Friday, March 1, 2013

Enable reverse tethering on Nexus 4/Ubuntu phone


First we'll activate the usb-networking on the phone:
  adb root
  adb shell setprop sys.usb.config rndis,adb

Note: If you get "error: insufficient permissions for device" trying to adb after this line, this is probably due to an udev bug. You can workaround it by
  adb kill-server
  sudo adb start-server

Wait until NetworkManager on your computer shows the new connection. (It will say "disconnected" after some time). Edit the connection, and change under "IPv4 Settings" the method from "Automatic" to "Shared to other computers". Reconnect that connection in NetworkManager.

Then log into the phone via ssh (important!) and run

  dhclient usb0 -v

Now you can check on the phone, if it works
   ping google.com

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2 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 19, 2013 at 11:04 PM

    I am having exactly the same problem with Motorola Droid 2 r2-d2!

    Everything worked, but when I do "adb shell dhclient usb0 -v" I am getting: "dhclient: not found".

    Or is there some other way for connecting to phone over ssh?

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    1. UnknownApril 19, 2013 at 11:37 PM

      I probably need to set up an SSH server at the phone side? But I seem to be able to install the applications from android market only with the phone being connected to the internet..

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