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does cyanogens usb tether work for mac?

is it only for windows? if its possible for mac, is there anything that has to be downloaded? thank you in advance...

bump. any help is appreciated

Yes it does. I've personally done it with my iMac. No additional software needed.

nopotential said:
Yes it does. I've personally done it with my iMac. No additional software needed.
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cool. do i use the ethernet connectivity?

No, everything just automatically works lol. I didn't have to set up ethernet or anything.I'm not sure how, but I think its definitly magic.

thats weird. i cant get mines to work. i dont know why.

Just to make sure, you've got it enabled in your phones settings right? When I get home ill take a look at my mac to see what settings I have enabled.

nopotential said:
Just to make sure, you've got it enabled in your phones settings right? When I get home ill take a look at my mac to see what settings I have enabled.
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ok thanks. and yeah i have it enabled in my wireless settings

Im terribly sorry, I feel like such an ass. Turns out I confused the USB with the Wifi Tether. I mixed up what I did with my PC and my Mac, sitting right next to each other. But here is what I found.. did a little searching because I lead you on.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=416912
Theres a couple programs that might be able to help you accomplish this. Might as well give it a shot.. but if it doesn't work out tethering over wifi is what I use.
Sorry again, mate.

nopotential said:
Im terribly sorry, I feel like such an ass. Turns out I confused the USB with the Wifi Tether. I mixed up what I did with my PC and my Mac, sitting right next to each other. But here is what I found.. did a little searching because I lead you on.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=416912
Theres a couple programs that might be able to help you accomplish this. Might as well give it a shot.. but if it doesn't work out tethering over wifi is what I use.
Sorry again, mate.
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its okay. i cant seem to find any other tutorials in this site.

Tracking lost phone?

I have tried using smartphonetracker, and some other gps tracking phone programs. They work great, but heres the PROBLEM:
Useless if device is in sleep mode, or if press the power OFF button.
So if it runs out of battery, or if its turned off, how can I find it by GPS?
Any solution?

sorry, if the phone is off / battery empty - no chance...
i mean, how should it work anyway?! sending a "dead" device the command to boot up and do something?
standby shouldn't be a problem for these programs or they aren't worth the money. i know that kaspersky's mobile security offers this feature. but so far i didn't buy it... (pretty certain it would mess with the system in some ways, make it laggy etc) phonecreeper here @xda should work as well.
oh, one more thing:
all these apps won't prevent a hard-reset or a reflash. in this case you could only disable the IMEI via your provider (sim-card is mandatory anyway) to make it really useless for the thief. (imei-changing is possible and apparently pretty easy, but instructions are pretty hard to find on the web... ^^)

I mean, when it is in standby mode, when u tap power off, then screen goes black.. it doesnt seem to work when its in this mode..

well, from what i've read about smartphonetracker, it SHOULD work in standby-mode. (if the phone is connected to a network to receive the sms)
if it doesn't you should ask the guy who wrote it? also you can find some support here.

caliban2 said:
well, from what i've read about smartphonetracker, it SHOULD work in standby-mode. (if the phone is connected to a network to receive the sms)
if it doesn't you should ask the guy who wrote it? also you can find some support here.
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By connected to network, u mean internet connection? I want to track my gfs whereabouts, but she doesnt have internet connection on her phone..

Errr, you want to do what?! Oo
Well, I guess that's fine because she knows about it and does the same with your phone, right?
Since when do SMS need an internet connection?

Android help...

How can I see a list of installed programs (and potentially remove them) even those in the ROM?
I installed that SD Mount fix application, but I see no icon for it, and it doesn't seem to work... I did power down my phone and restart it.
Task manager? Is there one without installing it? I know there is one that's suppose to be bound to a hardware key, but we can't get to it...
Sorry I'm a noob... any good sites for learning about android?

I found in Settings the app list...
But still, SD Share is installed but I have no icon for it anywhere that I can find. Can anyone help?

fldash said:
I found in Settings the app list...
But still, SD Share is installed but I have no icon for it anywhere that I can find. Can anyone help?
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sd share? check in your widgets section

fldash said:
I found in Settings the app list...
But still, SD Share is installed but I have no icon for it anywhere that I can find. Can anyone help?
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Still no icon anywhere for SD Share or whatever... this is what I'm getting in Windows device manager when I look:
http://imgur.com/eF2Db.png
If I try to click on the removable drive it says IO error...

cp0020 said:
sd share? check in your widgets section
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Where is that? lol, totally new to android...
Found it, added it. Clicked on it. Reconnected, waited. Still no damn accessible drive on my PC... Is Windows 7 causing the issue? Maybe the face I installed the Google USB v3 driver?

