G1 as a USB tethered 3G modem: Rube Goldberg edition
Well, the first Android handset is out and it only took a few short weeks for a tethering solution to appear. I’ve returned my review unit, so I’m unable to test the instructions that appear over on the TMoNews forums. You’ll need to download and install a third-party application first and follow that with the Android SDK on your computer. A little configuration to set up your host device as a proxy server and you should be in business.
Sounds like a complicated solution to me, but then again 3G for no additional charge just might be worth it. As the developer says: this is highly experimental, so if you go this route, you’re on your own. But share the results if you give it a try, ‘k?
(via Android Guys)
The Proxy Application does not install on my phone. I do have enabled installation of third party apps in phone settings but during the installation it ask me if I want to overwrite an existent file. I went and say ok to overwrite and I got that error message saying that it was unable to install the application.
Posted by: ctitanic | November 4, 2008 at 12:34 pm
For what I can see, that only works with firmware version RC19. I updated mine today to RC29.
Posted by: ctitanic | November 4, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Installing the Android SDK is not required for Windows boxes, and it should not be a requirement for very long for standard Linux / Mac distros as people build / release versions of their own. You’re just grabbing the SDK for the adb utility as far as I can see.
That said: THANK YOU! Now I need to sell something expensive to make room for the G1…
Posted by: Weylund | November 4, 2008 at 1:51 pm
I was able to install it, but not by downloading it through the browser. I use “adb install Proxy.apk” from the command prompt after downloading the file to my computer and getting everything set up with the SDK. I’m using RC29 also.
Posted by: bdogg64 | November 4, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Oops, I should say - you’re grabbing the SDK only for the adb utility, which is available separately as a small download.
Posted by: Weylund | November 4, 2008 at 1:52 pm