[Q] USB Tether on Tiamat (Manta Ray with Tachi kernel)

[HuckFinn]

Has anyone been able to get USB tethering to work on Tiamat Manta Ray with the Tachi kernel? If you have can you please share with me the steps you took to get it working?

Thanks

 

[wendell7]

I use USB OTG watcher - there is a thread somewhere here about it but it is available from the market. It doesn't work for me if USB debug mode is on. (i.e. settings>applications>development>"USB debugging" unchecked.

USB OTG watcher lets you mount the external drive and you can then browse to it using a file manager such as ES File Explorer.

Hope this helps.

 

[HuckFinn]

Thanks I will give it a try with USB debugging turned off. I am not sure if the USB OTG watcher will be able to help though since I am trying to connect a USB wireless dongle to my Xoom and not a flash drive. I know some people have been able to get USB tethering to work with their Android phones so I am hoping I can get it to work with my dongle.

 

[wendell7]

Sorry - didn't read your question properly! I haven't tried tethering in the way you meant.

Sent from my MZ601 using XDA App

 

[HuckFinn]

Can someone confirm the correct script to run to enable USB tethering under this kernel? I am using Scripter (included in Manta Ray) and have entered the following...

dhcpcd usb1
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8

When I run the script it gives me an error that interface USB1 could not be found or is invalid.

Thanks

 

[wendell7]

Huckfin,

Following my mistaken response to you yesterday I tried tethering my Xoom to my laptop today. I attached the USB cable, checked my xoom was connected, and then went into Xoom settings>wireless and networking and and activated USB tethering. It worked straight off and I was able to browse etc on my laptop through my Xoom without any issues. I also checked to ensure all other networking was either off (wifi) or disconnected (network cable.)

I am on a UK 3g MZ601 Xoom with Tiamat 2.1 Hammerhead.

I'm not sure it helps solve your problem except that tethering, in my case, does seem to work without any issues.

My laptop is running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit.

Regards,

 

[HuckFinn]

Sorry I am trying to USB tether in the opposite direction. You are sharing the connection from your Xoom to your PC. I have a WiFi only Xoom, so I am trying to tether my Xoom from either my cell phone or ideally a USB 4G dongle to my Xoom.

 

[HuckFinn]

Does anyone use the USB tethering option on Tiamat's kernel?

 

[Sistema1927]

Does anyone use the USB tethering option on Tiamat's kernel?

Yes, it works for me using the script shown earlier in this thread. Could it be that you don't have the correct OTG cable? I purchased mine on ebay for a couple of bucks.

Note that I had problems tethering with Manta Ray, but stepping back to Hammerhead works just fine.

 

[HuckFinn]

Thank you for your response, I was starting to think no one used this feature. I am slightly confused though. You said you stepped back to Hammerhead from Manta Ray. I thought Hammerhead is the newer ROM with the Tachometer kernel built in.

So just to make sure you are able to tether with Hammerhead and you had problems tethering with Manta Ray? I see a few people having issues with Hammerhead so I have been holding off for an update, plus having to wipe to update makes me a little hesitant.