Do you have your laptop with you but you don’t have a Wi-Fi connection? All you simply need to do is turn the Android into a modem.
There are some considerations and steps and we’ll discuss those and get you connected now.

Carrier Considerations

Confirm with your carrier so you can learn about their conditions and policies. There are some carriers that that proffer their own tethering services as a fee based option or some phones and there are others that will prohibit the practice outright and charge if they find out that you’re doing it.
So long as there is no carrier objection the only consideration hat you have to make is the data usage that you’re going to be using. While you’re tethering you’re going to be harnessing the power of your phones

3G connection.

You’ll be using a very large chunk of your data usage in order to access the internet from your phone. If you have an unlimited data plan then you’ll most likely be fine. If your Android is one that only allots a specific amount of monthly data you need to keep this restriction to the front of your mind.

The First Steps

First we’ll start with your phone.
•    Open Android Marketplace and perform a search (should be a magnifying glass at the top right of the phone) and look for PdaNet
•    Download and install ( currently a free program)
After you have the application installed you’ll then need to get its companion to your computer. You need to go to http://www.junefabrics.com/android/download.php and pick the edition that is the right one for you.
Before moving on you have a setting that needs to be adjusted on your phone. From your home screen you’ll want to:
•    Press menu
•    Select the settings option
•    Select applications
•    Select development
•    Check the USB debugging box
•    Press ok once you have the affirmation box
The reason for this setting change is it allows for the PdaNet application to be able to stream the data straight from the Android to the computer.
For your own personal security you’re going to need to go back into the menu and take the USB debugging setting back off when you’re not tethering.

Starting the Connection

Are you still following along? No worry at all, you’re almost done. Now you need to plug the Android into one of your open USB ports. After you’ve done that you want to run the PdaNet application on your Android phone and then make the Enable USB tether option. The application will then confirm that you have both downloaded and installed the version for your computer. You’ll need to click the option Already Installed before you’re able to continue.
The connection will then be verified and once this happens the application will let you know that it’s on and it will be running as a background service on your phone. You’ll want to now go to your computer and find the PdaNet icon which you can locate on your system tray. If you can’t find it it’s a rectangular box and it appears just like a cell phone. Right click the icon and then select Connect from the popup menu that will come up.
You should be set at this point. You should get a confirmation popup from the PdaNet PC program that you’re connected and then a notification should come into view on your desktop/laptop informing you that the PdaNet modem is up and is running. Your computer should now be online through the data connection on your phone.
You can now:
•    Open a webpage
•    Check your email
•    Just about anything else you’d do normally while connected to the internet
Happy browsing!

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This entry was posted on Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 4:18 pm by Bryan Bradshaw and is filed under Cell Phone Applications. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.