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Originally Posted by neversatisfied
I never used PDAnet to have Wired Tethering... If you're using a hero that isn't rooted, just go into Wireless Controls and enable Mobile Network Sharing. Plug it into USB first. It will give your PC wired internet... It was slow for me, but it was still good. I never needed PDAnet at all.
Didn't any of you know this? I randomly figured it out  |
I don't believe this is correct. If you check you'll find out that your PC's internet connection is only there when the phone's wi-fi is turned on. In other words, the phone can pass on to the computer an internet connection it gets via wi-fi but it can't pass on a connection it gets from Sprint. Turn your phone's wi-fi off and you'll find your PC's internet connection is gone.
Being able to share only the phone's wi-fi connection to the internet is of limited value. If you're on the road trying to get an internet connection to your laptop chances are your laptop has it's own wi-fi and you don't need to insert the phone into the process.
To share the phone's internet to a PC where there's not a wi-fi source available you have to either use the elaborate trial-and-error procedure described elsewhere in this forum or use PdaNet, which works every time and is free (except for https sites.)