Questions tagged [usb-tethering]

Use this tag for issues sharing your Android device's internet connection via USB. For the other direction, use the 'reverse-tether' tag instead. Other related tags can be found in the full tag wiki.

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Universal Serial Bus () is an interface to communicate between the mobile device and the computer. refers to sharing an existing connection from your Android device with other devices (the opposite direction is called ). So is about sharing the internet connection of your Android device via USB.

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USB internet option for tethering greyed out. How to fix it?

Under Settings → Wireless and networks, USB internet will not highlight nor will it let me activate it. Therefore, I can't connect my smartphone to the PC. Is there an alternate way to check why this is occurring and fix it?
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Can I USB-tether my Android tablet to my Android phone?

Is it possible to USB-tether my WiFi-only Galaxy Tab to my Galaxy S? I know how to WiFi tether but it is a huge battery hog. Is there a mini-USB version of the Galaxy Tab cable? If so, can it be used to tether?
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Using MyWi USB 3G Tethering from iPhone to Galaxy Tab 2 10.1

I've been using MyWi on my jailbroken iPhone 4 for over a year now and it works great giving me a 3G connection to my laptop anywhere I am via the USB tether. Is this possible to do on my Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 tablet the same as I can on my laptop? …
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Full bridge mode to pass mobile data IP to USB tethered device?

I am using an old Samasung Galaxy S6 as an LTE modem, connected to a router (GL-MT1300) by USB tether. As is known, mobile data is NAT'ed on the phone and a local DHCP address is handed to the tethered device(s), resulting in double NAT on my…
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Native USB tethering of wifi (not mobile data)

I would like to know if later versions of Android natively support USB tethering of the phone's wifi connections. If so, after which version? I know that there are custom ROMs that allow you to use the phone's wifi connections via USB tethering. I'm…
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Configuring USB tethering manually with root

I've exhausted the documented methods of programmatically enabling USB tethering: The service method doesn't work on my phone (Samsung Note 4). It seems to be some sort of protected API, and poking it from adb has no effect. The shell input method…