On 21 June 2011, at 01:16, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > ... > It is my phone that has the problem and I bought it from verizon. > None of the boxes are greyed out. > > However, I don't see a "tethering" option. I do see a mobile broadband > option that seems to be tethering and I can set it. This changes the > "connection type" to "mobile broadband connect (share phone's mobile > network with the PC)".
On 2.2 on the Desire it's under Settings > Wireless & networks. Towards the bottom of the screen there is "Portable Wi-Fi hotspot" and then right at the bottom there's a "USB tethering" tickbox. This menu structure obviously varies between Android versions, because these screenshots show are both a little different to mine: http://i.imgur.com/6MkdO.png http://i.imgur.com/AmCQH.jpg (I think the grey bar shows what sub-menu of settings this is in: in the first pic I think you would have got there via Settings > Wireless Controls and the second one via Settings > Tethering & portable hotspot) Now, I hadn't looked at this before this reply, but the "USB tethering" tickbox was greyed out when I did so. So I plugged it into my Mac via USB and a "how do you want to connect?" pop-up appeared on the phone: http://i.imgur.com/r4t4g.png (note I have never installed any drivers for my phone on my Mac). The pop-up disappears after a moment, but subsequently the "USB tethering" tickbox in Settings is no longer greyed out. Note that you can choose a different option by pressing on "Charge only" in the notifications menu: http://i.imgur.com/AbHUD.png Having written all this, I took a moment to Google, and it seems you *are* indeed looking in the right place: http://tinyurl.com/5sx327k [1] but I also get the impression this is indeed a Verizon customisation, and it's so that they can charge you extra: http://tinyurl.com/6kkzpsc [2] All I did was google "incredible verizon tethering" and I found plenty of discussions of this all around the net: http://tinyurl.com/6h2halo [3] http://tinyurl.com/67vtoze [4] > One preliminary question remains. When you mod the linux kernel and > don't even have the phone plugged in (or don't even have a phone), are > you supposed to get the usb0 interface. I do not get such an interface, > which is why I suspect the problem may be on the linux end. I think that you should get some kind of notification when you connect the USB cable to the phone. I don't think my Mac is in any way "recognising" my HTC when I plug it in. Stroller. [1] http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/htc-droid-incredible-solves-the-verizon-wireless-tethering-conundrum/33207 [2] http://www.zdnet.com/blog/cell-phones/htc-droid-incredible-tethering-to-cost-10-or-25-per-month/3692 [3] http://www.incredibleforum.com/forum/htc-incredible-general-discussion/9191-what-did-verizon-do-tethering.html [4] http://www.incredibleforum.com/forum/htc-incredible-general-discussion/7324-tether-question.html
