Re: [gentoo-user] tethering an htc incredible

[Allan Gottlieb]

On Thu, Jun 16 2011, Mick wrote:

> On Thursday 16 Jun 2011 15:38:30 Allan Gottlieb wrote:
>> I have an htc incredible and want to use it to act as a modem for my
>> gentoo laptop.
>>
>> The htc manual says that I first must install htc sync.
>> When I go to the htc web site, I find that htc sync is only available
>> for ms windows.
>
> I wouldn't think that this is necessary unless you want to sync contacts,
> messages, etc.  Opensync may work with that phone - but I do know for sure.
>
>
>> I believing others on this group have tethered their incredibles and I
>> wonder how.  I see in google some attempts to use wine or other ms
>> windows emulators / virtualizers.
>>
>> I do not need to sync contacts/mail/calendar since I do that with
>> google.
>>
>> I haven't seen any howtos for tethering directly with gentoo.
>
> I don't have your phone to provide detailed instructions, but this is how I
> have tethered phones in the past to connect to the Internet using IrDA or
> Bluetooth.

thanks for the information.  The forum post paul sent me too claims that
this is very easy with a usb connection.  But to date, I haven't got it
working.  Others definitely have so there is probably something wrong
with configuration (quite possible the kernel).

thanks again,
allan

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> 1. Establish a connection between your phone and the laptop.  I assume you
> will use Bluetooth for this, so you will need to edit
> /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf as follows:
>
> #
> # RFCOMM configuration file.
> #
>
> rfcomm0 {
> #       # Automatically bind the device at startup
> #       bind no;
> bind yes;
> #       # Bluetooth address of the device
> #       device 11:22:33:44:55:66;
> device XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX;  <--your phone's b'tooth MAC address
> #
> #       # RFCOMM channel for the connection
> #       channel 1;
> #channel 1;
> #       # Description of the connection
> #       comment "Example Bluetooth device";
> comment "HTC Incredible";  <--your phone's name
> }
>
> To find the MAC address run hcitool with various parameters like, scan, dev,
> inq.
>
> Then create a ppp connection on your PC and point it to /dev/rfcomm0.  First
> check though that the device is being created and if not, check the
> /etc/conf.d/bluetooth file, this is mine:
>
> # Bluetooth configuraton file
>
> # Bind rfcomm devices (allowed values are "true" and "false")
> RFCOMM_ENABLE=true
>
> # Config file for rfcomm
> RFCOMM_CONFIG="/etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf"
>
>
> The tricky part with the ppp connection is using the correct string for
> running the modem on the phone.  On mine I dial up *99# and that activates
> GPRS on the phone.  You may also need special initialisation commands for the
> phone's modem.  Some googling on these specifics should get you there.
>
> Other than that enable bluetooth on both devices, establish a connection using
> bluetooth and entering a pin and then run ppp on your laptop.  If all goes as
> expected you should be online.