YES. You can tether your T-mobile G1, and use its data connection.

[andonnguyen]

Quoted from member bdogg64 over at Tmonews.com forums @ http://forums.tmonews.com.s52300.gridserver.com/index.php?topic=5006.0



There is finally an option to use your G1 connection with your laptop. Its not the best solution but its better than nothing. I'm posting this from my laptop using the G1, so I can confirm that it works.

The url to the site is http://graha.ms/androidproxy

Here is a copy of the instructions

* Install the app on your android phone, by clicking here (http://graha.ms/androidproxy/Proxy.apk) (from your phone browser of course)
You might have to change your settings to permit apps that don't come from the Google Market by going to your home screen and choosing MENU > Settings > Applications > Unknown Sources.
* Turn USB debugging on on your phone
On your G1 go to the home screen, press MENU > Settings > Applications > Development, then enable USB debugging.
* Follow the instructions here (http://code.google.com/android/intro/develop-and-debug.html#developingondevicehardware) to install the Android driver - you'll need to do this on Windows & Linux but apparently not on the Mac.
* Download and install the Android SDK (http://code.google.com/android/download_list.html) for your computer platform. Alternatively if you are on Windows and don't want a 100 meg download, just get the ADB utility from here (http://graha.ms/androidproxy/AdbWin.zip)
* Plug your phone into your computer
* Choose Proxy App from your phone's menu
* Press the "Start Proxy" button on your phone
* Move to the directory that has the adb utility, using inside the Sdk Tools folder and run

Windows: adb forward tcp:8080 localabstract:Proxy
Linux/Mac: ./adb forward tcp:8080 localabstract:Proxy

* Now you should have a proxy server running on port 8080 of your own computer that will relay the information over the Android Debug Bridge to the Proxy App which will relay it on to the internet.
* Set your firefox proxy : Options > Advanced > Network > Manual Proxy Configuration

HTTP Proxy: localhost
Port: 8080

Leave the others blank
* Enjoy the slow slow EDGE network, or let me know if you have glorious fast 3g coverage!
* Remember to disable your proxy settings in firefox if you want to stop using your phone.

I had to install the Proxy.apk manually using the following code, but ymmv

Code:
adb install Proxy.apk


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As far as testing it out, I've tested it out, and it works!

I've tested this using EDGE and 3G and it works!

Although I did have trouble loading flash intensive sites, and gmail.com for some odd reason.

--ANDONNGUYEN

[jayclip]

WOW!!! does it work for real. Im going to try it now.
Thanks for the heads up

[andonnguyen]

WOW!!! does it work for real. Im going to try it now.
Thanks for the heads up


Yes, it does work. =]

[jayclip]

How fast do u think it is?

[andonnguyen]

How fast do u think it is?


As fast as your data connection is. It would be slower on EDGE, but faster if you're connected to 3G.

[suarezluis]

Great!!!!!! i will do it right now!

[ejimenez]

Works great! Thanks! Actually faster than I expected it to be. Awesome!

[STi-R]

i ran the adb utility but it exits as soon as i opened the file is this suppose to happen?

[booyaka]

there's a data cap for users with large amount of MB downloads


prepare yourselves for a big t-mobile bill hahahahha

[soloxp]

Lost me right here

Choose Proxy App from your phone's menu
Press the "Start Proxy" button on your phone

I don't see this no where on the phone.

[andonnguyen]

i ran the adb utility but it exits as soon as i opened the file is this suppose to happen?

open the adb utility using the command prompt.

In windows go to START > RUN
then type CMD

when the prompt comes up, type:

cd <directory folder where adb is installed>

in my case i typed:

cd C:\apk\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r1

of course it will be different on your computer, because it will depend on where you have stored your android sdk.

but once you have successfully changed directories, type:

adb install proxy.apk

make sure the proxy.apk file is in the same folder as the ADB program.

[andonnguyen]

Lost me right here

Choose Proxy App from your phone's menu
Press the "Start Proxy" button on your phone

I don't see this no where on the phone.

Download and install from here:

http://graha.ms/androidproxy/Proxy.apk

Using your G1's web browser.

[ej205gdb]

ill try it when i get off work!

[STi-R]

open the adb utility using the command prompt.

In windows go to START > RUN
then type CMD

when the prompt comes up, type:

cd <directory folder where adb is installed>

in my case i typed:

cd C:\apk\android-sdk-windows-1.0_r1

of course it will be different on your computer, because it will depend on where you have stored your android sdk.

but once you have successfully changed directories, type:

adb install proxy.apk

make sure the proxy.apk file is in the same folder as the ADB program.

where did you get the proxy.apk file?

FYI i did not install the 100MB android SDK.

[ariesboy]

Download and install from here:

http://graha.ms/androidproxy/Proxy.apk

Using your G1's web browser.


where did you get the proxy.apk file?

FYI i did not install the 100MB android SDK.


read all the messages in the thread.

