Help How to Tether Android on Mac with USB (using tariff data)

[pieshop]

I'm trying to get my Samsung GS2 to tether via USB with Mac OS X. Anyone had any luck with this?

I am on 02. They allow tethering on your monthly tariff now.

There are some OS X network preference settings that are possibly required:
Tel No
Account name
Password
APN (with I think is mobile.o2.co.uk)
CID

I can get it working by wifi hotspot, but not USB.

Thanks for any help. I phoned o2 support but they said they didn't support tethering with Android to mac (even though they sell lots of Android handsets and allow tethering with tariff now!)

 

[manichon]

This is relevant to my interests. Seriously, anyone knows how to set this up? I dont want to waste battery by keeping the Wi-Fi tethering on by mistake.

 

[kebark]

This is relevant to my interests. Seriously, anyone knows how to set this up? I dont want to waste battery by keeping the Wi-Fi tethering on by mistake.

I've not got a mac to work this one out on (sorry), though you could plug in your USB cable whilst using the Wi-Fi hotspot to keep the phone charging?

 

[pigdog237]

I've previously used PDAnet (on my HTC Hero) and it seemed to work well.

You need to download the app from the Android Market:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pn.helper

...and the app to run on your Mac:
PdaNet -- USB Tether/Bluetooth DUN for Android

It also apparently now "hides" tethering - presumably useful for anyone whose contract doesn't allow tethering?

 

[manichon]

I've not got a mac to work this one out on (sorry), though you could plug in your USB cable whilst using the Wi-Fi hotspot to keep the phone charging?

That is exactly what I do, the problem is that sometimes I forget to turn it off and end up wasting a lot of battery juice.