Spoke too soon, it finally showed up... Thanks... I'm retarded.

fldash said:
Spoke too soon, it finally showed up... Thanks... I'm retarded.
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haha automount is floating around here somewhere. i prefer that. does what it says. and yeah it usually takes a minute for the sdcard to show up. im on windows7 aswell

Hi everyone, still having some issues. I hope you can help...
First of all, I seem to be stuck in airplane mode. WHen I got to settings wireless controls it's not checked, but long hold down the red key shows it's on. I have no airplane mode icon in the top portion of my screen.
Secondly, and this is how it got started, the Facebook application wouldn't upload a picture... it went to 80% the first time I tried it, then I killed it, and tried again and never got passed 0%. It was at this point I decided to try to turn off and back on the data and got stuck in the mode I'm in...
Should I upgrade to 3.42.50 radio, I'm on .30. Using Alltel phone on VZW network...

fldash said:
Hi everyone, still having some issues. I hope you can help...
First of all, I seem to be stuck in airplane mode. WHen I got to settings wireless controls it's not checked, but long hold down the red key shows it's on. I have no airplane mode icon in the top portion of my screen.
Secondly, and this is how it got started, the Facebook application wouldn't upload a picture... it went to 80% the first time I tried it, then I killed it, and tried again and never got passed 0%. It was at this point I decided to try to turn off and back on the data and got stuck in the mode I'm in...
Should I upgrade to 3.42.50 radio, I'm on .30. Using Alltel phone on VZW network...
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you could try that and start with a fresh data and see if that helps

I can't get the damn Vogue radio 3.42.50 radio only to flash. It gives me an error saying command not supported or something to that effect...

fldash said:
I can't get the damn Vogue radio 3.42.50 radio only to flash. It gives me an error saying command not supported or something to that effect...
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how are you trying to flash it

cp0020 said:
how are you trying to flash it
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Using the ROMUpdateUtility... I said f'it though and flashed the Bell ROM that had it included, didn't let customizations run then flashed back to Android...
I really can't decide between the two common resolutions... Does everything work correctly in the lower one, maybe a bit of clipping and it's clearer? Hard to decide...

fldash said:
Using the ROMUpdateUtility... I said f'it though and flashed the Bell ROM that had it included, didn't let customizations run then flashed back to Android...
I really can't decide between the two common resolutions... Does everything work correctly in the lower one, maybe a bit of clipping and it's clearer? Hard to decide...
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your internet probably wont work in android cause you have to let it provision in wm first. 240x320 looks crystal clear but nothing fits right. 320x480 is a tad fuzzy but its not that bad. plus everything fits right. 320x428 is right in the middle. its pretty clear but most of the stuff fit. i use 320x480 cause i cant stand the fact that nothing fits in the other resolutions

My internet is working fine...I'm curious if I'm getting RevA EVDO though, it seems a bit slower than it was in WinMo...

Do I need to setup an APN? I noticed the two listed are TMobile and Tellus... Maybe this would speed up my internet? Anyone know?
My Windows Mobile was setup on alltel... [email protected] or whatever...
I tried to Google Alltel APN setup and came up blank...

Hello, after doing more research, I read that CDMA carriers don't require APN settings. Is this true? Should I just delete out all the APNs in the Settings on my Touch (Alltel/Verizon)?
Also, can someone tell me about the network operators screen? Do I ever need to use it. When I go into it, it says 'Searching...' but never completes. I have to back out.

