[Hidden-tech] Tether Netbook to 3G Android for Data Service

[Frank Aronson]

Last year, I tethered my phone (HTC on Sprint service) successfully to
provide Internet to my laptop.  I think I used an app called PDANet.  If I
recall, I had to disable USB debugging.  It was well worth the effort as it
enabled me to snag a couple of tickets to Cellular Field where I saw the
White Sox win with a walk-off balk!
On Jun 28, 2012 5:32 PM, "Levi Ramsey" <leviable at gmail.com> wrote:

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> From: "Levi Ramsey" <leviable at gmail.com>
> Date: Jun 28, 2012 11:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Tether Netbook to 3G Android for Data Service
> To: "Mark Kurber" <mkurber22 at gmail.com>
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> It's easy if you're paying for tethering from your carrier: Settings |
> Wireless & Networking | Tethering and Portable Hotspot.  IIRC Sprint has
> the OEMs remove support for tethering from their builds of Android, so this
> approach doesn't work if you've got a stock Sprint phone.  I've also heard
> that HTC tends to disable tethering across all carriers, but can't confirm
> (I've been a Samsung loyalist).
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> If you've roooted a (non-Sprint) phone, you can enable tethering without
> the carrier necessarily knowing about it (I suspect that Android doesn't
> e.g. manipulate TCP sequence numbers or play around with TTL; this means
> that a carrier could do packet analysis to discover that you're tethering
> and send you a nastygram.  If you're on Sprint, you'll probably have to
> install a new build of Android (it's mostly free/libre open source, after
> all) like CyanogenMod (this will probably void the warranty, though)
>
> There's also an app in the Play Store (fka Android Market) called FoxFi.
> It doesn't work on Sprint or on HTC phones, but it doesn't require any of
> the above steps.  Enabling tethering becomes: start FoxFi, set your network
> name and password and check Activate Hotspot.  That should get a new WiFi
> network to show up on your netbook: connect to it as you'd connect to any
> other wireless lan.
> On Jun 28, 2012 10:37 AM, "Mark Kurber" <mkurber22 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Anybody tether a netbook to a 3G android for data service ? How does it
>> work ?
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