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

[Ryan Rawson]

Then don't tell tmobile, because I'm using it occasionally without paying...

Now it might be possible that the flagship phones (ie the ones that
retail for 450+) have it enabled, but the smaller android phones do
not.



On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Taylor Alexander <tlalexander at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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