EVO as a USB Drive/NIC?

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Being a hardcore winmo user/modder for past 4 years, I'm finally switching to an android based phone, Evo. The hardware, especially the WiMAX which is served where I live, got me to finally switch over to Android (pre-ordered Evo last week from shack ), and now got a few software questions.

When connecting Evo to some random win/mac computer through USB,

1. Will the external MicroSDHC card (and hopefully internal flash as well) act as a USB drive? Loading mp3's without taking out the card is a must, and since I do a lot of PC troubleshooting, also love using my phone as a drive where I store all my fav rescue tools and other portable apps/docs.
2. Is it possible to share either 3g or 4g data, like winmo's internet connection sharing feature, by having phone be detected as a generic network adapter? I prefer tethering data through USB because I notice faster and much more stable download/upload speeds compared to WiFi and many desktops which I work on don't come with WiFi card so USB is pretty much the only option. And also, the phone is being charged at the same time

Hopefully it'll be "yes" to both questions, but since I haven't dealt with Android before, besides running a crippled v2.0 on my HTC Touch Pro where USB didn't work anyways, I wanted to consult with the "experienced".

Originally Posted by frifox

Being a hardcore winmo user/modder for past 4 years, I'm finally switching to an android based phone, Evo. The hardware, especially the WiMAX which is served where I live, got me to finally switch over to Android (pre-ordered Evo last week from shack ), and now got a few software questions.

When connecting Evo to some random win/mac computer through USB,

1. Will the external MicroSDHC card (and hopefully internal flash as well) act as a USB drive? Loading mp3's without taking out the card is a must, and since I do a lot of PC troubleshooting, also love using my phone as a drive where I store all my fav rescue tools and other portable apps/docs.
2. Is it possible to share either 3g or 4g data, like winmo's internet connection sharing feature, by having phone be detected as a generic network adapter? I prefer tethering data through USB because I notice faster and much more stable download/upload speeds compared to WiFi and many desktops which I work on don't come with WiFi card so USB is pretty much the only option. And also, the phone is being charged at the same time

Hopefully it'll be "yes" to both questions, but since I haven't dealt with Android before, besides running a crippled v2.0 on my HTC Touch Pro where USB didn't work anyways, I wanted to consult with the "experienced".

Yes to #1 and not so sure on #2... once it is rooted i imagine.

Originally Posted by frifox

Being a hardcore winmo user/modder for past 4 years, I'm finally switching to an android based phone, Evo. The hardware, especially the WiMAX which is served where I live, got me to finally switch over to Android (pre-ordered Evo last week from shack ), and now got a few software questions.

When connecting Evo to some random win/mac computer through USB,

1. Will the external MicroSDHC card (and hopefully internal flash as well) act as a USB drive? Loading mp3's without taking out the card is a must, and since I do a lot of PC troubleshooting, also love using my phone as a drive where I store all my fav rescue tools and other portable apps/docs.
2. Is it possible to share either 3g or 4g data, like winmo's internet connection sharing feature, by having phone be detected as a generic network adapter? I prefer tethering data through USB because I notice faster and much more stable download/upload speeds compared to WiFi and many desktops which I work on don't come with WiFi card so USB is pretty much the only option. And also, the phone is being charged at the same time

Hopefully it'll be "yes" to both questions, but since I haven't dealt with Android before, besides running a crippled v2.0 on my HTC Touch Pro where USB didn't work anyways, I wanted to consult with the "experienced".

When you plug the Evo into your computer, it pops up with 4 options: Charge only, HTC Sync, Disk drive, and Internet sharing.

I have never tried the HTC Sync and Internet sharing before, but now I'm trying Internet sharing to see what it does.

Wow, it really very easily shares internet connection with my Linux desktop. Very cool of HTC to include wired tethering natively...
Edit: I should mention that the Evo was in fact sharing it's 3G connection.

I'm new to the Android thing, but found this while researching tethering options for Android. I assume these would still work on the Evo (minus the 'needs root' option, for the time being):

http://lifehacker.com/5447347/how-to...-android-phone

Originally Posted by pingpongboss;

When you plug the Evo into your computer, it pops up with 4 options: Charge only, HTC Sync, Disk drive, and Internet sharing.

I have never tried the HTC Sync and Internet sharing before, but now I'm trying Internet sharing to see what it does.

Wow, it really very easily shares internet connection with my Linux desktop. Very cool of HTC to include wired tethering natively...
Edit: I should mention that the Evo was in fact sharing it's 3G connection.

That answers both of his questions. So when you plug in Evo, you can use it as disk drive, and as Internet sharing (USB tethering), very cool!

Originally Posted by pingpongboss

When you plug the Evo into your computer, it pops up with 4 options: Charge only, HTC Sync, Disk drive, and Internet sharing.

I have never tried the HTC Sync and Internet sharing before, but now I'm trying Internet sharing to see what it does.

Wow, it really very easily shares internet connection with my Linux desktop. Very cool of HTC to include wired tethering natively...
Edit: I should mention that the Evo was in fact sharing it's 3G connection.

What did you do (if anything) to get it to work on your desktop?

Originally Posted by pingpongboss

When you plug the Evo into your computer, it pops up with 4 options: Charge only, HTC Sync, Disk drive, and Internet sharing.

I have never tried the HTC Sync and Internet sharing before, but now I'm trying Internet sharing to see what it does.

Wow, it really very easily shares internet connection with my Linux desktop. Very cool of HTC to include wired tethering natively...
Edit: I should mention that the Evo was in fact sharing it's 3G connection.

what about 4g

Originally Posted by viperv990

What did you do (if anything) to get it to work on your desktop?

On ubuntu, it detected the phone immediately as usb0 and connected to it in 5 seconds.

On windows 7, it does the Installing device Drivers thing, then fails. Comes up with this status http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30367/Evo%20Tether.png

So I guess it works out of the box on Ubuntu but not Windows 7. Though it shouldn't be hard to install whatever you need. I'll update when I figure it out.

Edit: To get it working on Windows 7, I just installed the "HTC Sync\HTCSync2.0.31.exe" file on the sdcard then switched the "USB Connection Type" on the phone to Internet Sharing. Windows 7 then connected to the device as if you plugged in an ethernet cord.

Originally Posted by mrono

what about 4g

Dont have 4G in California yet. But I'd assume you will share whatever mobile connection your phone is currently on, 3G/4G.

before i get too excited, has anyone tried the 64 bit drivers or just the 32? mobile internet+phone charging=better but i am on win7 64

ubuntu 10.4 lucid 64bit

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confirmed that HTC EVO "internet sharing" working fine on Ubuntu 10.4 64bit - out of the box, no configuration needed. just plug in and it automatically connects