Hey lewis, im new to android forums. I was reading your advice on the g1 tethering, and i believe iam having the same problem you were. I have done everything up to date, there is a video on youtube that explains it very well. But now when i open firefox iam recieving that same message you did, about the refused connection. I have enabled SOCKS lookup DNS, enabled SOCKS v5, and typed in localhost and 1080 in the port area. I have been trying this for two days and i really need to tether..lol so if you can please help me, that be great!!! thankss