this now with my tab and my phone but over wifi. I just toggle my phones wifi hotspot (or you can tether for free with PDANet and FoxFi; depends on carrier - on Verizon fails to be able to download market apps so was dysfunctional for me) and connect the tabs wifi to the phones wifi shared internet (definition of a wifi hotspot). Waaaay better, no wires. And works on stock or unlocked/rooted/ROMd.
elfaure said:
If you do it, add the ability for two android devices to be connected together, one as host and the other as attached media device or attached storage so they can exchange files.
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This is already possible using the Prime/Infinity dock's USB port I believe. Using the micro USB port on the tablet itself would not be possible as it registers as a client not a host.
elfaure said:
Regarding internet sharing, I do this now with my tab and my phone but over wifi. I just toggle my phones wifi hotspot (or you can tether for free with PDANet and FoxFi; depends on carrier - on Verizon fails to be able to download market apps so was dysfunctional for me) and connect the tabs wifi to the phones wifi shared internet (definition of a wifi hotspot). Waaaay better, no wires. And works on stock or unlocked/rooted/ROMd.
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Yep, this already works fine using the built-in Android hotspot. My issue is that my phone's battery dies in a couple of hours doing this. I want to use USB because it would use much less power on both the phone and the tablet (and the phone would actually charge while plugged into the dock!).
Actually it seems to work already! I was being less than smart and had forgotten to turn on 'USB tether' on the phone. It's a pity there's no notification on the tablet to show it has an internet connection via USB though.

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