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My latop is connected to a wired modem for internet. I want to access internet on my android phone.

Can i do it by connecting my Android to laptop via usb cable and then enabling tethering.

Edit:

Operating System: Ubuntu 12.04

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    I forgot to mention: its ubuntu 12.04 – Mohit Aug 1 '13 at 12:43
  • @CharlieRB can you remove 'This question may have an answer here' banner as it is apparent that question has been edited to update the OS. – Mohit Aug 2 '13 at 4:05
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  • Use this without root github.com/Genymobile/gnirehtet – Biswapriyo Nov 1 '17 at 15:22
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You will need do a reverse tether. As far as I know, the phone must be rooted for this to be done.

Here are instructions at XDA Developers - HOWTO: Ubuntu USB reverse tethering

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  • If you are reading this in 2016, this no longer works for android v5 and above – Gabriel Fair Sep 9 '16 at 19:16
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Here's the closest to a "one-click" solution that I got to.

Prerequisites

  • Rooted Android device

  • Root access on the PC

  • ADB installed on the PC (apt-get install android-tools-adb on Debian-based distros)

  • USB Debugging enabled on Android

Procedure

  1. Connect Android device to the PC via USB
  2. Enable USB tethering on the Android device (Settings)

  3. Run the following script:

    #!/bin/bash

WAN="wlan1"       # interface providing internet connection on the PC
LAN="usb0"        # usb interface on the PC
AND="rndis0"      # usb interface on Android

LAN_IP="10.0.0.1"
AND_IP="10.0.0.10"
NETMASK="255.255.255.0"

DNS1="8.8.8.8"
DNS2="8.8.4.4"

sudo su -c "echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward"
sudo iptables -F -t nat
sudo iptables -F FORWARD
sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $WAN -j MASQUERADE
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i $WAN -o $LAN -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i $LAN -o $WAN -j ACCEPT

sudo ifconfig $LAN $LAN_IP netmask $NETMASK up

adb shell su -c busybox ifconfig $AND $AND_IP netmask $NETMASK up
adb shell su -c busybox route add default gw $LAN_IP
adb shell su -c ndc resolver setifdns $AND "" $DNS1 $DNS2
adb shell su -c ndc resolver setdefaultif $AND

adb shell ping -c4 $DNS1
adb shell ping -c4 google.com

  4. Done!

Notes

  • You probably need to adjust the interface names LAN, WAN and AND.

  • I found that some apps would either not recognize the network connection or only work partially. I was able to fool them using Fake Wifi Connection module for the Xposed Framework

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