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AngryKoala

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Registered: 2009-01-22

Posts: 197

[SOLVED] Phone Tethering

Has anyone successfully tethered a phone on Arch?  And yes, I googled for hours, and days, for weeks, so productive responses to the point please.

When I plug my phone into the usb port in Windows, it fires right up and makes a new connection automatically for me.  It is the Samsung Omnia on WM6.  I can use synce to use the activesync feature, and also just use it as an external hdd in arch.  So, did anyone successfully set up internet sharing with their phone?  Thank you.

Last edited by AngryKoala (2009-07-03 07:25:04)

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: [SOLVED] Phone Tethering

on my HTC touch...

plug it in,
start the 'internet sharing' application on the phone, select USB.

then a new interface will appear in ifconfig, then run 'dhcpcd interface' where interface is whatever it was called (can't remember now, I use bluetooth with my new computer)

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: [SOLVED] Phone Tethering

When I plug in my Nokia N70 via USB, I get a /dev/ttyACM0 interface that I use in my /etc/ppp/peers/* file to get a net connection. To access the storage space on it, I unload the cdc-acm module that creates that interface and mount the phone with obexfs. I can (but I don't) also sync using the same obex interface.

You didn't specify the make/model of your phone, so I have no idea if this information is relevant to you.

One more thing - please remember that this is a community forum, so you should be grateful for any responses that other users are kind enough to provide, without charge, and in their spare time. Requesting "productive responses to the point please" is not appropriate in this context.

AngryKoala

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Registered: 2009-01-22

Posts: 197

Re: [SOLVED] Phone Tethering

I said that it is the Samsung Omnia, and as far as I know, that is the only model there is.  Yes, thank you both iphitus and tomk, for that was useful to me, and helped me to solve it.  And as for information to the point, it seems sometimes like it is not the pattern to give such, though only sometimes.  That being the case, it was posted out of frustration, since I felt much RTFM or LMGTFY going around.  I try not to post things for such reasons, but it's not always fun being made a fool because of a mistake or ignorance.  Anyways, the problem was solved, so thank you.

Last edited by AngryKoala (2009-07-03 07:32:36)

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: [SOLVED] Phone Tethering

Apologies - I overlooked the make and model in your original post.

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