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USB tethering from Android 2.3

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I used a friend's Android (2.3) phone that allows USB tethering, subheading: "share phone's mobile network with PC."

Android lets me set 2 tethering settings, under "USB tethering type":

Windows

Mac OS X

Naturally, Linux isn't officially supported, but I suspect someone has run into this before. What do I need to on my Ubuntu 12.04 setup to get it to recognize either of these connection types for USB tethering?

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answered 1 Year ago rialhirt · Accepted Answer

My last phone ran Android 2.3 and i had no problems with USB tethering. I could set the USB connection to default to tethering and all i had to do was plug it in to my Linux laptop and it was online. So it's not Android 2.3 - but it may be your carrier. I believe Optus may not allow tethering on prepaid. I'm with Telstra and they do.