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Posted by : Unknown
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Many jobs occur on Android task and for each and every job WIFI is needed. Many of us like me have no WIFI but I can still do these job by sharing the internet connection of my PC to my android device. This process is called Reverse Tethering.
Reverse tethering is possible . Using reverse tethering you can share your Computer’s internet connection with your Android phone through an USB data cable . which is in fact a very useful feature in case you don’t have WiFi router to share your PC’s internet connection . Continue reading to find out how you can use reverse tethering to share your Computer’s internet connection with your android phone .
1.Drivers for your Android phone
2.Android Reverse Tethering tool
How to share your PC’s internet connection with your Android phone over USB
Step 1: Connect your Android phone with your PC using an USB data cable and ensure that USB debugging is enabled on your phone . (Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging > Turn On )
Step 2: Extract the downloaded zip file and run the AndroidTool.exe file .
Step 3: From the Android reverse tethering utility , select your phone from the “ Select a device “ drop down box and then from the “ Select DNS to use “ dropdown box , select a DNS ( Choose anything except from 192.168.1.1 ) .
Step 4: Click on the Connect button to start the reverse tethering process . The utility will then connect with your android phone and install the required apps on your phone . If the utility crashes simply run it over again .
Step 5: After the required apps have been installed on your phone , You will be prompted to grant root access to the USB tunnel app . Tap on “Grant” to provide root access to the app and you can access your Computer’s internet connection on your phone .
Thats it and now you will be able to access your Computer’s internet on your Android phone and even all your android apps would be able to access it too . You might be prompted with an No network connection error in intervals , its nothing to worry about and you can click ok to proceed further
Via / XDA-Developers