[vuvision]

there's a data cap for users with large amount of MB downloads


prepare yourselves for a big t-mobile bill hahahahhaI would take this with a grain of salt. But according to a t-mo help desk guy that posted in on one of a forum that I frequent, that "unlimited" 3G data plan actually capped out at ~1Gb per month. T-mo won't charge you or stop your data service once you get there, but will slow you down to EDGE.

[EclipsedExistence]

I would take this with a grain of salt. But according to a t-mo help desk guy that posted in on one of a forum that I frequent, that "unlimited" 3G data plan actually capped out at ~1Gb per month. T-mo won't charge you or stop your data service once you get there, but will slow you down to EDGE.


I'm pretty sure T-Mobile reversed that decision as many people seemed unhappy with it. Can anyone back me up on this?

http://androidcommunity.com/t-mobile-1gb-data-cap-canned-tcs-still-being-reviewed-20080924/ (http://androidcommunity.com/t-mobile-1gb-data-cap-canned-tcs-still-being-reviewed-20080924/)

[Stanovoy]

Now we just need a much more user friendly app to do this. While following the steps is no problem for us, less technologically inclined users will not be able to understand all that, let alone following it.

[pizzlep0p]

i downloaded the proxy but dont see it anywhere on the phone menu.. can sumbody help me out hea n tell me where i can locate it

[andonnguyen]

i downloaded the proxy but dont see it anywhere on the phone menu.. can sumbody help me out hea n tell me where i can locate it

In the phone menu, look for the application "Proxy App"

[andonnguyen]

I would take this with a grain of salt. But according to a t-mo help desk guy that posted in on one of a forum that I frequent, that "unlimited" 3G data plan actually capped out at ~1Gb per month. T-mo won't charge you or stop your data service once you get there, but will slow you down to EDGE.


I was told by a CSR at T-Mobile that the cap is now at 10GB. Other users and forums are reporting the same thing. =]

[andonnguyen]

Now we just need a much more user friendly app to do this. While following the steps is no problem for us, less technologically inclined users will not be able to understand all that, let alone following it.


I'm pretty sure it could be done now that a workaround was found. Too bad I'm not a developer, otherwise I would have done it already. =[

[wildstar]

I've downloaded the Proxy App onto the phone, but when I try to install, all I get is an "Installation Unsuccessful" message. Tried re-downloading several times with the same results. Any suggestions?

Make sure you set your phone to allow non-marketplace applications. It's in the instructions at the beginning of the thread. It will fail otherwise.


BTW, for people questioning whether this is a hack or not, it's really a very simple method.

Basically this person was using the Andriod development debug environment to allow the USB to act as a proxy. Since the Android SDK allows you to emulate being on the t-mobile network, it works as expected.

I highly doubt this is something they could "patch" and remove because it would seriously affect development on the Android platform if you couldn't emulate the G1 connection.

[KungFuNunChuck]

Lost me right here

Choose Proxy App from your phone's menu
Press the "Start Proxy" button on your phone

I don't see this no where on the phone.

You need to enable 3rd party apps on your phone?

[xformdave]

no support for my dear old powerbook yet but still very cool. . . funny it only took 13 days from the launch for this to surface.

[BMW_TT]

I'm guessing this will work for Macs?

[DDM123]

Got this to work with Ubuntu at what seems to be 3g speeds.

[lounging98]

As the original poster said, I also had to manually install the app (from my computer, not from android browser).
Make sure your device is connected and USB debugging and unknown sources are set on phone.
Then just open up command prompt (Start>run>type "cmd", hit enter.

Now in the console just run the command to install the app to your device.

<pathtoadb>\adb install <pathtoproxy>\proxy.apk
Here is my example:

c:\downloads\adb install c:\downloads\proxy.apk

When you go to your device you should see the Proxy App and should be able to start it.

now you just need to start the server on your computer using

<pathtoadb>\adb forward tcp:8080 localabstract:Proxy

So my example:
c:\ downloads\adb forward tcp:8080 localabstract:Proxy

Verified working with 3G in NYC, decent connection, but its still very slow compared to wifi, but that's expected.

This is actually pretty exciting and a great job to the developer, from a fellow developer.

[iPostNak3d]

hi, noob question here... so... what does "tether" means?

is that when you connect your laptop to your phone via its usb and use its internet connections?

can this be done with a PC?

[Gary.Lavin]

Can anyone please help on this. I have successfully installed the Proxy App and can start proxy. I connect via usb, when I run cmd prompt and navigate to the directory I put the adb.exe in I type

adb forward tcp:8080 localabstract:Proxy

and get a message saying device not found
"*daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully*
error: device not found"

Have also tried adb.exe start-server

[MobileMan]

I was told by a CSR at T-Mobile that the cap is now at 10GB. Other users and forums are reporting the same thing. =]

Whats the point of over paying for so called "unlimted" if they are going to put a cap on it? This is something I used every night at work with my Dash so Im missing this on my G1. Im going to try this and see how it works and Im going to call Tmo and ask them the very same question.

