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

[Taylor Alexander]

Not free tethering, to my knowledge. Android supports free tethering, but
all US carriers make you pay extra for it.

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Ryan Rawson <ryanobjc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also note the android phones on T-Mobile ship with tethering enabled...
> On Jun 9, 2011 1:44 PM, "Mitch Altman" <maltman23 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > ---------------------
> >> 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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