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Hello, after doing more research, I read that CDMA carriers don't require APN settings. Is this true? Should I just delete out all the APNs in the Settings on my Touch (Alltel/Verizon)?
Also, can someone tell me about the network operators screen? Do I ever need to use it. When I go into it, it says 'Searching...' but never completes. I have to back out.
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just leave the apn's. and yes it always says searching and never goes anywhere lol

Mount issue

Hey peeps, My hero has been acting up for the last couple days and the weird thing about it is that I have not done anything new to it. I wanted to flash the new fresh rom and when I connected the phone via usb to my laptop it just charges. The phone does not get recognized by the laptop nor does it ask me if I want to mount the drive. I am running windows 7 and the phone would mount without a problem previously. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

If you want to browse your sdcard then pull down the notification bar and select charge only. It will then let you then mount the card and there should be an option at the bottom to always do it or not. Unchecked it.
. It sounds like charge only is set to default. If you are using adb then you have to have it set to charge only.
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I wish that was the issue its set to ask me what I want to do which is charge only, htc sync, mount disk drive, or internet sharing. The problem is when I pull down the notification bar there is nothing there only my task panel. It use to ask me to pick an option. Now all of a sudden it doesn't.

What in the Hell is going on here?

lol. That my hero isnt recognized by any pc in my house. It only chrages when connected through the usb cable to a pc. I have tried numerous cables to no avail. I do not have a clue of what can be going on with it. This just happened from one day to another.

Yes, but why two threads about it? We gave you answers in the other thread. If they didn't work, that's fine. Come back and ask again... but do it in the same thread.
Now... did those things not work? What did you try? How did you go about it? Help us help you...

oh ok im sorry about that. this one should be closed. again i am sorry.

No worries. My rule of thumb, by the way, is to put my questions where I think they go and then let the mode move them if they so desire.

Wifi Teather

Ok, so I just upgraded to Froyo, flashed Perception build 10. But, I can't get MobileAp to work. Like, it'll run and I can find the network on my laptop, but no internet access once I've connected
Ideas?

froyo has a built in wireless tether. try using it instead
settings>wireless and network>mobile ap

mtrsttr said:
froyo has a built in wireless tether. try using it instead
settings>wireless and network>mobile ap
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That's what I am using, and it's not working. I can join the network, but no internet access

No ideas?
Firebird kernel 24

Have you tried connecting with anything besides your laptop? An ipod or another device? I have always been able to connect with my windows devices but it can take a few minutes after connecting before internet access is obtained.
Aster you able to tether via usb?
You can also try using an app from the market to see if it will work if you haven't already.

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
It's in the market. I use it instead of mobileap cause it allows me to secure my wifi and allow only those who I know to connect. Mobileap is completely open to any and all. I'm sending this post from my hp laptop tethered to my captivate.

@bobarone....click mobile ap settings to enable secure connection. default is usually set to open

newter55 said:
Have you tried connecting with anything besides your laptop? An ipod or another device? I have always been able to connect with my windows devices but it can take a few minutes after connecting before internet access is obtained.
Aster you able to tether via usb?
You can also try using an app from the market to see if it will work if you haven't already.
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Thanks for your mention of Windows, because I just tried it on my Mac and that's what would not work. My iTouch worked fine though.
Any ideas on making it work with my Mac? if not that's not a big deal as that's not what I'll be using it for primarily, just wondering.
Thanks for your help, didn't even think about it!
Regards
Smith

Hmmm...i thought mac's "just worked" honestly I know nothing about them, every time I get a new laptop I say I am gonna get an apple but wind up with windows.
was just in best buy last week and the new ones look sweet so perhaps this summer I will finally make the leap.

newter55 said:
Hmmm...i thought mac's "just worked" honestly I know nothing about them, every time I get a new laptop I say I am gonna get an apple but wind up with windows.
was just in best buy last week and the new ones look sweet so perhaps this summer I will finally make the leap.
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Well... Macs are harder to break. lol idk if they 'just work' haha but only reason I even have an apple is because it's fast as hell for school work, and when I got it was before I learned linux so I thought it was the only Windows alternative. Learning linux has made most of this 'more advanced' adb stuff cake because I know all the shell commands haha
I would still recommend one though simply because you'll be relatively hard pressed to find a laptop with such high specs for that price anywhere else. That, and you can multiboot so you can decide what you like best. That was the deciding factor for me lol.
But thanks a lot for your help, this makes me feel much better. I use my wifi tether for work because the upload speeds suck hard and I never get jack done if I don't lol, so I'm happy this works!
Regards
Smith

No problem....glad to be of assistance

newter55 said:
@bobarone....click mobile ap settings to enable secure connection. default is usually set to open
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Can't get the save button to come up. Tried changing it, but save is greyed out, just cancel as an option.
From a phone

How many characters/numbers are you trying to use? Minimum appears to be eight though I never paid attention til now, the code I have always used just happens to be sufficient.