[JohnnyLicious]

ima try this right now =D

[JohnnyLicious]

i cant get this to work for somereason

anyone have a mac tutorial?

im lost -_-

[msmaidroid]

Cool! Did the download brick ur phone?

[King Ogg]

I'm still painfully playing with this trying to get it to work. I've gotten thru running the program in terminal but can't seem to get my firefox to acknowledge the connection on either a PC or a MAC. Going to try & mess with it more.

[perrone]

i cant get this to work for somereason

anyone have a mac tutorial?

im lost -_-

works on my MBP. download FoxyProxy for firefox and make a proxy with the hostname localhost and the port '1080'

IMPORTANT!!! Make sure you check "Use SOCKS proxy for DNS lookups" in the 'Global Settings' tab or this will not work at all. I spent a while trying to get it working because i didn't know i had to check that box.

When your done doing this make sure you select "Use proxy 'tether' for all URLs" (i named mine 'tether')

Good luck!

[mixpix405]

I can't get it to work either.
The APK installed to my phone fine, and when I tap "start socks", the "socks service starting" alert pops up... as it should.
On my PC (windows / firefox), I used the ADB utility linked on the Tetherbot page.
I typed
adb forward tcp:1080 tcp:1080
as instructed, and I got the "service started" message (or whatever it said - I dont remember the exact wording now...)

EDIT: Just got it working... I opened task manager and looked @ my services. For some reason, the WinHttpAutoProxySvc was stopped... Had to manually restart it, and all is now well...

http://10.176.80.152/i.dslr.net/bbrdisc1.gif Mobile speed test (http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed)
906 kbit/sec
0.436s latency
9.475s d/l time.again (http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed?w=1).

[secrecyguy]

In the instructions...



Follow the instructions here (http://code.google.com/android/intro/develop-and-debug.html#developingondevicehardware) to install the Android driver - you'll need to do this on Windows & Linux but apparently not on the Mac.


I can not find the instructions to about the Android driver. Do you have to do every single thing on that page?

[Sistum Id]

I just wanted to say I got mine to work but its slow. I did a speed test for my phone from the speedtest app and from a website for cell phone speed test. I get about 900+ Kbit/s avg tho out the day. But when tethered I cant even do a speed test because its taking forever to load.

However I understand this is still just a start and I thank you all for the inputs and how to's.

[fleegle]

Does anyone know if someone is working on a WiFi Router app? I had one for my WinMo phone and loved being able to connect my iPod Touch to the Internet using teh phone as a router. Also, it would be a better option than having to hack through menus like this and install special drivers and proxies.

[Tornader]

Proxy.apk seems nowhere to be found. Please, help

Not Found

The requested URL /androidproxy/Proxy.apk was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[Yumi]

Does your phone have to be rooted to use this? Thanks.

[d3xt3r]

Got this to work with Ubuntu at what seems to be 3g speeds.

Can someone help me getting this setup with Ubuntu?
Same stuff needed?

thanks!

[Chozin]

This is what I've found useful....simple and easy to use.

http://www.junefabrics.com/android/index.php

[GyieGyie]

Hello, I want to try this, but just wanted to know a few things. Is this still available for G1 phones? Are you still using it and is it available for Tmobile G1 phones in the USA?


Quoted from member bdogg64 over at Tmonews.com forums @ http://forums.tmonews.com.s52300.gridserver.com/index.php?topic=5006.0




------------------------------------------------------------------------

As far as testing it out, I've tested it out, and it works!

I've tested this using EDGE and 3G and it works!

Although I did have trouble loading flash intensive sites, and gmail.com for some odd reason.

--ANDONNGUYEN


Hello, I want to try this, but just wanted to know a few things. Is this still available for G1 phones? Are you still using it and is it available for Tmobile G1 phones in the USA?

[ggrant3876]

Hello, I want to try this, but just wanted to know a few things. Is this still available for G1 phones? Are you still using it and is it available for Tmobile G1 phones in the USA?




Hello, I want to try this, but just wanted to know a few things. Is this still available for G1 phones? Are you still using it and is it available for Tmobile G1 phones in the USA?
The link you provided has expired, so don't know what it is.
If your phone isn't rooted you have to use this.
http://www.junefabrics.com/android/index.php
If your phone is rooted you can use this free one.
http://www.junefabrics.com/android/index.php

[PDXMatt]

You listed the same site and http://www.junefabrics.com/android/index.php works fine for me. Which is exactly what Chozin posted. I se PDANet and it works fine.

[Nechen]

Yes but can you play online games this way? :)

[PDXMatt]

Beats me. I am not into games.

[supra_holic2002]

anyone know about mytouch compatibility? or is this a dumb question

[hemdroid]

how is this different from pdaNet, that's been around for ages?