This tutorial will show you How to connect your PC / Laptop to the internet using the GPRS / EDGE / 3G data connection on your Android phone (HTC Dream / G1); or in other words, to tether your PC to your Android Phone. In this tutorial, I will tether the Android phone to PC via USB.
To Enable Tethering on your Android phone:
1. Install the TetherBot application on your phone -
2. Install the Android SDK on your PC. Also install the device driver bundled with the SDK.
3. Now go to Menu > Settings > Applications > Development and enable USB Debugging on your phone.
4. Connect the phone to your PC; start the TetherBot application and press the Start Socks button.
5. On your PC, go to Command Prompt (Run > CMD) and navigate to the \androidsdk\tools directory.
6. Type this command and execute it
adb forward tcp:1080 tcp:1080
This starts a SOCKS proxy on Port 1080 using which you can connect to the internet.
You can now use this proxy to access the internet using any browser which allows you to set up a SOCKS proxy like Opera or Firefox.
For example, in Firefox, go to Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Connection > Settings > Manual Proxy Configuration >
Type: SOCKS
Host: localhost
Port: 1080
July 30th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Awesome guide … now I just have to try this out to see if it works. I can’t wait to browse the web when I’m sitting in the airport waiting for my next flight.
December 3rd, 2009 at 2:09 pm
hi dear my name ajit i have airtel free gprs settings,,,but i wane exchange it…..my no. is 9896024228 i have other also tips…ok thankssss if anyone want tips if any compny can call me ok
July 5th, 2010 at 4:48 am
How about doing the opposite? Having the Android go on the internet via the PC – THAT would be seem to be the useful thing, not hooking the PC up – since you have to download from the market via the phone and can’t do it from the PC
July 5th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Get a Wi-Fi router and connect your phone to your internet connection through Wi-Fi.