[Noisebridge-discuss] Android question: I want to share, via wifi, my Internet connection. What's the best way to do this?

[Mitch Altman]

I'm not sure what phone you have, Michael, but if it is listed in the CyanogenMod site, then I'd recommend doing the process we worked out (and which I documented) at our Android/Arduino meetup this past weekend.  It will take about 1 (if everything goes smoothly) to 3 hours (if you have trouble downloading, or whatever, as I did) to get your phone going -- but it is worth it.  CyanogenMod has worked really well for me -- rock solid -- and no bugs that I've found with my usage.  And tethering is built in.  And so is using your phone as a hotspot for up to 5 other computers.
 
Here's the documentation from the meetup on the process that worked for me on my new G2 phone (similar process for other phones):
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/AndroidArduinoMeetup
 
Mitch.
 

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> Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 15:05:21 -0700
> From: michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com
> To: tlalexander at gmail.com
> CC: Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Android question: I want to share, via wifi, my Internet connection. What's the best way to do this?
> 
> Good point, and thanks for the explanation.
> 
> On 06/08/2011 03:02 PM, Taylor Alexander wrote:
> > Heh, well, on a normal computer, you don't have to jump through hoops to
> > enable root access, so there's not much of a need to give the process a
> > name. Since some Android phones are tricky, its more involved and kinda
> > needed a name since people had to talk about it.
> >
> > And Cyanogenmod is the name of a customized version of Android. Cyanogen
> > is the handle of the coder who started the project, though now many,
> > many people contribute to it!
> >
> > -Taylor
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Michael Shiloh
> > <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 06/08/2011 02:46 PM, Jonathan Lassoff wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Michael Shiloh
> > > <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com
> > <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >> Just out of curiosity, what exactly does "rooting" do?
> > >
> > > In this context, you need to be root to modify the routing table or
> > > netfilter code on the phone. Most (probably all) vendor-distributed
> > > images have access to "root" on the phone totally locked down.
> > >
> >
> > It's just a funny expression. I'm a Unix/Linux user from way back, and
> > know about root access. We've never called enabling root login
> > "rooting".
> >
> > M
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